Mythological Allegories

Etchings and prints that depict mythological themes, featuring figures like Hercules and allegorical representations of justice and fortune in dramatic scenes.

Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, God creates the animals on the land, recto bottom center - handwritten in brown ink, God, an old man with a beard, stands in a landscape among several animals that he has just created., print, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, R, height 287 mm, width 417 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1540, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a painting by

Psyche opens the jug with Proserpina's beauty, master of the dice, after Michiel Coxie (i), c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Seduced by the idea that it will make hair more beautiful, Psyche opens the jug filled with beauty of Proserpina, the goddess of the underworld. On the right Amor escapes the window of the palace in which Venus locked him up. On the left, the fallen psyche awakens, after which Amor will take her. Italian text in two cartouches in STUDMARGE. Numbered twice in the bottom left: 28. paper engraving Psyche, on her way back, opens Proserpina's casket and is overcome by sleep. Cupid awakes Psyche from her deadly sleep

Fire The Four Elements Ignis.... 1600. Collaert, Adriaen, -1618. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

The sacrifice of Abel (plate 1 from The Story of Cain and Abel) 1576 Johann Sadeler I. The sacrifice of Abel (plate 1 from The Story of Cain and Abel) 700567

Batheba, accompanied by servants, sits on the edge of a pool of water near a fountain. A servant hands her a letter from King David. David is standing on the balcony of the palace on the left in the background. Below the scene a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 2 Sam. 11. Batseba receives the letter from David History of David and Batseba Theatrum biblicum , print maker: Adriaen Collaert, (attributed to), Jan Snellinck (I), (attributed to), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: Antwerp, publisher: Amsterdam, 1585 and/or 1596 - 1643, paper, engraving, h 198 mm × w 289 mm

Etching by Nicolas Chaperon depicting Noah leaving the ark, created in 1649, illustrating the conclusion of the biblical flood narrative.

Poverty follows wealth, Gillis van Breen, after Karel van Mander (I), 1595 - 1605 print On the left is a young pair with a well -dressed lady, the personification of wealth. On the right the same couple is pulled away by a woman with rags, the personification of poverty. The clothing of the couple is also becoming more insignificant. The skirt and sleeves of the woman are torn. Yet the couple still attracts wealth and tries to flee for poverty. print maker: Netherlandsafter design by: Haarlem paper engraving walking arm in arm

Cupid Begging Jupiter for Mercy for Psyche 1530-1540 Italy. Engraving in warm brown ink on cream laid paper . Master of the Die

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Broeck, Crispijn van den, Sadeler, Johann (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Creation and the Fall, Creation of Adam, The Creation of Adam. In the foreground stands God the Father in the form of the tetragrammaton, breathing life into the naked Adam. In the background, God instructs Adam to give names to the animals. At the bottom is a reference to the Bible text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 195 mm, width 272 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1643, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1524 - 1591, after design van, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

St George Artist's working dates 1450-1491 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

Aesculapius as a dragon between the Romans; Aesculapius in Anguem Conersus Romam ADVEhitur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.aesculapius, in the Form of a Dragon, Arrives in Rome. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Andreas Bretschneider III, Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf, published 1622 Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf

May; Maivs; The twelve months. Round table with spring landscape with spring scaffolding. May is the month of love. Music is played in the foreground, danced and eaten. There are couples everywhere to see around walking around or playing games. In the middle of the zodiac sign of twins. The print is part of a twelve-part series over the twelve months.

Panorama of the city of Rome; Prospetto d. Alma Città di Roma (...). Part of a panorama of the city of Rome, seen from the Janiculum hill. Explanatory list of numbers in undermarge.

The Hague, Pola, Hendrik, De Tijd chasing a soldier, verso lower left - stamped, De Tijd, with a winged hourglass on his head, is chasing a soldier with his scythe. In the background piles of bones and skulls on either side of a gate., print, prints, height 107 mm, width 133 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1676 - 1748, print maker, printmaker, 1705 - 1713, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Venus makes Aeneas immortal, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Venus sprinkles her son Aeneas with ambrosis and thus makes him the God Indiges. On the right in the background Cybele on her lion car that ensures that the ships of Aeneas, which were set on fire by Turnus, turn into water nymphs. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Venus sprinkles and anoints Aeneas' body with perfume and ambrosia. when Turnus sets the Trojan ships on fire they turn into sea-nymphs at Cybele's request

Love overcomes everything; Omnia ventcit amor, et nos cedamus amori; Emblemata Saecularia, 1596. Venus stands on the clouds and looks down on man downstairs on earth, surrounded by tools and weapons, attributes who refer to worldly business. The blindfolded Amor shoots one of his arrows. The theme of this emblem is: love conquers everything and we admit to love. Emblem no. 30 in Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 and No. 9 in the second edition of 1611.

Landscape with a falcon hunt. In the foreground two falconers on horseback and a hunting dog. Below the scene a line in Dutch. Allegory of the socio-economic situation in the Netherlands in 1644. Print from a series of five allegorical landscapes with sayings, Falconry Allegorical Landscapes (series title), print maker: Hendrick Hondius (I), (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1644, paper, etching, engraving, h 205 mm × w 157 mm

De Engel points Hagar a source in the desert, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1700 - 1750 print Abraham sends Hagar and Ismaël to the desert. When the water runs out, Hagar puts her son under a bush to die. An angel appears and points her a source, so that both are saved. In the margin a two -way caption in Dutch. print maker: Utrechtpublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving an angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar. Hagar sits weeping after having put Ishmael under a bush to die. Abraham provides Hagar and Ishmael with bread and a jug of water

Minerva protects Telemachus against arrows of Amor, Simon Fokke, 1775 print Minerva keeps her shield above Telemachus to prevent the arrows of Amor from touching him. In the air, Venus rests on a shell pulled by pigeons. Print on top left marked: Page 63. Amsterdam paper etching (story of) Telemachus. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). sleeping; unconsciousness - BB - out of doors. (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Allegory of Life, Giorgio Ghisi, After Rafaël, 1561 print Fantasy landscape at night with rocks, wild animals, different types of trees and a fierce lake with sea monsters and a rowing boat. On the edge of the lake is an old man with a beard, leaning against a rock and a dead tree. The old man looks over the water at a woman with crown and spear in the foreground on the right. paper engraving Life. mis-shapen animals; monsters. animals. landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes

S. Georges (St. George), April 23rd, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. S. Georges (St. George), April 23rd, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Pyramus and Thisbe. Dated: 1514. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.

Alcyone bidt so many Juno; Halcyone on her back lunoni supplicating; The Metamorphoses or transformations; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Alcyone bidt so many Juno. Titles in net Engels in the ondermarge.

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Forest landscape with wolf hunting. In the foreground, a wolf is killed by several hunters and their dogs. The print has an ornamental frame with flowers, fish and animals. It is part of a twenty-four-volume series of landscapes with Biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes., Wolf Hunting Landscapes with Biblical, Mythological Scenes and Hunting Scenes (series title), print maker: Adriaen Collaert, (mentioned on object), Hans Bol, (mentioned on object), publisher: Eduwart van Hoeswinckel, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1582 - 1586, paper, engraving, h 142 mm × w 207 mm

Rome, Orlandi, Giovanni, Tempesta, Antonio, The four seasons, Vere sinum recludit humus floresg comantes: Producens suques passim diffundit oderes, Summer, verso - stamped, The female personification of summer with grain and flowers on a chariot drawn by birds. Apollo rides through the air in his solar chariot. Title in Latin in the lower margin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 149 mm, width 215 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Clement VIII, Sadeler, Raphael (I), Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Venice, Trophaeum vitae solitariae, The virtuous life of hermits, Saint Venerius of Tino as a hermit, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Venerius of Tino, an Italian hermit from the seventh century AD, sits by a water basin and reads a Bible. In the background a mountainous landscape with a bridge over a river., print, prints, width 202 mm, height, 164 mm, South Netherlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1550 - 1600-08, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie, 1536 - 1605, verlener van privilege

Flood, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching the Flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17)

Saint George. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Martin Schongauer.

Plate 69: Cephalus and Aurora (Cephalum amore perditißimo prosequitar Aurora), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 69: Cephalus and Aurora (Cephalum amore perditißimo prosequitar Aurora), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1606. Etching. Prints

. In the clouds the naked Apollo as a personification of the afternoon. Around his head the sun. Among him an afternoon landscape with people in the shade sheltering in front of the sun. People sleep or drink. A Latin caption with an explanation in the afternoon in the margin. The print is part of a four-part series about the parts of the day and the human activities that are committed during that part of the day.

Hercules in fight with the Hydra van Lerna, Simon Frisius, After Antonio Tempesta, 1610 - 1664 print print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: Italy paper etching (2) the Hydra of Lerna is killed by Hercules

Europe. Groeningen, Gerard van, active 1561-1575. Anonymous. Prints. 1663. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Dated: published 1630. Dimensions: sheet: 10.5 x 14.7 cm (4 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Christoph Murer.

Dreaming of Joseph.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, Icones Revelationum S Johs Evangeliste in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, Four angels hold the four winds in check, recto - handwritten in brown ink, Four angels hold the four winds in check with their swords. In the middle an angel places the seal of God on the forehead of a member of a tribe of Israel. Above in the clouds an angel with a cross. In the margin a four-line caption in Latin. Sixth print from a series of twenty-four with the revelation of John on Patmos., print, prints, verso - stamped, 123, recto top right - handwritten in brown ink, un ange marque dans cette vie., height 84 mm, width 76 mm, height 137 mm, width 104 mm, Zuid-Nederlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05,

The Sacrifice of Isaac set in a landscape with a flock of sheep at left and an angel guiding Abraham's sword at upper left. Artist: Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553-1615 Rome); After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (18.1 × 22.3 cm). Date: 1570-1615. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ancestors Ruben and Simeon, 1643 print On the left, ancestor Ruben, the eldest son of Jakob, in a landscape with a cow and a goat next to him. A jug in his left hand. On the right ancestor Simeon, the second son of Jakob, in armor in a landscape. Behind him are the corpses of Sichem and two of his men, who had killed Simeon together with Levi as revenge for the onteren of his sister Dina. Under the performances a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 49. This print is part of an album. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving .

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Funestas ad Phoebum Phaeton fundit preces, Phaëthon before Apollo, verso - stamped, Phaëthon kneels before his father Apollo, who is sitting in his sun chariot. He asks his father if he can borrow the sun chariot. Title in Latin in the bottom margin., print, prent, prints, enten, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1606, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Zuid-Nederlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisher

Psyche collects golden wool, master of the dice, after Michiel Coxie (i), c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Venus is wearing Psyche to collect wool from a herd of sheep with a golden fur. On the left, Venus Psyche points to the sheep across a river. Psyche on the right at the sheep and between the reeds that she whispersed whispering about how to collect the wool. Italian text in two cartouches in STUDMARGE. Numbered twice in the bottom left: 23. paper engraving Psyche, being directed by the reeds, collects the golden wool from the sheep

Hero and Leander. From a fortress with burning tower, Hero looks at her beloved Leander, which drowned in the sea.

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Calidonus ab Atalanta aper primo vulneratur a Meleagro intermitur, Atalanta and Meleager kill the boar, verso - stamped, Atalanta and Meleager hunt a wild boar together. Title in Latin in the bottom margin., print, prints, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1606, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisher

Schepping van Eva, Etienne Delaune (possibly copy after), in or after 1569 print France paper engraving Eve is fashioned from Adam's rib

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Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Scenes with drinking figures, Four acrobats and a drinking monkey, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 136, height 51 mm, width 85 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

Battle between Purity and horniness, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719.

Antwerp, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Collaert, Jan (II), Venationes Ferarum, auium, piscium pvgnae Bestiariorum, Hunting scenes, Hunting quails and rabbits, verso bottom center - stamped, The hunt for rabbits and quails after mowing the corn. In the foreground, a group of quails is caught by two farmers using a net. The net is stretched between the two farmers, who are riding on horses. A dog then chases the quails into the net. In the background, the same method is used to catch rabbits. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on hunting scenes., print, prints, height 195 mm, width 265 mm, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1566 - 1628-05-26, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1628, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlandish, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher, 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Admiral Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp seated on triumphal carriage with throne in the shape of a shell drawn by seahorses. In his hand he holds a trident and possibly a ship's rudder, around the chariot swim four tritons blowing on their trumpet shells. Faam floats in the air and blows a trumpet with a banner on which is written: Glory and praise to Trump. Putti hold a sort of crown over the admiral's head. In the lower margin a verse by Herman Frederik Waterloos, Admiral Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp on triumphal chariot., print maker: Cornelis van Dalen (II), (mentioned on object), Cornelis Holsteyn, (mentioned on object), publisher: Wouter Muller, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1653 - 1664, paper, engraving, h 363 mm × w 446 mm

Hercules in battle with the centaurs; Centauros superat; Herculean themes.

Le Grand Rocher (The Great Rock) ca. 1625 Jacques Callot French. Le Grand Rocher (The Great Rock). Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1625. Etching. Prints

Canens zoekt naar Picus; Uxor Pici nomine Canens in auram mutatur; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Canese floats with two torches above a river landscape looking at Picus. In the foreground on the right a river god (tiber) And the Lupa Capitolina that suckles the twins romulus and remus. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Lebey de Batilly, Denis, Frankfurt am Main, Bry, Theodor de, Boissard, Jean Jacques, Denis Lebey de Batilly, Emblemata, 1596, QVIBVS REV COFIDIM, IIS MAXIME EV ERTIMVR, Man being attacked by wolves, verso - stamped, A man sits with his arm caught in a cleft in a tree. He is attacked by a pack of wolves., print, book illustration, emblem, prints, height 67 mm, width 85 mm, South Netherlands, 1528 - 1598-03-27, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1596, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1528 - 1598, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, writer

Pig keeper retrieves acorns from a tree for his flock. The scene is framed by an ornamental frame with pigs, skulls, branches with acorns, shepherds and at the top the constellation Sagittarius., November Suite des Mois de l'Annee (series title) Twelve Months (series title), print maker: Etienne Delaune, Franse kroon, (mentioned on object), France, before 1566, paper, engraving, h 174 mm × w 238 mm

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Perimele in insulam, Perimele, verso - stamped, Perimele is thrown into the sea by her father Hippodamas and turned into an island by Neptune. In the foreground on the left a river god. Title in Latin in the bottom margin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1606, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Zuid-Nederlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisher

Dürer, Albrecht, work, Samson wrestles with a lion, 1496-1497, woodcut, graphics, plate width 27.8 cm, plate height 39 cm, leaf width 28.4 cm, leaf height 39.7 cm

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Last Judgement, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 128 mm, width 72 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, The four temperaments, Cholerics, Choleric temperament, Mars, the god of war, sits in heaven with sword and shield and represents the planet of the same name. Above him are three signs of the zodiac: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, which correspond to the element of fire. Below them, on earth, the people, who have a choleric temperament: soldiers are at war and a blacksmith is at work. At the bottom in the margin a text in Latin about the cholerics and the associated planet. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 213 mm, width 236 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1566 - 1566, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher

The Resurrection. Artist: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda () ca. 1525-1569 Brussels); Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (44.4 x 31 cm). Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510-1570 Antwerp). Date: ca. 1562-63. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Philips Galle.

Allegory on vigilance, 1795; Four allegories on the revolution in 1795. Allegory on vigilance, 1795. Freedom sitting in the Dutch garden, protected by the personification of French military power. Furthermore, also a crane and the Dutch lion that roars into masked enemies. Outside the fence a naked mother with children (love) and a sleeping shepherd. In the background a tent camp of the civil guard.

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, Thisbe Frightened by the Lion, c 1615 Thisbe Frightened by the Lion

Hercules aims his bow at the centaur Nessus who kidnaps Deïanira, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1575 - 1602, Design for a print., draughtsman: Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1575 - 1602, paper, pen, h 73 mm × w 131 mm

Rubens, Peter Paul, Amsterdam, Gronsveld, Johannes, Putti with goat cart, verso - stamped, Landscape with seven putti in and around a goat cart with a kneeling goat looking back at the cart. One putto has a whip raised above its head and one putto lies on its stomach., print, prints, height 311 mm, width 382 mm, 1645 - 1728-03-17, print maker, printmaker, 1679 - 1728, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Zuid-Nederlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30

Personifications of Europe, Asia and Africa offer Rome gifts, in the foreground river god and Romulus and Remus suckled by Wolf, Cornelis van Dalen (I), 1674 print Amsterdam paper engraving Asia represented allegorically; 'Asia' (Ripa). Europe represented allegorically; 'Europa' (Ripa). Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). (story of) Romulus and Remus Rome

Title print for the series, The Batavian Rebellion, 69-70, Antonio Tempesta, 1611

Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, Amsterdam, Schipper, Jan Jacobsz, Sichem, Christoffel van (II), Gerritsz, Hessel, Governors of the Netherlands, Alexander Farnesius Dux Parmae et Placentiae, Equestrian portrait of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, verso center bottom - stamped, Alessandro Farnese, Governor of the Netherlands, on horseback. To the left. He holds a staff in his hand. In the background the siege of Antwerp. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of equestrian portraits of Dutch governors., print, book illustration, prints, width 160 mm, height, 257 mm, 1581 - 1632-09-04, print maker, printmaker, 1591 - 1632, paper, etching, etchings, Northern Netherlands, 1581 - 1658-07-02, Publication (Event), Publication, 1618 - 1688, publisher, granter of privilege

Abigael, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1560 - c. 1570 print Abigael is in the hands with breads and a jug. Behind her the city gate. Third print from a series of eight prints with famous women from the old and New Testament. print maker: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving female persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context)

Guidotti, Galganus.

Plate 1: The Creation of the World (Orbis fabrica), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 1: The Creation of the World (Orbis fabrica), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 400952

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Francken, Ambrosius (I), Collaert, Hans (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of David and Saul, David beheads Goliath, Goliath lies on the ground. David stands with one foot on his chest and raises Goliath's sword above his head, ready to behead him. On the left, the Philistines flee from Saul's soldiers. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Sam. 17. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 209 mm, width 295 mm, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1544 - 1618-10-16, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Germany, Caymox, Balthasar, Dietterlin, Wendel (I), Title page and 11 leaves of 'Architectura und Aufstheilung der V Senln' 1593, Fountains, Wells, Mantelpieces, Capitals, Windows and Retables, Fountain, On a pedestal at the foot of a column, a hunter stabs a wild boar held by dogs. The basin is surrounded by a fence of branches, in which sits a dog on the left and a tortoise on the right. One of 20 sheets from a series (Architectura. Von Ausztheilung, Symmetria und Proportion der fünff Seulen...) consisting of 193 sheets and 5 title pages, divided over five books. This is a second, expanded edition of the series described under Orn Cat I-319., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 249 mm, width 184 mm, German, 1551 - 1599, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1598, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1561 - 1635-03-07, publisher

Pearl fishermen, Cornelis Galle (attributed to), after Jan van der Straet, after 1594 - 1598 print Fishermen in boats search for large oysters at sea. Once found, these oysters are caught with a net and taken to the coast where the oysters are opened. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about hunting scenes. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Florencepublisher: AntwerpAntwerp paper engraving pearl fishing, pearl diving; coral fishing

Amsterdam, Sichem, Christoffel van (III), Four Seasons, Winter, verso lower left - stamped, Saturn with reins in a circular frame., print, prent, prints, height 88 mm, width 81 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1618-03-04 - 1659-10-02, print maker, printmaker, 1581 - 1658, paper, papier, houtsnede

Young Hercules strangles two snakes, Simon Frisius, After Antonio Tempesta, 1610 - 1652 print The young Hercules sits upright in his cradle and strangles two snakes. On the left, Juno hits the event from a cloud. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: Italypublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Hercules strangles two serpents in his cradle

The Prodigal Son Reduced to a Swineherd. 1540. Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Latona Turning the Lycian Peasants into Frogs. Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam)Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1606. Prints; etchings. Etching

Vatican City, Papal Court, Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Raphael, Italy, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Representations by Raphael in the Vatican, Cum extendisset Moyses manum contra mare reuersae sunt, Moses parts the water with his staff, Moses crosses the Red Sea with the Israelites. Behind them, the soldiers of the Pharaoh and their horses are drowning. Title and reference to the Bible text in the lower margin. Print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, height 102 mm, width 252 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher, granter of privilege

July and August; The twelve months. Two round lists with summer landscapes and summer scenes. July, the mowing or hay month. Central is the haymaking and mowing the grass. Hay wagons bring the mown grass to the barn. In the middle of the constellation lion. Right August, the harvesting month. Central is grain harvesting. Harvest trucks bring the grain to the barn. Some farmers are ready to pay their rest. In the middle of the constellation virgin., The print is part of a series over the twelve months.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich to enter the kingdom of God; The misery of wealth. Left in the foreground a rich man (with a sticky grope in hand) tries to wring through a gate. A camel driven by three men: a farmer, a judge and a merchant. They try to force the animal by a needle that is held by a hand coming out of the clouds. On the left in the background the road to the empire of heaven that leads to Christ in the clouds. The print has a Latin caption and a Dutch and French caption in letterpress. The print is part of a series with the subject of the misery that brings wealth.

Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Bassano, Jacopo, Germany, Sadeler, Johann (I), Four Seasons, Aestas, Summer, verso lower left - stamped, A summer landscape with summer activities. In the foreground sheep are being sheared. In the background corn is being reaped and gathered. On the right the threshing of grain. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the subject of the four seasons., print, prints, height 216 mm, width 282 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1587 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1515 - 1592-02-14, after, after painting by, 1552-07-18 - 1612-01-20, granter of privilege

Lot and his daughters, Anonymous, After Frans Menton, 1550 - 1570 print Lot is in a cave with one of his daughters on his lap. His other daughter gives his cup full of wine. In the background the fire of the cities of Sodom and Gomorra and the wife of Lot as a salt pillar. At the bottom of the margin a two -line text in Latin. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Lot's daughters make their father drunk

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Annunciation in a landscape with ruins, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 153, height 63 mm, width 88 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

Val van Icarus, anonymous, after Philips Galle, after Hans Bol, c. 1550 - c. 1650 print Icarus falls out of the sky in a hurry, his father Daedalus flies a little further and sees the accident happen. On the land, farmers and shepherds look up at the falling Icarus. Southern Netherlands paper etching death i.e. the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present)

Jael and Sisera. Sisera is sleeping on the floor of a derelict building. He wears a armor and his knots are with him and his helmet. Jael holds a pin on his sleep and she has a hammer in her right hand. Right right yield gives him milk to drink and the battlefield can be seen at the left.

Apollo en de Python, Agostino Carracci, After Andrea Boscoli, After Bernardo Buontalenti, 1589 - 1592 print Display of the third interlude during the performance of the play 'La Pellegrina' by Girolamo Bargagli: Apollo who beats the Python for a group of spectators in a forest. For the six intermezzi of Giovanni De'Bardi, the machines and costumes were designed by Bernardo Buontalenti. This performance was on the occasion of the marriage of Ferdinando I De'Medics and Christina van Lotharingen in 1589. print maker: Italyafter drawing by: Florenceafter design by: Florencepublisher: Siena paper engraving / etching Apollo shoots Python, the dragon

Avarice, from The Vices 1552 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Avarice, from The Vices 428715

Rome, Aelst, Nicolaus van, Tempesta, Antonio, The twelve labors of Hercules, Hercules and the dragon Ladon, verso - stamped, Hercules shoots with his bow and arrow at the dragon Ladon who guards the tree of the Hesperides., print, prints, height 99 mm, width 142 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1527 - 1613, publisher

The reported actionist in the Rinkstoel, 1720, 1720 In the clouds, the reporting actionist is centrally sitting in a fool's suit in the Rinkstoel (high chair on wheels), behind it a windmill with the year 1720. There are several other symbolic scenes around it. At the top left the acclaimed horse of Troy, a reference to John Law. In the foreground a civet cat. In the caption the statement of the figures 1-12 in the show. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching In the clouds, the reporting actionist is centrally sitting in a fool's suit in the Rinkstoel (high chair on wheels), behind it a windmill with the year 1720. There are several other symbolic scenes around it. At the top left the acclaimed horse of Troy, a reference to John Law. In the foreground a civet cat. In the caption the statement of the figures 1-12 in the show. Print in the bound first edition

The valley of the shadow of death , Politicians, Military officers, Rulers, Popes, Campaigns & battles, Animals, Skeletons, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718, Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1751-1825, John VI, King of Portugal, 1767-1826, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825. John D. Merriam Collection

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Jason sucks the dragon; Draconem Velleris Excubitorem Sopit Iason; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.jason pour into the eyes of the dragon. The dragon falls asleep through the remedy. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Italy, Lanfranco, Giovanni, Greuter, Johann Friedrich, Arrival of the Hesperides at Naples, verso - stamped, The Hesperides, on a chariot drawn by hippocampi, arrive at Naples after a journey across the sea. They are surrounded by tritons with pots of apple trees and mermaids with musical instruments. In the background the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, height 300 mm, width 212 mm, Italian, 1610 - 1662-03-10, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1582-01-26 - 1647-11-30, intermediary draughtsman

Koning Cambyses, Anonymous, 1585 print King Cambyses of Persia standing with his hand on his sword. In the background you can see how Cambyses kills the son of Prexaspes with an arrow. Above the show a three -litigal text in Latin. paper engraving (story of) Cambyses - portrait of person from classical history. Cambyses shoots Prexaspes' son with an arrow

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on his Pyre, 1548. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

Plate 145: Hersilia Taken to the Heavens (Hersilia Romuli coniunx in Oram deam a Iunone constituitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 145: Hersilia Taken to the Heavens (Hersilia Romuli coniunx in Oram deam a Iunone constituitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1606. Etching. Prints

The dance of death: death and the fishwife. Etching by D.-N. Chodowiecki, 1791, after himself.

Return from Egypt, Johann Sadeler (I), 1582

Print, Hercules Capturing Cerberus; Designed by Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550); engraving on off-white laid paper

Companions of cadmus devoured by a dragon; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Cadmus, the founder of Thebe, sent his companions to a source to get water. At the source they were attacked by a dragon-like hose. In the undermarge a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Berecynthia Aeneae classem in Nyphas transformat, Trojan ships transformed into nymphs, verso - stamped, When Turnus sets fire to the Trojan ships, they are transformed into nymphs at the request of Cybele. Title in Latin in the lower margin., print, prints, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1606, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisher

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