Personifications and Virtues

Engravings of allegorical figures representing virtues and vices, featuring elegantly dressed women in classical styles, with a focus on themes of pride and faith.

Saint Cecilia with organ, Pieter de Bailliu (I), 1623 - 1660

Cornelis Boel, Anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1624

Tollemache, Elizabeth.

Matrona Argentinensis. Dated: 1642. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Jupiter en Europa, Francesco Bartolozzi, After Guido Reni, 1771 print Jupiter in the form of a bull with Europe on his back. In the lower margin text in English and a shield flanked by two putti. Numbered bottom left: Vol. II, No. 44. after painting by: Italypublisher: Londonpublisher: London paper etching Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Virgin from the 13th century. Holewiński, Józef (1848-1917), graphic artist, Gierymski, Aleksander (1850-1901), draughtsman, cartoonist

Pictura, Jacob Gole, 1670 - 1724, The personification of Pictura (the Art of Painting) in front of an easel on which is the portrait of an unknown man. Pictura has brushes and a palette in his hands. The print is part of a seven-part series on the seven liberal arts., print maker: Jacob Gole, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacob Gole, (mentioned on object), Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1670 - 1724, paper, engraving, h 252 mm × w 182 mm

Fisherman's wife of the island of Marken, Pieter van den Berge, 1669 - in Or Before 1689 print A fisherman with a flower in her hand stands for a meadow. In the background the village of Marken and the Zuiderzee. Print from a series of 10 prints with villagers who wear traditional costumes. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving folk costume, regional costume The ground

The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels, 1518. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving;

Abdul Hameed E. .

Portrait of Beatrice Cenci (1577-1599) an Italian noblewoman. Painted by Guido Reni (1575-1642) an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. Dated 16th Century

CATHERINE DE MEDICIS queen of Henri II of France Date: 1519 - 1589

St. Elizabeth of Hungary or St. Elizabeth of Thuringia (1207-1231). Princes of the Kingdom of Hungary. Daugther of King Andrew II of Hungary. Portrait. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

St. Cecilia, Playing the Organ 1593 Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink An Amsterdam painter and draftsman, Gerrit Pietersz., moved to Haarlem in about 1588-89, to train with Cornelis Cornelisz., a Mannerist artist whose work had a lasting influence on him. While in Haarlem, he made six prints that are arguably his most innovative and beautiful works. Although Pietrsz. was drawn to printmaking while in Haarlem, he, unlike his contemporaries, eschewed the sharp swelling and tapering lines characteristic of Mannerist engraving and turned to etching instead. In contrast to the hard brilliance of the engravings by Goltzius and his school, Pietersz.s etchings are loose and exuberant. The lines seem almost to have a life of their own, as we can see in the looping curls of Josephs beard and hair in The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, or the bunched drapery of St. Cecilias sleeve in St. Cecilia Playing the Organ. Printmaking was something of an experiment for Pietersz. He only executed six etchings du

Berengaria, Queen of King Richard I of England, 1195. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates," London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher.

Bliżej Kultury Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)

The Water Cress Girl, Print made by John Young, 1755-1825, British, after Johan Joseph Zoffany RA, 1733-1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760), Published by John Young, 1755-1825, British, 1785, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 1/8 x 13 1/4 inches (41 x 33.7 cm), Plate: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm), and Image: 13 3/4 x 11 inches (34.9 x 27.9 cm), basket, bonnet, cape, dress, genre subject, girl, hood, street vendor, vegetables

The Welprenderheid, Louis Forthius Dubbourg, 1747 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint). chalk brush / pen Eloquance; 'Eloquenza', 'Firmness & gravity of the oratione' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept reprified by female figures)

Scarron, Paul.

Print made by Henry Hoppner Meyer, ca. 1782-1847, British, Lady Leicester as Hope, 1823. Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Saint Cecilia with organ, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, Peter Paul Rubens, Cornelis Galle (II), 1596 - 1659

Mary Queen of Scots. Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); after Frederico Zuccaro (Italian, c. 1542-1609); published by John Boydell (English, 1719-1804). Date: 1779. Dimensions: 383 x 288 mm (image); 475 x 328 mm (plate); 486 x 336 mm (sheet). Engraving on ivory wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Illustration to the novel Hetman Sins by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski According to the Drawing of Juliusz Kossak. A Clipping of Ears 1879 (1) 17 Malinowski, Aleksander (1855 1917), Kossak, Juliusz (1824 1899)

Saint Margaret. Line engraving by Metzmacher after Raphael.

The Zendale, or the woman returning from church 1775 Giovanni David Italian. The Zendale, or the woman returning from church. Divers Portraits. Giovanni David (Italian, Cabella Ligure 1749-1790 Genoa). 1775. Etching and aquatint; second state of two. Prints

Girl reading in a book, in an oval. Draughtsman: Francesco Bartolozzi. Dating: 1738 - 1815. Measurements: h 250 mm × w 240 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mode aus england zur zeit von maria stuart, 1550, 1600, spätrenaissance, Trachten aus England zur Zeit von Maria Trachten aus England zur Zeit von Mar...

Print from Drawing Book, c. 1610/1620, engraving, Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 163.38, Luca Ciamberlano (artist) Italian, 1580 - 1641

Abishag was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. Old 19th century engraved colored illustration from Mugeres de la Biblia by Joaquin Roca y Cornet 1862

Sibylla Samia (SamianSibyl). Engraver: Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, 1565-1637

Portrait of Elżbieta Anna Radziwiłł, wife of Mikołaj III Radziwiłł. Drukarnia Radziwiłłowska (Nieśwież ; drukarnia ; 1750-1791), printing house, Leybowicz, Hirsz (1700-post 1785), graphic artist

Self-Portrait. Dated: c. 1770. Dimensions: plate: 8.9 × 7.8 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 9 × 8 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.) mount: 25.7 × 19.3 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHANN ANDREAS BENJAMIN NOTHNAGEL.

Carved stone statues of phallic motifs. Etching.

Cornelie Falcon (1812-1897) in Rachel's role in the Jewish Achille Degree (1800-1857), French engraver, cheerries. Horny Daughter (1812-1897) in the Reontall Rachel Sign in the Jewish. Lithograph I Green E paper, 1830; Paris, Carnivalt Museum.

Mrs. Charles Badham. Dated: 1816. Dimensions: overall: 26.3 x 21.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 9/16 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES.

Bliżej Kultury Mayer, Carl (1798 1868)

Musick from the series: Minerva et Septem Artes Liberales to S. Richer.

'HOMELESS,' BY GUIDO BACH, IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, 1866

Print made by John Smith, 1652-1743, British, Miss Voss, 1705. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Saint Catherine. Line engraving by J.M. St Eve after Guido Reni.

Portrait of an unknown woman, Jean Moyreau, After Paolo Veronese, 1700 - 1762 print paper etching / engraving historical persons. adolescent, young woman, maiden

Two women in 'Paniers' Seen left from the front, right from the back Male figures and insects in the background From series of costume prints 6 pieces Copy after H, publisher: Isaac Greve, Antoine Hérisset, after 1729 - 1730, paper, etching, h 143 mm × w 224 mm

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S COLLECTION AT THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM, LONDON

Maria Magdalena in oval with flower edge around. .

Equality (IT)

Louise of Savoy (14761531), Duchess of Angouleme, the mother of King Francis I of France. From a miniature.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834-1899) was curator of the Prints department at the Bibliotheque nationale. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902) was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer for many public buildings and churches. He was named professor at the National School of Decorative Arts in 1874.

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'Laittiere de Babnolet'. Nicolas Bonnart (France, 1637-1717). France, Paris, 1678-1693. Prints. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Countess Aleid van Beusichem, Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to), c. 1600 - c. 1625 drawing Countess Aleid van Beusichem. Wife of Count Roelof van Beusichem. Daughter of the Lord of Heinsberg. Standing back, in the right hand a celebrated weapon with a heart shield. Part of an illustrated handwriting with the genealogy of the gentlemen and graves of Culemborg. Northern Netherlands parchment (animal material). ink. watercolor (paint). gouache (paint) painting / writing (processes) Culemborg

Odor, anonymous, after David Teniers (II), 1626 - 1740 print A woman with a flower in hand. Personification of the smell. Print is part of a series of the five senses. Low Countries paper etching smell, smelling (one of the five senses)

unknown, Terzio, Francesco, Italy, Oselli, Gaspare, Austriacae gentis imaginum, Portraits of members of the Austrian House, Double portrait of Isabella of Guelders and Isabella of Aragon, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 515 mm, width 381 mm, Italian, 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1569 - 1569, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1523 - 1591, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, after an image by, granter of privilege

Lady Jane Gray, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

JUANA I (1516- 1555), 1522, DIBUJO A COLOR SOBRE PAPEL, 41,8x29. Author: KÖLDERER JÖRG. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA. JOANNA OF CASTILE.

The Israelites in Egypt-Water Carriers 1881 After Sir Edward John Poynter British, born France. The Israelites in Egypt-Water Carriers 642888

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, ca. 1533-before 1588, French, active in England from ca.1580., A Young Daughter of the Picts, ca. 1585. Watercolor and gouache, touched with gold on parchment.

Brocard, Suzanne .

Vecelli, Giovanna.

Queen Mary I of England. Artist: Unknown

'BRINGING IN THE BOAR'S HEAD,' BY H.S. MARK, A.R.A., 1871

Joanna of Castile (known as Joanna the Mad) (1479-1555). Queen of Castile (1504-1555) and Aragon (from 1516), daughter of the Catholic Monarchs. Wife of Philip the Handsome. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca Sallent. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853.

Louis XIV (King of France), Duchange, Gaspard, Paris, Picart, Bernard, Jupiter and Eagle with the Nymph Asterié, Jupiter and Asteria, verso lower left - stamped, Jupiter, in the guise of an eagle, abducts the nymph Asteria., print, prints, height 80 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1707 - 1707, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1662-04 - 1757-01-06, publisher, uitgever, Frans, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Französin am Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts, niedrige Kopfbedeckung, Geschichte der Mode, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorla...

Republic or Equality (IT)

Landscape with muse in Greek robe, wearing laurel wreath on head She leans on a wall and plays a lyre Image from the Nederlandsche Muzen-Almanak, Muse with lyre Nederlandsche Muzen-Almanak , print maker: Arnold Jéhotte, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Achille Devéria, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Immerzeel, print maker: unknown, publisher: Rotterdam, 1822, paper, etching, engraving, h 109 mm × w 85 mm

Design for a print, The girl with the cauliflower, draughtsman: Bernard Picart, after: Santerre, (possibly), 1683 - 1733, paper, brush, h 181 mm × w 145 mm

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Portraits of two unknown women, both as shepherdess; Lugdunea B. / Athaeniana b.ah.g.r.e.s.; Les Vrais Pourtraits the Quelques UNES DES Plus Grandes Ladies de la Chrestiente DESGUISEES and Bergeres .. Two performances on an album magazine. Portraits of two unknown women, with shepherd staff, as Lugdunea B. and Athaeniana b.ah.g.r.e.s. Numbered at the bottom: 24. The magazine is part of an album.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria 1824 Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers. Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (French, Paris 1779-1857 Paris). 1824. Engraving. Prints

Netherlands, Nehalennia altar, Nehalennia altar., print, picture, historical object representation, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 133 mm, width 74 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1713 - 1717, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings

Couvrechef, or Kerchief, Head-dress of the 15th century, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

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