Mythological and Allegorical Art

Etchings depicting mythological narratives and figures, showcasing historical transitions, moral tales, and allegories through classical storytelling.

Argus is the guardian of Io (who has been transormed into a heifer) but Hermes/ /Mercury puts him to sleep and then beheads him. Io survives and regains her human shape.

A copper engraving by Lucas Hugensz. van Leyden around 1506 depicting Saint Christopher on a riverbank, showing figure, posture, and environment.

. In the middle Venus on a throne. In addition to her throne two putti with a winch. Apollo is left and tramples an owl under his right foot. Venus writes with a feather in a book that provides Apollo her. A Pegasus behind the throne. A flying putto holds a drapery with the title of the book up.

Argus is the guardian of Io (who has been transormed into a heifer) but Hermes/ /Mercury puts him to sleep and then beheads him. Io survives and regains her human shape.

Mars, Venus, and Cupid ca.1637-39 Simone Cantarini Italian. Mars, Venus, and Cupid 341500

Entombment of Christ. Artist: Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673-1722 Paris); Engraved by Jacques Gabriel Huquier (French, Paris 1730-1805 Shrewsbury). Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 4 13/16 in. (19.6 x 12.2 cm), trimmed to image. Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Bernardino Passeri; Italian, c.1540-1591. Date: 1583. Dimensions: 430 x 281 mm. Engraving in black on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Theodoor van Thulden after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Prodigal Son among the Swine The Prodigal Son among the Swine

Apollo and the Cumean Sybil Published 1780 Italy. Etching on ivory laid paper . Salvator Rosa

Zingende vrouwen; Titelpagina voor: H. Uilenbroek, Christelijke Ge-Zangen, 1685.In a landscape a group of singing women with books is on shot. On the left one of the women plays a harp. A woman with her arm is raised in the middle. In the air on clouds blowing angels on bazuinen.

The Repentant Mary Magdalen, from Les Pénitents et Pénitentes (The Penitents) ca. 1632 Jacques Callot French. The Repentant Mary Magdalen, from Les Pénitents et Pénitentes (The Penitents). Les Pénitents et Pénitentes. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1632. Etching; first state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Artist: Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish, active in Rome and Naples, 1590-1652, Saint Jerome with theAngel, Etching, 31 × 23.1 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/8in.), Made in Spain, Spanish, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Temptation of Christ by the Devil The Temptation of Christ by the Devil

Bacchante surrounded by children, Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 - 1675 print In addition to a fountain, a Bacchante makes music with basins and is surrounded by playing and dancing children. Behind the bacchante, a figure pours wine from a jug. In the foreground are a basket filled with grapes, a thyrus and two masks. Pendant of a print with the image of the drunk Silenus. paper etching Maenad (s), Female Bacchant (ES)

Wierix, Hieronymus, Fierlants, Edmond, Le sommeil de Jesus, Photo reproduction of Le sommeil de Jesus by Edmond Fierlants, photograph, photo, page, reproduction, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 83 mm, width 62 mm, Belgian, 1819-06-20 - 1869-12-21, photographer, 1855 - 1860, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Work conception, South Netherlands, 1553 - 1619-11-01

Salvator Rosa, Glaucus and Scylla, 1615 1673 Glaucus and Scylla

Print, St. Mary Magdalene Penitent, 1585; Print Maker: Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1558 - 1617); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; 29.1 × 19.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-107

Heilige Eustachius, Diana Mantuana, after Federico Zuccaro, 1580 print Saint Eustachius in a landscape with a horse and four dogs. During the hunt a deer appears to Saint Eustachius with a radiant crucifix between the antlers. A rule of Latin text in the lower margin. Italy paper engraving the conversion of St. Eustace: while hunting (on horseback) he is confronted with a stag bearing a crucifix between its antlers; Eustace is shown kneeling before the stag (that appears on a rock)

Saint Christopher at the Border of a River. Dated: c. 1505/1506. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.

Pastoral scene with Granida and Daifilo. The Princess Granida stands next to her horse, the simple shepherd Daifilo kneels for her.

The Virgin and child seated near a tree, 1595, by Francesco Brizio, Agostino Carracci.

Robbery on the traveler, Jacques Granthomme, After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - c. 1622 print paper engraving the traveller is attacked by robbers ~ parable of the good Samaritan

Shepherds at a pond, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1700 - c. 1710 print A naked man and woman are sitting on their clothes on the edge of a pond. Behind them their herd. print maker: The Haguepublisher: Amsterdam (possibly) paper etching / engraving pastorals, Arcadian scenes. pond, pool

Jager buigt zich over een liggende vrouw.A woman is located on the shore of a stream. It is unclear whether she is sleeping or died. A hunter bows over her and holds her arm. There is a horse with him. Behind them a fountain mket putti. At the top right: 7. B.

Engraved copies of The Little Passion n.d. After Albrecht Dürer German. Engraved copies of The Little Passion 388858

Italy, Return from Egypt, verso - stamped, Joseph and Mary return from Egypt with the young Christ. In the sky God the Father and the Holy Spirit as a dove. Numbered lower left: 4., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 156 mm, width 121 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1500 - 1599, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Positis genibus.... 1601 - 1700. Florino, Matteo, active 17th century. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Garden of Eden, from the Dance of Death 1651 late 18th century printing Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian. Garden of Eden, from the Dance of Death 361647

BACCHANAAL, JEAN Grandjean, 1765 - 1781 print A bacchanal with a bacchant and two half -naked young women. A putto in the middle. unknown paper etching Male Bacchant (es). Maenad (s), female Bacchant (es). Cupids: 'Love' '' Amoretti '' Putti '

St. Jerome. 1601 - 1642. Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Holy Family. Giulio Carpioni; Italian, 1613-1678. Date: 1633-1678. Dimensions: 328 x 225 mm (plate); 337 x 228 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Christ on the Mount of Olives / The Agony in theGarden. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child Albrecht Altdorfer German. Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child 429732

Offer from Isaac, Andries Jacobsz. Stock, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1638 print Abraham, with a knife in his hand, is about to sacrifice his son Isaac, but an angel keeps him from it. On the left a ram in the bushes, which will be sacrificed in Isaac. The Hague paper engraving the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)

The temptation of Saint Antonius. Saint Antonius sitting in landscape with book, for him is a woman with horns on the head and a pot in the right hand.

A drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck of Ulysses on the island of Polyphem, in black chalk with squeezing folds at the edges and light brownish dirt in the corners.

Saint Jerome in the Desert. Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553-1615); after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564). Date: 1570-1580. Dimensions: 479 x 347 mm. Engraving on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Ravisher ca. 1495 Albrecht Dürer German. The Ravisher. Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). ca. 1495. Engraving. Prints

Lust, from The Vices 1552 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Lust, from The Vices 428714

Perseus Saving Andromeda 1775 Giovanni David Italian David depicts the moment when having slain the sea monster to whom she was to be sacrificed Perseus frees Andromeda. On the ground to the right of Perseus lies the shield whose reflective surface had enabled him to slay Medusa, since looking on the Gorgon directly would have turned him to stone. Although classical sources describe Perseus as flying with the aid of winged sandals, artists often show him riding Pegasus, born from Medusa's blood. Considered an embodiment of fame, the winged horse was an appropriate mount for a hero.. Perseus Saving Andromeda 350747

Faun Embracing a Bacchante. Dated: 1650s. Dimensions: plate: 25.9 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 38.5 x 26.8 cm (15 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.). Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michel Dorigny.

Print, Saint Jerome; Print Maker: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, active Italy, 1591 - 1652); Spain; etching on off-white laid paper; 31.2 × 23.3 cm (12 5/16 × 9 3/16 in.); 1896-31-13

A shepherdess, with a bird's nest on her lap and a little bird on her bare chest, seduces a shepherd who is already rolling up his sleeves. On the left two sheep and on the right the head of a dog, shepherd and shepherdess., print maker: Theodoor van Thulden, Paris, 1630 - 1634, paper, etching, engraving, h 119 mm × w 159 mm

Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480 or before-1538), The Lamentation of Christ, c. 1513, woodcut

The Prodigal Son among the Swine. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Theodoor van Thulden after Sir Peter Paul Rubens.

Agony in the Garden 1497-1500 Albrecht Dürer German. Agony in the Garden 388411

Angel runs with torch and drags child to rope; Pia Desideria ..

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata ca. 1503 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata 388386

H. Sebastiaan. Saint Sebastiaan is tied to a tree with his arms. An arrow pierces his leg. In addition to him two people and a basket with arrows, on the other hand an angel who takes care of his wounds. Under the show two Latin lines and a Dutch inscription in three rules.

Artist: Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, 1494-1533, The Temptation of St.Anthony, Engraving, platemark: 18.9 × 15 cm (7 7/16 × 5 7/8in.), Made in The Netherlands, Netherlandish, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Two figures, a man on the left looking at a woman on the right whose mouth is open, as putti fly overhead. Pen and brown ink, red chalk, brush and gray wash on laid paper. Date: 1603-47. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Amsterdam, Waldorp, Jan Gerard, Landscape with Diogenes of Sinope in his barrel, verso - handwritten in black ink, Diogenes writes with a piece of chalk on his house that is made from a barrel. Below the image a three-line caption in Dutch., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, Dn pl belongs in Diogenes by Wieland in Amsterdam by JB Elve 1788, height 172 mm, width 111 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1740-08 - 1808-11-21, print maker, printmaker, 1779 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, verso - stamped, The Holy Family rests in a landscape during the Flight into Egypt. Mary suckles the Christ Child. An angel stands by the family., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 210 mm, width 170 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, prentmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Expression creation

Putti with jewelry box, Jan van Vianen, 1686 print Two putti with a jewelry box. A putto keeps a ring up. A broken bow for them on the ground. In the background a country house on a river. One can approach a loved one better with gold than with virtue. Thirty -eight emblem from Emblemata amatoria. Northern Netherlands paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. Cupid breaking his bow and/or arrows. jewel-box. ring

The Flight into Egypt 1590-ca. 1620 Anonymous. The Flight into Egypt. Anonymous. 1590-ca. 1620. Engraving. Possibly Justus Sadeler (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1572/83-ca. 1620 Leiden). Prints

Saint John the Baptist in the desert ca. 1637-39 Simone Cantarini Italian. Saint John the Baptist in the desert 341549

Autre Repos dans la fuite en Egypte. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Simone Cantarini, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

The Holy Family with little John the Baptist, sitting under a palm tree, draughtsman: Francesco Fontebasso, 1719 - 1769, paper, pen, h 362 mm × w 250 mm, FTZYC Doctype

Annibale Carracci, Susanna and the Elders, 1590 1595 Susanna and the Elders

Mythological scene with a sacrificial queen in a forest, possibly Althaea, and three gorgons, print maker: Simon Henri Thomassin, (mentioned on object), after: Charles Le Brun, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1697 - 1741, paper, engraving, etching, h 285 mm × w 272 mm

The Holy Family, 1610-40. Francesco Amato (Italian). Etching;

Fotoreproduction van de engraving Les Trones, Edmond proud, after Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1855 - in or before 1860 photograph paper albumen print angels

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Diane. Eighth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 517; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Damon and Chloris; La Cruaute Pastoral; Pastors. In a landscape, the Shepherd Damon Chloris explains his love. She rejects him and reinstalls, leaving her basket of roses. In the bottom margin two columns with three-legged German text. Publisher number XIV.

Engel runs with torch and drags child on rope, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1624 print paper engraving torch

Diogenes sees a boy drinking. Diesens is in the middle with a drinking cup in his hand. Four figures are around him. On the right is a boy kneeling, drinking from the bowl of his hands. After having seen this, Diogenes would have thrown away his own drinking cup.

Adam provides the earth, Eva sucks her child. Design for a print.

David Praying 1520 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. David Praying 364713

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1632-48. Simone Cantarini (Italian, 1612-1648). Etching;

The Flight into Egypt, from The Life of the Virgin, Latin Edition, 1511. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 16 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (41.3 x 30.2 cm)block: 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (29.8 x 20.6 cm). Date: 1511. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness 1575-1675 Anonymous. Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness. Anonymous , Flemish, 17th century. 1575-1675. Engraving. Sadeler (unspecified member of the Sadeler family) (Netherlandish, mid-16th century-mid-17th century). Prints

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (32.1 × 22.5 cm). Date: ca. 1496. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Netherlands, Ewoutsz., Jan, Sustris, Lambert, Scorel, Jan van, The lion hunt, Three running women, verso lower left - stamped, Sixth block of six that together form a frieze with a lion hunt. Three women, one of whom turns her head away., print, prints, height 278 mm, width 191 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1495-01-09 - 1562-12-06, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1545, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Italian, 1515 - 1591, 1511 - 1564, block cutter

Abraham's Sacrifice, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655 print paper etching / drypoint story of Abraham

Camillo Procaccini, The Transfiguration, c 1590 The Transfiguration

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius, Autumn, 1601 Autumn

Dirk Jacobsz Vellert (Flemish, active 1511-1544), The Temptation of Christ, 1523, engraving

Italy, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Alberti, Cherubino, The Israelites flee from Egypt, verso - stamped, A group of Israelite men, women and children fleeing. They are all carrying an urn. On the right stands the old Moses, pointing with his right hand. A woman is kneeling in front of him., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 196 mm, width 408 mm, 1553 - 1615, print maker, prentmaker, 1576 - 1576, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, 1490 - 1543

Seated Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist on a hillside, the Baptist embraces a lamb, a reed cross lies on the earth behind the Virgin's left leg. Artist: Paolo Farinati (Italian, Verona 1524-1606 Verona). Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/16 x 10 11/16 in. (16.3 x 27.1 cm). Date: ca. 1560-1606. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: PAOLO FARINATI.

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Samson and Delilah ca. 1514 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Samson and Delilah 364688

Shepherds at a pond, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1645 - 1660 print A naked man and woman are sitting on their clothes on the edge of a pond. Behind them their herd. print maker: The Haguepublisher: Antwerp (possibly) paper etching / engraving pastorals, Arcadian scenes. pond, pool

The Dream of Paris Albrecht Altdorfer German. The Dream of Paris 430053

Orpheus and the Maenaden of Ciconia, Daniël Herreyns (I), 1600 - 1649 print Orpheus playing on his winch and surrounded by animals meets the raging Maenaden of Ciconia in Thracia who will attack and tear him up because he has no attention for women after the death of his beloved Eurydice. In the background more worshipers of Bacchus who come from a temple. Antwerp paper etching (story of) Orpheus. Orpheus playing the lyre. death of Orpheus: he is torn to pieces by the Thracian women during a Bacchic orgy

Gabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin, Flight of M de Belle Isle, Prisoner with theAttakapas (right), 1767 Flight of M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner with theAttakapas right

Death Dragging an Old Man to His Tomb. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 5 13/16 in. (18.2 × 14.7 cm). Date: ca. 1648. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Death of Adonis Claude Mellan French. Death of Adonis 392508

After Rembrandt van Rijn, The Flute-Player (L'Espiègle), After 1642, etching on paper.

Resting shepherd playing on a horn, Jonas Umbach, 1634 - 1693 print A shepherd, resting on the ground in a landscape, playing on a large horn. print maker: Augsburgpublisher: Germany paper etching herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. one person playing wind instrument

Correggio, Study for the Madonna della Scodella (recto), 1523 1524 Study for the Madonna della Scodella recto

Diana in Actaeon, Andries Lens, 1761 print Diana is surrounded by three nymphs, a fourth nymph is in the foreground in the water. On the left, Actaeon was fled with a spear in hand. paper etching Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193)

Ovidius accompanied by two muses, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1713 print The poet Publius Ovidius Naso has been struck by an arrow of Amor that flies in the air above him. He is accompanied by two muses melpomene (horn in the hand) and Erato (Lier at the feet). In the foreground two swans on the water. In the background on a tree an empty plate. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving portrait of a writer. Erato (one of the Muses); 'Erato' (Ripa). Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). crowning with laurel. water-birds: swan

Strasbourg, Baldung Grien, Hans, Mary and child with eight angels in a landscape, verso center - stamped, Mary sits reading with a child on her lap in a hilly landscape. They are surrounded by eight small angels. Two angels float above Mary and hold a crown. An angel gives the Christ child an apple and on the ground two angels play a drum and a lute. On the left in the background is a view of a town on a river., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, height 381 mm, width 261 mm, German, 1484 - 1545-09, print maker, printmaker, 1509 - 1513, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Tantalus. Tantalus, sitting on a rock in the water, with one hand leaning on a second stone in the water, with the other hand reaching the apples that hang over his head on the apple tree. Against the stone on which he is in crawls a snake. In the background burning buildings and demons (hell) And Charon who sails people in a boat to Hades. The front half of the sea has dropped. (Tantalus Kwelling: He can never pick the fruits and never drink the water). Left under two lines of caption in Latin.

Rest on the flight to Egypt. Maria is in a landscape and looks up. The Christ child, with a cross staff, supports her lap and stands on a dragon. In the foreground on the young John the Baptist pointing to the staff of Christ. Behind him a sculpted relief with Hercules killing the Hydra of Lerna. In the background links a fallen sculpture, the resting Jozef and a putto at the donkey.

Lana, Lodovico, work, Saint Sebastian and Saint Irene, (1000 - 2000), technique text: line etching, graphics, plate width 25.1 cm, plate height 37.8 cm

Bacchus' darling Ampelus is killed in a fall of a bull, on which it is changed to a vine. Book illustration for: praise of bacchus, 1616.

Clair-obscur woodcut by an anonymous artist from the third third of the 16th century depicting the Holy Family resting after returning from Egypt on two plates, showing figures and landscape.

The Dominion of Venus, from 'The Seven Planets' 1533 After Girolamo Grandi Italian. The Dominion of Venus, from 'The Seven Planets' 361924

Venice, Rasciotti, Donato, Italy, Correggio, Cort, Cornelis, Carracci, Agostino, Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome and Mary Magdalene, verso - stamped, The Christ Child sits on Mary's lap. An angel shows him a book. In the foreground on the left is Saint Jerome with a lion. On the right, Saint Mary Magdalene kneels and strokes Christ's leg with her cheek. On the right a small boy with an ointment jar., print, prints, height 481 mm, width 328 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1586, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1533 - 1578, after print by, 1489 - 1534-03-05, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

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