Mythological Family Scenes

A collection of prints depicting mythological themes, featuring figures like satyrs and divine transformations, in natural woodland settings with intricate details.

Ceres in a landscape, in the company of three Saters, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print paper etching / engraving Ceres, patroness of agriculture. satyr(s) (in general) - veneration, honoured by

Diana's (Artemis) return from the hunt, fragment. Lafosse, Charles de (French, 1636-1716) (designed after) painter c. 1700-1730 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. On R, nymph lies sleeping =Callisto; on L, nymph stands with 3 hunting dogs; landscape setting Landscape strips on bottom & sides. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fenaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 121-32 Standen, MetMusJ (1988), 158-65 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 170-72 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (similar composition), GCPA 0238330, 0238334 (reversed composition)

Venus tries to keep Adonis from hunt, Jacob Herreyns (I), 1671 - 1732 print Venus pulls Adonis' clothing to prevent him from hunting, because she fears an accident. Hair drawn by swans on a cloud on the right. In the foreground Adonis' hunting horn and dogs. Antwerp paper etching Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting

Reinier van Persyn, also known as Narcisse Satyrene, depicts a family under a sunplane, drawn in brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, showing figures and architectural elements.

Eva is misled by the snake at the tree of good and evil, Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1656 print Eva is misled by the snake by the tree of good and evil. She eats from the forbidden apples and also offers Adam a fruit. In medallion with a Bible text in Latin from Genesis 3, within rectangular frame. Netherlands paper engraving Eve offers the fruit to Adam

The Contest between Apollo and Pan. This etching was presumably meant to be part of a series of 100 prints for the instruction of young artists, the Paradigmata. The 17th-century Dutch title translates as: Examples of Drawing by Diverse Masters. De Bisschops premature death, however, prevented the completion of this series. The series that appeared after his death counted only 57 prints, and includedthis Apollo and Pan.

Italy, Carracci, Annibale, Po, Pietro del, Lamentation of the Virgin and Two Angels, verso - stamped, The Virgin and two angels mourn over the body of Christ. One of the angels pricks his finger on the crown of thorns that lies at the feet of Christ., print, prints, height 419 mm, width 320 mm, Italian, 1610 - 1692-07-22, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15

Depiction of the Rest on the Flight into Egypt with an angel, drawn with graphite pencil and brown pen with washes, enhanced with white highlights, showing figures in motion.

Venus spied by a Sater; Venus. Venus looks at herself in a mirror, stopped by Amor. A Sater watches behind a tree.

. Venus lies against a tree. In her hands a arrow sleeve. Cupid is bent over her and picks flowers from her floral wreath. They are surrounded by two putti. The print is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical representations.

Simone Cantarini, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

. The Nymph Syrinx sits, halfly undressed, next to a stream. Next to her lies a dog to sleep. Behind her, between the trees, punish Pan to her and makes a 'silence' gesture with the finger for the mouth. The print has a Latin caption.

The Triumph of Silenus. Artist: After Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599-1641 London); After the studio of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp). Artist and publisher: Nicolas de Launay (French, Paris, 1739-1792). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 15 15/16 × 18 1/4 in. (40.5 × 46.3 cm). Published in: Paris. Date: 1775-78. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plate 8 for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'. Daniel Berger (Germany, Berlin, 1744-1824). Germany, 1772. Prints; etchings. Etching, laid down

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Adam and Eva in the Garden of Eden, highlighting biblical narrative and early Renaissance artistic style.

Summer (L'Été) 1740-60 Antoine R. Tronchon. Summer (L'Été). Antoine R. Tronchon (French, active 1740-60). 1740-60. Etching and engraving. Prints

Italy, Carracci, Ludovico, Gatti, Oliviero, Duke of Mantua with the six principal pagan gods, verso attachment sheet - stamped, The Duke of Mantua stands, in armor, next to a tree. He is flanked on either side by three pagan gods (Minerva, Apollo, Neptune, Jupiter, Venus and Hercules). In the foreground an empty coat of arms, two river gods and a seated female figure on a pile of weapons., print, prent, prints, height 344 mm, width 385 mm, Work conception, Italian, 1579 - 1626, after print by, 1589 - 1626, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, 1555 - 1619-11-13

Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1489-1494-1533), Adam and Eve after Their Expulsion from Paradise, 1510, engraving

Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses in the rush basket. Draughtsman: Paul van Somer (II). Dating: 1659 - 1694. Measurements: h 327 mm × w 458 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mars, Venus, andCupid. Engraver: Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian, ca. 1480-ca. 1534

Vintage children. A group of naked children collect grapes and other fruit in a tub, one holds a buck, a number is playing together.

Danse de satyres n.d. Jean Honoré Fragonard French. Danse de satyres 369314

The Genius of Castiglione, 1648. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664). Etching;

Charles I (King of England), Vorsterman, Lucas (I), Gentileschi, Orazio, England, Lot's Drunkenness, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 334 mm, width 430 mm, South Netherlandish, 1595 - 1675, print maker, printmaker, 1624 - 1629, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1563-07-09 - 1639-02-07, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, English, 1600-11-19 - 1649-01-30, granter of privilege

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, History of Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve ashamed, God rebukes Adam and Eve. They are ashamed and cover their nakedness with their hands and arms. Fourth print from a series of six with the story of Adam and Eve., print, prints, height 88 mm, width 64 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1540, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Expulsion from paradise. Adam and Eva, running and bellying, are driven out of paradise by an angel with raised sword. Fifth print from a series of six with the story of Adam and Eva.

Copper engraving by Lucas Hugensz. van Leyden titled 'The Fall', created around 1530, depicting Adam and Eve after eating the forbidden fruit.

The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.

legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Engraving from 'Tableaux du temple des muses' (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681), known as the abbé de Marolles; a French churchman and translator.

A drawing by Charles François Hutin depicting Venus reclining on the body of Adonis, executed in black chalk with brown wash and white heightening, 1775.

Venus en Amor, anonymous, after Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1631 print Venus sitting by a tree in a mountainous landscape. In addition to her, Amor has appeared with his arrow and arch and strokes her chin. On the right in the foreground two beaking pigeons. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute). mountains. lovers; courting, flirting. other birds: dove (+ animals used symbolically)

W: Kunnst and textbooks for the hitting boys . Amman, Jost (1539 1591), Walther, Johann Georg

Woman stretching arm to an altar, monogram miss FP (Italy; 16th century), c. 1500 - c. 1599 print A woman stretches her arm towards an altar with a boy in front. Behind the woman are four other figures. Italy paper etching altar. standing figure

Venus and the Graces Crowning Thémire. Dated: 1795/1796. Dimensions: sheet: 21 x 14.6 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.). Medium: pen and black and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite, on laid paper, laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean François Pierre Peyron.

Hermaphroditus embraced by Salmacis, Jean Daullé, After Jean-François de Troy, 1762 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving landscapes. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373). story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

Relief with eight putti, Nicolaes van Helt Stockade, After Rombout Verhulst, c. 1634 - 1669 print Illusionist relief with eight putti on a plinth. Between them in a garland and a horn of abundance. On the right a door. unknown paper etching angel(s) represented as child(ren) - GG - lower angel(s) without wings. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. ornament ~ festoon, garland

Bacchus, Venus and Ceres in a landscape; Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus. Between Venus (left) and Ceres (right), Bacchus sits with a lifted drinking scale in the right hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. The half-naked Venus is accompanied by Amor and a Sater who offers her fruits of a dish. Ceres carries corners in the hair and holds a large basket with fruits on her shoulder. The image is an illustration of the saying "Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus" (without Ceres and Bacchus would freeze Venus). Either without food and wine freezes love.

Rhine, Rembrandt van, Basan, Pierre François, Adam and Eve, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 115 mm, width 155 mm, French, 1723-10-23 - 1797-01-12, print maker, printmaker, 1733 - 1797, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08

Venice, Titian, Italy, Boldrini, Nicolò, Venus and Amor, verso - stamped, Amor and the naked Venus in embrace in a landscape., print, prints, height 314 mm, width 236 mm, Italian, 1500, print maker, 1566 - 1566, third quarter 16th century century, paper, woodcut, Work conception, 1488 - 1576-08-27

Bacchanaal Pierre Denis Plumier, 1700 - 1721 print Silenus is surrounded by a group of naked bacchands. He eats from a bunch of grapes. Some jugs on the ground. paper etching Maenad (s), Female Bacchant (ES)

Flood; Biblical scenes; Historia del Testamento Vecchio / Dipinta in Roma Nel Vaticano da Raffaelle di Urbino (...). People and horses fled to rising water. In the background Noah's ark. Numbered at the bottom right: 14.

The Creation of Eve. Artist: Étienne Parrocel (French, Avignon 1696-1776 Rouen); Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 11-1/8 x 15-11/16 in. (28.2 x 39.8 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Finding of the Bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609-1664, Etching on paper, Interior of a cave. Group of figures at right, one holding a torch towards the ground. At lower left, the bodies of the saints., Italy, ca. 1660, figures, Print, Print

H. Hieronymus in the desert, Guercino (attributed to), 1601 - 1666 drawing paper. chalk St. Jerome as hermit in a landscape, reading. St. Jerome as hermit in a landscape, reading

Sater and Bacchantant sleeping with a fire, Charles Le Brun, c. 1640 print paper etching / engraving Personification of the Night, 'Nox'; 'Night', 'Carro della Notte', 'Serenit of the night' (Ripa). Satyr (S) (in General). Maenad (S), Female Bacchant (eg)

The fall, Anonymous, After Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1809 - 1899 print Dadam and Eva stand for the tree of knowledge. A snake provides Eva an apple. To the figures all kinds of animals. On the left in the background, Adam and Eva are warned not to eat from the tree. Netherlands paper

Pleasures of Occupation Cornelis Bloemaert Dutch. Pleasures of Occupation 397497

Allegory of Carnal Love, c. 1530. Cristofano Robetta (Italian, 1462-after 1534). Engraving; image: 29.7 x 27.8 cm (11 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.); sheet: 29.7 x 27.8 cm (11 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.).

Leda and the Swan set in a landscape Giovanni Battista Palumba Italian Reworked by Nicoletto da Modena Italian 1500-1510

The fall, Lucas van Leyden, 1519 print Adam standing with a fruit in his left hand, gets the second fruit of Eva sitting on a branch. Snake in the tree with a fruit in his mouth. Low Countries paper engraving Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit

This 1516-1518 chiaroscuro woodcut in two plates by Ugo da Carpi depicts Hercules battling the Nemean lion, emphasizing muscular form, composition, and early Italian printmaking techniques.

The Virgin with the Rose. Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut in black and brown. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino.

Pauw die zich beklaagt bij Juno. Ontwerpen voor illustraties voor een uitgave van Jean de la Fontaine's Fabelen (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1668 - 1740. Measurements: h 67 mm × w 80 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Etching by Annibale Carracci from 1581 depicting Adam and Eva, illustrating the biblical creation story with detailed composition.

Venus en Amor, anonymous, after Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1631 print Venus sitting by a tree in a mountainous landscape. In addition to her, Amor has appeared with his arrow and arch and strokes her chin. On the right in the foreground two beaking pigeons. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute). mountains. lovers; courting, flirting. other birds: dove (+ animals used symbolically)

Venus en Adonis, Venetian Agostino, After Giulio Romano, 1500 - c. 1536 print Venus and Adonis (described in the past as Angelica and Medoro, two characters from Ludovico Ariosto's epic 'Orlando Furioso') as loved ones in a landscape. Adonis sits on the floor and the head of Venus is in his lap. Left in the background a wooden house. On the right a landscape with further buildings. Italy paper engraving / etching Angelica. Medoro. Venus and Adonis as lovers

Fall Charles Joseph Natoire French. Fall 394025

H. Sebastiaan. Saint Sebastian with an arrow in his side leans against an old tree.

Vatican City, Alexander VII, Rome, Collignon, François, Italy, Carracci, Annibale, Domenichino, Cesio, Carlo, Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma, Paintings in Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Girl with a Unicorn, A girl with a unicorn in a landscape. Possibly Saturn in the guise of a unicorn suckling the breast of the nymph Philyra., print, prints, height 154 mm, width 186 mm, Italian, 1622 - 1682, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1656, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1581-10-21 - 1641-04-06, after, after painting by, Work conception, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1610 - 1687, publisher, uitgever, 1599-02-13 - 1667-05-22, granter of privilege

Venus and a Satyr. Dated: 1592. Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Annibale Carracci.

Bacchus Omgeven Door Saters, Cherubino Alberti (Possibly), After Polidoro da Caravaggio, After Cherubino Alberti, c. 1590 - c. 1600 print Bacchus is sitting on the edge of a large barrel in which a group of saters is squeezing grapes. Bacchus is embraced by one of the saters. The show is caught in a round list. The name of the designer in the sub -margin. Numbered at the top right: 8. Italy paper engraving (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. satyr(s) (in general)

Alexander and Roxana 1531-76 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Alexander and Roxana 392930

Scene of a resting figure during an escape, accompanied by an angel, rendered in black chalk and gray-brown brush with white highlights on brownish tinted paper.

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree 1661 Salvator Rosa Italian St. William was an immoral soldier who later took up a monastic life. He is depicted here doing penitence in a forested valley in a region of Siena known as Maleval. Rosa presents the saint as a solitary penitent figure tensely situated in an uncomfortable pose and quietly contemplating a cross. The loneliness of the figure is augmented by the jagged style in which the forest is rendered, especially through the extreme gradations of shading. The theme of the contemplative penitent is common in works by Rosa as also seen in the Metropolitan's Self-Portrait (21.105) where the artist represents himself as a scholarly penitent.. Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree 341636

Johann Sebastian Bach watercolor and brown brush painting depicting Time guiding the immortality as a psyche to Minerva seated on clouds, with pencil underdrawing and black edging, circa 1778.

Innocence prefers Amor to wealth, Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, Pierre Prud'Hon (Rejected Attribution), After Constance Mayer, c. 1810 print paper etching Innocence; 'Innocence', 'innocence or Puritã' (RIPPA). (History of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). Wealth, opulence; 'Option', 'RECEIVED' (RIPA)

Venus and Amor. Venus sitting at a tree in a mountainous landscape. In addition to her, Amor has appeared with his arrow and bow and her chin caresses. On the right in the foreground two brilliant pigeons.

A copper engraving and etching by Giovanni Battista Cecchi depicting Pan chasing Syrinx, showing mythological figures in an outdoor landscape, created in 1784.

Putti with floral garlands; Playing putti. In a colonnade in a garden, putti flower wreaths and garlands. A lamb is next to them.

Cain killing Abel. Etching.

Black chalk drawing in gray wash with white highlights showing Apollo and Isse in an oval format by an anonymous artist.

Autumn, 1601, The Four Seasons Holl. 89-92, engraving, Hollstein, no. 91, State ii/ii, Jan Pietersz Saenredam (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1607, Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Artist: Joachim von Sandrart, German, 1606-1688, Nilus, from Sculpturae VeterisAdmirata, Engraving and etching, image: 32.6 × 21 cm (12 13/16 × 8 1/4in.), Made in Germany, German, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Four nymphs and two sea oven. Four nymphs and two sea owls around a large stone on which fishes and shells are. There is a tree behind the group. In the background the sea.

The Art rejects the Lust. Draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg. Dating: 1703 - 1775. Measurements: h 191 mm × w 154 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Harpist. Nathe, Christoph (1753-1806), draughtsman, cartoonist

De Lente, anonymous, after Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1651 print A boy and a girl in a landscape. The boy shows the girl, with a flower basket in his hand, a bird's nest. At the top right, Cupido focuses his arrow on them. paper engraving spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa). spring ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). child robbing bird's nests (+ variant)

Artist: Pieter Lastman, Dutch, 1583-1633, Judah andTamar, Etching, sheet: 21.5 × 17.9 cm (8 7/16 × 7 1/16in.), Made in The Netherlands, Dutch, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Study sheet with drawing examples: heads, animals, figures, after 1610 - Before 1672 print Seventeenth print from a series of drawing examples of unknown size. Study sheet with heads, animals, figures. Bottom left portrait of Raphaël and also portrait of Lucas Faydherbe. At the top left portrait of Maria Ruthven and Haas with horns. At the top right figure from Michelangelo's last judgment, with a parrot next to it. At the bottom right various figures including lying man with donkey. paper engraving head (human). model-books ~ implements of painter. rodents: hare - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa). ornamental birds: parrot. dog. other mammals: hedgehog. ass, donkey. (traveller) resting in the open air. torso. siren (fabulous bird with woman's head)

In a muscleary of a rubinnen; On Edopagnion. .

Proserpina changes ascalaphus into an owl; Ascalaphus a Proserpina in Bubonem Mutatur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.ascalaphus discovered Proserpina that is secretly picking pomegranates. For punishment, Proserpina changes him into an owl. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Amor takes a sater at the horns; 't Satertje,. .

Study for the Abduction of Rinaldo[?. Artist: Unknown

Shakspeare. Midsummer nights dream, act IV, scene I : Oberon, Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom, and fairies attending etc. , Fairies, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Drawing, Design for a Frieze with the Allegory of Literature; Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper; 10.5 × 20.9 cm (4 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Apollo kills Coronis; Apollinis Sagitta Coronis Transfigitur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.apollo shoots with arrow and bow on a crow. The crow appears to be Coronis. The body of Coronis is dead on the ground in a forest landscape. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799-1883, British, The Bride, 1828. Engraving and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, cream Asian paper.

The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.

Narcissus at the Spring ; after Parmigianino. Parmigianino, 1503-1540. 1525. Antonio da Trento (Italian painter and printmaker, ca. 1510-ca. 1550). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Three friezes with bacchanals, Bacchanal with vomiting satyrs, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 23, height 58 mm, width 246 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

Playing naked boys, Arnout Rentinck, 1722 - 1774, draughtsman: Arnout Rentinck, 1722 - 1774, paper, brush, h 229 mm × w 308 mm

Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550), The Shepherd, 1525, engraving

Vuur, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print A sleeping child sits with a fire with a cooking pot on it. At his feet are a bladder ball and a tongs. A fire broke out behind him. paper etching fire (one of the four elements). camp-fire; watch-fire. bellows. sleeping; unconsciousness - BB - out of doors

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1594 depicting sheep escaping, showing animals, movement, landscape, and surrounding details.

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs. Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732-1806 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (15 x 21.3 cm)image: 5 1/4 x 7 13/16 in. (13.3 x 19.8 cm). Date: 1763. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD.

Apollo killing the python snake Anonymous. Apollo killing the python snake. Engraving. Paris, museum of romantic life.

Realm of Venus, after Adam Elsheimer. Artist: after Adam Elsheimer (German, Frankfurt 1578-1610 Rome); Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 5 1/8 in. (9.3 × 13 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Three Realms of the World,NH 842-844. Date: 1625-77.Venus seated naked in a landscape in foreground at right, looking towards the viewer, Cupid carrying a basket of flowers on his head at centre, nymphs and fauns seen in a dark wooded area in background at left, two birds flying above; after Adam Elsheimer. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Battle of the Sea Gods right half, before 1481, engraving on laid paper, sheet: 28.8 x 38.1 cm (11 5/16 x 15 in.), Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.15, no. 6, State i/ii, Andrea Mantegna (artist) Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

This 1525 copper engraving by Barthel Beham depicts 'The World Run', showing figures, symbolic elements, and early 16th-century allegorical imagery in Germany.

An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue. Claude Hoin; French, 1750-1817. Date: 1783. Dimensions: 408 × 277 mm (primary support); 475 × 340 mm (secondary support). Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Hagar in the desert, Jurriaan Cootwijck, after Eustache Lesueur, 1759 print Hagar is located on the ground in a mountainous landscape. An angel points her to a water source. On the right is Ismaël, the child of Hagar, hidden under a bush. print maker: Amsterdamafter drawing by: Paris paper an angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar

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