Allegorical Art

Engravings featuring personifications of concepts like eloquence and mourning, adorned with symbolic elements and intricate backgrounds.

Portrait of Frederick the Great, print maker: Johann Esaias Nilson, (mentioned on object), after: Antoine Pesne, (mentioned on object), publisher: Rosselin, (mentioned on object), print maker: Augsburg, publisher: Paris, 1740 - 1788, paper, engraving, etching, h 223 mm - w 160 mm

Better, Johann of Draftsman: Werner, Anna Mariastecher: Fritzsch, Christian

Portrait of Johann von Besser held by the personification of eloquence, Christian Fritzsch, After Anna Maria Werner, 1732 print Hamburg paper engraving historical persons. Hermes Logios, Mercury as god of eloquence. Eloquence; 'Eloquenza', 'Fermezza & Gravità dell'Oratione' (Ripa). armorial bearing, heraldry. bookshelves. writer, poet, author. Praise, Approbation, Approval; 'Lode' (Ripa). knighthood order: Teutonic Order - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)

Portrait of Juan Domingo de Zunyga y fonseca, Count of Monterey. Portrait bust to the left of Juan Domingo de Zunyga y fonseca, Count of Montery and Governor of the Southern Netherlands. De Graaf is bareheads and wrapped in a harness. The portrait is caught in a circular picture frame and is revealed by an allegorical woman's figure with burning torch. The stone plaque on which the portrait supports is decorated with a weapon and a relief. In addition to the portrait, a plumeed helmet is a skeptic one. This print forms the pendant of the portrait of Prince Willem III.

Mourning portrait of Jacob Sea. Portrait of the poet Jacob Zeeland in an oval medallion, which is flanked by two allegorical figures in sad attitude. In the foreground a Putto Bazuin and Lier has laid down. On the base, with the poem about the death of Jacob Zeeuws, is a delighted torch.

Portret van koning George I van Groot-Brittannië.George I, King of Great Britain and Keurvorst of Hanover in Harnas with Ordelint. The portrait is caught in an oval edge frame, on which a crown lies. On the left the fame, blowing on a trumpet and right the justice. Byond this a plinth on which a relief and the words 'populi salus'.

Portrait van Johann Heinrich Lochner, Georg Daniel Heumann, 1715 - 1759 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. monument, statue

Maximilian Emanuel Thomas, Duke of Bavaria.

Friedrich August I, Elector of Saxony.

Illustration of the first king of Prussia and churf door of Brandenburg, Fridericus, arranged with the order of the Schwartzen eagle, Friedrich I, König in Prussia, elector of Brandenburg = Friedrich III, artist

Portrait of Frederick the Great, print maker: Johann Esaias Nilson, (mentioned on object), after: Antoine Pesne, (mentioned on object), publisher: Rosselin, (mentioned on object), print maker: Augsburg, publisher: Paris, 1740 - 1788, paper, engraving, etching, h 223 mm - w 160 mm

Alfons IV. D 'Este, Duke of Modena.

Rosina Elisabetha Bosna , drooled by Rüssel, Nat, Apr , Denat, February , Rosina Elisabetha Bosna , Johann August Corvinus -, artist

Adelheid Henriette, Princess of Savoy Stecher: Küsel, Melchior (1)

SPORCK, Franz Anton Graf Draftsman: Hiebel, Johann Birkhart, Antonfactic genesis: Prague

Jan Six. Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacobus Houbraken.

Pellicanus, johannes baptist.

Mary Theresia

Portrait of Gideon a Laudohn, Nobbleman of Livonia (Latvia) ca. 1740-1760 Johann Esaias Nilson Print with a portrait of Ernst Gideon, Freiherr von Laudon (1717-1790) honoring his accomplishments on the battle field. The half-length portrait of Gideon is presented in an oval frame with a motto placed in a rocaille cartouche at the top. Below the frame two male figures are depicted shaking hands. Around them, armorial attributes are heaped together to form a trophy and on the left side a Victory figure holds up a laurel wreaths and blows on a horn to mark victory.. Portrait of Gideon a Laudohn, Nobbleman of Livonia (Latvia). ca. 1740-1760. Etching likely the 2nd state

Portrait of Frederik I van Pruisen, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 - c. 1740 print Frederik I van Prussia leans against a pedestal with a French text. He is crowned with a laurel wreath by love (caritas), with a child on her shoulder and a flame on her head. In the background a monumental obelisk and the personifications believe (fides) and hope (spes). Amsterdam paper engraving obelisk, needle. the Three Theological Virtues

Portrait of Regina Christ. Daughter of the Koopman Johann Adam Koch from Leipzig. Widow of Simon Löffler (1627-1674), Gottfried Schilter (1643-1679) and Johann Alexander Christ (1648-1707). The burial monuments in the background probably refer to her spouses.

Adolf Johann I, Pfalzgraf of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg Stecher: Grignon, Jacques

Schenk of Tautenburg, Friedrich Freiherr.

Portrait of a man's bust surrounded by allegorical figures, Simon Fokke, 1746 print Allegorical representation in which a portrait bust is held on canvas by a winged woman. In front of the canvas is on the left Apollo and on the right is the allegory of caution with a coat of arms. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.)

Luise Ulrike, Princess of Prussia.

Groundhausen, Kraft Burghard von.

Juan d'Austria .

Portrait of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, 1621-1683. In an oval, with putto, sword and bell. Copperplate engraving by Ryder from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Stecher: Amling, Carl Gustav

Copper engraving and etching by Gustav Adolph Müller around 1730 showing a portrait of Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel with detailed attire, hairstyle, and setting.

Portrait of Ferdinand van Collen; Mr. Ferdinand Van Collen. Bust of Ferdinand van Collen in an oval medallion. At the bottom left of an allegorical female figure that represents the city of Amsterdam, on the right a putto with the coat of arms of from Collen and an angel with trumpet at the top left. At the bottom right of its name and data in four rules in Dutch with a twelve-line verse in Dutch.

Portrait of Friedrich II of Sachsen-Goth-Altenburg, Martin Bernigeroth, 1717 - 1733 print Leipzig paper engraving Historical Persons. armour. Armorial Bearing, Heraldry. Allegorical representation ~ Religion; 'Religion' 'religion of SS. Maurice e Lazarus '' Religion True Christian "(Ripa)

Maria Theresia, Roman-German Empress Maria Theresia in allegoric framing with knees magnates. Copper engraving by Gottfried Bernhard Götz

Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Portrait of Archduke Leopold Willem of Austria as an art collector; Theatrum Pictiors; Title page for: David Teniers, Theatrum Pictiors, 1658. Portrait of Leopold Willem, Archduke of Austria and land guardian of the Southern Netherlands, in an oval list of his motto, on a piastal with a mission to him in Latin. In addition to his portrait, Minerva is as a protector of the arts. In addition to the Piestal Paintings from the Leopold Willem collection. Bottom left a collection of coins, a book with drawings and a music book.

Portrait of a Young Boy with the Arms of Savoy 17th century Grégoire Huret French. Portrait of a Young Boy with the Arms of Savoy 645409

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Macbeth, Act I, Scene II, 1784. Engraving.

Maria Elisabeth, Archdukezogin of Austria.

Wille, Jean-Georges, inventor: Frans van Mieris, work, L'Observaterus Distrait - boy playing with soap bubbles, 1766, engraving, graphics, dimensions : plate width 22.3 cm, plate height 28.7 cm, leaf width 28.4 cm, leaf height 42.3 cm

Solimena, Francesco.

Violin -playing girl in ornamental frame, Theodor Matham, After Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1615 - 1676 print Violin -playing girl in an oval cartouche. On the left is a putto that eats waffles, with a dog at the feet. A waffle iron is visible behind the putto. On the right a putto with a small dog, who eats with a spoon from a bowl with a treat. At the top also two putti with flowers. In the foreground a bowl with fruits and a plate with three spoons. The caption identifies the violin player as the seductive Phyllis. paper engraving violin, fiddle. one person playing string instrument (bowed). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. waffles. spoon. sweets, dainties. adolescent, young woman, maiden

Rommelpot player, Pieter Cornelisz. van Slingelandt (attributed to), 1650 - 1691 print paper head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes)

Albrecht II, German king.

Sculpted bust of Jacobus IV from Scotland. Print from a series of seven portraits of historical figures.

Christine, Queen of Sweden.

Musicing couple, Jacob Gole, after Marcellus Laroon (I), 1670 - 1724 print An elegant dressed man and woman make music together. She plays a violin and he a lute. Music books are on the table. Amsterdam paper more than one musician with instrument. violin, fiddle. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo

Dorothea Maria, Duchess of Saxony-Gotha.

. Landscape with an altar with Anna Bille portrait. On the altar there are a sloping songbook and various musical instruments. Above the name of the portrayed and text in Latin. In the margin a two-person caption in memory of the person portrayed in Latin.

Justice, from the Cardinal Virtues 1648-56 Nicolaes de Bruyn Netherlandish The blindfolded female figure Justice is depicted holding a scale in her right hand and a sword in her left, framed in an oval. Surrounding the oval, ornament design with a bearded mask above, flanked by birds pecking at his eyes. At bottom, an owl flanked by peacocks. From a series of four plates.. Justice, from the Cardinal Virtues 423841

Judith with the head of Holofernes, Jacob Binck, After Barthel Beham, 1528 print Accurate copy in mirror image to a print by Barthel Beham. paper engraving Judith and Holofernes (Judith 8-16)

Engraver: Joseph Wagner, German, 1706-1780, After: Jacopo Amigoni, Italian, 1682-1752, Cardinal Farinelli with AllegoricalFigures, Engraving, sheet: 54.1 × 32.8 cm (21 5/16 × 12 15/16in.), Made in Germany, German, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Josef I., Roman-German Kaiser.

Judith. Beham, Barthel (1502-1540), graphic artist

Allegory in Archduke Leopold Willem van Austria, 1660 print The goddess Minerva is on a pedestal in a portrait bust of Archduke Leopold Willem van Austria. Around the portrait a laurel wreath with painting supplies, a firearm and a text band with the Latin translation of 'powerful' and 'engaging'; A reference to the titles of the two paintings by Titian that are held in front by putti. On the pedestal a ten -line assignment to the Archduke and a six -line praise, both in Latin. In the background a classic building with men's busts. At the bottom an advertisement for trader Abraham Teniers in four languages. This print is part of an album. paper engraving / etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness. historical persons. art (+ the work of art and its production)

Portrait of Jan Trip, Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780 print paper engraving

Portrait of Willem V, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, After Misard, 1754 print Portrait of Willem V in an oval. There are a number of allegorical objects around, including a helmet and a book. On the relief an allegorical representation. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Portraits of King Willem III and Queen Maria II Stuart, 1689; Wilhelmus III and Maria II king and queen of Great Brittanye Vranckyk and Yerlant, protector of faith; Englants Schoustenel imagending the gloryuse voids with the croons of William III and Maria II to King and Queen of Great Brittany and Vrankryk and Yrlant, etc. II part .. Portraits of King Willem III and Queen Maria II Stuart, standing with crowns, Insignia and In full ornate, for a balustrade. Crowned on April 21, 1689. Part of the 'Engeants stage' series over the Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 (second part). With captions in Dutch and French.

Portrait of Albrecht III, Duke of Saxony ..

Frederick II, Duke of Sachsen-Gotha Stecher: Bernigeroth, martinfactic genesis: Leipzig

Maximilian Heinrich, Duke of Bavaria, Elector of Cologne.

Portrait of Carolina, Princess of Oranje-Nassau, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, After Misard, 1754 print Portrait of Carolina in an oval with edge. There are a number of allegorical objects around. On the relief an allegorical performance in which Minerva De Jonge Carolina points to father time. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Judyta; Beham, Barthel (1502-1540); 16th century (1500-00-00-1600-00-00);

Moritz, Prince of Orania, Count von Nassau breast image, half from the right; BARHAUPT, with upper lip, spatula chin bearing; Lace neck crime; in Harnic, with peak fitted fiber bandage around the right shoulder; in oval framing made of laurel blade thread, top with crowned, compromised by two palm branches; His picture holds a female allegory with fighter rod and snake-relented piston piece in arms at feet of a column; Below the picture villa's view of horse head; On the hatched front of basic socket Franz. Legend and two-line verses in two columns; Below the representation on both sides the designations. Copper engraving by Gerard Valck after paintings by Adraen van der Werff.

Portrait of Vergilius; Compendium Operum Virgilianorum. Portrait of the poet Publius Vergilius Maro, below his name in Latin. The portrait is caught in a laurel wreath and is flanked by an ox and a horse. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin.

Portrait van Maximilian Wilibald von Waldburg -Wolfegg, Andreas Kohl, After Georg Strauch, 1634 - 1657 print On either side of the pedestal with the bust two personifications of the cardinal virtues and wisdom. Text in Latin in the cartouche. paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. historical persons. diplomacy, diplomat. Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Portrait of Louis XIV n.d. Pierre Philippe Choffard. Portrait of Louis XIV. Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, Paris 1730-1809 Paris). n.d.. Etching with stipple; second state. Prints

Chastenet, Marquis de Puysegur, Jacques François de.

Allegorical show with portrait of Philips Verheyen. Allegorical show with portrait of Philips Verheyen. Bust of Philip Verheyen standing on base. Father time reveals the naked body of truth while making a personification of anatomy notes. Fame holds a wreath above the bust of the surgeon.

Self -portrait of Gerard Dou, Alexandre Tardieu, 1773 - 1788 print Presentation of the painter in an arch window, with attributes that refer to painting and science. Paris paper etching / engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter

Philipp II. The Kühne, Duke of Burgundy.

. Portrait of Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orleans, dressed in a royal mantle, her hand resting on a crown.

Portrait of Jacob Thomas Jozef Wellens, Andreas Bernardus de Quertmont, 1760 - 1835 print Jacob Thomas Jozef Wellens was bishop in Antwerp. A cardinal hat is depicted at the top of the frame; At the bottom of the Welens coat of arms. paper etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. insignia of cardinal, e.g. hat, mantle

Portrait of Willem V, Prince of Oranje -Nassau, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, After Misard, 1752 - 1754 print Portrait of Willem V, Prince of Oranje-Nassau as a six-year-old boy, standing next to a chair. Under the portrait an allegorical performance in which Minerva leads a boy to female figures with a laurel wreath and a hate on a stick in their hand. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Sketch of a portrait of Henrietta Maria, Queen of England. .

Sketch of a portrait of Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, Queen of England, draughtsman: Anthony van Dyck, (possibly), 1610 - 1641, paper, brush, h 393 mm × w 254 mm

Family portrait of Johan VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Ernestine Yolande de Ligne and their children. Family portrait of Johan VIII, Ernestine Yolande de Ligne and their children Clara Maria, Ernestine Charlotte, Lamberta Alberta Gabrielle Ursula and Johan Frans Desideratus. The group is in a departure, a landscape in the background. In the middle of a weapon. Five lines of Latin text in the undergarment.

A philosopher and virtuoso seated in an armchair: dissatisfied with his accomplishments, he points to the need for charity to the poor. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1774, after J.E. Schenau, 1773.

Ellrodt, Philipp Freiherr von.

Portrait of Henrietta Maria van Bourbon, Queen of England, Cornelis Galle (I), After Nicolaas van der Horst, c. 1625 - c. 1649 print Portrait of Henrietta Maria van Bourbon, Queen of England with Venus and Amor, Juno and Minerva. Two angels blow on trumpets above the portrait. print maker: Southern Netherlandsprint maker: Antwerp paper engraving Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Juno (Hera)

Self-portrait from Michiel van Musscher in allegorical frame. The painter, print maker and draftsman Michiel van Musscher with a palette, painting stick and brushes in hand. There is an easel behind him. His portrait is surrounded by allegorical symbols - Father time, an hourglass and soap bubbles. The painting attributes and the symbols refer to the essential time and the immortality of the artist through his fame. The verse on the tablet mentions that Father time lights up the cloth to reveal the greatness of the painter, but also refers to the hourglass that indicates that his life is already partially over.

Sophie, Princess of Bavaria.

Sibille from Samia; S: Samia; Twelve sibilles. Sibille from Samia, halvened, with her hands on a book.

London, Rowlett, Thomas, Cleyn, Franz, Septem Liberales Artes, The Seven Liberal Arts, Musica, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 128 mm, width 106 mm, 1582 - 1658, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1645, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Herrmann, Andreas.

Brückner, Jacob Ernst of.

The children of Mr. Neccair, Theodorus de Roode, 1746 - 1793 print Portrait with the children of Mr. Neccair. The girl with a doll and the boy with a dog. Netherlands paper etching dog. (playing with) dolls

Print, Sir Godfrey Kneller; England; mezzotint; 1955-111-30

Bildnis des Friedrich Haeritary Saxony

Fokke, Simon, Valemustalainen annuttaa, line etching and engraving, graphics, plate width 24.4 cm, plate height 37, 3 cm, leaf width 37 cm, leaf height 52 cm

Portrait of Magdalena Sibylla Drachher, Martin Bernigeroth, 1710 - 1733 - print In her hand and on the wall the portraits of Johann Andreas Born and Margaretha Sibylla Born, her children from her first marriage to Heinrich Born. Leipzig paper engraving historical persons - BB - woman

Karl Xi., King of Sweden Stecher: Boulanger, Jean (1608)

Josef II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Schley, Jacob van der, Kaarle XII , 1742, line etching and copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 15.3 cm, leaf height 20.3 cm

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active c. 1465), Poesia (Poetry), c. 1465, engraving with traces of gilding

Georg II., King of England Elector of Hannover Stecher: Nilson, Johannes Esaias

Ferdinand II (German Emperor), Sadeler, Aegidius, Prague, Portrait of Karel Bonaventura de Longueval, Count of Buquoy, verso bottom center - stamped, general and field marshal in the Thirty Years' War. Portrait in ornamental frame with two angels on top with Bonaventura's coat of arms and motto: 'ex utraque gloria'. In the curls of the parchment the portrait of Aegidius Sadeler. Chained figures bottom right; battle bottom left (the Battle of White Mountain, 1620). The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 403 mm, width 269 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1621, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, German, 1578-07-09 - 1637-02-15, granter of privilege

Lady in interior by fire, Gilles Rousselet, After Grégoire Huret, 1620 - 1657 print France paper engraving / etching Winter, 'Hyems'; "INVERNO" (RIPE)

Face; The five senses. A well-dressed woman looks at her jewelry in a hand mirror. A lord looks over her shoulder. In the background you can see how the sun rises from the sea. Print from a series of five prints with performances of the senses.

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask René Boyvin French. Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask. Set of 6 masquerade coiffures. René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525-1598 or 1625/6 Angers). Etching. Prints

This 1674 etching by Pietro Aquila depicts the title page of 'Imagines veteris ac novi testamenti', including a portrait and dedication to Queen Christina of Sweden, illustrating 17th-century religious book illustration.

Portrait of Isaac van Goudoever, 1720-1793, François Joseph Pfeiffer (I), after 1793 - 1796

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