Religious and Mythological Prints

Engravings portraying biblical and mythological scenes, rich in detail, featuring angels, figures and dramatic narratives.

chased from the garden of Eden by an angel with a fiery sword, accompanied by Death

'I - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz', c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz.

Laziness; Seven deadly sins. Personification of laziness. Woman standing next to a lying donkey, pulls on the ear of the animal and kicks him against the head. In her right hand, a banner with an image of a lobster. At the top right a coat of arms with an ostrich with a horseshoe in its mouth, above a monkey with a horseshoe. Below the print a two-legged text in Latin. Seventh print from a series of seven.

Two of Moses' spies bring back grapes from the land of Eshcol. Wood engraving.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Master I 0 V (active ca. 1542-45). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 16 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (41.2 × 32 cm). Date: 1540-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: After Giulio Romano. Master I 0 V.

The Resurrection, from The Passion Made 1465-1475 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

St. George, from the series The Apostles 15th century Master ES German. St. George, from the series The Apostles 367067

Element fire as a young man with lightning, Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581-1656

The Resurrection, from The Little Passion Series, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Woodcut on off-white laid paper, Christ stands in the center of composition, his left hand holding his banner, his right hand raised. Soldiers are asleep on the ground to left and right. Monogram of Dürer, lower right., Germany, 1509-1511, figures, Print, Print

Knight and Landsknecht, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an old woodcut, Knight and Landsknecht, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an old woodcut

Footsoldier in front of a Tree mid-17th century Barthel Beham German. Footsoldier in front of a Tree 392896

Crying child is sitting at Fontein, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1624 print paper engraving weeping. garden fountain

Wolf Traut, Coat of Arms of Scheurl and Tucher Families, 1512 Coat of Arms of Scheurl and Tucher Families

Wreck of the ship from Ceyx; Ceyx Clarium Oraculum Petens, Tempestate in Aegeo Mari Obruitur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovid. The shipwreck from Ceyx sinks to the bottom of the sea. On the coast is an image of Apollo. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Tending the Orchard trees in February Date: 9th Century

The Fall and Redemption of Man: The Ascension, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538). Woodcut;

Study for Lucain's La Pharsale , Canto I 1756-1773 France

Hell (copy). Artist: After Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd () 1484/85-1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.3 × 5 cm). Date: after 1511. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'L - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz', c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz.

The death and the devil come to the card player woodcut from Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein d. J. from the dead dance, published in Basel 1843 / and the Devil Come for the Card Player Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger from the dead dance or The Dance of Death Published Basel 1843, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record date not stated,

Copper engraving 'The Beheading of John the Baptist' by Matthäus Zasinger (Meister MZ), created around 1500, depicting the martyrdom of John the Baptist.

A 1489 woodcut by Michael Greyff depicting a woman aiming a bow and arrow at a target near a man's shoes, illustrating medieval archery practice.

The Measurement of the Temple, from the Apocalypse. Artist: Jean Duvet (French, ca. 1485-after 1561). Dimensions: plate: 12 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. (30.7 x 22.3 cm)sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 in. (31.3 x 22.9 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jean Duvet, The Unicorn Purifies the Water with Its Horn, probably c 1555 1561 The Unicorn Purifies the Water with Its Horn

Jupiter and Europe, Cornelis Bos, After Michiel Coxie (I), c. 1537 - c. 1555 print Jupiter kidnaps Europe in the form of a white bull. He swims with Europe on his back Crete. On the beach you can still see Europas service stations who call for help. Print from a series of 10 prints that represent Jupiter's love life. unknown paper engraving Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Chariot with stroomgod drawn by two satyrs, Anonymous, Cornelis Bos, 1550.

Orpheus Charming the Animals 1490-1510 Italy. As early as the sixth century, Italian silversmiths used an enamel-like, black compound called niello to fill incisions in metal and make their ornamentation visible. Dark backgrounds and pronounced contours are common characteristics of niello plate designs. As paper became more readily available in the 15th century, silversmiths made impressions from the niello plates on sheets to check their progress or record their designs. Growing interest in these small pictures soon led artists to engrave plates for the sole purpose of making prints.Mythological subjects were the most popular niello plates. This print depicts Orpheus, son of the Greek god Apollo, playing music so skillfully that he allures the beasts around him. After the death of his wife, Eurydice, he traveled to the underworld to bring her back. Although he was unsuccessful in his mission, Orpheus became one of a select few who had journeyed to hell and back. For this feat, Dante

Augustus, Etienne delaune, before 1566 print Grain field with five harvesting figures. The scene is framed by an ornamental list of gourds, putti, corn sheaves, with Virgo constellation at the top. France paper engraving August and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). Virgo (zodiacal sign of August). harvest. sheaf. fruits: gourd

Saint Eustace ca. 1501 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Eustace 391107

Orpheus Charming the Animals; Josias Murer II (Swiss, 1564 - 1630); about 1600; Black ink and brown wash on paper; 22.9 x 18.6 cm (9 x 7 5,16 in.)

Family is on a waterfront near Ruins, Benedetto Montagna, 1515 - 1520 print paper engraving family group, especially parents with their child(ren). landscape with ruins

The Beast with Seven Heads Artist's working dates 1505-1570 France. Johnís vision from Revelation 13 pits the Lamb of God against a seven-headed, ten-horned apocalyptic beast of epic proportions. While an angel runs interference to warn the credulous earthly population against worshipping the beast, it is only the true believers in Christ who will survive. Duvetís dense composition of quivering scales and genuflecting masses breaks open only at the top to reveal the true Christian sacrificial symbol, the Lamb. Bearing the attributes of the evangelist, this mild and just creature is both the apocalypseís antithesis and antidote.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Jean Duvet

The sea battle between Trojans and Greeks; Scultori, Giovanni Battista (1503-1575); 1538 (1538-00-00-1538-00-00);Dembiński, Stefan (1887-1972), Dembiński, Stefan (1887-1972)-collection, Greece, Homer (Fl. CA 850 A.C.), Homer (fl. Ca 850 A.C.). Iliad, Mediterranean Sea, Poseidon (Mitol.), Troja (Mitol.), Battle, Dar (provenance), hippokamps (mitol.), Marinarian, mythology, sea, ships, antiquity, war

Copper engraving by Meister der Wiener Passion from 1481 depicting the capture of Christ, showing figures, gestures, and composition.

Angel and child sing and make music in landscape, 1628 print Singing an angel and a child in a landscape by the water and making music. The print is part of an album. paper instrumental and vocal music together

The Temptation of Adam and Eve by Hartmann Schedel from the Nuremburg Chronicles, 1440-1514, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "Saint Michael terraging the Dragon; Bartsch 72; German edition". Wood engraving, around 1496-1497. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Old Testament, Archangel, Catholic, Chef, Chretian Chretian, Fighting, Dragon, Angelic Militia, Biblical Character, Satan, Biblical Scene, Terrald

Woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien from around 1505-1507 depicting Saint Katharina of Alexandria.

Jost Amman (1539-1591). "View of Place Saint-Marc in Venice (Bartsch 27)". Engraved wood. Middle of the 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123047-30 Serious wood, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 CENTURY

Human life; Daß Menschliche Leben / Vita Humana. Allegory of human life, surrounded by Rocaille frame. On the left is a woman with a chalice with host, a sword, a laurel wreath and an anchor. Her foot rests on a book with image of the moon. In the landscape behind her a man walks with two faces, the God Janus. In the underwear twice a four-line German and Latin text. Publisher number 28.

William Blake, The Pastorals of Virgil, 1821 The Pastorals of Virgil

The wife of Asdrubral plunge into the burning temple, Philippe Thomassin (Possible), After Pierre Woeiriot (II), 1572 - 1622 print The wife of Asdrral and her two children jumps into the flames of the burning temple of Esculapius. She kills her children as a punishment for Asdrral, who had betrayed the city by secretly surrendering to the Romans. Axdrral, standing next to Emilian, raises his arms in the air. Under the performance a four -line text in Latin. Rome paper engraving violent death ~ fire

Groeningen, Gerard van, Antwerp, Huys, Frans, Salvation path of man, Sinful Man driven to hell by God's wrath, verso - stamped, Two biblical allegories in an architectural setting. On the left, Man is led by the personification of Eternal Death by the arm, while the personification of God's wrath on the clouds holds his other hand. Eternal Death, as God's punishment for sin, leads Man to the mouth of hell, while he is driven by the personifications of Sin, Conscience and Despair. Below both representations a four-line verse in Low German and a four-line text in Latin. The representation on the right is numbered: 8. Print from a reformed series on the sinfulness and justification of man., print, prints, height 272 mm, width 360 mm, 1522 - 1562, print maker, printmaker, 1546 - 1562, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1515 - 1599

Martin Luther: Preface to the Revelation of John ( 1522): Vorrede zur Offenbarung Johannes (1522). Apocalypse in figures; Woodcut by Albrecht Durer; The Revelation of St John: 4. The Four Riders of the Apocalypse

GRABADO-LA REINA ISABEL DE FARNESIO EN TRAJE DE CAZA-1715. Author: AYUSO IRALA. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Jael and Sisera 1518-1528 Germany. Albrecht Altdorfer depicted the biblical heroine Jael, who killed Sisera, the captain of the king of Canaanís army, in order to deliver Israel from his troops. She welcomed Sisera to her home when he and his soldiers were fleeing from battle and offered him food and drink. When he fell asleep, she drove a tent spike through his skull so deeply that it pierced the ground below. Jael was heralded and blessed for enabling Israelís victory.. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Dürer, the birth of the Virgin, woodcut engravings, 1506 ,cathedral museum, Mdina, Republic of Malta, Europe.

Man tells a story. The writer Jan Baptista Houwaert? Is under an arbor in a garden. He tells three young women about the infidelity of Amor.

Fragment (England); cotton

Angel and child singing and making music in landscape; Pia Desideria. In a water landscape singing and making an angel and a child. The print is part of an album.

Neptune with Amymone, daughter of Danaus, whom he prevents being assaulted by a satyr. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641.

Woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien from around 1505-1507 depicting Saint Barbara.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "The flight to Egypt; Bartsch 89". Wood engraving, around 1504. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, Petit Palais. Ane, baby, Catholic, Chretian Christian, child, son, Egypt flight, wood engraving, mother father, New Testament, holy family, biblical scene

Allegory on transience (Vanitas). Death tramps three richly dressed ladies who personate, riches and pride, respectively. In the margin a two-legged Bible quote from Joh. 2 in Latin.

Depicts the creation of Eve, executed as an etching and type print by Augustin Hirschvogel in 1547, showing figures, gesture, and religious context.

Virgil Solis, The Creation of Eve The Creation of Eve

Specklin, Veit Rudolf, Holbein, Hans (II), Moses learns from God how the Israelites should sacrifice, Moses kneels before God on Mount Sinai and learns from him how the Israelites should sacrifice. On the right in front of the tent camp at the foot of the mountain, the Israelites have made a sacrificial altar. In the margin above the image is the text Levitici I., print, book illustration, prints, height 60 mm, width 85 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1538 - 1538, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, French - 1550, block cutter

Feudalism. Hunter scene. The way to skin a stag. Engraving.

Judas kisses Christ and he is arrested; Peter cuts off Malchus's ear. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1508.

The unicorn cleans the water with its horn, 1555, Jean Duvet, France, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4913510

Recto of Sheet with The Clothing of the Elect, from The Apocalypse. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in. (16.3 × 12.9 cm). Published in: Augsburg. Publisher: Silvan Otmar (German, active Augsburg, 1513-40). Series/Portfolio: The Apocalypse. Date: 1523-24.Plate 4 from a series of 21 woodcuts with scenes from the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament. Four editions were published in Augsburg by Silvan Otmar between March 1523 and April 1524. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Destruction of Nadab and Abihu, Anonymous, Hans Holbein (II), 1522 print paper two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, offer incense in their censers to God, who punishes them for this by sending a fire that kills them

Paul is bitten by an adder, anonymous, after Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Paul bitten by a viper (when throwing wood on the fire)

Mucius Scaevola. The Roman hero Gaius Mucius Scaevola, standing against the Etruscan King Porsenna, sticks his right hand with sword and already in the fire.

The prodigal son says goodbye to his parents, Julius Goltzius, Hans Bol, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), c. 1560 - 1595

The Inferno according to Dante, after the Last Judgement fresco in the Campo Santo, Pisa ca. 1470-80 Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 15th century. The Inferno according to Dante, after the Last Judgement fresco in the Campo Santo, Pisa 693797

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The Virgin at the door (false) (Bartsch 45). Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 77214-7 Chretian art, religious art, bible, Christianity, biblical character, holy character, biblical rear, Christian religion, renaissance, biblical scene, religious scene, life Christ, 16th XVI 16th 16th 16th 16 century, engraving

LAS NUEVE MUSAS - SIGLO XVII - IMPRESO EN MADRID POR PABLO DEL VAL EN 1660. Author: FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO (1580-1645). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Martin Luther: Preface to the Revelation of John ( 1522): Vorrede zur Offenbarung Johannes (1522). Apocalypse in figures; Woodcut by Albrecht Durer; The Revelation of St John: 4. The Four Riders of the Apocalypse

Woodcut and type print by Lucas Cranach the Elder from 1509 titled 'David and Abigail', depicting the biblical figures David and Abigail in interaction.

Children's group, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print A group of naked children plays on the waterfront. On top of the steep bank, a boy looks down at the children in the water. Next to him is a steaming cooking pot. One of the children has a butterfly on the shoulder. paper etching child and nature (games and plays)

Hercules Capturing Cerberus from The Labors of Hercules 1545 Sebald Beham German. Hercules Capturing Cerberus from The Labors of Hercules 415090

fine arts, Bonasone, Giulio (active 1531 - 1574), print, Adoration of the Shepherds, copper engraving with etching, 23.3 x 15.1 cm, circa 1550, private collection,

THE SOUTH-SEA BUBBLE A satire on Mr. Knight, the cashier of the South -Sea Company, who fled the country as the situation became too hot.

Dance of Death: The Merchant, c. 1526. Hans Holbein (German, 1497/98-1543). Woodcut;

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse galloping through the clouds. Woodcut, 16th century.

Saint Christopher. Woodcut.

Duvet, Jean, France, The unicorn, The king flees from the unicorn, verso lower right - stamped, A ferocious unicorn attacks the king's men. The king himself, crowned and on horseback, has fled. Fourth print from a series of six., print, prent, prints, height 236 mm, width 390 mm, 1485 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1551, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Ornament Met Triton in Sirene, 1508 - 1512 print Frisian with two volutes of leaf vines in which a triton is on the left and a siren on the right. Low Countries paper engraving ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed

Saint Eustace ca. 1501 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Eustace 391103

Val from Troy and the escape of Aeneas. The Greek army storms troy. On the right the burning city of Troje. In the foreground, Aeneas on the right that, together with Anchises and Ascanius, flight from flight.

After Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I, After 1514, engraving on paper.

De Kruis support, master of the Amsterdam cabinet, 1478 - 1482 print Christ collapsed under the weight of the cross. Germany paper drypoint Christ collapsing ~ carrying of the cross. Simon the Cyrenian compelled to help Christ to bear the cross

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Haid, Johann Gottfried, Aeneas, verso - stamped, Aeneas escapes from the burning Troy at night and carries his father Anchises out of the city. His son Ascanius walks behind him. In the bottom margin two four-line German and Latin texts. Publisher's number 41., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 334 mm, width 212 mm, German, 1710 - 1776-09-05, print maker, printmaker, 1745 - 1745, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Ten Clover (Bartsch 322) Virgil Solis (1514-1562). Ten clover (Bartsch 322). Burin. 1545. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

"Etching by Dirk Jakobsz. Vellert from 1523 showing a man sleeping, emphasizing human posture and naturalistic representation."

Plate 107: The Wreck of Ceyx's Ship (Ceyx Clarium oraculum petens, tempstate in Aegeo mari obruitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 107: The Wreck of Ceyx's Ship (Ceyx Clarium oraculum petens, tempstate in Aegeo mari obruitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1606. Etching. Prints

The Death of Hercules. 1548. Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Lazio Roma Rome Palazzo Venezia, Museo3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Tapestry collection in the "Sala Regia" Object Notes: Occupying the rooms of the Balbo apartment, where Paul II lived and gathered together his collections. German and French tapestries of the 16th century, all manufactured at Brussels, and five Italian tapestries by Riviera after cartoon drawings by Giov. Franc. Romanelli in 1637-42. 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.

Melencolia I Made 1514 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Saturn. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.

The Miracle of St. Bernard (copy) after 1512 After Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. The Miracle of St. Bernard (copy) 416717

Dance of Death, plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1567 Germany. Woodcut on paper . Hans Holbein, the younger

Festa della sensa (ninth part); AnkeFt und Herkvommen der Weitberümbten Herrlichen Statt Screw Sambt Derselben Waident Herrschafft. Procession of the Doge on Ascension Day over the San Marco Square in Venice. The procession leads to the Bucintoro, the galei of the Doge. Once a year 'married the Doge during the DELLA SENLA Sensa festa with the Adriatic Sea by throwing a ring in the water from this galei.

Woodcut by Thomas Anshelm depicting the figure of John Tercia, created in 1504, showing a religious figure in traditional attire.

Vishnu in his incarnation as Narasimha, the man-lion. Engraving, 1672.

Christ Nailed to the Cross, page 85 from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter). Michael Wolgemut and Workshop (German, 1434/37-1519); published by Anton Koberger (German, 1440-1513). Date: 1491. Dimensions: 250 x 175 mm (image/block/sheet); 445 x 300 mm (album sheet). Woodcut on cream laid paper with letterpress on verso, laid down on ivory wove album sheet. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fantastic Vases. Dated: probably 1646. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: STEFANO DELLA BELLA.

Copper engraving by Nicoletto da Modena showing three deer, created in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Woodcut, The Abbot, Hans Holbein the Younger, Dance of Death, 1538

Picture cycle The Apocalypse, the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut

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