Religious and Mythological Prints

Woodcuts and engravings illustrating scenes from biblical and mythological narratives, characterized by dramatic compositions and detailed figures.

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Figures playing, dancing, playing and drinking, Man with a flute and drum and a man with a stringed instrument, verso - stamped, Numbered top left: 7., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 58 mm, width 46 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1545 - 1545, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Saint John Devouring the Book. Dated: 1498. Dimensions: image: 39.3 x 28.5 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 45.9 x 31.2 cm (18 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

Youth under the influence of Venus; September Planetae, Septem hominis; The seven planets and the seven ages. The planet godin floats in the air. She is accompanied by Cupido. In the foreground the personification of Diligentia, Vlijt. A girl is a girl at the loom. Around her other girls engaged in music and lace bobbins. Next to her is a young man with a falcon. A dancing couple in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a seven-part series about the power of the seven planets about the seven ages of man.

Albrecht Dürer, The Life of the Virgin: The Flight into Egypt, 1504, woodcut on paper.

Hunter on Horseback Hunting a Wild Boar. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 4 13/16 in. (17.6 × 12.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copper engraving by Benedetto da Montagna from the first half of the 16th century depicting a woman with a child and a wild man on a fountain in a figurative composition.

Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Abigail gives David food in the desert, verso lower left - stamped, Abigail sits at the foot of a tree on the left and gives David food and drink during his exile in the desert. David is richly dressed in armor. A dog jumps up against Abigail's legs. In the tree hang two shields with the electoral and ducal arms of Saxony., print, prent, prints, enten, height 243 mm, width 172 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, prentmaker, 1509 - 1509, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

Dancing couple by Albrecht Durer, 1514,

Albrecht Dürer, Saint Eustace, c. 1501, engraving on paper.

Setup and expulsion from Paradise, 1493 print Adam and Eva are next to the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They have already eaten from the apple and cover themselves with fig leaves. The snake winds around the trunk of the tree. On the left, Adam and Eva are driven out of paradise by an angel with a sword. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit. Adam and Eve discover their nakedness; they cover themselves with their hands or with leaves. an angel chases Adam and Eve out of paradise with a (flaming) sword

Het Boerenpaar, Albrecht Dürer, 1495 - 1499 print A woman with the hair in braids around her head next to a wildly sticulating man with peak hair. Nuremberg paper engraving farmers

France, Vignon, Claude, Paris, Falck, Jeremias, The Four Kingdoms, Assyrians - the Empire of Sennacherib destroyed, verso - stamped, King Sennacherib of Assyria is pushed over by an angel holding the wing of a winged lion. At the top left the four cardinal directions are blowing. Mirrored copy of a print with the same title., print, prints, height 314 mm, width 218 mm, 1609 - 1677-02-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1645, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a print by, French, 1593 - 1670-05-10

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Floris, Frans (I), Cort, Cornelis, The history of Pluto and Proserpina, Cyane changes into a river, verso - stamped, The nymph Cyane, a friend of Proserpina, changes into a source of a river out of grief over Proserpina's robbery., print, prints, height 265 mm, width 204 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1533 - 1578, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1565, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1520 - 1570-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

The Divinities which president of the seven planets n � 4: Mercury (Hollstein 77) Heinrich ALDEGREVER (or ALDEGREVER - 1502-V.1555 / 1561). The Divinities which president of the seven planets n � 4: Mercury (Hollstein 77). Burin, 1533. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Christ Verschijnt Als Tuinman Aan Maria Magdalena (Do my touch), Giles Sadeler (2), after Bartholomew Spranger, 1624 - c. 1650 print The risen Christ appears to Maria Magdalena in the form of a gardener. His cross wounds are visible. Maria Magdalena has an ointment pot in hand. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: unknownpublisher: Venice paper engraving Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, who is usually represented as a gardener with a hoe and/or a spade; 'Noli me tangere'

Justice ca. 1499 Albrecht Dürer German. Justice 391087

Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer, German, ca. 1480-1538, The Expulsion from Paradise, from The Fall and Redemption ofMan, ca.1513, Woodcut, platemark: 7.5 × 5 cm (2 15/16 × 1 15/16in.), Made in Germany, German, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Antony and Caesar meet in boats on a river. Antony immediately removes suspicion by getting out of his boat. Meeting between Caesar and Antony, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1802, paper, etching, h 205 mm × w 125 mm

Zon der Gerechtigheid (Sun of Justice), Jerome Wierix, after Albrecht Dürer, 1566 print Justice as a sun god, with a sword in one hand and a scale in the other, seated on a lion. In the middle of the monogram of Albrecht Dürer. Antwerp paper engraving Apollo as sun-god, I.E. Sol (Helius), Titan. Justitia (justia) as Roman Personification

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1541 depicting the theme of Happiness.

St Margaret holding a palm in her raised left hand, a dragon at her right. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); After Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447-1517 Bologna). Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (10.8 x 11.8 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1510. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Heinrich IV., King of France.

Woodcut by Albrecht Altdorfer depicting Saint George killing a kite, created in 1511, showing a knight in action and the bird.

Merciful Samaritan lays the injured man on his ass; Parable from the Merciful Samaritan. The merciful Samaritan lies the injured man on his ass, on the right in the background the arrival at an inn. Under the show the text: Samaritanus Imposita Iumento Hic in Diversorium Abducit Einsq Curam Agit Luc 10. Third print from a series of four.

The Wild Man and his mate used in the printer's device of Peter Treveris, German-born printer in London in the early 16th century Date: 1514

The Month of May: An Elegant Man Holding a Flower and Lute. Artist: Attributed to Erasmus Hornick (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1520-1583 Prague) attributed to. Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (10.5 x 7.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Etching from 1650-1660 by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi showing Mars, Venus, and Amor, depicting mythological figures in a classical composition.

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

Alessandro farnese, duke of Parma, governor of the Netherlands, on horseback. To the left. He has a staff in hand. In the background the collapse of Antwerp. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of equestrian portraits of Dutch land vacuette.

A Swiss Guard before an Ornamental Arch (recto). Dated: 1568. Dimensions: sheet: 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash on red prepared laid paper, heightened with white gouache. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Abraham Bickhart.

Woodcut from 1512 by Hans Burgkmair the Elder showing Saint Sebastian inside a structured architectural setting.

The personification of Rome sitting on a column, balancing the statue of Mars on her hand; next to her the river god Tiber and the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus, behind them the panorama of Rome; representing the city of Rome. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

Dappere liefde. Amour vaillant (title on object). Draughtsman: Pieter Serwouters. Dating: 1606 - 1611. Measurements: h 87 mm × w 119 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Female putto with weapon on a shield. Female putto standing with weapon on a shield and heraldic attributes. On a crowned helmet there is a half-luck without arms.

Sebald Beham, Saturn Saturn

Hercules Capturing Cerberus, From the Labors of Hercules, 1545, Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, 2 × 3 in. (5.08 × 7.62 cm) (sheet), Engraving, Germany, 16th century, The legendary strongman Hercules was born to the god Zeus and a mortal named Alcmena. This union so incensed Zeuss wife Hera that she made life almost unbearable for the hero. Her ire resulted in him undertaking a series of tasks, known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham challenged his audiences knowledge of the classical text, engraving three actual labors and nine scenes of Hercules exploits before and after his labors.

Farmer, Farmer and Daughter with Cow; Varie Figure di Jacopo Callot; Various figures. A farmer, a farmer's and a girl resting at a tree. In addition to them is a cow. In the background a goat heath. This print is part of a series of 16 prints (15 according to Lieure; 17 resp. 16 incl. Title print) with men and women in various attitudes. These prints may have been meant as drawing examples.

Mucius Scaevola Burning his Hand Artist's working dates 1515-1535 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Dürer, The Passion: The Betrayal of Christ, 1508, engraving on paper.

Sadeler, Aegidius, Gheeraerts, Marcus (I), Praag, Fable of the Young Man and the Swallow, A young man, dressed only in a shirt, finds a dead swallow on his way. The fable describes how a young loafer sees a swallow in the air. He considers the swallow to be a harbinger of warm weather and therefore sells his clothes, except for his shirt. Later, the young man finds the swallow frozen to death along the road. The moral of the story teaches that one should not judge lightly and should think before acting., print, book illustration, prints, height 96 mm, width 112 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, English, 1520 - 1590, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Death with child on the back; Five times death. Death as a skeleton with a child on his back.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "The lady on horseback, B. 82". Engraving. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 34091-1 Horse, woman, military, landscape, engraving

Adam Ploughing Made 1651 Bohemia. Etching on ivory wove paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

King Araxerxes III; Persian kings; Series Regum Persarum (...). King Araxerxes III of Persia standing with a sword in his hand. In the background is probably to see how his older brother is executed. Under the show a three-legged text in Latin, among other things, his victories in Egypt and the city of Sidon.

Aristotle and Phyllis. Master M.Z.; German, active 1500-1550. Date: 1495-1505. Dimensions: 182 x 131 mm (sheet trimmed within plate mark). Engraving in black on cream laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer from 1503 depicting a coat of arms with a skull, showing heraldic symbols and detailed engraving work.

Temperance, 1500 - 1550, Engravings, approx. 1 9/16 x 1 in. (3.9 x 2.5 cm), Paper / Sheet approx. 1 5/8 x 1 in. (4.1 x 2.6 cm), Stamped in brown ink, verso A. Freiherr von Lanna (Lugt 2773), Cream laid

Procession of Monstrous Figures 1615 Wendel Dietterlin, the Younger German. Procession of Monstrous Figures 358467

Story of Suzanne n � 1: Suzanne surprise at the bath by the two old men (Hollstein 30) Heinrich ALDEGREVER (or ALDEGREVER - 1502-V.1555 / 1561). Story of Suzanne n � 1: Suzanne surprise at the bath by the two old men (Hollstein 30). Burin, 1555.

A soul in hell begs for mercy with folded hands and is bitten by a monster. Below the image is a quote from the Bible, Isaiah 33, in three languages., Soul in Hell Bitten by Monster V, print maker: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, Peter Paul Rubens, publisher: Cornelis Galle (II), (mentioned on object), 1596 - 1678, paper, engraving, h 127 mm × w 91 mm

Willem V, Prince of Orange-Nassau standing next to Minerva, whose shield he has received. In addition to him the Dutch lion. In the foreground are coat of arms and a putto with the mirror of caution and the scales of justice.

Saint Francis of Assisi praying before a crucifix, from the series 'Piccoli Santi' (Small Saints). Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 5/16 × 1 15/16 in. (8.4 × 5 cm). Date: ca. 1500-1527. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

He is above his beer (), Nicolaas Braeu, after Karel van Mander (I), c. 1608 - c. 1666 print Two men wear a barrel of beer to a pub. There is a drunkard with a jug in his hand in the ditch. A fourth man points him to the barrel. With three lines of caption in German, French and Dutch: Gene Connen do wear tons full of large beer, desen bengel with a mixture of pallt in the ditch here. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Paris paper engraving drunkard

Copper engraving by Lucas Hugensz. van Leyden, 1521, depicting the scourging of Christ, emphasizing figures, posture, and interaction.

A Standard-Bearer before a Castle. Master of the Berlin Roundels (German, active 1515)

The Prodigal Son ca. 1496 Albrecht Dürer German. The Prodigal Son 391035

Furnius, Pieter Jalhea, Seven virtues and seven vices, Chastity overcomes Amor, verso - stamped, The personification of Chastity (Castitas) sits under a tree and pushes Amor, the god of love, to the ground with her feet. She breaks Amor's bow in two. ... vices., print, prints, height 259 mm, width 195 mm, 1540 - 1626, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1625, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

This 1551 etching by Augustin Hirschvogel depicts the prophet Isaiah, showing figure detail, gestures, and religious iconography in a late medieval composition.

The Persian deity MITHRA was popular among the Romans, particularly the military ; he was depicted slaying a bull, thereby symbolising the renewal of creation

Dürer, Albrecht, Germany, Aldegrever, Heinrich, Madonna and Child at the Breast, Mary sitting on a bench in a landscape, Christ at her breast., print, prints, height 70 mm, width 49 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1527 - 1527, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05

Judit; Heroes and heroines from the Bible and classical antiquity. Landscape with Judit. In her one hand the sword, in her other the head of Holofernes. In the margin a two-legged Bible quote from Jud. 13 in Latin and in Dutch.

Netherlands, Bagelaar, Ernst Willem Jan, Christ shows his wounds to a man kneeling before him (the apostle Thomas), print, prints, height 53 mm, width 48 mm, Dutch, 1775-09-16 - 1837-02-08, print maker, printmaker, 1798 - 1837, fourth quarter 18th century, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings, print drawing, Expression creation

Johannes de Doper met lam, Claude Mellan (attributed to), 1608 - 1688 print paper engraving John the Baptist in the wilderness, usually accompanied by a lamb

Unclean Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1528 (1st edition) (1528-00-00-1561-00-00);

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from 1502 showing Conrad Celtis presenting Emperor Maximilian a copy of his work Amores, depicting figures and gestures.

Melencolia I by Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Private Collection 1514 Copper engraving 24x18,6 Germany Renaissance Mythology, Allegory and Literature Graphic arts

Sebald Beham, Lot and His Daughters Lot and His Daughters

Child lying at skull. Allegorical representation of mortality. In a landscape, a child leans, leaning on a skull, the head with the right hand supporting. Four-line caption in Dutch.

Personification of the Old Testament; The Sibyllen. Copy to woodcut, in mirror image. Woman with broken lance and tablet with the ten commandments.

Triumphar. Triumphag with woman accompanied by putti and drawn by bird with aureool. To heaven's holy trinity, God the Father, Christ on the Cross and the Holy Spirit. It could imagine the triumph of faith with Mary on the car.

Fourteen Ornamental Letters (C, D, I, Q). Germany, 16th century. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut

Theseus in De Minotaurus, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print Thoseus in fight with the Minotaurus. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Theseus kills the Minotaur

Antiochus I and Stratonice (recto), and Seated Woman (verso) 1775-1808 France. Pen and black and brown ink, over black chalk, on tan laid paper . Style of Gabriel François Doyen

Bust of rodomonte; Rodomonte; Characters from 'Orlando Furioso'. Bust of Rodomonte, a character from Ludovico Ariosto's epic 'Orlando Furioso'. On his head he wears a helmet decorated with leaves and a dragon. At the top right the title and eight Italian fresh rules from the epic.

Fable of the devil and the criminal; Fables of Aesopus. The devil is called by a criminal, who is in prison. The devil carries a bundle of old shoes on its back. Illustration of a Aesopus Fabul.

Abraham sacrificing Isaac, Harmen ter Borch, 1651, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 30-Aug-1651, paper, brush, h 112 mm × w 100 mm

Amsterdam, Hoorn, Jan Claesz ten, Luyken, Jan, Title page for: F. de la Neuville, Historie van Holland vol. I, 1704, Hollandse Maagd, verso - stamped, The seated Dutch Virgin with a liberty hat on a stick and a bundle of arrows in her hands. In front of her the Dutch Lion and a horn of plenty filled with fruit., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 147 mm, width 91 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1704 - 1704, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, 1639 - 1715, publisher

Dancing Pair no. 9, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1538 print Man and woman next to each other, hand in hand dancing. Man leaning a little forward, with his left hand in the side. Ninth print from a series of twelve, free to the work of Hans Schäufelein. Germany paper engraving dancing at wedding feast. one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple

Coat of Arms with a Skull Artist's working dates 1569-1618 Flanders. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Jan Wierix

MARTIRIO DE SAN SEBASTIAN (256-288) - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: VICENTE VICTORIA (1650-1709) VICENTE VITTORIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Afrique from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. Afrique from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 415945

This woodcut by Hans Baldung, dated around 1534, depicts a sorceress in a stable kneeling. The image emphasizes Gothic woodcut techniques, figure detail, and dynamic composition.

Holy Christoffel ('Small version'), Master of the Amsterdam cabinet, 1488 - 1492 print Christoffel Wadend through river, a date palm grows from his walking staff. On his back Christ child with globe in his hand. Left behind the hermit with his lantern. Germany paper drypoint St. Christopher, with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); sometimes a hermit stands on the further bank beside a chapel, a lantern in his hand

David and Goliath. Dated: 1551. Medium: etching//conjoining subject on 2 sheets of paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hanns Lautensack.

Europe. Renaissance era. 16th century. Peasant couple embracing. Engraving by Jost Amman, 1599.

Christ Teaching the Disciples, 1, from Das Plenarium. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (9.4 × 6.8 cm). Publisher: Adam Petri (German, active Basel, 1507-27). Date: 1517. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Halberdier. Germany, 17th century. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut

The Flagellation (Schr. 308c) 15th century Anonymous, German, 15th century German. The Flagellation (Schr. 308c) 382390 Artist: Anonymous, German, 15th century, The Flagellation (Schr. 308c), 15th century, Woodcut, hand-colored, sheet: 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (4.8 x 3.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of James Clark McGuire, 1930 (31.54.128)

Design by Friedrich Sustris for a silver statuette of St. Michael, executed with dark gray ink and watercolor with white highlights on partly primed paper, circa 1600.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

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Personification of painting on a pedestal, Arnold Houbraken, Nicolaes de Vries, 1688 - 1700

Hercules are attacked by a huge crab; In Sophitas Theologos; Denis Lebey de Batilly, emblemata, 1596. Hercules is attacked by a huge crab that tries to bite in its foot. According to the story, the crab was sent by Juno who wants to stop Hercules in his fight against the Hydra of Lerna.

Perseus kills Medusa, from the bleeding wound of the headless Medusa spring Pegasus, a winged steed, and a giant named Chrysaor, both creatures of Poseidon, 1610, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

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