Mythological and Allegorical Prints

Engravings illustrating classical myths and allegories with dynamic figures and dramatic expressions. The compositions convey emotion and narrative depth.

Amsterdam, Yver, Pieter, The Truth of Universal History Revealed, verso - stamped, Vigilance, with a helmet on his head, Father Time, and Amor reveal the Truth of Universal History before the eyes of a young prince. In the background a statue of religion and statues of heroes from the past, including Alexander and Cesar. At the bottom in the margin a four-line text in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 146 mm, width 90 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712 - 1787-06-06, print maker, printmaker, 1737 - 1737, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

St. Mark. Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546. 1580. Agostino Veneziano, active 1509-1536. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Two seated angels, facing left, reading from a song book, from The Angels' Concert after 1583 After Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) Italian. Two seated angels, facing left, reading from a song book, from The Angels' Concert 652065

Mazarin, Jules.

Italy, Maratti, Carlo, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Il Glorioso santo Andrea apostolo, Apostle Andreas, verso - stamped, The apostle Andreas with St. Andrew's cross and angels. In the bottom margin text in Italian and a coat of arms., print, prints, height 291 mm, width 185 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1625-05-15 - 1713-12-15

Saint Hieronymus and the Trumpet, Jusepe de Ribera, 1621 print The saint Hieronymus sitting in the wilderness, with his books, a skull and the lion. Two hands stick out of a cloud that holds a trumpet. Naples paper etching / drypoint / engraving St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

Job tormented by demons; his wife urges him to curse God. Line engraving by L. Vorsterman after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Military kneels in front of a woman and is crowned by Hymenaeus (in box with 43 drawings), (story of) Hymen (aeus), 'Castitimrimoniale', 'Fede maritale', 'Matrimonio' ( Ripa), man kneeling before his beloved (proposing), Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1775, paper, ink, brush, h 90 mm × w 90 mm

Copper engraving of Maria with a Hoftor from circa 1600, showing figure, gate, attire, and composition within the landscape.

Sel against Christ, Gabriel Huquier, After Claude Gillot, 1705 - in Or Before 1732 print print maker: Parisprint maker: Franceafter design by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching flagellation by soldiers, Christ usually tied to a column (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1)

Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, St. John in the Wilderness, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Feather drawing by Ippolito Borghese depicting the scourge of Christ in semicircular composition, on reddish-greenish squared paper, lavished and highlighted.

Luyken, Jan, Amsterdam, Twenty-four scenes from the New Testament, Birth of I. Christ, Birth of Christ, verso - stamped, print, book illustration, prints, etchings, height 119 mm, width 70 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1681 - 1681, paper, papier, etching, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, after own design by

Two seated angels, arms around one another, the one on the left looking down at a song book, from The Angels' Concert. Artist: Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553-1615 Rome); After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 4 1/2 in. (18.5 × 11.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Angels' Concert. Date: 1583. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Winter; Hyems; Four Seasons. Switch with winter's personification: a man with beard and folded arms.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Artist: Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625-1713 Rome). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in. (20.9 x 14.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Benjamin, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob”, set of 12 prints after van Mander. Engraver: Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch, 1565-1629 After: Karel van Mander I, Dutch, 1548-1606

. The goddess of victory, Victoria, put a laurel wreath on the head of a virtuous gaugar harrow hero. The hero has overcome drinks, enjoyment and envy. He stands with his foot on Bacchus, the god of wine. Behind him are the grieving Venus and Amor and the envy. At the bottom of the margin The crowned coats of arms of the Keurvorsten of Saxony, the name of the Royal Collection in Dresden and the sizes of the original painting in Italian and French.

Simone Cantarini da Pesaros red chalk drawing around 1635-1636 depicts Mary with the child on clouds, surrounded by musicians and worshiped by saints.

Peace and Abundance, Bartolommeo Coriolano, After Guido Reni, 1627 print Female personifications of the Peace (Pax) with olive branch and of the abundance (abundantia) with Hoorn of Abundance (Cornucopia). Rome paper Peace and Prosperity, 'Peace and Abundance

The Birth of the Virgin. Dated: 1605/1610. Dimensions: sheet: 33.7 x 23.1 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown and red ink with brown and sanguine wash over red chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in red chalk on laid paper washed ochre. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ventura Salimbeni.

The Archangel Gabriel, seen frontally, his gaze directed to the upper left, and holding a banner standard in his right hand, while gesturing toward the ground with his left. Drawing squared off in graphite for enlargement. Graphite on paper. Date: ca. 1700. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Susanna and the elders. Susanna turns off from the elders. In addition to her a fountain with water spitting dolphin.

Vatican City, Papal Court, Italy, Maratti, Carlo, Ferroni, Girolamo, Joshua commands the sun to stand still, verso - stamped, Joshua makes the sun and the moon stand still. In the background the battle between the Amorites and the Israelites., print, prints, height 410 mm, width 292 mm, Italian, 1687 - 1740, print maker, printmaker, 1697 - 1750, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1625-05-15 - 1713-12-15, after, after painting by, granter of privilege

King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10, James Barry, 1741-1806, Irish, 1776, Etching and aquatint; touched with india ink, Plate: 21 7/8 x 20 1/8in. (55.6 x 51.1cm), King Lear, play by William Shakespeare, literary theme

Standing male angel holding drapery and standing over a ram; allegory of Spring; after bas-relief on Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (Paris) possibly mid to late 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century. Standing male angel holding drapery and standing over a ram; allegory of Spring; after bas-relief on Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (Paris). Anonymous, French, 18th century (). possibly mid to late 18th century. Etching. Prints

Pietà. Dated: 1608/1611. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques Callot after Michelangelo.

Christ supported by an angel standing on a cloud with light radiating behind them. Artist: Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553-1615 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (35 × 24.7 cm). Date: 1570-1615. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jode, Pieter de, Vos, Maerten de, Wierix, Netherlands, Berwinckel, Joan, Saint Michael expels rebellious angel from heaven, verso lower right - stamped, print, prints, height 284 mm, width 198 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1610, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a print by, South Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Eendracht (Concordia); The virtues. The personification of the Eendracht sits under a tree and lures her finger a bird of prey sitting on a branch of the tree. With her other hand she draws the branch on which the bird is slightly down.

. In an oval cartouche the goddess Venus, which is naked on a bed. On the ground next to her amor with arrow and bow. Two angels keep up the bed canopy. Around the car shower in the corners four putti with the four elements (from the top left to the right below: fire, air, water and earth). The print has a Latin caption.

Table of the Temple des Muses, Telephic (Dutuit 36, White 137) Cornelis II Bloemaert, said the young person (1603-1692). Table of the Temple of Muses, Telephic (Dutuit 36, White 137). Burin, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Frontispiece for Almanach Historico-Physique 1762 France. Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper . Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Judith and Holofernes. Judith does the chopped head of Holofernes in a bag, which holds her maid.

Vatican City, Raphael, Perino del Vaga, Italy, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Lost paintings in the Vatican Loggia, Christus Dominus die ternia a mortuis resurgit, Resurrection of Christ, verso - stamped, Christ climbing out of a sarcophagus. On the left, the Three Marys. On the right, a group of frightened soldiers. Title and reference to Bible text in bottom margin., print, prints, height 86 mm, width 233 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1501 - 1547-10-19, after painting by, Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07

Relief with dancing women in draped robes and a Bacchante, François Perrier, 1645 print Relief with a bacchante with a thyrsus (staff of Bacchus) and a dead deer in her hands. On the right three dancing women in draped robes. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. Print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. civil marriage ceremony. group dancing. female dancer

Two dancing Muses; in the lower part, two tigers smelling cymbals, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Nicola Billi from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume I, plate 17, 1757-1787, Naples.

Christ holding a crown and the Virgin receiving St. Anne in Heaven. Artist: Luca Giordano (Italian, Naples 1634-1705 Naples). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.3 × 25.7 cm). Date: 1650-70.This is Bartsch's early state before the addition of the letters 'in et sculp' after Giordano's name at lower right. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint Paul the Hermit, Looking up to the Left and Holding a Stick. Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (1591-1666). Red chalk on paper. Created circa 1637-8. 26.9 x 19.2cm.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes 18th century-early 19th century Anton von Maron Austrian. Judith with the Head of Holofernes 334921

Pietà with Angels in front of the Cross. Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome); Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: 14 3/16 x 8 1/8 in. (36 x 20.6 cm). Date: 1546. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fortuna; Woman on rock in the waves. Fortuna is sitting on a rock surrounded by the ocean.

A copper engraving by Jacopo de' Barbari from the late 15th to early 16th century depicting a victim of Priapus, showing figures, gestures, and detailed composition.

Venus and Amor; Venus Matrimonij et Calidj Amoris conciliatrix; Diana, Venus and Aurora. Venus holds a burning heart. She is accompanied by Amor who holds a burning torch. In the background Mars and Venus as loved ones with amor that has targeted his arrow on the heart of Venus. Print from a series with Diana, Venus and Aurora.

Pacichelli, Giovanni Battista.

Italy, Maria met Kind in de wolken, verso - handwritten in brown ink, Maria met het Christuskind op een wolke. Maria holds a rosary in her hand and Christ a branch with flowers. In the background is a city., print, prent, prints, images, verso - stamped, 6, 2 - 56., height 259 mm, width 194 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), flight to Egypt. (A. de Vesme 11; Dutuit 159) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Paolo Farinati / 'God the Father with Angels Appearing among Clouds'. Second half of the XVI century. Wash, White lead, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on green paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

This copper engraving by Marco Dente, created between 1510 and 1527, depicts Laocoön, showing the mythological figure entwined with serpents in dramatic action.

Caution (prudentia) with mirror sitting on lion holds a dragon into a dragon. Young woman as Caution Personification (Prudentia) sitting on the back of a lion while looking in a mirror and holding a dragon at the neck.

Job on the Mesthoop, Jacob Neefs (Possible), After Gerard Seghers, 1603 - 1701 print Job is on the manure heap to show that he also held his faith in times of disaster. His wife makes an admonishing gesture. There are three friends on the right. At the bottom of the margin a four -line, Latin text about the performance and a one -line assignment in Latin. print maker: Low Countriesafter design by: Antwerp paper engraving Job on the dunghill visited by his friends (and wife)

Aurora and Apeliotes. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Minerva assisting Prometheus as he attempts to scale the heavens 1756 Bartolomeo Crivellari. Minerva assisting Prometheus as he attempts to scale the heavens. "Le Pitture di Pellegrino Tibaldi e di Niccolò Abbate esistenti nell'Instituto di Bologna". Bartolomeo Crivellari (Italian, active 18th century). 1756. Etching and engraving. Prints

Emperor Heraclius and King Chosroës II, Reinier van Persijn, after Guido Reni, 1655 print The Byzantine emperor Heraclius, crowned with a laurel wreath, is triumphing with the dead body of King Chosroës II of Persia. On a cloth a four -line text in Latin. In the margin a two -way caption in Latin. Rome paper engraving violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death

Antwerp, Aertssens, Hendrik, Netherlands, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Bloemaert, Abraham, Amsterdam, Sacra eremvs ascetarvm, Hermits, Sanctus Malchus, Saint Malchus of Chalcis as hermit, verso bottom center - stamped, print, book illustration, prints, height 146 mm, width 92 mm, South Dutch, 1580 - 1633-03-25, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1612, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, North Dutch, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, publisher, 1622 - 1663

Saint Augustine on Clouds Surrounded by Angels 1667-1744 Johann Jacob Eybelwieser Austrian. Saint Augustine on Clouds Surrounded by Angels. Johann Jacob Eybelwieser (Austrian, Vienna (), ca. 1667-1744 Breslau). 1667-1744. Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk underdrawing. Drawings

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Celano, Museum, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Hearing 1730-65 Etched by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus. Hearing. The Five Senses(Les Cinq Sens). Etched by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692-1765 Paris). 1730-65. Etching and engraving. François Joullain (French, Paris 1697-1778 Paris). Prints

A 1565 copper engraving by Cornelis Cort from the series The Seven Free Arts depicting Astrologia (astrology) with allegorical figures, celestial symbols, and instruments.

Fame and history; The Roman heroes. Fame blows the praise to history, which reads a book on a sarcophagus in the middle of ruins. Under the show two couplets of eight fresh rules in Latin. Final print for a series of ten prints, consisting of an unnumbered title print, eight numbered representations of heroes and an unnumbered closing print.

Satyr and Bacchante ca. 1650-67 Cornelis van Poelenburch. Satyr and Bacchante. Cornelis van Poelenburch (Dutch, Utrecht () 1594/95-1667 Utrecht). ca. 1650-67. Etching. Prints

The Dispute of Saint Catherine. Date/Period: 1551. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 580 mm (22.83 in); Width: 310 mm (12.20 in). Author: PROSPERO FONTANA.

Susanna and the elders, Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581 - 1656 print Susanna is touched by two elders when she takes a bath. Scene in oval accompaniment within a rectangular frame. Four burning hearts in the corners. Inscription in Latin above the figures refers to the Bible story. Netherlands paper engraving the elders making advances towards Susanna

Red chalk and white highlights drawing by Ambroise Dubois showing Sophonisba drinking from a poison cup, focusing on posture and classical composition.

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Reliefs in the Loggia of Raphael, Two dancing figures, Two dancing female figures before a balustrade and three pilasters., print, prints, height 176 mm, width 131 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a design by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

unknown, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Bloemaert, Abraham, Willem van de, Angel Gabriel, verso lower left - stamped, The Archangel Gabriel on a cloud. In his left hand he holds a lily and his right hand is raised. In the margin a two-line caption in Latin., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 273 mm, width 186 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1598 - 1637-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1607 - 1637, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1564 - 1637, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Netherlands, States of Holland and West Friesland, Amsterdam, Visscher, Nicolaes (I), Italy, Liss, Johann, Feti, Domenico, Falck, Jeremias, Vision of Peter, verso - stamped, In a mountainous landscape Peter sleeps against a rock. Next to him lies an open book and above him three angels hold a sheet with all kinds of unclean animals on it., print, prints, height 413 mm, width 288 mm, 1609 - 1677-02-07, print maker, printmaker, 1655 - 1677, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1589 - 1624, after, after painting by, 1590 - 1629, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, 1618-01-25 - 1679, publisher, uitgever, verlener, verlener van privilege

Antwerp, Cock, widow Hieronymus, Vos, Maerten de, Collaert, Hans (I), Virtues, Charity, Gratia, Love and Grace, On the left in a niche stands the female personification of Love (Caritas). She holds a heart with a cross in her hand. A child is helped by another child to climb to her breast and drink. On the right in a niche stands the female personification of Grace (Gratia). In one hand she holds a wine goblet, in the other hand a Bible and an olive branch. The dove of the Holy Spirit flies above her head. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 270 mm, width 215 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1577 - 1580, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents 1732 Johann Justin Preissler. Allegory of America, from the Four Continents. The Four Parts of the World(Les Quatres parties du monde). Johann Justin Preissler (German, 1698-1771). 1732. Engraving. Georg Martin Preissler (German, Nuremberg 1700-1754 Nuremberg). Prints

Amsterdam, Valckenier, Gillis Jansz, Title page for: Arnoldus Montanus, Beroerde Oceaan, 1656, Two-faced figure kicking crowns into the air, verso - stamped, A two-faced male figure, symbolizing the English Parliament, walks over Neptune and kicks three crowns into the air., print, title page, prints, height 138 mm, width 82 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1656, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Man with Hands in Prayer, Seated in Clouds Artist's working dates 1505-1600 France. Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Style of Jean Duvet

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, the Magdalen, and St. John. Artist: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. (26.2 x 17.9 cm). Date: late 1570s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing by Johann Daniel Preisler depicting an allegorical scene in pen and gray-red brush with white highlights, emphasizing figures and composition.

Pedro Pablo Rubens / 'The Rape of Europe', 1636-1637, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 18,9 cm x 13,7 cm, P02457. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS. Europa.

THE DEATH OF SAN FRANCISCO JAVIER - 45x42 cm - 1775/80 OIL ON CANVAS. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN. SAN FRANCISCO JAVIER (1506-1552).

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