Religious Themes in Art

Engravings and woodcuts illustrating significant religious themes, focusing on emotional expressions and dramatic moments from biblical stories.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Achilles Tragedy, Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot, verso stamped below, Achilles drags the body of Hector, tied to his chariot, along the walls of Troy. Andromache watches from the city wall., print, prints, height 142 mm, width 83 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1760, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

Thomas from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles Lucas Cranach the Elder German. Thomas from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles 435305

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Achilles Tragedy, Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot, verso stamped below, Achilles drags the body of Hector, tied to his chariot, along the walls of Troy. Andromache watches from the city wall., print, prints, height 142 mm, width 83 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1760, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer titled Behold the Man, depicting Jesus presented, focusing on figure, expression, and religious iconography.

Albrecht Dürer, The Lamentation, probably c 1509 1510 The Lamentation

Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder from around 1512 depicting the martyrdom of Saint James the Younger, showing figure, gesture, instruments, and composition.

Print, Crowning of Thorns, from "The Passion"; Designed by Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472 - 1553); Germany; woodcut on paper; 26.1 × 17.2 cm (10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.); 1896-31-1

Ecce Homo, from The SmallPassion. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Hans Baldung Grien, Christ Raised on the Cross, 1507 Christ Raised on the Cross

A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1508-1509, depicting the displacement of the dealers from the Small Passion series, showing figures, gestures, and composition.

James thrown the lesser from balcony; Martyrdom of twelve apostles. Jakobus De Minerere (Jacobus Minor) is thrown down from a balcony where a man is ready to hit him with a bat. Different men look. In the middle of top hanging two shields with the judicial and ducal weapon of Saxony.

Albrecht Dürer, The Little Passion: The Lamentation, 1509-1511, woodcut on paper.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Saint James the Less Saint James the Less

Christ Stripped, from Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu Christi. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Author: Ulrich Pinder (German, active 1493-before 1519). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 6 3/8 in. (24.3 × 16.2 cm). Publisher: Published for Ulrich Pinder, by Friedrich Peypus (Geman). Date: 1507. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Germany, Altdorfer, Albrecht, The Fall and Redemption of Mankind, Christ Before Caiaphas, verso bottom center - handwritten, Christ, held by a soldier, stands before the high priest Caiaphas. The latter tears his clothes apart. One man is about to strike Christ. Twenty-first print from a series of forty., print, prent, prints, prenten, 58, height 72 mm, width 48 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, prentmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

Sebald Beham, Peasants' Feast Peasants' Feast

A dance; Groteske figures. Three dancing grotesque figures. In the background two ugly women with a rose and two musicians with Grukeke Koppen playing bagpipes and tambourine.

The Men's Bath 1496-1497 Germany. Woodcut in black on off-white laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Copper engraving 'The Return of the Lost Son' by Sebald Beham, 1540, depicting the moment of reconciliation between the prodigal son and his father.

Ecce Homo, from The Passion Made 1475-1485 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

France, L'Eglise de Christ, The Church of Christ, ca. 1570. Right half of a representation consisting of two sheets. The Catholics, Charles de Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine and Granvelle fire with cannons and with the help of the devil at a collapsing church building from which naked believers (the children of God) are fleeing. Cartoon on the Roman Catholic Church, ca. 1570., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 286 mm, width 226 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1574, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Albrecht Dürer, The Mocking of Christ, probably c 1509 1510 The Mocking of Christ

Jael Killing Sisera, without ornamental frame (copy) early 16th century After Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Jael Killing Sisera, without ornamental frame (copy) 364837

Jean Duvet, The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, 1546 1556 The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist

Engraved copies of The Little Passion n.d. After Albrecht Dürer German. Engraved copies of The Little Passion 388862

Christ Before Caiaphas, from The Fall and Redemption of Man. Albrecht Altdorfer; German, c.1480-1538. Date: 1510-1518. Dimensions: 72 x 49 mm (image/block). Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Murder of the Prince of Orange, 1584, 1677 print The Prince of Orange in Delft murdered by Balthasar Gerards, July 10, 1584. The prince collapses on the stairs and is taken care of and supported by his wife and bystanders. In the background through the window the execution of Balthasar Gerards. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter own design by: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching attempt, political murder. on the scaffold or place of execution Prinsenhof

Cerialis donates overlooked soldiers, 69-70, 1612 print Cerialis donates overlooked Roman soldiers grace. Print number 26 in the series of prints about the Batavian rebellion: Batavorum Cum Romanis Bellum / à Corn. Tacito Lib. IV & V.: Hist. Olim Descriptum, Figuris Nunc Aeneis Expressum, Auctore Othone Vaenio Lugdunobatava = the Batavian or old Hollandtsche Warhe Teghen de Romeynen. Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612. At the bottom two verses of four lines in Dutch and in Latin. On the back of text in Latin. Italy paper etching extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). granting mercy; free pardon Netherlands

The Holy Family and Kindred. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553). Woodcut;

A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from 1509, part of the Small Passion series, showing Christ in the pre-pale, printed with precise lines and bordered by the plate edges.

dance dancers moorish dance festivity at a prince's court woodcut by Hans Leinberger circa 1520 private collection,

This woodcut by Hans Baldung gen. Grien, circa 1520 or after 1530, depicts a drunken Bacchus accompanied by playful putti, showing figures, gestures, and mythological iconography.

Ecce Homo, from The Passion Lucas Cranach the Elder German. Ecce Homo, from The Passion 434533

The Crucifixion, from The Large Passion. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 15/16 in. (44.2 x 30.3 cm)image: 15 1/2 x 11 1/16 in. (39.3 x 28.1 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ecce Homo, from The Passion. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (17.2 × 25.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Story of Lot, 1555. Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502-1555/61). Engraving;

The Bath House 1496 Albrecht Dürer German. The Bath House 388481

Martin Schongauer, Ecce Homo, c 1480 Ecce Homo

After Lucas van Leyden, Joseph Interpreting his Dreams to Jacob, engraving.

Print, Peasants Behind the Hedge; Designed by Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550); Germany; engraving on off-white laid paper

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting Christ before Anna, part of the Little Passion series, created around 1508/1509.

Christ before Annas, from Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu Christi. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Author: Ulrich Pinder (German, active 1493-before 1519). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (24 × 16.5 cm). Publisher: Published for Ulrich Pinder, by Friedrich Peypus (Geman). Date: 1507. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antwerp, Wierix, Johannes, Poet eavesdrops on women, verso bottom center - stamped, Six young women are talking to each other in a garden. The poet has hidden himself under a rose arch and is eavesdropping on them., print, book illustration, prints, height 155 mm, width 110 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1549 - 1618, after print by, 1614 - 1616, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker

Pilate Washing His Hands, from The Passion 1509-1516 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Lucas Cranach, the Elder

Joshua and Caleb Made 1515-1530 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Altdorfer

The Passion: The Mocking of Christ, 1521. Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494-1533). Engraving;

The Councillor, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. The Councillor, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

VILLAGE LIFE:butcher works, monk distributes charity,man sits in stocks,others plough irrigate,wash fleeces,as Saturn/Cronos (Time) flies by Date: 17th Century

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Christ before Herod, in or before 1509 Christ before Herodtitle QS:P1476,en:Christ before Herod label QS:Len,Christ before Herod label QS:Lde,Christus vor Herodes

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Solomon has the temple built, 1554 - 1595 print Solomon is on his throne. At his feet are the building plans for the temple that he has built. In front of him is a man with different measuring instruments. Behind them, workers build the temple and some men provide the columns of Canelures. At the bottom of the margin a single -line caption in Latin. paper engraving the building of the temple of Solomon

Joshua and Caleb. Albrecht Altdorfer; German, c.1480-1538. Date: 1515-1530. Dimensions: 122 x 95 mm (image/block/sheet). Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saint James the Less, The Martyrdom of the Apostles 1507-1517 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Lucas Cranach, the Elder

Joseph Sold to the Merchants, from The Story of Joseph. Artist: Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (11.5 × 7.7 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Story of Joseph. Date: 1546. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ecce Homo. Dated: 1522. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.

Print, Story of Susannah: The Elders are Stoned; Germany; engraving

Legal and distribution of stolen goods, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing division of the spoils of war. administration of justice, trial

The Duchess, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. The Duchess, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

The Flagellation, 1509, Woodcuts, approx. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.2 x 3.2 cm), Paper / Sheet approx. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.2 x 3.2 cm), Mat / approx. 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.8 cm), Cream laid

The Prodigal Son. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

The men's pool. Six men, each with only a small underpants, talk, drink, and make music under overhanging at a tap.

Saint Florian (restrike) Hans Schäufelein German. Saint Florian (restrike) 669267

Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-Vers1534). Vulcan, Venus and Love (Bartsch 326). Etching, chisel. 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Wing, religious art, deesse love, drawing, divinity, child, wife, woman, blacksmith, blacksmith, hammer, myth, Greek mythology, mythological character, 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th century, nature

Man is taken by death, Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1609 print Death comes into the room with an arrow in his hand and an arrow cooker on his back. On the left is a man trying to prevent a statue with an anchor as a symbol for hope of the money bag. There are still a few valuables at the bag. Under the performance is a two -tone, Latin text and a two -way, Dutch poem in which the performance and its meaning are explained. Leiden paper engraving sculpture. Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. interior of the house. purse, money-bag. display of jewels, etc.. Death as skeleton - FF - Death as female. Death as man - FF - Death as female

A man is beating metal into shape as armour and helmets. Woodcut.

Thomas Jones drives Schurken, Jan Punt, after Hubert François Gravelot, 1749 print The Lord of the Huizes who just came home was attacked by Schurken. Thomas Jones drives them away with his saber. The old woman looks out of the skylight. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving specific works of literature. robber. night

Lot and his daughters: a daughter at center rests her right arm on Lot's knee and a vessel on her thigh, at right a daughter holds a goblet in her outstreched right hand, from a series of ten Old Testament scenes ca. 1531 Georg Pencz German. Lot and his daughters: a daughter at center rests her right arm on Lot's knee and a vessel on her thigh, at right a daughter holds a goblet in her outstreched right hand, from a series of ten Old Testament scenes 399038

Illustration from Margarita philosophica, plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1517 Germany. Woodcut on paper . Unknown artist

Sophonisba Drinking Poison. Heinrich Aldegrever (Germany, Paderborn, 1502-1561). Germany, 1553. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Return of the Prodigal Son, from The History of the Prodigal Son ca. 1540 Sebald Beham German. Return of the Prodigal Son, from The History of the Prodigal Son 389817

Hudibras Beating Sidrophel and Whachum (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 12) 1721-26 William Hogarth British. Hudibras Beating Sidrophel and Whachum (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 12) 396562

The Holy Kinship. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Joseph is thrown into the pit, Robert de Baudous, Lucas van Leyden, 1591-1659

The Flagellation, from The LargePassion. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Man in a court while three murders are committed, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing administration of justice, trial. violent death by cleaving and striking weapons. violent death by poisoned cup

The Peasant Wedding or the Twelve Months: No. 7, 1546. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

Antwerp, Woons, Cornelis, Sallaert, Antoine, Jegher, Jan Christoffel, Christ heals two demon-possessed people, verso lower left - stamped, Christ heals two demon-possessed people with a gesture of blessing in the region of the Gerasenes. He drives the demons out of their bodies., print, book illustration, prints, height 88 mm, width 64 mm, 1618-11-03 - 1667-09-18, print maker, printmaker, 1649 - 1649, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1585 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, The Little Passion, Crowning with Thorns, verso center bottom - stamped, Christ, sitting on a dais, has a crown of thorns pushed onto his head. This print is part of the print series 'The Little Passion', consisting of a title print and 36 biblical scenes (mainly from the Passion)., print, prints, height 128 mm, width 97 mm, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1509 - 1509, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

In a room before the fireplace, a woman sits on the lap of a man who embraces her. In one hand she holds a glass of wine, the other she puts in his purse. The innkeeper is keeping track of the kerfuffle. In the foreground, a man, referred to by his jester's staff as foolish or crazy, is shaved by a barber. Below the scene a two-line verse in French and Dutch. 'Shaving the fool' was a common ritual at jester festivals in the 16th century: shaving the heads of criminals, vagabonds and lunatics so that they could be identified as such.', Shaving the fool, print maker: anonymous, Low Countries, 1570 - 1600, paper, engraving, h 181 mm × w 236 mm

Ecce Homo, from The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ. Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (7.9 × 5.5 cm). Date: ca. 1513. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting the parish lord, created around 1525-1540.

Parable of the bad rich n � 2: Lazarus at its door (Hollstein 45) Heinrich ALDEGREVER (or ALDEGREVER - 1502-V.1555 / 1561). Parabola of the bad rich n � 2: Lazarus at its door (Hollstein 45). Burin, 1554.

Torture, stoning and smashing of victims' limbs, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550), Peasants' Feast, engraving

Solomon Building the Temple, from The Story of Solomon. Artist: After Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498-1574 Haarlem). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.7 × 20 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Story of Solomon. Date: 1554. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Christ Before Annas Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Christ Before Annas, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (13.2 x 10.3 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Antwerp, Woons, Cornelis, Sallaert, Antoine, Jegher, Jan Christoffel, Christ Carrying the Cross, verso lower left - stamped, Christ carries the cross aided by soldiers., print, book illustration, prints, height 90 mm, width 62 mm, 1618-11-03 - 1667-09-18, print maker, printmaker, 1649 - 1649, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1585 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Emperor, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. The Emperor, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

J. Muller (1700-1700), Illustration Til Adam Olearius, "Persian Rosenthal of a meaningful poet Schich Saadi ...", Schleswig 1660, 1660

Woodcut by an anonymous artist showing rabbits falling to the ground, created around 1530-1540.

The Passion: 14 Planches - 7. The Coronation of Thorns - Bartsch 49 Lucas de Leyde (1494-1533). The passion: 14 boards - 7. The coronation of thorns - Bartsch 49. Burin on paper. 1521. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Preparations for the wedding party, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1558 - 1559 print The preparations for the banquet. The king had his best manure cattle slaughter. He sends out his servants to invite the guests. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a six -part series about the parable of a wedding party. paper engraving / etching first invitation to the feast ~ parable of the royal wedding-feast

Eunuchus, from The Comedie of Terence, 19th century reprint. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 3 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (8.9 x 14.3 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hoeye, Rombout van den, Heyden, Pieter van der, Bruegel, Pieter (I), Nederlanden, Doetechum, Johannes of Lucas van, The fatty kitchen, The fatty kitchen. Interior in which a group of fat people are enjoying all kinds of food and drink. On the right, cooking and roasting is taking place in the fireplace. In the foreground, two children playing with food and a drinking woman who is breastfeeding a child, on the left, a drinking monk or priest. In the background, a poor, thin man with a bagpipe is being chased out of the door. Above, a text, an ornamental border on three sides. See pendant., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 348 mm, width 483 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1587 - 1599, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Southern Netherlands, 1525 - 1569-09-05, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1540 - 1582, after a print by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1622-07-30 - 1671-04-24, publisher

A 1796 woodcut by Hans Springinklee depicting the triumphal procession of Emperor Maximilian I, showing the kings Gottfried von Bouillon, Johann of Portugal, Arthur, and Odobert of Provence, with figures and composition.

Sebald Beham, Departure of the Prodigal Son Departure of the Prodigal Son

The Apocalypse: The Angel Gives St. John the Book to Eat, 1546-1556. Jean Duvet (French, 1485-1561). Engraving;

Venus at Vulcan's Forge. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Leon Davent.

Allegory of Art: A Youth Inspired by the Spirit of Art. Carl Russ; Austrian, 1779-1843. Date: 1810. Dimensions: 209 × 292 mm (plate); 239 × 352 mm (sheet). Etching and aquatint in black on tan wove paper. Origin: Austria. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Margaretha van Oostenrijk wordt teruggegeven aan haar vader Maximiliaan; Weißkunig.Margaretha from Austria is returned to her father Maximilian by the French. The young girl stands between the French right and her father with men of his court left.

The Duke, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. The Duke, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

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