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
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