Life and Society in Historical Prints

Etchings illustrating various aspects of life, including childhood, familial relations, and social gatherings, featuring detailed settings and characters from past eras.

Afternoon, Pieter van den Berge, 1702-1726

Childhood Depicting the Four Ages of Man 1636 France. Etching on paper . Abraham Bosse

The Prodigal Son Leaves Home ca. 1636 Abraham Bosse French. The Prodigal Son Leaves Home 385973

Plate 9 for 'History of the Middle Ages'

Afternoon, Pieter van den Berge, 1702-1726

Southern Netherlands, unknown, Veen, Otto van, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Batavorum cum Romanis Bellum, The Batavian wars against the Romans, Meeting to determine what steps to take against the new Roman troops approaching over the Alps, verso - stamped, View of a room where a meeting is taking place to determine what steps to take against the new Roman troops approaching over the Alps. Through a window a view of the Alps with the Roman troops. Caption in Dutch and Latin., print, prints, height 165 mm, width 210 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1611 - 1612, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, South Netherlands, 1556 - 1629-05-06, after a design by, granter of privilege

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, The Child is Being Carried, Mother with Child on the Step in Front of Her House, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 3, height 97 mm, width 84 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings

A group of nobles are deliberating in a room, in the foreground on the right a nobleman is seated pointing to a rosary and two jagged pieces of paper lying next to him on the table. Print marked top right: Tom. ii pag. 61., Nobles in Consideration, print maker: Jacob Folkema, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacob Folkema, (mentioned on object), 1702 - 1767, paper, etching, h 168 mm × w 107 mm

Potifar's wife accuses Jozef; History of Joseph. Potifar's wife shows her husband's Joseph's cloak. They paralyze her to seduce her. Third print of three, with the story of Joseph.

De Vrek, Gilbert Schoute, 1713 print Illustration for the play 'De Vrek' van Moliere. Utrecht paper etching miser

Theater scene from a comedy with an elegant company on the street, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1715 print An elegant company has gathered on the street in front of a house. Two men have a conversation in the nearby woman. Left in the background a lion that tries to climb into the garden of the house over a wall. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving theatre, theatrical performance. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Hans Knevel in Antwerp Verhoord, 1572, Jan Luyken, 1685 print Amsterdam paper etching persecution of heretics Antwerp

Vinzenz by Saragoza, saint.

Men in a council chamber, Anonymous, Hans Burgkmair (I) (Possible), 1483 - 1531 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing assembly-room. counsellor

Fifth life phase of fifty years with older man with woman and children at the table; L; Ten life phases. Fifth life phase of fifty years depicted as older man with woman and children at the table. In the margin among texts in Latin, French and Dutch. Only the Dutch text relates to the performance.

Hooghe, Romeyn de, Netherlands, Illustration for the Decameron by Boccaccio, history LXXXIII. A urine-watching physician feels the pulse of Calandrin who is sitting on a chair., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 74 mm, width 78 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1697 - 1697, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), The Great Figuer-Bibel, Parable of the Merciless Servant, Parable of the Guilty Servant, King forgives the Merciless Servant his debts, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, A servant kneels before his king and begs him to have patience with him, so that he still has some time to pay his debt of ten thousand talents. Two creditors point to the man. The king, sitting behind a table, takes pity and forgives him his debt. Below the representation a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mat. 18:23. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 71, height 197 mm, width 249 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04

Deceiver punishes the grinding of nose and ears, anonymous, after David Vinckboons, 1601 - 1652 print A cheaper, called in the verse Heyn Plomp below, is punished because he is fitted with donkey ears and he is laid with his nose on a sharpening stone. On the left, the people watch. There are a bat and a comb in the foreground. paper etching sharpening, grinding (industrial processes). tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: grindstone. ways pretending to cure simpletons (folklore)

In the foreground left, a courtier is being cut and combed by two men. A boy holds up a mirror to him. On the right, a bathing courtier. Top left two soldiers pushing the crown of thorns on Christ's head with sticks. A third man holds up a mirror to him. Top right Christ, naked except for loincloth and tied to a pillar, flogged by two soldiers. In the center above, a coat of arms of a canon. The print has a title in Dutch. Print from a book edition in which a scene from the life of Christ is juxtaposed with a worldly situation. Crowning of the thorns and scourging of Christ and bathing courtier Mirroring you sondaer Moralising lessons for courtiers , print maker: Pieter de Jode (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: anonymous, Nicolaas van der Horst, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1630, engraving, etching, h 132 mm × w 88 mm

De Heugelyke Birth of the Prince of Orange, 1761 - 1804 print Leaf with large presentation of a bedroom where Willem I Frederik has just been born. His father Willem V is congratulated in the room and his mother Wilhelmina van Pruisen is in bed. Under the show a twelve -line verse in three columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 127. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing visiting the new mother, lying-in visit. infant, baby

Girls stored puppet service on the sidewalk, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching (playing with) dolls (+ variant)

The Ball 1500 Master MZ. The Ball. Master MZ (German, Munich, ca. 1477-1525). 1500. Engraving. Prints

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck, The Healing of Eneas by Saint Peter The Healing of Eneas by Saint Peter

Banquet in the house of Tarquinius; The history of Lucretia. A group of festively dressed men and women uses the meal in a room. A number of musicians in the background. Under the show six lines of Latin. This print is part of a series of four prints that depict the history of Lucretia.

Amsterdam, Hoorn, Timotheus ten, Luyken, Jan, Weigering van des Broeders Weduwe te trouwen, Man refuses to marry the wife of his deceased brother, verso - stamped, Print numbered top right: 128., print, prent, book illustration, prints, height 162 mm, width 181 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1683, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Plate 5 from The Deserter by Sedaine

Allegory with a man taking a woman a chastity belt. In a bedroom a naked woman with a cleaning skylide belt gives around the belt key to her husband traveling. The hat of the man has donkey ears or the ears of a jester hat with bubbles. A man and a maid look behind the bed. The man holds a bag of money in hand. Left symbolizes a jet that treasures fleas in a basket to keep the foolishness of the man's attempts to keep the chastity of his wife. Four verses of six rules in German in the margin.

Clothing Beggars 1635 Abraham Bosse French. Clothing Beggars 386151

. In a room with the fireplace there are two women at the table on which different types of vegetables are located, they look at the fireplace. At the table there is a child on a stew. Behind the women is a man with a stitch on the head, he looks at a piece of paper on the floor.

Robert Dighton, 1752-1814, British, The Ferry, undated. Pen and black ink, brushed gray ink, gray wash, and black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Amsterdam, Hardenberg, Jacobus van, Huygen, Jan, Luyken, Scholar receives a vision in his study, verso bottom center - stamped, A scholar sits behind a table in his study, in front of an open book. He stands with his right foot on a globe. Above him the heavens open and cherubs appear. In the background a man opens the door of the study. Below the representation a frame with a hare hunt. Above the representation two frames. On the left two gardeners at work and on the right a merchant counting his money., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 125 mm, width 85 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, 1649 - 1700, publisher, uitgever, printer, drukker

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Boertig scene in rich interior, Jan Gerritsz Swelinck, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1624 print A richly dressed company in a room with a set table in the background. A man is bent over with his head on the lap of a sitting woman. Two ladies are standing around him with raised hand as if they were going to hit him on his buttocks. Two men and a woman watch. Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing

Hudibras Catechized (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 9). Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Author: Illustrates Samuel Butler (British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613-1680 Covent Garden). Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.8 x 34 cm) (trimmed within platemark). Publisher: Philip Overton (British, active from 1707, died 1744); John Cooper (London). Date: February 1725-26. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Molière for the judges of Pluto, Jacobus Harrewijn, 1683.

The wedding scale, c. 1590 - c. 1595 print A rich young woman and a poorer young man are weighed on a scale by their parents. The side of the scales where the young man is sits is pulled down by his mother, but the side of the bride remains heavier. The man is not rich enough for the bride. Cupido, armed with an arc, takes a look at the full money box and takes the legs. With caption of two four -line verses in Dutch and French. paper engraving scales.

Maximilian is sitting at the table with two women and receives messenger; Weißkanig.Maximiliaan uses a meal at the court, sitting at a table with two women. He carries his armor and he is talking to a man.

Hudibras Catechized (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 9) February 1725-26 William Hogarth British. Hudibras Catechized (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 9) 396572

Artist: Gottfried Stein, German, 1687-1747, Rural scene, Etching and engraving, platemark: 19.4 × 29.7 cm (7 5/8 × 11 11/16 in.), Made in Germany, German, 18th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Illustration No. 4 (from 12) to medieval and modern history, posted in: Almanac de Gotha pour l'anneé 1793. Gotha, Chez C. W. Ettinger (copy) Geyser, Christian Gottlieb (1742 1803), Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Plate 3 for Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801)Daniel Berger (Germany, Berlin, 1744-1824). Germany, 1776. Prints; etchings. Etching, laid down

The Gamesters, from the Dance of Death 1651 late 18th century printing Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Three men play cards at a table. The one at right gathers his winnings whilethe player at left puts his hand on his dagger. The player at center is seized by Death and a devil.. The Gamesters, from the Dance of Death 361670

Two pairs in an inn, Cornelis Massijs, 1539 - 1544 print In an inn, two men with two women sit at a round table. In the meantime, two other women rob the men. On the right a watching and smiling nar with Marot who expresses the text at the bottom of the margin. On the wall hangs a print with the representation of a man who hatches eggs, a crowing chicken and a rooster with chicks. Under the print the proverb: tis den Huyse a large v er three t // daer de hi nne crayt e n d e // that not haane. Warning for the power of the woman, who can destroy the man. Antwerp paper engraving the man is robbed (brothel scene). proverbs, sayings, etc.. hotel, hostelry, inn. court jester, court fool

December, warm at the fireplace, ca. 1600; The twelve months of the year depicted in scenes from national life; Schemata XII Mensium Sius OperationIBUS, & Ad Signa Zodiaci Applicatione, in Quatuor Anni Partes Divisa. Round performance with the month of December. An old man warms up at the fire of a fireplace, a boy blows the fire, approx. 1600. With the cap of the Capricorn. With a peripheral in Latin. PRENT No. 12 in the series of the twelve months of the year depicted in scenes from popular life.

Elector and Death, Rudolph Meyer, 1650 print Elector, standing in a departure; Next to him death as a skeleton who holds him a crown over his head. Servants flights away. paper etching dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings. personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa)

The guardhouse in Leuven ... (IT)

Cartoon on the legal profession that spins yarn in the man of man, 1687, 1687 print The interest of the world. Cartoon on the legal profession that spins yarn in arguing man, 1687. Allegory in which a priest accompanied by obedience and truth and a farmer accompanied by the goddess of the Earth plead their business for a lawyer who is accompanied behind his table accompanied by the Time. Between the parties the soldier with fortune and fame. In the caption De Verszen belonging to the main characters Numbered I-X in Dutch and French. Antwerp paper etching / engraving lawyer, attorney at law

The capture of King Richard Löwenherz (Taking the Captive of King Ryszard Lion Lion Heart) Illustration No. 9 (from 12) To the History of the Middle Ages, Posted in: Gothaisches Paperback on 1794. With copper. Gotha, with Carl Wilh. Ettinger (copy) Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801), Henne, Eberhard Siegfried (1759 1828)

Family around the dining table, Jan Luyken, 1683 print Amsterdam paper etching eating and drinking. (family) meal

Decapitation by Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 1619. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt kneels blindfolded for his decapitation at the Schave Foot at the Binnenhof in the Hague on 13 May 1619. View of the scaffold, the servant Jan Francken is balanced with hands for the face.

Almanac of Paris Marches, Curious Etrennes and Comic François Queverdo (1748-1897). Almanac of the Paris markets, curious and comical eTrennes. Engraving.

Servants of the Duke of Aumale try to chase the rats in his coffin, 1591, Jan Luyken, 1698 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / letterpress printing rodents: rat. coffin

The Martyrdom of John the Baptist Made 1510 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Wonderdokter, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1788 print Berlin paper etching quack, charlatan, mountebank, 'saltimbanco'. physician, doctor

Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726-1801, German, 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III, undated. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Jacob de Kaarzengieter disputes in the prison in Bruges with Brother Cornelis, 1569; I. De Keersemaker Disputé avec brother Cornelis Ensuite Brulé, AO. 1569 / J. De Lichtermacher Disputirt Mit Bruder Cornelius zu Brugge und was bell off Nachmals, Ao. 1569. The Baptist Jacob The candle growers dispute in the prison in Bruges with Brother Cornelis, 1569.

An Academy of Painters 1600-1638 Pierfrancesco Alberti Italian Prints representing academy scenes became more common after the first official art academy was established in Florence in 1563. At the Rome venue depicted here, masters (with beards and hats) instruct young artists. The masters teach the principles of disegno, which entails both the ability to render a drawing and the intellectual capacity to conceive its design. One master displays a sheet of sketches to two students at left, while another gives a lesson on geometry in the center. In the background on the right, a group examines a cadaver to learn about anatomy. The paintings and pieces of sculpture that adorn the back wall served as additional aids for the students.. An Academy of Painters 369583

Mocking, Christoffel van Sichem (II), After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1648 print print maker: Netherlandsafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing mockings of Christ, who may be blindfolded

Cornelis de Witt gives changes to a rapist, Gaspar Bouttats, 1672 print First print in a series of eight performances about the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt. All prints are by Gaspar Bouttats and have a verse of four or two lines. The show shows how Cornelis de Witt Schroning gives a rapist. Antwerp paper etching

Two couples in an inn; Tis here Goey Vente Laet Druck Add / Scroll Already Verzocht Eert is Ghedae N. In a inn there are two men with two women at least chosen to a round table. In the meantime, two other women rob the men. On the right a watching and smiling jester with Marot who pronounce the text down in the margin. On the wall hangs a print with the representation of a man, who browsing eggs, a crowing chicken and a rooster with chicks. Under the print the proverb: Tis huyse a great v er three t // daer de hi NNE CRAYT E n d e // that hane does not. Warning for the power of the woman, who can deposit the man in the destruction.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Cleve, Marten van (I), Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Historia plagarum in Aegijpto, History of Moses before the Exodus, Plague of the locusts and of the water that was turned into blood, verso bottom center - stamped, In the foreground the eighth plague that God let come upon Egypt: a plague of locusts. The pharaoh orders one of his soldiers to kill the locusts. On the left a servant fills a jar with water: a reference to the first plague of Egypt when water turned into blood. In the background left the seventh plague of Egypt: a hail and firestorm. In the background left and right Aaron and Moses who evoke the plagues. The print has a Latin inscription., print, prints, height 202 mm, width 285 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1527 - 1581, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publ

prison guard receives money for freeing a prisoner from the torture chamber. Engraving by AC after M. de Vos. The torture chamber is populated by men in various rods and men writhing in pain The image is surrounded by depictions of torture and torture implements, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Batseba receives the letter from David; History of David and Batseba; Historia Bersabee (...); Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Batseba, accompanied by a servant, is on the edge of a water basin at a fountain. A servant presents her a letter from King David. David is on the balcony of the palace in the background. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 2 SAM. 11. Print is part of an album.

Gray-tone clair-obscur woodcut by Giuseppe Nicola Vicentino (Rossigliani) from around 1525-1527 depicting the Presentation of Jesus in the temple using four plates.

Odoardo Fialetti after Jacopo Tintoretto, The Marriage at Cana The Marriage at Cana

Wealthy people watch valuable vases, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing display of jewels, etc.. the rich

Murder of the Prince of Orange, 1584; Prince of Orangeien Sort. The Prince of Orange in Delft murdered by Balthasar Gerards, July 10, 1584. In the foreground the prince is shot, in the background the execution of Bathasar Gerards on the Schaveot on July 14, 1584.

David Playing the Harp before Saul. Dated: 1531. Dimensions: sheet: 20.8 × 28.6 cm (8 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.) (trimmed). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Christoph Bockstorfer.

The seller of a barrel shop is in conversation with a customer. The goods, outlined in the shop window and on the street, consist of tableware, toys, a spinning wheel, tools, a cash box and on the right a painting and a violin. Above the door hangs a signboard with the title in Dutch. In the background a square with a fountain at a city gate.

Kollonitz von Kollegrád, Sigismund Freiherr.

Dutch virgin receives flowers from a gardener, François Morellon La Cave, Michiel Schrijver, 1726.

Compassmaker, Caspar Luyken, 1711 print Print to the left of the fresh numbered: 13. paper etching compass. handicrafts, craftsman at work

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Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 2 ca. 1615 Jan van Haelbeeck Second plate of a group of 9 plates with small domestic scenes, engraved by Jan van Haelbeeck, which were either were made for, or reused by Jean Leclerc around 1615 in the sonnet series Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits’, in which they were each published with a sonnet that hinted at the double meaning of the activities. In this plate, a woman, dressed in full 17th-century aristocratic style, stands in front of a man who, sitting on a wooden chair in front of her, is getting dressed, putting on his boots, one of which lies on a table next to him with his hat. They are inside a room with open window, and with a bed nect to the clothed table where the man's clothes lie. The plate accompanies one of the sonnets of the Enigmes, which describes an erotic encounter between the man and the woman in the illustration, corresponding to the double meaning that can be interpreted from the image. This double meaning o

Willemynken Vecht with bull and Duyfken reprimanded her; Duyfkkens and Willemrykens Pilgrimagie to Haren Loved within Iervsalem.willemynken Vecht with a Bull and Duyfken Repimandes re. Another Scene Shows Willemynken in a Hardened Position BeCause It Runs Just Under a Window WHERE A Woman Emblems a Bucket or Water.

Two women around a table near a country house, Jan Punt, 1742 print Two women at a table in front of a country house. One of them writes in a book, the other has a banner in hand. A third woman comes out with a tray. Shot game hangs on a stick at the table. In the foreground two putti with an oven that can heat liquid in a can. A third has a fishnet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving country-house. spoils of the hunt, game, venison. fishes. oven ~ kitchen - CC - in the open air

Interior with various figures; The winter.; Winter scenes. Interior with two smoking gentlemen by the fireplace and two gentlemen playing a board game. Print from a series of thirteen with winter scenes.

The Choosing of Saint Matthias. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck.

Departure with an elegant company consisting of the five foolish virgins and several men dancing and making music In the background a loving couple In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin referring to the vice of the foolish virgins, The five foolish virgins dancing and making music Parable of the five wise and the five foolish virgins Parabola V Virginum Typis Aen: Expressa , print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), (mentioned on object), Maerten de Vos, (mentioned on object), publisher: Crispijn van de Passe (I), (mentioned on object), Cologne, 1589 - 1611, paper, engraving, h 226 mm × w 179 mm

Southern Netherlands, Brabant Revolution, 1787-1790, Les Amusements du Congrès ou L'Inauguration Sindicaille, Cartoon on the Congress of the United States of the Netherlands, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the Congress of the United States of the Netherlands. Interior in which La Pinau rocks with her foot a large cradle in which the representatives of the nine provinces of the confederation are seated. On the left Van der Noot, on the right bystanders including Van Eupen with his mistress Marianne Pinau. In the caption the legend 1-11. Here the date 29 January 1791 written by hand. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790., print, prent, cartoon, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 176 mm, width 209 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1791, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

The Story of the Prodigal Son, from a series of 6prints. Artist: Nicolaes de Bruyn, Flemish, 1571-1656 Publisher: Ahasuerus van Londerseel, Dutch, 1572-1635

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no.16). Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Author: Illustrates Samuel Butler (British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613-1680 Covent Garden). Dimensions: sheet: 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (12 x 6.7 cm). Date: 1721-26. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Preparing for the flight from Egypt, Justus Sadeler, 1600 - 1620

The planet Mercury and his children, Harmen Jansz Muller, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1638 - 1646 print Mercury drives his car in the sky, pulled by two roosters. The signs of Virgin and twins indicate which people belong to the sphere of influence of Mercury. The people born under this constellation are learned and artistic. Around a table are scientists, astrologers, a trader and a doctor. On the left, people make music at an organ. On the right are a sculptor and painter at work. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the children of Mercury. Antwerp paper engraving Mercury and his children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Gemini and Virgo. fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.). astrologer at work. organ. sculptor at work. painter at work, in his studio

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, Lycaon Changed into a Wolf, 1589 Lycaon Changed into a Wolf

Sieve maker, Jan Luyken, 1694 print Amsterdam paper etching kitchen-utensils: sieve. handicrafts, craftsman at work

Abimelech Bespiedt Isaak And Rebekka, Crispy of De Fasse (I), 1700 - 1750 print Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looks out of his window and sees how Isaac Rebekka is caring. In the margin a two -way caption in Dutch. print maker: Utrechtpublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving King Abimelech, looking down from his window, sees Isaac and Rebekah making love

Plate 6: Ferdinand receiving the keys to the city of Ghent; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'. Artist: Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606-ca. 1674); After Anton van den Heuvel (Flemish, ca. 1600-1677). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 14 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (37.6 × 27.8 cm). Published in: Antwerp. Publisher: Johannes Meursius (Flemish, active 1620-47). Date: 1636.On January 28, 1635, the city of Ghent celebrated the entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain, the recently appointed governor of the Southern Netherlands. A group of Flemish artists were commissioned to create paintings for the decoration of two triumphal arches erected in the city's main square for the occasion. Though the majority of these canvases are now lost, the engravings in Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis, S.R.E. Cardinalis, Triumphalis Introitus in Flandriae Metropolim Gandavum', Antwerp 1636, illustrate what the series

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Title page for: Salomon van Rusting 'Nieuw-Gebouw der Genees-konst', 1706, verso - stamped, print, title page, prints, height 140 mm, width 83 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1706 - 1706, paper, papier, etching, etchings

The month of January, Three Kings, approx. 1600, 1650 - 1675 print Round show with the month of January. Four people around a table celebrate Epiphany, around 1600. With the sign of the Waterman. With edge in Latin. Print no. 1 in the series of the twelve months of the year depicted in scenes from popular life. Low Countries paper engraving January and its 'labours'. Aquarius (zodiacal sign of January). Twelfth Night, usually falling on the eve of January 6 Low Countries

The Industrious 'Prentice Out of his Time and Married to his Master's Daughter (Industry and Idleness, plate 6). Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Dimensions: plate: 10 3/8 x 13 9/16 in. (26.4 x 34.4 cm)sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 7/8 in. (26.8 x 35.2 cm). Date: September 30, 1747. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le Cabinet de Basan 1805 Pierre Philippe Choffard. Le Cabinet de Basan. Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, Paris 1730-1809 Paris). 1805. Engraving. Prints

8. Scene in Bedlam asylum. Date: 1735

. In an interior, an elegant couple sits at a table at a violin player from a music book. They wear clothing according to the fashion of approx. 1620. The lady is wearing a dress with bows and a very wide outstanding collar. Two paintings hang on the wall behind the couple. Under the image two columns with Latin text. The print is part of a series with prints about the five senses.

Northern Netherlands, Feddes van Harlingen, Pieter, Allegory on the tyranny of Alva (incomplete), 1618, Incomplete copy of a satirical print comparing the reign of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in 1618 with the tyranny of the Duke of Alva in the years 1567-1573. In the missing upper part of the depiction, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt sits with his supporters, including Gilles van Ledenberg, around a table. By folding the upper half of the print it is revealed that the people portrayed correspond to the Duke of Alva with the Council of Blood, including Cardinal Granvelle, Brother Cornelis and several bishops, in the background the execution of Egmond and Horne in 1568. The print includes a conversation between Beste-maet, who sees Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and Botte-maet, who sees Alva., print, prent, paper, papier, prints, prenten, height 180 mm, width 375 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1618 - 1618, etching, etsen, 1586 - 1623-07-10

The forging of heads, 1705, 1706 - 1707 print The forging of heads, 1705. In a blacksmith's head of Theodorus de Cock is by three forging, including Peter Codde (the Codige blacksmith), such as smokers that a rooster appears from the head. On the grounds of the pope and of a Jesuit. Page No. 7 in the series of 13 magazines with cartoons on the Jesuits entitled Roma Pertubata, 1707. Part of the print work published under the collection title 't Lust-Hof of Momus with the bundled series of cartoons during the years 1701-1713 of the Spanish Succession War. print maker: Amsterdamprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving smith, blacksmith. fire, oven, furnace ~ interior of industrial structure. ways pretending to cure simpletons (folklore)

Joachim's sacrifice is refused, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Albrecht Dürer, 1510 - 1515 print paper engraving Joachim's sacrifice refused by the priest

Print at the top right numbered: 59.

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