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Historical Scenes of Martyrdom

Dramatic prints illustrating martyrdom and historical narratives, capturing intense moments of violence and moral themes in classic etching styles.

View of the city of Haarlem from the River Spaarne, Isaac Vincentsz. van der Vinne, c. 1681 - 1740 print paper letterpress printing prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Haarlem. Saving
View of the city of Haarlem from the River Spaarne, Isaac Vincentsz. van der Vinne, c. 1681 - 1740 print paper letterpress printing prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Haarlem. Saving
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Ancient Dogalina, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper
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Portrait sketch of unknown, Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1875 - 1895 drawing Sketch of an unknown man, probably a Member of Parliament. Preliminary study for political cartoon. Netherlands paper. ink. pencil pen historical persons not known by name. political caricatures and satires Netherlands
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Dial with father Time, Anonymous, After Pierre Bourdon, in or after 1703 print A round dial with father time in the middle and a winged woman with trumpet. Paris paper etching clock. Father Time, man with wings and scythe. fabulous beings with wings - AA - female human figure
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River god Scamander, Abraham de Bruyn, 1568 print Scamander, the naked river god, is stretched out on the banks of a river. In his hand a water jug. In the background the river flows to a city. In the air is the inscription 'Scmmen Flevius'. Scamander was a river god of Skamandros, the largest river in the plain where the city of Troy was. Antwerp paper engraving stories of other river-gods (with NAME). city-view in general; 'veduta'
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Entry of Maria Henrietta Stuart, Princess of Orange in Amsterdam (plate 7), 1660, 1660 print Visit from the Maria Henrietta Stuart, Princess of Orange, accompanied by Amalia van Solms, the young Prince Willem III and others in Amsterdam, 15 June 1660. Leaf with some riders and part of a carriage. Seventh plate in an unassembled ensemble consisting of a seven magazines of the procession. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance'
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Armed on foot, Christoph Krieger, after Cesare Vecellio, 1598 Sett uit 'ancient habitists, and modern from all over the world ...'. paper Sett uit 'ancient habitists, and modern from all over the world ...'. paper
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Head of a woman in profile to the right in a circle and three heads of men, used to left, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching adult woman. adult man. old man
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Noble of Poland, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper
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Isocrates, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man, turned to the right. He put his hands in his sleeves. The text identifies him as ISOCates, one of the great Athenian orators. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history
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Vignette with the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print The coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam with a crown, two lions and three andreas crosses. paper vignette. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal) Amsterdam
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Portrait of Willem Crul, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print Portet of the Schout-Bij-Nacht Willem Crul. Under the portrait a cannon, a banner and an anchor. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving firearms: cannon. parts of ship's exterior: anchor. (military) flags and standards
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Three Koppen, Johannes Tavenraat, 1869 drawing Three caricatural heads, drawn on the reverse of the calling card of: 'inherit van Dam'. ink pen caricatures (human types)
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Relief with a naked woman who commits suicide, François Perrier, 1645 print Relief with a naked woman on the left who sticks herself with a dagger. Two women support her. On the right a group of figures, including a mourning woman. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. Print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. seeking death, suicide
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Roof van Proserpina, Pieter Claesz. Soutman, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1616 - 1657 print Pluto drags Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres, in his car. The nymphs watch from the beach. Minerva tries to prevent the kidnapping. Among the image four verses in Latin. Numbered "6". paper etching / engraving the rape of Proserpina (by Pluto in his chariot); possibly with Diana and Minerva trying to rescue her
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Design for vignette with floating Fame and angel with banderole. Draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg. Dating: c. 1703 - c. 1775. Measurements: h 61 mm × w 93 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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September, anonymous, 1694 - 1756 print A woman is sitting next to a waterfall with a basket of apples. In the landscape behind her, birds are kept away from newly sown fields. In the lower margin twice a four -line text in Latin and German. Augsburg paper etching September and its 'labours' (+ with scenes showing human occupations ~ seasons and months). sowing (+ sowing, planting ~ agricultural processes). fowling, fowler
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Old Sater looks at a small satar and a goat in a landscape, Stefano della Bella, 1632 - 1664 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). goat
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Young Bacchus nude in a landscape, Jeremias Gottlob Rugendas, after Johann Daniel Herz, 1723 print paper engraving (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. landscapes
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Photo production of a plaster copy of a sculpture by Hans and Grietje by Robert Cauer, Anonymous, After Robert Cauer, c. 1870 - c. 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. paper. cardboard albumen print sculpture
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Apollo chases Daphne, Paulus van Wtewael, 1565 - 1611 print Apollo pursues the fleeing Daphne, lifted her arms. Amor flies in the air. In the oval accompaniment an edge in Latin. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548)
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Braid work with flower motifs, Jacques Androuet, 1520 - 1584 print At the bottom and at the top a stylized palmetten frieze. The Frisians are connected by bars with round outdoor assistance in the middle. paper etching interlace ~ ornament. flowers ~ ornament
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Landscape with Chapel, J. Roemer, 1600 - 1699 print paper etching monk(s), friar(s). landscapes
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Immigration of French officials, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1771 print paper etching 'en route', Traveler under Way
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Hoogmoed (Superbia), Johann Theodor de Bry, after Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1596 print Allegory on the vanity of man. Personification of superbia or pride: beautifully dressed woman with globe on the head (woman world), flower in one hand, mirror range in the other hand. Next to her the peacock. She stands for a background with worldly entertainment such as minuses, food and drinks. No. 2 from the 1596 edition, no. 18 from the extensive edition of 1611. paper engraving Pride; 'Superbia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. carousal, drinking-bout, orgy. ornamental birds: peacock
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Title head with beetles and thistles, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1927 print Japanese paper (handmade paper) insects: beetle. plants and herbs: thistle
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Old woman, Jan Chalon, 1748 - 1795 print An old lady. Bust to the right. Northern Netherlands (possibly) paper etching / drypoint morphology of human expression (+ old female (human being))
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Lithuanian, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper
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Two figures for a cave, Herman van Swanevelt, 1650 - 1655 print In an oval frame is a woman in front of the entrance of a cave. There is a man with her. A hilly landscape can be seen in the distance. Paris paper etching landscapes. (high) hill. 'en route', traveller under way. cave, grotto. sitting on the ground
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David beats Goliath, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 print The young David, with a crown on his head, attacks the great Goliath with his pendulum and a stone. Goliath defends himself with his lance while the Philistines and the Israelites see how this fight ends. In the margin the text I regvm xvii 1 Samuel 17. paper David fighting Goliath
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Lady as Grootmoeder, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Numbered at the top right: 3. Berlin paper etching grandparent(s) with grandchild(ren) (family group). family, relationship, descent
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Koopman from Rome, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 Roman Koopman, to the left, dressed in wide shoulder mantle over Wambuis and poftening knee pants. Hat on the head. In ornament. paper Roman Koopman, to the left, dressed in wide shoulder mantle over Wambuis and poftening knee pants. Hat on the head. In ornament. paper
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November, you're the Bray, 1635 - 1694 print A putto hunts with a bow on a wild boar. In the upper margin a rule of Dutch text. Netherlands paper letterpress printing November and its 'labours' (+ with Sagittarius (November))
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Portrait of Maria Goll van Franckenstein, with Knitting, Louis Bernard Coclers, 1783 drawing paper. pencil. chalk. ink pen / brush (other forms of) needlework, e.g.: crocheting, knitting, embroidering. historical persons
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Three pollard willows at a farm, Chris van der Windt, 1887 - 1952 print paper etching / drypoint farm or solitary house in landscape
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Frisian with the upper body of a woman with two heads in the middle, c. 1500 - c. 1600 print Shaded background. Germany (possibly) paper engraving
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Number 41, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush
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Single heads, two smoking, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen caricatures (human types). tobacco
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Number 29, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush
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Hippomenes en Atalanta, Anonymous, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of Hippomenes and Atalanta. (possibly) paper etching Atalante and Hippomenes (or Meilanion)
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Zeno van Citium, Michel Wolgemut (Workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man. He wears a hood on his head. The text identifies it as the philosopher Zeno. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history
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Moscovita Nobile, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper
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Vignette with bearded monster for the Mercure de France, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1900 print Vignette for the literary magazine Mercure de France. Head of a bearded man with medium length hair, with fins and legs with flippers. paper Vignette. Caricatures (Human types). Mis-Shap Animals; samples
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Five heads of toddlers, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1657 print France paper etching child (+ back view). child (+ three-quarter view). tot, toddler ~ the ages of man
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Relief from ivory with the presentation of a bacchanal, by Ignaz Elhafen, Anonymous, After Ignaz Elhafen, 1869 - 1887 photomechanical print Germanyprinter: Munich Publisher: Munich paper. cardboard collotype bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Germany
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Pettet Van Jeson-Etienne of Serard, 1754 print Print is part of an album. Numbered: 115. paper drypoint historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Vignette with mask, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1895 print transparent paper
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Monogram and vignette with mask, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1895 - 1896 print. monogram At the top a monogram with the letters CP or PC. At the bottom of a vignette with a mask. Japanese paper (handmade paper) initial
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Initial N, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953) (Possible), After Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 photomechanical print paper printing block
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Postcard to Jan Ponstijn and Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten, Leo Gestel, 1914 Mallorca cardboard. ink pen / writing (processes) / collotype villa. garden The land
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Initial V, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953) (Possible), After Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 photomechanical print paper printing block