Narrative Scenes in Art

Artistic prints depicting mythological and historical narratives, featuring characters and landscapes. The works emphasize storyline and expression.

The old man Battus had promised Mercury not to reveal to anyone the whereabouts of the cattle which the latter had stolen from Apollo. But when Mercury asked him about it in another guise, he told him anyway. Thereupon the god Battus turned into a stone. The print shows Mercury facing Battus, behind them a herd of cattle. In the foreground Apollo, playing a pan flute. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series., Mercury and Battus Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590, paper, engraving, h 177 mm × w 255 mm

The Holy Family Passing Near a Statue, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight intoEgypt). Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1727-1804

Allegorical performance with fame at a memorial column, Bernard Picart, 1721 print Faam points to a memorial column on which an inscription in Latin and a performance by Apollo and Marsyas. In the foreground swans and attributes of the free arts. In the margin a four -line caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). punishment of Marsyas: he is flayed by Apollo. the liberal arts represented otherwise, e.g. by emblems, symbols. needle, obelisk (marking grave). swans (domestic waterbirds)

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Cephale and Procris. Forty-fourth number of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 540; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

After Maerten van Heemskerck, Jesse Sending David to the Camp, c1556 Jesse Sending David to the Camp

Hierosolymitana, 1 of 24 prints from the series Solitudo Sive Vitae Foeminarum Anachoritarum (Female Hermits inLandscapes). Engraver: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, ca. 1561-ca. 1620 After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, 1560-1618

The Bird-Nester. This print illustrates a proverb: He who knows where the nest is has the knowledge, but he who robs it has the nest.’ Like the adjacent drawing, the depiction could have an amorous charge, for in the distance at the left two anglers empty a fish trap. Perhaps the saying can also be interpreted more broadly: nothing ventured, nothing gained.’

Mercury leaning against a stone Title page for: European Mercury, Sesde Piece, First Part: Covering the ses First Maiden of the Jaer 1695, Mercury leaning against a stone with inscription, next to him a warrior on horseback. In the foreground is a woman on the left with open book and writing feather, on the right a sad woman. Above this representation the representation of a bombing of a city from the sea (left) and an advancing army towards a besieged city (right). At the bottom are activities for preparing an attack, (story of) Mercury (Hermes), riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, author, poet writing (Pain), Sorrow, Sadness, 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa), attack, siege, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1695, paper, etching, h 175 mm × w 141 mm

The Sacrifice of Isaac. Dated: 1547. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Smell; The five senses. A man is about. Two men closed their nose because the kots stinks. Under the show a two-legged fresh in Dutch. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses.

The Merciful Samaritan pays the innkeeper, Jan van de Velde (II), 1603 - 1641 print The merciful Samaritan arrives with the wounded traveler at an inn and pays the innkeeper. The latter has a burning candle in hand. In the middle, the wounded traveler is tackled from a horse. On the stairs of the inn is a servant with a torch. Scene from the Bible story the barnriently Samaritan (Luc.10: 30-37). Also representing the night, as one of the four times of the day. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving the Samaritan and the wounded traveller arrive at the inn; the traveller is cared for. the Samaritan pays the innkeeper. night ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Nox')

Rope -jumping boy, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing jumping-rope games

Cabel, Adrian van der, Statue of Pan - front page for landscape series of six leaves, (1000 - 2003), line etching, graphics, plate width 168 mm, plate height 220 mm

Paris, Gravelot, Hubert François, unknown, Boubers, N. de, La Bergere des Alpes, Shepherd and shepherdess, verso - stamped, Illustration for the story 'La Bergere des Alpes' from JF Marmontel's collection of stories 'Contes moreaux'. A shepherdess is resting in the shade of a tree. A young shepherd is chatting with her. The sheep graze in a mountainous landscape., print, book illustration, prints, height 150 mm, width 85 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1765 - 1780, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, French, 1699-03-26 - 1773-04-19

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The Maccaroni Seller of Naples. Italy

We are with the dog; Reinhart, Johann Christian (1761-1847); 1786 (1786-00-00-1786-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, hunters, hunting (iconogr.), Dogs

Putti en vrouw met kaart van het Duitse Rijk; Titelpagina voor: Thomas Salmon, Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, VIII Deel, 1736.Putti with passer, portrait medallion of Charlemagne and the order chain of the golden fleece around a map of (part of) the German Empire. With them there is a crowned woman with scepter. Left is a jug with portrait medallions with rulers of the German Empire. In the middle a bust of a German prince, behind which two Western Europeans are. In the background on a city in a mountain landscape on the water.

Allegorical show with an elephant Tomus Sixtus (title on object), Landscape with four putti, who are involved in catching birds and fish, around an allegorical female figure with a spear at a cannon. In the landscape stands an elephant with a tower on its back., Firearms: cannon, trunked animals: elephant (animals used symbolically), birds (animal (s) being hit, shot, caught), Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1708 - 1780, paper, etching, h 441 mm × w 339 mm

Brussels, Orley, Richard van (II), Il pastor fido, Dorinda and Silvio, verso - stamped, Dorinda gives Silvio his dog Melampo back. During the hunt, he got lost and Dorinda and her servant found him. Silvio kneels on the ground and embraces the dog. Print from a series of 12 prints illustrating the play Il pastor fido, 2nd scene of the 2nd act., print, prints, height 248 mm, width 192 mm, South Netherlands, 1663-07-16 - 1732-06-20, print maker, printmaker, 1695 - 1705, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

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Children playing with spinning, Zacharias Chatelain (II), After Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing (playing with) top

A woman lies bent over her basket sleeping by the roadside. Next to her are two boys. The older one is reaching into her moneybag with his hand. The young thief Four genre scenes , print maker: Frederick Bloemaert, (mentioned on object), Abraham Bloemaert, (mentioned on object), publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I), (mentioned on object), Utrecht, after 1635 - 1669, paper, engraving, h 90 mm × w 118 mm

Illustrations with figure compositions. Two illustrations above each other. Above: three antique women's figures in a landscape with architectural fragments. Below: a man with staff who points to a temple. At the top right: p. 231.

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Saddleer, Raphael I (1560/1561 1628/1632), Cakes, Johann Matthias (1575 1632)

Amsterdam, Visscher, Barent, Rieuwertsz., Jan (II), Luyken, Jan, Wandelende ziel vinden Simon Cleophas, verso - stamped, print, prent, book illustration, prints, height 92 mm, width 78 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1706 - 1706, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie

Smaak, Jean Jacques Avril (I), after Jean Baptiste Pilitment, 1773 print Personification of the sensory the taste. In a landscape there is a man and a child on a chair. Behind is a third figure. A servant on the right brings them a large fruit on a scale. Paris paper etching taste, tasting (one of the five senses)

Amsterdam, Danckerts, Justus, Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz., Northern Netherlands, Visscher, Jan de, Landscapes with shepherds and cattle, Shepherd resting on his staff near a ruin, verso - stamped, In a landscape near a ruin a shepherd stands among his cattle, leaning on his staff. Title print for a series of six landscapes with shepherds and cattle., print, title print, prints, height 149 mm, width 182 mm, 1633 - 1692, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1701, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1620 - 1683-02-18, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1635-11-11 - 1701-07-16, publisher

A queen is hiding in a cave, while her () country is being raided and plundered. Burning buildings and fleeing people can be seen in the background., Queen hiding in a cave, print maker: Willem Basse, publisher: Jacob Lescaille, Amsterdam, 1648, paper, etching, h 127 mm × w 75 mm

Afternoon: Shepherd family Rest with herd, Dancker Danckerts, After Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1660 - 1666 print Shepherd family rest with herd cows near trees. Herderin is sitting on your lap with child. Print number 2 from series of four prints with times of the day. paper etching afternoon ~ other concepts. rocks. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Poros injured in the battle with Alexander the Great (plate 3), Gérard Audran, After Charles Le Brun, 1678 print Paris paper etching / engraving the army of Porus and its elephants are conquered by Alexander

Smell, anonymous, 1630 - 1664 print A man gives over. Two men squeeze their nose closed because the puke stinks. Under the show a two -way verse in Dutch. Netherlands paper etching smell, smelling (one of the five senses). disagreeable, repellent smell. vomiting. drunkard

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Job hears the bad news from four messengers, verso - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 172, height 112 mm, width 149 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

Illustration by Jacques Lagniet (1620-1672), from an XVII th century edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe. Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued under the general title of Fables in several volumes from 1668 to 1694 and are considered classics of French literature.

De wanhoopige Britten, en de vernoegde Americanen, op de tyding van diffensive alliantie, on bepaalt convey, en gewapende neutraliteit! , Politics & government, Despair, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

A landscape with a farmhouse. In the foreground a woman is kneeling in front of a plant. She shows a standing woman the dew she found on the plant, Emblem: dew Two women find dew on a plant, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Christoph Weigel, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Neurenberg, 1695 - 1705, paper, etching, h 108 mm × w 124 mm

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Allegory on the province of Utrecht; Title page for: Thomas Salmon, contemporary history or present state of all peoples, XXII part, 1772.view of the rural setting Along The River Vecht in The Province of Utrecht. Three Putti With Tobacco Leaves and a Hunting Base stand in the Foreground Next to the Coat of Arms or Utrecht. Left Behind Them Two Beehives. In The Background The Cities Of The Cities Of Duurstede And Montfoort. A five-line dutch text in the undermarge.

Man with bag and knapsack at Herberg, Jacques Callot, 1621 print Left in the foreground is a man with a knapsack (wicker basket on a stick) over the shoulder and a bag in the hand. In the background a group of drinking, pissing and vomiting men at a table under a tree near a house or inn. This print is part of a series of 48 prints (50 incl. Title page and dicing sheet) with various topics (including men and women in different postures, landscapes, buildings and festivities in Florence). These prints may have been intended as drawing examples. Nancy paper etching bag (+ men's clothes). knapsack, rucksack. pavement, terrace in front of inn or restaurant. urination. vomiting

A feather drawing by Tomaso Clerici depicting a blind play in a ruined landscape, using gray and brown lavation with sections reconstructed on paper.

Ballad Singer at a Country Fair Artist's working dates 1732-1774 Germany. Etching printed in black, on paper . Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Goudzoekers on Cape Sint Augustijn, Jacobus Harrewijn, 1687 print Goudzoekers on Cape Sint Augustijn, Brazil. On the left in a cave is a man was washed gold. On the right a man who is busy sewing a box in a canvas. With the left hand he points to the gold clogs that lie on the floor. In the background face on a bay with some ships. Amsterdam paper etching treasure hunting, goldrush. minerals and metals: gold Cabo de Santo Agostinho

Haarlem, Numan, Hendrik, Representation of a story from the Aesop's fables, verso lower left - stamped, Three men standing in front of a house with smoke coming from the chimney., print, engraving, folk print, prints, engravings, height 95 mm, width 82 mm, 1736-03-21 - 1788, print maker, printmaker, 1746 - 1788, paper, papier, houtsnede

Emblem: Boom, Caspar Luyken, 1695 - 1705 print An orchard in a garden. In the foreground, a woman talks to a man who is in a basket. Nuremberg paper etching Abstract Ideas and Concepts. orchard. address, talk, lecture (~ meeting) - AA - in the open air

Orpa leaves Naomi and Ruth; The history of Ruth. Three women in a landscape; One of them leaves the other two. Two lines of Latin and two german lines in margin under print.

Holy Jerome. Hans Collaert (Flemish, 1566-1628), after Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603). Engraving; sheet: 22.2 x 27.2 cm (8 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.); platemark: 17.7 x 22.5 cm (6 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.).

Peasants and a Mill 18th century Franz de Paula Ferg Austrian. Peasants and a Mill 399663

View of a garden where two men look at oranges; The Orange.

Horrets and other people. Horrets and other figures in a landscape.

Robert Delaunay after Jean Michel Moreau, Iphis, 1779 Iphis

Child hits a drum with sticks, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing drum (musical instrument)

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A woman fills a bucket of water on a jetty, Jan Luyken, wed. Pieter Arentsz, Cornelis van der Sys II, 1711

Vessel is filled with tar; The Tertuin.

Fabel from Socrates about friendship; Illustrations for fabber stories from Phaedrus. Three men have a conversation for a house. This illustration is made at the aesopic fables of the Latin poet phaedrus.

Child bluntly on a whistle, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing 'music' of children

Mary Peccatrix, 1 of 24 prints from the series Solitudo Sive Vitae Foeminarum Anachoritarum (Female Hermits inLandscapes). Engraver: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576-1650 After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, 1560-1618

Pillagers, Robbing a Farmer and His Wife, Print made by Jan van Huchtenburg, 1647-1733, Dutch, undated, Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper, Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 7/8 inches (22.7 × 30.2 cm)

Dancing farmers, Hans Bol, c. 1550 - 1593 print Farmers dancing for a farm. A man under a tree makes music with a drum. paper etching festivities (+ dancing ~ festive activities)

Lazio Roma Castel Fusano Castello Chigi0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Architecture: exterior views of the castle and interior views of entrance hall and main salon. Detailed shots of: maps, salon fresco cycle of New Testament, allegorical and mythological scenes, chapel altarpiece, and other works all by Pietro da Cortona. 3 marble busts. Antiquities: Roman sarcophagus in garden Object Notes: 4 negatives of an ancient Roman statue in a niche (of a goddess missing head and arms) that are catalogued with Castello Chigi may be misidentified. General Notes: Hutzel made 2 separate photo campaigns in Castel Fusano; new numbers have been assigned to the photographs. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well

Landschap met een man op een ezel; Titelpagina voor: R. Hennobo, Het leven van Gil Blas van Santillane, of De Spaanse avanturier, 1756.A man drives a muzzled donkey. He throws coins into a hat he holds in his hands. Between the trees a man who a rifle points to the donkey. There is a hat and a rosary on the path. In a framework at the bottom of the title in Dutch.

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Dancing farmers for an inn, ca. 1650, 1705 print Dancing farmers for an inn, ca. 1650. A man and woman dance together an inn on the music of a Schalmei. Drinking farmers look. In the caption a verse of 4 lines. Northern Netherlands paper etching one person playing wind instrument. farmers. inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.

Louis XIV (king of France), Meulen, Adam Frans van der, unknown, Huchtenburg, Jan van, Landscape with cart and figures, verso - stamped, On the right a cart, in the middle a man by a horse. On the left resting soldiers by two trees, guns against the tree. In the background cavalry., print, prints, height 116 mm, width 162 mm, 1647-11-20 - 1733-07-02, print maker, printmaker, 1674 - 1733, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlandish, French, 1632-01-11 - 1690-10-15, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Frans, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, grantor of privilege

Three figures wave off a sailing ship, Jan Luyken, 1689 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing sailing-ship, sailing-boat. waving farewell ~ departure on a journey

Title print of a series of landscapes with shepherds, Jan de Visscher, after Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1643 - 1692 print View of a hilly landscape with a group of shepherds in the foreground. One of the shepherds points with his staff to a stone wall, the others watch. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. landscapes. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating

Narcissus fell in love with his own mirror image; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Narcissus, leaning on the edge of a fountain, falls in love with its own mirror image and languish away while he looks at himself. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Boy with two oxen and a team, William Blake, 1820 - 1821 print A boy dancing between a team and two oxen, then on the right. paper illustration ~ printed matter, book. ox. agricultural implements: plough

Man on a donkey, William Young Ottley, After Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1828 print print maker: Londonafter print by: Netherlands paper etching ass, donkey

Title print of series Capricci, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1655 - 1708 print A sitting woman with a basket of cherries on her lap and a child who grabs in the basket. The woman turns to a standing woman with a bowl of cherries. In the background a goat wagon with child. On the right on the column the title of the series and the names of the Hooghe and Visscher. Netherlands paper etching / engraving goat. fruits

Saint Joseph's Dream. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebastien Bourdon.

Two hunters for architectural setting, Jan Goeree (Possible), After Jan Goeree, 1707 print Two hunters with guns, arch, arrow cooker, sword, dog and shot game stand for an architectural setting with title. In the background on the left a man on horseback in the forest, on the right a fisherman and boats at sea. paper engraving hunter

Shepherd and woman from the surroundings of Rome, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1820 On a stone is a shepherd, dressed in a sheep sheet, with his dog next to him. Next to him is a woman, her hand resting on a vase. In the background a traveler walks on a path. The print is part of an album. Rome paper etching Rome On a stone is a shepherd, dressed in a sheep sheet, with his dog next to him. Next to him is a woman, her hand resting on a vase. In the background a traveler walks on a path. The print is part of an album. Rome paper etching Rome

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, The blind leading the blind, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 52, height 118 mm, width 154 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Stefano Della Bella, Seaport with Two Turkish Merchants, 1656 Seaport with Two Turkish Merchants

. Juno leaves the cow (Io) by the giant argus. Argus kneels for Juno. Scene from Ovidius' Metamorphoses (with. I, 624).

Emblem: desert, Jan Luyken, 1695 - 1705 print A desert landscape with hill and in the foreground two hikers print maker: Amsterdamafter drawing by: Amsterdampublisher: Neurenberg paper etching Abstract Ideas and Concepts. 'en route', traveller under way. desert

Dordrecht, Braam, heirs Joannes van, Philips, Jan Caspar, Title page for: Johannes Euseubius Voet, Stichtelyke gedichten en gezangen, 1754, Allegorical representation with Hope, woman with lyre and Faithful Zeal, verso - stamped, Hope with anchor sits on a stone with book title opposite an image of Mount Golgotha held by putti. A woman with a lyre and wings on her head sits next to the image. Next to her are a putto with a harp and Faithful Zeal. In the background Christ's ascension., print, title page, prints, height 170 mm, width 108 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1700 - 1775-04-24, print maker, printmaker, 1754 - 1754, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Smeden, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1635 print Four forging at work in a blacksmith. Leiden paper etching smith, blacksmith. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: tongs. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer

Title print with figures in an altar with two broken vases in a river landscape, Claude Goyrand, 1630 - c. 1662 print paper etching landscape with ruins

. Two travelers in a desert. They follow footsteps in the sand.

It resembles adorie that is covered with a wet bag for fear of pluy. (IFF 131) (registered title) | Joyful and pleasant proverbs. Book II. (IFF 30-272) (Title of the whole)

Paris is Recovered by the Sheperds 1617-1659 France. Etching on ivory laid paper . Jean Lemaire

Fable of the old woman and the wine jug, Simon Fokke, 1769 print An old woman stands under a tree and puts a jug of wine on her mouth. This illustration is made by the Aesopian fables of the Latin poet Phaedrus. Amsterdam paper etching fables

Granida and Daifilo, Claes Moeyaert, 1612 - 1655.

Hilly landscape with sitting female and standing man with basket. Draughtsman: Jacob Ernst Marcus. Dating: 1812. Measurements: h 204 mm × w 251 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Hendrick Goudt (1538-1648). The young Tobie, carrying the fish under his arm, passes a ford, guided by the Archangel according to Adam Elsheimer. Vélin feather. XVIIth century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Archangel, Drawing, Child, Boy, Lac, Fish, Wear, XVIIth XVIIth XVII 17th 17th 17th century, Animal, Dog

Italy, Circignani, Antonio, Sas, Christian, Diana with her nymphs, verso - stamped, Diana with quiver and five nymphs, walking along the bank of a river (possibly the Eurotas). In the middle an apple tree and on the left a river god., print, prent, prints, height 282 mm, width 390 mm, 1648 - 1660, print maker, printmaker, 1658 - 1660, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, 1567 - 1629

Vanitas performance with putto and death, Anonymous, 1647 print In a room there is a putto on a mountain of valuables and a bubble blows. On the left a reading man who is caught by his shoulder by death with a winged hourglass in his hand. In the background a kneeling man with folded hands at a richly dressed Lord. paper etching / letterpress printing Death as skeleton. (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas'

Horsemen on a hill in front of a town, draughtsman: Adam Frans van der Meulen, (possibly), c. 1642 - c. 1690, paper, h 184 mm × w 266 mm

A writer (Pinelli) resting, holding a book while sitting on a tombstone, his two dogs at his feet; a pyramid in the background. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.

Two hunters for architectural setting; Title page for: James Beeverell, Les Delices de la Grand'Bretagne et de l'Irlande, Tome sevente, 1707. Two hunters with guns, bow, arrow sleeve, sword, dog and shot wildlife standing for an architectural setting with title. In the background left a man on horseback in the forest, right a fisherman and boats at sea.

William I honored as lord of Friesland, 1195, Simon Fokke, 1784 print Presentation from national history. Count William I is raised on a shield and is honored as lord of Friesland (according to the print in the year 1188). Presentation at the top numbered: XV. Amsterdam paper etching new ruler raised on the shield Netherlands

Aeneas accepts the hospitality of Evander in Italy, Cornelis Galle (I), after Nicolas de Liemaker, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1635 - 1636 print Aeneas accepts Evander's hospitality in Italy. Presentation at the bottom left of the rear of the Triumph -Poort Arcus Fernandi on the Vrijdagmarkt. Page no. 17 In a whole of 42 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria in Ghent on January 28, 1635 as the new governor for the Spanish Netherlands. Southern Netherlands paper engraving triumphal arch. the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid)

water, Caspar Luyken, Christoph Weigel, 1695-1705

Jacques Callot, The Promenade, c 1617 The Promenade

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water, Caspar Luyken, Christoph Weigel, 1695-1705.

Don Quixote with a lance riding a horse attacks a barber. Engraving by William Hogarth.

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