Mythological and Allegorical Scenes

Engravings representing mythological figures like Venus and scenes depicting love and nature in various artistic styles.

Father Time and a putto reveal the personification of Truth. The Truth sits on a stone in the open air., Father Time reveals the Truth, print maker: Louis Fabritius Dubourg, Amsterdam, 1737, paper, etching, h 135 mm × w 110 mm

Venus en Amor; Scènes met Venus en Amor; Scherzi d'amore.Venus and Amor in a landscape. Venus is sitting next to a tree and looks to Amor with his arrow and bow.

Satyr and young man fighting to nymph.

Father Time and a putto reveal the personification of Truth. The Truth sits on a stone in the open air., Father Time reveals the Truth, print maker: Louis Fabritius Dubourg, Amsterdam, 1737, paper, etching, h 135 mm × w 110 mm

Female nude Venus. 1615 - 1695. Chiari, Fabrizio (Italian painter, ca. 1615-1695). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Venus en Amor; Scènes met Venus en Amor (kopieën); Scherzi d'amore.Venus is sitting at a tree with an arrow in her hand. Amor is behind her. Cross their tins. Italian verse in undermarge.

Copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano depicting Venus and Amor, showing mythological figures, gestures, and classical composition, 1515-1520.

Venus and Amor. Venus is sitting on the edge of a rocky party, with her left hand she grabs the face of Amor. Amor holds a burning torch with both hands. On the right is a group of trees.

Venus hiring at column on which Amor stands.

Half -naked woman gives a plant of water, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving female sex; woman. watering plants. 'Grammatica' (~ trivium); 'Grammatica' (Ripa)

Venus and De Roos, Anonymous, After Marco Dente, After Rafaël, 1498 - 1532 print Venus sits on a rock in a landscape. She takes a thorn of a rose bush from her foot. In the foreground on the right a rabbit. Italy paper engraving Venus wounded by the thorns of a rose-bush; the roses change from white to red (possibly combined with the story of Adonis)

Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve 1540 Heinrich Aldegrever German Adam, in the foreground at left, pulls up roots, while Eve nurses a child at right. Both are clothed and set in a landscape. Based on Genesis 3:17-19. Plate 6 from a series of six engravings.. Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve 428311

The Lovers. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century; After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore). Dimensions: sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (8.7 × 6.4 cm). Date: 1540.Adam, in the foreground at left, pulls up roots, while Eve nurses a child at right. Both are clothed and set in a landscape. Based on Genesis 3:17-19. Plate 6 from a series of six engravings. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venus Ent Amor, Fabrizio Chiari, 1625 - 1695 print Venus is sleeping. Amor, seen on the back, sits behind her. Italy paper etching Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Lascivie, Satyr whipping nymph, verso - stamped, A naked nymph is tied to a tree trunk. A satyr is whipping her. In the background, a satyr with a club stands at the edge of the forest., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 147 mm, width 100 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Hercules at the Crossroad ca. 1498 Albrecht Dürer German. Hercules at the Crossroad 391061

Pan and Syrinx, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print Pan chases the Nymph Syrinx. She holds a bundle of Riethalmen in her hands as a symbol for her upcoming transformation (Ovidius, with. 1: 689-713). paper etching Syrinx changed into a reed: while fleeing from Pan, the nymph Syrinx is changed into reed by her sisters, the Naiads (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 705)

Matham, Jacob, Rottenhammer, Hans (I), Haarlem, Sleeping Venus spied on by satyrs, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 225 mm, width 169 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1599 - 1601, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1564 - 1625-08-14, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Italy, Romano, Giulio, Bonasone, Pan, Pomona and Amor, verso - stamped, Pomona and Amor sitting under a tree in which hang musical instruments and a bow and quiver of arrows. Pomona holds a cornucopia in her arms., print, prent, prints, height 272 mm, width 223 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1576, print maker, printmaker, 1501 - 1580, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1499 - 1546-01-11

Ganymede. Etching by F. Perrier.

Venus and Amor. Venus is sleeping. Amor, seen on the back, is behind her.

Depicts a satyr surprising a nymph, created as a copper engraving print by Marcantonio Raimondi in 1506, illustrating mythological figures in interaction.

Hercules at the Crossroad ca. 1498 Albrecht Dürer German. Hercules at the Crossroad 351295

Pan spying of the nymph Syrinx who is seated on a rock, combing her hair. Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515-died 1527 Rome); After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Formerly attributed to Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: 10 9/16 x 6 7/8 in. (26.8 x 17.4 cm). Date: ca. 1516-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Loves of the Gods, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, After Perino Del Vaga, 1515 - 1565 print View in a bedroom where Mars and Venus are intimately entangled in bed. There is a dog on the bed and Amor lies on the floor. In the undermarge Italian fresh in two columns. Italy paper engraving Mars and Venus as lovers

Adam and Eva and the snake. Adam and Eve stand for the tree of knowledge in paradise. Eva just takes the apple from the snake. On the ground for Adam and Eva a dog and a hedgehog. In the background a deer and a lion. Under the show two lines text in Latin.

Six from Adam and Eve at Boom of knowledge of good and evil with snake.

Adam and Eve with theSerpent. Artist: Hans Baldung, German 1484/85-1545

Venus Punishing Profane Love. 1557 - 1600. Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Naked woman sitting on armor.

God at right forbidding the nude Adam and Eve at left to eat from the tree of knowledge in center, from 'Adam and Eve' 1540 Heinrich Aldegrever German. God at right forbidding the nude Adam and Eve at left to eat from the tree of knowledge in center, from 'Adam and Eve' 399025

NIMF with Hazewindhond, Jacob Matham (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1631 print Sitting nymph or female nude (Diana) With jug, dog and arrow sleeve in a landscape. Haarlem paper engraving archer's weapons: arrow. quiver. dog. container of glass: bottle, jar, vase

Silenus supported by a young bacchant. Drunk Silenus is supported by a bacchant. Both keep grape drinks. To the right beside them contains a wine barrel against which a drinking bowl leans.

Engraver: Agostino Musi, called Veneziano, Italian, ca. 1490-after 1536, Apollo andDaphne, Engraving, platemark: 22.86 × 17.15 cm (9 × 6 3/4in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Eve at the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, height 108 mm, width 88 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Eva at the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving Eve (alone) holding the fruit

Italy, Fiorentino, Rosso, Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo, Scenes with Hercules, Hercules wrestling with Acheloüs, verso - stamped, Hercules fighting the river god Acheloüs for Deïanira, the daughter of the river god Oeneus. Acheloüs has taken the form of a bull. In the background a group of nymphs., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 220 mm, width 180 mm, Italian, 1505 - 1565, print maker, printmaker, 1515 - 1565, paper, papier, ink, inkt, engraving, engraving (printing process), pen, Work conception, 1494-03-08 - 1541-11-14

Jan Muller after original Corneliszo after Cornelis Van Haarlem (1562-1638, Dutch) Three Parcae engraving The St. Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in the foreground and a retinue of male and female hunters in the background 1556 Giorgio Ghisi Italian. Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in the foreground and a retinue of male and female hunters in the background 367533

Fall, Heinrich AldGrever, 1540 print Adam and Eva, standing next to the tree of good and evil. Eva with a fruit in her hand, the other arm beaten around Adam. Adam is given a fruit through the snake in the tree. Third print from a series of six with the story of Adam and Eva. Germany paper engraving Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit

Angelica and Medoro as loved ones; Venus and Adonis.

Allegory of abundance: Ceres holding a cornucopia at right and Pomona at left feeding fruit to a monkey. Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp); Theodor van Kessel (Dutch, 1620-1660). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 16 15/16 × 12 9/16 in. (43 × 31.9 cm). Publisher: Gillis Hendricx (Flemish, active 1640-1677). Date: ca. 1652-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fall; Power of death. Adam sitting on a stone and Eva standing at the tree of good and evil in paradise. Eva gets a fruit looked at the snake, at the same time she gives a fruit to Adam. Under the show a four-line text in Latin. Second print from a series of eight over sin and death.

The Cult of Venus. Dated: 1596. Dimensions: plate: 44.9 x 32 cm (17 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 45.7 x 33 cm (18 x 13 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrik Goltzius.

Venus with Two Putti Albrecht Altdorfer German. Venus with Two Putti. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Engraving. Prints

Hercules in a fight with the Nemean Lion, Heinrich Aldgrever, After Anonymous, 1550 print Hercules, standing with his legs around the Nemean lion, opens the beak of the animal with his hands. In the background is the dead lion and Hercules pulls the skin off the animal. Under the show a two -line text in Latin. Second print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules. print maker: Germanyafter print by: Venice paper engraving (1) Hercules chokes the Nemean lion with his arms. Hercules skins the lion and clothes himself with its skin

Print, Hercules at the Crossroads (The Effects of Jealousy); Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; engraving on laid paper; 31.9 x 22.4 cm (12 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.); 1950-30-4

An Allegory of the Power of Love. 1500. Robetta, Cristofano, 1462-approximately 1522. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Correggio, Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Lascivie, Satyr spying on a sleeping nymph, verso - stamped, A satyr peeps on a sleeping nymph., print, prints, height 153 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1489 - 1534-03-05

Adam and Eve, from the Small Passion, copy n.d. After Albrecht Dürer German. Adam and Eve, from the Small Passion, copy 396635

Sleeping Venus and Cupid, Theodor Galle, ca. 1571 - 1633, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Luca Cambiaso, Italian, 1527 - 1585, Engraving on paper, Venus is shown nude asleep under a tree, while Cupid also sleeps, resting his head on her lap. Dedication lines and five-line couplet (in Latin) below., Netherlands, Antwerp, Netherlands, ca. 1600-1610, Print, Print

The old shepherd and the young man after Raphael (Bartsch 366) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The old shepherd and the young man after Raphael (Bartsch 366). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Sater at a sleeping nymph. Two saters look at a sleeping nymph. One of the Saters has put her blanket aside while the other Sater starts touching her.

Adam and Even, from The Little Passion Series, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Woodcut on paper, Adam and Eve stand at right, their arms about each other. Eve holds an apple in her left hand which she proffers to a snake entwined about a tree, left. Monogram of Dürer on tablet, lower right., Germany, ca. 1509-1511, Print, Print

The Rape of the Sabine Women ca. 1627 Adriaen de Vries Netherlandish. The Rape of the Sabine Women 374033

Woman grabbed by a man, anonymous, after Giulio Romano, 1500 - 1549 print In a landscape, a naked woman is grabbed by a naked man, trying to flee him. paper engraving flight, running away; pursuing. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

. For a tree, the naked Diana (with arrow and bow) and one of its nymphs. The print is part of a three-part series of Diana and its nymphs and has a Latin caption.

Roman soldier with phases on his back, Leendert van der Cooghen, 1666 print paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life

Venus and the rose, Venus stands with its feet in the water, with a rose bush between its legs, in front of a large rock with vegetation. Amor sits along the water on the right. In the background Adonis is being attacked by Mars. Venus looks to this event. Further in the background a city. Below the show four lines of Latin text in two columns., Venus wounded by the thorns of a rose-bush, the roses change from white to red (possibly combined with the story of Adonis), Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being more mere attribute), Mars pursuing Adonis, Giorgio Ghisi, Italy, 1530 - 1582, paper, engraving, h 304 mm × w 214 mm

Six from Adam and Eve at Boom of knowledge of good and evil with snake.

The Expulsion from Paradise, 1543, Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (8.26 x 5.72 cm) (image), Engraving, Germany, 16th century

The Temptation of Adam and Eve. 1540. Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502-. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Paris, Oenone and Cupid, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550, Paris with a shepherd's staff, next to his first love Oenone. She points with her left hand to Cupid holding a bow. Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550, paper, pen, brush, h 77 mm × w 52 mm

Half -naked woman gives a plant of water, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510 - 1527 print Italy paper engraving watering plants. female sex; woman. 'Grammatica' (~ trivium); 'Grammatica' (Ripa)

Sater surprises a sleeping nymph, Agostino Carracci, c. 1590 - c. 1595 print A sleeping nymph in a landscape. In the background on the left a saat who gave birth to the viewer that it must remain silent. The Sater is about to scare the nymph. Italy paper engraving sleeping; unconsciousness. satyr(s) (in general). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Cleopatra bitten by an Asp 1540-56 Léon Davent French. Cleopatra bitten by an Asp 336969

After Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1787-1887, engraving on paper.

Perseus en Andromeda, Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 print Andromeda, the daughter of an Ethiopian king, is chained to a rock. In the background, Perseus beats the sea monster to come and save Andromeda. paper engraving Perseus kills the sea monster (or turns it into stone by showing it the Gorgon's head) to release Andromeda; sometimes her parents Cepheus and Cassiopea watch the scene

Dido Aeneas mourns, Arnold Houbraken, Anonymous, 1700 - 1750

Love; Three Divine virtues. The female personification of love, one of the three divine virtues, sucked a child and embraces two children standing next to her. Putti fly above her head with a laurel wreath and flowers.

Hercules Slaying the Dragon. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

. Sitting nymph or feminine nude with an arrow in hand. At her feet a arrow sleeve and next to her a lying dog.

Flora, Barthel Beham, 1512 - 1540 print Germany paper engraving Flora in her realm: a garden full of flowers, given to her by Zephyrus

Death surprises a woman in front of a mirror; Mortalia Facta Peribunt. Death is left with an hourglass in his hands. He surprises a naked woman who looks at her own back in a mirror. Below is a wing.

A satyr about to remove drapery covering a Nymph ca. 1510-20 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. A satyr about to remove drapery covering a Nymph 342625

Expulsion from Paradise.

Adam and Eva. Adam and Eve in the Hof van Eden surrounded by animals. Eva takes care of the forbidden fruit from the snake.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Triton and Nereide, created in 1523, showing mythological figures, posture, and composition.

Judith with the head of Holofernes, Lucas Mayer, Jost Amman, 1578 print paper Judith with Holofernes' head and the sword

The temptation of Adam and Eva in Paradise, c. 1711 - c. 1720 print Adam and Eva between the animals in paradise. Eva offers Adam an apple of the forbidden tree. The snake that Eva has tempted to eat fruit from the tree is hidden under a bush. Illustration for the Old Testament, Gen. 3, 6. Under the show a title in Hebrew, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Eve offers the fruit to Adam

Bacchus, Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 7/16 × 4 1/4 inches (13.8 × 10.8 cm) and Image: 5 1/16 × 4 1/16 inches (12.9 × 10.3 cm), barefoot, carrying, children, cloth, drunk, ewer, grapes, nude, religious and mythological subject, trees, vines, wreaths

Master ZBM, Pandora Opening Her Box, 1557 Pandora Opening Her Box

Table of the Temple des Muses, Apollo and Daphne (Dutuit 36, White 103) Van Diepenbeeck, Abraham. Table of the Temple des Muses, Apollo and Daphne (Dutuit 36, White 103). Burin, 1655. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Waternimf Hippoccrene; Hippoccrene; Stroom- en waternimfen; Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum.The water nymph hippoccrene, stallion source protective godin. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs.

Michel Dorigny, Bacchanal with Figures Carrying a Vase, 1650s Bacchanal with Figures Carrying a Vase

Wildlife and Tiger (Bartsch 307) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The fauna and the tiger (Bartsch 307). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Two gesturing naked men.

Copper engraving 'Hercules with a Muse' by Albrecht Altdorfer, around 1520-1525, depicting Hercules with a muse in a mythological composition.

Adam and Eva as the first parents, Girolamo Fagiuoli, After Francesco Salviati, c. 1560 - c. 1574 print Adam and Eva provides Cain as a baby. Eva is on his lap with Cain; Adam is busy with a rug of animal skin. A landscape in the background. paper engraving education, upbringing of Cain and Abel

Jacob Matham, after Hendrik Goltzius, The Fall of Man, 1606 The Fall of Man

Hans Burgkmair I (German, 1473-1531), Mercury and Venus, 1520, etching

Sol (The Sun). Dated: 1528. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master IB.

Copper engraving from around 1510-1520 by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting the Three Graces, showing three nude female figures in a classical arrangement.

Italy, Moro, Marco dell'Angolo del, Jupiter and a nymph, verso - stamped, Jupiter kisses a nymph. Between Jupiter's legs sits an eagle. Top left Cupid with bow and arrow., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 240 mm, width 162 mm, Italian, print maker, prentmaker, 1565 - 1565, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Adam and Eve driven out of paradise.

Print from Drawing Book, c. 1610/1620, engraving, Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 168.72, Luca Ciamberlano (artist) Italian, 1580 - 1641

. The Naked Neptune and Amphitrite, moving on dolphins in the sea. They embrace each other. The print is part of a series of God pairs and has a Latin caption.

. Hercules in his lion's skin and with knots, has hit his arm around omphal, which stuck a spin bitter.

Penance of St. John Chrysostomus. Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550); after Barthel Beham (German, 1502-1540). Date: 1520-1550. Dimensions: 55 x 78 mm (image/plate); 57 x 80 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

Albrecht Dürer, The Little Fortune, c. 1496, engraving on paper.

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