Mythological Allegories in Art

Intricate depictions featuring mythological figures like Minerva, Hercules, and allegorical scenes emphasizing art, trade, and science. Richly detailed and historical.

Minerva visits women spinning wool and weaving fabric She holds a weaving pattern in her hand and points to women looking at the fabric Above the loom a spider's web, in reference to Arachne who was turned into a spider by her In the background, ships bringing in raw materials The scene is framed in an exuberantly decorated cartouche surmounted by Father Time, the city maid of Amsterdam and Mercury, the god of trade Presumably a trade label for a weaving mill in Amsterdam, Minerva leads a weaving mill, print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1717, paper, etching, engraving, h 232 mm × w 192 mm

Minerva visits women spinning wool and weaving fabric She holds a weaving pattern in her hand and points to women looking at the fabric Above the loom a spider's web, in reference to Arachne who was turned into a spider by her In the background, ships bringing in raw materials The scene is framed in an exuberantly decorated cartouche surmounted by Father Time, the city maid of Amsterdam and Mercury, the god of trade Presumably a trade label for a weaving mill in Amsterdam, Minerva leads a weaving mill, print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1717, paper, etching, engraving, h 232 mm × w 192 mm

Work by Louis Fabritius Dubourg depicting a cartouche with seafarer and woman at Amors altar, framed by Minerva, Hercules, and river gods, executed in gray and brown washes over graphite.

Allegory on the founding of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Sciences, 1752, Simon Fokke, 1752 drawing Allegory on the founding of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Sciences in Haarlem on 21 May 1752. Above Minerva with a portrait of the patron Prince Willem V, a meeting of scientists in the background. Under the sides of a memorial medal with naked truth with sun on head, a palm branch and in the right hand an olive wreath holds in the left hand; In the background of the Stad Haarlem on the Spaarne, at the bottom of the city coat of arms of Haarlem. Reverse: two women sitting in altar, representative religion with flame on head and leaning on the Bible and the Netherlands with coats of arms and freedom hat on Speer. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper. pencil. chalk learned society, academy of sciences. Minerva as patroness. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'Scientia'; 'Scienza', 'Studio' (Ripa). historical events and situations. names of organiza

. Allegorical title page with the portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar on a medal. Around the portrait two crowned women and an angel with the flame of belief pond above the head. In the foreground Victoria (), With her foot on a armor, and Fortuna (), With her foot on a wheel, holding a chain. In the air fame that blows the trumpet. In the margin the imprint in Latin.

Magic Table of Zenire and Azor (Registered Title (letter))

Vignette with a pair for a fountain. There is a love couple for a fountain in a garden. An angel with a torch holds their hands. Amor flies above the man and is about to crown him with a laurel wreath. Amor and Venus are on the fountain. Venus holds a burning heart. The show is surrounded by a monumental picture frame with a flower guide and a few putti. Links a personification at a fishing boat. On the right a woman with a honey pot at a beehive as a symbol of Vlijt. There are two figures on either side of a monogram under the show.

Picart, Bernard, Allegorical representation on the occasion of the marriage of Abraham Bruyn and Debora van Vollenhove, verso - stamped, Allegory on the marriage of Abraham Bruyn and Debora van Vollenhove in 1718. The couple is led by putti to the god of marriage Hymen. Above them floats the personification of the month September with a key in one hand and a horn of plenty filled with children in the other hand. The representation is set in a frame with the coats of arms of the spouses in the middle below. In the middle above the motto: Non Haec sine Numine Divum. Below this representation ships refer to their trade and on the beach putti shoot arrows., print, prent, trouwprent, prints, prenten, height 242 mm, width 198 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1718 - 1718, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Allegory of human nature, print maker: Jan Saenredam, Cornelis Ketel, Petrus Hogerbeets, 1610 - 1648

Vignette with a love couple in a landscape. A love couple walks in the direction of a woman who plays a winch. Amor is at her feet. In the air on a cloud juno, which occurs as a protector that watches over marriage. The show is caught in an ornamental picture frame containing a quote from the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus: Boni Conjuges Bene Vivete. On the edge there is a woman's figure that holds the coat of arms of the realizers.

Title page for 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'. Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence); Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1560-1618 Antwerp). Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/8 × 8 11/16 in. (33.4 × 22.1 cm)Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 13/16 in. (35.2 × 30 cm). Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Series/Portfolio: 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'. Date: ca. 1587-89.Title page for the series 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'. Depicted is a personification of the river Tiber with the wolf feeding Romulus and Remus at center and an eagle overhead, Venus in niche at left and Mars at right, a portrait of Johannes Stradanus at bottom center, Troy burning in the background with Aeneas and his father fleeing at left. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Apollo en De Muzen, Anonymous, 1703 - 1775 print Apollo in a glow of sun rays with the muses in the foreground. Left in the background Mercury on a cloud. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes

Amsterdam, Houttuyn, Frans, Holtzhey, Johan George, Fokke, Simon, Ter Oprichte van de Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haerlem, Allegory of the founding of the Hollandse Maatschappij van Wetenschappen te Haarlem, verso - stamped, Wisdom holds an oval with the image of patron Willem V on it. Below this representation the front and back of a medallion are depicted with allegorical figures and the inscriptions 'Optime Meritis' and Deo et Patriae'., print, prints, height 165 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1754 - 1754, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, 1726 - 1808-02-15, medalist, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Schenkkan turned to the left; Vasi Fatti Al Moderno. The can have a handle in the form of two hoses, children play with a dolphin on the body.

Coat of arms of the United Netherlands surrounded by Mercury and Minerva, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1718 print Coat of arms of the United Netherlands surrounded by putti dressed as Mercury, Minerva, Fortuna and architecture. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Mercury (Hermes)

Achilles taught by Chiron, Franz Ertinger, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1679 print Achilles is sitting on the back of the Centaur Chiron. In the background dogs under a tree that hangs a winch. In the foreground a Caryatide and Atalant and shot game. Antwerp paper etching Thetis hands Achilles over to Chiron, the centaur

Bacchus under a pergola; Gods and Goddesses. At the bottom is a Latin text. From series of 16 partly numbered sheets with flat decorations of gods and goddesses in a picture frame of grotesken with fantastic beings, animals, garlands and mascarons.

Allegorical show with playing woman in Harness, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1677 - 1690 print Allegorical representation with playing woman in armor and freedom hat on her staff. At her feet a lion with sword and book. Behind her the letters spqv (a reference to Venice). Netherlands paper etching / engraving Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Personification of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands surrounded by Allegorical Figures, Bernard Picart, 1722 print The personification of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands is on a throne. She is flanked by faith, peace, nautical, freedom, commercial (personalized by Mercury), happiness and abundance. The personifications of the four continents offer its gifts. Right in the foreground history that writes in her book. A woman shows her the medals that have just been made by Putti. On the left in the foreground an open book with the portrait of Willem III. In the margin a two -way caption in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving 'Navigatione' (Ripa). symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). Fidelity; 'Fedeltí' (Ripa). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. allegory of trade; 'Commertio della vita humana' (Ripa). Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortu

Venus and Apollo Title page for Johan van Broekhuizen, Poems, 1712 Poems (title on object), Venus in the center on a throne. In her hand a stone plate with the title of the book. Next to her throne two putti with a winch. Apollo stands on the left and tramples an owl under his right foot. Venus writes with a feather in a book that Apollo gives her. Behind the throne a pegasus., (Story of) Venus (Aphrodite), (story of) Apollo (Phoebus), Pegasus, the winged horse, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', owls, Jan Goeree (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1712, paper, engraving, w 108 mm × h 170 mm

Alcove with the death of Cleopatra; Alcofen a la romaine. Alcove with Cleopatra lying on a bed under a canopy. Lagging women and soldiers surround her. At the bottom right of 2 numbered.

Grave monument in Nis; Epitafenx. There is a sealed hero for the urn, there is a bass relief with a sea battle.

Allegory of Writing Art Title page for: The Amsterdam political, entertaining and judicious snapper, 1745, The personification of Writing is sitting on her lap with a book and points to a shield with the image with a writing spring van Vader Tijd who holds up a canvas and thereby reveals a naked woman. To the right of Writing, a putto lifts its club to a demonic figure. In the sky an angel flies with laurel wreath and trumpet on which hangs a coat of arms., Inspiration of the poet, 'Furore poetico' (Ripa), Father Time, man with wings and scythe, devil (s) and demons, crowning with laurel, Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, paper, etching, h 162 mm × w 125 mm

Begin with sense, of ev'ry art the soul, parts answ'ring parts shall slide into a whole , Scientific apparatus and instruments, Enlightenment, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Gloves on foot of three tritons; Vases and gift jugs. On the body of the can, Neptune is in his chariot. From series of 6 sheets.

Allegoric vignette with Minerva who lounges a young man. Minerva in armor with spear, shield and helmet and in the company of an owl laurel a young man. Left and right of Minerva's throne reading and playing children. Under the ornamental list the depicting of a rooster.

Drie bosnimfen en een jonge vrouw bij een grafmonument.On a plaque an image of three forest nymphs and a young woman at a grave monument. On either side there are two cariaths and ceres opposite a water mode.

Grave monument from William III in Nis, Anonymous, After Daniël Marot (I), in or after c. 1707 - Before 1800 print paper etching

Apollo en de Muzen.Apollo in the middle of the muses. Putti play with attributes of the fine arts.

Mercury, in a cloud, gives an envelope to a boy, who is helping a man with his administration. In the foreground a packed camel and personifications of America, Africa, Asia and Europe. On the ground, objects related to trade, shipping and justice. On the columns on both sides are depictions of Suriname and several important European cities, with Amsterdam at the center. At the bottom of the print a poem praising Europe's trade with the rest of the world, Allegorical depiction of Mercury with personifications of Africa, America, Asia and Europe, print maker: Hendrik Post, (mentioned on object), publisher: Reinier Ottens (I), publisher: Josua Ottens, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1739, paper, etching, engraving, h 344 mm × w 250 mm

Design for a Wall Panel, Sir James Thornhill, 1675-1734, British, undated, Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm) and Mount: 12 x 15 inches (30.5 x 38.1 cm), amphorae, architectural subject, cartouches, clouds, crowns (costume components), figures (representations), globe (cartographic sphere), history paintings, lyre, panel (ornament area), putti, religious and mythological subject, sickles, stairs, stars, trumpets, wall, Weapons and Ammunition

City Virgin of Haarlem, Anonymous, After Jacob Folkema, After Jan Caspar Philips, 1754 print The Stedsmijd van Haarlem is under the Wapen van Haarlem with a staff with Banderol in her hands. The Banderol says: Salus Publica, General Welfare. She lets her hand rest on a pedestal with the words: deo et patriae. For the Putti Throne with papers and books, passer and ruler and a globe. Allegorical performance in which the city of Haarlem is presented as a promoter of science and the arts. paper engraving / etching personification of a city, town-patron(ess). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'Scientia'; 'Scienza', 'Studio' (Ripa). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Haarlem

Dish with edge of grotesken, animals, fruit trizzters and cherubs on black fond; Lifting of knives with grotesken on black fond. In the middle of the saucer Sardanapalus in the bath, surrounded by servants.

Two women with a panel, c. 1660 - c. 1670 print The women are sitting on a leaf vank and hold an oval panel with a sacrificial scene. Page 6 from series of 12. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Allegory on the arrival and stay of Willem v and Wilhelmina van Prussen in Amsterdam; Image of joy bedryving and pulpities that are by arrival and during the beef (...) Willem (...) and Zyne Gemaalinne (...) his happened in Amsterdam, on Monday, the 30 MEY, and some next days, des year 1768.Title Page for The Printing of the Reflection of Stadholder Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina van Pussen in Amsterdam, 30 May - June 4, 1768. Allegorical Show with a Monument Inspired by Honor with Left-Handed Sales, Freedom and Peace, in The Foreground The River Gods Van Amstel And IJ. In The Background The Amsterdam City Hall. On The Monument Portrait Medallions Of The Prince And Princess And Putti With Floral Garlands.

Allegorical show with history and father Time, Cornelis Huyberts, after Jan Goeree, 1734 print History writes history. A woman on the right of the back is slightly touching her. A rooster next to the woman. Behind history are Mercury and a second figure. Above them on clouds are fame and father time that papers drops down. paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Father Time, man with wings and scythe

Relief with the judgment of Solomon in the Vierschaar of the Town Hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, After Artus Quellinus (I), 1655 print Relief with the judgment of Solomon in the Vierschaar of the Town Hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. King Solomon points, from his throne, with his staff on a kneeling woman with a baby, while a executioner is about to share the child in two. Solomo had given De Beul this assignment after two women came to him who both claimed the motherhood of a child. When the executioner raised his sword, the real mother wanted to give up the child, so Solomon knew who the real mother was. De Vierschaar was a public court that was only used by Schout and Aldermen for pronouncing death sentences. Under the performance two columns with three lines each Latin text. At the bottom mark marked: A. paper etching / engraving Solomon gives verdict; he commands a soldier to divide the living child in two City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Title page for: Huwlykszangen for Vereeniging van de Heere Jan Walraven, guesses (...) of Zyne's inspesting voorligheit of Brunswyk and Lunenburg. With Mrs. Margareta Trip. Amsterdam, 108, Andries van Buysen (Sr.), After Gerrit Rademaker, 1708 print The wedding couple stands for a landing with Venus, Amor, Juno and Minerva. Hercules drives away the angry guests. An angel blows on a trumpet. There are two vases on either side of a large staircase with the monograms of bride and groom. Putti floating above the vases that hold the family arms of the two. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'. (story of) Juno (Hera). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). (story of) Hercules (Heracles)

Title print with a woman with putti at a tomb in a garden, Jean Dambrun, After François Marie Isidore Queevero, 1784 print France paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. serious, tomb. sarcophagus

Vertumnus Transforms Himself into an Old Woman and Attempts to Woo Pomona, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736-1807 Paris); Jean Jacques Leveau (French, 1729-1786). Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 B.C.-A.D. 17 Tomis, Moesia). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.1 cm). Publisher: Chez Despilly (French, active 18th century). Series/Portfolio: Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi.

Blanco title print with an allegory on conscience, Matthäus Merian (I), 1603 - 1650 On the left a female personification of the good conscience that crushes with a tower Medusa, on the right the bad conscience in a weak state. Below it heaven and hell. paper etching Conscience, 'Conscienza' (Ripa) (+ allegorical scene, i.e. two or more personifications involved in an action). dog. tower, clock tower ~ monumental adornment. Medusa (one of the Gorgons)

Mercury and the weaving art. Accompanied by Putti Flanking Mercury, God of Trade, and the Personification of the Weaving Arts a sphere placed on a pedestal. In the air, the bazuin flies blowing fame with a palm branch in her hands. In the background, masts of sailing ships are visible. PRENT Left and bottom right noticed: No - AUL.

Allegorical representation as a tribute to Ferdinand van Collen, Frederik Ottens, 1724 print Allegorical women's figures are allegorical female figures around a monument with family crest of the genus of the genus Collen and the coats of arms. Right justice with next to her amor who is wearing a phases. Behind justice a woman who shows the Amsterdam city coat of arms. On the left in the background a country estate, on the right a battle is underway. Tribute to Ferdinand van Collen. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Justitia (justice) as Roman personification Amsterdam

Papal court, Vatican City, Michelangelo, Rome, Alberti, Cherubino, Vault of the Sistine Chapel, Sibyl of Cumae, verso - stamped, Part of the vault painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel with sibyls, prophets and nude figures (ignudi). The Sibyl of Cumae is seated in the center. In the top center a cartouche with text in Latin., print, prent, prints, height 424 mm, width 285 mm, 1553 - 1615, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1628, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by, granter of privilege

Saint Cyprian of Carthage points an angel with a mitre in his hands at a passage in a book. Cyprian stands on a pedestal where his beheading is depicted on the front. Print marked top center: II Part Pag: 295., Saint Cyprian of Carthage Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage. There, on the Field of Sextus beheaded , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 278 mm × w 171 mm

Saint Gregory Pope (Dutuit 4) Pierre-Paul Rubens. Heynhoudts or Heynhouecks, Remoldus. Saint Gregory Pope (Dutuit 4). Floor, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Huwelijksvignet puts Hercules en Minerva, Claude Augustin Duflos, after Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1710 - 1786 print France paper engraving / etching civil marriage ceremony. sea (seascape). (story of) Hercules (Heracles). Minerva as patroness

Marriage scene with Venus and Amor, Andries van Buysen (Sr.), After Anonymous, 1723 print A marriage is performed in the open air. Next to an altar with a burning hair is the wedding couple and an angel with a burning torch. Amor flies above the altar and in heaven, Venus can be seen in her car. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Print, Trompe l'Oeil Painting, Decoration for the Staircase, De Voorst, The Netherlands, Plate from "Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d'Escaliers"; Daniel Marot (French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661-1752); Client: Arnold Joost van Keppel; France; etching on white laid paper; 34 x 22.6 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Platemark/repeat: 27.7 x 19.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Venus Honored by Nymphs and Faun, Jan Harmensz. Muller, After Bartholomeus sprung, 1589 - 1593 print Venus, with Amor by her side, receives baskets with flowers and fruits from the nymphs. A Sater brings a basket with poultry. At the bottom of the margin, two two -line verses in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving veneration of Venus. nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Sancho as a Rights, Jacob Van the Skley, After Charles Antoine Copy, 1743 print As a judge, Sancho knows how to distinguish the truth of the fraud. Two greurs are in court because there is twist about the money that one old man has borrowed from the other. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving law and jurisprudence

Allegorically portrait van Johann Joachim von Sandrart, Johann Jakob von Sandrart, 1665 - 1698 print paper engraving / etching historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist. Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ allegorical scene, i.e. two or more personifications involved in an action). armorial bearing, heraldry

Old woman in a chair with a praying child for herself, Jules Chrétien Charles Joseph Henri Helbig, 1851 print In a decorative edge with religious elements. Belgium paper. etching dying. death in old age. old woman. Father Time, man with wings and scythe

Study for a Garden Capriccio n.d. Workshop of Gilles-Marie Oppenord French. Study for a Garden Capriccio 343105

A drawing by Jan Punt showing a young couple before a Juno altar, surrounded by allegorical figures of genius and amorets, executed with pen, brush, gray washes, and graphite pencil.

Graftombe, Angelo Falco, After Parmigianino, c. 1619 print A tomb consisting of three layers. Under a representation of a sacrificial ritual. Above that two putti next to an empty cartouche. On top of a horizontal figure and a representation of Maria with child who is flanked on either side by a putto. Italy paper etching grave, tomb. Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Peace hands poetry an olive branch, Jan Caspar Philips, 1752 print Peace, with a horn of abundance in the hand, hands the poetry an olive branch. In the background the grieving Dutch virgin at the tomb of Prince William IV of Oranje-Nassau, on which his portrait bust. Putti on the right in the foreground that play with numbered medallions. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. grave, tomb

Design drawing for a room decoration, 1760 - 1819 drawing With a base of a column with three putti. Drawing is part of an album. paper. pencil. paint (coating) pen / brush Wall-Centing. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Grave monument for Willem III, Prince of Orange, 1702; Tombeaux De Guillaume IIIME. Roy de la Grande Bretagne. Tomb monument for Willem III, died on March 19, 1702. Not executed design with the Willem III lying in armor on his coffin, crying British and Dutch virgins, and the fame. Two writing angels in the foreground.

Trompe-l'oeil Decoration for stairwell of Hertog van Albemarle in Voorst, Daniël Marot (I), 1712 print Leaf from series with painted wall decorations for rooms and stairwells. print maker: Netherlandsafter own design by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching

Venus Honored by Nymphs and Faun, Jan Harmensz. Muller, After Bartholomeus sprung, 1640 - 1670 print Venus, with Amor by her side, receives baskets with flowers and fruits from the nymphs. A Sater brings a basket with poultry. At the bottom of the margin two two -way verses in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving veneration of Venus. nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Paris, Tavernier, Melchior, France, Barbet, Jean, Bosse, Abraham, Livre d' Architecture et d' Autels, Lower bosom, shaft decorated with Apollo, Apollo shooting a monster. Sheet 12 from second edition of series. The numbering of the prints only partially corresponds to that of the first edition., print, prent, ornamentprent, prints, prenten, ornamentprenten, height 206 mm, width 135 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1643, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1605 - 1654, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1564 - 1641, publisher

Italian 16th Century, after Antonio Labacco, published by Giovanni Boni, Libro Appartenente al Architettura (Title Page), 1568 Libro Appartenente al Architettura Title Page

Wall Decoration with Story of Egeria & Numa Pompilius. James Thornhill; English, 1675-1734. Date: 1695-1734. Dimensions: 212 × 193 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: James Thornhill.

Schenkkan with Frisian and Sater, Jean Lepautre, 1669 - 1693 Can with a Frisian with putti and a lion on the body. A Sater supports the handle. Paris paper etching jar, jug (used as drinking-vessel)

Salomon adores an idol, Adriaen Pietersz Crabeth, 1500 - 1553 drawing On the right, Salomon kneels on a pillow for a pillar, the top of which is not visible. His wife is on the left and points to the right to the idol. paper. ink pen Solomon's women and idolatry (1 Kings 11:1-13)

Allegorie op Zuid-Amerika; Tegenwoordige staat van Zuid America; Titelpagina voor: Thomas Salmon, Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van America, 1767.Exotic landscape with unscription in the foreground and three women. They hold papers in which the countries of the continent and coats of arms in hand. On a ruin the map of South America. On the monument a native resident with transit, arrow and arrow and the riches of the area.

Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Alcoves a la Romaine, Alcove with Joseph and Potiphar's wife, recto - handwritten in pen and brown ink, Alcove with Joseph fleeing from Potiphar's wife. On the right are soldiers with shields and lances. Numbered 4 at the bottom right., print, prent, ornamentprent, prints, prenten, ornamentprenten, 34, Josephus in Aegypto., height 150 mm, width 215 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, prentmaker, 1656 - 1657, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher

Print, Design for Door, from "Placarts Out Ornemens"; Print Maker: Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618-1682); etching on paper; 20.5 × 14.1 cm (8 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

A chalk and feather drawing on blue paper by Giovanni Balducci depicting St. Jakobus Major with a city model and angels in a niche, with washes and highlights emphasizing figures and architectural elements.

Personification of Labor and Vlijt in a Garden, Simon Fokke, 1722 - 1784 print In a garden, the personification of labor and diligence, dressed in a rug with ants, holds a winged hand on scepter. She is accompanied by a man, woman and a putto with Garlande. In the distance there is an angel with a torch in front of an image in an arbor. In the air, two putti hold a canvas with the text: Illustres Fées. Print at the top right marked: p. 1. Amsterdam paper etching 'go to the ants, O sluggard' ~ an ant-heap and a lazy person. summer-house, arbour, garden-house (Dutch: 'theekoepel'). angel(s) with torch

Design for title page for general history of the beginning of the world, part XIII, 1747, Jan Caspar Philips, 1747 drawing paper. ink pen / brush 'History'; 'History' (Ripa)

Papal court, Vatican City, Michelangelo, Rome, Alberti, Cherubino, Vault of the Sistine Chapel, Persian Sibyl, verso - stamped, Part of the vault painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel with sibyls, prophets and nude figures (ignudi). The Persian Sibyl is seated in the center., print, prent, prints, height 430 mm, width 286 mm, 1553 - 1615, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1628, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by, granter of privilege

Allegory on the founding of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Sciences, 1752, Simon Fokke, 1752 print Allegorie on the establishment of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Sciences in Haarlem on May 21, 1752. Above Minerva with a portrait of the patron Willem V, a meeting of scientists in the background. Under the sides of a memorial medal with naked truth with sun on head, a palm branch and in the right hand an olive wreath holds in the left hand; In the background of the Stad Haarlem on the Spaarne, at the bottom of the city coat of arms of Haarlem. Reverse: two women sitting in altar, representative religion with flame on head and leaning on the Bible and the Netherlands with coats of arms and freedom hat on Speer. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching learned society, academy of sciences. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Haarlem

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Allegorical representation on the occasion of the marriage of Louis Fabricius Dubourg and his wife, verso - stamped, Allegorical representation on the occasion of the marriage of Louis Fabricius Dubourg and his wife in Amsterdam in 1729. Amor sits as the love that conquers all on a cloud with the globe under his arm. Hercules sits with him, Minerva as protector of science and painting. On the left a lion and a tiger. The representation is set in an ornamental frame with the god of marriage Hymen and putti, who embrace each other, at the top right. Center below the motto: Amori Cedant Omnia., print, prent, wedding print, prints, height 118 mm, width 154 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1729 - 1729, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1693 - 1775-09-16

Emmeram, saint.

Print, Christ Before Pilate: The Large Plate; Print Maker: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669); Netherlands; etching on laid paper; 55.7 × 45.3 cm (21 15/16 × 17 13/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-156

Ceiling, from 'Grands Carts de Plafons', Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618-1682, Etching on paper, France, 1661, Print, Print

Houbraken, Antonina, Amsterdam, Jacob, Minerva and putti grieving at a tomb, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 100 mm, width 145 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1780, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1696-05-30 - 1736-12-12

Alcove with a group standing in front of a bed flanked by two terms and two doors with medallions above with emperor portraits. Possibly the story of Titus and Berenice. Numbered 6 at lower right, Alcove Alcoves a la Romaine., print maker: Jean Lepautre, Jean Lepautre, publisher: Pierre Mariette (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: France, (possibly), France, (possibly), publisher: Paris, after 1657 - before 1716, paper, etching, h 150 mm × w 216 mm

Ornamental design with Christ on the Geselpaal, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing Design for a sculpture. paper. ink pen / brush piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. Christ on the whipping-post (after the flagellation)

Titelblad: Confessionaux, Jean Lepautre, c. 1658 - C. 1670 print View of the wall of the ship of a church with a confessional between two Corinthian pilasters. Title page from series of 7 magazines. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Geraud Vidal after Charles Monnet, Le roi d'Ethiopie Le roi d'Ethiopie

Panel with landscape in medallion; Ornements de Panneaux a la romaine. From second edition of series with ornamental panels in the classical style.

MEI, Johann Esiah Nilson, 1766 print In a rocaille frame with putti on vases a pastoral performance. A shepherd and shepherd rest with their animals in the field. Left in the background the sunrise. In the lower margin a four -line French text. Publishing number XXV. Augsburg paper etching / engraving May and its 'labours'. pastorals, Arcadian scenes. sunrise

Italy, Parmigianino, Falco, Angelo, Tomb, verso - stamped, A tomb consisting of three layers. Below a representation of a sacrificial ritual. Above that two putti next to an empty cartouche. On top a reclining figure and a representation of Mary and Child flanked on either side by a putto., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 301 mm, width 221 mm, Italian, 1600 - 1695, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1619, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Title print for: FM Janiçon, État présent de la république des Provinces-Unies, 1729-1730, Allegory of the power of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands as a maritime power, verso lower left - stamped, Neptune gives his trident, which symbolizes the domination of the world's oceans, to the personification of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. She holds a lance with a liberty cap in her hand and is surrounded by the personifications of the East India Company (VOC) and the West India Company (WIC). On the right, Mercury points with his caduceus at the world map that is being rolled out by a putto. With an empty margin., print, engraving, title print, prints, height 149 mm, width 81 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1730 - 1730, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), supervision

Mazarin, Jules.

Muse and putti sit at grave monument from poet Arnold Moonen; Title page for: Arnold Moonen, continued of poetry, Delft 1720; Continued from A. Moonens Poëzy. A muse and putti sitting at the grave monument of poet Arnold Moonen. On a cloud is fame, she blows on a trumpet. The landscape in the background shows the mountain parnassus with the muses and pegasus.

Two pilgrims in a ruin landscape, Anonymous, After Johann Adam Stockmann, 1720 - 1775 print In a ruin landscape, a sitting pilgrim looks at a standing pilgrim in front of him who points up. Left of them a column with a vase, on the right a statue on a pedestal. There is a church building in the background. A rocaille frame on the underside of the performance. Publishing number 61. Augsburg paper etching landscape with ruins. pilgrim(s). monument, statue. church (exterior)

Paris, Tavernier, Melchior, France, Barbet, Jean, Bosse, Abraham, Livre d' Architecture et d' Autels, Altar with Christ on the Cross, On either side of Christ are Mary and John. Sheet 4 from second edition of series., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 211 mm, width 130 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1643, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1605 - 1654, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1564 - 1641, publisher

Emblem: Vinegar, Jan Goeree, 1722 print Cartouche with at the top of the letter A. A putto on either side of the letter. They pour vinegar into a bowl. In the middle of the cartouche an emblem with Christ on the cross. A soldier offers Christ a sponge steeped in vinegar on. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Dordrecht paper engraving one of the soldiers (Stephaton) gives Christ vinegar on a sponge attached to a pole or lance. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Schenk, Pieter (I), Coup, Willem de, Lairesse, Gerard de, Tidemann, Philip, Amsterdam, Gouwen, Gilliam van der, 't Groot schilder-boeck, Gerard de Lairesse, 1707, Allegory of painting, verso bottom center - stamped, In the center a blindfolded man in oriental clothing with a tablet in front of him. The personification of Ontwerp, with a compass on his head, stands behind him and guides his hand. Next to him stands a woman in antique clothing with a bowl in her hand. Above his head flies Fame with a trumpet in her hand on which the title of the book is written. In the background a draftsman in a library. Top center, in a round vignette, painting is praised. Next to the vignette the attributes of painting., print, title page, prints, height 178 mm, width 138 mm, South Netherlands - 1740, print maker, printmaker, 1707 - 1707, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), North Netherlands, 1657-09-22 - 1705-06-09, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by,

Personification of Rome, seated on a column and crowned by the victory, Michel Lasne, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1620 print paper engraving personification of a city, town-patron(ess). Victory. Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana' Rome

Allegory with Apollo, muses and artists in amphitheater, Allegory with Apollo and his muses sitting among artists in amphitheater where a performance is going on., Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes, the artist and his muse (in general), Abraham Delfos, Leiden, 1764, paper, etching, h 137 mm × w 94 mm

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Title page for: P. de Villiers, Oeuvres en vers, 1717, Portrait bust of Pierre de Villiers surrounded by allegorical figures, verso lower right - stamped, Portrait bust of Pierre de Villiers on a pedestal with the title in French. In the air a putti with a laurel wreath and a lyre in their hands. The bust is surrounded by Justice, Truth and Faith. In the foreground two putti shaking hands. In the margin a four-line poem in French., print, title page, prints, engraving, height 143 mm, width 85 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1716 - 1716, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), Work conception

Euterpe, muse of music and lyric, Gerard de Lairesse, 1683

Allegorical figures at a medallion for the National Theater. On a staircase there are three allegorical figures with a medallion for the National Theater. In the middle of the townsmagan of Amsterdam and next to her two women with attributes such as a crown, a bazuin and a mask.

VERBUMUMNUS A POMONA, Louis FitRiusius Dubbourg, 1731 print Vertumnus approaches Pomona in the disguise of an old woman. Pomona is sitting under a tree in a garden, Amor just fires an arrow at her. Amsterdam paper etching Vertumnus, in the guise of an old woman, wooing Pomona

Theater with Apollo on the Parnassus, 1594. Theater with Apollo on the Parnassus. With the Pegasus horse and nine muses that make music, links Mercury, centrally the source or fountain castalia. Stellage of the Brussels Rederijkerskamer Den Boeck. Festive arrival of Aartshertog Ernst as Governor of the Netherlands held in Brussels on January 30, 1594. Part of the description of this entry Descriptio et Explicatio Pegmatum, Arcuum Spectaculum Quae Bruxellae Brabant. Pridie Cal. Feb. Ao. 1594 EXHIBITA FUere, sub Ingressum ... Ernesti ... Archiducis Austriae ... Pro Philippo II. Belgicae Ditionis Gubernatore, J. Mommaert, Brussels 1594. Numbered: 8.

Poetry mourns the death of Adriaan de Kramer, Jan Caspar Philips, 1737 print Poetry mourns the death of the writer Adriaan de Kramer. She is accompanied by putti with attributes that symbolize the arts. In the background the grave monument with the writer's portrait. In heaven he is honored, surrounded by muses. In the frame of the cartouche a face on Amsterdam, flanked by two river gods. Putti with Vanitas symbols on the top corners. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers. crowning with laurel. the Muses acting together (as group). river-gods Amsterdam

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