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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
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
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À Johannes Brahms, 1900. Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904). Lithograph;
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Drawing (Italy)
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Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus interessants des Palais et des Eglises d'Italie 18th century Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non French. Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus interessants des Palais et des Eglises d'Italie 369407
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Rest on the flight to Egypt, Henri Guillaume Chatillon, after François Louis Dejuinne, 1825 print Maria shines the light of a lantern on the Christ child. Joseph sleeps in the shade. Paris paper rest on the flight into Egypt
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Birth of Christ, anonymous, 1700 - 1800, draughtsman: anonymous, 1700 - 1800, paper, brush, d 92 mm
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Three ways to spend eternity : pushing a rock eternally up a hill, like Sisyphyus, tied to a wheel like Ixion,tantalised with out of reach fruit like like Tantalus Date: circa 1800
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Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 14, William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Published by Robert John Thornton, 1768-1837, British, 1821, Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm), Sheet: 7 x 4 1/8 inches (17.8 x 10.5 cm), Image: 1 1/2 x 3 inches (3.8 x 7.6 cm), Image: 1 1/4 x 3 inches (3.2 x 7.6 cm), Image: 1 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (3.2 x 7.3 cm), and Image: 1 1/2 x 3 inches (3.8 x 7.6 cm), fruit, sheep, shepherds, sun, tree
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On the banks of the Lora, Ossian conjures up the spirits with the sounds of his harp, Jean Godefroy, after François Gérard, c. 1801 print paper etching male literary characters (with NAME). (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, title)
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1870. - If I am cursed, .... / 271 (registered title) | The seat of Paris (title of all)
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Henry Singleton, Oriental with Beard, Reading a Book, 1803 Oriental with Beard, Reading a Book
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Who would have thought it!', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 62 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.
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Silhouette of two men with a blindfolded prisoner, Jan de Ridder, 1675 - 1735 print A blindfolded man is sitting on his knees. On the left a man holds a bowl up and on the right is a man with a weapon. There is a dog in the middle. Haarlem paper blindfold. bowl. weapons. dog
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Soldiers in a Cave Receiving Blessings from Heaven 19th century Franz von Hauslab the Younger Austrian. Soldiers in a Cave Receiving Blessings from Heaven 382753 Artist: Franz von Hauslab the Younger, Austrian, Vienna 17981883, Soldiers in a Cave Receiving Blessings from Heaven, 19th century, Graphite, brush and brown ink, and gouache. Pen and black ink framing lines added when mounted., sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (26 x 20.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953 (53.600.3526)
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Plate Ten of 38 from Oeuvres de J B Huet 1796-1799 France . Jean Baptiste Huet
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Hero and Leander. Greek myth about two unfortunate lovers. Ancient Greek History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879
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Quatre ProcsChouches. Artist: Charles-Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894
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Girl in a bowl with tubers, Willem Pothhast, 1887 - 1916 drawing A girl with curly hair lies in a container with tubers. There is a shovel in the container. A frowning figure in a robe with a stick tries to pull the girl out of her hair. In the background wooden planks and a tree. paper. ink. pencil pen plants cultivated for their edible roots or tubers, e.g. potato, turnip. drawing, pulling something. hair - AA - female human figure
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Reproduction of drawing: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), The nymph Callypso, Illustrations for the Odyssey; excerpt from a magazine. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Szymborski, Franciszek (-1872), engraver, Kłosy (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1865-1890), publisher
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The Holy Family with the Does. Dated: 1878. Dimensions: image: 26.2 x 20.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 44.8 x 31.5 cm (17 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.). Medium: transfer lithograph in black on chine coll. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rodolphe Bresdin.
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Boy with a fish tail under water between fish and plants, Gust van de Wall Perné, 1887 - 1911 drawing paper. deck paint. India ink (ink) pen / brush merman. fishes. plants (in general)
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Orpheus Benjamin-Constant, 1845-1902. still image. Reproductive prints. 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Orpheus (Greek mythology), Mountains, Lyres, Male nude in art
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'Crusoe In His Bower', c1870. Artist: Unknown.
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The Caves of Acradina near Syracuse in Sicily. Artist: Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (German, Leipzig 1745-1808 Dresden). Dimensions: sheet: 16 5/16 x 13 1/4 in. (41.5 x 33.6 cm). Date: 1797. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The return to life , Sleeping. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
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Putto gets a fish from the hook. .
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- But turn it back so! ... / 4. (registered title) | At sea baths. (Set of all)
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L'Inconnu 1862 Félix Bracquemond French. L'Inconnu. Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833-1914 Sèvres). 1862. Etching and drypoint; third state of three. Alfred Cadart (French, 1825-1875). Prints
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'He, soon as he saw that I was weeping', c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré.
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Schonaeus, Cornelius, Spranger, Bartholomeus, Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), The penitent Mary Magdalene, verso lower left - stamped, Landscape with the penitent Mary Magdalene. With her right hand she holds her long hair. In her left hand she holds a skull. In front of her a crucifix. In the margin a two-line caption in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 249 mm, width 192 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1632, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1546-03-21 - 1611-08, after a design by, 1541 - 1611-11-23, writer
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Esto es la verdadero.. Goya, Francisco (1746-1828). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. 1863. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Truth
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In the Woods. Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, imitator of; French, 1807-1876. Date: 1855-1865. Dimensions: 12 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (32.7 × 42.5 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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LAnge Rebelle. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866
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Mercury en Argus.
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Canto XIX Illustrations to Dante's Paradiso, Nenci, Francesco, 1782-1850, Pencil on tracing paper, between ca. 1830 and ca. 1840
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Arlington Heights. Dated: 1871. Dimensions: image: 34.61 × 23.18 cm (13 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.) sheet: 40.96 × 28.26 cm (16 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.). Medium: wood engraving in black on newsprint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Nast.
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Fichu desagreable de Beauminet,va!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866
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The Destruction of Sodom-Abraham Looking Towards Sodom (Dalziels' Bible Gallery). Artist: Thomas Dalziel (British, Wooler, Northumberland 1823-1906 Herne Bay, Kent). Dimensions: Image: 4 3/16 × 6 13/16 in. (10.7 × 17.3 cm)Image: 3 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (8.7 × 15.1 cm)India sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (28.4 × 21.2 cm)Mount: 16 3/8 in. × 12 15/16 in. (41.6 × 32.9 cm). Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839-1893). Printer: Camden Press (British, London). Publisher: Scribner and Welford (New York, NY). Date: 1865-81. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Parzival, Rogelio de Egusquiza, 1895 print Spain paper etching plants (in general). literary characters and objects. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude
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Colored woodcut by Lucien Pissarro depicting a girl on a riverbank, showing figure, posture, clothing, and surrounding natural landscape.
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Wood Nymph. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones., 1877-1883, Great Britain, by Edward Burne-Jones, The Berlin Photographic Company.
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The misanthrope is robbed by the world, Johannes Wierix, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1566 - 1570 print A misanthrope dressed in mourning robe is robbed by the personification of the world. In the background a robbery on a car and a gallows. Left in the background a mill. In the edge script an explanation of the show and the saying in Dutch. Antwerp paper engraving mourning dress. globe. robber. windmill. proverbs, sayings, etc.
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Édouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883). The Cat and the Flowers (Le chat et les fleurs), 1869. Etching and aquatint on wove paper from bound volume. Plate: 175 mm x 130 mm (6.89 in. x 5.12 in.). Fifth of six states (third of three or fourth of five states, 2nd edition).
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Paul Gauguin, The Rape of Europa (L'enlevement d'Europe), in or after 1895 The Rape of Europa (L'enlevement d'Europe)
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The Shepherdess Albert Pinkham Ryder (American, 1847-1917). The Shepherdess, early 1880s. Oil on panel, 10 1/8 x 6 13/16 in. (25.7 x 17.3 cm). American Art early 1880s
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Grand prince Alexis von Russia under the Niagarafall from Allgemeine Familien Zeitung, Unknown
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Flora; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1894 (1894-00-00-1894-00-00);
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The ConneTable of Chester. (IFF 86) (dummy title)
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The expulsion from paradise. Mezzotint by J. Martin.
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The Flower Book - Witch's Tree. From The Flower Book, 1905. Sir Edward Burne-Jones .
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The Good Shepherd, by Murillo. Caldesi & Montecchi (British, active 1850s)
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De Halve Maan, Marius Bauer, 1897 print Cartoon on the awakening Islamic countries and the battle in Afghanistan and Beloetsjistan (Baluchestan). Published in the addition of 'De Kroniek' of 5 September 1897. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. waning moon, i.e. facing this way ( Afghanistan. Baluchestan
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Eight different heads of men, women, animals and mascarons, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, after Jacques de Gheyn (III), 1638 print Netherlands paper etching fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
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Study for Paradiso, Canto XVI, 25 from Dantes Divine Comedy by Franz von Bayros, created around 1920 using watercolor and pencil, depicting a scene from the poem.
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Fontainebleau Forest: The Trembling Rock (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: La roche qui tremble), 1890. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918), A. Desmoulins, Published in Revue Illustrée, 1887-90. Wood engraving from bound volume of 34 ; image: 5.5 x 6.5 cm (2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.).
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Little girls collecting apples. Engraving, 1892
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This image shows the return of Odysseus. According to the Greek legend as told by Homer in the 'Odyssey,' when the hero Odysseus returned home to Ithaca from the Trojan War, a journey that had taken him 20 years, he found his palace overrun with suitors vying for the hand of his wife. After ridding the palace of the suitors, he goes to see his father Laertes (seen here).
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Lion of the Atlas Mountains. Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863); printed by E. Ardit (French, act. 1828-1834). Date: 1829. Dimensions: 330 × 465 mm (image); 470 × 625 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on light-gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Kaulbach, Wilhelm von, Hermann und Dorothea, Photo reproduction of a drawing, depicting Hermann and Dorothea, photomechanical print, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 126 mm, width 95 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1875 - 1885, paper, collotype, photoprint, German, 1805-10-15 - 1874-04-07, intermediate draftsman
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Thenot and Colinet Discuss, Lightfoot on the Heuvel, William Blake, 1820 - 1821 print Thenot and Colinet, both with shepherd's staff, are in discussion. Lightfoot is with his dog on the hill behind them. paper pastorals, Arcadian scenes. illustration ~ printed matter, book
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Lion de lAtlas (The Lion of Atlas). Artist: Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863