Rural Life and Feasts in Art

Illustrations depicting rural feasts and kitchens, showcasing traditional customs with figures engaged in communal dining and daily activities, rendered in various print styles.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Netherlands, Reason urges the churches to tolerance, Reason urges the churches to tolerance. The pope, Luther and Calvin are seated at a table. Two cats are sitting on the shoulders of the pope who is eating porridge, Luther is playing the lute and Calvin is squeezing orange juice on his veal. On the right a Baptist is kneeling by the fireplace. Above the fireplace is a group of statues of Charity. In the foreground is a personification of Reason (Ratio) in the figure of a kitchen maid, on the left by the door another kitchen maid who probably personifies Tolerance with a deer (a reference to Coornhert). Allegory on the Reformation, theme from around 1560. The depiction contains several cartouches with texts in Dutch. Later copy after an unknown original., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 236 mm, width 360 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1600 - 1624, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publicatio

The study of the prosecutor Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). The study of the prosecutor.

The Last Supper, 1523. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Woodcut;

The lean kitchen. The lean kitchen. Interior in which a group of lean people, including a monk, eat at a table mussels. A man stirs into a boiler on the fire, a woman gives a woman to drink a child from a drinking horn. Above a fat man who wants to leave the door is stopped by two thin women. Above a text, on three sides an ornamental edge. See pendant.

Shows a rural feast by Sebald Beham, copper engraving depicting farmers seated with food and drink, highlighting traditional customs.

Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Netherlands, The lean kitchen, The lean kitchen. Interior in which a group of lean people at a table eating mussels food. A woman is breastfeeding a child, a man is stirring a cauldron on the fire. At the top right, a thin woman is trying to keep a fat man out. With a four-line caption in French and four lines in Dutch and a one-line caption in Latin. See pendant., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 230 mm, width 290 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1563 - 1599, third quarter 16th century, derde kwart 16e eeuw, fourth quarter 16th century, vier kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Albrecht Dürer, Salome Receiving the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1511, woodcut on paper.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Netherlands, Reason urges the churches to tolerance, Reason urges the churches to tolerance. The pope, Luther and Calvin are seated at a table. Two cats are sitting on the shoulders of the pope who is eating porridge, Luther is playing the lute and Calvin is squeezing orange juice on his veal. On the right a Baptist is kneeling by the fireplace. Above the fireplace is a group of statues of Charity. In the foreground is a personification of Reason (Ratio) in the figure of a kitchen maid, on the left by the door another kitchen maid who probably personifies Tolerance with a deer (a reference to Coornhert). Allegory on the Reformation, theme from around 1560. The depiction contains several cartouches with texts in Dutch. Later copy after an unknown original., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 236 mm, width 360 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1600 - 1624, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publicatio

The village surgeon, Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642 - 1669.

Master MZ, The Ball, 1500 The Ball

Interior of an inn in which two peasants are fighting around a table. One of them has raised a jug above his head to strike with it. The others are trying to keep them apart, Peasants Fighting at an Inn Various genre scenes (series title), print maker: Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642 - 1669, paper, etching, h 84 mm × w 129 mm

To Visit the Imprisoned. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Georg Pencz.

Alchemist, Pieter van der Borcht (I), After Philips Galle, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1558 - 1608 print A 16th-century laboratory of an alchemist. A monkey can be seen on the left on the print. As an alchemist he is busy and only has an eye for his work. Another monkey, a leather boy, blows up on the right. In the middle of the print is the alchemist's wife with their two children. On the holes in the wall and in the clothing of the monkeys you can see that the family is not doing well financially. Their future does not look bright. In the background we see them go begging along the streets. Antwerp (possibly) paper etching 'mundus inversus', the reversed world, the topsy-turvy world, 'le monde bestourné'. monkeys, apes. alchemist at work. family group, especially parents with their child(ren). beggar

The Last Supper. Dated: 1523. Dimensions: image: 21.3 x 30.3 cm (8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.) sheet: 23 x 31.7 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.). Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Sends His Disciples to Question Jesus. Artist: Ermenegildo Lodi (Italian, Cremona, 1598-1616). Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/8 x 11 1/16 in. (13.7 x 28.1 cm). Date: 1598-1616. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lean cuisine, Hans Liefrinck (I) (Possible), after Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1597 - 1649 print Kitchen interior with meager people eat mussels at a table. A man stirs in a kettle on the fire and in the front gives a woman to drink a child from a drinking horn. Upstairs a fat man tries to flee the lean kitchen, while two lean people try to get him. Under the show a two -way verse in French and in Dutch. The Hague paper engraving kitchen-interior. poor kitchen. thin (human type). nursing-chair (Dutch: 'bakermat')

Master Jan bad head; Allegorical scenes of Flemish proverbs related to the laziness. Jan poor head is a lute in a room. For him an old woman (woman long nose) with a stringless lute in the hands. A second woman is behind him and puts the right hand on his shoulder. With the left she points to the doorway in which a woman with a piece of laptic appears in the hands and a strokpaard for her eye and a strokeless lute. Above the chimney, a print of Hans Sebald is confirmed with dancing farmers. With caption of 2 lines in Dutch: Master Jan Bad Hoo F T, I want to snatch my nozzle ... (the lute snack or the lute = have sexual intercourse). The Luitreteller replies: Ick and Sal, Vrou Langneuse, Let me unequelt, because ick should serve for mud muijlken, which had hosted haer luijte oock seer sterne. (Mud soil = French kisses and modern muilees, apparently a koose name for the young woman behind the luitreteller.)

David and Bathsheba Georg Pencz German. David and Bathsheba 341276

Drawing by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich around 1732 showing Don Quichote being prepared by maids, using lead handle and brush in dark gray-brown, depicting figures, gestures, and interior setting.

Klokkenmakers, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop or), After Jan van der Straet, c. 1589 - c. 1593 print Workshop where timepieces are manufactured. On the left two clock makers busy with a workbench with the Raderwerk. In the middle of a clock with a dial. An oven is fired in the background on the left; Clocks on the right hang on the wall. The print is part of a nineteen -part series about new inventions and discoveries. Cut copy. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Florencepublisher: Antwerp paper engraving invention, discovery ~ science and technology. watchmaker, clockmaker. workshop (+ men (labourers))

textile fabric silk sericulture ""Ser Sive Sericus Vermis"" (Silk or The silkworm) copper engraving by Theodor Galle or Jan Collaert based on Johannes Stradanus (1523-1605) from ""Nova Reperta"" (New inventions) circa 1580,

SauerweiD, Alexander (1783-1844). The wood deficiency ..., blackboard 12. Illustration from: "War scenes of Dresden in 1813". Etching; 14.5 x 19.8 cm. Dresden: Slub Hist.Sax.g.11.m

Bezaleël and Aholiab work on the Tabernakel, Anonymous, Hans Sebald Beham, after Hans Holbein (II), 1522 print paper the making of the Tabernacle and its accessories ~ Exodus

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Straet, Jan van der, Galle, Philips, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Acts of the Apostles, Acta Apostolorum, Histories Pauli, Conversion of the Philippian Prison Guard, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, The Philippian Prison Guard attempts to commit suicide when he notices that the prison doors are open. He fears that the prisoners have escaped. However, the apostle Paul and his companion Silas have remained in the cell. Paul then converts the Philippian Prison Guard. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Acts 16:27. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, 178, height 204 mm, width 262 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1643, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, after print van, Zuid-Nederlands, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, p

Etienne Delaune, Goldsmith's Workshop. Famous goldsmith from Paris in the 16th century. Engraving and drawing made by himself in 1576. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

The Dissolute Household. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pieter Balten.

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Keulen, The essence of human existence, The virtuous man, verso above - handwritten in brown ink, Man is diligently at work, surrounded by the tools of the artes liberales and the artes mechanicae. In the background we see the choice for the passions, depicted by a couple making love. The Latin caption emphasizes that only foolish people strive for a life of pleasure., print, prints, verso bottom - stamped, 4, height 168 mm, width 119 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1611, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Physician Reinier de Graaf gives two students an anatomy lesson. In front of him, a man with an opened abdominal cavity lies on a table. On the other side of the table lie several dead animals. At the back left is a man in bed, Reinier de Graaf during an anatomy lesson Title page for: Graaf, Reinier de. De Succo Pancreatico, 1671, print maker: G. Wingendorp, (mentioned on object), publisher: officina Hackiana, (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, publisher: Zuid-Holland, 1671, paper, engraving, h 150 mm × w 90 mm

Woodblock print depicting Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) Queen of England, receiving a manuscript from the poet George Gascoigne. Dated 16th Century

Solomon spells, right part, Gerard de Jode, 1547 - 1591 print Ornamental frame with medallion with two men who are bent over at a fountain. They view their mirror image in the water. A deer in the background. A tetragram above them in a jet wreath. Possibly from spr. 27:19: "As water reflects the face, the heart reflects man. Antwerp paper engraving the book of Proverbs

Amsterdam, Founder, heirs of widow Cornelis, Netherlands, Robyn, J., It's Easter, that's easy to notice, There Jannetje the merchant says (...), verso - stamped, Sheet with a large representation of a street vendor selling palm Easter sticks. In the bottom margin a verse in three columns. Numbered top right: No. 27., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 410 mm, width 310 mm, Dutch, print maker, printmaker, 1715 - 1813, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

The Witch of Malleghem by Bruegel (Brueghel), Pieter, the Elder (ca 1525-1569) / Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam / 1559 / The Netherlands / Copper engraving / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 35,5x47,5 / Early Netherlandish Art

A draftsman signs a woman, Albrecht Dürer, 1525 print A draftsman draws a model in short perspective, using a window that is divided with wires into square boxes, and a sheet of paper on which such the same network is drawn. Nuremberg paper draughtsman at work. instruments for perspective drawing

17th century illustration by Joseph Lunghi, from the series 'Life of the Whore' circa 1680

French weaver's workshop in the 16th century. Engraving by Jost Amman. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

The Thin Kitchen, 1563 engraving by Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker

Goldbeater. 19th century reproduction of 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

Courtly life in France at the time of Catherine de Medici, copperplate engraving by Johann Sadelet, 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Der Weiß Kunig 1775 Hans Burgkmair German. Der Weiß Kunig 359518

Oil press. Eighteenth-century engraving.

unknown, Paris, Bosse, Abraham, Print printing house, verso - stamped, In the workshop the printing of etchings demonstrated. The printer in the background rubs the ink onto the plate. The man at the workbench 'strikes the plate' with the palm of his hand. The clean plate, on which the ink now remains only in the fine grooves, is printed on the etching press., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 258 mm, width 326 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, prentmaker, 1642 - 1642, paper, papier, etching, etchings, granter of privilege

Singer Standing Between Two Smokers. Artist: After Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, Haarlem 1610-1685 Haarlem). Dimensions: sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in. (9 x 6 cm). Date: 1610-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shoemaker, Jacob Hoolaart, After Adriaen van Ostade, 1723 - 1789 print A shoemaker is working in the store in front of his house while a customer, sitting on a stool, waits for the repair of a shoe. There is a sleeping dog on the roof of the store. Dordrecht paper shoe-maker, cobbler. dog

The Issue de Table. 19th century reproduction of woodcut in the treatise of Christoforo di Messisburgo called Banchetti Compositioni di Vivende published Ferrara 1549

Allegorical representation with personification of justice and lawyers, Abraham de Blois, After Ottmar Elliger, 1696 print Allegorical representation with female personification of justice (Justitia) and a woman with a snake. A man writes in a (law) book and others are working in a library. Amsterdam paper engraving Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. civil law. public library

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), The Last Supper, 1523, woodcut

The Big Boom (Peasants Under a Vine-Trellis), Jonas Suyderhoef, Dutch, ca. 1613 - 1686, Adriaen van Ostade, Netherlandish, 1610 - 1685, Etching on paper, An outdoor scene in front of a tavern at left. Under a vine-trellis before the tavern are two seated peasants at right. Left, a standing woman pouring wine into a glass. Behind her stands a child in the open doorway., Holland, Netherlands, ca. 1650, Print, Print

Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Matham, Jacob, Haarlem, Kitchen and market scenes with biblical scenes, Kitchen piece with parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus, verso - stamped, A kitchen maid with poultry. Behind her a man who puts a hand on her shoulder and a second man with a bowl of mussels. On the right a second maid with a basket of birds and a dead hare. In the background a scene from the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). Print from a series of five prints with kitchen and market scenes combined with biblical scenes in the background., print, prints, height 239 mm, width 332 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1603 - 1603, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1552-07-18 - 1612-01-20, granter of privilege

Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, Men Playing Cards, undated. Mezzotint with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Evagrius, pl. 19 of 29 from the series Solitudo sive vitae patrum eremicolarum (MaleHermits). Engraver: Unknown After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Johann Sadeler I, Flemish, 1550-1600 Publisher: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560-1628

James Jacques Joseph Tissot, The Fatted Calf, 1882 The Fatted Calf

A man points to a sheet of music as he and four others sing. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.

Northern Netherlands, The sleeping farmer of Stolwijk, 1707, or the so-called sleeping Stolk farmer. Dirk Klaasz de Bakker slept from 29 June 1706 to 11 January 1707 (27 weeks) and fell asleep again after being woken up until 15 March 1707. The farmer sleeping in his bed, the brother and sister in the room of the farmer, some doctors and visitors. Printed on the sheet below the plate a verse in 2 columns in which the credulity of the doctors and visitors is ridiculed., print, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 355 mm, width 295 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1707 - 1707, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, letterpress

The Academia Clementina, Bologna, with a Nude being Positioned by the Drawing Master, the Farnese Hercules beyond. Giampietro Zanotti (1674-1765). Black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash. 9.4 x 13.8cm.

17th century illustration by Joseph Lunghi, from the series 'Life of the Whore' circa 1680

justice penitentary system flogging and Shrew's fiddle copper engraving by A. Mettenleiter 18th century private collection,

Two ladies and a gentleman play a table ball game: Aeva Age ...; Pugillus facetarium iconographicarum ... Strasbourg 1608. In a room, two ladies and a Lord play a table ball game, the intention that the thrown ball ends up in one of the openings. A four-poster bed in the background. In the margin below 1 Rule Latin Caption: Aeva Age, Mitte Globum; Medium Sed Tange Forumen: ne Iactus Irritus Cadat. (Not numbered). Print from: Pugillis Facetarium .... Strasburg.

Prostitution, brothel, painting by Joachim Beuckelaer, c. 1550, Belgium, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from 19th century original.

The women's pool. Six naked women and two small children are in a bathroom or sauna in the weather with water and soap, sponges and brushes etc.

Copper engraving by Matthäus Zasinger (Meister MZ) from 1500 depicting a ball, showing figures dancing and detailed interior elements.

Paris, Gihaut frères, Villain, Jean-François, Bellangé, Hippolyte, Croquis lithographiques, Lithografische Schetsen, Mon Général, c'est elle qui a commencé à m'appeler soulard, General settles a quarrel between a man and woman, verso - stamped, A quarrelling man and woman are brought to a general by soldiers. The woman tries to explain to him what has happened. The man, with a bottle of drink behind his back, says that the woman started by calling him a "drunk"., print, ent, cartoon, prints, enten, height 315 mm, width 252 mm, French, 1800-01-17 - 1866-04-10, print maker, entmaker, 1824 - 1824, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), 1790, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Frans, publisher

Invention of the compass, Jan Collaert (II) (attributed to), after Jan van der Straet, c. 1589 - c. 1593 print The mathematician Flavio Goija, according to legend the inventor of the compass. Sit in his study and makes some calculations with his passer. All kinds of scientific instruments on his work table. A model of a galloy hangs from the ceiling. The print is part of a nineteen -part series about new inventions and discoveries. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Florencepublisher: Antwerp paper engraving medicament, medicine. compass. laboratory apparatus and equipment. invention, discovery ~ science and technology. scholar in his study. ship-model (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by wind).

'Happy Family'. France, Mid-1760s. Dimensions: 45,7x40 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE.

Judgment of Zalucus. Judge Zalucus seats a throne and points to his eye that has been outstreled. On the right lies the guilty son, held by three men, while a one eye is also extended by him.

Perspective machine, 1525, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Dürer

The wire worker. 19th century reproduction of 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

Jacques Callot, Frontispiece for Varie Figure, c 1621 Frontispiece for Varie Figure

A man is working at a small wheel at his bench. Woodcut.

Barber. 19th century reproduction of 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

The bull roasted: or the political cooks serving their customers , Politics & government, International relations, Bulls, Outdoor cookery, Banquets, Eating & drinking, Indians of North America, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792

Picart, Bernard, Netherlands, Monogrammist VLS, Vignette with scientific instruments and three putti, verso bottom center - stamped, print, prints, height 84 mm, width 148 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, paper, papier, woodcut, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08

Lessons with demonstration of the air pump, 1750, woodcut, Germany, Europe

17th century engraved illustration from a collection of proverbs. Paris 1657-1663. By Jacques Lagniet (1620 - 1675); French engraver. From him many socially critical engravings and mockery pictures such as his sometimes grotesque and fantastic illustrations for a collection of well-known proverbs from the year 1657 come.

Collection of stoppers in a cork stopper workshop, France, Illustration by Henri Valentin from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 651, Volume XXVI, August 18, 1855.

Cartoon on Jasper Bolten, 1751, 1749 - 1751 print Cartoon on the Amsterdam ships Jasper Bolten who has escaped his grandfather who used to escape and does not want to meet, 1751. Face in a forge with a blacksmith at the anvil and a decent gentleman who flees to the door. Marked top left: 3 part pagie 4j. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving smith, blacksmith Amsterdam

Catalogue raisonne et figure de ses tableaux, La Galerie Électorale de Düsseldorf, Pigage, Nicolas de, 1723-1796, Red crayon, or pen, ink and watercolor, 1770-1778

Members of an English country club gathered together in a room, some are talking, others drinking, and food is being brought in on trays. Stipple engraving after H.W. Bunbury.

The dance of death. Etching by R. Dagley, 182-.

Reading the Will. Dated: 1819. Dimensions: plate: 9.1 x 12.6 cm (3 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.) page size: 44.5 x 29.9 cm (17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.). Medium: etching on chine coll. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sir David Wilkie.

A group of surgeons discussing a death sentence for murder during an election at Brentford in 1768, one of them is holding a bag of money. Line engraving, 1769.

Amsterdam, Smit, Jan Willem, Vermandel, Willem, Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, King, Theodoor, Scenes from the life of Prince William I, 1568-1584, Full of such an idea, he swears, stammering, loyalty, To God, to Rome, to Spain, and defies subsequent remorse;, The betrayal of Rennenberg, 1580, The betrayal of Rennenberg. Kneeling at night before an image of Christ on the cross, Rennenberg swears loyalty to Spain. Farnese stands next to him. 1580. Twenty-second song., print, picture, historical print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 180 mm, width 135 mm, 1748-02-03 - 1829-01-31, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, after a design by, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Print, St. Jerome in his Study; Print Maker: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; engraving on off-white laid paper

Harquebusier or hand-gun maker, c1559-1591. Artist: Jost Amman

Young pair and an old man with money box (unequal love), Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 - 1607 print A young woman stands among an old man who offers her money and a young man she leans on. She wears an arc hat on the head, a wide pleated collar and a cover with shoulder wheels. The old man grabs her and points her to the filled money box on the table and his stick fair. He is wearing a bunch of keys to his belt. With a four -line, Latin text and an eight -line poem in Dutch. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Figter Design by: Haarlemnoord-Nederland paper engraving dress, gown (+ women's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). head-gear (with NAME). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (DOUBLET) (+ men's clothes). purse, money-bag. one-sided courting; pursuit;

Prostitution, Men and Women in a Brothel, c. 1650, Sweden, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Saint Jerome in His Study 1514 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Jerome in His Study 391258

St. Jerome in his Study 1521 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. St. Jerome in his Study 364779

Northern Netherlands, The fate of America, decided by the game, Cartoon about the fate of America decided in a billiard game, 1782-1783, verso - stamped, Cartoon in which the fate of the United States is decided by a billiard game between two men (European monarchs), ca. 1782. On the wall maps of North and South America., print, picture, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 79 mm, width 130 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1782 - 1783, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Memorieprent voor de graven van Egmond en Horne, 1568.Memorial print for the exempt graves of Egmond and Horne, 1568. Left De Graaf van Egmond, standing in armor, half, in addition to his coffin where two burning candles. On the right the count of Horne standing in armor, half as half, next to his coffin, without candles. In the background the stakes to which their heads had been spoken. At the top of a banderole with text in German.

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Plate 12: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras) 1725-30 () After William Hogarth British. Hudibras and the Lawyer (Plate 12: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras) 415399

Drawing by Adriaen van Ostade showing farmers smoking and drinking under a summer arbor, executed in pen, black chalk, and watercolor, around 1675.

Emperor Augustus (63BC-14 AD). Banquet. Miniature. Codice, 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by J. Pesne after N. Poussin.

Women and children in a German bath house are spied on by a man at the window Date: circa 1525

Massijs, Cornelis, Bosch, Jheronimus, Southern Netherlands, Antwerp, Huys, Frans, Allegorical scenes of Flemish proverbs relating to laziness, Master Jan Slechthoofd, verso - stamped, In a room Jan Slechthoofd is tuning a lute. In front of him is an old woman (Vrouw Langneus) with a stringless lute in her hands. A second woman stands behind him and places her right hand on his shoulder. With her left hand she points to the doorway in which a woman with a patch over her eye and a stringless lute in her hands and a child on a hobbyhorse appear. Above the mantelpiece is a print by Hans Sebald Beham with dancing peasants. With a two-line caption in Dutch: Master Jan Slecht hooft, wilt mijn luite versnaren...(verstringen de lute or de lute stellen = have sexual intercourse). The lute repairer answers: I will, Mrs. Langnouse, leave me unharmed, because I must save her from Modder Muijlken, who would also have liked to have her lute. (Moddermuilen = French kissing and Modermuijlken, apparentl

The egg of Columbus, engraving by Theodor de Bry

History of Alcoholism - Temperance in Europe "Gin Lane", London - 1751 William Hogarth (1697-1764/British)

A choir of six grotesque people singing from a songbook open on a shelf. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.

Proverb: so d'ancients, so blowjobs (peeping) the boy. Companion at the table: two old people, a lady with a child on shot, a boy and a bagpipe player. The old man and woman singing; The children play on the flute. "Sung so d'ancients, so pipes the boy". Proverb. In ornament

Cooper's workshop. 16th century engraving by Jost Amman. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877. Author: Jost Amman (1539-1591). Swiss-German artist.

Black and White Engraving from an original by William Hogarth b1697, d1764 from The Rake's Progress; Marrying an Old Maid

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