Historical Scenes and Acts of Mercy

Illustrations showcasing significant historical events and acts of mercy, including the feeding of the hungry. Rich in detail and narrative.

Kneeld man with a woman in the midst of soldiers, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1800 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the soldier; the soldier's life. kneeling figure

Prison of Paulus Buis, 1586. Paulus tube, Utrecht guerthouse, at night on the bone of Leicester's count in his bedroom, July 19, 1586.

The food of hungry, François Hutin, c. 1730 - c. 1750 print Part of a series of seven works of mercy with performances in antique setting. paper etching feeding the hungry, 'esuriens cibatur' ~ one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy

Exaggerated fear of Perseus, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, after Jacobus Buys, 1797 print Perseus is bathed in the city of dial. If he is told that the enemy is on the way to the city, he is unnecessarily scared. He gives himself won without a fight and orders Hippias and Asclepiodotus to evacuate all settlements in Macedonia. Amsterdam paper

Jozef Verdeelt Het Graan in Egypt; Joseph governor of Egypt; History of Joseph. .

Meeting between Oranje and Mondragon, 1573; Meeting between. Willem and Mondragon / XI. vocals; Scenes from the life of Prince Willem I, 1568-1584; Artificial plates belonging to the Earse Eersten ancestor, in four and twenty dangers by the Netherlands closer J. Nomsz .. Meeting between Willem van Oranje and Mondragon for a labeled tent at Middelburg, 1573. Eleventh vocals.

Kindermoord Te Bethlehem, Richard de Saint-Non, After Jean Honoré Fragonard, After Guido Reni, 1772 print paper etching the massacre of the innocents

Offering the peace writing to the Hertogin of Parma, 1566. Offering the peace writing by the covenant of nobles to the land vehicles, the Duchess of Parma, in the Palace in Brussels April 5, 1566. Hendrik van Brederode hands the petition.

Telemachus and mentor received by Idomeneus on Salento. At the top of a palace under construction is idoous with open arms. He receives Telemachus who walks on the left to him. The whole is chattered by a decorative frame with olive branches and at the bottom of a bow. Numbered at the top right: No. II.

Kneeld man with a woman in the midst of soldiers, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1800 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the soldier; the soldier's life. kneeling figure

Mucius Scaevola for Porsenna; Krijgsman for a tribunal. The Roman Held Gaius Mucius Scaevola, seen on the back, stands for the Etruscan King Porsenna and some of his counselors.

Solomon builds the temple in Jerusalem, Nicolas Chaperon, After Rafaël, 1649 print Numbered below: 11. print maker: Franceafter painting by: Vaticaanstadpublisher: Paris paper etching the building of the temple of Solomon. Solomon supervising the work ~ temple of Solomon

Plates 5-7, from Nella Venuta 1764 France. Four etchings in black on ivory laid paper, folded

Royal Quart Game, 1830, Anonymous, 1830 - 1831 print Cartoon on the loss of Belgium, 1830. Three princes deposited in 1830, the French Charles X, Hussein Dey van Algiers and Karel II Hertog of Brunswijk play a card game and wait for the absent fourth player. The absentee is King William I, near his chair there are paving stones and a stovepipe, a dog piss against a chair leg. The English king William IV looks inside through a window. Belgium paper etching card games

History of Don Quixote According to Charles Antoine Coypel, Don Quixote is served by the Damoiselles of the Duchesse (seventeenth number of a suite of 31 pieces) Bernard Picart (1673-1733). History of Don Quixote According to Charles Antoine Coypel, Don Quixote is served by the Damoiselles of the Duchess (seventeenth number of a suite of 31 pieces). Burin, 1746. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Small Palace.

Dog dressers show their skills, Jean Duplessis -Bertaux (attributed to), 1785 - 1818 print A group of French soldiers and civilians, dressed according to fashion from 1785-990, seen on the back, listening and looking at two men with a dressed dog for a rolled out placard. On the right a city gate. France paper etching training of performing dog. street-trader. clothes, costume (+ men's clothes)

Delila Knipt Samson Haar, Philips Galle, c. 1569 print Delila cuts Simsons hair braids while he sleeps. Because of this he loses his special powers. Two Philistine soldiers enter the palace to get Simson. Haarlem paper engraving Samson's hairlocks are cut off by Delilah

. The pharaoh of Egypt calls the Hebrew midwives Sifra and PUA to account. In the background, the Egyptian people throws all newborn Hebrew boys in the Nile; The girls were allowed to stay alive (ex. 1). In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin.

Smid protects his daughter, Charles Rochussen, in or before 1854 print The blacksmith of Naarden protects his daughter against the Spanish soldiers in 1573 during the bloodbath of Naarden. Printer: The Haguipublisher: Amsterdam paper being attacked; defence. father and daughter(s) (family group) Naarden

Allegorical show with Armand -Jean du Plessis Hertog van Richelieu, in the company of Apollo and Neptunus (right upper part), Grégoire Huret, 1616 - 1670 print Right top of an allegorical representation with the portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis Hertog of Richelieu, sitting on a chair with muses or nymphs that offer him different coats of arms. In the middle is Apollo with his winch with a glimpse out behind him, where the mast of a ship can be seen. Above him, angels or putti fly with portraits of different figures. To the right of Apollo there are various figures (including possibly Hercules) who fight a lion. In the middle, Neptunus is in the middle of anchors's entourage. France paper engraving / etching historical persons. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). (story of) Hercules (Heracles). beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Feast of Cleopatra, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, after Jacques Kuyper, 1802 print Cleopatra is sitting at the table with Marcus Antonius. Lucius Plancus prevents Cleopatra from taking a second gem from her earring to have her wine dissolved. Marcus Antonius loses the bet who could give the most expensive banquet. Amsterdam paper etching banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra: she dissolves a pearl in a cup of wine, which she then drinks

The Slaughter of the Priests of Samaria Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch Copies after Philips Galle Netherlandish After designs by Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish published 1643/1646 View more. The Slaughter of the Priests of Samaria. Copies after Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). published 1643/1646. Engraving. Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586-1652 Amsterdam). Prints

This copper engraving by Jacobus Neeffs, created between 1630 and 1680, depicts the biblical story of Job sitting at the dung heap, illustrating suffering and divine testing.

N ° 2 / John Malcolm / On January 25, 1774, the irritated populace penetrated without arms in its house ... / origin of the American Revolution. (IT)

Uprising of the cheese and bread people and murder of Claes van Ruyven in Haarlem, 1492, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print Uprising of the cheese and bread people in Haarlem, 1492. Riots by farmers on the Grote Markt in front of the town hall and murder of the Bailiff Claes van Ruyven. Amsterdam paper etching street-fights, riots. violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Haarlem

Meno Haas (1752-1833); Johann Gottlieb Schumann (1761-1811), illustration with anti-cleaved festive people in a garden, 1801

Prison of Paulus Buis, 1586. Paulus tube, Utrecht guerthouse, at night on the bone of Leicester's count in his bedroom, July 19, 1586.

Jacobus I van Scotland murder, 1437, Jan Luyken, 1698 print King Jacobus I of Scotland murdered in Perth, February 21, 1437. paper etching attempt, political murder

On March , in front of the country house, Unknown

. Two children lead a Lynx () To the altar to garlands. Bystanders watch excited. A man stands with an ax in his hand until he can sacrifice the animal. Left a woman brings a sacrifice to a rat on a column. In the background antique buildings.

The martyrdom of Saint Laurentius, Jacques Callot, 1626 print Oval representation of Saint Laurentius that is roasted. His executioners raise the fire and keep Laurentius with skewers under control. On the left in the background, a Roman prefect looks from his throne. Nancy paper etching St. Laurence is roasted on a gridiron

Interior with four figures and ten cats, Auguste Numans, 1833 - 1880 print paper etching interior ~ representation of a building. cat. pipe ~ tobacco. quarrel, argument

The house of foreigners, François Hutin, c. 1730 - c. 1750 print Part of a series of seven works of mercy with performances in antique setting. paper etching sheltering strangers, 'hospes colligitur' ~ one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy

Epaminondas death. unknown, graphic artist

Queen hands over a scepter of Polexandre under a canopy, Abraham Bosse, 1637 print Paris paper etching / engraving queen. sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty). canopy, baldachin

The Resurrection (PassionSeries). Artist: Nicolaes de Bruyn, Flemish, 1571-1656 After: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

Liereman, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), After David VinckBoons, 1607 print A Liereman plays his music at the door of a house. A man and woman are listening in the (half) doorway. A procession of children around him and behind him and man and woman. The exhibition is rolled from the man. Left front a large basket with a stick. In the background village. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving hurdy-gurdy player. robbery

Jésus et la Femme Adultère (Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery), from Le Nouveau Testament (The New Testament), plate 5 published 1635 Jacques Callot French. Jésus et la Femme Adultère (Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery), from Le Nouveau Testament (The New Testament), plate 5. Le Nouveau Testament. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). published 1635. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Passion of Paulus Buis, 1586, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1787 print Paulus Buis, pensioner of Utrecht, captured at night at the order of the count of Leicester in his bedroom, July 19, 1586. paper etching / engraving bed. arrest (of criminal) Utrecht

Allegory on the West Indian and East India Company, Bernard Picart, 1726 print The personifications of the West India and East India Company, each with a flag of the company in hand, point to the coats of arms of Aegidius van den Bempden and Jan Lieve Geelvinck, administrators of the Trade Compagnies and mayors of Amsterdam. On the left the town hall of Amsterdam and the personifications of faith, Mercury as God of trade and justice. Right of trade ships at sea and people who represent the West and East Indian peoples. In the foreground merchandise. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / counterproof trade-company. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Native peoples of the Americas. Asiatic races and peoples

Countess Ada sent by Willem I to England, 1204, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print Countess Ada sent by her uncle Willem I from Texel to England, 1204. Amsterdam paper etching Texel

South South Van by H. Eusebius, Bernard Picart, After François de l'Ange, 1705 print Saint Eusebius is stoned. He kneels on the floor and three men throw stones at him. Paris paper. chalk etching / engraving male saints (with NAME). violent death by stoning

Meeting of Tobias and Engel Rafael, Anonymous, After Chrispijn van den Broeck, 1570 - 1580 print paper engraving the meeting of Tobias and the angel Raphael

Fresco 8. From the series: Life of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, 1502-1508, maker unknown. Acquisition history unknown.

Versailles Historical Gallery / 72 / Entrance of the French in Bordeaux / June 23, 1451. (IT)

Allegorical show on the grave of Willem V, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Father time reveals a monument with the bust of Willem V, Prince of Oranje-Nassau. The bust is worn by an allegorical female figure with a freedom hat on stick and a female figure with a Bible. In the foreground the female personification of truth, the historiography with laurel wreath and book, on the statue of Willem V.

Ragotin finds a traveling company on his estate, Bernard François Lépicié, After Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1735 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving wandering communities. courtyard. theatre, theatrical performance

Murder in Haarlem, 1573; Destruction v. Haarlem, by Don Fredrik / VIII. vocals; Scenes from the life of Prince Willem I, 1568-1584; Artificial plates belonging to the Earse Eersten ancestor, in four and twenty dangers by the Netherlands poet J. Nomsz .. Murdmed by Don Frederik and the Spanish soldiers in Haarlem, 1573. Mothers and children are murdered. Eighth vocals.

Woman by masked men robbed in a forest. .

Rambouillet Shipping (IT)

Edelmoedig Gedrag van Metellus, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, After James Buys, 1797 print During the siege of Nertobiga, Rhetogenes, who has gone to Metellus, orders his own children who have been brought to the shot city wall by the people of the city. Metellus refuses to kill the children and stops the siege. Amsterdam paper etching Male Persons from Classical History (Metellus)

The Book of Law Read before the People Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch Copies after Philips Galle Netherlandish After designs by Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish published 1643/1646 View more. The Book of Law Read before the People. Copies after Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). published 1643/1646. Engraving. Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586-1652 Amsterdam). Prints

From revenge, Gonzalo Gustos kills nine Moors, Antonio Tempesta, After Otto van Veen, 1612 print Explanatory numbers in the show. Caption in Spanish and Latin. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching tales and fairy tales. murder. murderer. blood-revenge, vendetta

Etching depicting a child playing with a small ball, showing figure, clothing, and surrounding landscape. Produced between 1653 and 1712, emphasizing daily life and activity.

Judit and Holofernes; Six famous women from the Old Testament. Judit holofernes with his own sword. Her servant keeps the guard at the tent entrance. Holofernes was sleeping in his bed. His armor lies on the floor for the bed.

Dame is made by Heer, Leendert Brasser, After Chodowiecki, 1727 - 1793 print Netherlands paper etching / engraving courting

Scipio Teenage Carthago. In the night, Scipio is among the mess of the destroyed city of Carthage. He is accompanied by his friend Polybius.

Simeon and Levi kill the Sichemites, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard Hoet (I), 1728 print The brothers Simeon and Levi attack the Sichemites when they are sick in their bed. One of the brothers takes Dina back to Jakob (Gen. 32:24). The rest of the city is looted in the background. The print has a Hebrew, Latin, French, English, German and Dutch caption. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper engraving / etching Simeon and Levi kill all the Shechemites and bring Dinah home, while the other brothers plunder the city

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, The Final Resignation of Prejudices. Engraving.

Twee Scènes Uit Sebaldus Nothhanker, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1773 print On the left, the family of Sebaldus Nathanker is put out of the official residence. On the right Sebaldus Nathanker is reported next to the death bed of his wife and his daughter. Numbered: 50.s. and 61.S. paper etching Literature. deathbed. suspension, expulsion (from a society)

Copper engraving and etching of Altargemar by Étienne Fessard, created in 1756, showing detailed engraving work and traditional mid-18th-century techniques.

The Stephen, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 print paper etching life and acts of Stephen (Acts 6:8 - 8:2)

Etcher: Unknown, After: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French, 1732-1806, On ne savise jamais de tout, Etching, platemark: 13.2 × 8.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.), French, 19th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Woman bath. Four naked women (nymphs) Around a bath, sit with their feet in the water. They are surrounded by precious objects, including vases, scales, a comb and a mirror. In the background, a Sater lifts a curtain, and from the shadow he ingens the women.

. A performance in a cartouche of palm branches. In the foreground, the King's messenger invites a man for the wedding party. The guest apologizes with the pretext that he is only married. His wife stands next to him. On the left the messenger comes to a man who apologizes for the party with the pretext that he has to take care of his cattle. In the background the messenger comes to a man who apologizes for the party because he has bought a new field. Under the cartouche the Bible reference Luc 14:17.

Black Death. People and animals suffering from the plague. On the right a sick man in bed and a stack of dead sheep. Links sick people in the outdoors. In the undermaster a text in Italian and a coat of arms.

Murder of Willem van Oranje, 1584, 1694 - 1755 print The Prince of Orange in Delft murdered by Balthasar Gerards, July 10, 1584. Willem van Oranje is shot on a staircase near the open door by Balthasar Gerards. The words come from the prince's mouth: Lord! you take care of the people! Through the view of the tower of the Nieuwe Kerk. Northern Netherlands paper etching attempt, political murder Prinsenhof. new church

Freeing of the galley slaves , Prisoners, Liberty, Quixote, Don Fictitious character, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints

Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Italian (1544 or 1548-1628), Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints John the Baptist and Stephen and a Martyr Saint, pen and brown ink over black chalk with brown wash and chalk on laid paper

Lot and his daughters; Six famous women from the Old Testament. Lot lies in front of a cave, his daughters drank him by giving him wine more and more. One daughter supports her father the other gives him wine. On the background the burning city of Sodom.

Copper engraving and etching by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet depicting the biblical story of Solomon's judgment, created between 1750 and 1797.

Lot and his daughters, Jacob Coelemans, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1702 print Lot is in a tent with his daughters and enjoys the wine. The daughters made him drunk and seduce him. On the left you can see a city that has been destroyed by God. Lot fled on time with his daughters. paper engraving / etching Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Sickbed of the prince, 1574, 1782 print Philip van Marnix at the Prince of Orange's sickbed in Rotterdam, August 1574. A boy keeps the prince a bottle under the nose. Fourteenth singing. Northern Netherlands paper etching visiting the sick; sick person together with others Rotterdam

Caught woman for King Cyrus, François Spierre, after Pietro da Cortona, c. 1677 print after painting by: Florencepublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper engraving / etching (story of) Cyrus king of Persia

Hannibal bij het hoofd van Hasdrubal.The head of the Carthagian Geldhord Hasdrubal Barkas has been thrown by the Romans over the fence of the Carth Day army camp. His brother Hannibal Barkas bursts into tears when he sees his head.

Child murder in Betlehem. Desperate mothers try to protect their children against the soldiers of Herod, who draw the children from their arms with drawn swords. A bridge and buildings in the background.

A 1666 copper engraving and etching by Bartholomäus Kilian depicting a Thesenblatt for Ferdinand Maria, showing textual and ornamental elements.

Parade of Jan van Leyden in Münster, 1535. Procession of Jan van Leyden, as the leader of the betters, in Münster.

Napoleon I Bonaparte on triumph wagon with victory and peace, Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1804 - 1841 print paper etching historical persons. Victory. Pax as Roman personification. (story of the) Muses; 'Muse' (Ripa)

Putti at a sanctuary of Minerva, Paul Troger, 1724 print Italy (possibly) paper etching / drypoint (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. altar ~ Roman religion. attributes of Minerva. draughtsman at work - CC - out of doors

She Thank'd Me, plate two from Othello Made 1844 France. Etching, engraving, roulette and drypoint on ivory chine, laid down on white wove paper . Théodore Chassériau

The marriarity slave lets his debtor to be imprisoned; Parable of the marriarity slave; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). The servant, whose debts have just lost by the king, meets another slave that one hundred denary is guilty and demands this amount from him. The man kneels and begs to delay. But the marriarity slave gives soldiers the assignment to bring the man to jail. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text.

Replacing the doors of the city gate of Franeker, 1795, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1800 - 1802 print Festive replacement of the doors of the Stadspoort of Franeker that had been removed in 1788, March 5, 1795. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Franeker

. In a room there is a king for a table on which two crowns and the rigging apple are on pillows. In the room there are many men and next to the table are a man with a sword and a man with a flag.

Partial meal from Antonius and Cleopatra. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, sitting at the table with the Roman army leader Marcus Antonius and a third person. Around all of men and servants are. Cleopatra is busy solving a pearl in a carafe of wine, to show her wealth of Anthonius. On a cloud in the air A woman sitting on shot at an old man and a putto.

The Righteous Man ca. 1775 Giovanni David Italian. The Righteous Man. Giovanni David (Italian, Cabella Ligure 1749-1790 Genoa). ca. 1775. Etching. Prints

Le MaryConfesseur. Artist: Charles-Jean-Louis Courtry, French, 1846-1897

The children of Falerii, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817 print The children of Falerii are reunited with their parents, under the supervision of soldiers. In the background on the right the schoolmaster of the Falerii who is flogged by his students. Rome paper etching (story of) Marcus Furius Camillus. Marcus Furius Camillus has the schoolmaster of Falerii chastised by his pupils: he is stripped and the children drive him back to their city with sticks

Title print with Prince William I of Orange who leads the Dutch Virgin to a throne, Cornelis Brouwer, After Jacobus Buys, 1788 print Title print with Prince William I of Orange who leads the Dutch Virgin to the throne which is crowned with a weapon of the Seven Provinces. Next to the throne is the personification of abundance with a horn of abundance. Netherlands paper etching / engraving 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). symbols of particular nations, states, districts, etc.

Relief with a Roman emperor during the hunt for a wild boar; Roman sculpted reliefs; Icone et segment (...). Relief with a Roman emperor on horseback, hunting on a wild boar. Behind the emperor two hunters on horseback. Text in Latin in undermarge. Print is part of an album.

Father Time reveals the Last Judgment, Jan Caspar Philips, 1745 print Father Time opens a curtain that reveals a landscape with the last judgment. On the left in the foreground an angel who leads a young man by the hand and points to the last judgment. Above her head a burning flame as a symbol of trouble. On the right in the foreground a sleeping young man in the midst of all kinds of riches. Death is approaching behind him. On a plinth under the show the title in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Last Judgement. Death as skeleton. contrast between rich and poor

Man and wife on a closed door, Joseph de Longueil, After Sigmund Freudenberger, 1780 print France paper etching / engraving closed door. cat

Attack by Jean de Jauregui on Prince William I, March 18, 1582, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), After Nicolaas Pieneman, 1853 print Jean de Jauregui attack on Prince William I, March 18, 1582 in Antwerp. Interior with the prince who is injured in a chair, with family and others around them. On the left on the floor is the body of the killed Jean de Jauregui. Maurits asks the soldiers to investigate him. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving recovery, convalescence of sick person Antwerp

Three -Koning Festival, 1827 - 1894 print Leaf with a large presentation of six children who play the King Drawing game at the Three Kings Festival. Mother watches from a distance. Verse lines above and below the image. Numbered at the top right: no 129. Schaerbeek paper letterpress printing royal household; courtiers, retinue, train. children's games and plays. Twelfth Night, usually falling on the eve of January 6

Reproduction of a print with the representation of the judgment of Solomon, Anonymous, After Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1892 - in or before 1897 photomechanical print paper collotype print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph. Solomon gives verdict; he commands a soldier to divide the living child in two

Reunification of a couple. .

Hopman Ulrich or the print A guard with a sword asks a young man (Godefroy), who comes to visit his beloved (Sybille) secretly in the night for money. The young man puts his hand in his pocket. The woman has a candle. There are a glass and a bottle on the sidewalk. On the right in the background a second guard. Scene from the comedian 'Hopman Ulrich or the deceived stinginess' by Johan van Paffenrode from 1661, in which the stingy character Ulrich is cheated by his wife Sybille, even though he lets her guard her. Her lover Godefroy buys the guard. Amsterdam paper engraving comedy. bribery. night. guard duty, keeping sentry. candlestick

Parlata di Meo Pattaca.... 1822. Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Allegory on the restoration of the Dutch Union, 1815, Adriaan de Lelie (Possible), After Adriaan de Lelie, 1815 print Allegory of the reunification of the Northern and the Southern Netherlands, March 1815. Central King William I as Mars who binds the arrows of the Union together and hands over to the Dutch Virgin. Behind this a column decorated with a portrait of Willem van Oranje and weapon trophies. On the right in the foreground, the reports, self -tan, deceit and envy crawl for the Prussian eagle. In the background a temple with an image of freedom, for this busts of the parents of Willem I: Stadholder Willem V and his wife Wilhelmina van Pruisen. In the background, Mercury wakes a sleeping sailor. silk etching / engraving personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertí' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure). Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'Inganno' (R

Etching by Cornelis Dusart depicting a violin player performing in an inn, created in 1685.

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