Personifications and Historical Figures

Engravings illustrating personified virtues and historical queens, featuring detailed costumes and iconography from various artistic styles.

Bellange, Jacques, France, The Three Kings, King Balthasar, verso lower left - stamped, Balthasar, the African king, with a turban on his head. In his left hand a chalice with incense as a gift for the Christ child., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 286 mm, width 167 mm, 1575 - 1616, print maker, prentmaker, 1602 - 1616, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Personification of hope, with anchor, standing in niche., Hope (spes) The seven cardinal virtues (series title), print maker: Jacob Matham, intermediary draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Franco Estius, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1593, paper, engraving, h 322 mm × w 168 mm

Violant of Hungary (1215-1251). Queen consort of Aragon (1235-1251) and second wife of James I of Aragon. Portrait. Engraving by Capuz. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver and xylograph.

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer depicting the third of the clever virgins, featuring detailed Gothic line work, figures, and religious iconography.

The Bourgeois

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The nobility, the lady wearing a large veil and with a dress lined with furs. Fifth number of a suite of 12 pieces" (Lieure 553, Meaume 679). Etching. 1st half of the 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99602-4 Etching, engraving

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. The Grand Mogor Empire. Nineteenth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 576; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Zuidelijke Nederlanden, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerpen, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Europa, Southern Netherlands, Antwerp, verso - stamped, A standing woman with crown and scepter. In her right hand she holds a bunch of grapes. Below the representation two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 153 mm, width 90 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The beggars, the beggar with crutch. Sixteenth number of a suite of 25 pieces" (Lieure 494, Meaume 700). Etching. 1622-1623. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99603-16 Etching, engraving

Martin Schongauer, Third Foolish Virgin, c 1490 Third Foolish Virgin

Bellange, Jacques, France, The Three Kings, King Balthasar, verso lower left - stamped, Balthasar, the African king, with a turban on his head. In his left hand a chalice with incense as a gift for the Christ child., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 286 mm, width 167 mm, 1575 - 1616, print maker, prentmaker, 1602 - 1616, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Mulier Wiennensis Austri. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Picture showing St Mary Magdalene, German Renaissance depiction of Mary Magdalene with her typical attributes: the ointment jar in her hand and long, loose hair, authentic reproduction of a work of art, painting, drawing by Hans Holbein the Elder (born 1465 in Augsburg, died 1524 in Basel or Isenheim), German Renaissance painter, historical

Woman walking and holding her skirt with her right hand, shown in three-quarters view with head turned toward the viewer, from "Figures of Fashion" (Figures de modes) Antoine Watteau French Julius Model German ca. 1710

Print, Saint Paul, 1514; Print Maker: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; engraving on laid paper; 11.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-20

Sculptuur Van Minerva; Minerva marble house Farnesianum; Antieke Sculpturen in Rome; Of the Ancient Rome, known as the city of statues are to be seen in the public places, and icones.Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

The Fifth Foolish Virgin Artist's working dates 1450-1491 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

A brown ink drawing with gray lavated washes by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting a girl from Metz, glued on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip, created between 1650 and 1664.

One-Eyed Woman. Dated: c. 1622. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

The personification of virtue Wisdom looks up to heaven, where God appears, for divine inspiration. She holds the tablets of the law in her hands and on a stone lies a book. In the background is a landscape with a city, Wisdom Cognicio (title on object) The Virtues (series title), print maker: Cornelis Massijs, (mentioned on object), Cornelis Massijs, Antwerp, c. 1543 - c. 1544, paper, engraving, h 90 mm × w 59 mm

Copper engraving of Saint Mathehaus by Martin Schongauer, late 15th century, showing iconographic attributes, figures, and detailed composition.

Gardener star, Abraham Bosse (possibbly), After Jacques Bellange, 1612 - 1676 print Young woman with her hand in her side. She wears a decorated urn on her head. In the background a man and woman in conversation with a well. paper etching the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ female (human being) (not to be used where -AA- is prescribed))

Matrisana M. Dated: 1648. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

The cries of Paris: the chestnut merchant (dummy title) | Chatekegue Boulues Touttes Hot. (Registered Title)

A copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi created around 1516-1518 depicting Fortitudo, featuring allegorical figures representing strength and detailed compositional elements.

Paris, Henriet, Israel, Bella, Stefano della, Men and women, Young woman dressed in the fashion of ca. 1650, to the left, verso - stamped, In the foreground a lady with a veil over her head, walking to the left. In the background a lady walking with her cavalier., costume print, prints, height 82 mm, width 69 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1590 - 1661, publisher

The Rose Garden - Study, 1862. Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones .

Pen drawing with gray wash by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting a woman from Metz, mounted on paper with a pierced decorative strip, created between 1650 and 1664.

Paris, Lepautre, Jean, France, Nouveau Livre de Termes, Candle bearer in the form of a woman, The woman carries a basket of fruit. From a series of 6 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 220 mm, width 73 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1674, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Antwerp Wife. Wenceslaus Hollar; Czech, 1607-1677. Date: 1650. Dimensions: 91 × 59 mm (trimmed within plate mark). Etching on gray Asian paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Caryatide saw her back; Paradigmata Graphics variorum artificum.

Hungarian woman, 1569 Vrouw shipped hongarije. Onderdeel van het kostuumboek getiteld 'of nearly the age of our attitude, never before this Aediti', Venetië 1569. Heruitgave shipped 1569 van de Eerste editie shipped 1563. paper engraving fashion plates Hungary

Lente; Printemps; Vier seizoenen.A women's figure with floral wreaths in her hands (personification of spring) caught in a cartouche.

Design for Frigas costume. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Maria Denman after John Flaxman, Saint John, from Henry the Seventh's Chapel Westminster Abbey, published 1829 Saint John, from Henry the Seventh's Chapel Westminster Abbey

Hope; SPES; The virtues. The personification of virtue hope stands with a foot on a triangular stone and looks up from under her cloak to heaven. In the background a landscape with a city.

Chinoiserie with a woman holding cymbals, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Series of Chinoiserie Figures. .From the Chambers of Mr. d'Azaincourt), plate 4 1755-76 Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel French. Chinoiserie with a woman holding cymbals, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Series of Chinoiserie Figures. .From the Chambers of Mr. d'Azaincourt), plate 4. Suite de Figures Chinoises. .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt. Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel (French, Rouen 1735-1813 Paris). 1755-76. Etching and engraving. Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris)

Ciuis Coloniesis Vxor. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Lady Holding Her Cloak from Behind. Dated: 1760s. Dimensions: overall: 32.4 x 20 cm (12 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.). Medium: black and red chalks on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Hoare.

Copper engraving depicting Saint Andreas by Martin Schongauer from the late 15th century, showing the saint with iconographic attributes, garments, and detailed composition.

Young Woman with Hands on Hips, Front View. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Israel Henriet after Jacques Callot.

Wenceslaus Hollar, Mercatoris Parisiensis Vxor, 1643 Mercatoris Parisiensis Vxor

Statue of a standing orator in gown on pedestal, anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. ink pen piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. standing figure

Knight of the Order of the Garter, Peter Lely (Sir), 1663 - 1667, draughtsman: Peter Lely (Sir), 1663 - 1667, paper, h 508 mm × w 302 mm

Empress Kunigunda in a niche, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1512 - 1558, Empress Kunigunda, consort of Henry II, and later canonized, wearing crown and folded hands, full-length, standing in a niche., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1512 - 1558, paper, pen, brush, h 139 mm × w 45 mm

Contadina, from Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F. Boucher, Painter of the King and Engraved etched by F. Ravenet), plate 7 18th century Gabriel Huquier French. Contadina, from Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F. Boucher, Painter of the King and Engraved etched by F. Ravenet), plate 7 413632

Sitting old woman with raised left hand and basket on lap, Sitting old woman with raised hand, draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk, Abraham Bloemaert, 1701 - 1759, paper, pen, brush, h 137 mm × w 93 mm

GIULIA FARNESE wife of Vicino Orsini, duca di Bomarzo, noted for his gardens, and mistress of pope Alessandro VI. Date: circa 1550

To the fresh, to the hot who wants to drink. (Title registered) | The Cree of Paris Second Suite. (Title of the whole)

The One-Eyed Woman, plate fifteen from The Beggars 1617-1627 France. Etching on paper . Jacques Callot

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Saint Didacus of Alcalá, verso - stamped, Saint Didacus of Alcalá with a cross and a skull on the right., print, prints, height 156 mm, width 97 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, 1601 - 1601, paper, etching, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Wenceslaus Hollar, Mulier Generosa Brabantica, 1643 Mulier Generosa Brabantica

Enterpe, Muse of Music, plate 10 from Parnassus Biceps 1601 Frankfurt an der Oder. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Johann Theodor de Bry

Helena, holy.

Black chalk drawing by an anonymous artist showing a standing scholar with the Colossus of Rhodes in the background, on reddish paper, wiped.

Holy Catharina as Martelares, Michelangelo (attributed to), 1485 - 1564 drawing paper. chalk

Melchior, from Three Magi series. Artist: Jacques Bellange (French, Bassigny () ca. 1575-1616 Nancy). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 11 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (28.2 × 15.8 cm). Publisher: Le Blond (Paris). Date: 1595-1616. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copper engraving 'St. Barbara' by an anonymous artist, after 1500, depicting Saint Barbara with tower and attributes in detailed composition.

St. Margaret, 15th century, Anonymous Master M. Z., German, active c. 1500, 4 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12.38 x 8.57 cm) (image), Engraving, Germany, 15th century

Girl from Zijpe, The Netherlands, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), Clement de Jonghe, 1620 - 1624

Drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting girls from Tuscany using brown pen, chalk traces, gray lavated and yellow watercolor on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip, dated 1650-1664.

Kleobulos of Lindos.

Mnemosine (Memory), plate 3 from Parnassus Biceps 1601 Frankfurt an der Oder. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Johann Theodor de Bry

Beggar woman on crutches, from The Beggars (La mendiante auxbequilles). Artist: Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635

Wenceslaus Hollar, The Four Seasons: Spring, 1643, etching and engraving on paper.

A series of nine muses. Four lines of Latin by Franco Estius in margin below print., Melpomene The nine muses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1592, paper, engraving, h 251 mm × w 168 mm

Azzz, Bernard Picart (Workshop of), After Léonard Roger, 1709 print Statue in the gardens of Versailles. The female personification of Asia, crowned with a flower wreath, an incense vessel in hand. A turban on her feet. In the margin a caption in French. Paris paper etching / engraving Asia represented allegorically; 'Asia' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Castle of Versailles

1792

Illustration of a woman from Verdun by Sébastien Le Clerc, using brown and gray lavated ink, affixed to a leaf with a pierced floral strip, dated between 1650 and 1664.

Deutsche Dame im Jahr 1520, Modegeschichte, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhund...

Wenceslaus Hollar, The Four Seasons: Summer, 1644, etching and engraving on paper.

Costume Plate: Woman from Germany. Artist: Reverse copy after Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523-1567 Ferrara). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (14.9 × 11.2 cm). Series/Portfolio: Diversarum gentium nostrae aetatis habitus. Date: ca. 1558-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active c. 1465), Charita (Charity), c. 1465, engraving with traces of gilding

Almea or Egyptian dancer, Egypt, Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Woodcut 'Saint Katharina' by Lucas Cranach the Elder, created in 1519, depicting Saint Catherine with a wheel as her attribute.

Virgin and Child with an Apple ca. 1475 Martin Schongauer German. Virgin and Child with an Apple. Martin Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1435/50-1491 Breisach). ca. 1475. Engraving. Prints

Święty. Hadziewicz, Rafał (1803-1886), draughtsman, cartoonist

Chalon, Christina, Leiden, Mare, Pieter de, Woman with basket, verso center - stamped, A young woman with a basket on her right arm and a hand on her hip, seen obliquely from behind., print, prints, height 119 mm, width 75 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1758-01-30 - 1796-06, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1748 - 1808-12-13, intermediary draughtsman

A copper engraving and etching from 1746 by Comte Anne Claude Philippe de Caylus depicting apples being cooked in an oven, highlighting culinary activity and domestic scene.

Woman from Switzerland, 1569 Woman from Switzerland, to the left with loose waving hairs. Part of the costume book entitled 'Omnium Fere Gentium Nostrae Aetatis Habitus, Nunquam Ante Hac Aediti', Venice 1569. Re -issue from 1569 of the first edition from 1563. paper engraving fashion plates Switzerland

Jacques Callot, La Noblesse: La Dame à la petite coiffe relevée en arrière, 1602-1635, etching on paper.

Standing woman with toom, anonymous, c. 1650 drawing Netherlands paper. chalk

Mrs. Luckie Smith, in the somewhat ridiculous fashion of 1795. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

Costume Plate: Woman from Germany ca. 1558-70 Reverse copy after Enea Vico Italian. Costume Plate: Woman from Germany 370605

Portrait of an unknown woman, Petrus Clouwet, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1639 - 1670 print The print shows a portrait of an unknown woman. She is probably the client of the Rubens painting series on which the series is based. The series consists of prints based on paintings by Peter Paul Rubens. paper engraving person stimulating the arts; art lover, connoisseur, maecenas, patron. historical persons not known by name

Giovanni Baglione, Woman Walking to the Right Woman Walking to the Right

Judith with the head of Holofernes.

HENRY VI (1421 - 1471) Reigned 1422-1461 and 1470-1471

Illustration of a woman from Lorraine by Sébastien Le Clerc in brown, red, and gray ink, affixed to a leaf with a pierced floral strip, created between 1650 and 1664.

Portrait of Maria, Duchess of Burgundy; Graves and gravingen from Holland. Portrait of Maria, Duchess of Burgundy, standing to the right. Print from a series of 36 prints with portraits feet from graves and gravingen of Holland.

Rachab and De Spieders, 1550 - 1625 print The whore Rachab lived on the outskirts of the city of Jericho. She hid two spies from Joshua in her house. In the foreground she is standing with the rope in the hands with which she let the spies escape. This escape can be seen on the left in the background. Below the image is a two -line text in Latin, numbered above the margin: 6. The print is part of a series of prints about the letter to the Hebrews Chapter 11. paper engraving Rahab, whose house was built in the city wall, lets the spies down from the window by means of a red rope. Rahab (not in biblical context); possible attributes: red rope

Hygieia. Etching by F. Perrier.

Bronze figure of a goddess in diadem and robe, found in the villa of Tadeus Orselli of Cortona. Possibly Roman Juno, in Etruscan religion Uni or Eris, goddess of marriage, fertility, family. Phoenician Astarte, Greek Hera. Iunonis Icuncula ex aere in Museo Coratio. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

Portrait of Menno Simons from a series of portraits in Historie der Kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot het jaar onses Heeren 1688 by Godfried Arnold 1701, Portrait of Menno Simons Menno Simons Historie der Kerken en ketteren tot het jaar onses Heeren 1688 , print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, Romeyn de Hooghe, Netherlands, 1701, paper, etching, engraving, h 265 mm × w 158 mm

Kreß to Dießfurt, Margarethe.

Rachab and the spies; The letter to the Hebrews Chapter 11. The whore Rachab lived on the edge of the city of Jericho. She hid two spies from Joshua in her house. In the foreground it stands with the rope in the hands with which they let the spies escaped. On the left in the background this escape can be seen. Below the image is a two-legged text in Latin, left above the margin numbered: 6. The print is part of a series of prints about the letter to the Hebrews Chapter 11.

Young Valencian woman dressed in traditional typical costumes, Comunidad Valenciana. Journey to Spain, 1862 by Jean Charles Davillier (1823-1883) Drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Irish Woman Made 1649 Bohemia. Etching on gray Asian paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

An Apostle. Conte Anton Maria Zanetti; Italian, 1680-1767. Date: 1740. Dimensions: 170 x 100 mm (image/sheet, trimmed to block). Chiaroscuro woodcut in gray and black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Drawing (Italy)

Virgo Nuptialis Tiguriensis. Dated: 1649. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

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