Mythological and Allegorical Prints

Engravings depicting mythological themes, divine figures, and allegorical narratives, rich in symbolism and visual storytelling through intricate artistry.

OCCIDENS Zephyrus, the Wind of the West, pursues the goddess Flora, making her drop her flowers onto the Earth below Date: circa 1640

Antwerp, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Collaert, Jan (II), Venationes Ferarum, auium, piscium pvgnae Bestiariorum, Hunting scenes, Storks catching snakes, verso lower left - stamped, Storks hunt young snakes to feed them to their young. Farmers watch the spectacle. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on hunting scenes., print, prints, height 199 mm, width 264 mm, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1566 - 1628-05-26, print maker, printmaker, 1594 - 1598, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher, 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Siege of Breda (leaf bottom right), 1637, 1637 print The siege and conquest of Breda by the State Army under Frederik Hendrik, July 23 - October 10, 1637. Part of an unassembled ensemble consisting of 9 magazines (and 2 missing text magazines here). Low bottom right with officers on horseback, part of the map and a pedestal with a map of the Baronie of Breda stopped by the personifications of the virtues of strength and caution. In the air the fame with two trumpets. paper etching siege, position war. maps of separate countries or regions. Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues Breda

Breakthrough of the Rhine and IJsseldijken, 1754, Simon Fokke, 1754 drawing Flood after breaking the river dikes along the Rhine and the IJssel, January 1754. At the bottom two putti with a map of the river area between Kampen and Emmerich, at the top, residents flee the flooded country with household goods and cattle. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper dike-break. flood, high tide

Prometheus donates the man; Ovidius' metamorphoses. Prometheus stands alongside the human figure, which he himself has created from dijk and gives him the fire in the form of a torch. For the two men's different animals (elephant, lion, monkey, dog, cow, etc.). Under the show twice two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depicting stories from Ovidius' metamorphoses. This series varies in three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series.

Ferry. Six figures in a ferry, including two men who move the boat with row pots. Behind them a piece of land with a rocky party. On the right a three-master on the water.

Festa della Sensa (fourteenth part); AnkeFt und Herkvommen der Weitberümbten Herrlichen Statt Screw Sambt Derselben Waident Herrschafft. Procession of the Doge on Ascension Day over the San Marco Square in Venice. The procession leads to the Bucintoro, the galei of the Doge. Once a year 'married the Doge during the DELLA SENLA Sensa festa with the Adriatic Sea by throwing a ring in the water from this galei.

Johannes Bonus .

Ariadne. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. Ariadne (in Greek mythology), the daughter of Minos, King of Crete, is mostly associated with mazes and labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths of the Minotaur and Theseus

The reported actionist in the Rinkstoel, 1720, 1720 In the clouds, the reporting actionist is centrally sitting in a fool's suit in the Rinkstoel (high chair on wheels), behind it a windmill with the year 1720. There are several other symbolic scenes around it. At the top left the acclaimed horse of Troy, a reference to John Law. In the foreground a civet cat. In the caption the statement of the figures 1-12 in the show. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching In the clouds, the reporting actionist is centrally sitting in a fool's suit in the Rinkstoel (high chair on wheels), behind it a windmill with the year 1720. There are several other symbolic scenes around it. At the top left the acclaimed horse of Troy, a reference to John Law. In the foreground a civet cat. In the caption the statement of the figures 1-12 in the show. Print in the bound first edition

Memnon. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greek mythology, Memnon (mythology) a king who led an army that fought on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 26 (recto) 1567 Giovanni Ostaus Italian Published by Giovanni Ostaus, Venice, woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati), Italian, Castelnuova di Garfagnana ca. 1520-1575 Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design depicts a mountainous landscape with a few houses spread out amongst it. In the foreground on the right are 5 figures seated at a table conversing while having a meal.. La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 26 (recto) 662401

Leaf L: Nineteenth floats, 1767, Lieven Wouters, 1767 Leaf L with the nineteenth floats and the seventeenth animal. Nineteenth floats with Apollo and the nine muses on Mount Parnassus. Seventeenth animal: Zwaan. Marked: L / 36-37. Part of the parade at the celebration on 30 May 1767 of the 700-year anniversary of Saint Macarius, pattern of the city of Ghent and patron saint against the plague. Ghent paper etching / engraving Ghent Leaf L with the nineteenth floats and the seventeenth animal. Nineteenth floats with Apollo and the nine muses on Mount Parnassus. Seventeenth animal: Zwaan. Marked: L / 36-37. Part of the parade at the celebration on 30 May 1767 of the 700-year anniversary of Saint Macarius, pattern of the city of Ghent and patron saint against the plague. Ghent paper etching / engraving Ghent

Big Fish Eat Little Fish 1557 Flanders. This engraving hauntingly illustrates the proverb that the big fish always eats the little fish. Starting with the larger-than-life fish at its center, the image teems with grotesque activity, as bodies spill out of other bodies and hybrid creatures walk and fly about. Pieter Bruegel seems to take a dim view of humanity here, one of disgust at its seemingly endless capacity to cannibalize itself. This is epitomized in the hybrid fish-person at left carrying off its prize, another fish, in its gaping mouth. In the foreground, a man directs a childís gaze toward the scene, telling him to ìbeholdî (ecce) the proverbial truth on display.. Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Pieter van der Heyden

Stranded whale at Berckhey, 1598, 1598 print A sperm whale attached with two anchors and ropes is climbed and measured. The whale stranded on 2 February 1598 on the beach near Berckhey between Katwijk and Scheveningen. Germany paper etching swimming mammals: whale Katwijk. Scheveningen

Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis The wedding of Pelée and Thétis. Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678. Prints. 1690 - 1699. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Ballet , France , 17th century, Theaters , Stage-setting and scenery , 17th century, Opera ballet. Le nozze di Peleo e di Teti

Saint Peter Walking on the Water. Dated: 1525. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dirk Jacobsz Vellert.

Design for a Box-Lid 18th century Hubert François Gravelot French. Design for a Box-Lid 335438

Jonah put overboard, Antonie Wierix (III), After Maerten de Vos, 1646 print If the ship on which Jonah has fled threatens to perish in a storm, Jonah is designated as the culprit by draw. He is thrown overboard by the crew. In the foreground, the fish swims, which Jonah will swallow. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Jonah 2:15. This print is part of an album. paper engraving the sailors reluctantly throw the prophet Jonah into the sea

Zondvloed, Etienne Delaune (possibly copy after), in or after 1569 print France paper engraving the Flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17)

Dirk Jacobsz Vellert, Saint Peter Walking on the Water, 1525 Saint Peter Walking on the Water

Seascape with kidnapping of Europe, Daniel Rabel, 1588 - 1637 print paper etching Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

. The goddess Diana as Luna (the moon), riding on the clouds on his victory, drawn by by two women's figures with arrow and bow. In the middle of the constellation lobster. At the bottom of a coastal landscape with the ports of Venice, Istanbul and the Netherlands. Many boats sail at sea. Trade is driven in the cities. In the margin a Latin-drofmed on the influence of the moon on the coastal strokes of the Netherlands and the Mediterranean. The print is part of a seven-part series with the subject of the influence of the planets in the world.

Medea destroys family and house of Jason, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print Medea is on her car that is pulled by two dragons. She destroys Jason's house and family. The house goes up in flames. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Medea kills her two children; she flees from Corinth in a chariot drawn by winged dragons

The Moon and its influence on the world, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1585 print The goddess Diana as Luna (the moon), driving on the clouds on his victory car, which is drawn by two female figures with a bow and arch. In the middle of the constellation Cancer. At the bottom of a coastal landscape with the ports of Venice, Istanbul and the Netherlands. Many boats sail at sea. Trade is driven in the cities. In the margin a Latin praise on the influence of the moon on the coastal areas of the Netherlands and the Mediterranean Sea. The print is part of a seven -part series on the subject of the influence of the planets on the world. Antwerp paper engraving Luna and her children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Cancer. harbour. the chariot of the moon. chariot, triumphal car. coast. (story of) Diana (Artemis) Venice. Istanboel. Low Countries

Fall of Icarus, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1602 - 1604 print Icarus and his father Daedalus escape from Crete. However, Icarus flies too close to the sun, so that the wings of his wings melt, release his wings, and he crashes into the sea. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. paper engraving death i.e. the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present)

Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, De vier temperamenten, Melancholici, Melancholic temperament, Saturn sits on a cloud and eats one of his children. He represents the planet of the same name. Above him are three signs of the zodiac: Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, which correspond to the element earth. Below him, on earth, are the people with a melancholic temperament, who are ruled by him. Astrologers and geographers do research and on the left people hang themselves from a tree. At the bottom in the margin a text in Latin about the melancholics and Saturn. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 214 mm, width 239 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1566 - 1566, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29,

William of Orange Leaving Hellevoetsluis for England, Johannes Tangena, active 1687-1692, after Romeyn de Hooghe, 1645-1708, Dutch, 1688, Engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, blued white, wove paper, Sheet: 18 7/8 × 22 9/16 inches (47.9 × 57.3 cm) and Image: 18 9/16 × 22 3/16 inches (47.1 × 56.4 cm)

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Cartoon in Amsterdam families in De Windhandel, 1720, 1720 print Cartoon in various substantial Amsterdam families involved in the wind trade: Boreel, Bicker van Swieten, Hooft, Fay and others. In the clouds Jupiter and Mercury. With caption in four columns. Print 68 in the series The Great Scene of Foolishness with cartoons on the Windhandel or Action Trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching Amsterdam

Minerva at Cave Van Nijd, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print The goddess Minerva stands for the cave with a naked old woman with snakes such as hair (envy). Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Minerva visits the cave of Envy (Invidia) in order to punish Aglauros

Wintering on Nova Zembla, 1596-1597, Jan Luyken, 1682 print Four scenes from the wintering on Nova Zembla, 1596-1597. The crew attacked by polar bears, saving goods from the ship, shooting and slaughtering a polar bear, preparing the sloops before departure. Amsterdam paper etching icefield. island (in polar regions). beasts of prey, predatory animals: polar bear Keep huys. Nova Zembla

Lebey de Batilly, Denis, Frankfurt am Main, Bry, Theodor de, Boissard, Jean Jacques, Denis Lebey de Batilly, Emblemata, 1596, COSILIV ET PERSEMBATIAM PL. POSSE QA. VERES, Two Men with Horses, verso - stamped, Two men trying to rein in their horses. The first man is naked and he holds his rearing horse by the tail. The second man, dressed, has already put the reins on his horse and is now braiding the tail of the beast., print, engraving, book illustration, emblem, prints, engravings, height 67 mm, width 85 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1528 - 1598-03-27, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1596, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1528 - 1598, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, schrijver

A woodcut and type print by Lucas Cranach the Elder from 1522 depicting the fifth trumpet: opening of the abyss from Revelation 9:1-11, showing figures, abyss, and symbolic elements.

America; The four continents. The female Personification of the continent America is sitting with arrow and bow in amazon seat on a giant arrangement. Left in the background strange animals such as long tails sheep and goats with long ears. Canbalen slaughter a man and roast him above a fire. Right rear a battle between Spaniards and Indians. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series with personnifications of the four continents.

Some figures try to get a piece of the globe for themselves; The childish pleasure.

The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I, 1522, begun 1518. Woodcut from eight blocks on eight sheets of laid paper, 16 x 95 in. (40.5 x 241.3 cm). Albrecht Dürer revolutionized the techniques of woodcut and engraving, and was the first artist to achieve fame through his work as a printmaker. In 1512 the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, who recognized how useful the new medium of printmaking would be for spreading his fame and burnishing his image, commissioned Dürer to create in his honor a gigantic, multipart woodcut inspired by imperial processions of antiquity. The emperor died before the ambitious work was completed, but the entrepreneurial Dürer published the last eight-block section of the procession as a tribute to him. Maximilian is depicted as a latter-day Roman emperor, riding in an elaborate chariot whose four wheels express in Latin his renown (gloria), dignity (dign

Ridinger, Johann Elias (1698-1767); 18th century (1700-00-00-1800-00-00);

Illustration showing the adoration of fire; Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); 1721 (1721-00-00-1721-00-00);

Illustration depicting water running freely. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.

The Pyramids in Egypt. Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1610. Prints; etchings. Etching

The Fall ofPhaethon. Artist, traditionally attributed: Nicolas Beatrizet, French, 1507/15-ca. 1565 After: Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, Florence, 1475-1564

'The Hours or Days', 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier

Bacchus Changing His Kidnappers into Monsters. Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam)Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1606. Prints; etchings. Etching

Simeon von Trier, holy.

Eugen, Prince of Savoyen-Carignan.

Odysseus and Telemachus en route to Laertes, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, After Nicolò Dell'abate, 1633 Odysseus, his son Telemachus, Emaeus and Philoetius leave the palace armed and go en route to the father of Odysseus: Laërtes. Minerva hides them in darkness in broad daylight, so that they get away unseen. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Odysseus, his son Telemachus, Emaeus and Philoetius leave the palace armed and go en route to the father of Odysseus: Laërtes. Minerva hides them in darkness in broad daylight, so that they get away unseen. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing

Northern Netherlands, Illustration of Solor, Amboina. And the Island of Nera, with the mountain Ganapus, Solor, Amboyna, M. Ganapus, I. Nera, The islands Solor, Ambon, Gunung Api and Banda Neira, 1616, Three representations with the islands Solor, the volcano Gunungapi and Bandaneira with the two forts: Fort Belgica and Fort Neira Nassouw, summer 1616. Part of the illustrations in the report of the voyage of Joris van Spilbergen around the world, 1614-1617, No. 21., print, prent, nieuwsprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 154 mm, width 440 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1617 - 1619, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Evening; The four times of the day. Evening. Allegory with luna in the clouds, sitting on the moon, as a vespera, evening personification. Downstairs on earth activities in relation to the life phase of old age: church walk. Part of the series of four times of the day. Under the show a letter of 4 lines in Latin.

Print made by John Bell, 1811-1895, British, Diavoli Pescatori, between 1838 and 1850. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé.

Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Planetarvm effectvs et eorvm in signis zodiaci, Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci, Title print of a print series about the influence of the planets on regions, Jupiter and a warship with the coat of arms of Alessandro Farnese, verso lower left - stamped, A warship, decorated with the coats of arms of Alessandro Farnese. On the boat a pedestal with the title of the print series. On the pedestal sits Jupiter with his eagle, the coat of arms of Philip II and a celestial map in his hands. The title print of a print series about the influence of the planets on regions. In the margin a Latin ode., print, engraving, frontispiece, prints, height 240 mm, width 248 mm, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman

Greed tries to catch up with Fortuna, 1720, 1720 The greed tries to catch up with Fortuna. Presentation of all kinds of greed among people from childhood to old age. In the background, a procession of wind traders plays on foot and in carriages, in the pursuit of the fortune of a rock in the abyss. At the top a portrait of John Law with a banderole with six -line verse. With caption in six columns. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving The greed tries to catch up with Fortuna. Presentation of all kinds of greed among people from childhood to old age. In the background, a procession of wind traders plays on foot and in carriages, in the pursuit of the fortune of a rock in the abyss. At the top a portrait of John Law with a banderole with six -line verse. With caption in six columns. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of the great scene

Putti, with or without fasces, around a building with columns. In the clouds several Olympic gods, including Jupiter, Apollo and Fame. Numbered 100 on the right, Ceiling painting with Olympic gods around a classical building Ceiling paintings (series title) Allerhand Arten Deck-Stucken vor Mahler und Stucator (series title on object), print maker: Lorenz Beger, (possibly), Paul Decker (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann Christoph Weigel, (mentioned on object), Neurenberg, 1687 - 1725, paper, etching, h 152 mm × w 214 mm

Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, The four temperaments, Phlegmatici, Flegmatic temperament, Luna, the moon, sits on a cloud and holds the crescent moon in her hand. Above her are three signs of the zodiac: Scorpio, Pisces and Cancer, which correspond to the element of water. Below her, on earth, are the people with a phlegmatic temperament, who are ruled by her. On the right are duck hunters and in the background are fishermen and sailors at work. At the bottom in the margin is a text in Latin about the phlegmatics and Luna. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 216 mm, width 238 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1566 - 1566, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publi

The Triumphant Christ. Artist: Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren 1471-1536 Augsburg). Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (23.8 x 34.3 cm). Date: ca. 1530-36. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Map of the City Namur with the Castle, Bieged and taken by the French Army, 1692, 1692 - 1699 print Map of the city names with the castle, besieged and taken by the French army, 25 May - 30 June 1692. At the top a cartouche with a face on the city. These two performances stuck in an ornamental frame with at the top victory and the fame. At the bottom of a cartouche with a glued inscription of 10 lines in French with prisoners fascinated on either side. Part of a series of prints with victories from Louis XIV. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching maps of cities. siege, position war Names (city). Castle of Namur

Fight between gods and giants, 1596 print The giants build a mountain from rocks to attack the gods in the Olympus. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving the Giants piling up mountains

Golden era; Aetas Aurea; Four eras of the world. The golden era: people and animals happily live in a paradise landscape. Caption and title in Latin in Lower margin.

Jacques Callot, Les Martyres du Japon, 1628, etching on paper.

Plate 4 for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'. Daniel Berger (Germany, Berlin, 1744-1824). Germany, 1772. Prints; etchings. Etching, laid down

Pluto who is in love with Proserpina; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Pluto is on his car that is being pulled by sea horses. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Fishing with spherical net, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop or), After Hans Bol, 1582 - 1633 print Fish is caught in a river by means of a spherical net and a trawl. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of 54 prints. Antwerp paper engraving fresh-water fishery (+ aids ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)

Statue of the Duke of Alva, 1571. The Statue of the Duke of Alva, founded by himself in the courtyard of the Citadel in Antwerp, 1571. Caricatural representation of the image with a part of the castle and the outdoor landscape. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered: 45. Printed on the back with text in Latin.

Farmer decorated country with horse and plow; Noostri Nosmet Poenitet; Denis Lebey de Batilly, Emblemata, 1596. A farmer edits the country with a team drawn by a horse. Next to him in the meadow is an os, with saddle and reins. The roles of horse and ox are turned around here.

Autumn, mid 18th century, The Four Seasons, etching and engraving with extensive hand-coloring on laid paper, sheet: 48.5 x 67.3 cm (19 1/8 x 26 1/2 in.), plate: 47.3 x 65.8 cm (18 5/8 x 25 7/8 in.), Joseph Sebastian Klauber (artist) German, 1710 - 1768, Johann Baptist Klauber (artist) German, 1712 - 1787, Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (artist after) German, 1709 - 1761

Cupid Shooting Arrows at the World Globe 1608 or shortly before () Attributed to Otto van Veen Netherlandish. Cupid Shooting Arrows at the World Globe 337416

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (after Hieronymus Bosch), The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish, published 1557 The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish

Print at the top right labeled: F: 506

Breakthrough of the Rhine and Ice dikes, 1754; Breaking the Rhyn- and Yssel-Dyken in the beginning of the Jaerlen 1754. Two putti indicate a map of the area that flooded through the breakthrough of the Rhine and Ice dikes. In the background, people are evacuated by boat and brought to higher land.

Four fish on the beach; Fishing; PISCIVM VIVAE ICONES. A grondel, a burr, a sturdy and a herring are together with some shells washed up on the beach. In the background the sea with a few ships. The print is part of a series of fish as subject.

World Creation, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print The creation of the world. God stands on a cloud and separates the land of the sea and the light of darkness. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching gathering of the waters below the firmament; dry land appears and produces all kinds of plants

Punishment of criminals on Aceh, 1603, 1644 - 1646 print Punishment of criminals on Aceh by cutting down body parts, March 1603. Two ships for a river mouth on Aceh, in the foreground two standing men, on the left a man without hands and feet, on the right a courtier without a nose, ears and upper lip. Part of the illustrations in the report of the first trip to the East Indies for the VOC under Van Warwyck and De Weert in 1602, No. 3. Northern Netherlands paper engraving exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions. public punishment (death not intended or involved) Aceh

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Val van Icarus, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print The falling Icarus and the floating Daedalus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, so that the wax melted with which its wings were attached. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching death i.e. the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present)

Hercules gooit Lichas in zee; Lernaei muneris gerulum in Euboicum mare praecipitat Hercules; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Hercules, furious anger, throws lichas in the sea. In the background the burning body of deianira. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Firmamentum Sobiescianumsive Uranographia (Frontispiece) by Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687) / Private Collection / 1690 / Germany / Copper engraving / Portrait,History /Cartography

The fall of Icarus; Daedalus Icaro Alta Nimis Ambienti Orbatur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovid. The falling Icarus and the floating Daedalus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, so that the wax was melted with which his wings were confirmed. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Viktor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia.

A goby, a goatfish, a whiting and another fish lie along with some shells washed up on the beach. In the background the sea with some ships. The print is part of a series with fish as subject, Four fish on the beach Fish (series title) Piscivm vivae icones (series title), print maker: Adriaen Collaert, (mentioned on object), Adriaen Collaert, publisher: Adriaen Collaert, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, after 1595 - 1618, paper, engraving, h 123 mm × w 189 mm

Hercules gooit Lichas in zee; Lernaei muneris gerulum in Euboicum mare praecipitat Hercules; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Hercules, furious anger, throws lichas in the sea. In the background the burning body of deianira. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Nobility hunting fowl in the Venetian lagoon in winter, 1610, by Giacomo Franco (1556-1620), engraving from Costumes of Venetian Men and Women. Italy 17th Century.

Clue, Philipp.

Explosing the Dutch warship Alphen for Curacao, 1778; Illustration for national history. Presentation from national history. Sinking ship wrapped in smoke clouds during the blast of the gunpowder. Around the ship is a number of draggins in the sea, in the distance view of the Curaca coast.

Three Pygmies on a boat crossing a marsh (bottom) and two Pygmies carrying clay pots on a boat (top), Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 67, 1757-1787, Naples.

The royal fire represented in the Louvre in Paris the year 1682 (IT)

Cadmus Killing the Serpent. Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam)Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1606. Prints; etchings. Etching

Dawn, Jacques Callot, 1625 - 1629 print Presentation of the starting day above a landscape with houses. Stars disappear, an owl flies away, the sky becomes lighter in the distance. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in book print. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Life of Maria in Emblemen'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: France paper etching / letterpress printing morning ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Aurora')

The highly ornamented second gondola of Francesco Antonio Berka entering Venice, Gods on clouds in the upper section. Artist: Johann Georg Wolfgang (German); After Liberal Benaglia (Italian, active 1700). Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 26 3/4 in. (39 × 68 cm). Date: 1700.Liberal Benaglia was responsible for the design of the gondola. It is not certain if he provided the design for the print, but it is possible. The other name on the print 'Fratres Strud' cannot at this time be identified, but refers to a religious order (Brothers) who were involved in either the ceremony or the prints. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Charons Boat - or - the Ghosts of all the Talents taking their last voyage, from the Popes Gallery at Rome By James Gillray, 1756-1815, engraver 1807. A group of naked Whig politicians, including three Grenvilles, Sheridan, St. Vincent, Moira, Temple, Erskine, Howick, Petty, Whitbread, Sheridan, Windham, and Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln, crossing the river Styx in a boat named the Broad Bottom Packet. Sidmouths head emerges from the water next to the boat. The boats torn sail has inscription Catholic Emancipation and the centre mast is crowned with the Prince of Wales feathers and motto Ich Dien. On the far side the shades of Cromwell, Charles Fox and Robespierre wave to them. Overhead, on brooms, are the Three Fates; to the left a three-headed dog. Above the boat three birds soil the boat and politicians.

Jupiter chases Io, Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, After Virgilius Solis, 1659 print Jupiter pursues Io through the forest, under the performance a four -line explanation in Latin. Amsterdam paper etching Io changed into a cow: to avoid detection by Juno, Jupiter changes Io into a cow (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 611) (+ variant)

Dood van Pompeius; Titelpagina voor: Corneille, Pierre. Pompée. Tragedie, 1663.A large people mass is partly in and partly for a cave. Among them soldiers and dignitaries. They look at a few ships. Pompeius is killed on the boat off the coast. Under a cartouche with the title.

Group of shepherds is having fun in the summer. Artist: Gesina ter Borch. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: 12-Apr-1654. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 313 mm × w 204 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Gruwelijkheden te Oudewater, 1575; Grouwelyckheyt tot Oudewater.Atominances committed by the Spaniards on the residents of Oudewater, 8 August 1575. Under the show a verse of 16 lines in 2 columns in Dutch. Numbered: 13.

Whaling, Caspar Luyken, Anonymous, 1711

Page 172, Toonneel van China, door veel, zo geestelijke als weereltlijke geheugteekenen, verscheide vertoningen van de natuur en kunst, en blijken van veel andere gedenkwaerdige dingen, geopent en verheerlykt: nieuwelijks door d'E. Vader Athanasius Kircherus, in't Latyn beschreven, en van J. H. Glazemaker vertaalt, Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680, Letterpress, hand-colored engraving, 1668

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Three men surround Cartouche, Anonymous, 1742 print A man with a bag on his shoulder, a man with two horses and a dog and a man sailing in a boat surrounding a cartouche with the title. Detail of a map of the island of Corsica. paper engraving ornament ~ cartouche Corsica

Allegory on the twelve-year-old file, 1609; Figure of 't Netherlands file. Large allegory on the twelve-year-old file, 1609. The personification of treves, the file sitting on a triumph cart converted with cannon, between the Personifications of Disciplinary (Disciplina) and prosperity (Prosperitas). Front Pater Jan Neyen, next to the cart, King Jacobus I van England and King Henry IV of France. Behind the cart the chained war (Bellum) and a group of soldiers. Under the wheels of the cart, misery (calamitas) and fornication (licents) are crushed. The cart pulled by a span horses ridden by Aartshertog Albrecht and Isabella Clara Eugenia and led by mutiness (Modestia) and 's national love (Amor Patriae) arrives at two estrades from the left the free Netherlands (with Maurits and a member of the states) And on the right of the Netherlands under the Archduke (with Philip III and Spinola). In the clouds, Mars leaves his chariot to embrace Venus. A strip with the title has been placed at the

Campfire, Albert Flamen, 1672 print A burning campfire. In the background a river and a tower on a mountain. On a banderole a motto in Latin and a caption in French, both about love. print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Qualities of Love: first series (+ emblematical representation of concept)

Theseus and Ariadne; Theseé et ariadne; Card game with mythological performances; Jeu des Fables (copy). Playing card with a representation of Ariadne that wrews the ship from Theseus.

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