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Literary and Allegorical Representations

Engravings and illustrations related to literature and allegory, mixing narrative scenes with decorative elements.

Emblema L: Draco mulierem, and haec illum interimit, simulque sanguine perfunduntur. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 50, located on page 148.
Emblema L: Draco mulierem, and haec illum interimit, simulque sanguine perfunduntur. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 50, located on page 148.
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Amsterdam, Wit, Frederik de, Comitatus Zelandiae Tabula, Neptune on a chariot drawn by horses, verso - stamped, Neptune with trident stands on his chariot or triumphal chariot drawn by horses. Around putti with fish tails with the coat of arms of Zeeland. Detail of a map of the province of Zeeland., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 170 mm, width 147 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1680 - 1680, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, 1631 - 1706, publisher
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Pre-bed of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange, 1647; AF-image of the Nassausche Rust-bed, waer on Wert Verthounts the dead Lichay of Sijn Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick, Prince of Oranjen, Grave of Nassau, & c. About members in 'SGraven-Hage, Den 14. Maert, 1647. Pre-bed from Frederik Hendrik, died in The Hague on March 14, 1647. The Prince lying on its deathbed. Around the bed are members of the family. Above the bed flies the fame that makes the news from the death of the prince. Under the show a long verse in three columns by Adriaan van de Venne.
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Eléonore. Nineteenth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 619; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Amsterdam, Blaeu, Johannes Willemszoon, Title page for: Lucius Annaeus Seneca and Thomas Farnaby, L. & M. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae, 1645, Tragedy, Apollo and Euterpe, verso - stamped, On a pedestal with the title sits a woman with a sword, possibly the personification of tragedy. At her feet lie crowns and scepters. On either side are Apollo with a lyre and a woman with a flute, possibly the muse Euterpe., print, engraving, title page, prints, etching, height 117 mm, width 63 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1645, paper, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1596-09-23 - 1673-05-28, publisher
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Old woman with money exchange with a young couple, An old Besjen with an Iongman (title on object), Jan van de Velde, Amsterdam, 1622, paper, letterpress printing, h 145 mm × w 183 mm h 125 mm × w 85 mm
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Lvi Mignon des Ladies. Lvi Mignon des Ladies. Third shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.
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LIV Meer suffered slightly. LIV Meer suffered slightly. First shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.
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The new retailery / gas game, / or other called Koninglyke Tydkorting from Cupid. Spiral board game with the top left head of the hose with a crown, at the top right is tail. Around the entire hose round boxes numbered from 1 to 63, some with Putti's performances. In the middle an oval with image of a dancing farm couple, between them in a musicing putto. In the undermaster the rules in two columns.
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Boerin, Francesco Villamena (Possibly), c. 1576 - 1624 print Standing farmer with a hat in hand and a yoke on the shoulder. On the yoke hang a basket with eggs and a cage with an animal in it. Title in the end margin. paper engraving farmers. folk costume, regional costume. eggs, egg-dishes. container made of plant material other than wood: basket
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Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables (copy), Playing card with mythological scenes, Arion, verso - stamped, Playing card with a scene of Arion playing the violin on the back of a hippocampus., print, playing card, prints, height 55 mm, width 57 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after print by
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Title page for the leaflet: the truth above all, 1702; The truth above all; Esopus in Europe. Title page for the leaflet: the truth above all, 1702. Naked personification of truth in a column and the radiant monogram of King Willem III.
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Landscape with Yuk, Albert Flamen, 1672 print A landscape with a yoke. In the foreground low plants and grass. On a banderole a motto in Latin and a caption in French, both about love. print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Qualities of Love: first series (+ emblematical representation of concept)
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Allegorical show with father time and history; Title page for: Johannes Georgius Graevius, Thesaurus Antiquatum et historianum Italiae, 1704.Monument With Portrait Medallions to Chains. For That, Father Beats Time With Zeis A Page To Get From The Book In Which An Allegorical Female Figure, Possibly History, Writes.
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ou Nouvelle explication de plusieurs images, emblemes, and autres figures hyerogliphiques des vertus, des vices, des arts, des sciences, des causes naturelles, des humeurs differentes, des passions humaines, andc. Divisee en deux parties, Iconologie, ou Nouvelle explication de plusieurs images, emblemes, and autres figures hyerogliphiques des vertus, des vices, des arts, des sciences, des causes naturelles, des humeurs differentes, des passions humaines, andc. Divisée en deux parties, Ripa, Cesare, 1677
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Folding heart; 1760-1800 (1760-00-00-1800-00-00);
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unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Cartes des rois de France, Card game with rulers of France, Charles 4e dit le bel, Karel IV, Playing card with a representation of the French king Charles IV. Text below the representation., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 54 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege
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Spanish Furie in Antwerp, 1576; Spaensche Furie to Antwerp; The Spaensche Tiranye Gheschiet in Nederlant. Spanish Furie in Antwerp, 4-7 November 1576. Atridifications committed by murizing soldiers in the population of the city. Under the show a verse of 16 lines in 2 columns, below stuck a description in 5 lines, in Dutch. Numbered: 15.
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The new entertainment / snake game, / or other called Koninglyke Tyd discount from Cupido, 1790 - 1800 print. gameboard Spiral -shaped board game with the head of the hose with a crown, top right, his tail. Numbered over the whole hose round boxes from 1 to 63, some with performances from Putti. In the middle an oval with an image of a dancing farmer's couple, between them in a musician putto. In the lower margin the rules in two columns. Amsterdam paper. cardboard letterpress printing board-games. board-games of chance. snakes. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
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Roman Soldier, Jan Miel, 1649 - 1664 print A Roman soldier standing with a foot on the edge of a monumental stone. Italy paper etching private soldier
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Isabeau de Bauieres; Card game with renowned rulers; Jeu des Reynes Renommées.playing Card with a Presentation of Isabella or Bavaria, Wife of King Charles VI. Text in undermarge. Numbered Top Left: 3
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Date: 1681
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Coat of arms of the Count of Tancarville, France, silver escutcheon within red border with gold angemmes or cinq-foils, and the Count of Saint-Pol, red lion on silver field. Comtez: Tancarville, Sainct-Paul. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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France, French Crown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological scenes, Jupiter, King of Hearts, Playing card with a representation of Jupiter with a bundle of lightning bolts in his hand, flying on the back of an eagle. Text and heart in the lower margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege
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Title page for the pamphlet: Samenspraak tusschen Marforio en Jacquet du Moulin, 1701. The statue of Marforio (a man without arms) complains to Jacquet de Moulin, the miller's child of James II. Title page for the pamphlet: Saamenspraak tusschen Marforio en Jacquet du Moulin, 1701 Saamenspraak tusschen Marforio en Jacquet du Moulin Esopus in Europa , print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, Northern Netherlands, 1701, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 175 mm × w 140 mm
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Phaeton. Sixteenth number of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 499; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Coats of arms of the Prince of Orange, France, with blue horns, and arms of the Principality of Achaea or Morea, with gold cross on red field. Le Prince dOrange, le Prince de la Merce, ou de la Moree. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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II Dom is Driest. II Dom is Driest. Second shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Julie. Forty-eighth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 642; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Title print with fish and a fisherman, Anonymous, After Adriaen Collaert, 1634 print Central the title of the press series in a cartouche, flanked by two fish. The title has a fisherman with nets, rods and the initials of Claes Jansz. Visscher. The sun shines behind him. This is the title print of a series with fish as the subject. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving fishes. fisherman
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Title Border Hans Cranach German This Metropolitan Museum of Art woodcut displays a title unlike the blank version illustrated in Hollstein.. Title Border 625659
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Abruzzo Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia S. Massimo7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes, painting, monstrance, reliquary German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Coats of arms of Nine Worthy Ladies, Teuta, Queen of the Ardiaei, with black eagle with womans head on breast, and Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae, with three gold nascent leopards. THEUCA ou TENUCA, THAMARIS ou THALESTIS. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Coats of arms of Chaldea, Babylon and Assyria, with golden lion, and Medes and Persians, with a ram rampant. Chaldee, Babylone & Assyrie, Medes & Perses, Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Coat of arms of mythological figures Protesilaus, king of the Phylaceans, and Ceneus, King of Scythia. PROTHESILAUS Roy de Phylace, CENEUS Roy de Scythie. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Forever a girl, at night, Jan van de Velde, after David Vinckboons, 1622 print A young man walks behind a girl at night. Behind them a lantern on a stone building. The girl has lifted her hand. Book illustration from G.A. Bredero, Boertigh, Amoreus, and Aend-like Log-Boeck, 1622. At the top left page number 36. Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing pursuit of a woman, prowling. lantern. night. arm raised, with fingers spread out
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Hiios de Lara-Y-Lopez Barra di Pinto." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101785-4 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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Frontispiece for "The Large Apostles". Dated: published 1631. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.
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Imaginary coats of arms of Seventh and Eighth Chapters of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: the Man of Ireland, with silver bell on red field, and Geffrey the Stout, with gold tower on red field. Chevaliers de la table ronde: le Hyrlandois, Gefroys. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Coat of arms of the Duchy of Carinthia, Austria, with three black leopards on silver field, and the Duchy of Prussia, Germany, with green eagle on silver field. Duchez: Carintie, Prusse. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Jeu de boules; Variae Conversationes a. Iacobo Callot inventae.Title page for a series of Dutch prints to Callot. In the foreground figures that play the boules with cannonballs. Two sitting kids watch. At the back of a horizontal figure on a wooden cart with a rooster on the wheel. Above the title "Variae Conversationes". Bottom right: No. 1