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Personifications in Engravings

Prints illustrating personifications such as care, honesty, and anger, often depicted as female figures with symbolic attributes.

Moderation, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551, Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551, paper, pen, brush, h 105 mm × w 61 mm
Moderation, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551, Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551, paper, pen, brush, h 105 mm × w 61 mm
347 assets in this story
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Statue of sitting goddess with snake; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Statue of a sitting goddess with a snake on her lap. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.
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Apollo, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Apollo shown seated with his lyre, a clock streaming at left. To the right is an alter decorated with a frieze showing the signs of the zodiac., Italy, 1804, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Lanfranco, Giovanni, Italy, Paintings in the Cappella Buongiovanni, Evangelist with book and quill, print, prent, prints, prenten, height 256 mm, width 222 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1632 - 1682, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1582-01-26 - 1647-11-30, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher
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Portrait of Nicolaes Six, for a painting. Draughtsman: Carel de Moor (II). Dating: 1665 - 1738. Measurements: h 279 mm × w 255 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Karl V., Roman-German Emperor.
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Justice. Artist: Follower of Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) (Italian, Vicchio di Mugello ca. 1395-1455 Rome). Dimensions: 19.3 x 17 cm. (7 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.). Date: ca. 1440.The figure of Justice, bearing a sword and globe, reflects the tradition of seated Virtues found in Medieval and early Renaissance model books. While the sheet's provenance remains uncertain, the framing lines have been viewed as evidence of Giorgio Vasari's ownership. Vasari, the sixteenth-century biographer and artist, added such devices to the sheets in his celebrated album of drawings. The figure recalls the Madonnas painted by the celebrated Florentine artist, Fra Angelico, and the drawing was probably executed by an artist in his circle. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Love couple sitting on a bank, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529 print Love couple, hand in hand, sitting on a couch. In the right hand of the man a cup, in the left hand of the woman a fruit. Behind them a fence with broken shelves. Germany paper engraving couple of lovers. fence, wall, paling
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Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Floris, Frans (I), Cort, Cornelis, Goddesses and nymphs, Pales, verso - stamped, Pales the goddess of the meadows and shepherds sit in a stable on a recumbent ox. Around her are agricultural tools., print, prints, height 274 mm, width 190 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1533 - 1578, print maker, printmaker, 1564 - 1564, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1520 - 1570-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher
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Maria Magdalena, Pieter van Schuppen, after Joannes Meyssens, 1638 - 1655 print Maria Magdalena, with bare breasts, raises her eyes to heaven. Her hand rests on a skull. Behind her her vase with oil is on an elevation. In the margin an assignment to the Antwerp pastor Arnold de la Porte. Antwerp paper engraving the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge
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Christ child as a salvator mundi. Christ child with a globe on the left hand. He extends his right hand. He stands on a cloud of cherubs.
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Madonna and Parrot. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist
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Hendrik Goltzius, Saint John, probably 1589 Saint John
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Master of the E Series Tarocchi, Talia (Thalia), c 1465 Talia (Thalia)
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The Persian sibyl. Engraving by C. de Passe II after C. de Passe I.
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Bliżej Kultury unknown
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Portrait of Joseph II as a child by Martin van Meytens the Younger, executed in pencil and black ink on yellowed paper around 1745.
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Witte, Peter de, München, Sadeler, Johann (I), S. Maria Aegyptia, Saint Mary of Egypt, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Mary of Egypt seated in a cave. On the right a crucifix, a book and a skull., print, prent, prints, height 212 mm, width 143 mm, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1548 - 1628-03
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Copper engraving by the Master of the Sola Busca Tarocchi, circa 1485, depicting Tarot card 18: Lentulo, featuring detailed symbolic figures and composition.
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Sadeler, Johann (I), Floris, Frans (I), Cort, Cornelis, Antwerp, Vos, Maerten de, unknown, The seven liberal arts (artes liberales), Arithmetica, Aritmetica, verso lower left - stamped, The personification of Aritmetica sits at a table in an office and writes out an invoice on a writing tablet. In the background a vineyard. The print has a Latin caption on arithmetic and is part of a seven-part series on the seven liberal arts., print, prints, height 150 mm, width 106 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1533 - 1578, after a print by, 1520 - 1570-10-01, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Statue of Cybele, the earth mother goddess, seated on her lion throne with sceptre and mural crown. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
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Giulio Romano (Rome, 1499 ()-Mantua, 1546). A Female Satyr (ca. 1527 - 1530). Pencil and brown ink on paper. 205 x 105 mm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
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Suicide Bianca di Rossi, 1253, Caspar Luyken, 1699
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Patriots Vignnet, 1795, Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1795 print Patriot Allegorical vignette with the freedom standing for a column with collapsed hands and all kinds of weapons, 1795. With shield with: Rights of the man and citizen. Netherlands paper etching Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertí' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure). 'tropaion', i.e. decorative ornament ~ weapons
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Saint Laurence. Etching by S. Guillain after A. Carracci.
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Anonymous drawing of an allegorical figure representing astronomy, seated on one knee, executed in ink with feather pen.
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Fountain Craftsman, 1690, Nicolas de Larmessin II, French, 1638 - 1694, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (26.04 x 19.69 cm) (image)11 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.26 x 20 cm) (plate)14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (36.51 x 24.77 cm) (sheet)19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (50.17 x 40.01 x 2.83 cm) (outer frame), Hand-colored engraving with gilding, France, 17th century
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Italy, Salviati, Francesco, Southern Netherlands, Massijs, Cornelis, Vico, Enea, Emblematic figures, Tempus, Time, verso - stamped, Time (Tempus) as an old man with a compass, globe and hourglass. At the bottom a line of Latin text., print, prints, height 76 mm, width 71 mm, Italian, 1523 - 1567, print maker, printmaker, 1533 - 1567, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1511 - 1557, Work conception, 1510 - 1563-11-11
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Woman with book at Kaarslicht, Matthijs Balen (1684-1766), 1722 drawing paper pen / brush female sex; woman. candle. book
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Anonymous drawing of a group of dealers, executed with brown ink, reddish tones, brush, and gray wash.
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Shield with a Unicorn, Held by a Lady. Martin Schongauer; German, c. 1450-1491. Date: 1480-1490. Dimensions: 76 x 76 mm. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Fetial priest or fetialis, ancient Rome. In laurel wreath, toga, and cloak, holding a spear. A statue on a column and aqueduct in the background. Pretre Feciale chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Lantique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.
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An Adoring Angel. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 154 cm (60.6 in); Width: 54.2 cm (21.3 in). Author: MORETTO DA BRESCIA.
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Crying child with NAP.
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A copper engraving from around 1470 by the Master of the Prophets and Sibyls depicting the prophet Daniel, showing symbolic figures and detailed composition in 15th-century European printmaking style.
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Relief with personification of the Earth element above arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, After Artus Quellinus (I), 1663 print Relief with personification of the Earth element above the judge (northern) arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her left hand a sickle and the horn of abundance, a globe in her right hand. On her head a crown of flowers and branches. A mole and a snake under her feet. Numbered under the left of the middle: E. paper etching / engraving earth (one of the four elements). globe. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. agricultural implements: sickle. other mammals: mole. snakes Burgerzaal. City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)
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Two Caryatids, under the expulsion of Heliodorus, Anonymous, After Rafaël, 1550 - 1599 drawing Middle Italy paper. ink pen / brush
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Asie from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. Asie from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 415944
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Volutes and masks, Lieven Mehus, c. 1650 - 1671 Part Series of five ornament prints with title page. paper etching mask, mascaron ~ ornament
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Sibyl Chimica. Engraving.
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Chevillet, Justus, inventor: according to Laurent de la Hyre, work, La Charme de la musique, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, plate width 31.4 cm, plate height 42.8 cm, leaf width 32.5 cm, leaf height 43.6 cm, image width 30.3 cm, image height 41 cm
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Portrait of Lavinia Vecellio; Italian portraits. Portrait of Lavinia Vecellio, Titian daughter, with a fruit bowl in her hands.
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Holy Agatha with cut breast, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print paper engraving the virgin martyr Agatha of Catania; possible attributes: breasts on dish, burning house, loaf, taper or candle, tongs
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Alexander the Great as one of the nine heroes, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637 print The hero from classical antiquity Alexander the Great. Bust caught in a medallion with a cartouche with his name underneath. Two unicorns in the undercarrows and two Capricorns in the upper corners. Print from a series of nine with heroes. unknown paper engraving Alexander (one of the nine worthies)
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Design for the title page for Poems by H. Tollens Czn. Draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper. Dating: 1771 - 1808. Measurements: h 192 mm × w 102 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Pythagoras of Samos, ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism, c.570-495 BC. Seated with hand on a globe. From a coin. Pythagoras. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
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Northern Netherlands, unknown, Ondecking van Tovery, Title page for: Ondecking van Tovery, Title page for: Ondecking van Tovery. A bent over wizard with book, goat, mask and fire, between drawn curtains. Part of a group of sheets relating to the publication in 1691 of the book: De betoverde wereld, by Balthasar Bekker., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 112 mm, width 78 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1638 - 1699, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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DELIMBIC SIBILLE; Sibylla Delphica; Ten sibilles; Sibillaru decem. The Delfic Sibille standing with a writing tablet in hand. On the right a look through a landscape. Title and a line of Latin text in undermarge. Numbered bottom left: 3.