Narrative Biblical and Historical Events

Engravings illustrating significant biblical narratives and historical events, characterized by detailed figures and expressive compositions.

The Lost Son gets new clothes, Jacques Callot, 1635 print In a courtyard full of people, the lost son receives new clothes. Under the show a two -way French -speaking verse. This print is part of a series of prints around the parable of the lost son, consisting of a title print and ten narrative performances. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching preparations, e.g. the prodigal son is given new robes; slaughtering of the fatted calf; the elder son objects

Visioen van Cornelius, Philips Galle, after Jan van der Straet, 1582 print An angel appears for Cornelius in a vision. He orders him to visit the Apostle Peter. Two soldiers are sent out to get Peter. 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: Florencepublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Cornelius sends two servants and a soldier to Peter in Joppa

Yacht on blackbirds; Hunting scenes; In Quibus Omnen Genus Venationis, Aucupij, Piscatusque. In the foreground three hunters go out to catch blackbirds. In their hands objects that help: a crossbow, a bell, a lantern and a bat. In the background the three blackbirds catch. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a 43-part series about hunting.

The prisoners visit, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1588 print Men come to visit a prison. A man is hung in the background. The print has an ornamental edge that is decorated with weapons, torture tools and a prisoner that is tortured. Print from a series of eight with the last judgment and the seven works of mercy. paper engraving visiting or liberating the imprisoned, 'incarceratus solatur' ~ one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy. torture. instruments of torture, execution or punishment

Cornelis de Witt is imprisoned, 1672, Gaspar Bouttats, 1672 print Third print in a series of eight performances about the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt. All prints are by Gaspar Bouttats and have a verse of four or two lines. The performance shows how Cornelis de Witt will be imprisoned in Dordrecht on July 31, 1672. Antwerp paper etching arrest (of criminal) Dordrecht

Stage from the Old Testament folding tribute or ransom Tempesta, Antonio (1555 1630)

Allegorie at ease, Pieter de Jode (I), 1590 - 1632 print Kitchen interior with figures that characterize different types of laziness. In the middle is the personification of "Gemack", like a young woman with a dog on lap, resting her foot on a fire test on which her name. A boy pours water from a jug in the cup that she stops. She has a good life because both the representatives of the clergy and those of worldly life choose her: the laziness. Old age, however, lives in cold and poverty. Only those looking for the realm of God will come to heaven. The different figures speak in the captions, making the meaning of the image clear. Netherlands paper engraving Abstract Ideas and Concepts. monk(s), friar(s). bellows

The Lost Son gets new clothes, Jacques Callot, 1635 print In a courtyard full of people, the lost son receives new clothes. Under the show a two -way French -speaking verse. This print is part of a series of prints around the parable of the lost son, consisting of a title print and ten narrative performances. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching preparations, e.g. the prodigal son is given new robes; slaughtering of the fatted calf; the elder son objects

The Brandenburg Cookbook, or: the well-under-instructed cook

Monsieur Le Blanc tries to pull his sword to attack the captain who madame le blanc caresses, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Amsterdam paper etching lovers; courting, flirting. hacking and thrusting weapons: rapier

Transfer of the Spanish Netherlands by Philip II to Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante van Spain, 1597, Jan Luyken, 1699 print Transfer of the Spanish Netherlands by Philip II to Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante of Spain, September 10, 1597. Interior with Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante of Spain and Philip II on his throne, a man bends his hand for him and kisses his hand. print maker: Amsterdambookseller: The Hague paper etching

L'Étude du Procureur. Abraham Bosse (France, Tours, 1602-1676). France, circa 1635. Prints; etchings. Etching

The fattened calf is slaughtered; Parable of the lost son. In honor of the home of the lost son, a fat-minded calf is slaughtered. In the courtyard the lost son dances with the guests. A long table is ready for the banquet.

Imprisoning of Egmond and Horne, 1567. Preventing of the graves of Egmond and Horne by Alva in the Court of Culemborg to the Zavel in Brussels, 10 September 1567. View in the room where in the foreground Alva places in a long cloak. The shoulder of Egmond, right is horned. In the background, Alva is on a table of discussions. Printed on the back with text in Dutch.

Count Willem III van Holland assigned the beheading of his ball yoke; Thronus Justitiae. Willem III The good, count of Holland and Hainaut caused his ball yoke from his sickbed and orders him to behead him. In the background the reason to see: the ball yaw has scammed a farmer by selling him a bad cow for a good one. Under the show two four-line verses in Latin.

Camilla, the sister of Pope Sixtus V, coasts his foot, Jan Luyken, 1697 print Camilla, the sister of Pope Sixtus V, coasts his foot. Figures are looking behind this. Above and below these central images four scenes from the life of Pope Sixtus V. Amsterdam paper etching kissing the pope's feet

The Angel Commands Cornelius to Fetch Saint Peter. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet.

Art seller, Caspar Luyken, 1711 print Print to the left of the fresh numbered: 34. paper etching art trade, art shop

. In a room there are four young men and four young ladies at two beds. At the bedside right one of the men pulls the skirt from a girl. She laughs. The boy, with a twig behind the back, slides the curtain of a bedside. With the other bedside, the girls, with bare breasts, let go by boys. This image belongs to a passage from 'De Hollandsche-l S, with the Bracelbandse-Bely' about how the boys wake the girls in the morning.

Touches; Tactus.; Le Touché; Les Cinq Sens; The five senses. In a seventeenth-century departure there is a young woman on the shot of a young man, for a fireplace. The man strokes her bosom. One of the woman's legs shows a companion stocking. The wide-resistant hat with plume hangs on a chair. On the right in the room a four-poster bed for which a servant. On the wall, lined with a gobelin, hangs a painting with Venus and Cupid. A view of a church tower visible through an open window.

Title print with three nobles on a balcony, overlooking a garden with figures; Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise Dance Lequel CE Peut Ceuillir Leur wayre de Vettments; Costumes of the French nobility.

Men study papers; Words treasure; Title page for: Lodewijk Meijer, vocabulary, 1720.Three Men Around A Table Study A Book and Papers. Three Putti Plays a Game With letters in The Foreground. In The Background The Tower Of Babel.

In Langengunz (Hessen) the booklet "Paradyshofken" is taken undamaged from a burning oven, 1624, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / letterpress printing book - MM - book open. open fire, fire-place, stove (in kitchen) Hesse

Cologne, Hogenberg, French, Series 2: Events in the Netherlands, 1555-1558, De rebus Belgicis, in Belgio consultatum, Consultation of the Crown Council in Segovia, 1558-1559, Consultation of the Crown Council in Segovia. King Philip II in consultation with the council, among whom Granvelle and the Duke of Alva, about the situation in the Netherlands. Without caption. Numbered lower left: 15. The print is part of an album., print, picture, history print, album sheet, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 218 mm, width 283 mm, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1572, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Two biblical performances from 1 Sam. 15 and 16. Samuel cuts Agag in pieces, and David plays Harp for Saul. Two representations of one plate, each with a title in Dutch and French. Quatching the bottom right number: 49.

Event on 11 July 1647 during the Neapolitan uprising, verso - stamped, A crowd listens to men standing on a platform on the fifth day of the Neapolitan uprising in 1647., print, book illustration, prints, height 66 mm, width 64 mm, height 122 mm, width 71 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1652 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, letterpress

King Cyrus lets the image of bell turn to pieces, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1601 - 1633 print King Cyrus looks at how men ring the image of the god to pieces. On the spot where the table with food stood, the entrance to the secret access to the temple can now be seen. In front of the right, a boy pees in the mouth of Bel. print maker: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Daniel destroys the temple of Bel and its image

The 17 united provints. .

Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism. A Medley.. 1762. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

The Dispute with the Doctors, pl. 12 from the series Beatae intactae semper Virginis Mariae Vita (The Life of theVirgin). Publisher: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, 1560-1618 After: Stradanus (Jan van der Straet), Flemish, 1523-1605

Thanks for the relievance of Leiden, 1574; Leiden during the siege and relieved, 1574. Lectaries kneel in gratitude during a church service after the temptation of the city, 1574. Above the pastor the tetragram. In sculpted frame with Hermen on either side.

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Plate 4 for Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. Daniel Berger (Germany, Berlin, 1744-1824). Germany, 1776. Prints; etchings. Etching, laid down

Magician, Caspar Luyken, Anonymous, 1711

Amsterdam, Oossaan, Aart Dircksz., Wybrants, Sander, Swart, widow Steven, Blom, Joannes, Bergh, Herman van den, Deyster, Jacobus van der, Luyken, Jan, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, Woman Ursel flogged in prison in Maastricht, 1570, verso - stamped, 85, recto - manuscript in pencil, Ursel schoolmistress Ao 1570, height 116 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1685 - 1685, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Noord-Nederlands, - 1693-06-26

Consultation of the Crown Council in Segovia, 1566 - 1572 print Consultation of the Crown Council in Segovia. King Philip II in consultation with the council, including Granvelle and the Duke of Alva about the situation in the Netherlands. Without a caption. Cologne paper etching Segovia

Servant with the five talents drives trade, 1643 print The servant, who has received five talents from his Lord, drives trade in the port of a city. In the midst of suits and tons on the quay, he gives money to a trader. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in mat. 25:16. This print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving two servants trade with the money; one servant buries it

In a basement, two men look to the trail of a snail; The snail.

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck, The Choosing of Saint Matthias The Choosing of Saint Matthias

Man gets beaten of three women, Salomon Savery, After Joos Goeimare, 1610 print Two women hit a man lying on his bare buttocks. A third woman holds the man by the hair and presses him on the floor. On the right a spinning wheel and spider skirts, the attributes of the housewife and symbols for domestic diligence. Two boys watch through the door and window. The caption - a dialogue between men and women - makes it clear that the man is being punished because of his alcoholic. Amsterdam paper etching battle for dominance in marriage ('who wears the breeches'). drunkard. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ punishing). the ages of man (+ chastising). buttocks, 'partes posteriores'. spinning-wheel. dog

Dangers of the process, Cornelis Galle (I), After Philips Galle, After Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1593 - c. 1597 print The female personification good case law (Bona Causa) must make its way between positive and negative personifications of law. On the left are the personifications just judge (Judices Iusti), skilled legal profession (advocati periti), loyal civil service (procurate res fideles) and honest witness (testes veraces). On the right are unreliable witness (FALSI testes), negligent civil service (Procuratores Negligenites), inexperienced lawyer (Advocati imperiti) and unjust judge (Iudices InIusti). Each of these personifications threatens good case law with a spear. At the end of this dangerous road, victory (Victoria) is waiting for her with a laurel wreath. The print has three captions (two in Latin and one in Dutch) and is part of an eight -part series about the abuses in process operations. Antwerp paper engraving bad, corrupt judge. Impartiality. lawyer, attorney at law. wi

Oranje donates Goignies's sword, 1578, 1785 print Goignies, released at the request of Mondragon, receives a Degen van Oranje, 1578. Twentieth vocals. Northern Netherlands paper etching

Filosofen en astronomen; Twaalf verschillende scènes.Four old men, possibly philosophers and astronomers, for a wall and a bow.

Merciful Samaritan pays the innkeeper, Anonymous, After Heinrich Aldegrever, 1554 - 1610 print The merciful Samaritan sitting on his donkey, the innkeeper pays two denarie. In the inn is the robbed man in a bed and is cared for by a woman. Under the show The text: Samaritanus Proficische Stabulario Duos Obtulit denarios ut Hominis Curam Haberet Lu 10. Fourth from a series of four copies. Germany paper engraving the Samaritan pays the innkeeper

Summer; Æstas; Four Seasons. A company is around a table in the garden of a country house. They eat and make music. A boy fills glasses with water from the fountain, which has been awarded a saterfigure. On the right a statue of Venus and Amor.

In the presence of Almanzor, Gonzalo Gustos identifies the heads of his sons, Antonio Tempesta, After Otto van Veen, 1612 print Explanatory numbers in the show. Caption in Spanish and Latin. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching tales and fairy tales. head of a beheaded person

Nebukadnessar's dream, Johannes or Lucas van Doetechum, after Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1643 print Daniël stands in front of the throne of King Nebuchadnessar and explains the dreams of the king. At the top you can see the dreams of the king. A watchman drops left from heaven and gives an assignment the big tree to chop. On the right the dream of the image with the head of gold and feet of iron and loam. Daniël says that the first dream means that the king will be rejected and will live as an animal for seven years. In the background you can see how Nebuchadnessar is sent away. On the left in the landscape, Nebuchadnessar lives like an animal and eat grass. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text then. 2:26. Out the dream then. 4. However, this performance is central. Amsterdam paper etching King Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great statue. Daniel before King Nebuchadnezzar, interpreting his dream. King Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a tree that must be cut down. King Nebuchadnezzar,

Print at the top right labeled: II. Partie pag. 362.

Gerrit Hasepoot in Nijmegen says goodbye to his family, 1556; Gerard Hasepoot, Brulé à Nimegue, AO. 1556 / Gerhard Hasepoot, Zu Nimwegen Verbrent, AO. 1556. Gerrit Hasepoot in Nijmegen takes goodbye to the judges who sent him to death from his family.

THE BARBER Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). The barber.

Men sell a house where snakes come out, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing fraudulence, swindling

Court session in a Swiss town hall, Johann Heinrich Düntz, 1631 drawing paper. ink pen / brush court-room. court session (court of justice) Switzerland

Whoever litigates must be shameless, patient and rich, 1597 print A litigating man (litigator) runs a staircase with two things in their hands and behind him three women who wear sinks with the inscriptions 'shamelessness', 'patience' and 'money' in Latin. Extensive caption in Dutch, German and Latin. This print is part of a series of eight prints about greed, deception and litigation. paper engraving 'Pecunia' (Ripa). Indecency, Impudence; 'Sfacciatigine' (Ripa). Patience; 'Patienza' (Ripa). litigation, legal proceedings, lawsuit

. Pen and black ink, with graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on cream laid paper . Hubert François Gravelot

. Print left of the number numbered: 101.

Noah goes with his family and the animals aboard the ark; From Noah and the Diluvie; History of Noah; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). A procession of animals draws the ark, of any kind of a couple. Above the ark a swarm birds. Lead of Noah and his family. At the bottom of a reference to the Bible text in Gen. 7: 1 in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Illustration for the Life of Johann Bunel Thomas Armory Bunker Bowing Miss Henley and Her Grandfather (Life, Comments and Opinions Johann Bunels Bey Friedrich Nicolai 1778 ') Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

A child falls into the fire, 7, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, Hendrik Aertssens, 1639.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Saint John the Evangelist Saint John the Evangelist

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. On either side and under the show a verse in ten couplets in German. Parts of the leaf on the sides cut out. Doubled. Germany paper etching / engraving (military) camp with tents. cheese

The lost son wasted his money, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1588 print The lost son wastes his money by leading a dissolute life. Under a pergola he sits at a table with women who make music. In the margin a caption in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving the prodigal son in the midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony, usually in a brothel or inn. more than one musician with instrument. private festivities, merry company. brothel. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). head-gear (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). 'sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus'

The trades: the bleeding Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). "The trades - the bleeding".

Jurisders on the scaffold on Dam Square, 1535, 1612 - 1614 print Torture and execution of the re -buyers on the scaffold for the old town hall on Dam Square, July 28, 1535. From the windows of the town hall, judges watch a large crowd on Dam Square. Under the scaffold the mutilated bodies of the already executed. Print cut out of the book. Under the show a verse of two lines. paper engraving on the scaffold or place of execution City Hall of Amsterdam (14th century-1652). Dam

Trades Practiced in Bologna. Agostino Parisini (Italy, 17th century, active Bologna 1625-1639)Francisco Curti (Italy, circa 1603-1670). Italy, circa 1640. Prints; etchings. Etching

Putti with a family crest and a banner of the v.O.c. At the waterfront.

Rosamire kidnapped by Clitander, Caspar Luyken, 1695 print Print left and top right marked: 2 part - p. 215. Amsterdam paper etching abducting

A prison guard receives money for freeing a prisoner from the torture chamber. Engraving by AC after M. de Vos. The torture chamber is populated by men in various rods and men writhing in pain The image is surrounded by depictions of torture and torture implements, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Print marked top right: I Part. Pag. 303., Battle of Don Clarazel with the puppet, representing the giant Dardanel on the fire-breathing dragon, print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Johannes Broersz, publisher: Nathanael Holbeex, Amsterdam, 1697, paper, etching, h 134 mm × w 86 mm

Amsterdam, Vieroot, Hendrik, Philips, Jan Caspar, Title page for: Jacob Marcus, Sententien en indagingen van den duk van Alba, 1735, Session of the Spanish Council of Blood, verso - stamped, A man kneels before a table at which the members of the Council of Troubles (the Spanish Council of Blood) are seated. Next to him stands a monk with a cross and a rosary. On the left in the background a group of men near a statue of Ferdinand of Toledo, the Duke of Alva., print, engraving, etching, title page, prints, height 161 mm, width 99 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1700 - 1775-04-24, print maker, printmaker, 1735 - 1735, paper, etchings, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Decapitation of the engraver Cornelis de Hooghe, 1583, 1789 print Decapitation of the Leiden engraver Cornelis de Hooghe, March 29, 1583. The man kneels with bare upper body in front of the executioner on the scaffold. The Hooghe was convicted of treason and beheaded and celebrated. Northern Netherlands paper etching violent death by beheading. on the scaffold or place of execution The Hague

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Litigation devours money and property, Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Story of the lost son; Sin Rycke Dangles lost Soon. In the middle the main scene: the lost son in the brothel. He sits on the right with a wine glass in the left hand and carried a woman with the other hand, who is sitting on his knee. The company also consists of an old woman, a maid, who seeks a glass and a young man who plays on the bass. The main scene is surrounded by six smaller images that depict the story of the lost son (Luke 4:11). Verse in undermarge.

Count William III van Holland instructs the beheading of his bailiff, 1606 William III de Goede, Count of Holland and Hainaut, condemns his bailiff from his sickbed and instructs him to behead. In the background you can see the reason: the bailiff has scammed a farmer by selling him a bad cow for a good one. Under the performance two four -line verses in Latin. The print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving William III de Goede, Count of Holland and Hainaut, condemns his bailiff from his sickbed and instructs him to behead. In the background you can see the reason: the bailiff has scammed a farmer by selling him a bad cow for a good one. Under the performance two four -line verses in Latin. The print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving

Robert Dighton, 1752-1814, British, The Travelling Show Man, undated. Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Allegory at the birth of the Prince of Orange, 1748; Dutch Erfprince Count of Buren Gebr. on March 8, 1748. Allegory on the birth of Willem V, De Graaf van Buren, Prince of Orange, March 8, 1748. Interior with the left freedom and wisdom, right the love on the throne, centrally two putti with an emblem with the Orange tree. Signature at the top right: Pag. 6.

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Handing over the memorial of the nobles to the land vehicles Margaretha van Parma, 1566; The petition of the nobles mentioned on the Landvoogdesse der Nederlanden, in the year 1566. Dutch nobles offer the land vehicles Margaretha van Parma a petition, the blessing of the nobles. The landgoing gods are in a chair on an increase and belongs to the men.

Destroying the Counts of the De Witt family in the churches of The Hague, 1672, 1672 print The Hague Burgerij destroys the graves of members of the De Witt family in the church, 1672. Scene from the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt; Part of a group of illustrations, numbered: VIII. Showing and accompanied by a verse of 8 lines. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. print maker: Southern Netherlandsafter print by: Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing destruction of monuments, portraits, etc. (~ revolution) The Hague

Illustration for Boccaccio decamerone. Illustration for the Boccaccio Decamerone, History Lxxxi. Rinucio and Alexander on a dark graveyard. Their mistress Francoise is viewing the scene from a window.

Offer of wine and banquet for the town hall, 1577, 1577 - 1578 Offer of wine and banquet for the Brussels town hall. The prince and other gentlemen on horseback, in front of the prince is a man with a chalice. Part of the entry of Willem van Oranje in Brussels, September 18, 1577. Netherlands paper Brussels Offer of wine and banquet for the Brussels town hall. The prince and other gentlemen on horseback, in front of the prince is a man with a chalice. Part of the entry of Willem van Oranje in Brussels, September 18, 1577. Netherlands paper Brussels

Rome, Callot, Jacques, Paintings and sculptures in Rome, S. Erasmus, The martyrdom of Saint Erasmus, verso lower left - stamped, Under the watchful eye of a king and two other men, the entrails of Saint Erasmus are pulled out of his body with a windlass by two executioners. A caption in Latin below the image. This print is part of (the second state of) a series of 29 representations of paintings and sculptures in churches in Rome, numbered 1-16 and 1-13. (The first state of this series, in which the prints are unnumbered, also includes a title print)., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 120 mm, width 78 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1611, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Partial meal from Belsassar; History of Daniel; 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. Belsassar's feast, king of Babylon, with his hole and women. Belsassar, seen on the back at the head of the table, sees a writing appearance. On the table are the stolen cups and scales from the Temple of Jerusalem. At the top right stand trumpets on the balcony. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in. 5. This print is part of an album.

Council meeting and book burning, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print Two men draw documents while their mouth has been sniffed. Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing censorship. Restriction, Limitation. burning of books. counsellor

The Seraglio (Aubry de La Mottraye, Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa..., London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 18) 1723-24 William Hogarth British Hogarth's print was made early in his career to illustrate an English edition of a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. The image of a Turkish harem derives in part from images found in "Recueil de cent estampes représentant differéntes nations du Levant..." (A Collection of One Hundred Prints Representing Nations of the Levant, 1712-13). In that earlier publication, engravings by Gérard Scotin (1643-1715) after Jean Baptiste Vanmour include plate 45, "Femme Turque qui fume (Turkish woman smoking); plate 50, "Fille Turque jouet du canon" (Turkish girl playing a canon), "Fille Turque jouet du tehegour" (Turkish girl playing a tehegour), and plate 54, "Tchinguis, ou Danseuse turque" (Tchinguis woman performing a Turkish dance). Hogarth's print adapts Vanmour's figures, and adds others, placing them in a detailed ar

Musical Elegant Company in the open air, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), After Esaias van de Velde, 1622 print Elegant company, dressed according to the fashion of around 1620, in an arbor. On the left a sitting -playing lady and lute -playing gentleman, at a table on which a music book. On the right a standing pair, seen on the back. A dog next to them. Netherlands paper etching / engraving clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ men's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes). dress, gown (FARTINGALE) (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). skirt (+ women's clothes). skirt (UNDERSKIRT) (+ women's clothes). outdoor gathering, 'délices í la campagne'. more than one musician with instrument - CC - 'concert cha

Woman sticks herself in the chest. In the presence of two men who want to retain her suicide, a woman puts himself in a departure in the chest. Two figures are added from behind a curtain.

In the foreground is a woman for the portal of a house. She is talking to a man, the writer of the story. In the background a garden with walking couples. A scene from work 'The seven faces' by Francisco de Quevedo.

Blindfolded Amor, Jan van Vianen, 1686 print Amor is blindfolded and runs away from an elegant dressed lady with a fan in her hand. Love is blind. Ninth emblem from Emblemata amatoria. Northern Netherlands paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). blind, blindness - AA - metaphorically blind. attributes of Cupid: blindfold. blindfolded choice (of partner)

Death of sanherib; History of Hizkia and Sanherib; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). While king Sanherib van Assyria knelt down in the temple of his God Nisroch, he is murdered by two of his sons. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 2. 19.

This copper engraving print by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, created around 1558, portrays an alchemist engrossed in his experiments, surrounded by various scientific instruments. The scene reflects Bruegel's interest in human folly and the pursuit of knowledge.

Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1789. Prints; etchings. Etching

Beheading of Saint Catherine, 1517. Domenico Campagnola (Italian, 1500-1564). Engraving;

Sidrophel examining the kite through his telescope. 1726. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Self shaving: O Wehe Liebster Meister Mein ...; Pugillus facetarium iconographicarum ... Strasbourg 1608. In a barber shop, "the crazy shaved" and stripped of the jet that grows from his head. There are several narrows on the floor. An elegant couple is there. In the margin 4 lines German text: O Wehe Liebster Meister Mein..Scheeren straight. R.O. Numbered 26. Print from: Pugillis Facetarium .... Strasburg.

Painter with model in his studio, Jacob van der Heyden, 1608 print With caption in Latin and German. paper engraving Morality. 'album amicorum', 'Stammbuch'. painter at work, in his studio. artist's model, sitter

The righteous peace coach of the Dominicans, 1683-1684, 1683 - 1684 print Cartoon on the Lutheran church twists in Amsterdam between the Dutch (liberal) and the German (right -wing) direction within the Lutheran congregation and who reach a peak in the battle around the appointment of the pastor Theodorus Dominicus in Amsterdam in 1683. In the middle of the Presentation the peace cart pulled by a swan in which Melanchton, Luther, Hoppe and Dominicus ride. To the left of the broken garbage truck in which Johannes Colerus (Köhler) and Henricus Vos ride. The cars go in the direction of the Lutheran church in front. In the foreground many more figures, Circe with the Westphalian pigs, the bakery woman singing in the arid tree and the cockpiters of Henricus Vos. In the background the hell (left) and the common people who are concerned with pile driving and rope braids (right). Northern Netherlands paper etching Amsterdam

Tobias Leaving the Table, from The Story of Tobias. Artist: Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (6.4 × 9.8 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Story of Tobias. Date: 1543. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Destruction That D. Quijote Did in the Altarpiece of Master Pedro. Illustration in the second volume of the miniature edition: The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha Stalker, E. (Fl. 1801 1833), Rodriguez, Antonio

Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, Villamena, Francesco, La Sacra Genesi, Paintings in the Loggia of Raphael, Adoration of the Shepherds, verso - stamped, In a stable the shepherds, Mary and Joseph adore the Christ Child. Angels float above the Christ Child. Numbered lower right: 60. Reference to Bible text in bottom margin., print, prent, prints, height 145 mm, width 253 mm, Italian, 1566 - 1624-07-07, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1626, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, etchings, plate tone, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a painting by

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