Mythological Depictions in Prints

A collection of mythological engravings featuring emotions, narratives, and allegory. The artworks include themes of death, virtue, and judgment among gods and figures.

Italy, Rossi, Giovanni Domenico de', Testa, Pietro, Young man arriving at Parnassus along the Way of Virtue, verso - stamped, Allegorical representation with a young man arriving at Parnassus after having walked along the Way of Virtue. On Parnassus various mythological figures and animals. Dedication in Italian in the lower margin., print, prints, height 421 mm, width 580 mm, Italian, 1612 - 1650, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1650, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

. Two fighting putti in the foreground symbolizes the struggle between virtue and the vice. On the right is a putto with laurel wreath ready for the victor, left a putto with caduceus. In the background a putto blows the trumpet, another putto holds a bird in his arms.

Italy, Rossi, Giovanni Domenico de', Testa, Pietro, Young man arriving at Parnassus along the Way of Virtue, verso - stamped, Allegorical representation with a young man arriving at Parnassus after having walked along the Way of Virtue. On Parnassus various mythological figures and animals. Dedication in Italian in the lower margin., print, prints, height 421 mm, width 580 mm, Italian, 1612 - 1650, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1650, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Four Elements 1588 Jacob Matham Netherlandish. The Four Elements 360014

HET Oordeel van Paris, Giorgio Ghisi, after Giovanni Battista Bertani, 1555 print The judgment of Paris in a landscape. The sitting Paris makes his choice for Venus. Behind him is Mercury. Juno and Minerva are on the right, surrounded by putti. Two old and one young sater on the left. Above Apollo and Luna on their cars, pulled by horses. print maker: Italyafter design by: Mantuapublisher: Antwerp paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present)

Judgment of Paris, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1520 - 1562 print As a shepherd, Paris is in a landscape and gives the Golden Apple to Venus. She stands with Amor between the goddesses Juno, with peacock, and Minerva, with her shield next to her. Behind Paris is Mercury, the messenger of the gods, with his caduceus. In the sky Apollo in his solar car and Jupiter on his throne. On the right Oenone and Oeneus on the waterfront near the reeds. paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present)

Cloelia Steekt de Tiber Over, Giulio Bonasone, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1501 - 1580 print Cloelia flight to Rome escaped from captivity. She crosses the Tiber river on horseback. On the left on the bank is a group of women with children for tents. On the right are women on the bank who try to stop Cloelia. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Cloelia and her companions escape Porsena's camp: she crosses the Tiber on horseback and persuades her companions to swim after her Tiber

Nicolaus Beatrizet, The Sacrifice of Iphigenia The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

The Age of Gold. Hendrik Goltzius (after) (Holland, Mülbracht, 1558-1617)Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617). Holland, published 1589. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Cupid in the Elysian Fields tied to a tree in the centre, surrounded my many figures 1563 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Cupid in the Elysian Fields tied to a tree in the centre, surrounded my many figures 392621

Death of Meleager. Meleager is naked in the foreground. He is overdundrified by various lending figures. Left a dog. In the background two men who hunt a wild boar. Text in Italian in undermarge.

Roof van Cephalus; Paintings in Palazzo Farnese in Rome; Galeria Nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma. Cephalus is the car from Aurora and tries to resist Aurora's hugs. Tithonus lies to sleep in the foreground. A dog is located in the foreground. The print originally belonged to Liber 22 of the Atlas of Michiel Hinloopen (seem to book 10).

Four women surrounding a seated figure, a bird above them, set within an elaborate frame. Artist: Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, Verona ca. 1515-ca. 1573 Murano); Formerly attributed to Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510-1563 Venice); After Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (French, Paris 1510/12-1585 Annecy). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 5 3/16 × 7 5/16 in. (13.1 × 18.5 cm). Date: ca. 1540-80. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Young man arrives on the Parnassus along the way of Deugd, Pietro Testa, 1621 - 1650 print Allegorical show with a young man who arrives at the Parnassus after having walked over the way of virtue. Different mythological figures and animals on the Parnassus. Assignment in Italian in STUDMARGE. Italy paper etching Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes. Good Behaviour

The education of Achilles 1650-55 Giovanni Cesare Testa Italian. The education of Achilles. Giovanni Cesare Testa (Italian, ca. 1630-1655). 1650-55. Etching. Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627-1691 Rome). Prints

Stadholder Willem III and Maria Stuart in the middle of mythical figures. Stadholder Willem III and his wife Maria Stuart stand hand in hand in the midst of mythical figures, such as Prometheus (chained to the foreground), the envy (with snake hair), ceres (with cornucopia), Bacchus (with grape vines) and Mercury ( with caduceus). Left at the bottom of soldiers at a gun. Right above H. d. PAG. 128.

The final judgment. A detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgment' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.

Perseus in Andromeda, 1656 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. Scene from the metamorphoses of Ovidius. A crowd on the coast is watching. The print originally belonged to Liber 22 of the Atlas of Rome by Michiel Hinloopen (Schijnvoet Book 10). paper etching Perseus and Andromeda. 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

The Egyptians drown in the Schelfzee; Pharaoh Mergitur; Oudtestament fighting scenes. Jacob kills Absalom that depends on his hairingly in a tree. He is pierced with a spear. In the background fleeing soldiers. Title and caption in Latin in the undermaster.

While Odysseus is sleeping, his accompany opening his cleavage with turns that Aeolus has given them. The winds escape and try to find the boarding people a safe search.

Frontispiece for L. Rotgans, Wilhelm de DerD, 1700, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1698 - 1700 print Frontispiece with allegorical representation of Willem III on horseback. Prudentia holds the reins of his horse, Britain reaches the crown. Northern Netherlands paper etching

The triumph of love, cupid riding a chariot drawn by unicorn is in the upper right, naked figures fill the composition; a proof impression 1545 Giulio Bonasone Italian This is a proof impression with some figures in outline and shading incomplete, before Bonasone's name, the date 1545 and the publisher's name Tommaso Barlacchi were added. For an impression with these details see 42.128.3.. The triumph of love, cupid riding a chariot drawn by unicorn is in the upper right, naked figures fill the composition; a proof impression 392932

The Sacrifice of Abraham, ca. 1645-50. Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612-1650). Etching;

Neptunus with his horse car at sea, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print Neptunus drives on one of the two hippocampi that pulls his car. There are a woman in the car (Amphitrite or the Peace) And Occasio who together support a globe with Fortuna on it. Three putti in the air. paper etching / engraving Triumph of Neptune. Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa). 'Occasio', 'Kairos'; 'Occasion' (Ripa). (Story of) Amphitrites. Peace

Allegory of Transience, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609-1664, Etching on paper, Scene of two shepherds and a boy among classical ruins. At right, a kneeling male figure wearing a turban crouches near a quiver of arrows. To his right, a standing figure with a shepherd's staff points his right hand towards an inscription on a curved wall. At right, a small boy in a cape holds a finger to his mouth. Behind him, a woman washes the face of a man (possibly a sculpture). Standing on the wall at upper right near a large carved urn is a cherub figure holding a bat., Italy, 1655, figures, Print, Print

Wine, 1600 - 1652 print Allegorical representation with the wine as a ruler of the world. A group of men is doing too well to wine. In the end, two boys take the king's scepter and keys. There is fighting in the background. Presentation from 3 EZR 3-4. Amsterdam paper engraving wine ~ alcoholic drinks. bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos). the first guardsman says (writes) that wine is the strongest of all things ~ contest of the three guardsmen

Flora gives a wreath, Giulio Bonasone, After Giulio Romano, 1501 - 1580 print Flora gives a wreath to a woman who is kneeling in front of her in a vineyard. They are surrounded by different figures, including Amor. On the right a man and a boy by a tree. In the foreground on the left is a nymph. print maker: Italyafter design by: Mantua paper engraving (story of) Flora. nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). vineyard

Roof of a woman by husband and Sater, Benedetto di Stefani, after Enea Vico, After Rosso Fiorentino, 1542 - c. 1590 print In the middle, a woman is robbed by a man and a saat. Various figures around a table on the right. In the foreground a man has pulled his sword, and a man with a dagger waves behind the table. Two horses on the left. Italy paper engraving man abducting woman. celebration meal, feast, banquet

The ride of Phathon in his father Apollo's sun chariot turns out to be a disastrous one. The horses have set the earth on fire. Riverbeds run dry and river nymphs lament their fate. Neptune with trident rises from the sea and stretches his arm to heaven. Mother Earth, depicted as Cybele with the crown of cities, sticks her head out of the earth and protects her gaze with one hand. Atlas toils to torch the celestial vault. Jupiter throws lightning bolts and Phathon falls from the sky with chariot and all. Beneath the depiction, two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series, Fall of Phathon Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590, paper, engraving, h 176 mm × w 253 mm

Venus sends Psyche to a source guarded by dragons, master of the dice, after Michiel Coxie (i), c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Venus contributes Psyche the task to get water from a source that is monitored by dragons. On a mountain of the eagle of Jupiter who brings psyche water from the Styx. Italy paper engraving Psyche performing various tasks set to her by Venus. the eagle of Jupiter fetches water from the Styx with Psyche's jar. Styx (river of Hades); 'Stige' (Ripa)

Jordaens, Jacob (I), The child Jupiter is fed by the goat Amalthea, verso - stamped, A satyr and a half-naked nymph hold the goat Amalthea. The child Jupiter drinks milk from one of the goat's udders. A second satyr plays a flute., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 215 mm, width 299 mm, South Netherlandish, 1593-05-19 - 1678-10-18, after, after a painting by, 1652 - 1702, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker

A black chalk drawing showing Aiolos giving Ulysses a sack of all winds, with brownish dirt in left corners and short vertical folds on the upper right edge.

David about to decapitate Goliath 1540 Giovanni Battista Scultori. David about to decapitate Goliath. Giovanni Battista Scultori (Italian, 1503-1575). 1540. Engraving. Prints

Driven peace by war; The sweetheart is driven away by the war; Illustration for world history. The personification of peace refers to the flight with her palm branch when the war, with the help of diabolical figures, chases with shield and sword. Mercury flies away in the air.

Assumption of the Virgin, Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, white gouache, black chalk on cream laid paper, The figure of the Virgin held aloft by putti; below her are figures kneeling in prayer. Verso: head of a woman and child., Italy, 1680-1700, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Abduction of Proserpine. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 7/16 in. (31.4 x 21.4 cm) trimmed to plate line. Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

De vier elementen, Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1661 - 1726 print The four elements earth, water, air and fire, personified as two female and two male figures. On the left in the foreground, seen on the back, Earth (Terra) is in his hand corn sheaves. Also in the foreground is water (Aqua) as a female figure with a ship on her head and a stream next to her. In the sky between the clouds there is air (AER) with a chameleon on her hand. Right a man's figure that depicts fire (Ignis), sitting on a dragon and a crown of flames on his head. Behind his head the sun. Amsterdam paper engraving the four elements, and ether, the fifth element (+ variant)

Hercules en Omphale.The servants of omphal dressed Hercules as a woman.

Rome, Orlandi, Giovanni, Tempesta, Antonio, The four seasons, Baccus ab aerijs demigrans collibusvitas : colligit et dulci compentur dolia, Autumn, verso - stamped, Depiction of the season autumn, with Bacchus on a chariot drawn by goats and pheasants. Satyrs walk around the chariot. Bacchantes in the background. Title in Latin in the lower margin., print, prints, height 149 mm, width 215 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Hercules in Centauren, Antonio Storm, 1608 print Hercules in fight with a group of centaurs. Rome paper etching most important deeds of Hercules: the Twelve Labours. Hercules' fight with the centaurs

Apollo and Daphne, Paul van Summer (II), 1677 print The Apollo in love chases the fleeing Nymph Daphne, whose arms are already turning into branches. The river god Peneus, Daphnes father, is located on the banks of the river, resting on his urn. Putti view the scene from the air and from the ground. Under the image an explanatory text in French. Scene from Ovidius metamorphoses (with. I, 452 et seq.). Paris paper etching / engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)

Judgment of Paris, Anonymous, After Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1520 - 1562 print paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present)

Neptune in his chariot; Distribution of the universe. Neptunus stands on his chariot, in the form of a shell, which is drawn by four hippocamps.

Artist: Melchior Meier, German, ac. Tuscany, ac. ca. 1572-1582, The Flaying ofMarsyas, Engraving, sheet: 22.9 × 31.1 cm (9 × 12 1/4in.), Made in Germany, German, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Lot leaves Sodom with his wife and daughters, Orazio Borianni, After Rafaël, 1615 print Lot leaves Sodom with his wife and daughters. The burning city in the background. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper etching the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: Lot and his family flee to Zoar, carrying their belongings; an angel may be showing the way (Genesis 19:24-29)

Phineus and his followers have changed in stone; Quod Vultus Mutent Gays in Sacra Medusae. HOC Adversa Facit Forma Pudicitae; Frisians to Polidoro da Caravaggio (copies) .Perseus Shows Phineus and His Followers The Chopped Head of Medusa, So That They Turn Into Stone. Under the show the title.

Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicts Ulysses landing on the beach in the underworld at the edge of the Okeanos using black chalk, showing figures, landscape, and gestures on paper with light brown stains and folds.

Cock, Hieronymus, Lombard, Lambert, Antwerp, Heyden, Pieter van der, Conversion of Paul, verso - stamped, Paul, in Roman armor, lies on the ground next to his horse from which he has fallen because he hears Christ speaking to him from the air. The city of Damascus lies in the distance. Below the representation three lines in Latin, Acts. 9., print, prints, recto lower right - stamped, height 330 mm, width 421 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1540 - 1582, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1572, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1506 - 1566, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, The Genius of Castiglione, before 1648 The Genius of Castiglione

Illustration for Boccaccio decamerone. Illustration for Boccaccio Decamerone, History XLVII. Anastasius is sitting at the table with a company. People look full of horror to the scene in the background. A woman is killed by a soldier with dogs.

The Genius of Castiglione ca. 1645-47 (published 1648) Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian Castiglione made some sixty etchings, all characterized by lively handling and highly personal content. He was influenced by Anthony van Dyck, in whose studio he worked in Genoa, and later by the etchings of Rembrandt, just a few years his senior, working in Amsterdam. Castiglione made this print in Genoa and took the plate with him to Rome in 1647 where it was published a year later and dedicated to Matthys van de Merwede, lord of Clootwyck, a Dutch nobleman and patron of the arts who lived in Italy from 1647 to 1650. The inscription in Latin on the book held by the young man reads in translation 'The genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione of Genoa who invented and made this'. The figure in the print is not a self portrait and the word 'genius' should, in this context, be understood in the ancient sense of a 'guiding spirit'. The seated young man in the print is not a sel

Noah leaving the Ark 16th century Giulio Bonasone Italian. Noah leaving the Ark 392937

Army of Antiochus Epifanes kills Israelites, Johannes Wierix, after Gerard van Groeningen, 1579 print Israelites who had ignored the commandment of Antiochus Epifanes on Sabbath are attacked and slaughtered - men, women and children - by the king's army. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 bubble. 2. Antwerp paper engraving the Jews without resistance slain on the sabbath (1 Maccabees 2:31-38)

Amor en psych, Giorgio Ghisi, after Giulio Romano, 1574 print Amor and Psyche are in a chaise longue in a landscape with their child (Voluptas). A winged figure keeps laurel wreaths above the heads of Amor and Psyche. On the right, Ceres poured water on the hand of Amor. His hand leans on a scale that is worn by Juno. In the background a group of saters who sacrifice a goat for a statue of God. There is a dog in the foreground. print maker: Italyafter design by: Mantua paper engraving Cupid and Psyche as lovers

Italy, Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, Silenus with satyrs and maenads, verso - handwritten in brown ink, A procession with Silenus sitting on the back of a donkey. In front of Silenus walk a satyr with a thyrsus in his hand, a satyr blowing a trumpet, and a satyr and a maenad with snakes., print, prent, prints, prenten, verso - stamped, 6, 1. - 43, w., height 165 mm, width 208 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1650 - 1699, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, Italian, 1618 - 1661

. Jupiter stops the battle between Odysseus and the Ithacans. Odysseus is stopped by Minerva. At the feet of him lies a dead man.

Silenus, a Sater and a goat; SLAKING SILENUS. Silenus is sleeping. A Sater holds a branch above the head of Silenus. On the left a goat leans on a table with its front legs and hits a small pyramid. In the background trees and vines.

Judgment of Paris, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Paris must judge the three most beautiful goddesses of the Olympus on their beauty: Juno (with the peacock), Venus (accompanied by Amor) and Minerva (accompanied by an owl). Paris gives Eris's golden apple to Venus. Mercury watches. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present)

Jean Duvet, The Dragon and the Beast, 1546 1556 The Dragon and the Beast

Silenus met Saters en Maenaden, Anonymous, after Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1650 - 1699 print A parade with Silenus sitting on the back of a donkey. For Silenus, a Sater with a Thyrsus in the hand, a Sater blindly on a trumpet, and a saater and a maenade with snakes. Italy paper etching Thyrus ~ attribute of Bacchus. Male Bacchant (es). Maenad (s), female Bacchant (es). (Story of) Silenus

Rest on the Flight Into Egypt, Giorgio Ghisi, After Giulio Campi, 1578 print The Holy Family rests to Egypt during the flight. The family is surrounded by angels. Above five putti between the leaves of a palm tree. Italy paper engraving rest on the flight into Egypt. angels. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Priapus is aging Nymph Lotis, Master IB with the Vogel, 1500 - 1515 print The fertility god Priapus in shape of a Herme is setting up to the sleeping Nymph Lotis. This is prevented by Silenus with the beaming donkey. In the foreground two sleeping nymphs. Italy paper engraving Priapus creeps up to the resting Lotis (or Vesta) during a banquet of the gods, a braying ass stands nearby

Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Schrevelius, Theodorus, Moreelse, Paulus, Diana and Actaeon, The bathing Diana and her nymphs are surprised by Actaeon. As punishment he is turned into a deer and killed by his own dogs., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 379 mm, width 538 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1609, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1571 - 1638-03-19, after a design by, 1572 - 1653-12-02, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, 1552-07-18 - 1612-01-20, verlener van privilege

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from the 'Story of Apollo and Daphne' 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian. Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from the 'Story of Apollo and Daphne' 396038

Diana bathed with her nymphs, Jan Wandelaar, after Jacob de Wit, after Godfried Maes, 1710 - 1759 print Diana and her nymphs take a bath. Diana leans against a tree, while a nymph takes her sandal. They are accompanied by hunting dogs. Above Diana, two nymphs try to withdraw her through cloths. Left front is a nymph with her hands in front of her face at a few arrow -drugs. On the large tree in the middle a hunting horn hangs next to an arrow cooker. print maker: Noord-Nederlandafter drawing by: Amsterdam (possibly)after design by: Antwerp paper etching / engraving Diana bathing with her nymphs

Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men. Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617). Holland, published 1615. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Assembly of the Gods after the ceiling composition in the Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome 1527 Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio Italian. Assembly of the Gods after the ceiling composition in the Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome 361932

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Testa, Pietro, Giovanni Cesare, Education of Achilles by Chiron the centaur, verso - stamped, Landscape with the young Achilles receiving instruction from Chiron the centaur. In the foreground on the right, Achilles is being taught to play the lyre. In the foreground on the left, they are hunting lions together., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 277 mm, width 412 mm, Italian, 1625 - 1660, print maker, prentmaker, 1637 - 1691, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, 1612 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Flight from Clolelia from the army camp of Porsenna. Design for a tapestry.

Copper engraving by Domenico Campagnola depicting a fight between bare men, created in 1517.

Second Creation: parting between the waters, Jan Harmensz. Muller, Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

When the nymph Daphne was pursued by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father Peneus (a river god) for help. Peneus caused his daughter to escape her attacker by transforming her into a laurel tree. We see the moment when Daphne's arms change into leafy branches, while Apollo wants to grab her. In the background, Cupid, near the dead body of Python, strikes Apollo with one of his arrows. Below the depiction are two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series., Daphne turns into a laurel tree Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, h 177 mm × w 252 mm

Rome, Papal court, Aelst, Nicolaus van, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Old Testament battle scenes, Hebrael sine Moysis iperio cv cananaels congressi fundutur, The Israelites defeated by the Canaanites because they disobeyed Moses, verso - stamped, A battle commotion of soldiers on horseback. The Israelites are defeated by the Canaanites because they disobeyed Moses. Title and caption in Latin in the lower margin. Originally numbered 6 in the lower left image, but here the corner is torn off., print, prints, height 204 mm, width 288 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1613 - 1613, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Zuid-Nederlands, 1527 - 1613, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Hercules drags Cerberus hell; Working from Hercules. Hercules takes Cerberus, the three-stubborn dog that guards the entrance to the Hades, hell. He pulls the necklace to Cerberus heads and threatens the dog with his knots.

Rome, Papal court, Aelst, Nicolaus van, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Old Testament battle scenes, Cainus fratri necem molitur, Cain kills Abel, verso - stamped, Cain kills his brother Abel with a jawbone of a donkey in a landscape full of wild animals. In the background on the right, Cain and Abel both make an offering to God. In the foreground on the left, Cain is banished by God. In the background on the left, Cain receives his mark. Title and caption in Latin in bottom margin., print, prints, height 204 mm, width 288 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1613 - 1613, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1527 - 1613, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Psyche carried through Zephyrus; Story of Amor and Psyche. Psyche is taken through Zephyrus during her sleep (Westwind's Personification). On the right the arrival of psyche in the palace of Amor. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 6.

DIRCE is tied to a bull; Farnese bull. Antique sculpture known as the farnese bull. The Broers Amphion and Zushus tie the braided hair from DIRCE to the horns of a bull. Three Columns Latin text in the undermarge.

Niobe punished for her pride, Gerard de Lairesse, 1668 print Diana has appeared in the clouds to shoot the children of Niobe with her bow and bowed. Niobe, who found herself better in her pride than the divine twins Apollo and Diana, is accompanied by two children left and right and looks up desperately. paper etching Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's children

Offering black animals, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1632 - 1633 print Odysseus sacrifices a black ram and a black sheep in the underworld. Shades on the blood, but only Tiresias can be the first to drink of the blood. Paris paper etching / engraving Ulysses in the underworld (Homer, Odyssey XI)

The abduction of Dejanira held by the centaur Nessus Ca. 1530-1561 Battista Franco Italian. The abduction of Dejanira held by the centaur Nessus 371810

Dangers of wealth; The misery of wealth. On a victory trolley Queen Money (Regina Pecunia). Her left hand rests on a globe, while she tries to cover the head of predatory murder with her head with her cloak with her right hand. Roboid mooring pierces a heart with a knife. The cart is drawn by danger (periculum) and fear (Pavor). Behind the car the personification follows the world (Pandemia). She likes the cornucopia in her one hand and with her other hand she keeps her heart close to queen money, but is unconscious that she is robbed by theft (Furtum). The world is surrounded by envy (invidia) and the Jester foolishness (Stultitia). The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series with the subject the misery that brings wealth.

The Infantes are Slain by the Moors. Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, 1612. Prints; etchings. Etching

Heinrich Aldegrever, A Man Overpowered By Thieves, c 1554 A Man Overpowered By Thieves

Sayer in honor of Maarten Tromp, killed in the Sea Battle at Terheide, 1653. Admiral Maarten Tromp, Salved in the Sea Battle at Terheide on August 10, 1653, driving in a sailing trailer pulled by horses and accompanied by tritons. In his hands a trident and a ship rudder. In the air the fame with two trumpets and three angels. An angel crown trump with a ships crown. Four four-line verses in the caption.

François Verdier, The Rape of Deianira, late 1670s The Rape of Deianira

Odysseus en Calypso, Theodor v Thuldge, Afterro At Francesco Primaticcio, Afterhe Nicolo Skad, 1633 Odysseus manages to save himself from the back of the sea monster Chaybdis on the left by clinging to a fig tree. Odysseus is received on the right by Calypso. Mercury descends from the Olympus to request Calypso to make Odysseus go. In the foreground, Odysseus builds a raft. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Odysseus manages to save himself from the back of the sea monster Chaybdis on the left by clinging to a fig tree. Odysseus is received on the right by Calypso. Mercury descends from the Olympus to request Calypso to make Odysseus go. In the foreground, Odysseus builds a raft. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing

Jan Muller, after Bartholomaeus Spranger, Venus and Mercury, c1600 Venus and Mercury

Holy Joris (Georgius) kills the dragon, Lucas Cranach (I), 1482 - 1553 print Saint Joris on horseback raises his sword to kill the dragon on his back on the ground. He has already lost his lance in the fight, it is on the ground. Left and right are skeletons of animals and people devoured by the monster. In the background, the king's daughter kneels and pray for the safe return of Joris. At the top left on a branch of a tree, two shields hang with the Electoral and Ducally Weapon of Saxony. Germany paper St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing

Copper engraving from 1514-1527 depicting the Triumph of Galathea, showing mythological figures, chariot, and celebratory scene.

The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche.Design for a print.

Last judgment (lower plate). Women and men are attacked by all kinds of devils and animals and carried to hell.

Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Fall and the Redemption of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ, Adoration of the Shepherds, Mary and Joseph kneel before the crib. Shepherds come to see the Christ Child. An angel flies above the crib with a laurel wreath. The print is part of a thirty-part series of prints about the Fall and Christ's Passion., print, prints, width 195 mm, height, 248 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1548 - 1548, paper, papier, etching, etsen, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman

Rome, Cenci, Vincenzo, Vatican City, Michelangelo, Italy, Ghisi, Giorgio, The Last Judgement, sheet I, verso - stamped, A detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgement' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. Marked lower right: I., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 365 mm, width 340 mm, Italian, 1520 - 1582-12-15, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1582, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever

Drunkenness of Noah: Shem and Japheth cover the naked body of Noah, who lies in a tent, a male figure at far right points to Noah, from a series of engravings made for the first edition of the 'Liber Genesis'. Artist: Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Netherlandish, Arnemuiden 1564-1637 Utrecht). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 5/16 in. (9 x 13.5 cm)Plate: 3 1/4 x 5 in. (8.3 x 12.7 cm). Series/Portfolio: Engravings made for the first edition of the 'Liber Genesis'. Date: 1612. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The prophecy of Basilides ca. 1650 Giovanni Cesare Testa Italian. The prophecy of Basilides. Giovanni Cesare Testa (Italian, ca. 1630-1655). ca. 1650. Etching. Prints

Engraver: Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish, 1570-1629, After: Cornelis Cort, Dutch, 1533-1578, After: Federico Barocci, Italian, 1528-1612, Rest on the Return from Egypt, Etching, 23.3 × 42.5 cm (9 3/16 × 16 3/4 in.), Made in Flanders, Flemish, 16th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Minerva and Mercury armor Perseus, Jan Harmensz. Muller, After Bartholomeus Spranger, 1604 print Minerva and Mercurius armor Perseus before he will fight Medusa. Minerva gives him her shield and Mercury binds his winged sandals to Perseus' feet. Amsterdam paper. chalk engraving the gods arm Perseus; from Minerva, Mercury and/or other gods he gets a shield (or mirror), a scythe (or dagger), a helmet, winged sandals, and a wallet

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, The four temperaments, Melancholics, Melancholic temperament, verso - stamped, Saturn sitting on a cloud, eating one of his children. Below him, on earth, people suffering from melancholy. On the left a man hanged from a tree; in the middle a scholar measuring the globe. Signs of the zodiac left and top right: Taurus and Capricornus., print, prent, prints, prenten, Saturn sitting on a cloud and eating 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, people with a melancholic temperament, who are ruled by him. Astrologers and geographers are doing research and on the left people are hanging themselves from a tree. At the bottom in the margin a text in Latin about the melancholics and Saturn., height 215 mm, width 237 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, print

The Rape of Europa. Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617)Hendrik Goltzius (after) (Holland, Mülbracht, 1558-1617). Holland, published 1590. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Schut, Cornelis (I), The Conversion of Paul, verso lower left - stamped, On the way to Damascus, Paul is struck by the light from heaven and falls blinded to the ground with his horse. He raises his hands. His servants are also frightened. From a cloud, Christ looks at Paul with the cross in his hands. In the air three putti. In the foreground a little dog jumps., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Diet stuck is in Duijslant sold in the city of ............., recto lower in the margin - handwritten in brown ink, height 286 mm, width 225 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etsen

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