Renaissance Religious Prints

Artistic prints depicting Biblical narratives and pastoral scenes, merging spiritual themes with pastoral beauty and human interaction.

London, Bradford, Thomas, Italy, Testa, Pietro, Bartolozzi, Francesco, Holy Family with John the Baptist, verso - stamped, Mary, Joseph, Christ and the young John the Baptist in a landscape with a pyramid. Text in English in bottom margin., print, prent, prints, height 350 mm, width 268 mm, Italian, 1727-09-25 - 1815-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1738 - 1815, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1612 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, English - 1773, publisher

Rest on the Flight to Egypt. 1555 - 1600. Procaccini, Camillo, approximately 1555-1629. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Lost son like boar hazy; Story of the lost son; LA 'Historia del Figliol Prodigo. The lost son in prayer with a group of boar to his feet. In the background a mountainous landscape.

Herder and Herderin, Theodoor van Thulden, 1630 - 1634 print A shepherdin, with a bird's nest on your lap and a bird on the bare chest, seduces a shepherd who is already rolling up his sleeves. Two sheep on the left and the head of a dog on the right. Paris paper etching / engraving pastorals, Arcadian scenes. lovers; courting, flirting. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

London, Bradford, Thomas, Italy, Testa, Pietro, Bartolozzi, Francesco, Holy Family with John the Baptist, verso - stamped, Mary, Joseph, Christ and the young John the Baptist in a landscape with a pyramid. Text in English in bottom margin., print, prent, prints, height 350 mm, width 268 mm, Italian, 1727-09-25 - 1815-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1738 - 1815, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1612 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, English - 1773, publisher

Slatande Venus Ent Amor, Odoardo Fialetti, 1617 print Venus and Amor sleeping in a landscape. Italian fresh in the lower margin. print maker: VeniceVeniceItaly paper etching sleeping; unconsciousness. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Pastoral scene with Damet, Galate and Amaril. Pastoral show with Vergilius' Characters Dameet, Galate and Amaril in classical clothing in a landscape. Under the show four rules in Dutch.

Mercury plays Argus asleep; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Mercury plays on his flute for the hundred-eyed Argus, who monitors Juno de Koe io. In the undermarge a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

Plate 101: Silenus before King Midas, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses' 1641 Johann Wilhelm Baur. Plate 101: Silenus before King Midas, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'. 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'. Johann Wilhelm Baur (German, Strasbourg 1607-1642 Vienna). 1641. Etching. Prints

Landscape with H. Hieronymus who translates the Bible, Cornelis Cort, After Girolamo Muziano, 1573 print paper engraving St. Jerome translating the Old and the New Testament into Latin (the Vulgate)

. In a landscape a warrior (Fercard, King of Scotland) kills a wolf. In the background a hunter with a hunting horn on his mouth and a rider. Top left: FOL. 12, 2 part. Print used in a book by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints from Arnold Houbakken.

Resting hunter with dog, Abraham Bloemaert, 1630 - 1651, draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert, 1630 - 1651, paper, pen, brush, h 101 mm × w 153 mm

Narcissus kneeling at a fountain, Jan van de Velde (II), after Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1621 print Rotterdam paper etching / letterpress printing (story of) Narcissus

St Onuphrius in the Wilderness. Artist: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, Hoorn ca. 1533-1578 Rome); After Girolamo Muziano (Italian, Acquafredda, Brescia 1528-1592 Rome). Publisher: Bonifazio Breggio (Italian, active Rome, 1566-died before 1582). Date: 1574. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venus and Adonis. Venus embraces Adonis in a landscape. Amor stands with a rocket with them. There is a dog in the foreground.

Johann Heinrich Keller, Diana and Endymion, 1765 Diana and Endymion

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT.

Abraham Bosse after Claude Vignon, Illustration to Jean Desmarets' L'Ariane, published 1639 Illustration to Jean Desmarets' L'Ariane

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia ca. 1667-88 Gerard de Lairesse Dutch. The Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Gerard de Lairesse (Dutch, Liège 1641-1711 Amsterdam). ca. 1667-88. Pen and brown ink. Drawings

Bacchanal. A Sater, a nymph, two young saters and putti in a landscape. The Sater donates wine into the beaker of the nymph that sucks a young sater.

Landscape with H. Hieronymus that translates the Bible.

Bella, Stefano della, Landscapes and harbours, Young satyr on the bank, verso - stamped, A young satyr sits on the bank of a stream in a landscape. Further on, a second satyr sits in the water., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 144 mm, width 132 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1656, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Engel asks Hagar to return, Louis De Deyster, 1666 - 1711 print Engel asks Hagar to return. In the end of margin Latin rule text from: Gen 16. paper etching an angel meets Hagar at the fountain on the way to Shur and persuades her to return

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.

Amor overcomes Pan, Abraham Blotling (Possible), After Agostino Carracci, 1655 - 1690 print Amor restrains Pan. Pan kneels with one leg on the floor, his flute is in the grass. On the left are two nymphs on a stone. The fight symbolizes the struggle between Divine Love (Amor) and the earthly love (Pan). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving 'Omnia vincit Amor', Love the conqueror, Love triumphant. Cupid vanquishing Pan

The flute player; The Uyllen mirror. Mirror-image copy to the Print of the same name from Rembrandt.

Flight to Egypt, Jan van Ossbeeck, after Nikolaas van Hoy, after Domenico Feti, in or after 1660 print The Holy Family on the flight to Egypt. Maria and Joseph walk past a child on the side of the road. An angel takes care of the child. Brussels paper etching / engraving the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass

The Penance of Saint John Chrisostom 1509 Lucas Cranach the Elder German. The Penance of Saint John Chrisostom 336244

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius showing Christ praying in the olive grove, depicting disciples and surrounding landscape, created in 1597.

Satyrs Dancing from Bacchanales, or Satyrs' Games 1763 France. Fragonard may have copied the relief within his Satyrs Dancing from an ancient bacchic sarcophagus. The swaying nymph holds a noise-making rattle, and the artist implies that, however improbably, this sculptural figure has deposited her pinecone-topped thyrsos outside the frame. It leans at a jaunty angle in the bacchic vessel at left, which is decorated with a smirking face and grapevine crown. The thyrsos was one of the wine god Dionysosís main attributes. These figures could well all be part of the bacchic entourage, including the nymphís satyr spouse and three children.. Etching on ivory laid paper . Jean Honoré Fragonard

A fisherman's wife drowns with her incurably ill man in the sea, Zacharias Dolendo, after Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1606 print A fisherman's wife drowns herself and her husband in the sea to redeem both of them from suffering and pain. The fisherman's wife lies with her head on a stone, on her back in the water. Her husband lies with his back on her legs and with his legs against a rock. Page from a book with text on the verso. paper engraving / letterpress printing death by drowning (non-violent). self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose

Mercury with the severed head of Argus, Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 - 1672 print Mercury beheaded Argus after he played him asleep with his shepherd's whistle. With the severed head in one hand and the sword in the other, Mercury floats above the lifeless body of Argus. A dog barks Mercury on the floor. The print is part of a four -part series of prints with scenes from the mythological story of Argus. Amsterdam paper etching Mercury beheads Argus

St. John the Baptist Pointing to Christ. Artist: Willem van Oordt (Dutch, active Amsterdam, ca. 1635-55). Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 13/16 in. (28.1 x 22.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mercury kills Argus, 1728 After playing him asleep with his flute and telling stories, Mercury kills the hundred -eyed Argus. Mercury takes him his head under a tree. In the background, Juno covers her peacock with the eyes of Argus. A dog barks. The cow is Io who had to guard Argus on behalf of Juno. Two times two verses in Latin under the performance. The print is part of an album. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving After playing him asleep with his flute and telling stories, Mercury kills the hundred -eyed Argus. Mercury takes him his head under a tree. In the background, Juno covers her peacock with the eyes of Argus. A dog barks. The cow is Io who had to guard Argus on behalf of Juno. Two times two verses in Latin under the performance. The print is part of an album. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving

Orpheus enchants the animals with his music, Anonymous, Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1639 - c. 1700 print paper etching Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted

Italy, Procaccini, Camillo, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, verso - stamped, The Holy Family seated in a landscape. In the foreground on the left Joseph looks at the viewer and points to Mary with the Christ Child on her lap., print, prent, prints, height 218 mm, width 264 mm, Work conception, Italian, 1555 - 1629, after a print by, 1556 - 1629, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, prentmaker

Saint Roch 1535-73 Battista Angolo del Moro Italian. Saint Roch. Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, Verona ca. 1515-ca. 1573 Murano). 1535-73. Etching. Battista Mondella (Italian, active 1567-73). Prints

Diogenes Casting Away His Bowl. Dated: 1615-1673. Dimensions: overall: 46 x 27.5 cm (18 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: SALVATOR ROSA.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, anonymous, after Schiavone, 1500 - 1599 print In a landscape, Mary sits on her lap with the Christ child. Joseph is on the right with the donkey. Italy paper etching rest on the flight into Egypt. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

The rest of the Holy Family on their flight to Egypt. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 12 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (32.8 x 35.3 cm). Date: 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mars, Venus and Amor. Mars and Venus are under a tree. Mars blazed the upper body of Venus. Venus looks at Amor who lies next to her on the floor and shocked away from a dog.

Elijah Fed by Ravens 1549 Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert Netherlandish. Elijah Fed by Ravens 405601

Salvator Rosa, Shepherd in a Landscape, c 1660 1661 Shepherd in a Landscape

Death and Cupido shoot each other's arrows and old man makes the young woman the court, ca. 1707-1708, 1707 - 1708 print Allegory in which an old man (Louis XIV) courts a young woman (Madame de Maintenon) and kill each other's arrows, ca. 1707-1708. A monkey with glasses robs your coins from the old man's stock exchange. Numbered: 2 and marked: p. 7. Part of: The steadfast monarchye of death, a series of 8 old plates with verses adapted for use as cartoons on the French in the context of the Spanish Succession War. Part of the print work published under the collection title 't Lust-Hof of Momus with the bundled series of cartoons during the years 1701-1713 of the Spanish War of Succession. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Death as skeleton. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). monkeys, apes. young versus old age; young and old. old man. Death conquering Life or the living

The nest inhaler; Nest robbers. A bird catcher climbs in a tree, at the top is a nest with young birds. A two bird catcher is behind a fallen tree.

Landscape with the penitent Mary Magdalene, A wide landscape with the penitent Saint Mary Magdalene in the foreground to the right under a tree, the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene, possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge, landscapes, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, 1616 - 1680, paper, etching, h 276 mm × w 391 mm

Venus, Adonis and Cupido, Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1648 drawing paper. chalk Venus and Adonis as lovers

Allegorical performance with children and attributes of agriculture.

Les Villagois à la Pêche (The Villages Fishing) 18th century René Gaillard French. Les Villagois à la Pêche (The Villages Fishing) 413452

Genoels, Abraham, Rome, Two figures in an Arcadian landscape, verso bottom center - stamped, A wooded landscape. In the foreground lie a man and a woman., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 194 mm, width 162 mm, 1640 - 1723-05-10, print maker, prentmaker, 1650 - 1723, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception

Scylla flight for glaucus. The Zeenimf Scylla fleeing for glaucus that extends left with beard and winding fish tail to its arms. Glaucus was a fisherman that turned into a sea-centaur after eating toxes in a sea-centaur and fell in love with SCYLLA.

Diana, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie). Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (4.6 × 6 cm). Patron: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by C. Cort after G.F.M Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Simone Cantarini, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

The Kneeling Magdalen 1644-52 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian. The Kneeling Magdalen 421012

. Apollo plays the flute, his flock behind him. Scene from Ovid 'Metamorphoses (with. II, 680-685).

Print, Mercury and Argus; Print Maker: Simone Cantarini (Italian, 1612 - 1648); Italy; etching on paper; 26.5 × 30.9 cm (10 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.); 1896-31-44

St. John the Baptist Pointing to Christ 17th century Willem van Oordt Dutch. St. John the Baptist Pointing to Christ 372028

Lucas van Leyden, Adam and Eve after Their Expulsion from Paradise, 1510 Adam and Eve after Their Expulsion from Paradise

JUPITER en callisto, c. 1537 - c. 1555 print Jupiter approaches the Nymph Callisto in the form of the goddess Diana. Callisto and Jupiter are under a tree, the lightning bolts of Jupiter are in the grass. Jupiter looks in love at Callisto, Callisto looks a little suspicious. Print from a series of 10 prints that illustrate Jupiter's love life. unknown paper engraving Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, and Callisto. homosexual love - CC - homosexual love between women: lesbianism

Child Carrying a Puppy on his Shoulder. Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 5 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (14.4 × 13.7 cm). Date: ca. 1662. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

France, French crown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological representations, Five of spades, Vulcan and Thetis, Playing card with a representation of Thetis in the forge of Vulcan., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux , Fires, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Mercury plays flute for Argus; Ovidius' metamorphoses; Reflections by P. Ovidius Naso. Under the shade of a few trees, Mercurius plays in the form of a shepherd on his flute for Argus. He tries to fall asleep his one hundred eyes. The caduceus, a magic wand browse by snakes, betrays who he really is. Argus monitors Juno de Koe io. Under the show twice two fresh rules in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Italy, Parmigianino, Reni, Guido, Entombment, verso - stamped, The body of Christ is laid on a stone block. Around the body are mourning men and women., print, prints, height 272 mm, width 206 mm, Italian, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1642, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24

Diana and Orion. Artist: Jacques Bellange (French, Bassigny () ca. 1575-1616 Nancy). Dimensions: sheet: 20 5/16 x 10 11/16 in. (51.6 x 27.2 cm)image: 18 7/16 x 8 1/16 in. (46.8 x 20.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicting Ulysses on the island of the Cyclops, executed in black chalk with light brown contamination in the corners.

Apollo Feed the flock of Admetus, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1600 - 1647

Sleeping shepherdesses, Adriaen van der Kabel, 1648 - 1705

Dood van Hyacinthus; Hyacinthi cruor in florem sui nominis; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Hyacinthus is affected by an arrow of Apollo and is dead on the ground. Apollo draws the arrow from hyacinthus. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Air, Pieter van Avont, 1622 - 1652 print A naked boy is sitting on a cloud and holds a parrot in his hand. Print from a series of four prints that represent the four elements. paper etching / engraving air (one of the four elements)

Amor with an ax near a tree, Jan van Vianen, 1686 print Amor patiently cuts a tree. Just as many strokes of an ax can fell a tree and many water drops can throw out a lot of marble, so steadfastness in love will also overcome everything. Thirty -first emblem from Emblemata amatoria. Northern Netherlands paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe. woodcutting, woodcutter ~ forestry

Dood van blue, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Hyacinthus is struck by an Apollo arrow and lies dead on the ground. Apollo pulls the arrow out of Hyacinthus. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching death of Hyacinthus: he is struck by a discus thrown by Apollo; possibly through jealousy of Zephyrus, who blows just as Apollo hurls the discus

David with De Beer and De Leeuw, Pieter Serwouters, After David Vinckboons, 1608 print David grabs a bear with his bare hands, which threatened his herd. At his feet is a killed lion. Under the print four verses in Latin and a reference to 1. Sam. 17.34. Amsterdam paper engraving David kills a lion and a bear (or tells Saul about it)

Il Bergamasco / 'Huntsman on Horseback Chasing a Stag in a Wood, Watched by a Maiden'. Second third of the XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt. 1601 - 1700. Cantarini, Simone, 1612-1648. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Jacques Callot, French (1592-1635), Saint Jerome, etching

Apollo and Coronis. Hendrik Goltzius (after) (Holland, Mülbracht, 1558-1617). Holland, published 1590. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Etcher: Unknown, After: Parmigianino, Italian, 1503-1540, Youth and Two OldMen, Etching, reverse copy after Parmigianino, sheet: 11.9 × 9.5 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Successful Monster. Dated: 1778. Dimensions: plate: 30 x 20.2 cm (11 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 41 x 29.2 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.) overall (mat size): 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Hamilton Mortimer.

. Mercury looks at the sleeping argus. He has a flute in his hand. Scene from Ovid 'Metamorphoses (with. I, 682-687).

Offer from Cain and Abel, Gerard de Lairesse, 1665 print Cain and Abel kneeling for their sacrificial altar. In the foreground, the sacrifice of Abel is approved by God: the smoke rises. In the background, Cain's sacrifice is rejected: the smoke is lowering. The print is part of a seven -part series with scenes from the Bible book Genesis. paper etching the sacrifice of Cain and Abel: Abel offers a lamb, Cain usually a sheaf of corn

Susanna and elders. Eybelwieser, Johann Jacob (1667-1744), draughtsman, cartoonist

Salvator Rosa (no.2 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, 1778, Etching, Sheet: 16 5/16 x 10 11/16in. (41.4 x 27.2cm)

Flower -picking women and a resting man with two children, Jean François Clermont, 1734 - 1797 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving resting - BB - out of doors. adult woman. child. adult man. goat

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph points into the distance ca. 1637-39 Simone Cantarini Italian. Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph points into the distance 341489

Putto at the left hold aloft grapes,another seated at the right holding an urn, an allegory of the seasons (Summer), an oval composition ca. 1650-80 Anonymous, 17th century. Putto at the left hold aloft grapes,another seated at the right holding an urn, an allegory of the seasons (Summer), an oval composition. The Four Seasons. Anonymous, 17th century. ca. 1650-80. Etching. Prints

The Sea Monster (Das Meerwunder), Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)

Vertumnus and Pomona in a park landscape, Augustin de Saint-Aubin, after François Boucher, 1765 print paper etching / engraving Vertumnus and Pomona

Artist: Parmigianino, Italian, 1503-1540, The Burial of Christ / TheEntombment, ca.1524-27, Etching and engraving, image: 26.8 × 23.5 cm (10 9/16 × 9 1/4in.), Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Illustration from Becker's 'Pocketbook'

The creation of Eve. From: The story of Adam and Eve. prints, engravings, works on paper

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto. Diana takes a bath together with her nymphs. She discovered that her Nymph Callisto is pregnant. In the background a fountain with an image of Diana with a deer.

Drunk Bacchus with Saters. The drunken Bacchus is supported by Saters. On the left two saters in the tree.

Woman with Sosit Chief and Tambourine and Bok; Capricci.

Portrayed van Johann Elias Riding, Martin Elias Riding, 1767 - 1780 print paper engraving / etching portrait, self-portrait of artist. historical persons. forest, wood. hoofed animals: deer. painter at work, in his studio - CC - out of doors

Jupiter and De Geit Amalthea, Karl Russ, 1809 print The Nymph Amalthea in the form of a goat, lying in a landscape, with Jupiter as a child next to it. He is found by a hunter and his dog. paper etching Amalthea, the nymph, usually in the shape of a goat, suckles the new-born Jupiter

Hagar in the desert. Hagar is on the floor in a mountainous landscape. An angel points her to a water source. On the right lies Ishmael, the child of Hagar, hidden under a shrub.

The Adoration of the Shepherds. Artist: Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1566-before 1612 ()). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 in. (25 x 33 cm). Date: 1599. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jupiter and the cow; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Jupiter is under a tree and looks up, where Juno appears to heaven. Behind him his mistress io, which he has changed in a cow in an attempt to hide his adultery.

Infant Hercules asleep ca. 1639 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Infant Hercules asleep; lying naked on a cloak, head to right, among leafy branches under tree, his club between his legs; two birds perched above his head, after Parmigianino. Infant Hercules asleep 360745

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