Theatrical Scenes and Interiors

A selection of prints illustrating dramatic scenes in opulent interiors, capturing moments of interaction among characters from historical literature and royal settings.

Painter explains a woman De Liefde, Jan Punt, 1740 print A painter explains a woman whose portrait he has manufactured, his love. Behind the donkey is her jealous man, who is being kept busy by the painting servant. Scene from the play Le Sicilien ou l'Amour Peintre (the painter through love), van Molière. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (MOLIERE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). painter at work, in his studio. amorousness, desire

Vorst says goodbye to his family, almanac sheet of ca. 1786, Anonymous, 1786 - 1790 print Interieur with a prince who says goodbye to his family, part of a group of 6 pictures from an almanac of ca. 1786. marked at the top: I. Northern Netherlands paper etching

Design for the title print of the Glorieus, or the humiliated pride. Design for the Title Print of the Glorieus, OR The Humiliated Pride by H. van Elvenvelt to Destouches.

The scene in the castle hall decorated with sculptures a young man sitting at the table and a lady with a book in his hand and an older man supported on a cane. Geyser, Christian Gottlieb (1742 1803)

Queen Hedvige (1371 1399) W: The old Poland, historical and poetic album, composed of songs and legends of M. J. U. Niemcewicz, translated and put into verse by the most colebles French poets. Orne of 36 drawings by Charles Forster, Paris 1833 Lithography Villain, Devéria, Achille (1800 1857), Forster, Karol (1800 1879)

Werther's introduction to Charlotte, Jan Evert Grave, 1787 print A living room interior. Werther introduces himself to Charlotte. She is surrounded by her smaller brothers and sisters and is cutting bread for them. The print is part of a series with scenes from Goethe's Roman: "The suffering of the young Werther". Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Werther. living-room, parlour, sitting-room. slicing bread

La Critique de LÉcole des femmes (Critique of The School for Wives), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. II, Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, French, 1742-1813, Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, (French, 1741-1814), Etching on white paper, Illustration for M. Bret, La Critique de LÉcole des femmes (Critique of The School for Wives), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. II, p. 446. A Marquis sits in a room in front of a screen with three ladies listening to a man (Derante) who stands in front of them. A dog appears in the center foreground, with back turned, and a bird with a long tail sits atop the screen., France, 1773, figures, Print, Print

Painter explains a woman De Liefde, Jan Punt, 1740 print A painter explains a woman whose portrait he has manufactured, his love. Behind the donkey is her jealous man, who is being kept busy by the painting servant. Scene from the play Le Sicilien ou l'Amour Peintre (the painter through love), van Molière. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (MOLIERE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). painter at work, in his studio. amorousness, desire

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Plate 11 for J.G. Muller's 'Siegfried von Lindenberg'

Don Quixote surrounded by Hofdames, Bernard Picart, After Charles -Antoine Coypel, 1732 - 1733 print Don Quixote is served by the Hof ladies of the Duchess. In the margin a caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Don Quixote

Mozart in Schönbrunn Mozart six-year-old in Schönbrunn, presented by Archduke Josef the Kaiserpair. Xylography after the painting by Eduard Ender.

Establishment of the widow fairs, 1749, 1749 print The establishment of the widow fair or fairs in February 1749. A young couple can be declared the regulations of the Widow Fund in an office. On the wall a list of registration and an allegorical painting. At the top a medal or medal on the widow fairs. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving widow. insurance (provision for support of spouse and children)

unknown, Leiden, Bleyswijck, François van, Balthasar Gerards kills William I, Prince of Orange, with pistol shots on the stairs of the Prinsenhof in Delft, verso bottom center - stamped, print, prent, prints, height 179 mm, width 110 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1681 - 1746, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

The reckless love, Charles Ange Boily, After Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, c. 1753 - 1813 print A gentleman kneels on the ground for a lady and makes her a proposal. The lady is half naked at her toilet table. Other women enter the room in panic. Title illustration for part 2 of a book about the troubles of love. Netherlands (possibly) paper etching man kneeling before his beloved (proposing)

A living room interior. Werther suggests Charlotte. She is surrounded by her smaller brothers and sisters and is cutting bread for them. The print is part of a series of scenes from Goethe's novel: "The suffering of the young Werther".

Illustration from the story by W. Becker, Binding, from the Calendar pubIIshed in Leipzig in the year 1800 Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Touch (Le Toucher) ca. 1638 Abraham Bosse French. Touch (Le Toucher) 390844

Les moeurs du temps. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre-Charles Ingouf after Sigmund Freudenberger.

Le Coucher de laMariee. Artist: Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune, French, 1741-1814 Artist: J. B. Simone, French, 1742-after 1813 After: Pierre Antoine Baudouin, French, 1723-1769

Heyrath Through Forced Illustration No. 11 (from 12) Thu the subject Mostness to Marry and their Consequences reasons for marriages and effects, posted in: Goettinger Taschen Calender from 1789, Bey Joh. Chr. Dietrich. (Copy) Unknown, Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Illustration for 'Becker's Almanac for 1798'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, circa 1798. Prints; etchings. Etching

Happy parents with the engagement of a young couple, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1795 print Different figures are etched in the margin in a sketchy way. Berlin paper etching betrothal. parental love

Establishment of the widow fairs, 1749; To establish the widow fairs in 't Jaer 1749. The creation of the widow fair or fairs in February 1749. A young couple can be explained in an office the regulations of the widow fund, a list of intakors and an allegoric painting. At the top of a medal or medal on the widow fairs.

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III April 1, 1745 Bernard Baron French. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III 406313

Visiting the sick, Caspar Luyken, 1708 print Nuremberg paper etching visiting the sick, 'aeger curatur' ~ one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy

Voice change between two women in the bedroom. .

David takes the spear and cup of Saul away, Caspar Luyken, 1708 print Nuremberg paper etching David takes Saul's spear and water-flask away

Nicolas Delaunay, Le billet doux, 1749-1792, engraving on paper.

French crown, Moreau, Jean Michel, France, Baquoy, Jean Charles, C'est un fils, monsieur!, Birth of a son, verso - stamped, Numbered lower left 17., print, prent, prints, height 410 mm, width 320 mm, 1721 - 1777-02-24, print maker, printmaker, 1776 - 1776, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), French, 1741-03-26 - 1814-11-30, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, granter of privilege

Couple at the village right bank of Puiterveen; The farmers court in Puiterveen. A couple at the village right bank of Puiterveen. This print is possible for the Blijspel "Swaentje and Drooge Fobert or the Boere Court" (1714) of Abraham Alewijn. Under the image a text, signed with L.P. Printed of two plates.

Print at the top right labeled: i part. PAG. 380.

Print made by Johann Elias Haid, 1739-1809, German, L'Enfant Prodigue reclamant la bonté de son Pere, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Dutch merchants, Princess Anna hand over a complaint about the English attacks, 1758, Reinier Vinkeles (I), after Jacobus Buys, 1788 print A delegation of Dutch merchants hands over to the Gouvernante (Princess Anna van Hannover) a complaint about the English attacks, December 7, 1758. Probably in response to robberies by the English on Dutch ships in the Antilles. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Birth of Prince Willem Frederik George, the later King Willem II, 1792. Allegory at the birth of Prince Willem Frederik George, the later king Willem II, December 6, 1792. Around the parenting bed of Princess Wilhelmina are the Dutch freedom, a bishop, the Prince Willem Frederik and Mars. Left flight Diffex for cannon fire. Numbered at the top right: LXXI.

Les confidences. Dated: 1774. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Louis Lingée after Sigmund Freudenberger.

William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Painting of Pharoah's Daughter and Moses in the Foundling Hospital, 1752. Engraving.

Jean Dambrun after Jean Honoré Fragonard, Le calendrier des viellards Le calendrier des viellards

. During a party in a ballroom, the Duchess of Burgundy is killed by her husband with a dagger.

Nicolas Delaunay after Nicolas Lavreince, French (1739-1792), Le Billet doux, 1778, etching

Fun of youth. .

Illustration for the play Kleon by W.H. Sels, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1781 drawing paper. ink pen / brush (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)

Print made by George Quinton, born 1779, British, Magdalen Hospital, undated. Stipple engraving with etching.

The Wisskonstenaars or the fled Muffertje, Pieter Tanjé, After Cornelis Troost, 1752 - 1761 print The Doctors Raasbollius and Urinal arguing in the inn of Loenen about the course of the planets, while Eelhart looks sitting at the table. Above the door are the portraits of Copernicus and Ptolemy. A woman with candle in hand enters the room through the door. Scene from the nineteenth stage of the math artists, or the fled lady from Pieter Langendijk. At the bottom of the margin the coat of arms of Jan Jacob de Bruyn, who had the original painting in his collection. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving debate, discussion (~ meeting). planets; planetary system, solar system. candlestick

Theater from Jacob Simonsz de Rijk, group of actors, troupe, actors on the stage, (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title), Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782 - 1837, paper, brush, h 289 mm × w 352 mm

Debutades signs the contours of the shadow of her loved one on the wall. Her father butades, a potter of Sicyon, so discovers the art of sculpting. (A variant of the story of the discovery of drawing.) In the margin a two-time caption in French.

Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754-1778, The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady, 1776. Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Prince Arthur Giving Welcome to the Archduke of Austria, etc. (Shakespeare, King John, Act 2, Scene 1). Artist: After William Hamilton (British, London 1751-1801 London). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 11 in. × 14 1/2 in. (27.9 × 36.8 cm). Engraver: John Ogborne (British, Chelmsford, Essex 1755-1837 London). Publisher: James Birchall (British, active 1781-94). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: 1791. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

La Tirana María del Rosario Fernández Reciting One of Her Roles According to the Image of Manuel Cabrala Aguado Bejarano. CLEASTLE WITH DER BAZAR 1884 (1) 93 Monogrammist H.W., Cabral and Augado Bejarano, Manuel (1818/27 1891), Brend'amour, Franz Robert Richard (1831 1915)

Officers in the ham according to the image of Mathieu Le Nain. Unknown, le nain, mathieu (1607 1677)

Woman presents a child to a man who rejects it, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1800 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving illegitimate child, bastard. Rejection

Thomas Jones vraagt om de hand van Sophia.Thomas Jones asks Sophia to marriage, she agrees. Her father dances from joy by the room.

Installation of William V as stadholder in the States General, 8 March 1766. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys (mentioned on object). Dating: 8-Mar-1766 - 1801. Measurements: h 82 mm × w 56 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

King Henry the Eighth and Anna Bullen ca. 1728 William Hogarth British. King Henry the Eighth and Anna Bullen 401180

Portrait of Balthazar Gerbier, Deborah Kip and their children, William Walker, After Edward Edwards, After Anthony Van Dyck, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1766 print Nummered in the bottom left: No. 27. London paper etching / engraving historical person (with NAME) - BB - woman - historical person (with NAME) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. historical person (with NAME) - historical person (with NAME) portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. family group, especially parents with their child(ren). archer's weapons: bow and arrow

Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Willem V honors the heroes of the naval battle at Doggersbank, 1781, verso - stamped, Prince Willem V rewards Rear Admiral Johan Zoutman on 30 November with a commemorative medal on a gold chain, after his victory in the Battle of the Dogger Bank between the Dutch and British fleets on 5 August 1781., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 163 mm, width 108 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1788 - 1788, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Joseph Relays to Mary God's Command to Flee. Dated: published 1753. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Ceremony in which the Royal Camp Fielder challenges everyone who disputes the legality of the King's exhibition, 1689, 1689 print Ceremony in which the royal camp fighter on horseback and accompanied by two other riders challenges everyone who disputes the legality of the new king's exhibition, April 21, 1689. On the left Willem and Mary standing under a canopy. Numbered at the top right: 217. Plate S In the series 'Engelants Schouwtoneel' over the Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 (second part). With captions in Dutch and French. Amsterdam paper etching after the coronation

A Harlot's Progress: pl.2. Dated: 1732. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Hogarth.

Taming... Act II, Sc. I, Page, fl. 1784-1803, after Henry Richter, 1772-1857, British, Feb. 1, 1791, Engraving

Jode, Gerard de, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Pieter de (I), The five senses, Gvstvs, Taste, verso - stamped, Landscape with the female personification of Taste. She holds an apple in both hands. Next to her is a table with a bowl of fruit. She is accompanied by a monkey and a woman with a horn of plenty. In the background, in a loggia, various figures are sitting at a table. In the margin, in two columns, a caption in Latin. Print from a series of five with the five senses., print, prints, height 186 mm, width 220 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1632, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Richard III accusing Elizabeth Jane Shore of conspiracy. Richard Duke of Gloster accusing Jane Shore, 1445-1527. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

Jacques Philippe Le Bas after Charles Eisen, Le tric trac Le tric-trac

Playing the Games of Quadrille, Print made by unknown artist, after Francis Hayman, 1707/8-1776, British, undated, Engraving, apron, bows (costume accessories), buckles, card game, chairs, coats, conversation piece, costume, curtains, dresses, envy, fan (costume accessory), fichus, food, furniture, genre subject, interior, leisure, maid, men, mob caps, paintings, pink (color), purple, quadrille, red, Rococo, rug, servants, slave, stockings, sword, tables (support furniture), tea service, tray, wigs, women

Emperor Joseph II of Austria in the circles of his intimate, Kolá -, artist

Katharina of Medici, Queen of France.

Le couché de la mariée. Dated: 1768. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 47 x 33.9 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Michel Moreau after Pierre-Antoine Baudouin.

Jean Gabriel Caquet after François André Vincent, La soiree du Palais Royal La soiree du Palais Royal

Herod on his resting bed.

Scene with tailors and beggars 1757-1812 Pellegrino dal Colle. Scene with tailors and beggars. Pellegrino dal Colle (Italian, Belluno 1737-1812 Venice). 1757-1812. Etching and engraving. Niccolò Cavalli (Italian, Longarone, 1730-1822). Prints

It's a son, sir! Moreau The young said Jean-Michel Moreau (1741-1814). "It's a son, sir!". Feather, black ink, gray wash, watercolor on paper. 1775-1789. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Allegorical representation of the five senses. A man plays a lute and a woman listens (hearing), a monkey eats a fruit (taste), a fool looks through his fingers (sight), a boy tries to kiss a girl (touch), he sniffs her scent (smell)., The five senses Qvinqve sensvs hominvm , print maker: Cornelis Galle (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: Cornelis Galle (I), (mentioned on object), Johann Liss, print maker: Antwerp, print maker: Southern Netherlands, publisher: Antwerp, c. 1610 - c. 1678, paper, engraving, h 172 mm × w 205 mm

Royal Masquerade Somerset House October 21, 1805 Engraved and published by Thomas Cook British. Royal Masquerade Somerset House 421492

The divorce of Josephine

A Lecture on Gadding, Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, Published by John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, 1789, Etching, stipple engraving, and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 18 7/16 x 15 1/16 inches (46.9 x 38.2 cm), Plate: 15 7/8 x 12 15/16 inches (40.4 x 32.8 cm), and Image: 13 1/8 x 11 1/16 inches (33.3 x 28.1 cm), armchair, basket, bonnet (hat), book, bow (costume accessory), bust, carpet, chair, Classical, costume, curls, dog (animal), feathers, furniture, genre subject, gesture, gowns, hat, interior (space), leaning, leisure, man, painting (visual work), pleasure, reading, sculpture, sword stick, women, writing (processes)

Print, The Lazy and Weak-Minded, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit anische Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1780 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"; Germany; stipple and line engraving on paper; 10.3 × 6.3 cm (4 1/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

Hugo de Groot gets his sentence cancelled, draughtsman: anonymous, 1775 - 1800, pencil, brush, h 255 mm × w 197 mm

The Absent Father or the Sorrows of War, William Nutter, 1754-1802, British, after Henry Singleton, 1766-1839, British, 1797, Stipple engraving, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8in. (35.2 x 29.5cm)

So the old sangs, the boy squeaks. A mother is sitting with a small child who plays flute on her shot on a set table. In addition to her, her husband blows with convex cheeks on a bagpipe and a little boy plays on a flute while his grandfather and grandmother, both with glasses, sing. The singing old man indicates the size with a finger. A large dog rests with its muzzle on the table and seeks the scene with punched ears. Against the wall behind the group, a rich ornamented cartouche is displayed with the proverb Soo d'Oude Sung Soo Pepen the boy (so the old people sang, the boy squeaked). Under the show in the margin is a verse with a clearance on this proverb in Latin.

La Confiance des belles mes. Antoine-Jean Duclos (France, Paris, 1742-1795). France, 1777. Prints; engravings. Etching and engraving

The Power of Beauty, Print made by John Simon, 1675-1755, French, after Nicolas Lancret, 1690-1743, French, undated, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 11/16 inches (27.1 × 37.3 cm), Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (25.1 × 35.4 cm), and Image: 9 7/16 × 13 13/16 inches (24 × 35.1 cm)

A young lover apologises to an older couple. Engraving and etching.

He congresses him. (Ti)

L. Truchy, 1721-1764, Mr. B. Expostulating with Pamela in the Summer house after some liberties taken Mrs. Jervis (who is seen through the window) having just before left her. Engraving.

The lost son in the brothel.

Marriage a la Mode Scene with the quack From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Plate from Livre de Scènes Comiques 1729-1732 France. Etching on paper . Gabriel Huquier

Gerard Rene Le Vilain after Nicolas Lavreince, Le repentir tardif Le repentir tardif

Mural painting depicting the interior of a temple with a herma of Bacchus and a woman painting, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Filippo Morghen from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 1, 1757-1787, Naples.

Plate from Livre de Scènes Comiques. Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); after Claude Gillot (French, 1673-1722). Date: 1729-1732. Dimensions: 160 × 215 mm (image); 190 × 225 mm (plate); 235 × 315 mm (sheet). Etching on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Louis de Surugue de Surgis after Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, Les plaisir de l'ete, 1744 Les plaisir de l'ete

Two women in the company of Roman warriors ..

Ligne, Karl Joseph Prince of.

Etching by Géraud Vidal in punctuation manner between 1770 and 1801, titled 'Take this Cookie', with a figurative composition.

A meeting of a Calves-Head Club for Whig gentlemen who celebrate the execution of King Charles I. Engraving, 1734.

Arming the Knight, William Ridgway & Co., Staffordshire, England, 1830 - 1848, Steel engraving on paper, Europe, 1830-1848, Print, Print

As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages of Man (First Age), Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760-1840, British, after Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, 1801, Engraving

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 3 1725 William Hogarth British. Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 3 396288

Figures 18th Century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Figures. Anonymous, French, 18th century. 18th Century. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Drawings

The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.

The game of the four corners.

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