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Personifications and Historical Figures

Illustrations of personifications and historical figures, showcasing themes of merit and scripture, with distinctive attire and poses in various settings.

Personification of bliss, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719
Personification of bliss, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719
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Two men and a child, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Figures from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 48. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving father and child(ren), man and child(ren) (family group)
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Etching by Antonio Tempesta depicting Saint Matthew the Evangelist, the apostle, created between 1575 and 1600.
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Lorenz Froelich (1820-1908), Paaske, 1845
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Wszyscy Święci w MNK Mainhart, M. (fl. 1900), unknown
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Augustinus of Hippo, holy.
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Saint Andrew. Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617). Holland, 1589. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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La Rue, Louis Félix de, Parizeau, Philippe Louis, Historical and mythological scenes, Scholar in his study, verso lower left - stamped, A scholar sitting on a chair in his study, next to him a parrot on a stick., print, prints, verso lower right - stamped, height 188 mm, width 125 mm, French, 1740 - 1801, print maker, printmaker, 1771 - 1771, third quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1730-10-19 - 1777-06-24
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Saint Jerome. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1797.
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Romolo Cincinato / 'Saint Anthony Abbot'. Second half of the XVI century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil on yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Saint Jude. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Etienne Brion (French, Paris, ca.1700). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 13 3/4 × 8 11/16 in. (35 × 22.1 cm). Date: 1726. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The four Evangelists: Saint John. (Hollstein (volume 3, page 36); Bartsch 58)". Chisel. 1540. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123049-1 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center
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The Baker Sounding His Horn. Adriaen van Ostade; Dutch, 1610-1685. Date: 1643-1653. Dimensions: 100 x 84 mm (image); 103 x 87 mm (plate); 111 x 97 mm (sheet). Etching in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Bust of a Saint. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gaetano Gandolfi.
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Virgil.
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Saint Bernard de Clairvaux. Artist: Jean Morin (French, Paris ca. 1605-1650 Paris); After Philippe de Champaigne (French, Brussels 1602-1674 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 20 x 13 3/4 in. (50.8 x 35 cm)image: 17 1/4 x 12 7/16 in. (43.8 x 31.6 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Ignazio di Loyola09. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Church was built 1625-50, based on a project by Maderno. Exterior photos of facade, rooftops and portal, with details of capitals. Interior views of the nave; however, the majority of the photos are of the paintings in the vaults and chapels. Frescoes include the Entry of S. Ignatius into Heaven and the Four Parts of the World. There are also frescoes of Samson, David, Judith and Joel. In the transept are frescoes relating to St. Louis and to the Glory of S. Ignatius. Other, unidentified rooms in the complex are also photographed. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign notes are undated. See also Marburger Index, no. 395. 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 Etrusc
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Portrait of S. Pachomius
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Maria in Aquiro5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting, religious artifacts (reliquaries), decorative arts (tapestries, furniture). From Counter-Reformation, built in 1590 and finished in 1774. A picture gallery exists in the former convent, which also houses offices. Located on Piazza Capranica. 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 as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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The Plumber was, originally, the man who provided the lead for use in gutters &c Date: circa 1825
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Thales Milesius, #1 from the series The Seven Wise Men ofGreece. Artist: Jacques de Gheyn III, Dutch, ca. 1596-1641 Publisher: Nicolas de Clerck, Dutch, active 1614-25
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Old man with beard with folded hands. Draughtsman: Nicolas Joseph Delin. Dating: 1751 - 1803. Measurements: h 557 mm × w 440 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Saint Peter. Etching.
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Saint Joseph and the Infant Jesus. Dated: mid 18th century. Dimensions: plate: 11.11 × 9.53 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 29.53 × 22.38 cm (11 5/8 × 8 13/16 in.). Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GIUSEPPE BOTTANI.
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Maria, 1650 print Top plate. Maria is in the foreground of the print. Her eyes are facing heaven. She is crying. A cityscape in the background. paper engraving series of scenes from the life of Mary. prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
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Portrait of Hugo van der Helst, standing in his library. Draughtsman: Jan Verkolje (I) (possibly). Dating: 1660 - 1693. Measurements: h 214 mm × w 176 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Letter above, flanked by intertwining rinceau. God, the father is seen seated on a crescent moon and adored by angels. Date: ca. 1830. Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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St. Francis, kneeling with folded hands in a landscape, before him an open book resting on a skull., St. Francis, print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), (mentioned on object), Willem Pietersz. Buytewech, (mentioned on object), publisher: Frederik de Wit, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1630 - 1690, paper, etching, engraving, h 195 mm × w 126 mm
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Gerusi, Giovanni Leonardo.
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Poet in De Wildernis, Michael Burghers, after monogrammist TC (engraver), 1650 - 1723 print A poet with laurel wreath (Ev. Orpheus) is sitting on a rock in the wilderness. All animals such as a snake, a rabbit, a ram, a bear, an elephant and a unicorn. With his left hand, the poet points towards the sun, whose rays descend on him. 'Case' is written on the sun. paper engraving inspiration of the poet; 'Furore poetico' (Ripa). trunked animals: elephant. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. rodents: rabbit. beasts of prey, predatory animals: bear. unicorn
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The Virgin. Dated: mid 18th century. Dimensions: plate: 17.15 × 12.38 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.) sheet: 23.81 × 17.78 cm (9 3/8 × 7 in.). Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Bottani, after Giuseppe Bottani.
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The blind tobias: large plate.
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Tuscany Grosseto Massa Marittima S. Cerbono (Duomo)04. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (13th-early 14th century); Fresco (14th century); Panels/Crucifix (14th century); pascal candle; sculpture including the Arca di S. Cerbone; architectural relief (c. 1267); Tabernacle (mid-14th century). Post-medieval: Paintings, fresco (14th century), sculpture Antiquities: Relief 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 as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Christ, monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), after Parmigianino, c. 1500 - c. 1599 print Italy paper etching Christ
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Philosopher with a passer and a book; Philosopher portraits. .
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Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarich.. Verelst, John (b. 1648). Portraits, Prints. 1710. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Albany Congress (1754 : Albany, N.Y.), Indians of North America, Indians of North America , New York (State)
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Umbria Terni Narni Palazzo del Podesta8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architectural sculpture, including detached and fragments 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 as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Rome, Callot, Jacques, Paintings and sculptures in Rome, Peter and Paul, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Peter with a key and a book in his hands, next to Saint Paul with a sword and a book in his hands. 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, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Two Men and a Boy. Adamo Scultori (Italy, Mantua, circa 1530-1585). Italy, 1547-1587. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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Bliżej Kultury Delaroche, Paul (1797 1856), X.A. von kuhn
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Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, ca. 1599-1676) after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575 - 1642). St. Jerome as a Penitent, 1637. Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in yellow, brown, and black. Image: 290 mm x 220 mm (11.42 in. x 8.66 in.).
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Charlemagne (742~814) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He is also known as Charles I, Karl der Grosse of Germany and Carolus Magnus of the Holy Roman Empire.. "The ordinary clothes of Charlemagne consisted of a shirt, tunic, breeches (culottes), ribbons tied around the calves, shoes, belt and sword. He wore in winter a thorax, which covered the chest, and a garment called the Venetian mantle.". "Charlemagne never appeared in public without his sword; the belt and hilt were of silver or gold. For ceremonial wear, he carried a sword enriched with precious stones." . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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Etching by Antonio Tempesta depicting Saint James the Less, the apostle, created between 1575 and 1600.
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Haarlem, Visscher, Cornelis (II), Four evangelists, S. IOANNES, Evangelist Johannes, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 257 mm, width 196 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1629 - 1658-01-16, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1650, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, publisher
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Spanish Crown, unknown, Vorsterman, Lucas (I), Veronese, Paolo, Antwerp, H. Helena, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 368 mm, width 246 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1595 - 1675, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1675, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1528 - 1588-04-19, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege
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Benjamin. Dated: c. 1585. Dimensions: overall (cut within platemark): 21.8 x 15 cm (8 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jan Sadeler I after Crispen van den Broecke.
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Saint Mark the Evangelist. Dated: c. 1600. Dimensions: overall: 27.8 x 20.7 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white over black chalk on laid paper, laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Peter Candid after Heinrich Aldegrever after Georg Pencz.
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The Pietà. Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, c. 1480-1534); after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1510-1523. Dimensions: 305 x 218 mm. Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Marcantonio Raimondi.
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Prosperity, Valentin Lefèbvre, After Paolo Veronese, 1682 print The personalized prosperity (Prosperità) leans with a caduceus in her hands on a coat of arms decorated with fruit. A basket with flowers on her feet. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints to paintings by Titian and Veronese. paper etching Welfare, Prosperity; 'Publica' happiness, 'Prosperity of life', 'Health' (Ripa)
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Engraving depicting an allegorical figure representing Astronomy shown holding an armillary sphere. Dated 19th century
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Barbarigo, Giovanni Francesco, Rome, Audenaerd, Robert van, Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica gente, Personification of Prelate, verso - stamped, A high priest sits on a stool on a console. In his right hand he holds a clock. In his left hand an eclipsing sun with the text around it: Non nisi cum defect spectator habet (without defect she has no spectators). So: a virtuous prelate receives no attention, but when he makes a mistake his all eyes on him. The clock expresses that prelates are the clocks of the world. They serve man as a measure of all movements. They serve man as a rule and example. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 182 mm, width 181 mm, 1663 - 1743, print maker, prentmaker, 1673 - 1743, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1658-04-29 - 1730-01-27, client
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Amphion, playing on a lute near the walls of Thebes, Jan Luyken, after François Chauueau, 1681 print Amsterdam paper etching (story of) Amphion and Zethus
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BLANCO Y NEGRO.
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Marcantonio Raimondi, Giovanni Filoteo Achillini Giovanni Filoteo Achillini
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Lazio Roma Rome Gesu32. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of Baroque facade and cupola. Interior views of main altar and chapel altars. Extensive coverage of nave ceiling fresco by Baciccia, sculpted altar by Pozzo, and corridor by Pozzo and Borgognone. Paintings and sculpture in sacristy and church, and views of elaborately embroidered cope. Antiquities: Sarcophagus General Notes: Three numerical sequences have been fused into a single sequence. 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 as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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French early 16th century, "Do Not Eat Beans" fol. 25 recto, 1512-1514, pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper
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Jacopo del Sellaio, Saint John the Baptist, Italian, 1441-1442-1493, c. 1480, oil on panel
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Bliżej Kultury Bianchi, Secondo (Fl. Ca 1778), Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745 1807)
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Wszyscy Święci w MNK Monogramist J.S., Litographic Plant by Aureliusz Pruszyński