Mythological Allegories

A collection of intricate prints depicting allegorical scenes from mythology, featuring divine beings, marriage imagery, and symbolic elements like peacocks and flames.

Middelburg, Bakker, L., Bleyswijck, François van, Leiden, Zefanja, Title page for: Johannes Plevier, Dutch people under God's oppressive and threatening judgments convinced in an explanation and application of Zephaniah's prediction, Middelburg 1744, Prophet Zephaniah and chained woman with view of city with unbelievers being punished by God, verso center bottom - stamped, The prophet Zephaniah stands with an image of the crucified Christ and scrolls by a woman who is chained to a broken column. She may have been found guilty of idolatry and unbelief. The prophet gestures to heaven where God appears on a throne. The consequences of the disobedience of the peoples are seen in the destruction and attack on a city., print, prints, height 194 mm, width 145 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1681 - 1744, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing proce

William Cavendish, Marquis (from 1665 Duke) of Newcastle, in a chariot drawn by two centaurs, surrounded by kneeling horses. Engraving by P. Clouwet after A. van Diepenbeeck, ca. 1658.

The Holy Family with the Church of Saint Michael in Munich under Construction. Artist: Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550-1600/1601 Venice); Friedrich Sustris (Netherlandish (possibly born Italy), Venice () ca. 1540-1599 Munich). Date: 1589.In the left foreground, the Virgin Mary tenderly cares for the Christ Child and the young John the Baptist. This tranquil scene is connected with a view of contemporary Munich in the right background by a scene of Joseph working as a carpenter. Angels carry the planks and beams he makes to the Church of Saint Michael, which is under construction. Sustris seems to have played a significant role in the design of this major building project, initiated by William V, Duke of Bavaria. He also contributed to its decoration, along with other artists such as Peter Candid, whose work is on view nearby. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Zinnsprent around marriages of the son and daughter of Willem V, 1790-1791, Jan Gerritsz. Visser, After Paul Constantijn La Fargue, 1790 print Allegorical show in honor of the marriage of Princess Louise of Oranje-Nassau with Karel van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel in The Hague on October 14, 1790 and of Prince Willem Frederik (later King Willem I) with Wilhelmina Frederica van Pruisen on October 1, 1791. At the top The two wedding couples. Marriage on a pedestal is crowned by religion and while the virtue her necklace overturns. On the left Mars who burns weapons, on the right the personification of the wedding ceremonies, with a coat of arms with a porcupine. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'

Farmers with cattle; Descriptio Frisiae Haereditariae Inter Scaldim et Kinnemum (...). For a stone with title, farmers with their cattle stand and agricultural tools and cornstuffs lie. Detail of a map of the Frisian areas in the western Netherlands in Roman times.

The Temptation of St. Anthony, at the bottom on the right, St. Anthony praying on his knees, an open Bible before him. Bruegel, Pieter, I (ca 1525-1569), graphic artist, Heyden, Pieter van der (ca 1530-post 1584), graphic artist, Cock, Hieronymus (ca 1510-1570), publisher

Coxie, Michiel (I), Italy, Master of the Dice, Story of Amor and Psyche, Psyche leads Cerberus, verso - stamped, the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld. On the left the three Fates, who spin the threads of life of people. Italian text in two cartouches in the bottom margin. Numbered twice lower left: 26., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 194 mm, width 226 mm, Italian, German, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1560, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, Work conception, Southern Netherlandish, 1499 - 1592-03-10

Tirion, Isaak, Philips, Jan Caspar, Title page for Contemporary History, part VII, 1735, print, title page, prints, height 172 mm, width 103 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1700 - 1775-04-24, print maker, printmaker, 1735 - 1735, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1705 - 1765, publisher

Allegory on the Banketen in Amsterdam by the Wissel-Windhandel, Jan Caspar Philips, after Gerard van Nijmegen, 1763 print Allegory on the bankruptcy at the Amsterdam stock exchange by the Wisselwindhandel in the year 1763. The commercial of Amsterdam (Mercury) is driven out by Hoogmoed and Weelde. In the foreground an empty money box, a Lias unpaid bills and a monkey that does the accounting. In the background dark clouds above the exhibition of Amsterdam. A six -line Dutch text in the lower margin. paper etching / engraving bankruptcy Fair of Hendrik de Keyser

Land leveling, Antonie Wierix (II) (Possible), After Marten van Cleve (I), After Willem van Haecht (I), 1565 - Before 1604 Men scoop in hills and drain the sand with wheelbarrows to equalize the land. A woman gives them instructions. On the print an explanation of the show in German, Dutch and French. Antwerp paper engraving Men scoop in hills and drain the sand with wheelbarrows to equalize the land. A woman gives them instructions. On the print an explanation of the show in German, Dutch and French. Antwerp paper engraving

Design for a vignette with the Wapen van Brabant, Gerard de Lairesse, 1668 - 1670 drawing On the left a power god. On the right a woman with a horn of abundance. Proefprint of a map with the design drawing for a vignette in the engraving. Design for a print. paper. chalk engraving / brush / pen maps of separate countries or regions. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa). coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial). Plenitude (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Maximilian III. Josef, Elector of Bavaria.

Vignette with Mercury, Minerva and Justice, David Coster, c. 1700 - in or before 1752 print Vignette with a view of ships at sea in the middle. On the left are Mercury and Minerva as a representative of the trade. On the right is justice with scales and blindfold. Book on the floor and piles of papers. The Hague paper etching / engraving (Story of) Mercury (Hermes). (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Justice; 'Strength to the justice subject', 'justice', 'Recto justice', 'rigorous justice', 'pity and violence subject to justice' (Ripa)

Print, Ferdinandes Magalanes Lusitanus, plate 4 from "Americae Retectio"; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 - 1618); Netherlands; engraving on off white laid paper; 21 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.)

John Smith's adventures in Virginia are depicted in 6 scenes plus a map of the Virginia coast. Top row, L-R: Smith is captured and bound by native Americans in 1607; a native 'conjurer, 'idol,' and 'priest,' are shown a meeting around a fire; Smith foils an ambush by seizing the 'werowance' (Algonquian word meaning leader or commander) Opechancanough. Bottom row, L-R: Smith defeats the king of Paspehegh in 1609; a map of the region south of the Chesapeake; Smith's rescue by Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan (BSLOC_2020_1_145)

Luyken, Jan, Zondvloed, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 133 mm, width 69 mm, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, after print by, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker

Agamemnon offers iphigenia, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter iPhigenia to reconcile with the goddess Diana. At the last minute, Diana Iphigenia replaces a deer. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching the sacrifice of Iphigenia

Flood of the Rhine and De Waal, Adolf van der Laan, After Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1734 print View of a flooded landscape where figures and animals float on rafts and boats in the water. The show is caught in an architectural accompaniment with the river gods of the Rhine and Waal on the left and right. paper etching / letterpress printing flood. raft. river-gods

Extraction of the forest; Growing grain. Men and women are engaged in cutting trees and gathering the branches. They make the area suitable for agriculture. On the print an explanation of the show in German, Dutch and French.

Ercole in Tebe. Prints. 1661. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Ballet , Italy , 17th century, Ballet , 17th century, Opera ballet. Ercole in Tebe

The lost son wastes his legacy; Parable of the lost son. The lost son wastes his legacy with the ladies of light morals. He can be entertained in a Lusthof with music and benevolent ladies. In the foreground he dances with a woman on the music that plays two musicians with a veter and a gamba. On the ground there are playing cards and right a woman keeps the notch. In the background the lost son, after the money is up, the inn is carried out. The print is part of a four-part series about the parable of the lost son.

Allegorical scene with cartouches and various figures, Philip Tidemann, 1667 - 1705, Allegorical scene with blank cartouches and various figures, including Flora and Mercury. Possible design for a print., draughtsman: Philip Tidemann, 1667 - 1705, paper, brush, h 185 mm × w 293 mm

Etching by Jacques Callot from 1625 titled 'The Little Thesis', depicting figures and compositional elements in a small-scale narrative scene.

The Happy State of the Netherlands, 1603, 1603 print Allegorical representation of the happy state of the Republic of the United Netherlands in the year 1603. In the foreground Prince Maurits and Frederik Hendrik as military protectors of the state on either side of the Netherlands Lion with lans with freedom hats. Left and right a row of statesmen and soldiers. In the middle the three columns of justice (Justitia), religion (religio) and politics (Police) and the Dutch Virgin sitting on the foundation of Christ. To the left of a statue of love, the free arts are skilled, a palm tree with the weapon of the covenant of the arrow bundle of the seven provinces. Farmers resting on the right, the messing orange tree with the weapons of Maurits and Frederik Hendrik and a statue of caution (Prudentia). In the radiant sky clouds the hand of God, the pigeon of the Holy Spirit, putti, the fame and father time. In the background a vast landscape with trade, animal husbandry, agriculture and shipp

Morning, 1590 - 1597 print Morning. Allegory with Aurora in the clouds, the personification of the morning. Downstairs on earth activities in relation to the phase of life of childhood: school -going children. Part of the series of the four times of the day. Under the performance a caption of 4 lines in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving personification of the morning, 'Aurora'; 'Aurora' (Ripa). Childhood (alleg.). elementary school; class, form Low Countries

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Mercurius Herses amore accenditur, Mercurius falls in love with Herse, verso - stamped, Mercurius, floating on clouds, falls in love with Herse. Herse walks with her companions to the temple with freshly picked flowers. 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

De Blauwe Huyck (page 1), 1577 print De Blauwe Huyck, leaf 1. Different proverbs on a magazine: r.o. With the one n foot, and Dander int grave; l.o.: the siet on that Aeij, and Laet de Henne walk; L.B.: An Ider Huys, are Cruijs. Low Countries paper engraving proverbs, sayings, etc.

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Putti working the land, verso - stamped, Putti working the land and one of them pruning a tree. At the bottom the motto: Un travail assidu voit la fruit de ses peines., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 39 mm, width 72 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1716 - 1716, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Title page of series of 43 prints depicting hunting scenes. The cartouche with the Latin title is surrounded by a wide border of animals and on the left and right a seated hunter. On pedestals left and right a standing female figure in antique garb with bow and arrow. Above left and right the coat of arms of the Medici family, Title print of the series In quibus omne genus venationis, aucupij, piscatusque Hunting scenes (series title) In quibus omne genus venationis, aucupij, piscatusque (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), Jan van der Straet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), print maker: Antwerp, Florence, publisher: Antwerp, Florence, Florence, 1578, paper, engraving, h 214 mm × w 297 mm

Triumphar from Emperor Maximilian I (first sheet), 1519; Copies to Dürers Triomfvag for Emperor Maximiliaan I, published in Amsterdam in 1609 by H. A. Koster and D. de Meyn; Triumphalis HIC Currus Ad Honorem Invictiss. AC Gloriosissimi Principis D. Maximiliani Caesis Semper Augusti Conconsatus Est, AC per Albertum Durer Deliniatus. The Great Triomfvag in honor of Emperor Maximiliaan I at his death on January 12, 1519. First sheet with the left part of the triumphar with emperor Maximilian that is crowned by Victoria. The car accompanied by female personifications of all sorts of virtues. Copy to the original of Albrecht Dürer from 1522.

Pharos van Alexandria, Magdalena van de Passe, After Maerten de Vos, 1614 print paper engraving Pharos of Alexandria (Wonder of the World)

Player Paul Scarron dances with Saters, Faunen and Maenaden / Aeneas saves his father from the burning troy. Allegorical performance, manufactured for a book edition of Paul Scarron theater pieces. Left: Saters, Faunen and Maenaden with tambourines dance along with the playwright Paul Scarron in a clearing in the forest. In the air, two putti holds a cloth together with Terpsichore. Right: Aeneas, flanked by his son and wife, saves his father from the burning troy.

Cockfight Different birds (series title), print maker: Peter Casteels (III), (mentioned on object), after: Peter Casteels (III), (mentioned on object), publisher: John Bowles & Son, London, 1708 - 1749, paper, etching, h 300 mm × w 360 mm

Dreams of Joseph, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), Amsterdam, 1704, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 111 mm × w 159 mm

Print (France); Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618-1682); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); etching on white laid paper; Overall: 20.7 x 30.8cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/8in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

De Rogstekers van Weert, ca. 1650, Anonymous, 1675 - 1699 print The Rogstekers van Weert, ca. 1650. Cartoon in which all kinds of different fools in the town of Waert (Weert in Limburg) go to battle against (the imaginary danger of) a dead ray. In the middle a large ray on which a cannon is fired. At the rear left a mill; Right a tree with a clock that sounds. Countless figures with different attributes and explanatory texts all over the entire magazine. Longer verses in three corners. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Northern Netherlands paper engraving caricatures (human types) Weert

Moses burns the Golden Calf, 1613 In the background, the base with the Golden Calf is crushed on the left. In the foreground, the Golden Calf is in the fire. A number of men are trying to stir up the fire by putting wood. The dust that remained from the image is thrown to the right in the mountain stream (Deut. 9:21). With a motto in Latin above the performance and a four -line caption in Latin under the print. The print is part of an album. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing / etching In the background, the base with the Golden Calf is crushed on the left. In the foreground, the Golden Calf is in the fire. A number of men are trying to stir up the fire by putting wood. The dust that remained from the image is thrown to the right in the mountain stream (Deut. 9:21). With a motto in Latin above the performance and a four -line caption in Latin under the print. The print is part of an album. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress print

Vast. Imagination of entry with a staircase in the middle of which the 40 steps represent the forty days. On the right seven scenes from the life of Christ. Links Two scenes with figures on the street whose upper takes place on the Piazza della Sognoria in Florence. Above a landscape with a church and a company around a table. Under figures with masks and a figure on a car that is pulled by an elephant.

Minerva with the muses; Pallas in Helicone Musas Invisit; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.Minerva visits the muses on Mount Helicon to see the fountain of Hippocrene. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Feeling, Raphaël Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1581 print The female personification of feeling is on the ground, on the banks of a river. There is a falcon on her left hand. A turtle on the ground. A spider web in the tree behind her. There is a rowing boat moored in the water. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a five -part series about the senses. Antwerp paper engraving feeling (one of the five senses) - AA - female human figure. tortoises, turtles. predatory birds: falcon. spiders (+ animals nesting; making nests, lodges, webs, etc.)

La nuit, Endymion, Supplément au livre de l'antiquitée expliquée et représentée en figures, Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741, Engraving, 1757. Plate no. 80.

Autumn; The four Seasons. In the foreground a somewhat older man, the personification of autumn. In his hands the cornucopia. In the background autumn scaffolding: plowing and sowing farmers, the grape harvest and slaughter of cattle. Upstairs in the air The three astrological signs of the autumn: Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius .. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series over the four seasons.

Allegory on Ottoman Empire; Contemporary history of the Othomanic Empire XIIe part; Title page for: S.N., Contemporary History or the continuation of the General History, 1783. A sultan stands with a sword and a card in his hand on a pedestal. Around him are kneaded figures. Right weapons and a map of Turkey. Upstairs in the clouds, Fama blows with two trumpets. In the background the city of Constantinople.

Jacques Callot, French (1592-1635), The Float of Love, 1616, etching

Scene from the opera Il pomo d'oro (The Golden Apple) of A. Cesti to the wedding of Leopold I and Margaret Theresa of Spain, Küsel, Matthäus (1629-1681)

Titelblad: New Sources Delineation Anonymous, after Daniel Marot (1), after 1701 - before 1800 print In the foreground are two river gods with an urn from which water flows. The title is on a shell between them. Serial number 1. Passing copy to leaf from series Liure de Fontaines published by Daniel Marot. paper etching title-page. ornamental fountain

Fireworks at the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht, 1713, 1713 - 1714 print Scaffolding with fireworks commissioned by the States of Holland and West-Friesland at the Hofvijver in The Hague at the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht, 14 June 1713. On both sides of the show the title and legend in Dutch. Marked in the middle: page: 302. Northern Netherlands paper etching bonfire, fire-works (+ illumination, fire-works ~ festive activities) Hofvijver

. Windows from the exhibition in Vlissingen, adorned for the celebration of 200 years of freedom in Vlissingen, April 6, 1772. Numbered top left: pl. VI. Part of a group of nine plates numbered I-X of the decorations at this party.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635). The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1635. Etching. Third of five states.

Evangelium Lucae am XVI. cap Satire of the Parable from Luke 16 with the Pope as the Rich Man and Martin Luther as Lazarus. Lautensack, Hanns (German printmaker, draftsman, and medalist, ca. 1520-1564/1566). 1562. Anonymous. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Engraving depicting a medieval street scene within an ornate frame.

Plate 33: Armorial trophy on a Tuscan column, surrounded by allegorical figures and cherubs bearing the armorial shields of Ferdinand; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'. Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 17 3/8 × 12 5/16 in. (44.1 × 31.2 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 looked like. The Metropolitan Mu

Jonas Haas (1721-1775), Vignet, 1720 - 1775

See here to art sketched, air, water, fire and earth, / the four main fabrics, as nature must exist; / Het your understanding with lust, ô teedre youth! on that, / and known 'in all it doesn't bare the great creator. Leaf with 4 representations of putti with attributes that symbolize the four elements: air, water, fire and earth, in lists. Under every performance a four-line verse. Numbered at the top right: No. 3.

. In the foreground on the right there is a young man with a hunting trap on his hand. In the background an architectural garden with walking couples, musical young people and a hunting company. In the mid top in the clouds the astrological sign of the twin. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a twelve-part series about the months of the year.

Landscape with two putti and a river god at a map of the land of Heusden and Altena.

Allegory on transience; Quis Evadet. A putto is sitting on a skull and blows bubbles. On the left a vase with flowers and on the right a smoking barrel. Under the show two four-line verses in Latin.

Per Somnium vidi, Fratres, Consurgere Manipulum Meum, et Stare Vestros. / Vidi Solem, et Lunam & stellas Undecim Adorare me. Gen. XXXVII.. Engraver: Caesare Fantetti, Italian, 1650-1700 After: Raphael, Italian, 1483-1520

Paintings on the triomy eye at the place, 1691; Painting within the first time at the place and on the Zyde after the Vyverbergh / Peintures du Dedans de l'Arc de Triomphe sur La Place et du Costé du Vivier. Paintings on the triomfee at the site, founded by the city council for the arrival of Stadholder-King Willem III in The Hague, 5 February 1691. Eight allegorical and mythological representations.

Bad Herders, Julius Goltzius, After Maerten de Vos, 1646 print The bad shepherds enter the sheep cage through the roofs and through the walls, but not through the door. Some of the shepherds steal sheep from the cage. Shepherds in the inn in the background. A wolf is approaching a herd of sheep on the horizon, without the shepherd noticing. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in John. 10: 1. This print is part of an album. paper engraving 'thieves and robbers' climb on the roof of the sheepfold ~ parable of the good shepherd. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Schenkkan with two figures from Neptunus, Anonymous, After Jean Lepautre, 1628 - 1732 print The handle points to the left, a garden and a channel are visible in the background. print maker: Netherlands (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper etching

Torture: Send in a burning boat, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print Numbered in the middle: 103. print maker: Italyafter own design by: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching torture. violent death ~ maltreatment, torture

Young making fun on a grass bench. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: 1620 - c. 1625. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 164 mm × w 197 mm; h 116 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

James the super print The Holy Jacobus the superior, with pilgrim staff in hand, visits the Magician Hermogenes who sits in hand in a chair with a book in hand. The Huis van Hermogenes is filled with demons and monsters. On the right a witch flies into the chimney on a broom. Antwerp paper engraving meeting of James and Hermogenes

Cloud-Borne Saints above a Lake, c. 1695, pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of black chalk, on beige laid paper with three of the four corners made up, sheet: 49.6 x 39 cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.), Nicola Malinconico (artist) Italian, 1663 - 1721

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1580 depicting Oprah leaving Ruth and Naomi, showing figures, gestures, and outdoor landscape or domestic setting.

Consilium deorum Dum scelera ac caedes regnant sententia Divûm Constituit mundum perdere diluuio Council of the Gods Baur, Joh. Wilhelm (Johann Wilhelm), 1600-1642. still image. Illustrations. 1700. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Greece , Religion, Clouds, Jupiter (Roman deity), Meetings, Zeus (Greek deity), Gods , Greek, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses

Fifth scene, the Inferno, from 'The marriage of the gods' (Le nozze degli Dei). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 15/16 x 11 1/2 in. (20.2 x 29.2 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'The marriage of the gods' (Le nozze degli Dei). Date: 1637. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Mariette, Pierre (I), France, Lepautre, Jean, Angle de Plafons de gallerie, et autres ornemens, Title page: Angle de Plafons de gallerie, Design for a corner decoration of a ceiling with a variant for the right half and in the middle a vertical octagonal panel with Cephalus and Procris in a landscape. From a series of 6 unnumbered sheets., print, ornamental print, title page, prints, ornamental prints, height 224 mm, width 158 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1657 - 1678, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1603 - 1657, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Mars en Venus Door Vulcan Virast, Jean Lepautre, 1628 - 1682 print paper etching Mars and Venus, caught in a net by Vulcan, are exposed to the ridicule of the assembled gods

A copper engraving and etching by Claude Duflos depicting Hercules and Omphale, showing the mythological figures with Hercules performing labors under Omphale's direction.

Paedopaegnion. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Date: ca. 1646. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Apollo and Leucothoe. Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630)Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam). Italy, published 1606. Prints; etchings. Etching

Schonaeus, Cornelius, Haarlem, Clock, Nicolaes Jansz., Capture of Damiate and the crossing of the chain, 1219, engraved, The capture of the city Damiate by the Haarlem crusaders and the breaking of the chain that closed off the harbour, 1219. The ships carried the banners of Haarlem and Holland. From the harbour towers and from boats the ships are attacked with arrows and spears. With a caption of four verses of four lines each in Latin. On a tablet at the lower left dedicated to the city council of Haarlem., print, prent, historieprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, Nic. Clock 1595, dedication to the government of Haarlem from the engraver, 16 lines, height 510 mm, width 740 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1595 - 1595, fourth quarter 16th century, vier kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1541 - 1611-11-23, schrijver

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, Icones Revelationum S Iohs Evangeliste in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, Woman in labor and seven-headed dragon, The sign of the woman in labor appears in the sky, crowned and with wings, in a halo of light. She is threatened by a seven-headed dragon. The woman's child is carried away to God the Father. The archangel Michael engages the dragon in battle. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Op. 12. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 84 mm, width 76 mm, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, N

The Rivieres d'Oise and Marne Israel Silvestre (1621-1691) and van der Bruggen. "The rivers of Oise and Marne". Forte, 1654.

The Birth (La Naissance): in a forest, the new mother resting in a hammock at center, the newborn below her to left, various satyrs and goats surrounding, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres) ca. 1700-1720 Claude Gillot French. The Birth (La Naissance): in a forest, the new mother resting in a hammock at center, the newborn below her to left, various satyrs and goats surrounding, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres) 397438

. The sun god Sol drives into its car in heaven, drawn by two horses. The sign of the lion indicates which people belong to the sphere of sphere of Sol. The people who were born under this zodiac sign are concerned with sporting activities. Among him people are engaged in sword fighting, wrestling, making a handstand, ball games and acrobatics. They are gaming through a royal couple on a balcony. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the children of Sol.

Second day of creation: God separates the water masses in heaven and sea, Nicolaes de Bruyn, after Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1656 print Second day of creation: God separates the water masses in heaven and sea. In medallion with a Bible text in Latin from Genesis 1, within rectangular frame. Netherlands paper engraving creation of the firmament and division of the waters above and below it

Jupiter in his chariot drawn by eagles. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Nuremberg, Weigel, Johann Christoph, Decker, Paul (I), Germany, Beger, Lorenz, Allerhand Arten Deck-Stucken vor Mahler und Stucator, Ceiling paintings, Ceiling painting with Olympic gods around a classical building, verso - stamped, Putti, with or without fasces, around a building with columns. In the clouds some Olympian gods, among whom Jupiter, Apollo and Fame. Lower right 100 numbered., print, ornamental print, title print, prints, ornamental prints, height 152 mm, width 214 mm, 1663 - 1735, print maker, printmaker, 1687 - 1725, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1677-12-27 - 1713-11-18, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1661-07-15 - 1726, publisher

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Iulius Caesar Veneris beneficio in Cometam mutatur, The assassination of Julius Caesar, verso - stamped, Caesar is stabbed to death by conspirators in the Senate. 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

God sends Jonah to Nineve, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1580 print God sends Jonah to Nineve to preach to the pagan inhabitants. The show is caught in a circular frame with a Bible quote from Jonah in Latin. paper engraving Jonah is sent by God to Nineveh to preach to its sinful citizens

Abruzzo Teramo Teramo S. Agostino9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 View of Baroque facade built in the 19th century. General views of the interior include: an organ, dome, pulpit, two stone side altars, confessionals, and wall paintings. The coverage emaphasizes the main altar (16th century) which is silver and depicts a scene of the Last Supper. In the Oratory are frescoes of the Four Evangelists in the dome pendentives, a ceiling fresco, and wall paintings. 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.

Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Attributes of the Soul, Reward and Honesty, verso - stamped, Two representations of female personifications. Left: Reward (Praemium) with a crown and branch in her hand. Right: Honesty (Sinceritas) with her heart in her hand. Both representations with two Italian lines of verse in the lower margin., print, prints, height 155 mm, width 223 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, etching, etchings, plate tone, Work conception, after own design by

Amor shoots arrows on a globe with constellations; Emblemes d'Amour. Amor shoots arrows on a globe with a band with signs of the zodiac, between the clouds above a river landscape. Love binds everything. Thirty-five emblem from Emblemata Amatoria.

Louis XIV (king of France), Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Mobile water fountains and water basins in cartouches, Bassin and mobile water fountain in cartouche, The water fountain has the shape of an urn and rests on four crouching satyrs. From the third edition., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 145 mm, width 219 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1657 - 1661, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

. A warship, decorated with the weapons of Alessandro farnese. On the boat a base with the title of the print series. On the base, Jupiter with his eagle, the coat of arms of Philip II and a sky map in the hands. The title print of a print series about the influence of the planets on regions. A Latin-drofted position in the margin.

Umbria Terni Ferentillo S. Stefano8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Small church with clock built into its facade. Square campanile with both brick & stone facings. Late Renaissance or Baroque interior with paintings in that style. Rich marbled columns. No negatives. Object Notes: No Hutzel photo campaign notes. Negatives are missing. 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.

Four classical history scenes from one plate, numbered IX through XII, all with captions Top left: Hannibal being poisoned Bottom left: Hasdrubal's wife kills her own children Top right: Downfall of Jugurtha Bottom right: Milo deceived by his own power Representations IX and X marked at upper right: Opposite page 187 Images XI and XII marked top right: Opposite of page 227, Four representations from classical history Illustrations from classical history , print maker: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1722 - 1784, paper, etching, h 222 mm × w 281 mm

The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1630-1635 France. Engraving on paper . Jacques Callot

The Planet Mercury and his children; Of the seven planets and haer firm; The seven planets; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). Mercury drives into its car in heaven, drawn 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 zodiac sign have been learned and artistic. Around a table are scientists, astrologers, a trader and a doctor. On the left people make music with 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. This print is part of an album.

Schenkkan turned left, 1659 print The jug has a foot in the form of a young man sitting on a dragon. paper etching

After surviving three days and nights in the belly of the fish, the fish spits Jonah out onto the land. God watches Jonah from a cloud. The waters at sea are calm and the sun is just rising. The fish spits Jonah out on land History of Jonah , print maker: Philips Galle, Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Theodoor Galle, (possibly), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, 1596 - 1633, paper, engraving, h 207 mm × w 248 mm

Germany, Altzenbach, Gerhard, Wilhelm, Christ as Conqueror, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 311 mm, width 230 mm, German, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1672, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1609 - 1672, publisher

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 BC-17 AD). Latin poet. Metamorphoses 2-8 AD. Book I. Engraving depicting The Creation, The Battle of the Giants, Decaulion and Pyrrha and Apollo and the serpent. Italian edition. Venice, 1584.

. Venus and Amor, moving over the clouds in a victory drawn by two tortles. At the top right the constellation bull, at the top left of the constellation scale. At the bottom of a river landscape with cities. In the foreground elegant groups that have fun with music, food, drink and minuses. In the margin a Latin-drofmed on the influence of the planet Venus on the regions of the Mediterranean (Cyprus, Venice, Thebes and Arabia). The print is part of a seven-part series with the subject of the influence of the planets in the world.

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

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "War of beauty, the tank of love. Fourth issue of a series of 5 pieces" (Lieure 181, Meaume 639). Etching. 1616. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99600-20 Etching, engraving

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