Mythological and Allegorical Prints

Artworks depicting mythological themes, including classical figures and narratives, rendered in detailed etchings and illustrations.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, The sleeping shepherd, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, E, lower right - pen in brown, height 79 mm, width 58 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1642 - 1646, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, burin, Work conception, after own design by

Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli from 1816 illustrating the history of Rome with city landmarks, streets, buildings, and human figures engaged in daily life.

Oedipus and the Sphinx, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print Oedipus in company of the sphinx, a monster with the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. He thinks sitting on her mystery: "What orphan is it that has a voice and in the morning on four, in the afternoon on two and in the evening on three feet" Anyone who did not know the answer was torn apart by the sphinx. Bottom left the bodies of earlier victims of the sphinx. Japanese paper (handmade paper) Oedipus and the sphinx; he solves the riddle. the corpse

St. Jerome in penance. Hopfer, Hieronymus (ca 1500-1563), graphic artist, Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528), graphic artist

Mocking Ceres. The Goddess Ceres, looking for her daughter Proserpina, rests at a cabin. She drinks from a jug, given to her by an old woman. A small naked boy next to the old woman points to Ceres and laughs. The print has a Latin caption. To a painting by Adam Elsheimer.

Artist: Stefano Della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Death Entombing an OldMan, Etching, sheet: 23.7 × 18.6 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/16in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Love couple. A love couple sitting in a forest. The naked man turns to the woman.

Men and women in a cave, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print A woman kneels with a standing man with beard and crown. Two more kneeling men on the left, one of whom bends over the other. Three standing figures in the background, two of which are with a spear. paper etching crown (symbol of sovereignty). cave, grotto. kneeling figure

Rijn, Rembrandt van, The sleeping shepherd, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, E, lower right - pen in brown, height 79 mm, width 58 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1642 - 1646, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, burin, Work conception, after own design by

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Żyliński, Jan Nepomucen (CA 1790 1838), bars, Pompeo Girolamo (1708 1787), Vivier, Teodor (1823 1841)

Young Pilgrim with Guardian Angel 1820-71 Attributed to Sir George Hayter British A figure kneels near a skull and clasps his hands together as an angel stands behind him in a turbulent landscape. Beneath the large image, the artist sketched a small variation.. Young Pilgrim with Guardian Angel 363711

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, Les Heures du Jour: La Nuit, c. 1778, etching and engraving on laid paper.

Satyrs Abducting Nymphs n.d. François Jean Sablet French. Satyrs Abducting Nymphs 339738

Naked man in a landscape. A naked man, possibly narcissus, in a landscape. Left in the foreground is a bust of a woman.

Naked man in a landscape. A naked man, possibly narcissus, in a landscape. Left in the foreground is a bust of a woman.

Perseus and Andromeda, Perseus comes flying to Pegasus to rescue the chained Andromeda from a sea monster, Pegasus, the winged horse, Lorenzo Loli (mentioned on object), Italy, 1622 - 1691, paper, etching, h 258 mm × w 175 mm

Sylvia en Aminta, Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1800 print Paris paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Tasso, Aminta. satyr(s) pursuing nymph(s)

La Mort et la bûcheron (6th plate) , Death, Skeletons, Woodcutters, Fuelwood, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

L'incendie du hameau , Fires, Cities & towns, Victims, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Apollonius Jan Sadeler (1550-1600). Apollonius. Burin, 17th century.

Drawing (Italy); Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823)

Prometheus and De Adelaar, Anonymous, 1630 - 1680 print France paper etching / engraving an eagle tears at Prometheus' liver

Saint Jerome kneeling on a rock in front of a cross and an open book facing right, after Reni. Artist: After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna); Anonymous, 17th century. Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 7 3/8 in. × 5 in. (18.8 × 12.7 cm). Date: ca. 1600-1640.Copy in reverse with clouds at left in the background instead of rocks. Verso not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The death of William II (William Rufus): William has been shot with an arrow on a hunt in a forest. Etching by T. Wallis after W. M. Craig.

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert engraved 'Rest on the Escape to Egypt' after 1630, depicting Mary, Joseph, and infant Jesus resting during the flight to Egypt in copper engraving format.

Forest landscape with the resting artist and his travel group, Johann Christoph Erhard, 1814 print paper. etching forest, wood. (traveller) resting in the open air

Oedipus and the Sphinx; Composition with fantastic beings. Oedipus at the entrance to the cave where the Sphinx ceases, a monster with the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. It is located on a spiral staircase, which circles the dead, bare bodies of two men and a woman.

Personification of Antwerp with a curved head, behind it a man with a hand on her shoulder and an angel, Edouard Hamman, 1842 print paper etching personification of a city, town-patron(ess). angels

Début de la Valküre , Fictitious characters, Heroes, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

The Cyder Feast 1828 Edward Calvert British A couple dances within a landscape filled with laden apple trees as oxen operate a cider press beyond and women bring fruit to fill it. More dancers are silhouetted by the orb of the moon or setting sun at the horizon.. The Cyder Feast 356740

Evangelist Marcus Met Leeuw, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (ACTRUTED TO), After Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1700 - 1799 print Italy paper etching Mark (Marcus) the evangelist, and bishop of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, (winged) lion, pen and inkhorn, scroll

Meeting; Fischer, Georges Alexandre (1820-Ca 1890), Bertauts, J.V. (Paris; Litographic Plant; Fl. Ca 1832-1869); XIXW. (1801-00-00-1900-00-00), around 1850 (1845-00-00-1860-00-00);

Drawing by Jakob Gauermann depicting a hunter confronting a snake, executed in chalk and feather on dark gray, brown-lavated, whitewashed paper around 1800.

The Beheads of St John the Baptist, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1850 - 1906 print paper etching / drypoint the beheading of John the Baptist

Le triomphe de la Mort: Les bouches inutiles , Victims, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

L'arbre de salut , Bowing, Trees, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The penitents, Saint Francis: fifth number of a series of 5 pieces" (Lieure 1319, Meaume 152). Etching. Around 1630. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99593-8 Etching, engraving

Beul with a carved head, Marius Bauer, 1895 print A executioner keeps a carved head up. paper etching executioner, hangman. head of a beheaded person

Unkas springt herab um Cora zu retten, S.183, Lederstrumpf Erzählungen, 2.Teil: Letzt Mohikaner, J.F.Cooper. Slevogt, Max (1868-1932), graphic artist

Le triomphe de la Mort: Les bouches inutiles , Victims, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1644 print paper etching / drypoint rest on the flight into Egypt

Mocking Ceres. The Goddess Ceres, looking for her daughter Proserpina, rests at a cabin. She drinks from a jug, given to her by an old woman. A small naked boy next to the old woman points to Ceres and laughs. The print has a Latin caption. To a painting by Adam Elsheimer.

Woodcut by Albrecht Altdorfer depicting a couple in a forest, created in 1511, showing romantic interaction in a natural setting.

Mythological scene with an offering queen in a forest, possibly althaea, and three gorgons, Simon Henri Thomassin, After Charles Le Brun, After Bernard Picart, 1697 - 1741 print Amsterdam paper engraving / etching Gorgons. queen. Sacrifice

Judit with the head of Holofernes in a bag, Schiavone (attributed to), after Parmigianino, 1532 - 1563 print Judit stands with raised sword. Her servant wears a bag with the heighted head of Holofernes in it. A curtain in the background. Italy paper etching Judith and Holofernes (Judith 8-16). Judith and her maidservant put Holofernes' head in a sack

Les faiseurs de fagots , Woodcutters, Fuelwood, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Reconciliation of Jakob and Esau, Zacharias Dolendo (Attributed to), after Karel van Mander (I), 1580 - 1596 print The Esau and Jakob brothers hug each other. Right behind Esau is his army. On the left the cattle and the kneeling women and children of Jakob. Under the show the title and four four -line verses in Latin. Reconstructed from two fragments. Northern Netherlands paper engraving the meeting between Esau and Jacob

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, verso lower left - stamped, print, prent, prints, Rembrandt f 165-, lower right, height 111 mm, width 83 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1655 - 1659, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, after own design by

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Quien lo creyera!'. 1797 - 1799. Etching, Japanese chisel, Burnished aquatint on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Mocking of Ceres 1646 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Mocking of Ceres, a nocturnal scene; Ceres drinks avidly from a jug of water given to her by an old woman holding a candle at a doorway; besides the elderly woman is Stellio, a naked youth, who points at Ceres; a burning torch rests on some wooden wheels; in the background a woman milks a cow.. The Mocking of Ceres 360651

Musical Monster (from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds") December 8, 1778 Etched and published by John Hamilton Mortimer British. Musical Monster (from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds") 407880

Maria van Bourgondia falls from her horse, near Bruges, March 27, 1482, Jacobus Buys, 1788 - 1790 drawing Maria van Burgundy falls outside of Bruges from her horse, March 17, 1482. Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush historical persons. historical events and situations. stumbling. rearing (horse in motion) Used

The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L'enfant prodigue). Medium: etching and drypoint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alphonse Legros.

Diana and her nymphs find the sleeping Cupido in the forest, Dominique Vivant Denon (Baron), 1792 print paper etching Diana hunting with her nymphs. companions, nymphs of Diana; 'Ninfe di Diana' (Ripa). sleeping Cupid; possibly signifying a slackening of Love's influence

Lente, Harmanus Anglees, After Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1765 print A boy and a girl in a landscape. The boy shows the girl, with a flower basket in his hand, a bird's nest. At the top right, Amor focuses his arrow on them. paper engraving spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa). spring ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). child robbing bird's nests (+ variant)

Honoré Daumier, Je te dis que je l'ai fait partir, 19th century Je te dis que je l'ai fait partir

Francesco Paolo Michetti, Keeper of the Turkeys (Gardeuse de dindons), 1876 Keeper of the Turkeys Gardeuse de dindons

Aeddon meets Olwene; Aeddon. Aeddon meets Olwene on the shore of a river. Aeddon has two barking dogs and have just dropped his spear. Olwene pushes a boat towards the shore. Illustration at the first singing of the epic praise aeddon

Minerva needs to ignite jealousy in Aglauros; Ovidius' metamorphoses; Reflections by P. Ovidius Naso. Minerva is located at the cave where downtown and asks her to make Aglauros jealous on her sister Herse. The goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she took the initiative to open the basket with Erichthonius, who had entrusted Minerva to the daughters of Cecrops provided that they would leave him close. Under the show twice two fresh rules in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Hendrik Goudt after Adam Elsheimer, The Mocking of Ceres, 1610 The Mocking of Ceres

Ship at sea in a thunderstorm ..

Bliżej Kultury Artistic and Literary Circle Publishing House

Antwerp, Wtenbrouck, Matheus Moysesz. van, The Hague, Moyses van, Bather steps out of the water, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 124 mm, width 146 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1600 - 1647, print maker, printmaker, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Publication (Event), Publication, - 1660, publisher, 1645 - 1660" The

Musical Monster. Dated: 1778. Dimensions: plate: 23.3 × 17 cm (9 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 42.4 × 28.6 cm (16 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Hamilton Mortimer.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Troupe of charlatans., 1810-1820, etching and aquatint.

Pastoral. Henri Fantin-Latour; French, 1836-1904. Date: 1896. Dimensions: 325 × 420 mm (image); 520 × 650 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on light gray chine. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Plate 16 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They make use of them.' (Se aprovechan.) Ca. 1810 ( published in 1863) Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. Plate 16 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They make use of them.' (Se aprovechan.) 380719 Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), Spanish, Fuendetodos 17461828 Bordeaux, Plate 16 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de la Guerra):' They make use of them.' (Se aprovechan.), 1810 ( published in 1863), Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin and burnisher, Plate: 6 5/16 9 1/4 in. (16 23.5 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 13 1/2 in. (25.1 34.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Rogers Fund and Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922 (22.60.25(16))

O douleur!...avoir rêvé...un époux.... Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1844. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Parsifal et les Filles-Fleurs , Fictitious characters, Knights, Perceval Legendary character, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, verso sheet - stamped, The Holy Family rests in a landscape during the flight into Egypt. The Christ Child lies on Mary's lap. In the background on the right Joseph sleeps., print, prent, prints, height 81 mm, width 124 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Daullé in 1760 depicting Venus asleep, surprised and discovered by a satyr, showing mythological figures in classical style.

Apollo kills Coronis; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Under the tree lies the dying princess Coronis, Apollo's Minnares, who has just hit his arrow. At Apollo, the white crow flies, which was changed by him in a black crow, because Apollo was furious that the crow had not prevented her to go strange.

Company passes through a landscape, Willem Wenckebach, in Or Before 1895 drawing A company consisting of men, a woman, child, dog and packed animals, passes through a landscape with mountains and trees. One man leads the way with a firearm in his hand. A coastline can be seen in the background. paper. cardboard. India ink (ink). deck paint. pencil pen / brush mountains (+ landscape with figures, staffage). 'en route', traveller under way

The Beguiling of Merlin,1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, Book, 19th CenturyPre-Raphaelite, Photographic print, Photogravure, Female, Male, Snake, Nature, Animal, snake

Pastorale , Country life, Dance, Musicians. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Saint Sebastian, c. 1776. James Barry (Irish, 1741-1806). Soft-ground etching; platemark: 27.7 x 18.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.); sheet: 28.4 x 19.3 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.). Irish artist James Barry made drawings from the works of Michelangelo and other masters while in Rome between 1765 and 1771, at a time when studying from Renaissance masters in Italy was central to artistic training. The muscular body and twisting position of Saint Sebastianwho was martyred for his faith by being shot with arrowsrecall Michelangelo’s dynamic male nudes. This is the only known impression of this print. Printed by Barry himself, it demonstrates his experimentation with soft-ground etching to imitate the effect of chalk drawing.

Woodcut by Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1802, depicting a woman near bare trees with a spider web, highlighting detailed natural elements and the Romantic style of the early 19th century.

Landscape with a hermit, Louis Cossin, 1637 - 1686 print paper etching / engraving anchorite, hermit. one person praying

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Fallen angel sitting on a rock, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print A naked, winged man sits on a rock. His arms rest on his raised right knee. paper angels. darkness. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude

Ceres, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie). Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 13/16 × 2 3/16 in. (4.6 × 5.5 cm). Patron: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Procris and Cephalus, Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857-1945, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, Published by Robert Dunthorne, active 1881-1930, British, 1885, Etching with mezzotint printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 7/8 inches (26 × 32.7 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (21 × 28.3 cm), and Image: 7 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (19.1 × 26 cm), arrow, bow, Cephalus inadvertently kills Procris, death, dog, foliage, landscape, literary theme, love-affairs of Cephalus, man, Metamorphoses, mourning, mourning of Procris, path, quiver, religious and mythological subject, tree, woman, woods

Alphonse Legros, The Triumph of Death: Death Prepares a Dwelling for the Homeless (Le triomphe de la Mort: Lamort a prepare une demeure a des abandonnees), French, 1837 - 1911, drypoint on light green paper

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Ship at sea in a thunderstorm, Willem Basse, 1648 print Amsterdam paper etching storm at sea. sailing-ship, sailing-boat

The Young Maiden and Death. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot; French, 1796-1875. Date: 1854. Dimensions: 191 × 135 mm (image); 217 × 177 mm (sheet). Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Schim van Astarté disappears for Manfed's eyes, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1879 print Paris paper parting, leave-taking (of lovers). materialization, appearance of spirit or ghost

Relief of Horace Cocles on horseback defending the punch sublicus in the water; Horaty image in Aedibus Cuiudam Nobilis Romani; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Holy Eugenia van Rome, Anonymous, After Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1590 - 1662 print paper engraving female saints. anchorite, hermit

Escal-Vigor II: Les Amis, Willem Aridéus, c. 1915 - c. 1920 drawing Henry and Guido, the main characters from the novel Escal-Vigor (1899) by the Flemish author Georges Eekhoud, hug each other near a tree, probably a willow. Both men are naked. In the background there is a hilly landscape, with the village ready in a valley. Netherlands paper. chalk homosexual love

Frith, William Powell, Howlett & Co. Cundall, Photographic reproduction of a painting of a woman at a gate and a dog by William Powell Frith, recto - handwritten, This photograph is part of a cover with eight photographs, two text sheets and a cover sheet., photograph, photo, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, #7, height 283 mm, width 219 mm, British, photographer, 1853 - 1858, photographic paper, albumen print, albumine print, English, 1819-01-19 - 1909-11-09

Peter Paul Rubens with his first wife Isabella Brant, Peter Paul Rubens, 1609 - 1690, after: Peter Paul Rubens, draughtsman: anonymous, 1609 - 1690, paper, brush, h 357 mm × w 265 mm

Book of Job, Plate 13, The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind, William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1825, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 × 10 7/8 inches (38.1 × 27.6 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm), Image: 7 5/8 × 5 7/8 inches (19.4 × 14.9 cm), and Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)

The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpent, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on light blue paper, Alcmene and Amphitryon shown leaving their bed. Lamp stands at right., Italy, 1813, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Duo des Troyens (5e planche) , Queens, Heroes, Romances, Dido Legendary character, Aeneas Legendary character, Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Troyens à Carthage. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Amor sends FAMA to proclaim his conquest. Possible design for a print.

The Beguiling of Merlin. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones., 1872-1877, Great Britain, by Edward Burne-Jones, The Berlin Photographic Company.

Arthur Pond, ca. 1705-1758, British, Untitled: Mother and child, 1740.

Vivant Denon, A Woman Making Water, 1757-1825, etching on wove paper.

Woman with monster. A woman in dress squats next to a monster with lion's head and flippers. On the right in the background a figure on a horse.

Half-naked man with samples and fantasy statements; Fantastic composition. The body of a half-naked man leans against a rock. In addition and above the man there are monsters and fantasy stations in the air.

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