Mythological and Allegorical Representations

Artworks portraying virtuous figures and mythological themes, utilizing intricate details to express strength, temperance, and the essence of historical narratives.

Rachel, Jan Collaert (II), Philips Galle, Cornelis Kiliaan, 1588 - 1597

Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael (Italian, c. 1480-c. 1534), Temperance, engraving

Temperance personfied by a woman standing in a niche holding a bit, from 'The Virtues' ca. 1515-25 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. Temperance personfied by a woman standing in a niche holding a bit, from 'The Virtues' 342639

Sibille from Samos; Sibylla Samia; Ten sibilles; Sibillaru decem. Samos Sibille standing with a writing tablet in the hands. Title and a line of Latin text in undermarge. Numbered bottom left: 6.

A young woman personifying Force or Strength holding a column. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (13.3 × 7.3 cm). Date: ca. 1517-27. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rachel, Jan Collaert (II), Philips Galle, Cornelis Kiliaan, 1588 - 1597

Abraham Bloemaert, Juno, c1610 Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564 - 1651 ), Juno, c.1610, etching on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Diana; Luna; Gods that sit on the seven planets. Diana as the moon goddess Luna, standing on the Steeren image lobster, a staff in her right hand and a crescent lake in hot left.

Balthasar, after figure in "The Adoration of the Magi" by Jacques Bellange ca. 1615 Matthäus Merian the Elder Swiss. Balthasar, after figure in "The Adoration of the Magi" by Jacques Bellange 399867

Matigheid, Francesco Villamen, After Jacopo Zuccaro, c. 1576 - 1624 print Personification of moderation (temperantia) with fruits and a drinking bowl. Italy paper engraving Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Wealth; The fortunes of life. Wealth as a standing woman with a sticky fair in her left hand, a scepter and jewelry in her right hand. In addition to her, a cash box and a pot are filled with ducats. In the background hilly landscape with the construction of a beautiful country house on the left. Nr. 2 from series virtues and vices that determine the fortunes of life.

Judit, Jan Collaert II, Philips Galle, Cornelis Kiliaan, 1588-1597

Hannah, Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 print The prophetes Hannah, standing in a landscape. Haarlem paper engraving female persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context)

Personification of charity, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print A female figure as a personification of charity, with a passer in her right hand and in her left hand a necklace and coins of which some fall down. In the background, a man gives an alms to a kneeling figure. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Generosity, Liberality; 'Generosità', 'Liberalità' (Ripa) (+ partially clothed). 'Elemosina' (Ripa). giving alms or other charity, e.g.: handing out food

Geometria, Hieronymus Cock, after Frans Floris (I), 1551 print Meeting (Geometria) stands with her foot on a globe and holds a passer in her hand. On the floor are a lineal, a drawing triangle, a passer and a measuring tape. A city can be seen on the right. A river runs through the city that ends in a waterfall just outside the city. Antwerp paper etching 'Geometry' (~ quadrivium); 'Geometry' (Ripa)

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Seven Virtues, Love, verso bottom center - handwritten, Personification of love. Woman standing with a banner with an image of the pelican feeding its young from its own breast (a symbol of Christ). In the background a column with two groups of people around it. Top right a coat of arms with a dog, above that a bird. Below the image a two-line text in Latin. Second print from a series of seven., print, prent, prints, prenten, 110, height 102 mm, width 62 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, prentmaker, 1552 - 1552, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Personification of gluttony, represented like a thick female figure with a pie, standing in a niche.

Judit with the head of Holofernes in one, the sword in the other hand. In the background the scene in which she browsing the army leader in his tent, while her service stands on hold.

Sibille van erythrae, Philips Galle, After Anthonie Blockklandt, 1575 print The Sibille of Erythrae, sitting on a tree. She reads a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Low CountriesAntwerppublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Erythraean sibyl

Caliope (Calliope). Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 17.8 x 9.9 cm (7 x 3 7/8 in.). Medium: engraving with gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Christ, from Christ and the Apostles 1530-76 Attributed to Lambert Suavius Netherlandish. Christ, from Christ and the Apostles. Attributed to Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510-by 1576). 1530-76. Engraving; backed with a print by J. A. Fridrich. Prints

Jacques Bellange's early 17th-century etching depicts the personification of Compassion, emphasizing figure, gesture, and emotional expression.

Hope; SPES; The seven virtues. In a niche the female personification of hope (SPES), one of the three theological virtues. She looks towards heaven with saved eyes. The print is part of a series with the seven virtues as subject.

Saint Catherina van Alexandria, Claude Mellan, After Simon Vouet, 1625 print paper engraving the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel

A woman's figure as a personification of friendship, with a bowl with grapes in her hand. On the ground at her foot a pumpkin. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

Personification of Nature, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print A female figure as a personification of nature with a putto with his hands full of flowers next to her. Under her arm a vase that acts as a watering can. In the background a man with a child with a sacrificial column and a Herme. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa). angel(s) represented as child(ren). watering plants. Sacrifice

Judith with the head of Holofernes, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1506 - 1538 print Judith with a sword in her hands on which the head of Holofernes is spied. Germany paper engraving Judith and Holofernes (Judith 8-16)

Design for Sculpture: Angel in Adoration, Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 - 1650, Pen and brown ink, gray wash on white laid paper laid down on white laid paper, Upon a rough base, shown from the right angle of the front; the figure is turned toward left; the angel, his left knee bent and his arms crossed, looking downwards., Italy, France, mid- 17th-late 17th century, sculpture, Drawing, Drawing

. Personified moderation; A women's figure pours from a liquid in a glass. In the background a hilly river landscape.

Truth shows portrait medallion; Title page for: Antoine Léonard Thomas, Oeuvres, 1773. An angel with flame on the head, possibly the personification of truth, shows a portrait medallion. In her left hand she holds a laurel wreath. In addition to her, half a column with flowerguirlande and portrait medallions. On the ground there is an anchor, a sword, a scale, a book and is a globe.

Eendracht, Philips Galle, c. 1585 - c. 1590 print Standing woman with two pigeons looking at her feet. In her left hand she holds a caduceus, on her right arm she is wearing a sheaf. Two prints in Latin under the show. The print is part of an album. print maker: AntwerpSouthern Netherlands paper engraving Agreement, Unity; 'Concordia', 'Concordia insuperabile', 'Concordia militare', 'Concordia di Pace', 'Unione civile' (Ripa). caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury). doves, pigeons

Fortitude. Raphael, 1483-1520. 1501 - 1534. Raimondi, Marcantonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Virtus, Deugd of Dapperheid, verso - stamped, Een standing helmeted woman, with a lance in her left hand and a sword without a point in her right hand. She tramples Satan with her left foot. Two lines of text in Latin below the image. The print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 150 mm, width 90 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Proserpina en Ascalaphus als uil, Enea Vico (Possibly), After Parmigianino, 1548 print Proserpina standing in a landscape, her hand extended to Ascalaphus in the form of an owl. Ascalaphus discovered Proserpina when she was secretly picking pomegranates, on which she turned him into an owl for punishment. print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVenice paper engraving Ascalaphus changed into a screech-owl: as punishment for discovering she had eaten some pomegranates, Proserpina sprinkles water from the Phlegethon on Ascalaphus' head, thus changing him into a screech-owl (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 543)

Sibille pointing with her right hand; Sibillen.a sibille standing in a niche with her right hand pointing down.

James Basire, 1730-1802, British, Dr. Johnson's Monument, undated. Engraving.

Pride, from Virtues and Vices 1596-97 Zacharias Dolendo Netherlandish. Pride, from Virtues and Vices. Vices and Virtues. Zacharias Dolendo (Netherlandish, 1561-ca. 1604). 1596-97. Engraving; first of two states (New Hollstein). Prints

Jael holding a hammer and a tent peg. In the background, the scene in which Jael kills the general Sisera with these, by hitting him in the head with the tentpin in his sleep in his army tent., Jael Heroes and heroines of the Old Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob Matham, (attributed to), intermediary draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1585 - 1589, paper, engraving, h 271 mm × w 168 mm

Three Goddesses: Juno, c. 1595. Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617). Engraving;

Dialectica from Seven Liberal Arts. Artist: after Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1532-1603 Antwerp); Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550-1600/1601 Venice). Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (14.6 x 10.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Judith with the head of Holofernes. Judith, standing with the knife, stopped the chopped head of Holofernes in a bag that is opened by her maid.

Juno. The goddess Juno with a scepter in her hand, behind her is a peacock.

Relief with personification of the element fire above arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, after Artus Quellinus (I), 1663 - 1668 print Relief with personification of the element fire above the left (southern) arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her hands a bowl with a phoenix rising in flames. A blowing putto under her feet. At the top left the sun. Numbered under the middle of the middle: e (crossed out). Numbering at the bottom right by hand added: CIII N 1. Amsterdam paper. chalk. ink etching / engraving / pen fire (one of the four elements). fabulous animals ~ birds: phoenix. sun represented as face, wheel, etc.. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Burgerzaal. City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Paris, Jeaurat, Edme, Rubens, Peter Paul, France, Aubert, Michel, Ste. Catherine, Saint Catherine, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 358 mm, width 215 mm, 1700 - 1757, print maker, printmaker, 1724 - 1724, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, South Netherlandish, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1688 - 1738, publisher, writer

"Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi around 1505-1515 depicting the Roman goddess Minerva, showing the figure, posture, and symbolic attributes."

Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-Vers1534). Pallas after Jules Romain or Raphaël (Bartsch 337). Etching, chisel. 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Armure, religious art, shield, helmet, standing, deesse, drawing, warrior, myth, Greek mythology, mythological character, sphere, 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th century, lance

Woman as a personification of power (fortitudo) leaning on column standing in NIS; Seven virtues ..

Antiope. Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris); Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris); After Claude Vignon (French, Tours 1593-1670 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 13 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (35.3 x 21.2 cm). Publisher: Published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Series/Portfolio: Les Merveilles du monde. Date: ca. 1639-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Heinrich Aldegrever, Temperance, 1552 Temperance

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The seven planets: the moon, n ° 8. (Hollstein (volume 3, page 74); Bartsch 120)". Chisel. 1539. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 123049-23 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

Kracht (Fortitudo), Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1652 print The personalized force; A female figure with a column over her right shoulder. A hilly landscape in the background. Amsterdam paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

The Flora Farnese sculpture. Roman goddess of flowers and spring, holding a wreath of flowers. From a sculpture in the Farnese collection, now in Naples. Copperplate engraving by Richard Collin after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

European Sibille, Romeyn de Hooghe (attributed to), after Romeyn de Hooghe, 1688 print European Sibille Netherlands paper etching / engraving sibyls (with NAME)

. Venus and Amor, accompanied by Ceres and Bacchus. Imagination of the saying "Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus" (without bread and wine freezes love).

Woman as a personification of caution (prudentia) with snake and mask; Seven virtues.

European Sibille; S. Europaea; Twelve sibilles. European Sibille

Caution (Prudentia), Lucas Vorsterman (I), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1619 - 1675 print Personified caution with a rudder and a snake. On the right Janus, with two faces. Title print of the series 'Varie Figueri de Agati Antique' to Peter Paul Rubens, of a total of nine prints of which are probably five by Lucas Vorsterman I and four by Paulus Pontius. Antwerp paper engraving Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Janus' head, two-faced head

Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450-1491), The Madonna, c. 1490-1491, engraving on laid paper

Man with a fool, Andries Jacobsz. Stock (attributed to), 1614 - 1648 print A man with a fool's cap on the head stands in a coastal landscape and points with one hand in the distance and with the other hand to the viewer. At the bottom of the margin an explanatory text in Latin and Dutch: if the viewer likes to see a fool, then he should not look far. He is encouraged to take a good look at himself. The Hague paper engraving fool's cap. landscapes in the temperate zone

Camme 1647 Gilles Rousselet French. Camme 391202

The virtues according to Raphael, justice. Third issue of a sequence of 7 rooms (Bartsch 388) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The virtues according to Raphael, justice. Third issue of a sequence of 7 rooms (Bartsch 388). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

St. Bartholomew ca. 1435-1491 Martin Schongauer German. St. Bartholomew 367013

Holy Catharina of Alexandria as a martyr with a broken wheel, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print paper engraving the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel

Vlijt, Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1615 print The personification of Vlijt is with a structure and bears a long robe. She holds a whip and traces as symbols of speed. Rear right are some houses. Under the performance a Latin sentence with a description of virtue. paper engraving Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa)

Standing Figure with a Turban, Seen from the Side, Pieter Lastman, 1603, draughtsman: Pieter Lastman, 1603, paper, pen, brush, h 270 mm × w 172 mm

Galatea; Galatée. The Zeenimf Galatea stands on two dolphins. She is wearing a flower wreath in the hair.

Charity; Seven virtues. Characteristification of charity. Woman with child on her left arm, in her right hand with a banner with a dog image. Stop a coat of arms with the lioness blowing her dead boy in air, on top of a lamb. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Sixth print from a series of seven.

Charity; Design drawings for the seven virtues. Design for a print.

Jacques Stella, Sibylla Phrygia, 1625 Sibylla Phrygia

Christ as a man of SMARTEN, sitting, Albrecht Dürer, 1515 print Christ, sitting on a couch or stone, showing the stigmata, a scourge and a branch forest on the lap. Nuremberg paper etching whole figure, sitting or standing of the Man of Sorrows

Model for Wedding Holidays at City Hall: Painting

Goltzius, Hendrick, Estius, Franco, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, The four seasons, Autumnus, Autumn (Autumnus), verso lower left - stamped, Personification of autumn: a standing male figure (Bacchus) with bunches of grapes and other crops in his hand, in a landscape. In the background a vineyard against a slope. At the top the corresponding signs of the zodiac: Sagittarius, Scorpio and Libra., print, prints, diameter 256 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after a design by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

H. Catharina van Alexandria, Peter Paul Rubens (attributed to), 1590 - 1640 print Holy Catharina of Alexandria standing with her foot resting on a broken wheel, a sword in her left hand and a palm branch in her right hand. paper etching / engraving the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel

Landscape with poetry and inspiration, Jan Wandelaar, 1714 - 1720 print Landscape with poetry, accompanied by inspiration that is on a cloud. Poetry holds a winch and a sheet of paper in her hands on which an inscription in Latin. A figure with hair from snakes bites in the paper. On the left in the foreground the title in Dutch. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). Inspiration; 'Ispiratione' (Ripa)

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Arias Montanus, Benedictus, Netherlands, Blocklandt, Anthonie, Sibyls, Sibylla Cumaea, Sibyl of Cumae, recto lower right - stamped, The Sibyl of Cumae is sitting on a tree stump. She is holding a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten-part series on the Sibyls., print, prints, verso bottom right - stamped, height 288 mm, width 212 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1575, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1583, after a design by, 1528 - 1598, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Gaudium, from the cycle: Allegorical figures. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

Minerva, Roelof van der Meulen, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1816 - 1833 drawing Minerva sitting in her armor on a cloud with an owl on the right. paper. ink. pencil pen (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Saint Simon standing, supporting a book on his right thigh, from 'Christ and the Apostles' ca. 1548-50 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. Saint Simon standing, supporting a book on his right thigh, from 'Christ and the Apostles' 396452

Suicide of Lucretia, Zacharias Dolendo (Possible), c. 1581 - c. 1601 print Lucretia is about to put a dagger in her belly. Her breasts are bare and she looks desperate. Leiden paper engraving death of Lucretia: she commits suicide by stabbing herself

Venus after Salvio Castello (Dutuit P.37, White 153) Cornelis II Blloert, said U Young (1603-1692). Venus Fervievere Joseph Salvio Castello (Dutuit P.37, The White 153). Burin, Curnitely sites. Museums of the city of the city of Paris, small palace.

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), Modet, 1592

Saint John, monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), after Parmigianino, c. 1500 - c. 1599 print Italy paper etching the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll

Judith 1647 Gilles Rousselet French. Judith 391203

Woman pulling Her Hair ca. 1515 School of Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. Woman pulling Her Hair 342803

Pallas Athena standing on a globe, a spear in her left hand, a shield in her right ca. 1520-27 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. Pallas Athena standing on a globe, a spear in her left hand, a shield in her right 342983

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active c. 1465), Fede (Faith), c. 1465, engraving with gilding

Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, Virtues overcome vices, Conciosacra, Conscience (Conciosacra) overcomes False prophets (Pseudo prophetae), verso lower left - stamped, The personification of Conscience (Conciosacra). She blows the trumpet of Truth (Veritas). In her left hand the rod of punishment and an olive branch of reward (Poena et primium). She tramples the personification of False Prophets (Pseudo prophetae), a man with indulgences, relics, a horn and two handbells., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 145 mm, width 88 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Lorenese, Nicolò, Rome, Persijn, Reinier van, Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani II, Bas-relief of Cybele, verso - stamped, Roman bas-relief of Cybele, the Asian mother goddess, wearing a crown in the form of a wall, and accompanied by two lions. In the middle below the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print from a publication with reproduction prints after the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 237 mm, width 203 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1614 - 1668-11-23, print maker, prentmaker, 1640 - 1640, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Relief with personification of the Earth element above bow on the west side of the civil room in the town hall on the Dam. Relief with personification of the Earth element above the right (northern) arch on the west side of the civil room in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her left hand a sickle and the cornucopia, a globe in her right hand. On her head a crown of flowers and branches. Under her feet a mole and a snake. At the bottom left of the middle numbered: E (crossed out). Numbering at the bottom right Added: CIII N. 2.

Sara, Jan Collaert (II), After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - 1595 print In the foreground Sara, the wife of Abraham. In the background Abraham and Sara with the fighting toddlers Isaac and his half -brother Ismael. Sara asks Abraham Ismaël to banish. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a press series with famous women from the Old Testament. Antwerp paper engraving Sarah complains to Abraham about Ishmael. Sarah (not in biblical context)

Master of the E Series Tarocchi, Speranza (Hope), c 1465 Speranza (Hope)

The Evening Star, 1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, Landscape, 19th Century, Print, Black and White, Photographic print, Photogravure, Female

Abraham van Diepenbeeck drawing of a statue of an angel holding a frankincense barrel and candles, looking right, executed in black chalk and brown-to-black pen, showing brownish dirt and torn top corner.

A caltnadel artwork by Andrea Meldolla from circa 1548-1550 depicting the Savior of the World, showing the central figure and compositional elements.

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting a young woman with wings on her head, created in the first half of the 16th century, symbolizing a mythological or allegorical figure.

Mrs. Abington as Thalia August 20, 1783 Francesco Bartolozzi Italian Beauty and talent propelled Fanny Barton (later Mrs. Abington) to fame, from humble beginnings as a flower girl and milliner's assistant. Associated with the Drury Lane Theatre, she excelled in contemporary comic roles by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Colley Cibber and, in Shakespeare's plays, performed Ophelia, Desdemona, Beatrice and Portia. Horace Walpole compared her favorably to Garrick, and the artist James Northcote noted that, "in her acting she has all the simplicity of nature and not the least tincture of the theatrical." In this image she embodies Thalia, the muse of music, dance, comedy and idyllic poetry, to crown Shakespeare with laurels.. Mrs. Abington as Thalia 376552

Matthew the evangelist, seated, writing in a book. An angel holds an inkwell in front of him from behind his back. Beneath the scene the text 'S. Mathevs. evan,' and the address of the publisher. This print is part of a series of four representations of the evangelists, each with the name of the evangelist concerned as a caption., Evangelist Matthew The four evangelists (title series), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (possibly), Jacob de Gheyn (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1593 - 1597 and/or 1596 - 1652, paper, engraving, h 194 mm × w 143 mm

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Liège, Lombard, Lambert, Collaert, Hans (I), The seven virtues, Temperantia, Moderation, Liège (city), verso center bottom - stamped, In a niche the female personification of Temperance (Temperantia), one of the four cardinal virtues. In her hands she carries a jar of liquid which she pours into a bowl. The print is part of from a series with the seven virtues as subject., print, prints, height 108 mm, width 68 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1557, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1506 - 1566, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher

Abraham de Bruyn, Venus Venus

Doria, Andrea.

Caution; Prudencia; The virtues. The personification of virtue caution with a mirror in one hand to see and a snake in the other hand. A landscape in the background.

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