Religious Illustrations and Scenes

Dramatic historical engravings depicting key biblical events, including the coronation of Mary and martyrdom, illustrating themes of faith and sacrifice.

Coronation of Mary, Cornelis Schut I, 1618 - 1655

Worship by the kings, Pietro Testa, c. 1636 - c. 1638 print On the left the Holy Family, sitting in front of a colonnade. The three kings worship the Christ child and show the gifts brought along. On the right the result of the three kings. In the air a star is worn by a group of angels. Assignment and two columns of Latin text in sub -margin. paper etching adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh). colonnade. angels

Last judgment, c. 1550 - c. 1600 print Christ drives on the clouds as a judge, surrounded by saints and apostles. On earth, people stand on their grave and are divided among the angels and devils. Print from a series of nine prints with triumphal cars from the Antwerp circumcision commitment of 1561. The personifications on the cars together represent the cycle of human action. The series is concluded by this last judgment, which was traditionally depicted on the last car in the Ommegang. paper engraving Vicissitudes of Life. comprehensive representation of Last Judgement: Christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by Mary and John the Baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of the Passion); after the resurrection of the dead the blessed are led to heaven by angels, and the damned are dragged into hell by devils. 'Trionfo della Divinità', 'Triumphus Aeternitatis'; 'Carro della Divinità'

The Resurrection, from The Passion of Christ, plate 24 1664 Grégoire Huret French. The Resurrection, from The Passion of Christ, plate 24 645177

The worship of the Holy Trinity by heavenly choirs. A large crowd angels worship, seated or standing on clouds, the tetragram at the top of the show. The Hebrew letters JHWH are caught in a triangle, on which stands 'Devs Charitas Est', and surrounded by a radiate wreath. At the bottom right of the show a coastal landscape. Under the show six lines of Latin text.

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds. Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn).

The Lamentation of Christ, Meester IAM van Zwoll, c. 1475 print Leeping of Christ by Mary, John and the three Mary's. paper engraving lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)

Jakobs dream. A passage from the biblical story of Jacob is portrayed here (Gen. 28: 10-22). During a trip, Jacob falls asleep against a stone. He dreams of a staircase that reaches to heaven and on which angels descend and descend. God is at the top of the stairs. He promises to protect Jacob and his descendants.

Longinus puts the crucified Christ with a lance, Heinrich Ulrich, 1582 - 1671 print Numbered bottom left: 26. Germany paper engraving Longinus pierces Christ's side with a lance

The Israelites Dancing around the Golden Calf; Sébastien Bourdon (French, 1616 - 1671); France; about 1645; Pen and brown ink, brown and white oil paint; 47.6 x 64.9 cm (18 3,4 x 25 9,16 in.)

A 1649 etching by Nicolas Chaperon depicting the discovery of Moses as an infant, showing figures around a basket in a river setting.

Adoration by De Herders, Jan Luyken, 1684 print Amsterdam paper etching the good shepherd (Christ) defending his sheep against wolves; 'I am the good shepherd' (John 10:1-16)

Let your will be done on earth like in heaven, in or before 1646 print Imagination of the third sentence of the prayer of the Lord's Prayer. Men and women carry their cross and follow Christ who is at the forefront of his cross. In the clouds God the Father, surrounded by angels. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing 'thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven' ~ the Lord's prayer. God the Father

Saint John the Evangelist. Colour etching.

Christ in Hell, 1560 - 1600 print From series of 14 ovals with grotesken in which scenes from the passion are depicted. Shaded background. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving Christ enters hell

Jusepe de Ribera, Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, c 1621 Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Sadeler, Aegidius, Vos, Maerten de, Keulen, Johann (I), Scenes from the Old Testament, Elijah visited by an angel in the desert, verso center bottom - stamped, Elijah lies under a tree in the desert. An angel appears before him and gives him food and water. Next to the angel on the ground a loaf of bread and a barrel. The print has a Latin caption with an explanation from the Old Testament and is the fourth print in an eleven-part series., print, prints, verso bottom center - stamped, height 250 mm, width 205 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1582 - 1582, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1570 - 1629

Corpent of Maria, Jacob de Wit, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1705 - 1754 print Mary is crowned in heaven by God the Father and by Christ, above them the Holy Spirit in the killed of a pigeon. Amsterdam paper etching coronation of Mary by God the Father and Christ (+ Holy Trinity) Carolus Borromeuskerk

The hand of God picks her from the heads of two sitting men.

Anonymous depiction of the Annunciation shows the Madonna seated on a chair before a desk, an angel hovering from the left, godfather in angelic glory, and a half-open tent, executed in feather with washes, white highlights on blue background.

Crucified man in Heuvellandschap, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print A naked man is nailed to a cross. He is wearing a thorns. At the foot of the cross there are two women in robes and two naked, bearded men. Three naked figures on a hill in the background. paper violent death by crucifixion. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. low hill country - HH - ideal landscapes

Christ and the personalized soul surrounded by angels; Jesus and the soul are surrounded by angels.

Storm on Lake Galilee, Harmen Jansz Muller, 1579 - 1585 print On Lake Galilee, the ship is plagued by the storm and the waves. The disciples wake up Christ, who is sleeping. At the bottom of the margin a reference to the Bible text in mat. 4 in Latin. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Christ in a boat with the apostles, talking or sleeping

The graves open on the day of the last judgement. Line engraving with etching by Petrus de Jode after Jean Cousin.

God blames Adam and Eva their disobedience; The creation. The angry God the Father floats on clouds. Adam and Eva are on the right. On the front floor on the left a unicorn.

Christ in the pre-assigned; Vita, Passio et Resvrrectio IESV Christi; Life, passion and resurrection of Christ. Christ's descent into the pre-borne after his death. He reaches the gates of hell and reaches the hand to Old Testament Saints. Two devils fly around him. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a series about the life of Christ.

Proclamation to Mary; Heart-shaped drawings with scenes from the life of Mary.

Lucas de Evangelist, Anonymous, After Agostino Venetian, after Giulio Romano, 1500 - c. 1536 print The evangelist Lucas, sitting on a cloud with the gospel in his hands. The OS left of him. paper engraving Luke the evangelist; possible attributes: book, (winged) ox, portrait of the Virgin, surgical instruments, painter's utensils, scroll

Transfiguration, 1643 print The glorification on the mountain. Moses and Elijah appear on either side of Christ and speak with him. James, John and Peter are sitting on the mountain. The latter makes a gesture and makes the proposal to set three tents for Christ, Moses and Elia. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in mat. 17: 1. This print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving the Transfiguration: Moses and Elijah appear on either side of Christ on Mount Tabor (Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36). 'let us make three booths (tabernacles) ...' ~ the Transfiguration

Cross-redemption and commissioning of Christ; Par Sa Mort Nous Obtenon La Vie. The body of Christ has been taken from the cross and rests in the shot of Mary. Behind her the cross. Angels are crying for the Dead Christ. In the foreground the thorns crown and nails.

Last judgement. Christ acts as a judge. He stands next to Mary on a cloud. He makes a threatening gesture with his raised arm. It is surrounded by groups with cherubs, saints and apostles. Completely at the bottom of the damned that are taken by devils to hell and be tortured. Charon puts the dead with his boat. At the top of a portrait of the painter Michelangelo, at the age of 73. The print was made to his fresco in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Holy Family. Italy, 17th century. Drawings. Black chalk on pale tan laid paper

. Landscape with ruins, in the foreground a herd of sheep, goats and cows flee. In the background an angel proclaims the birth of Christ to the shepherds.

The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.

Bishop surrounded by seven angels, Giovanni Battista Vanni, After Correggio, 1609 - 1660 print A bishop on clouds, surrounded by seven angels. paper etching angels. archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic)

Worship by the shepherds. The worship of the Christ child by the shepherds, Joseph and Mary and the OS and the donkey. In the background right a ruin of a bow. Above a group of sitting figures on clouds.

Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, 1568 - 1613), The Birth of the Virgin, 1605-1610, pen and brown and red ink with brown and sanguine wash over red chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in red chalk on paper washed ochre

Abraham and Isaak with saints seated on a cloud; Ascension of Maria.abraham and Isaak with Saints Seated on a cloud. They are surrounded by angels, one or which plays on a lute.

Moses and the copper snake, covel adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print On the right are Aaron and Moses next to the copper snake attached to a stake. Men, women and children who are bitten by poisonous snakes look at the copper snake to stay alive. Under the show the title in Latin and a reference to the Bible text in Num. 21. paper engraving anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar

The victory of the church by the Eucharist. .

Figure in harness with crown and scepter, Jacobus Harrewijn, after Caspar Jacob van Opstal (II), 1682 - 1730 print Ferdinand IV of Austria, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, in armor and with crown and scepter, with his left foot on a crocodile. In the background an eagle with a lightning bolt and putti under a curtain. Above his portrait a thorn wreath and the ideogram of a equilateral triangle as a symbol for the holy trinity. Low Countries paper etching / engraving symbols of the Trinity ~ circular and/or triangular forms or arrangements. crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion. homage to a ruler. insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)

Different cherubins, Jan Luyken, 1705 print Amsterdam paper etching Cherubim

Creation of the sun, the moon and the stars; Creation of the world. God the Father floats in a landscape. On the left the sun, right the moon. In the air the zodiac. On the fourth day of creation God created the sun, the moon and the stars. The print has a Latin caption.

Roof van Oreithyia; Gods loved ones.

Hagar and Ismaël in the desert. Hagar and Ismaël have been sent away by Abraham to the desert. When the water touches, Hagar lays her son Ismaël under a bush to die. An angel appears and points her a source, so that both are saved.

Anonymous red chalk drawing depicting an angel guiding souls to purgatory, emphasizing divine intervention and religious narrative.

Luigi Ademollo, Moses and the Brazen Serpent Moses and the Brazen Serpent

. During the heavy storm, Jonah is thrown overboard by the fishermen. He is swallowed up by a whale. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series based on the Bible text Matt. 12:40: "For as Jonah sat three days and three nights in the belly of a large fish, so the man's son will stay three days and three nights in the inside of the earth."

Netherlands, Christ on the cross, verso - stamped, Christ hangs on the cross between the two crosses with criminals. The Roman soldier Longinus rides on horseback and stabs Christ in the side with his lance. On the right are Mary and John., print, prints, height 329 mm, width 257 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Last judgment (top plate), Cornelis Visscher (II), After Peter Paul Rubens, 1644 - 1650 print Christ sits troning as a judge on a cloud in heaven in the Last Judgment. He makes a gesture and is surrounded by angels, kings, church fathers and his apostles. Above him a pigeon flies and God lies with the globe on a cloud. Haarlem paper engraving Last Judgement

Grave of Christ, Christoffel van Sichem (II), 1581 - 1658 print Christ is placed in a grave in a cave by a number of men. Around his body, Maria, John and Maria Magdalena mourn. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Hell and purgatory, 1612 print Presentation of hell as a fenced, step -by -step pyramid, with at the very top of Satan who devours souls from sinners, and on the layers among him many damned who are torn by diabolical beings and fires. In the corners outside the pyramid: at the top left souls in purgatory; At the top right of Christ who leads a group of souls away; Bottom left devils who lead new souls by boat; At the bottom right a rock. Texts exploring in the Latin in the performance, including from different sins. Under the performance the weapon of the doctors and two framed texts in Italian. Florence paper engraving hell divided into compartments. purgatory, usually the souls praying or asking for intercession. Limbo. Vice, and the Seven Deadly Sins. armorial bearing, heraldry

Giovanni Domenico Piastrini drawing of the Ascension of Mary, executed in red chalk with brown and gray washes on reddish-primed paper.

Five saints; Paradigmata Graphics variorum artificum. Five saints, three standing apostles and two sitting saints. All hold a book.

The good Samaritan helping a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk on. Line engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

Francesco Bartolozzi's drawing depicts the Ascension of St. Maria Egyptian, executed in gray ink with red-brown washes, showing figures, gesture, and composition.

Requirement of Saint Antonius, Abraham BLOTELING, After Camillo ProCaccini, 1665 - 1690 print Saint Antonius is lying on the ground and is held by a saat. A second satar lifts a chain to hit him and a winged woman bends over him. Deviles fly in the air. paper personal devotion of St. Antony Abbot

Mercury falls in love with HERSE; Mercury Herses Amore Acceditur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.mercurius, floating on clouds, falls in love with HERSE. Here is walking with her companions to the temple with freshly picked flowers. Title in Latin in undermarge.

The elect are with the help of angels, back to Christ, directed upwards, print maker: Gillis van Scheyndel (I), Dating 1625

Christ is sitting on a globe in the clouds surrounded by angel scissors. He judges all over the world during the last judgment. In the foreground right is a man in a coffin. He has been resurrected from death. On the left a chained man is lined by devils to hell. In the background a niche with death heads.

The Holy Joris and the Dragon. The sacred Joris sat on a horse holds down broken lance from which other part has disappeared into the mush of the dragon that was presented under the right.

Lamentation of Christ by angels, Nicolas Pitau (I), Jacques Van Merle, unknown, 1668

Ascension of Elijah. Elia is admitted to heaven in a triumph cart. His cloak falls off. Imagination of the Bible Store 2 Kings 2: 1-18

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Collaert, Jan (II), Passio, mors et resurrection dn. Nostri Iesu Christ, Passion, death and resurrection of Christ, Christ in limbo, verso center bottom - stamped, Christ's descent into limbo after his death. He reaches the gates of hell and extends his hand to Old Testament saints. Devils fly around him. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on the passion, death and resurrection of Christ., print, prints, 361, recto top right - written, verso, verso bottom middle - stamped, height 194 mm, width 264 mm, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1566 - 1628-05-26, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1586, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlandish, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher

God forbids Adam and Eva of the Tree of Knowledge, Antonio Tempesta, After Rafaël, After Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Maerten de Vos, 1565 - 1630 print Adam and Eva are at the Boom of Knowledge in Paradise. On the right God floats the Father on a cloud. He forbids Adam and Eva from the Boom to eat. On the left different animals. Print Maker: RomeAir Design by: Vatican City paper etching the giving of the test commandment: God warns Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

Vijf Heiligen, Jan de Beschop, After Baccio Bandinelli, After Giovanni Di Benedetto Bandini, 1668 - 1671 print Five saints, three standing apostles and two sitting saints. All hold a book. Northern Netherlands paper etching other groups of apostles. saints

Creation of light and darkness, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - 1600 print God the Father floats on a cloud: above him there is light, under him darkness. On the first day of creation, God created light and darkness. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: München (possibly)after design by: Antwerppublisher: München paper engraving division of light and darkness. God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe

The archangel Saint Michael defeats the dragon of the seven heads. Revelation book, New Testament Sacred biblical history. Old engraving

Saint Francis of Assisi in the wilderness, reading a book. Etching by C.W.E. Dietrich.

God creates the animals on the land; The creation.god's father sits on a cloud and is surrounded by animals such as an elephant, a horse, a goat, a wolf and a deer.

The Nativity with God the Father and Angels. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called il Grechetto) (Italy, Genoa, 1609-1664). Italy, after 1647. Prints; etchings. Etching

The souls of brave warriors, slain on the field of battle, are borne to Heaven by angels Date: Middle Ages

Heaven as one of the four extremes, Johann Sadeler (I), After Dirck Barendsz., 1560 - 1600 print Symbolic representation of God the Father and Christ in the form of a radiant light. Below that, on the clouds, Mary in the middle of a hierarchically ordered rows of saints. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four -part series about the four extremes. print maker: unknownafter design by: Amsterdam paper engraving Heaven (as one of the Four Last Things). All Saints, 'all who are redeemed and now in Heaven' (+ Mary). (rays of) light ~ symbol of God the Father

Creation of man; Hominis creatio; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovid.god on a cloud in a landscape. He creates a man under a tree. There are different animals around. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Conversion from H. Hubertus. The Holy Hubert knress in the forest for a deer buck with a crucifix between his antlers. Around him are hunting dogs and his horse.

Last judgement. The final judgment with Christ with sword and lily on rainbow and globe. Around him trumpeting angels. On cloud in heaven. Maria and saints. At the right hand of Christ people are led to heaven by angels and on left hand through devils to hell.

Maria Ascension, Jan de Bisschop, After Paolo Veronese, 1668 - 1671 print Maria is led to heaven by a group of angels. Northern Netherlands paper etching the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels

The Deluge. (Old Testament: Genesis 7, 1 - 6). After a work by French artist Gustave Dore.

The Holy Trinity surrounded by angels. God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit in the form of a pigeon, floating between the clouds, surrounded by angels. Right putti that wear a crucifix. Numbered bottom left: No. 33-4

The Carrying Of The Cross. The crossing. Veronica keeps the cloth for the face of Christ, left Johannes and Maria, in the foreground the two murderers. In the front of the procession, Roman soldiers go on horseback. Sketch for the large painting made for the Afflghem Abbey, now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels.

Egid Quirin Asam, The Life of Ignatius Loyola, 1748 1749 The Life of Ignatius Loyola

Augsburg, Herz, Johann Daniel (I), Thelott, Jakob Gottlieb, Altars, Altar with angels, verso - stamped, Design for an altar with angels. In front of the altar stand and sit four angels with censers. On the altar stands a monstrance with rays, the letters IHS in the shape of a heart. Creatures with four wings surround the monstrance. Above it hover winged putti and angels making music. Garlands and winged putti crown the altar., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 350 mm, width 215 mm, German, 1708-05-29 - 1760-01-06, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1740, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1693 - 1754, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Peter or Paul at Christ, Pietro Sante Bartoli, after Giovanni Lanfranco, 1665 print A painting with Peter or Paul in Christ. Print is part of an album. paper etching the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara - apotheosis, glory, triumph of male saint. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

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