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Mythological and Religious Scenes

Artworks depicting significant mythological and religious narratives, rendered in various techniques from chiaroscuro to intricate engravings, emphasizing dramatic scenes.

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Pretty Teacher. 1793-1799. Plate 68 of 'Los Caprichos', etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint. Romanticism. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Pretty Teacher. 1793-1799. Plate 68 of 'Los Caprichos', etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint. Romanticism. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
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Les ieux plaisris de l'enfance 1657 Designed and published by Jacques Stella French. Les ieux plaisris de l'enfance 357466
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This copper engraving by Tarocchimeister, dated before 1467, portrays Venus, the mythological goddess associated with love, beauty, and fertility.
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François Nicolas figure (1825-1901). "These channel-Islands sailors". Albumin paper. 1868. Paris, house of Victor Hugo.
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Maaeata and Caledonian men, inhabitants of the plains and forests of North Britain, pre-Roman era. The Catini man on the left carries a cat, a club with four spikes. The Caledonian holds an aseth (spear). Both are covered in blue woad tattoos. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821.
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Télémaque rendu à la vertu. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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This late 18th-century vignette by Jacob Wilhelm Mechau depicts a Hochoval medallion with a nymph holding a water jug of a cavalier, executed with black ink and brown-gray brush over pencil, emphasizing figures, medallion, and composition.
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unknown, Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Floris, Frans (I), Cort, Cornelis, Virtues, Perseverance (Perseverantia), verso - stamped, The personification of Perseverance sits by the bank of a river with a large fish on her lap. She holds her catch firmly in both hands., print, prints, height 296 mm, width 183 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1533 - 1578, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1560, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1520 - 1570-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher, granter of privilege
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William. Blake, William, 1757-1827. Blake, William, 1757-1827. Prints, Illustrations. 1804 - 1808. Rare Book Division. Stars, Ecstasy
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The feeling, Pieter Jansz Quast (Possible), after Pieter Jansz Quast, 1615 - 1647 print A man, with a hat with a spring on the head, sits a little bent over a stone and vomits on the floor. Under the image a founding verse about the consequences of excessive food and drinks. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses. Netherlands paper engraving feeling (one of the five senses). vomiting. head-gear (+ feathers used for clothes)
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The Art of Wrestling Eighty-Five Pieces (Ringer Kunst Fünff und Achtzig Stücke) 1539 Germany. Book with woodcuts and letterpress in black on cream laid paper . Lucas Cranach, II
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German obscene caricature on avarice, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown
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Eclipse / (No. 3 ° / Who asks for a butcher By Gill.
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The ERINYES were so alarming that the Greeks dared not use their true name but called them the EUMENIDES ('the good tempered ones') : here they pursue Orestes and Pylades
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Copper engraving depicting a farmer and a grocer interacting, created by Pieter Bruegel the Elder around 1568.
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Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden" 1791 William Blake British. Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden" 383667 Artist: William Blake, British, London 17571827 London, Artist: After Henry Fuseli, Swiss, Zrich 17411825 London, Fertilization of Egypt (Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden), 1791, Engraving, image: 7 5/8 x 6 in. (19.4 x 15.2 cm) sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 13/16 in. (25.7 x 19.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968 (68.540.10)
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The Balancing Brothers of Westminster For once, Gladstone and Disraeli agree on something (the Budget). Date: 28 February 1857
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Russian baths. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Chaillot. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839.
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Mermaid of Edam, 1403, 1600 - 1799 print The mermaid or green woman from Edam, 1403. Mermaid in the water with a weapon in the hands. In the distance the city of Edam. With caption of two columns. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Haarlem paper letterpress printing merman Edam. Purmer
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A skeleton is approached by an angel who blows the last trump. Etching by Louis Schiavonetti after William Blake, 1808.
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Mercury ; Roman actor ; mask still image. 1736. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Theater , Rome, Mercury (Roman deity), Actors , Roman , To 499, Cameos, Ancient
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Paris Scenes and Murderers. Adolphe Willette (French, 1857-1926). Lithograph printed in black and red; sheet: 35 x 22 cm (13 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.); image: 23.9 x 27.4 cm (9 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.).
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Après vous ... s'il en reste! ... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.
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Short from the lost son. Leaf with a big show from the story of the lost son. The lost son is kneeling in a stable with three boar. Under the show a caption in two columns. Numbered bottom left: N. 163.
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The skinning of the Aboma Snake, shot by Captain Stedman. A naked negro slave skins a huge snake hoisted up a tree by his fellows. Copperplate engraving by William Blake after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam," J. Johnson, London, 1813.
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Russian banya, sauna or public baths, 18th century. Men and women scourging themselves with birch leaves, men throwing buckets of water on hot stones. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.
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" A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing ". From Watercolours illustrating Captain Cook's last voyage ca. 1773-1784 by John Webber. Webber was appointed topographical artist and sailed with Cook on the third voyage
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Depiction of Aladdin, circa 1854
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Eve. Dated: in or after 1895. Medium: woodcut on japan paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL GAUGUIN.
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Landscape with two children, Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1828 print Landscape with two children in a stone. One of them has an open book for themselves, the other points to an allegorical female figure on a pedestal, who sits on a rich apple with spear and wreath. In the background on a mountain an arbor. Amsterdam paper etching Virtuousness; 'Love of virtues',' virtuous action ',' Safe driving of 'real honors',' virtue ',' insurmountable virtue '(Ripa)
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Caius Marius on the Ruins of Carthage. Artist: After John Hamilton Mortimer (British, Eastbourne 1740-1779 London). Artist and engraver: Etched and published by Robert Blyth (British, ca. 1750-1784). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 13/16 x 14 in. (45.2 x 35.6 cm). Date: January 20, 1782. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Naked tattooed man of Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) dancing for Captain James Cook, 1778. He holds a feathered shield and has dog's teeth leggings tied at the knee. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
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Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Femme de l'Isle de Pque'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper
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Physical exercises; Climbing A, Daniël Vrevalwaard (I), After Jacob Smies, 1806 print A boy climbing into a pole next to a rack with a rope, a rope ladder and a pole. Top right: pl. X. paper etching athletics, gymnastics. climbing. rope-ladder
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Sur le point de se noyer ... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.
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Tab. 32. Peleya; Scriba Indicus., 1791, 1791, Romae, Publisher, Apud A. Fulgonium, Hinduism, Brahmanism, Children and adults, Agricultural implements, Scribes, Engravings
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Otaheiteans or natives of Tahiti, Polynesia, 1818. Tahitian man and woman in cloak and skirt in front of a palm tree. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.
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Landscape with two children; Title page for: Saved moral stories for civilized youth, 1828.landscape with two Children at A Stone. One of Them Has a Swamped Book for Themselves, The Other Points to An Allegorical Women's Figure on a Base, Which is with Spear and Wreath on a Rich Apple. In The Background on a Mountain a Gazebo.
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Hercules a Cerberus, Albert flames, 1672 print Hercules raises his club in defense against the multi -headed dog Cerberus. 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)
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Two street artists such as Capitano Spessa Monti and Bagattino; Balli di sfessania; Dancing of Sfessania. Two artists, one of them with a fixed head lid, stand together with the back. The a spit over his shoulder to the other, which is attached. The figures are noted their names. This print is part of a series of 23 prints (24 incl. Title Print) with two street artists in the foreground every time figures from the Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, and in the background spectators who are in the open air a (dance) representation of street artists Gadeslaan.
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Augusta Empress of all Prussies.
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Vénus jongle avec ses enfants pour se créer des moyens d'existence le jour où elle sera lchée par Mars.. Prints. 1863. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Salon (Exhibition : Paris, France), Poland
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Brand -Facket-prometheus , Karl Vienna -, artist
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The Curse: Adam is digging in the ground, assisted by Death. In the distance Eve is suckling her first-born, and holding a distaff. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.
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Don Quichotte fighting windmills by Gustave Dore, woodcut, 1863, 1832-1883, Private Collection
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Man & Woman of the Land of Natal, 1831.', 1831., New York. Publisher, W. Burgess. Africa, Engravings
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Houzouana. Prints, Illustrations. 1795. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Sater with Saterkind sit at Boom, Cornelis van Dalen (II), After Charles Le Brun, 1648 - 1664 print paper engraving satyr(s) (in general). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)
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Mesdag, Hendrik Willem, Temps orageux (Mer du Nord), Reproduction of a painting of a view of the North Sea by Henrdik Willem Mesdag, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, height 235 mm, width 292 mm, maker, producer, 1885 - 1901, paper, papier, autotype, Dutch, 1831-02-23 - 1915-07-10
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Series of lithograph illustrations of daily life in 19th century France by Amedee-Charles-Henri de Noe, (1819-79, illustrator). from L'Art d'engraisser et de maigrir a Volonte (The Art of fattening and losing weight). 1860
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Lithograph by Honoré Daumier from 1839 depicting a humorous scene titled 'It is a Little Devil a Real Dolphin', showing expressive figures and satirical composition.
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A boat capsized on the Thames leaving three ladies and four men swimming to the shore. Engraving.
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Spiritus flat ubi vult! He do: Félicien Rops, Patronymic study, by Eugène Demolder, with some brutal reproductions of unpublished currencies of Rops, Paris: René Pincourde, 1894 Dewiza Armanda Silvestre'a Rops, Félicien (1833 1898)
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Cassius, convicted of political wrong-doing, is killed by being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock in Rome. Date: 485 BC
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Pleasant for Menade." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-16 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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Un banquet en Grèce still image. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Couches, Music , Greece , To 499, Greeks , Clothing & dress , To 499, Eating & drinking , Greece , To 499, Greeks , Social life, Banquets
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Puri Indians by the Paraiba river, Brazil. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1821, after M. Zu Wied-Neuwied.
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Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.
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Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, the Greek Fates or Moirai. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c.1820.
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An inventor jumps from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower and kills himself.. Private collection, Paris, France. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer. François-Pierre-Jean-Désiré Dumont (19th century), engraver. "Double blow." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101786-4 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving