Mythological Figures and Themes

Engravings featuring mythological themes including figures like Pindar and Juno. The works convey a sense of elegance with rich details and classical beauty.

PINDAR - Greek lyric poet (author of 'Odes of Victory' and many others) - charming the Three Graces in this scene Date: circa 522 - 438 BC

PINDAR - Greek lyric poet (author of 'Odes of Victory' and many others) - charming the Three Graces in this scene Date: circa 522 - 438 BC

Juno bij Venus in haar strijdwagen met Cupido. Ontwerpen voor schilderijen met episodes uit De Aeneas (series title). Draughtsman: Mattheus Terwesten. Dating: 1600 - 1604. Measurements: h 167 mm × w 148 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Antwerp, Wtenbrouck, Matheus Moysesz. van, The Hague, Moyses van, Woman with three children, verso lower left - stamped, A woman sitting on a rock holds her bare breasts. A child stretches out its arms towards her. Two other children are playing on a rock covered with draperies, on which lies a vase., print, prints, height 159 mm, width 153 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1600 - 1647, print maker, printmaker, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, - 1660, publisher, 1645 - 1660

Flora in a garden. A floral-crowned flora is sitting in a garden with a garland of flowers on her lap. Two putti with flowers make up for her on the floor. Flora looks at the raised woman in the air holding a paper roll with the text: Tielman from Bruws garden days. In the background a three allegorical figures.

L'Autonne, in L'Oeuvre D'Antoine Watteau Pientre du Roy en son Academie Roïale de Peinture et Sculpture Gravé d'après ses Tableaux & Desseins originaux...par les Soins de M. de Jullienne, Volume II, page 52. Artist: Etienne Fessard (French, Paris 1714-1777 Paris); After Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne). Dimensions: Book: 25 3/16 × 19 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (64 × 49.5 × 5 cm)Plate: 17 13/16 × 13 3/8 in. (45.2 × 34 cm). Date: ca. 1740.Volume II, page 52. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rome, Vaccari, Andrea, Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Brizio, Francesco, Satyr spies on a sleeping woman, verso - stamped, A satyr peeps from behind a curtain at a naked sleeping woman., print, prints, height 182 mm, width 124 mm, Italian, 1574 - 1623, print maker, printmaker, 1604 - 1604, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1557 - 1602-03-22, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Italian - 1627, publisher, uitgever

Sacrifice in honor of Panos, Louis Simon Lempereur, after Michel de la Pierre, c. 1755 - c. 1759 print Paris paper etching / engraving Offering; "Offerta overo offering" (bank). Pan-herm

Les Nimphes au Bain (The Nymphs at the Bath) Jean Ouvrier French After François Boucher French 18th century

. In the middle Venus on a throne. In her hand a stone plate with the title of the book work. In addition to her throne two putti with a winch. Apollo is left and tramples an owl under his right foot. Venus writes with a feather in a book that provides Apollo her. A Pegasus behind the throne.

Venus and Adonis. Landscape with Venus and Adonis. The goddess lies in the arms of Adonis and looks in love with him. She doesn't want her loved one. However, the young Adonis has been under arms his hunting horn, and his arrow is at their feet. Links Amor who plays with Adonis hunting dogs. In the margin a four-line poem in Latin and in Dutch.

Angelica, e Medoro in varj modi / Legati iusienne di diversi nodi, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1773, Engraving

Virtue through love protected against ignorance, misunderstanding and incorrect conviction. A female personification of virtue (Virtu) is protected by love (amor) against ignorance (ignorantia), misunderstanding (errore) and incorrect conviction (Opinio). On the left a winged old woman, right a young man and under a woman with donkey ears. Latin text in three columns in undermarge.

Leda and the swan, Jupiter seduces Leda in the form of a swan on the banks of a stream. Amor stands behind Leda with a bow in his hand. This oval representation is provided with an eight-line text in French in the margin., Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda, Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object), 1702 - 1767, paper, etching, h 137 mm × w 102 mm

Diana and Endymion, Jeremias van Schaak, 1690 - 1727 print Endymion, who had fallen asleep forever in exchange for eternal youth, is visited by Diana forever. Diana looks down on him from a cloud. To the right of Endymion is Amor with an arrow in his hand. Northern Netherlands paper Diana (Luna) visiting the sleeping Endymion. unconsciousness

Penalty Maria Magdalena in Landschap, Jacob Matham, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1694 - 1715 print Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Diana discovers that Callisto is pregnant. She points to her, while nymphs Callisto undress to reveal pregnancy. In the undermarge a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

Venus punishes Amor Scenes with Venus and Amor (series title) Scherzi d'amore (series title on object), Venus and Amor in a landscape. Venus gives Amor a beating. Italian verse below margin., Venus punishing Cupid, Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being more attribute), Odoardo Fialetti (mentioned on object), 1617, paper, etching, h 176 mm × w 93 mm

Venus and Adonis, Matthijs Pool, After Barend Graat, 1696 - 1727 print Landscape with Venus and Adonis. The goddess lies in the arms of Adonis and looks up in love at him. She doesn't want her loved one to hunt. The young Adonis, however, already has his hunting horn under his arm, and his arrow is at their feet. Amor on the left that plays with the hunting dogs of Adonis. In the margin a four -line poem in Latin and in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Venus and Adonis as lovers

The Annunciation Made 1615-1616 France. Etching, touched with burin printed in black, on off white laid paper . Jacques Bellange

. The sixth creation day: God creates Eva, while Adam is sleeping on the floor. In the background God the Father and Adam. Adam points to the animals. To the Bible text in Gen. 1: 26-31.

Shepherd and shepherdess shelter from a storm, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1600 - 1647

Sater spends a sleeping woman. A Sater peeks from behind a curtain to a naked sleeping woman.

Minerva protects the personified art of painting (mask and palette) against envy (snakes) and rage (burning torch). Above Minerva flies the trumpet blowing Fame. In the foreground, a young and old satyr hold a piece of paper together, Minerva protects the art of painting., print maker: Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), 1675, paper, etching, h 207 mm × w 145 mm

Judgment of Paris. Paris is under a tree. In his left hand he has an apple in his right hand. Mercurius is at his feet. He wears a winged hat and holds a caduceus.

Expulsion from paradise. Adam and Eva, running and bellying, are driven out of paradise.

Venus and Adonis. Venus kneels down at Adonis. Her empty car is waiting in the clouds.

Mercury and the nymph Lara on their way to Avernus. He raped her in the forest and she gave birth to two Lares. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.

Amor Disarmato (Cupid Disarmed). Dated: 1776. Dimensions: plate: 23.8 × 31.6 cm (9 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.) sheet: 29 × 36.7 cm (11 7/16 × 14 7/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni David.

Personifications of time, truth and right at a well, Johann Jakob Thurneyen (I), After Thomas Blanchet, 1678 print Print Maker: Lyonpublisher: Geneva paper engraving Justitia (justice) as Roman personification. Time revealing Truth; Time carrying Truth aloft. Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. well

H. Sebastiaan. Saint Sebastiaan is tied to a tree. Two angels liberate him from his buoys and get an arrow out of his body. On the ground lie the harness and the mantle of Sebastiaan. In the margin a bible text from Jer. 30 And an assignment to the Maastricht Kannunik Matthias Laurix.

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), ...Scuote, / il lembo pieno; e nella torbid'onda / Tutte lascia cader l'impiesse note.., 1773. Engraving.

The farnese bull. The farnese bull; From a series with antique Roman sculptures

Woman teaches four children, Pierre François Tardieu, After De Seve, 1721 - 1771 print In a rocky landscape, a woman points four children to a book, all dressed in classic robes. paper engraving / etching education

John Hamilton Mortimer, Jealous Monster, 1778 Jealous Monster

Atalanta and Meleager ca. 1670-90 Johann Gottfried Bartsch. Atalanta and Meleager. Johann Gottfried Bartsch (German, active 1670-90). ca. 1670-90. Etching. Prints

Glaucus in Scylla, Jacques Dumont, 1726 print France paper etching Scylla fleeing from glaucus (+ variant)

Bacchus, Venus and Ceres., Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print Ceres and Venus sit next to a horn of abundance. Two putti play on the floor. Another putto pours a drinking bowl full for Venus. Bacchus eats from a grape vent, leaning on a wine barrel. On the ground is a box with valuables, next to it is a crown and a scepter. paper etching / engraving Without the COVER AND BACCHO CLOVE Venus." Money-Chest, Treasure-Chest, Money-Box

Perseus and Andromeda. Andromeda is closed to the rock. On the left is Perseus battle with the monster. From the side, some figures watch, among whom Andromeda's parents king cepheus and queen cassiopeia. Under the show there is a eight-line, Latin text with a description of the scene.

March, Flora, come to Cupido. .

Mercury plays flute for Argus, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print Mercury plays on his whistle for the hundred -eyed Argus, who guarded the cow io io on behalf of Juno. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series. Haarlem paper engraving Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music

The Sixth Day (Dies VI), from the series The Creation of the World. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem); Jan Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1571-1628 Amsterdam). Dimensions: Diameter: 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm). Publisher: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem). Date: ca. 1598. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drunk Silenus supported by two Baccians, Michel Dorigny (Attributed to), 1626 - 1647 print paper engraving / etching (story of) Silenus. drinking

Three graties; Mythological and allegorical performances. The three gratients between the clouds. The three women's figures each keep a laurel wreath above each other's head.

Venus rides across the water in her chariot drawn by two swans. She holds a burning hair in her hand. A couple can be seen on the shore of the lake. The man kneels before the woman to make her a marriage proposal. Amor fires one of his arrows at the couple. Marriage proposal with Venus and Amor, print maker: Andries van Buysen (Sr.), (mentioned on object), Jan Wandelaar, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1723, paper, etching, engraving, h 138 mm × w 88 mm

Jupiter fed by the goat Amalthea. The goat Amalthea is milked by a nymph for the small Jupiter. He sits on the right as a nude child on the floor with a bottle in hand. On the left is a smiling Sater with tambourine. Below the show is a verse in Latin.

Allegory of the majority of Willem V, 1766, 1766 print Allegory of the majority of Prince Willem V at the age of eighteen on March 8, 1766 and his installation as a stadholder. The prince in armor with commandostaf and MedusaSchild receives the freedom of freedom from the Dutch Virgin. Behind the Prins de Nederlandse Leeuw, in the foreground a putto with the stadholder's weapon and the attributes of justice and caution. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Netherlands

Love couple in a landscape, Valentin Lefèbvre, After Titian, 1682 print A love couple in a landscape, both have a flute in their hands. On the right three putti play at a tree stump. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints to paintings by Titian and Veronese. paper etching landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes. couple of lovers. flute, aulos, tibia - CC - out of doors. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Apollo and Sybilla Kuma Antonini, Carlo (1749-1835), Rosa, Salvator (1615-1673); 1780 (1780-00-00-1780-00-00);

Mercury orders Calypso to let Odysseus leave, Anonymous, After Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 print Mercury has appeared in a cloud and orders Calypso to make Odysseus leave. Amor poses with the helmet and the sword of Odysseus on the right in the foreground. paper etching Mercury orders Calypso to release Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey V)

Scylla flight to Glaucus, Salvator Rosa, c. 1661 print The Zeenimf Scylla fleeing glaucus that extends its arms to her on the left with beard and winding fish tail. Glaucus was a fisherman who turned into a sea-centaur after eating magic herbs and fell in love with Scylla. Italy paper etching / drypoint Scylla fleeing from Glaucus

Deux enfants jouant avec une chèvre. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Venus at the Dead Adonis, Claude Mellan, 1608 - 1688 print paper engraving Venus mourning Adonis

Apollo Vilt Marsyas, c. 1636 - 167 print Apollo felts the Sater Marsyas alive while tied to a pine. His broken whistle is under Marsyas. At the front of the attributes of Apollo. paper engraving punishment of Marsyas: he is flayed by Apollo

Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel, 1604, History of the First Parents of Man: pl. 6, engraving on laid paper, plate: 27.8 x 19.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.), sheet: 29.6 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.), Hollstein, no. 6, State i/iii, Jan Pietersz Saenredam (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1607, Abraham Bloemaert (artist after) Dutch, 1566 - 1651

Meno Haas (1752-1833); Johann David Schubert (1761-1822), illustration, 1805

Jupiter, Juno and Io (title on object) Mythological love stories (series title), In the foreground Jupiter and Juno. Cupid flies above them. In the background Io, the lover of Jupiter, who has been turned into a white cow by Jupiter to hide her from his wife., Jupiter and Juno as lovers, (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros), Io changed into a cow : to avoid detection by Juno, Jupiter changes Io into a cow (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 611), Pieter van Gunst (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1659 - 1731, paper, engraving, h 425 mm × w 290 mm

Three women dressed, according to Rubens (Dutuit 44) Three women dressed, according to Rubens (Dutuit 44). Floor, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Saint Jerome in Ecstasy, 1764, etching on paper.

Minerva en Apollo met zijn Muzen.Minerva sits on a cloud and points her hand towards Apollo who plays the winch in the midst of his muses. Above Minerva a trumple blowing putto flies with the symbol of eternity, a snake that bites its own tail. Three putti fell over a book in the foreground.

Anonymous depicts Hagar standing with Ismael while Abraham gestures to Sarah at the window using feather and lavated technique on oxidized brown paper, showing figures, gestures, and a domestic scene.

Mars and Venus; Mythological love stories. Mars and the naked Venus are sitting on bed together. Venus looks into a mirror. Cupid is in the foreground.

Badende Diana en silenus, Andries Lens, after Jacques Jordaens, 1749 - 1822 print Bading Diana with her companion women. On the right is Silenus with bunches of grapes in his hands. Silenus is surrounded by two saters who make music, a third tries to kiss a nymph. Located in the foreground is shot game. paper etching Diana bathing with her nymphs. (story of) Silenus

Depiction of Saint Sebastian assisted by three angels who free him from bonds and arrows, drawn in black chalk and brown feather with gray and white washes, showing human figures and angelic intervention.

Maria puts Kind en Johannes, Nicolas Pierre Loir, 1634 - 1679 print France paper etching Mary and the Christ-child with John the Baptist (as child)

Sleeping Diana and her nymphs surprised by a Sater, Louis Desplaces, After Nicolas Fouché, 1692 - 1739 print Paris paper etching / engraving Diana and her nymphs surprised by satyrs. sleeping; unconsciousness

Ixion deceived by Hera. Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp); Pieter Van Sompel (Dutch, ca. 1600-ca. 1643). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 in. (25.3 × 33.3 cm). Publisher: Gerard Valck (Dutch, Amsterdam 1651/52-1726 Amsterdam). Date: 1620-24. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Mezzotint.

Naiade; Goddesses and Nymphs. A river nymph leans against a jug with water at the source of a river.

Leiden, Luchtmans, Samuel (I), Northern Netherlands, Visscher, Jan de, Title page for: Cornelius Nepos 'Vitae excellentium', 1734, verso - stamped, 1734. In the foreground a personification of History accompanied by Father Time and Fame. At the feet of Father Time lies an inverted cornucopia., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 158 mm, width 100 mm, 1633 - 1692, print maker, printmaker, 1734 - 1734, paper, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1685-11-20 - 1757-01-13, publisher

God punishes Adam and Eve for their disobedience, Etienne Baudet, After Domenichino, 1687 print paper etching / engraving God calls Adam and Eve to account for their deed

Danae ca. 1542-47 Léon Davent French. Danae 336960

Venus et Adonis. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Geraud Vidal after Charles Monnet.

Hunger death of Hertog Ugolino della Gherardessca, Theodoor Galle, After Jan van der Straet, 1593 - 1597 print Hertog Ugolino della Gherardessca from Pisa is locked up in a dungeon with his family. They die a slow starvation. In the foreground the personification of the Arno River. The keys to the prison were thrown into the river by his opponents. The print has a Latin caption. Antwerp paper engraving Ugolino. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa). violent death by starvation Pisa. Arno

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto. On the left is Diana with a few nymphs under a tree. Arrowcokers and a bow are located with them. In addition to Diana, a dog is a stream. Diana extends her arm disapprovingly in the direction of Callisto, who is crying across her. Some nymphs pull her clothes away to reveal her pregnancy. In the background a nymph with two dogs. Under the show a six-line, Latin text in which the scene is explained.

Print made by Richard Brookshaw, 1736-1804, Susanna and the Two Elders, undated. Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Perseus and Andromeda, Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after Jan Saenredam, 1595 - 1679 print Andromeda is chained to the rock. On the left is Perseus in fight with the monster. From the side some figures watch, including Andromeda's parents King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Under the performance is an eight -line, Latin text with a description of the scene. print maker: Leidenafter design by: Assendelft (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam (possibly) 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

Mercury gives Paris de Gouden Appel, Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1686 - 1748 print Mercury and Paris in a landscape. Mercury floats in the air and gives Paris the Golden Apple. Rome paper engraving (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Mercury brings Paris the golden apple

Two nymphs and two saters at a wooden tub. Left in the foreground is a nymph with a second, sitting Nymph holding a drinking dish. On the right in the foreground are two saters for a large, wooden cockpit at a goat and a barrel with grapes.

L'Hymen et l'Amour (Hymen and Cupid). Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (49.5 x 36.6 cm). Engraver: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, Abbeville 1731-1797). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Artist: Joachim von Sandrart, German, 1606-1688, Satyr and Silenos, from Sculpturae VeterisAdmirata, Etching and engraving, image: 32.5 × 22.3 cm (12 13/16 × 8 3/4in.), Made in Germany, German, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Pan spies the sleeping Diana; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Front did Pan the sleeping goddess Diana of the canvas covering her. A dog sleeps at her feet. In the background, Syrinx bids between the reeds in the Ladon River to escape a transformation to escape from her follower pan.

Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540), Judith, etching

Venus, Apollo, and other gods and goddesses on the clouds. .

Chalk and feather drawing showing Minerva presenting Jupiter carried by an eagle above clouds, with a girl holding an hourglass, landscape with buildings in the background on brown paper.

Saint Christopher. Photogravure after A. Dürer.

Bacchus drinking from a jug, Anton Maria I Zanetti, 1690 - 1757 print Bacchus sitting with a wine rank in his hand while a child pours wine into his mouth. Italy paper etching (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. pouring

Bacchus on a wine barrel, Pietro Peiroleri, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1758 print Bacchus sits on a wine barrel, while one of his feet rests on a tiger that lies in front of him. Next to Bacchus are a drinking satar and a Maenade. Left in the foreground a peeing child. Italy paper etching (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. wine ~ alcoholic drinks. beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger. urination. drinking. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket

Venus with an apple and two cupidos with violin and pigeons, John Smith (print maker/ publisher), 1662 - 1742 print London paper specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Venus; Venus as patroness

Gaiety and Grief. Dated: 1774/1775. Dimensions: overall (sheet): 12.7 x 7.9 cm (5 x 3 1/8 in.) image (to border line): 10.8 x 6.3 cm (4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: red chalk with touches of black chalk on laid paper, laid down, with border lines drawn by the artist. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles-Nicolas Cochin II.

Justice and caution (Justitia / Prudentia); The United virtues. Justitia and Prudentia in the foreground; A building can be seen in the background right. Print from a series of four. There is a combination of two virtues on every magazine. Under each print from this series a Latin line.

Ticket for the Benefit of Mr. Giardini, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), between 1768 and 1776, Etching and line engraving

Black chalk and gray wash drawing by Charles Le Brun depicting an allegorical scene representing the recovery of Louis XIV, executed on blue paper with white chalk highlights and pen border lines, circa 1685.

Wood engraving prints, wood engravings

Paris en Oenone, Gerard Hoet (1), 1658 - 1733 print Paris and Oenone in a landscape. Two lines in Latin under the performance. unknown paper etching Paris and Oenone, the nymph

Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4) Various artists/makers 1774 When just seventeen, Blake engraved this design by Stothard for William Enfield's "The Speaker, or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers." Kneeling in the foreground, the Duke of Clarence looks over his shoulder at an accusing spirit chillingly described in Shakespeare's Richard III:Then came wand'ring by, A shadow like an Angel, with bright hair Dabbled in blood, and he shriek'd aloud: "Clarence is come, false, fleeting perjur'd Clarence, That stabb'd me in the field by Tewkesbury, Seize on him, furies, take him to your torments!"

Wedstrijd Tussen Apollo En Marsyas, Ugo Da Carpi (possibly), after Parmigianino, 1502 - 1532 print The music competition between Apollo and the Sater Marsyas. Apollo plays the Lira da Braccio and Marsyas standing while sitting with its pan flute in his hand. Italy paper contest between Apollo and Marsyas; the Muses acting as judges. string instruments (bowed)

Juno, Ceres, and Psyche 1513-1523 Italy. Engraving on paper . Marco Dente da Ravenna

Mercury embraces the Nymph Lara, Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1590 - 1594 print Mercury coasts and embraces the Nymph Lara. His staff, the Caduceus. Edge in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving Mercury woos the nymph Lara when conveying her to the underworld, after Jupiter had deprived her of her tongue

Adam and Eva after the expulsion from Paradise, 1660 print Eva is sitting under a tree with her sons Cain and Abel. Adam catches water. There is a cow with him. This print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving the labours of Adam and Eve; infancy of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-2)

Time Covered by Amor, Venus and De Hoop, Michel Dorigny, After Simon Vouet, 1646 print France paper engraving / etching Father time, man with wings and scythe. (Story of) Venus (aphrodite). Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Hope; 'Hope', 'Hope of the efforts' (Ripa)

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