Narrative Scenes in Art

A selection of prints illustrating mythological and biblical stories with figures interacting in lush landscapes, conveying themes of compassion and contemplation.

Fleeing shepherd, print maker: Abraham Bloteling, Zacharias Webber II, Pierre Marteau possibly, c. 1677

Philoctetis tells Telemachus about his adventures, Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis, After Noël-Nicolas Coypel, 1730 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching (story of) Telemachus. story teller; listening to story teller. Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa)

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Hieronymus reading in the wilderness, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, Rembrandt f., lower right, 1634, lower left, height 108 mm, width 89 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Adam and Eva in Paradise, Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1656 print Adam and Eva kneel before the appearance of God in paradise. In medallion with a Bible text in Latin from Genesis 2 as the inscription, within a rectangular frame. Netherlands paper engraving Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Life and death. Right two bubble blowing putti in a garden in the spring that symbolizes life. On the left a dead putto and another that teen him. On the ground is a broken hourglass and a burial monument is in the background. The trees on the left are bald.

Diogenes sees a boy drinking, Salvator Rosa, 1661 - 1662 print Diogenes is in the middle with a drinking cup in his hand. Four figures are around him. On the right a boy is kneeling, drinking from the bowl of his hands. After seeing this, Diogenes would have thrown away his own drinking cup. Italy paper etching / drypoint Diogenes throws away his drinking-cup on seeing a boy drink from his cupped hands

Sense smell; Five senses. Woman as a personification of sense smell sitting in landscape with vases full of flowers, she smells of a rose while a dog jumps into her. The creation of Adam is displayed in the background. In margin among two Latin lines.

Democritus sunk in meditation, Salvator Rosa, 1662 print Democritus is sunk in meditation, his head resting in his hand. Around him, among other things, sarcophagi, dead animals, human and animal skulls and an obelisk. At the top left is an owl in a tree. Bottom left two lines of Latin text. Italy paper etching / drypoint (story of) Democritus, the philosopher. 'Vanitas' symbols. obelisk, needle. owls. sarcophagus

Woman on the banks of a river, Bernard Picart (Possibly), After Nicolas Poussin, 1683 - 1733 print A woman with a basket on the head, dressed in an antique robe, looks out over a river. A mountainous landscape in the background. paper etching female sex; woman. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

The Fall of Man. Dated: 1606. Dimensions: sheet: 28.5 x 38.1 cm (11 1/4 x 15 in.) (trimmed within plate mark). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Hendrik Goltzius Jacob Matham.

Johannes op Patmos; Openbaring van Johannes op Patmos; Icones Revelationum S Johs Evangeliste in Pathmo.Landscape with the apostle and evangelist Johannes, with the eagle, his symbol. Johannes writes in a book and looks at an appearance in the air. A four-line caption in Latin in the margin. First print from a series of twenty-four with the Revelation of John on Patmos.

Summer. Dated: 1601. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius.

Personification of Taste: a woman sits on the ground under a tree, in front of a wall. On her lap is a basket of fruit, from which she tastes a fruit, On the little wall is a monkey on a chain. He too is tasting a fruit. At her feet a fruit basket and a goblet, The Taste (Gustus) The Five Senses (series title), print maker: Cornelis Cort, Frans Floris (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1561, paper, engraving, h 209 mm × w 268 mm

Reni, Guido, Bologna, Coriolano, Bartolommeo, Saint Jerome in the wilderness, verso - stamped, praying before a crucifix with a stone in his hand., print, prints, height 296 mm, width 222 mm, Italian, 1599 - 1676, print maker, 1637 - 1637, second quarter 17th century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18

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Sadeler, Raphaël (I), Vos, Maerten de, Frankfurt, Keulen, The four ages, Amor, Youth under the influence of love, verso center bottom - stamped, A youth plays the lyre under a tree. In the air flies Amor, who aims his arrow at the man. On the ground lie various musical instruments, weapons and songbooks. On the left a fountain in the shape of Venus. In the background couples are sitting around a table and dancing and music is being played. On the left in the background there is fighting and sports and games are being played. With Latin caption., print, prints, verso bottom - stamped, height 222 mm, width 258 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1591 - 1591, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Pensant-ils au Raisin (Are They Thinking About the Grape) 18th century Jacques Philippe Le Bas French. Pensant-ils au Raisin (Are They Thinking About the Grape) 413535

Duffel, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Collaert, Adriaen, Vos, Maerten de, The five senses, Odoratvs, Reuk, verso middle - stamped, The allegorical figure of smell. She has a vase of flowers in her hand and is smelling a flower. She is accompanied by a dog. In the background are two Bible scenes: the washing of Christ's feet by Mary Magdalene (John 12:3) and God's creation of Adam (Genesis 2:7). The print has a Latin caption and is part of a five-part series on the senses., print, prints, height 212 mm, width 258 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1570 - 1618, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Italy, Vanni, Francesco, Netherlands, Basse, Willem, Saint Francis of Assisi with crucifix, verso - stamped, Saint Francis, lying with a crucifix in his hands. In the foreground a book and a skull. Above three angels with a book., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 148 mm, width 115 mm, Dutch, 1614 - 1672-11-22, print maker, printmaker, 1523 - 1672, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1563 - 1610-10-26

Apollo and the Muses. Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, 1604/1605 - 1682)

Photo production drawing Le Retour d'Egypt.

Diana Als Jageres, Paulus Pontius, 1616 - 1657 print The naked goddess Diana sleeps under a tree. Her arrow sleeve is next to her. Antwerp paper engraving / etching (story of) Diana (Artemis). sleeping; unconsciousness

Cartoon on Hendrik van der Noot and Petrus van Eupen, 1790, Anonymous, 1790 print Cartoon in which Hendrik van der Noot and Petrus van Eupen sit on the back of a naked woman. They are connected to the blindfolded Brabant lion with chains and are lured by a young woman (Madame Pinau), Causing the blind lion to step into a pit. In the air the Austrian eagle with buoys in the mouth. In the background a devil on a donkey in a cave. With four -grazing French caption. Hereby the date 3 April 1790 written by hand. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Brabant

Shepherd and murderers; Pastoral scenes; OTIA DELECTED. A shepherd is on the floor. Two soldiers leave in the background. One has pulled his sword. With two-legged Latin caption.

Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs 1531-76 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs 350970

Print, A seated Female Figure served with Refreshments by a Young Servant; Designed by Alexis Peyrotte (French, 1699-1769); Engraved by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching on paper

It Takes Strong Legs to Carry Luxury. Being short of money may be unpleasant, but having too much of it causes its own problems. This drawing is a literal illustration of an Old Dutch saying, which translates as: It takes strong legs to carry luxury’. Moral strength is needed to be able to support the burden of worldly riches.

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius, Spring, 1601 Spring

Young woman with a unicorn, around 1602, Italy, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913516

An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue 1783 France. Elegant and morally uplifting scenes like the one featured in this highly finished small painting in watercolor and gouache were highly desirable to French collectors in the years just prior to the French Revolution, especially as decorations for their private cabinets. Claude Hoin was a provincial artist who came to Paris to study with the moralistic artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.. Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper . Claude Jean Baptiste Hoin

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Balaam and his donkey, print, prints, height 130 mm, width 72 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Netherlands, Broeck, Crispijn van den, History of Tobias, Tobias catches the fish, verso - stamped, The archangel Raphael instructs Tobias to catch the fish that has bitten him in the foot. Around the image a marginal inscription in Dutch and Latin., print, prints, diameter 168 mm, Work conception, South Netherlands, 1524 - 1591, after a design by, 1601 - 1652, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Sadeler, Johann (I), Munich, Antwerp, Vos, Maerten de, Creation of the world, Creation of the earth, verso left - stamped, A coastal landscape with God the Father in the center. On the third day of creation, God created the earth, the sea and the plants. The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 198 mm, width 253 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, schrijver

Winter (Hyems), Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1652 print Personification of the winter: an old man in a mantle with fur, warming himself at a fire test. Figures chop wood in the background and fun is made on the ice. At the top of the corresponding signs of the zodiac: fishing, waterman and Capricorn. Haarlem paper engraving Winter, 'Hyems'; "INVERNO" (RIPE)

Sibille Van Cumae, Philips Galle, after Anthonie Blocklandt, 1575 print The Sibille van Cumae is on a tree stump. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. Antwerp paper engraving Cumaean sibyl

Paolo Farinati (Italian, 1524 - 1606). Cupid. Etching.

A seated figure of Time holding a scythe and an hourglass with a female figure of Geometry holding dividers and a female figure resting a book on her knee. Red chalk drawing.

Wife hollow; Stories from mother's goose. A young woman drops a number of flowers to the ground. The woman opposite her makes an amazing gesture on this. In the background there are two figures with a bucket with a well. This print is made by the story of Vrouw Hollow from "Mother's wraps the Goose - Contes du Tem Passé de Ma Mere l'Oye" by Charles Perrault.

Amsterdam, Someren, widow Joannes van, Luyken, Jan, Observation of a Lion being killed, Lion attacks man and is shot dead, verso - stamped, Print marked top right: II Part fol. 419., print, book illustration, prints, height 184 mm, width 148 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1682 - 1682, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Venus asks Amor to shoot an arrow to Pluto, c. 1636 - 1670 print Venus kneels at Amor, who takes an arrow from his tube. In the background he is about to shoot an arrow to Pluto, who drives his car. In the front two swans. paper engraving Cupid shooting a dart at Venus' order. (story of) Pluto (Hades), Dis Pater, Orcus

Schijnvoet, Jacobus, The Great Scene of Folly, Mirror of Reason for the Despairing Actionists, Allegorical representation with wind trader, Reason and Prudence, verso - stamped, A wind trader who is about to stab himself in the chest with a dagger is shown a mirror by the personification of Reason. In the background, Prudence holds up a shield marked Y (= the IJ in Amsterdam) to the wind trade., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, height 158 mm, width 102 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1685-05-20 - 1743, print maker, printmaker, 1720 - 1720, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674-1706, British, Elijah, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.

Jean Honoré Fragonard, The Satyr's Family (La famille du satyre), 1763 The Satyr's Family (La famille du satyre)

Democritus in meditation countersunk.Democritus sits in meditation sunken, his head resting in his hand. Around him, among others, Sarcophagus, dead animals, human and animal skulls and an obelisk. At the top left is an owl in a tree. Left below two lines of Latin text.

Woman overlooks the branding over the sea, Jan Luyken, 1687 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing surf, breakers

Fabul of the spider and the swallow; Fables of Aesopus. A swallow takes a web with a spider with it in his beak. Illustration of a Aesopus Fabul.

Child at a cannon, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print A child fires a cannon. It has a wick in hand. In the foreground a pile of bullets. paper etching / engraving child. firearms: cannon

Drawing, Sepulchral Monument for the Monk Bonafede; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746-1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite, on blued-white laid paper; 21.8 x 18.2 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

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This copper engraving by Tarocchimeister, created before 1467, depicts Venus, representing the classical figure of love and beauty from mythology.

Artwork depicting Onophrius and Paphnutius by an anonymous Italian artist, executed with pen and brush in brown and blue wash on blue paper with white and cream highlights.

King David with his harp, together with a river god, Maphaei s.r.e. card. Barberini nvnc Vrbani pp. VIII. Poemata, Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680, Greuter, Johann Friedrich, 1590-1662, Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644, Engraving, 1638

Woman frees a bird from a cage.

Jacques Callot, St. John on the Island of Patmos, 1625, etching and engraving.

Woman looking at the setting sun, sitting on a globe and resting on a celestial globe., print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Arentsz (II), Amsterdam, 1687, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 93 mm × w 75 mm

Venus. Venus is in a landscape together with amor, nymphs and saters.

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Salmacis en hermaphroditus, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Salmacis and Hermaphroditus embrace each other on the edge of a lake, after which they would merge into a two -legged creature according to the myth. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373). when Hermaphroditus bathes in a fountain, Salmacis, the nymph of the fountain, falls in love with him

Salmacis en Hermaphroditus; Hermaphroditus et Salmacis unum in corpus abeunt; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.The Nymph Salmacis clings to the body of hermaphroditus on the edge of a lake. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Jonah spewed by De Vis, Caspar Luyken, 1708 print Nuremberg paper etching after a three-day sojourn in the belly of the monster Jonah is cast on dry land; Jonah may be shown nude and bald-headed

Two young men introduced to a general. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1800. Measurements: h 87 mm × w 69 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Domenico (workshop) Fetti (Roma, 1589 - Venecia, 1623). The Good Samaritan (ca. 1622). Oil on panel. 59.6 x 43.7 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Allegory with an angel and a statue of Mother Nature, Pieter van der Meulen, After Hendrik de Flines, 1790 - 1858 print Presentation in an oval with a winged man who points a putto to the sky and embraces a statue of mother nature. In the foreground a globe, an hourglass, an Bible, the dining of the law, a cross and a beehive. In the middle of the all -seeing eye of God. Amsterdam paper etching angels. 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa). the ten commandments represented together on stone tablets. globe. the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father

Man pointing at a ladder that reaches from the earth to the sky. Who rests with half done work, Fog lights are white and ogemerk, ladder, stairway to heaven, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1689, paper, etching, h 89 mm × w 77 mm

Saint Beno�t Compo in Praishe cracing canini (Dutuit P.32, Le Blanc 40) Cornelis II Blloert, said U Young (1603-1692). Saint Beno�t in finish finish canines from (Dutuit p.32, white 40). Burin, Curnitely sites. Museums of the city of the city of Paris, small palace.

Bernardino Luini, Cephalus Hiding the Jewels, Italian, c. 1480-1532, c. 1520-1522, fresco

Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables (copy), Playing card with mythological representations, Salmacis et Hermaphrodite, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, verso - stamped, Playing card with a representation of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus sitting at the water's edge with their feet in the water., print, playing card, prints, height 55 mm, width 57 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after print by

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