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

A medieval chronicler tells the story of the Fall, in Lydgate's 'Bochas, or the Fall of Princes' printed by Richard Pynson in 1527

Temptation of Job, 1645 - 1646 print Job is on the manure heap, covered with ulcers. He is mocked by his wife and friends. Behind it his house is destroyed by flames. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Job on the dunghill with Satan (or devils) abusing and tormenting him; Job's wife may be present

Veen, Otto van, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Batavorum cum Romanis bellum, à Corn. Tacito, De Batavische oft Oude Hollandtsche Oorloghe tegen de Romeynen, De Batavian Opstand, Samenzwering van Claudius Civilis, 69-70, De samenzwering van Claudius Civilis in het Schakerbos. During a nocturnal meeting in the forest, Claudius Civilis tells the elders that they are being treated as slaves by the Romans. Print number 4 in the series of prints about the Batavian Revolt: Batavorum cum Romanis bellum, à Corn. Tacito lib. IV & V. : Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum, auctore Othone Vaenio Lugdunobatava = De Batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe tegen de Romeynen. Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612. At the bottom two verses of four lines in Dutch and Latin. No text on the back., print, image, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 167 mm, width 210 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1612 - 1612, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, e

Buitenplaats of a eatery, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing hotel, hostelry, inn. pavement, terrace in front of inn or restaurant

Copper engraving by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting epileptics moving to the left, showing multiple figures, gestures, direction, and surrounding landscape, created in 1642.

Measurament of the Temple. Jean Duvet; French, 1485-after 1561. Date: 1505-1561. Dimensions: 308 × 224 mm (plate); 336 × 245 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Second War in Gueldres, from The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I Made 1515-1517 Germany. These two prints (1939.251 and 1939.252) come from a triumphal series honoring Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I overseen by Albrecht D¸rer; the massive project was produced from some 195 woodblocks. These two scenes of the emperorís early military successes depict pikemen in action against mounted horsemen, with standard bearers carrying the Burgundian flag moving in with troops from the right. Maximilian died in 1519, just after this, his largest and most complicated work of propaganda on paper, was completed.. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . School of Albrecht Dürer

First bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus: the dream of a knight sleeping on a bed with wheels and bells under a castle battlement with queen and ladies, lances raining down from a cloud. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after A. Monticelli from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Cologne, Hogenberg, French, Series 7: Dutch Events, 1576-1577, Spanish Fury: atrocities by the soldiers, 1576, Spanish Fury in Antwerp, 4-7 November 1576. Gruesome murders and torture by the Spanish soldiers on the inhabitants of Antwerp in the streets and houses. With a 14-line caption in German. Numbered: 11., print, picture, news print, album page, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 210 mm, width 280 mm, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590, print maker, printmaker, 1576 - 1578, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Un Corps de Garde, 1762, Per Gustav Floding; Artist: after François Boucher, French, 1703-1770, 12 13/16 x 9 3/8 in. (32.54 x 23.81 cm) (plate)15 1/2 x 10 3/16 in. (39.37 x 25.88 cm) (sheet), Engraving, etching and aquatint (lavis) in black ink, Sweden, 18th century, In the 18th century, France and Sweden were strong military allies, and upperclass Swedes adopted French artistic trends. Born in Stockholm, Per Gustav Floding was sent to Paris as a young man to learn the art of engraving. He remained there for most of his career but retained close ties to his homeland. King Adolf Frederick was so pleased with a portrait that Floding made of him that he gave the artist money to re-equip his studio. This led directly to Flodings invention of a new printmaking technique, lavis aquatint. The technique involved covering the copper printing plate with powdered resin, heating it to make it adhere, and then subjecting it to repeated acid baths while selectively applying protective coatings betw

Three men in minstrel's dress play their instruments. Woodcut.

Torture with hammers, Hanging, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

August, 1559, Engravings, approx. 15/16 x 6 13/16 in. (2.4 x 17.3 cm), Paper / Sheet approx. 1 5/8 x 7 3/16 in. (4.2 x 18.2 cm), Stamped in black ink, l.r. F.A. Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (Lugt 971), Cream laid

A Game of Chance, Cornelis Anthonisz., 1541 print The company of Sorgheloos, Weelde and Ghemack has been expanded with the Marskramer Light Fortune, Poverty and Pover. Sorghless is gambling with light fortune, his arm around the shoulder of Weelde. Two characters on the right come in: a ragless couple consisting of poverty and poor. Happiness takes a different turn. Print four from series of six. Ornamental frame around show with the gambling game of Sorgheloos. Two eleven -line poems in Dutch within framing. Low CountriesLow Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper Incruparance, immoderation. Carelessness. Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulence', 'Richezza' (Ripa). Dic-Games. street-trader. Poverty; 'Povertè', 'Poor of Doni', 'Poor in one who had good ingenuity' (Ripa)

Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Hell with demons and the damned in eternal fire, verso lower left - stamped, Naked men and women are seized by demons in the flames of eternal fire. Above the image is a German text: Gehet hin von ... vnd seinen Engeler., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 131 mm, width 280 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, prentmaker, 1482 - 1553, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

Woodcut portrait of an empress by Hans Holbein the Younger, circa 1525-1540, showing imperial attire, crown, and detailed facial expression.

Scenes in the underworld; spirits of the dead disembarking from the boat of Charon; Charon receiving a ghost into his boat. Etching by L.P. Boitard.

Ostendorfer, Michael, Saturnus en Mars, verso - stamped, print, prent, prints, LD, height 120 mm, width 100 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1533 - 1533, paper, papier, houtcut, Work conception, German, 1490 - 1559-12-14, after a design by

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Leiden, Dolendo, Bartholomeus Willemsz., 1. It is the richest man alive there, who is pleased with what he has, The bailiff tries to buy the farmer's cow, The bailiff tries to buy the farmer's cow. On the right the bailiff of South Holland with a bag of money, on the left the farmer and his family. In the background the cow is milked by the farmer's wife. Image no. 1 in a series of six small scenes of the successive episodes of the story of the Judiciary of Count William III in the year 1336. These small prints belong on either side of the large central image. Each image has a caption consisting of a proverb and a verse of two columns of eight lines., print, historical print, prints, height 180 mm, width 188 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1560 - 1626-05-27, print maker, printmaker, 1613 - 1613, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Folter, Tortur, Inquisition, a. Verurteilter, die in tiefe Gruben geworfen und bis zum Hals mit Erde und Steinen begraben wurden, b. Verurteilter, die halb begraben, mit hinter dem Rücken gefesselten Händen zurückgelassen wurden, um zu sterben., Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, Mittelater, Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt gallonio-tortures-1591-p40-025267

Woodcut by Johann Schöffer from 1507-1508 depicting documents, figures, and objects in a legal or administrative setting, showing gestures and arrangement.

Keisnijder, William Young Ottley, After Nicolaes Weydtmans, 1828 print Cutting the boulder. A quack, with turban on the head, scratched the forehead of a woman with a scalpel. The man behind the woman holds her head and touches his pouch. There are instruments and boulders on the table. There is a seal with two keys on the board in the background, perhaps the coat of arms of the city of Leiden. At the bottom a text line in Dutch. London paper. etching stone-operation, e.g.: by the witch of Malleghem

Lamentation Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Lamentation, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 in. (13 x 10.2 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Mercury as a personification of virtue Red souls at pre-borne and Daphne changes into tree; Virtus Deserta. Mercury kneels at the door to the pre-borne where souls are stacked on top of each other. He presents a soul hand to save him. Left Daphne changed to a tree with a text board Virvs Deserta. The text virtvti s.a.i is on a block stone. This is the lower half of a representation with an allegory of virtues and vices.

Andreas Bretschneider III, Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf, published 1622 Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf

Copper engraving depicting the last sacrament scene including a rat, created by Meister des Sforza-Stundenbuches at the turn of the 15th to 16th century.

The dance of death: the old man. Woodcut after Hans Holbein the younger.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Wierix, Antonie (II), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Passion of Christ, Christ Crowned with Thorns, Soldiers use sticks to push the crown of thorns onto the head of Christ, who is bound with ropes. A man kneels before Christ and mocks him. Below the depiction is a four-line verse in Latin. At the bottom right are the letters: ff. This print is part of an album., print, album page, prints, height 205 mm, width 123 mm, South Netherlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draftsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Title copper: Behr, Samuel Rudolph: Maître de Danse, instructions for dance art - 1. Copper engraving; approx. 12.7 x approx. 7.5 cm. Leipzig: C. Heydler, 1703. Dresden: Slub Dramat.562-1

Squire Thomas Just Arriv'd, Touch Me Not! I'm Still a Maid., James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1783, Etching, Sheet: 12 9/16 x 9 9/16in. (31.9 x 24.3cm)

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld, 1545. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

This copper engraving by Pieter Bruegel the Elder from around 1558 depicts Elck (Everyone), showing figures, gestures, attire, and allegorical representation of common humanity.

Macabre Dance, engraving by Hans Holbein the Younger, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1872, Volume LXXIII, January 11, 1879.

Entombment, 1515, Woodcuts, approx. 2 13/16 x 1 15/16 in. (7.2 x 4.9 cm), Paper / Sheet approx. 3 x 2 1/16 in. (7.6 x 5.2 cm), Stamped in black ink, verso Y.W. enclosed in circle (Lugt 2669), Cream laid

Altdorfer, Albrecht, Germany, Simson and Delilah, verso bottom center - handwritten, Delilah seated, with Simson sleeping in her lap. Her left hand placed on Samson's head, in her right hand she holds a pair of scissors., print, prints, verso center - stamped, 20.2, height 43 mm, width 35 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Joseph Thrown into the Well. Dated: 1549. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Offer from Iphigenia, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to Diana, to reconcile with the goddess. At the last minute she replaces the girl with a deer and feeds her away. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Iphigenia is saved by Diana, who puts a stag (hind) in her place

The Crucifixion, from Der beschlossen gart des rosenkranzes marie. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Author: Ulrich Pinder (German, active 1493-before 1519). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (23.8 × 16 cm). Publisher: Published for Ulrich Pinder, by Friedrich Peypus (Geman). Date: 1505. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Christ on the Cross with Mary, John, the Magdalen, and Stephen. Hans Baldung Grien; German, c. 1480-1545. Date: 1500-1516. Dimensions: 238 x 161 mm (block/sheet). Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A baker is loading uncooked dough into the ovens, as bread is being carried in baskets on a man's head. Woodcut.

Hercules and the NemeanLion. Artist: Giovanni Andrea Vavassore, Italian, 1518-1572

David Teniers the Younger, Interior of a Kitchen Interior of a Kitchen

Design for an Overdoor, Piat Joseph Sauvage, French, 1744 - 1818, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper, This alegory of painting and sculpture includes a putto painting a woman and another works on a portrait bust, held by another putto., Netherlands, 1785-1790, drawing, drawing

Cross, Luca Cambiaso (Possible), 1540 - 1585 drawing Compositieschets. paper. ink pen / brush

The Stone Operation or The Witch of Mallegem 1559 Flanders. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Pieter van der Heyden

Two of the Seven Falls of Christ (Schr. 647 & 653). Artist: Anonymous, German, 15th century. Dimensions: sheet: 4 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (11 x 18.5 cm). Date: 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Monogrammist AI (16th century), Adoration of the Shepherds, verso lower left - stamped, Mary, Joseph, ox and donkey around crib with Christ Child. Three shepherds kneel, two approach., print, prent, prints, enten, height 81 mm, width 245 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1540 - 1560, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, woodcut, hand-coloured

Digging, draughtsman: Christoph Schwarz, (possibly), 1555 - 1592, paper, pen, brush, h 80 mm × w 57 mm

music musicians musical entertainment coloured woodcut ""Orgel und Instrument Tabulatur"" by Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (1530 - 1597) Leipzig 1571 private collection,

Heinrich Friedrich, Prince of England.

The Prodigal Son Wasting His Money, 1560, Holland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Zinnspent against the file and on the Gulik War, 1615, Michiel le Blon, 1615 print Allegorical title print for a pamphlet on the Gulik War, published in 1615. Presentation divided into five scenes, in the first four numbered scenes you can see how peace (PAIX) is cheated and threatened by an explosion, a Jesuit with the disguised peace, Mars and Trêves and the Spanish king. In the fifth scene a man is referred to as Cleve for the Dutch Lion in the Dutch garden. Low Countries paper engraving symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus'

Morris Dancers. Artist: Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren 1471-1536 Augsburg); After Anonymous, Italian, 15th to 16th century. Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (21.2 x 33.3 cm). Date: late 15th-early 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

De Vette Keuken, Johann Theodor de Bry, after Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1596 print In the departure full of scratching fat men, women and children, the hams and sausages hang on the ceiling and on the wall. To 'De Vette Keuken' from Bruegel. The big fireplace, in which the pots are on the fire, is raised and the Bry has hung some rows of sausages on it. 'Maghermans', a lean musician with a bagpipe, is thrown out the door. paper engraving kitchen-interior. rich kitchen. meat; still life of meat. bagpipe, musette

Figures practising the fine arts and drawing from a suspended skeleton and corpse. Engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after J. van der Straet.

French early 16th Century, Do Not Turn Back When You Arrive at the End (fol 26 verso 27 recto), 1512 1514 Do Not Turn Back When You Arrive at the End fol. 26 verso / 27 recto

Water treatment, from the bath and drinking water (Aachen)

Callot, Jacques, work, No. 4, Rosvous, (1000 - 2000), line etching, graphics, plate width 18, 6 cm, plate height 8.2 cm, leaf width 20 cm, leaf height 11.5 cm

The Prodigal Son. Albrecht Dürer (Germany, Nuremberg, 1471-1528). Germany, circa 1496. Prints; engravings. Engraving

De Zorgeloess Shoemaker, Johann Theodor de Bry, after Pieter van der Borcht (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1596 print Warning against irresponsible and light -hearted behavior. A carefree shoemaker is sitting in front of his house and is doing too well on a pint of beer instead of patching up his shoes and thus providing income. His wife is about his negligence against him, but he doesn't seem to care much about that: Wa Vrouwe ghy fits us all too Vroech ter quader URE/ WE and SORGHEN Maer/ that our d'beer in the pot now and not now and Sure/ Schweycht but all at ten and of four/ ich preyss our daughter on 't Heck and that not sorcht and proud, we read in the epigram (accompanying text in album). Two beer mugs hang on the facade of the house. paper engraving Existence and Modes of Existence (+ emblematical representation of concept). shoe-maker, cobbler. drunkenness

Sleeping Marskramer robbed by monkeys, Pieter van der Borcht (I), after Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel (I), After 1562 - 1608 print When a market squat is sleeping under a tree, he is robbed by a group of monkeys. His merchandise is sold in the background to a monkey family (this time dressed as civilians). The monkeys also pollute his hat and boots. In the right corner, a brilliant monkey looks at itself in a mirror. Both the glasses and the mirror stand for deception and (attempted) self -knowledge. Antwerp (possibly) paper etching animals acting as human beings. pedlar. monkeys, apes

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Specklin, Veit Rudolf, Holbein, Hans (II), Moses' speech to the people of Israel, Moses gives a speech to the people of Israel instructing them about the future. In the margin above the image is the text Devter I., print, prent, book illustration, prints, prenten, height 60 mm, width 85 mm, height 84 mm, width 96 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1538 - 1538, second quarter 16th century, tweede kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, houtcut, French - 1550, block cutter

German 16th Century, Die Herpavck vnd andere Drvmmen zvernst vnd Schimpf wir lassen ervmmen, c 1580 Die Herpavck vnd andere Drvmmen zvernst vnd Schimpf wir lassen ervmmen

An Iroha Diary of the Tōkaidō. Utagawa Kunisada II (Japan, 1823-1880). Japan, 19th century. Books. Woodblock illustrated book

Fat cuisine, Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1563 print Kitchen interior in which a group of fat people is doing well for all kinds of food and drinks. On the right is cooked and roast in the fireplace. In the foreground on the left two children playing with food and in the middle a drinking woman who gives a child the chest, a drinking monk or priest on the right. In the background, a shabby lean man with bagpipe is hunted out. Under the show a two -way verse in French and in Dutch. Antwerp paper engraving kitchen-interior. rich kitchen. fat (human type). beggar. bagpipe, musette. ham

Vatican City, Papal Court, Rome, Paoli, Giovanni Antonio de, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Varia tormentorum et supplicioru crudelium, Tortures suffered by Christian martyrs, Torture: being dropped on sharp points, verso - stamped, Numbered bottom center: 33., print, prints, height 194 mm, width 133 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1630, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege

fine arts, Middle Ages, mediaeval, copper engraving, ""Der Kampf um die Hose"" (The fight for the trousers), by the ""Master of women`s power"" (active 1440 - 1468), Lower Germany, circa 1460, private collection,

Triumph of death Mors (title on object) Six triumphs of Petrarch (series title), With Latin caption, 'Trionfo della Morte', 'Triumphus Mortis', 'Carro della morte' (Ripa), Death as skeleton, coffin, cortege, funeral procession, Matthäus Greuter, 1596, paper, engraving, h 206 mm × w 153 mm

Bathing psyche; Story of Amor and Psyche. Psyche sitting on the edge of a bath, with three nymphs around her who are invisible to her. On the right a look to Psyche lying in her bed. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 7.

Smoking of Dieren, Theodor de Bry, after Johann Theodor de Bry, 1591 print Two original Americans smoke their catch. The animals are on a wooden scaffolding: fishing, crocodiles, a snake and larger mammals. Under the scaffolding, a fire burns and one of the men waves the fire to develop as much smoke as possible. paper engraving / letterpress printing conserving food. smoke. Native peoples of the Americas North and Central America

15th century wheelbarrow for transporting the wounded. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

Folter, Tortur, Inquisition, ein Verurteilter, der mit Riemen oder Schnüren festgebunden ist, wird gewaltsam in alle Richtungen gezogen und so Glied für Glied auseinandergerissen, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, Mittelater, Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt gallonio-tortures-1591-p12-583354

Drunks lying in a tavern. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1658. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 100 mm × w 198 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity: Virtus Deserta, c. 1500-1505. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian), after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506). Engraving printed on two sheets;

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). German artist . Reformation propaganda. True and false forgiveness, 1529.

Leyden, Lucas van, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Allegorical depiction of a solar eclipse in Stockholm in 1535, verso - stamped, A man standing in a gate, seen from the back. Through the portal a view of a city. In the sky the sun, moon and stars. On the left a putto with a smoking pot, on the right a putto with a palm branch and laurel wreath., print, prent, prints, height 219 mm, width 264 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1494-06 - 1533-08, inspirator

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Twelve prophets, Elisa, Jonah and Obadiah, The prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah are standing next to each other in a landscape. Elisha has a two-headed bird on his shoulder and stands next to Naaman, who on Elisha's advice bathes in the Jordan. Jonah stands next to the fish, Obadiah has three loaves and a jar in his hands. Below the representation explanations in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 213 mm, width 279 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, 1585 - 1585, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Battle for De Broek, Cornelis Massijs, 1539 print A woman sits on a chair and tries to put on her husband's pants. Her husband is sitting on the floor and tries to pull the pants, while he brings his other hand to his head in desperation. In the background a window and a plank with plates and a jug on it. Antwerp paper engraving battle for dominance in marriage ('who wears the breeches')

Building a ship, ca. 1780-1783, Anonymous, 1780 - 1783 print Cartoon with building a Dutch ship on a shipyard. With two -way caption. Part of a series of six small performances about the tensions between England and the Netherlands, ca. 1780-1783. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving political caricatures and satires. building a ship, ship under construction. Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Samson destroys the Temple of Baal; Illustration from Physique sacree, ou Histoire-naturelle de la Bible, 1732-1737, by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672 - 1733), a Swiss scholar born at Zurich

Latin literature. Theatre performance in France (16th century) imitating classical times. Colored engraving.

Child with Three Skulls (reverse copy) early 16th century Barthel Beham German. Child with Three Skulls (reverse copy) 392891

The men's bath, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..

Beham, Barthel, Mors Omnia Aeqvat, Sleeping child with hourglass and four skulls, verso top left - stamped, The motto Mors Omnia Aeqvat on this small print means that in death everyone is equal., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 54 mm, width 76 mm, 1502 - 1540, print maker, prentmaker, 1512 - 1540, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

A man stands inside a barrel surrounded by a crowd of people some with bandages and some with books in their hands. Engraving by T. Sanders after Tim Bobbin (John Collier).

Kuiper for his workshop, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), After Dirck Hals, 1618 - 1645 print Five men watch how a Kuiper makes a ton for his workshop. According to the poem that may be part of the print, the tonn maker speaks with a nobleman, doctor, pastor, politician and warrior. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Haarlem paper etching wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. handicrafts, craftsman at work

The Bewitched Groom. Artist: Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd () 1484/85-1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (33.9 × 20 cm). Date: ca. 1544. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

April, anonymous, 1664 print A fenced garden with a man kneeling for a woman and another man. At the top right an animal (rabbit). paper letterpress printing April and its 'labours' (+ with Taurus (April)). garden. adult man (+ kneeling)

Copper engraving by Marco Dente from 1518-1525 depicting human skeletons in various poses, illustrating anatomical structure.

Northern Netherlands, Destruction of coats of arms of the De Witt family in a church, 1672, Destruction of coats of arms of the family of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt in a church in The Hague, 1672. A group of angry men use ladders to remove the coats of arms from the columns in a church and smash them with axes. No representation of the iconoclasm of 1566., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 130 mm, width 78 mm, print maker, 1672 - 1699, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process)

Blind choice for a wedding partner; Heu Nimium Vaecis Errant Connubia Fatis; Emblemata Saecularia, 1596. In a large basket, men and women are as possible wedding candidates. Next to the basket are a man and a woman with a bag over their heads: so they can't see the defects of the wedding candidates. They choose them blindly. The woman left a widower from the basket that holds two children in his arms. The man on the right has a woman to grab. Emblem no. 22 in Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 and No. 43 in the second edition of 1611.

Man and a woman eat fruit, Theodor de Bry, after Jean Jacques Boissard, 1596 print A man picks a fruit of a tree. A little further on, a merchant offers a woman a fruit from one of his baskets. People look at the scene from the windows of a nearby building. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving picking fruit. gifts being accepted. fruits

After Barthel Beham, Sleeping Child with Four Skulls, 1522-1800, engraving on paper.

Diagram of acrobat jumping through multiple hoops; jumping from springboard and turning through the air Date: 1599

Copper engraving 'The Knäblein with the Four Skulls' by Barthel Beham, depicting a child figure surrounded by four skulls with detailed composition.

September and October from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months. Artist: Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500-1550 Frankfurt). Dimensions: sheet: 1 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (4.8 x 7 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months. Date: 1546-47.Two couples dancing. Female in couple at right wears a wreath and dances with a male in a feathered hat. From a series of ten prints. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Sebald Beham.

Sleeping Child with Four Skulls (reverse copy) 1595-1637 Lucas Kilian German. Sleeping Child with Four Skulls (reverse copy) 392892

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