Narrative and Symbolic Engravings

Engravings that depict rich narratives and allegorical tales, blending classical themes with detailed character illustrations.

The lost son wastes his legacy; Parable of the lost son; Thesaurus Novi Testamenti Elegantissimis Iconibus Expressus Continens Historias Atque Miracula Doni Nostri Iesu Christi. The lost son wastes his legacy in a brothel. In a garden he is embraced by a prostitute. Another woman gives his glass full. On the left a dancing woman with tamboures and on the right an orchestra. A jester is behind the lost son. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luc. 15. This print is part of an album.

Diogenes with the lamp, 1729 print paper engraving / letterpress printing vignette. Diogenes, carrying a lighted lantarn by daylight, trying to find an honest man, usually in a crowded market-place

The lost son wastes his legacy; Parable of the lost son; Thesaurus Novi Testamenti Elegantissimis Iconibus Expressus Continens Historias Atque Miracula Doni Nostri Iesu Christi. The lost son wastes his legacy in a brothel. In a garden he is embraced by a prostitute. Another woman gives his glass full. On the left a dancing woman with tamboures and on the right an orchestra. A jester is behind the lost son. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luc. 15. This print is part of an album.

Théatre Italien, frontispiece to the Livre de Scenes Comiques 1729-1732 France. Etching on paper . Gabriel Huquier

Etching 'The Martyrdom of St. Matthew' by Josef Ferdinand Fromiller, depicting the martyrdom of apostle Matthew with detailed figures and composition.

Elegant company at the open -air table, Daniel Rabel, 1588 - 1637 print paper etching private festivities, merry company - AA - in the open air, 'fíªte champíªtre'

Giovanni de 'Medici flight from Florence, Pietro Sante Bartoli, After Rafaël, 1645 - 1700 print Giovanni de 'Medici flight away from Florence, dressed as a monk. On the left a giant in a cave. Title in the end margin. Numbered in the middle: 3. print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving flight, running away; pursuing. disguise

Sacrificial sacrifice; History of Abraham; Historia Abrahami (...); Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Abraham has his sword to sacrifice his son Isaac, but an angel prevents him from it. On the left is a ram in the bushes entangled, which will be sacrificed in Isaak. On the right in the landscape The removed donkey and the servants. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Esau sells his first burrow to Jacob; From Iacob and Esau; History of Jakob and Esau; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). Esau has returned hungry from hunting. His hunting dogs are next to him. He sells his first crosship to his younger brother Jacob for a plate of lentons, which he already has in his hands. Jacob and Rebekka sit at the table. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 25. This print is part of an album.

The Annunciation. Artist: Gabriel Hornstain (German, Steiermark (), active ca. 1639). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. (20.7 x 20.2 cm). Date: 1639. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Allegorical women's figure painted a panel in the clouds; Title page for: Petrus Cuneaus, the Republic of the Hebreen II Part, 1683. An allegorical female figure painted a panel in the clouds that are held by an angel. Below two angels guard the Ark of the covenant.

Fillippus is sent by an angel to an Eunuch, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1582 print An angel appears for Philip and sends the apostle to the deserted road between Jerusalem and Gaza. Once there, he is pointed out by the Holy Spirit in the form of a pigeon on a Eunuch. Philip repeats this Eunuch. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a 34-part series on the subject of the actions of the apostles. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving an angel commands Philip to go south. Philip meets the Eunuch, who is travelling in a chariot (+ Holy Ghost (as dove))

Landscape with right ruin of antique temple. .

Etching and copper engraving by Annibale Carracci from 1580-1609 depicting the Annunciation to Maria, showing detailed religious figures and composition.

Joseph and Potifar's wife; History of Joseph; Historia Josephi (...); Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Jozef flight for the woman of Potifar, which lies in bed and tries to seduce him. She grabs his rug. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 39. Print is part of an album.

Tast, abraham bosse, c. 1635 - c. 1636 print In a seventeenth-century departure, a young woman sits on the lap of a young man for a fireplace. The man caresses her bosom. One of the woman's legs shows a sagging stocking. The wide -stranded hat with plume hangs on a chair. On the right in the departure a four -poster bed for which a servant. On the wall, covered with a gobelin, hangs a painting with Venus and Cupido. A face on a church tower is visible through an open window. Paris paper engraving / etching feeling (one of the five senses). dress, gown (+ women's clothes). stockings, socks (+ women's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). bed with tester. handkerchief (+ women's clothes)

Bode kneels for a ruler who gives him a message, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1770 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving kneeling figure

Illustration at Canto VII of Tasso's 'Gerusalemme Liberata', Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print Tancredi is on the left next to his horse and is in conversation with an older couple for a farm. Children playing right and cattle. A fierce battle takes place in the background for the city of Jerusalem. Italian verses by Tasso in two columns in Submarge. print maker: Italyafter own design by: ItalyVaticaanstadItaly paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata. knight. militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc.. battle Jerusalem

Photo production of (presumably) a print to a wall painting in Pompeiï, presenting an offer scene. Part of photo album with recordings of excavations in Pompeï by Giorgio Sommer.

Two inhabitants of Lisbon, 1726, 1726 print Two inhabitants of Lisbon, a woman and a man in a costume typical of the city, in the background a face on Lisbon. Plate no. 431 in Part XVII of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 by hand numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish War of Succession 1701-1713. For the most part, these records have been copied to the anonymous French records of renowned strong cities and forces: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper etching folk costume, regional costume Lisbon

Josef II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Juno approaches Semele in the form of triangles; Ovidius' metamorphoses; Reflections by P. Ovidius Naso. Semele, daughter of Cadmus, is visited by Juno in the form of her old minisk. They face each other in a garden walled with hedge. Juno cherishes resentment against semal, because she is pregnant with Jupiter. Juno advises Semele to ask God in his full majesty to show her. Only in this way can she be sure that the child's father is a god in her belly and no ordinary mortal. His heaven fire devours her human body. Under the show twice two fresh rules in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Wood engraving, England, by Thomas Bewick.

Two performances from the life of Thoseus, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1794 print Left: The kidnapping of Helena. Right: Kimon carries the bones of Thoseus Athens. With caption in German and top left numbered: 5.6. Different heads are etched in the margin in a sketchy way. Berlin paper etching (story of) Theseus. Theseus and Pirithous abducting Helen. Cimon, the Athenian, brings Theseus' bones back to his city

Parents try to seduce Susanna; History of Susanna. Susanna bathes with a fountain in a garden. Two elders come to her and try to seduce her. There are a few care products at the fountain. A large building in the background. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Teach this o Young youth / but you do not want to gaze / all that are on 's Waerelds theater Spread / is the game of Aapen, 1787 - 1822 print Leaf with 4 scenes with monkeys that behave like people. A verse under each image. Numbered at the top right: 83. publisher: Deventerprint maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing monkeys, apes. 'mundus inversus', the reversed world, the topsy-turvy world, 'le monde bestourné'

Jonatan warns David / David and Achimelech / David for Achis / David as a captain at the cave near Adullam, 1653 - 1654 print Four performances on an album magazine about the life of David, numbered thirteen to sixteen. At the top left, Jonatan instructs his servant to look for the arrows he shot. He points out the boy that the arrow is further away and therefore David knows that King Saul wants to kill him. Jonatan and David say goodbye to each other in the background. On the show at the top right, Achimelech gives David the Toonbruden and the Sword of Goliat. David is brought in front of Achis who does not recognize him because David behaves like a crazy one. The image at the bottom right shows David at his cave near Adullam. His family members and other people joined him there. David became their captain. Every performance with a Latin inscription and four lines of Latin in the lower margin. The magazine is part of an album. paper engraving story of David. Jonathan shoots the arrow

Two performances of lottery spells, each with its own number. Above n. 766: A show in a round list of two gossiping women in a busy street. Under n. 772: A show in an octagonal list of a garden, with a free couple in the foreground. In the background two other couples and once tooth image of Venus and Cupid. The print has a page number at the top right.

Allegory at Wolhandel in Leiden, Abraham Delfos, 1763 print Allegory on Wolhandel with two traders standing in a pedestal with wool products such as sheets and rough strands of wool and materials for the processing of wool. On a pedestal weapon of Leiden and leaf with monogram CLP, probably from a sheet trader. paper etching merchant shipping, shipping trade. merchant, salesman. wool (material ~ textile industry)

Graf Van Een Bischop, Battista corner of Moro, After Parmigianino, 1524 - 1575 print The tomb of a bishop. Under a Frisian with clergy. Above it a tomb with putti and a picture of the deceased bishop flanked by Engelen. In the middle above Maria with child. On the tomb Greek letters. print maker: Veronaafter design by: Italy paper etching grave, tomb

Ester accuses Haman during meals; History of ester; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. King Ahasveros and his official Haman sit at Ester at the table. Ester accuses Haman from the planned murder of the Jewish people. In the background you can see how Haman then kneels at the Queen ester's bed and her begs around his life. King Ahasveros walks on the stairs and will accuse Haman of assault. On the left is through a door to see how Haman is hanged. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in EST. 7. This print is part of an album.

Twee Scènes Uit Sebaldus Nothhanker, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1736 - 1801 print On the left, the family of Sebaldus Nathanker is put out of the official residence. On the right Sebaldus Nathanker is reported next to the death bed of his wife and his daughter. paper etching Literature. deathbed

Judit with the head of Holofernes, Anonymous, Maerten de Vos, after Jan Snellinck (I), 1646 print Judit with the sword in one hand and the head of Holofernes in the other. Her maid keeps a bag open to the head. Behind her the beheaded Holofernes in his tent. On the right in the background the army camp of the Assyrians. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Judit 13: 9. This print is part of an album. paper engraving Judith and her maidservant put Holofernes' head in a sack

Older couple at the dining table, Conrad Meyer, 1675 print Zurich (Stad) paper etching human life and its ages (young, adult, old, etc.). evening meal, dinner, supper

Sacrifice of Noah Ennoach by Cham mocked; Noah / l'Offerhande de noénoach by Cham mock / Noé MOQUÉ PAR CHAM.TWO BIBLICAL PERFORCES FROM GEN. 8 and 9. Numbered at the bottom Right: 6.

Wedding of Prince Ruy Velasquez with Doña Lambra, Antonio Tempesta, After Otto van Veen, 1612 print Explanatory numbers in the show. Caption in Spanish and Latin. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching wedding feast, wedding meal. wedding-gift. tales and fairy tales

Naäman is healed from Lepra and Izebel is thrown out of the window, Jacob Folkema, 1791 print Two biblical performances from 2 Kon. 5 and 9. Naäman is healed by leprosy by immersing himself seven times in the Jordaan, and Izébel is thrown out of the window. Two performances of one plate, each with a title in Dutch and French. Fully numbered at the bottom right: 66. publisher: Amsterdampublisher: Dordrecht paper etching Naaman comes to the Jordan, dips himself seven times and is cured. Jezebel is thrown from the window by two eunuchs

Parable of the bad winegrowers; Van D'inrydingh Iesu, and some histories as a matter of the scope; Similarities from the New Testament; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). Winegrowers kill the servants of the vineyard owners in a fenced vineyard. The servants came to collect the part of the harvest where the owner was entitled to. If his servants do not return, the owner decides to send his son. His son is thrown out and murdered the vineyard in the foreground through the tenants. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luc. 20: 9. This print is part of an album.

Argonauts Contains Putterus a branching Harpijen, René Boyvin, After Léonard Théyard, 1563 print Phineus offers the Argonauts two pigeons and gives them instructions on how to navigate. The whole is framed by an ornamental list of putti and mythological figures. Under the performance four lines of caption in French. paper engraving Calais and Zetes chase away the Harpies that plagued Phineus. the story of the Argonauts: the quest for the Golden Fleece. Calais and Zetes chase away the Harpies that plagued Phineus. the Argonauts with Phineus

Wood engraving, England, by Thomas Bewick.

The Homme Aux Assignats (you)

Amnon handles Tamar the house; History of Tamar and Amnon. After Amnon has raped his half-sister Tamar, he feels a deep hatred for her and sends her way. Tamar begs him not to send her away, but Amnon gives his servants with a pointed gesture to put her out of home and lock the door behind her. A clerk cleans up the fallen table next to the bed.

La moisson , Politicians, Historians, Lawyers, Government officials, Authors, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877, Berryer, Pierre-Antoine, 1790-1868, Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870, Molé, Louis-Mathieu, comte, 1781-1855, Ponsard, François, 1814-1867. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Karl V, Duke of Lorraine.

Copper engraving and etching by Matthäus Greuter from 1580-1638 depicting allegories, showing figures, gestures, symbols, and compositional details in early modern European prints.

Susanna and the elders; History of Susanna; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Susanna, sitting on the edge of a basin to bathe, is harassed by the two seniors. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in. 13. This print is part of an album.

Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1697 print Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, History XXVIII. Gillette from Narbonne wears a baby on every arm and the count of Rousillon is about to throw herself in front of her feet. Netherlands paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Boccaccio, Decamerone

Verhaal met voorstellingen van moord en doodstraf (F. 618.).Story in eight scenes with some performances of murder and death penalty. Among other things from a man who lies dead in bed and from a man who is stabbed in the dark. Two figures are beheaded at the bottom right. Top left: F. 618.

Arrival of Isabella in Haarlem, 1444. Arrival of Isabella of Portugal, Female of Philip The good, Duke of Burgundy, in Haarlem in 1444 to resolve the riot between the corners and the cable yawning.

Nebuchadnezzar sees that Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego are unharmed; History of Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Nebuchadnezzar comes to look at the oven and sees a surprise that Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego remain unharmed. He also sees a fourth man between them with an earlife. The burned guards lie on the ground before the oven. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Ulysesses Discovers Achilles in Scyros, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue laid paper, Ulysses sits at right at table, at whose other end Achilles stands in garb of maiden, holding a helmet and sword. Frightened Deidamia speaks him. Six more girls are shown., Italy, ca. 1790, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Wandelaar, Jan, Northern Netherlands, The man Lucretia in prison, Scene from a play based on the story of the judgment of Charles the Bold over the governor of Zeeland, ca. 1474. Also known as the story of Rhynsault and Saphira. In this adaptation as the governor and Lucretia. With six lines of accompanying text to the left of the representation., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 136 mm, width 85 mm, height 163 mm, width 205 mm, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1759, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception

Allegorical representation with truth or wisdom and writer, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 print An allegorical female figure with a sun on the chest, possibly truth or wisdom, gives a writer a paper roll. For them, father is time with scythe and hourglass on a globe. To his left are a bent sater with paper and a figure with an open -rolled paper in which a skeleton protrudes his scythe. In the background the Dutch Virgin with the Dutch Lion in the Dutch garden. At the top is an angel with trumpet, possibly fama, on clouds. A banner with title hangs on the trumpet. paper engraving / etching Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa). writer, poet, author

The Flagellation, pl. 10 from the series Passio, Mors, et Resurrectio, Dn. Nostri Iesu Christi (The Passion, Death, and Resurrection ofChrist). Engraver: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, ca. 1561-ca. 1620 After: Stradanus (Jan van der Straet), Flemish, 1523-1605 Publisher: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537-1612

Pastor Gros with Julchen's mother, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1776 print Pastor Gros and his mother traveled to Konigsberg to compete with Frau Berg, the mother of Julchen, in the hand of her daughter. In the middle Frau E. and Julchen, to the right pastor Gros. On the left in the background are Herr Malgré with his wife Elisabeth and Frau van Berg. Numbered at the top right: 12. paper etching Literature. requesting the bride's parents' permission. proposal, declaration of love

Healing of a paralyzed, Johannes Wierix, after Gerard van Groeningen, 1585 print A few men lower a bed with a paralyzed friend through the roof of a house until just before Christ. Christ touches the man and heals him from his lameness. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luc. 5. Antwerp paper engraving a paralytic is let down through the roof of the house where Christ is preaching

Drawing, The Last Supper; Francesco Saverio Mergolo (Italian, 1746-1786); Italy; brush and wash, pen and ink on paper; 37.7 x 21 cm (14 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Philemon in the Baptism, Alexander Betto, 1622 - 1693 Decoration of a pendentive. Print is part of an album. Fontainebleau paper etching Decoration of a pendentive. Print is part of an album. Fontainebleau paper etching

The imagination paints the Mississippi, 1720, Anonymous, 1720 The female personification of the imagination paints a painting of the Mississippi, around her children blowing or reading from the action book of the Mississippi Company sitting on an empty money box. With four small scenes from other failed companies. Under the show a caption with a verse printed in three columns of a separate plate. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching Mississippi The female personification of the imagination paints a painting of the Mississippi, around her children blowing or reading from the action book of the Mississippi Company sitting on an empty money box. With four small scenes from other failed companies. Under the show a caption with a verse printed in three columns of a separate plate. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of the great scene of foolishness w

Two seats for Venus and Mars found in Resina in 1748. Two genii or cupids decorate the seat of Venus above with myrtle and a sceptre, while two genii decorate the seat of Mars below with a helmet, shield and laurel. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

Stoning van Nabot, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1646 print Nabot is stoned in front of the gates of the city. He kneels on the floor and young men pelt him with stones. On the right, two men arrive with a new basket with stones. The city gate shows how Nabot is captured. Under the show a verse in Latin. Print is part of an album. paper engraving Naboth is stoned to death

Illustrations to the fairy tale of a thousand and one night (two prints on one card); Saunders, Joseph (1773-1845); 1810-1845 (1810-00-00-1845-00-00);

Illustration for: Arend Fokke Simonsz., The engraver, containing a concise manual for the Daktylioglyphia, or engraving art, 1796, Jan Oortman (Sr.), 1796 print print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Dordrecht paper graphic artist. engraving. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph

Joseph and the wife of Potifar, Anonymous, After Michiel Coxie (I), 1585 print Joseph flees Potifar's wife, who is in bed and tries to seduce him. She grabs his rug. Under the performance a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 39. This print is part of an album. paper engraving Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

Portrait of Frans I Stefan, German Keizer and his family, Johann Daniel Herz (II), 1730 - 1793 print paper etching historical persons. family, relationship, descent. throne-room. monument, statue

Anatomische les, anonymous, after Jost Amman, 1600 - 1699 print paper anatomy lesson

Suzanne is mistaken by De Graaf for his wife, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1785 print paper etching Literature. night. garden. adultery

The Thermidorian cartoon on the massacres of September 1792. MARAT Circular (3 September) approved by Duplain, Panis, Sergeant, Deforgues, Jourdeuil, Tallien, Mehé. French Revolution. (TF)

Blad with five Biblical performances, Theodoor Koning, After Jacobus van Meurs, 1794 print Five Biblical scenes on a leaf. At the top left a medallion with David and Jonathan who shake hands with each other (1 Samuel 20:42). At the top right David and Nathan (2 Samuel 12: 9-12). In the middle the death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18:14). Bottom left the judgment of Salomon (1 Kings 3: 26-27). At the bottom right Job and his wife (Job 2: 9). This print is an illustration from 'sucked Biblit stories, to a reading book for the youth'. Amsterdam paper etching David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 20). David rebuked by Nathan. Absalom, put to flight on a mule, remains hanging by his hair in an oak-tree. the judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28). Job on the dunghill visited by his wife

Kok a DOSOD, Conrad Meyer, After Rudolph Meyer, 1650 print A cook walks out of his kitchen, accompanied by a skinny man with a chicken and sausage on a spit over his shoulder and a burning candle in his hand. The place of the cook on the stove was taken by death. paper etching cook. dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings. personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa)

Allegory of the ear, avditvs. L'OVYE, from the series "Pi senses"; Tavernier, Melchior (Ca 1564-1641), Bosse, Abraham (1602-1676); around 1638 (1635-00-00-1635-00-00);Magdalenaea (collection), 17th century (costume), allegories, decorations, musical instruments, cartouches, musicians, palaces (archite.), Five senses (allegories), hearing (allegories), ear, interior

Cartoon on the Treaty of Fontainebleau, 1785, Anonymous, 1785 - 1786 print Cartoon on the Peace closed in Paris, which ended the Ketel War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian emperor Jozef II, November 8, 1785. The Netherlands paid 8.5 million guilders and accepted other humiliating conditions. In a tent, Emperor Jozef divides a Dutch cheese under Frederik van Prussia, Catharina the Great, Louis XVI and representatives of Sweden, Spain, and England. The Dutchman complains about his fate. On the left a night keeper with a lantern that warns the other countries that they can hit the same fate. Left and below the show a verse in ten couplets in German. Germany paper etching / engraving (military) camp with tents. cheese

Elegant couple in a garden, Louis Michel Halbou, after Sigmund Freudenberger, 1781 - 1782 print Bern paper etching courting

Man with a long stick lets a dog dance while a second man is sleeping, Louis Spirinx, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1606 - 1669 This print is part of an album. paper etching This print is part of an album. paper etching

Inhabitants of Cartagena, 1726, 1726 print Man and wife from Cartagena in Colombia, dressed in local costume, in the background the city. Plate no. 503 in Part XX of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 by hand numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish War of Succession 1701-1713. For the most part, these records have been copied to the anonymous French records of renowned strong cities and forces: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / engraving folk costume, regional costume. Native peoples of South America Cartagena

An instrument of crime instrument dancing in the mid-horrors comes outrages crying humanity to a cenotaph. (...) (IT)

Relief with a Roman emperor that brings a sacrifice; Roman sculpted reliefs; Icone et segment (...). Relief with a Roman emperor, standing next to a tripod, which offers an OS, a pig and a RAM. Stegionaries stands behind the emperor. Text in Latin in undermarge. Print is part of an album.

Murder of the Maréchal d'Ancre in Paris, 1617; Series 11: Varia foreign events, 1571-1631. Murder of Concino Concini, the Maréchal d'Ancre in Paris, April 24, 1617. In six scenes the murder and mutilations. Without a caption. Leged by the bottom right: 390. The print is part of an album.

Musicing couple, Bernard Picart, 1724 print A woman is sitting on her lap in a park with an open songbook. A man plays a flute. Amor accompanied them. In the margin a four -line poem in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving making music; musician with instrument. printed edition of musical score - CC - out of doors. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Four performances of family life, Christina Chalon, 1758 - 1808 print An unadulterated magazine with four performances of family life. In the first performance a woman stands in front of her front door. She is in conversation with her husband. She has her daughter on her arm. A second daughter is next to the father. A second performance is of two girls. The youngest has a basket around the arm. The third performance is of three women. They stand together and are busy. One of the women has a child going on. Another child hid behind her skirt. The fourth and final performance shows the busts of four five people in side view (bust to right). The portraits belong to two men and three women. paper etching family group, especially parents with their child(ren) (with NUMBER of children). the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ young female (human being)). carrying something in basket, bag, rucksack, etc.. human races; peoples; nationalities (+ women)

Playwright Paul Scarron Danst with Saters, Faunen and Maenaden / Aeneas saves his father from the burning Troy, Jacob Folkema, After Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1767 print Two allegorical representations, made for a book edition of the theater pieces by Paul Scarron. Left: Saters, Faunen and Maenaden dancing with tambourines together with the playwright Paul Scarron in an open space in the forest. Two putti together with Terpsichore hold a cloth in the air. Right: Aeneas, flanked by his son and wife, saves his father from the burning Troy. paper etching maenad(s), female bacchant(es). satyrs, fauns, Sileni. 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way (+ variant)

Noah goes on board the Ark, Crispijn van de Passe (I), after Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1588 with his family and the animals print A procession of animals enters the ark, of each kind a few. A swarm of birds above the ark. Front left Noah and his family. The performance is caught in a circular frame with a border script in Latin. paper engraving Noah and his family enter the ark

Women and men in Ukrainian folk attire from c. 1830. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Aeneas, Venus and Achates. The meeting between Aeneas, Achates and Venus. Venus is disguised as a hunter. She points to two putti with a bird above her. Fresh in Latin in undermarge.

Morning of the Royal Palace 3 May 1791. (IT)

Murder of the Maréchal d'AnCre in Paris, 1617, 1617 - 1619 print Murder of Concino Concini, De Maréchal d'AnCre in Paris, 24 April 1617. In six scenes the murder and mutilations. Without a caption. At the bottom right with pen numbered: 390. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Paris

Spanish Furie: atrocities by the soldiers, 1576, 1576 - 1578 print Spanish Furie in Antwerp, 4-7 November 1576. Gruesome murders and torture by the Spanish soldiers on the inhabitants of Antwerp in streets and houses. With caption of 14 lines in German. Numbered: 11. Cologne paper etching massacre ~ war. torture Antwerp

Fronton Met Wapses, Johanna Thomas hairsty, 1780 print Design for a semi -circular fronton with shield, helmets, trumpets, bullets, a smoking vessel and lances. Left and right a drum, rifle, lances and a cannon. Publishing number XXXII. Ravensburg paper etching / engraving other architectural details (with NAME). weapons

Parade by the Rederijkerskamer De Roo Roosen from Schiedam (first part), 1607, 1607 print Procession through the Rederijkerskamer De Roo Roosen from Schiedam, at the Rederijkersfeest of October 22, 1607 in Haarlem. Third part: Tamboer, blazon carriers, standard bearer and the first figures from the parable of the merciful Samaritan. Northern Netherlands paper engraving chamber of rhetoric (Dutch: 'rederijkerskamer'). festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities). the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) Haarlem. Schiedam

Painter blows on the horn that famba treasures him. .

Jean Lepautre, French (1618-1682), Amphion, published 1676, etching and engraving on laid paper

Portrait of Christoph Philipp Richter who dictates to Thalia, Jakob von Sandrart, 1667 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa). historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. writing accessories. landscapes

Sky; Aer; The four elements; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. The air element, shown as a naked man sitting on a cloud. His hair is covered with smoke and he has a chameleon in his right hand. In the background right the resurrection of Christ. The whole within an oval cartouche with a putto in every corner. The print is part of an album.

Residents of Loango, 1726; Loango; Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique (...) Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne. Man and wife of Loango Buele on the coast of Congo, dressed in local costume, a settlement in the background. Plate No 492 in Part XX of the Picture: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asia, Afrique et amic ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 by hand Numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish Succession War 1701-1713. For most part, these plates have been copied to the anonymous French plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) In the context of the nine-year war.

Judt en Holofernes, Philips Galle, c. 1569 print Judit beheaded Holofernes with his own sword. Her servant keeps the watch at the tent entrance. Holofernes was sleeping in his bed. His armor is on the ground in front of the bed. Haarlem paper engraving Holofernes beheaded by Judith with his own sword; the maidservant may be keeping watch

Graf of Jan Scharp, David Welle, 1828 print The coffin is in a temple or church with columns and pointed arches. To the left and right of it are two grieving figures, one of them holds a extinguished torch. On the coffin are the jacket, staff and the portrait of Jan Scharp. His body is guided to heaven by angels. A three -line caption under the image. Rotterdam paper coffin. grave, tomb. (ascent into) heaven. historical persons (+ (full) bust portrait). torch - BB - torch held upside down

Spring, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1604 print Venus and Adonis as a love couple, as personification of spring. Between them in a vase with flowers. Amor focuses his arrow on the hearts of the couple. A flower garden in the background. In the margin an eight -line poem, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa) (+ ways of representing seasons and months). Venus and Adonis as lovers. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Bliżej Kultury Kuessell, Melchior (1626 1683)

Husband and the Devil, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1775 print Frontin is married to his beloved Hannchen through the intervention of the devil, which he served for two years in return. Already after four weeks of marriage he begs the devil or who can relieve him of his wife. The devil demands that Frontin serves him for another two years in exchange. With this the unfortunate husband immediately agrees. Numbered at the top right: 2. paper etching Literature. devil(s) and demons

Job receives bad news from a messenger and job on the manure heap, Jacob Folkema, 1791 print Two Biblical performances from Job 1 and 2. A Messenger Job predicts a disaster, and Job visited the manure heap by his friends and wife. Two performances of one plate, each with a title in Dutch and French. Fully numbered at the bottom right: 73. publisher: Amsterdampublisher: Dordrecht paper etching messengers present themselves to Job, each reporting a new disaster. Job on the dunghill visited by his friends (and wife)

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