Personifications of Strength and Virtues

Classic engravings depicting women as personifications of strength and virtues, including Fortitudo and Caution, showcasing intricate details and historical themes.

Staten-Generaal, Amsterdam, Visscher, Nicolaes (I), Plas, David van der, Swidde, Willem, Five senses, The view, verso center bottom - stamped, A richly dressed lady with a hand mirror in her hand looks over her shoulder at a mirror on the wall. Through a window there is a view of a row of trees. In a decorated oval with border decoration. Below the image the title of the print in Latin, French, English and Dutch. Numbered '1' at bottom right., print, prints, height 212 mm, width 159 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1661 - 1697-06, print maker, printmaker, 1676 - 1688, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1647-12-11 - 1704-05-18, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1618-01-25 - 1679, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Hebe, 1782. Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Luxuria, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1548 - 1549, Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1548 - 1549, paper, pen, brush, h 70 mm × w 50 mm

Engel met de zuil, roede en Zweep, Johann Sadeler (I), after Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1580 - 1600 print paper engraving single instruments of the Passion

Wellust (luxury), Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 print Personification of Lust, depicted as a half -naked female figure, standing in a niche. Haarlem paper engraving Lust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'; 'Lussuria' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Deadly Sins

A woman in a shift contemplating the image of her lover. Engraving.

The Second Wise Virgin. Martin Schongauer; German, c. 1450-1491. Date: 1450-1491. Dimensions: 122 × 86 mm. Engraving on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from around 1592 depicting Euterpe, the muse of music, showing figure, musical instruments, and composition.

Polyhymnia, 1592 print A series of nine muses. First state, for captions. paper engraving Polyhymnia (one of the Muses); 'Polinnia' (Ripa)

Judit, Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1652 print Judit with the head of holofernes in one hand, the sword in the other. In the background, the scene in which she cuts the army commander in his tent, while her maid is on hold. paper engraving Judith (one of the nine worthiest women). female persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context). Judith with Holofernes' head and the sword. Holofernes beheaded by Judith with his own sword; the maidservant may be keeping watch

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Design for a print, Design for a man portrait in oval frame, draughtsman: Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733, paper, pen, brush, h 215 mm × w 158 mm

Albrecht Dürer, The Virgin and Child Crowned by Two Angels, 1518, engraving on paper.

Quechua women of Peru, 16th century. The woman spinning yarn with a spindle wears a striped cotton dress and wide belt. Another woman wears a cloak fastened with a brooch at the chest. Costume des femmes du Perou. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and E.F. Huyot after a woodcut by Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellios 16th century Costumes anciens et modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.

Portrait of Agrippina Vipsania; Famous Roman women. Agrippina Vipsania, first wife of Emperor Tiberius.

Portrait of Wilhelmina van Prussen. Portrait of Wilhelmina van Prussen, the wife of Stadholder Willem V.

Eva, Andrea Andreani, After Domenico Beccafumi, 1587 print The naked Eva is kneeling in a landscape, a fig leaf on her lap. print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalySiena paper Eve (not in biblical context)

. Europe's female personification, with a cornucopia. With her foot she leans on a turtle. On a banner the title in Latin. At the bottom of a cartouche an imprint in Latin.

Portrait of a Lady, Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727-1815, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino), Italian, 1591 - 1666, Engraving in brown ink on white paper, The lady sits in a high backed seat, her h ead on her left hand, her left elbow resting on an arm of the seat. She faces right in a contemplative attitude with her right hand on the seat beside her., Italy, ca. 1760-1770, Print, Print

. A woman's figure with an anchor in a landscape as a personification of the hope (SPES).

Holy Apollonia with pulled out teeth, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print paper engraving the virgin martyr Apollonia of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, palm-branch, tooth in pincers

Sadeler, Aegidius, Johann (I), Angel with the reed, the rooster and the crown of thorns, verso bottom left - stamped, print, prints, height 68 mm, width 53 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, 1580 - 1600, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1629

The Samian sibyl. Engraving by C. de Passe I.

Judit with the head of Holofernes in one hand, sword in the other. In the background the scene in which she cuts off the army commander's head in his tent, while her maid stands guard., Judit Heroes and heroines of the Old Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob Matham, (attributed to), intermediary draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, publisher: Hendrick Goltzius, Haarlem, 1585 - 1589, paper, engraving, h 267 mm × w 166 mm

Victory; Victoria; Prosopographia, Sive Virtutum, Animi, Corporis, Bonorum Externorum, Vitiorum, ET Affectuum Variorum Deineatio. Standing woman with laurel wreath and palm branch. Her left foot rests on the globe. In addition, a hose crawls out of the mouth of a fire-breathing dragon. Under the show two lines text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Mrs. Elizabeth Keck.

Drawing by Nicolas Bazin from around 1689 depicting Saint Catherine, executed in redel and black chalk, showing figure and clothing details.

Ludwig XV., King of France.

Young woman with a jar in a window. .

Portrait of Jan Six, Jacob Houbraken, After Jan Wandelaar, 1708 - 1780 print Jan Six bust in an oval, which is held by Minerva. On the right a putto, aaiend over the heads of the two dogs. In the background a curtain and the crowned city coat of arms of Amsterdam with phaces. On the pedestal on which Minerva is seated, the family crest of the person portrayed and a cartouche on which an eight -line verse in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness

Spanish Crown, unknown, Antwerp, Vorsterman, Lucas (I), Rubens, Peter Paul, Mary Magdalene renounces earthly vanities, verso lower left - stamped, Mary Magdalene tramples a chest with her earthly possessions, including a mirror, perfume bottle, hairpins and jewelry., print, prints, height 303 mm, width 230 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1595 - 1675, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1675, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege

Vertumnus and Pomona in a garden. Vertumnus, the Italian god and protector of gardens and orchards, and pomona sit in a garden. Vertumnus, in the form of an old woman, pomona seduces.

Clio, Pieter Nolpe, Hendrick Goltzius, Johannes Colom, 1650

Woman with a rose. .

Melpomene, 1592 print The Muse Melpomene sitting with writrol and flute. Four lines of Latin from Franco Estius in margin under print. Haarlem paper engraving Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa)

Jager Knelt for a Shepherdin, Lucas Vorsterman (I), 1633 print A hunter kneels for a shepherdin, who stands in front of him with a hat -decorated hat and a shepherd's staff. Antwerp paper engraving sheep. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. pastorals, Arcadian scenes

A Shepherdin, known as 'De Schone Herderin', Jean Augustin Daiwaille, After Paulus Moreelse, 1820 - 1833 print Young woman as a shepherdin with bare breasts in open rug, flowers in the hair and shepherd's staff. Amsterdam paper herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. breasts - AA - female human figure

Delfian Sibille, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1601 print Bust of the Delfian Sibille. She holds a book in her right hand. She looks back over her right shoulder. The performance is caught in a medallion with a border script in Latin. In the margin a six -line caption in Latin. Print from a series with the twelve Sibilles. Cologne paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Minerva, Cornelis Visscher (2), after Parmigianino, 1638 - 1658 print Minerva with one hand on her chest. Haarlem paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Winter, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print The winter season. A putto helps the personification of winter to hide the skates. She is sitting on a horse -drawn sled and warms one of her feet on a stew. In the background skaters on the moat. The print is part of a series of four prints with the four seasons. Amsterdam paper engraving winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa). skates (winter sports). sledge, sleigh (winter sports). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Tuccia. Artist: Johann Jakob Frey the Elder (Swiss, active in Rome 1681-1752); After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625-1713 Rome). Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/16 x 15 15/16 in. (33.5 x 40.5 cm)plate: 8 7/8 x 11 13/16 in. (22.5 x 30 cm). Date: 1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Emine, Sultanine of Turkey.

Certainty, Pieter van den Berge, 1675 - 1737, A woman, en face, seated on a marble bench., draughtsman: Pieter van den Berge, 1675 - 1737, paper, pen, brush, h 136 mm × w 95 mm

Rome, Salamanca, Antonio, Italy, Parmigianino, Vico, Enea, Suicide of Lucretia, verso - stamped, Lucretia sits on a bed with the dagger in her hand with which she will stab herself. On the right a window with a view of a landscape. Italian text in two columns in the bottom margin., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 305 mm, width 211 mm, Italian, 1523 - 1567, print maker, printmaker, 1533 - 1567, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1478 - 1562, publisher

H. Anna. .

Karl Xi., King of Sweden Stecher: Franck, Johannverleger: Hannas, Marc Antondattatting: 1655/1676

Delphica (Delphic Sybilla; According to Michelangelo Buonarotti) Monogramista F.R., Monogramista M.A.B.

Terpsichore. The seated Terpsichore, the muse of the singing and dance, plays the lute. Left to her feet are a winch and a book. Book illustration for a book in which the different muses come to speak.

Allegory: a swapping lady at the mirror. Possible design for a print.

Falckner, Juliana Maria.

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Arias Montanus, Benedictus, Netherlands, Blocklandt, Anthonie, Sibyls, Sibylla Hellespontiaca, Hellespontic Sibyl, recto lower right - stamped, The Hellespontic Sibyl is sitting on a stone bench. She is holding a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten-part series on the Sibyls., print, prints, verso bottom right - stamped, width 213 mm, height, 290 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1575, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1583, after a design by, 1528 - 1598, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Alexandra, Grand Foursting of Russia.

Cimmerische Sibille, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a woman. She has long hair and turned to the left. The text identifies her as the Cimmeric Sibille. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing sibyls (with NAME)

Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts ca. 1570-1600 Johann Sadeler I First conceptualized in the Middle Ages, the term "liberal arts" refers to the areas of study deemed necessary to attain an education grounded in classical antiquity. These subjects, which were divided into two categoriesthe trivium (grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music)became common themes for allegorical prints in the early modern period. While Sadeler conceptualized the practice of arithmetic as a personal act of concentration, Geometria sits among classical ruins and exotic animals demonstrating geometry’s application in fields such as architecture, astronomy, cosmology, geography, and surveying.. Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts. Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550-1600/1601 Venice). ca. 1570-1600. Engraving and etching. Prints

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister 'S' around 1485 depicting Poetry, part of the 'S' series of allegorical cards, showing figure, literary symbols, and late 15th-century European iconography.

European Sibille, Magdalena van de Passe, After Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1615 print The European Sibille has an open book in hand. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with Sibillen. Utrecht paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer depicting the first of the clever virgins, showing figure, posture, attire, and gesture.

PortraT van Mathias Füssli, Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, 1750 - 1806 print paper etching portrait, self-portrait of artist

Simon Petrus Klotz, Sibylle (Sibyl) Sibylle (Sibyl)

Amélie Laurent Dieterlé Made 1894-1904 France. Lithograph in gray on off-white wove paper . Pierre-Auguste Renoir

. The European Sibille is in hand with an open book. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with sibilles.

Allegory on transience.

Vlijt, Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1615 print The personification of Vlijt is with a structure and bears a long robe. She holds a whip and traces as symbols of speed. Rear right are some houses. Under the performance a Latin sentence with a description of virtue. paper engraving Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa)

A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.

Man eats Ham, Cornelis van Dalen (I) (Possible), After Cornelis Bloemaert (II), After Gerard van Honthorst, 1625 - 1675 print A man has a jug and a cut ham in the left arm. With his right hand he brings a piece of ham to his mouth. paper engraving ham

Portrait of Isaac de Mockeron. The painter and architect Isaac de Moucheron in a window for a garden. In hand a rolled paper.

Maria Magdalena, Jan Van Troyen, after David Teniers (II), after Bartolomeo Schedoni, after Correggio, print Maria Magdalena with folded hands. A putto holds her ointment pot behind her. Brussels paper engraving / etching 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

Colbert, Marquis de Villacef, Edouard.

Jael with hammer and tent in her hand. In the background the scene in which Jael here kills the General Sisera, by heading the tent in his sleep in his army in his army.

Personification of lust, represented like a half-naked women's figure, standing in a niche.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Une Lecture (A Lecture), 1822 Une Lecture (A Lecture)

Southern Netherlands, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Poenitentia, Boetvaardigheid, verso - stamped, Standing woman with bare torso. In her right hand a scourge and in her left hand a water jug on a platter. Penance not only chastises, but also washes clean. Below the image two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 151 mm, width 91 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Expression creation

Louis-Michel Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (1760 - 1793), politician

Bust of the Sibyl of Samos. In her left hand she holds a crown of thorns and in her right hand an open book. The scene is framed in a medallion with a border inscription in Latin. In the margin a six-line caption in Latin. Print from a series with the twelve sibyls, Sibyl of Samos The twelve sibyls XII. Sibyllarum Icones Elegantissimi , print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), Cologne, 1601, paper, engraving, h 150 mm × w 118 mm

Portrait of Sophie van Württemberg, 1877 print Portrait of Sophie in a broken oval of flowers. Entirely in a rectangle with allegorical objects, including a number of skulls. Brussels paper letterpress printing

Saint Mary Magdalen. Line engraving by J. Massard after G.B. Wicar after G.A. Carlone.

John Smith, 1652-1743, British, The Lady Howard. Mezzotint.

Mary Magdalene gets rid of its wealth, print maker: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659

Karl Xi., King of Sweden Stecher: Franck, Johannverleger: Hannas, Marc Antondattatting: 1655/1676

The Gratitude. Draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg. Dating: 1746. Measurements: h 183 mm × w 143 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Calliope; Kallyoop. Calliope, the muse of the epie, sits with a book in her hand and wears a laurel wreath on her head. Left of her are booking. Book illustration for a book in which the different muses come to speak.

Salome with the head of John the Baptist; Da Mihi in Disco Caput Joannis Baptista. Salome, seen on the back, with a crown and pearls in her hair, looks over her shoulder while she wears the head of John the Baptist on a scale.

Woman touches her own bosom, Jan Luyken, 1687 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing breasts

Sadeler, Aegidius, Johann (I), Angel with the column, rod and whip, verso bottom left - stamped, print, prints, height 69 mm, width 53 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, 1580 - 1600, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1629

Woman sitting in a park taking fruit in a basket worn by a love Anonymous. "Woman sitting in a park taking fruit in a basket worn by a love". Drawing.

Girl with Fan, Facing Left. Dated: 1784. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki.

. Bust of the Sibille of Samos. In her left hand, she holds a crown crown and an open book in her right hand. The show is caught in a medallion with a peripheral in Latin. In the margin a six-line caption in Latin. Print from a series with the twelve sibiles.

Saint Agnes with Lamb, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print paper engraving the virgin martyr Agnes of Rome; possible attributes: lamb, ring

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Utrecht, Magdalena van de, Sibyls, Sibylla Europæa., European Sibyl, verso lower left - stamped, The European Sibyl sits with an open book in her hand. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with sibyls., print, prent, prints, height 268 mm, width 194 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1600 - 1638-01-22, print maker, printmaker, 1615 - 1615, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1564 - 1637, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Portrait of Queen Maria II Stuart. Maria II Stuart, Queen of England and Scotland, is in a garden. A servant offers her a bowl of fruits. She is wearing a pearl necklace. In the background a portion of a palace.

"Copper engraving by Wenzel von Olmütz depicting a coat of arms featuring a swan, held by a lady, created at the end of the 15th century, with detailed heraldic and figurative elements."

The feeling, anonymous, 1683 - 1684 print A woman arranges her clothes. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses. Amsterdam paper veil. feeling (one of the five senses)

Sibyl of Cumae, print maker: Frans Huys, 1546 - 1562

King Charles I van England admitted by Justitia. .

Wszyscy wici w MNK

RP-P-1911-2956, Frederick Bloemaert, after Abraham Bloemaert, after 1635 - 1669 print A sitting beggar who holds an empty bowl. With caption in Latin. print maker: Utrechtpublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / etching beggar. disabilities, deformations

Power, Hieronymus Wierix, After Jan van der Straet, 1563 - Before 1612 print Bust of the female personification of power. She holds a column in her hands. The show is caught in a cartouche, surrounded by putti. In the context in the margin a two -way Bible quote from Spr. 10 in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Chinese Lady 1738-45 François Boucher French. Chinese Lady 385079

Maria, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Italy paper etching 'portraits' of Mary

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