Allegorical Art Representations

Intricate engravings depicting allegorical figures surrounding themes of writing, love, and time. Rich details and classical motifs showcase artistry and symbolism.

M�leagre presenting to Atalante the Hure of the Boar of Calidon, according to Rubens (Dutuit 19) M�l�agre presenting to Atalante the Hure of the Wild Boar of Calidon, according to Rubens (Dutuit 19). Floor, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Player Paul Scarron surrounded by allegorical figures. Allegorical performance, manufactured for a book edition of Paul Scarron theater pieces. The writing scarron is surrounded by melpomene (with mask) and an angel that both blowing the trumpet, in the background a boy with shell and apollo with his winch look.

Allegory on writing art. The personification of writing art is sitting with a book on her lap and points with a writing spring on a shield with the depicting of father's time that covers a cloth and reveals a naked woman. To the right of writing art, a putto lift his knots to a devil figure. In the air an angel flies with laurel wreath and trumpet to which a coat of arms hangs.

Allegorical figures around a sphinx, Jan Wandelaar, 1721 print Crowd allegorical figures around a sphinx on a pedestal. Left history and a writing female personification crowned with a tower. Father Time unfolds a paper, in the air the fame. On the right the truth: a naked woman with a book and the sun on her head. Behind her Minerva, who pushes a diabolical figure into the earth with her lance. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Publisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama Buona', 'Fama Chiara' (rippa). Father Time, Man with wings and scythe. Truth; 'Veritã ' (ripe). (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). 'History'; 'History' (ripe). Sphinx (Lions/Woman); 'Sfinge' (ripe)

Marriage proposal with Venus and Amor.venus drives her carred by two swans over the water. She holds a burning hair in her hand. A few can be seen on the shore of the lake. The man kneels for the woman to make her a marriage proposal. Amor shoots one of his arrows on the pair.

Allegorical figures around a sphinx, Jan Wandelaar, 1721 print Crowd allegorical figures around a sphinx on a pedestal. Left history and a writing female personification crowned with a tower. Father Time unfolds a paper, in the air the fame. On the right the truth: a naked woman with a book and the sun on her head. Behind her Minerva, who pushes a diabolical figure into the earth with her lance. paper engraving Sphinx (Lions/Woman); 'Sfinge' (ripe). 'History'; 'History' (ripe). Father Time, Man with wings and scythe. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama Buona', 'Fama Chiara' (rippa). Truth; 'Veritã ' (ripe). (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

. History at a writing table. She looks up at Venus and Amor, as a personification of love. Mercury brings her an envelope. In the background a knight with lady on horseback riding a carriage. A burning church in the distance.

M�leagre presenting to Atalante the Hure of the Boar of Calidon, according to Rubens (Dutuit 19) M�l�agre presenting to Atalante the Hure of the Wild Boar of Calidon, according to Rubens (Dutuit 19). Floor, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

. Allegorical performance with shepherds and shepherdess in a landscape. They make music, dancing, marrying, and editing the country. On the left in the background Pegasus. On the right in the background. Lagging women around a burial monument. In the air two putti with a beehive (a symbol of eloquence) and two putti with a banderole on which the title in Dutch. In the margin the imprint in Dutch.

Allegory with personifications of Rome, Fortuna and Hercules, François van Bleyswijck, after Hieronymus van der Me, 1744 print The personification of Rome is with weapon trophy and image of Victoria in hand on a pedestal. On the left is Hercules with club and lion sheet. On the right is Fortuna with Hoorn of Abundance. Next to her emperor busts. Putti with portrait medallions of emperors are in the foreground. In the background structures including a gate with a head of Janus. paper engraving / etching personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. Fortuna as Roman personification. (story of) Hercules (Heracles)

Allegory with Apollo that writer Publius Terentius Aert, Pieter van Cuyck (I), 1726 print Allegory with Apollo that Latin writer Publius Terentius Afer honors. The writer receives a writrol and laurel wreath from the god while an angel blows on a trumpet and watched scholars in the background and the muses on Mount Parnassus. In the margin Latin inscription in four lines. paper etching Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes

Flegmatic, Hieronymus Lederer, After Raphaël Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1600 - 1615 print paper engraving phlegmatic temperament

Apollo, Melpomene, Calliope en Clio. .

Minerva overcomes ignorance and laziness, Minerva, sitting on the clouds, has Ignorance under her feet and laziness, with a turtle, flees from her. At a globe and at the titles of writer César Vichard de Saint Réal is the Genie, Sloth, Indolence, 'Acedia', 'Desidia', 'Accidia' (Ripa), personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Ignorance, 'Ignoranza', 'Ignoranza di tutte le cose', 'Ignoranza in un ricco senza lettere' (Ripa), Minerva as patroness, 'Genio' (Ripa), Pieter Tanjé (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1716 - 1761, paper, engraving, h 147 mm × w 93 mm

The crowned Amsterdam city mandrel with the arm of Amsterdam and the caduceus in her hands. She is surrounded by putti with the coat of arms of mayors of Amsterdam, respectively: Aegidius van den Bijden, Nicolaes from Bambeek, Jan Trip and Jan Six. Left in the background the town hall of Amsterdam.

Expulsion from paradise; Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve are driven out of the earth paradise by the angel with the flaming sword. In addition to them, the snake crawls.

Conversation between time and historiography, Willem de Broen, 1755 print The personifications of time and historiography are in conversation with each other. History is on a staircase in a large hall. Next to her a dancing angel blows on a trumpet. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leidenpublisher: Leiden paper etching / engraving Father Time, man with wings and scythe. 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa)

Love in the form of a child stands next to Calypso, sitting on a chair beside him. Around them are nymphs and on the far left is Telemachus. The whole is framed by an ornamental frame with olive branches and at the bottom a bow. Numbered top right: No. II. Love in the form of a child with Calypso and her nymphs, print maker: Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles Monnet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pierre Didot, print maker: France, intermediary draughtsman: France, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, 1785, paper, etching, engraving, h 320 mm × w 248 mm

Batseba takes a bath; BatheSeba in the Badt. Batseba takes a bath in the palace garden of King David. Two maids help her. One presents her a towel, the other hangs a cloth on the washing line. From his balcony David looks at the scene.

Drawing of Armida and Rinaldo riding a festival car, executed with gray washes by Francesco Fontebasso.

. Standing woman as a personification of geometry (geometria), a map ceased by angels.

Sater by nymphs tied to a tree, Gerard de Lairesse, 1685 print In a landscape, a saat with both arms is tied to a tree. Next to him are nymphs who mock him. Amsterdam paper etching satyr(s) (in general). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). mocking, insulting; teasing

PortraT van Georg Christoph Emmart, Georg Christoph Emmart (II), after Daniel Neuberger, 1648 - 1705 print Portrait bust worn by two putti. Above the self -portrait an angel with a lightning bolt in hand, left of it Saturn and on the right Minerva who tramples the envy. paper engraving / etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness. Invidia (Envy) as Roman personification. specific aspects of Saturn; Saturn as patron. angels. Fame ~ artist. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne, Jean Michel Liotard, After Carlo Cignani, 1717 - 1796 print With five -line caption in Latin. Italy paper etching / engraving (story of) Ariadne. wedding of Bacchus and Ariadne

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Allegorical figures around the portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar, verso lower left - stamped, Allegorical title page with the portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar on a medal. Around the portrait two crowned women and an angel with the flame of religious zeal above her head. In the foreground Victoria(), with her foot on a suit of armor, and Fortuna(), with her foot on a wheel, holding a chain. In the air Fame blowing the trumpet., print, prints, height 165 mm, width 105 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Tobias in De Vis, Claude Duvivier (Possible), 1600 - 1749 print paper etching Tobias captures the fish and pulls it on the land

Allegory with female personifications of, among others, the truth and virtues and vices, François van Bleyswijck, 1681 - 1746 print Allegory with female personifications and possibly struggle between virtues and vices. The personification of the truth is on a cloud with in her hands a horn of abundance and globe with the word veritas. A sitting woman with attributes a cross and anchor kicks her feet on a half -naked lying woman holding a monstrance. Three sitting women with, among other things, an incense till, arrows and arch and a scorpion look at the appearance of the truth. Leiden paper etching / engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). the Three Theological Virtues

Three angels or putti at an arch, Jan Schenk, 1720 - 1750 print Three angels are located at a balustrade with arc, above which two garlands hang. There are three books on the balustrade, one of which was possible written by Johan Schenck (J. Schenck). Italy paper etching / engraving Angels. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Arch, Architecture Architecture

Minerva and Telemachus for a temple, Simon Fokke, 1753 print Minerva points out the kneeling telemachus to an angel standing in front of a temple. In the air a second angel blows the trumpet, lower devilish figures fly. In a stone next to the warrior is carved: Telemaque. Amsterdam paper etching (story of) Telemachus. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Contest between Apollo and Marsyas ca. 1754 Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari). Contest between Apollo and Marsyas. Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari) (Italian, Ferrara 1501-1556 Ferrara). ca. 1754. Etching. Prints

Title page for: Jean Baptiste Racine, 'Fedra', 1770. Theseus and two women are growing at the dead body of Hippolytos. In the foreground a part of the fallen car with which Hippolytos crashed, and in the background the bull and the troubled horses.

Albrecht Dürer, Hercules, 1498-1499, engraving on paper.

Jupiter Nourished by the Goat Amalthea. Dated: probably 1652. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacob Jordaens.

History of the city of Rome, 1716 - 1761 print Allegory of the history of the city of Rome. In the foreground is history with a pen in her hand. She is looking up to a statue of Emperor Antoninus Pius. On the clouds there are truth with sun on the head and father time with scythe. In the background the city of Rome. In the foreground a river god as personification of the Tiber and Wolvin with Romulus and Remus. paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). cities represented allegorically or symbolically. river-gods Rome

James Barry, 1741-1806, Irish, King Lear, 1776. Etching.

Title page for: Europische Mercurius, 18th piece, part 1, 1707, Pieter Sluyter, 1707 print Allegorical female figure (victory or honor) sitting on a pedestal, at her feet the Dutch lion. In the foreground De Hoop and the Goddess Diana () With an emblem from Italia Restituta. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

Allegorical representation with colossus of Rhodes and Atlas. A woman with a book under arm and wings to head two putti on the colossus of Rhodes in the background. On the left in the background atlas is wearing the world. At the top right is a putto with a compass at a globe. An angel reveals the scene. On the left above flies fama and sit gods on clouds. A four-line French text in the undermarge.

Hercules and Scipio led by Minerva on the path of virtue, Jan Harmensz. Muller, After Bartholomeus Spranger, 1589 - 1593 print Minerva, as a personification of virtue, leads Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Hercules on the path of virtue to the temple of eternal fame. The sensible Cupido shows them the way. Drinking and lover -chosen people as the imagination of the vice, which is left behind by Scipio and Hercules. At the bottom of the margin, two two -line verses in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Hercules at the cross-roads, 'Hercular am scheidewege': The Choice of Hercules (+ Varariant). (Story of) P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Minor (P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilaianus). (Story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Allegory on the history of Great Britain with the portrait of Isaac de Larrey, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Bernard Picart, after Simon Thomassin, 1713 print The personification of history, seated on the floor, writes the history of Great Britain together with the personification of inspiration. On the right at a column the personification of Great Britain, sitting on a lion. In her hands the coat of arms of England, used by Karel II and Jacobus II. In the foreground, three putti try to stop the winged time, those books are tearing and eating. Above the personification of fame, blowing on a trumpet. She is wearing the portrait in an oval list of French historian Isaac de Larrey. In the background the city of London. In the lower margin a four -line French text. Rotterdam paper engraving / etching 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. portrait of a writer

Allegorie des mariages faits par la Ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne 1752 Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French. Allegorie des mariages faits par la Ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne 369099

Three graties and a cupid. The three gratins dance to the music that makes a cupid on its tambourine. In the air, Venus is being pulled on her victory bar by two pigeons. Two men perform a conversation in the background.

Three putti in a bust of Apollo, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving attributes of Apollo. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). angel(s) represented as child(ren). lyre, cithara, psaltery

. Fame blows on the trumpet while Victoria Maria de "Medici Lauwert. De Vorstin is triumphant on her horse with a command stove in hand. The personification of generosity (liberalitas) brings her jewelry. In the background the intake of Gulik by Prince Maurits and the prince of Anhalt, on September 2, 1610.

Allegorie op het schrijven van geschiedenis; Titelpagina voor: J. Wagenaar, Vaderlandsche historie, 1749.History, Patriotic history signs in her book. She is talking to an allegorical woman's figure, with wings on the head. In addition to her, in armor, and freedom with her lance in arms. Behind them soldiers. In the foreground a lion surrounded by three putti, and various religious attributes. In the air, Father shifts a drapery aside time.

Frontispiece to Leveridge's Songs, after William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Published by Samuel Ireland, active 1760-died 1800, British, 1799, Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

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.

. Minerva supported a glance on which the serene title is stated. Children playing around her, in the background, fame blows the trumpet. Title print for a seven-part series with performances about the seven liberal arts.

Allegorical performance with Telemachus and Minerva, Jacob Folkema, After Bernard Picart, 1733 print Telemachus is accompanied by Minerva who points him to the countless allegorical figures that surround them. Counterprint of the print with the same title. Illustration made with a story from "Adventures of Telemachus", written by François de Fénélon. paper counterproof (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Telemachus

Mercury and the weaving art. Accompanied by Putti Flanking Mercurius, God of Trade, and the Personalization of the Weaving Arts A bolerine placed on a pedestal with banderol. In the air the bazuin flies blowing fame. In the background, masts of sailing ships are visible. Print at the bottom left Signed: No.

Moses is found by the Daughter of the Pharaoh; Performances to paintings by Amigoni. On the banks of the Nile, the daughter of the Pharaoh and her servants of Moses find Moses in a basket. Reference to Bible text in Latin in undermarge.

Euterpe, muse of the music and lyrics; Playing pieces assembled by David Petersen. Euterpe, muse of music and lyrica, sits with a trumpet and a cartouche with coat of arms in her hands on a chair. On her lap is a slammed book, next to her are a violin, theorbe and a viola da gamba. Behind Euterpe flies a putto with a burning torch, left Putti a fasces (symbol of unemtra) and a hose that bites its own tail (symbol of eternity). Below the show is a two-legged caption in Dutch.

Frederik Dekkers, titlepage. Line engraving.

Title print for press series De Roman Helden, Hendrick Goltzius, 1687 - 1691 print The goddess Rome ('Roma'), seated on a seat of weapons on a pedestal, in her left hand a statue of the goddess of victory. There are a woman with an OS (Europe), a woman with a lion (Asia) and a woman with a crocodile (Africa). In the foreground is the power god of the Tiber and the Wolvin that sucks Romulus and Remus. Under the show two couplets of eight verse rules in Latin. Title print for a series of ten prints, consisting of an unnumbered title print, eight numbered performances of Helden and an unnumbered closing print. Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Haarlem Publisher: Leiden paper engraving Rome (one of the four world empires). Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana'. Europe represented allegorically; 'Europa' (Ripa). Asia represented allegorically; 'Asia' (Ripa). Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa)

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Amsterdam, Tanjé, Pieter, Art looks up to Virtue, verso - stamped, Cartouche with Art, who, with a harp in his hand, looks up to Virtue. The message of the representation is that Art uses its time well when it concerns itself with Virtue., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 100 mm, width 131 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1706-02-15 - 1761-06-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1716 - 1761, paper, papier, etching, etsen, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception, 1693 - 1775-09-16

Minerva visits Apollo and the muses on the Parnassus, left part. Left part of a show with Minerva and Apollo at the Parnassus mountain range, the residence of the muses. The muses and putti play on the ground and pick flowers. Apollo is sitting on a hill and plays on his winch. Minerva is talking to him, lying on a cloud.

Title page for: 'Contemporary history of the Arabs, part 2', 1765. Title page with three women who write a book. In the foreground Minerva shields some fighting men with turbans with a curtain.

Utrecht, Water, Willem van de, Amsterdam, Sluyter, Pieter, Historia Universalis, Title page for: Orazio Torsellino, Historiarum, ab origine mundi, usque ad annum MDXCVIII, 1718, verso lower right - stamped, At the foot of a building, on which the title of the book is stated, sit Truth and several other allegorical figures around History, who is writing on a sheet of paper. Above them flies Father Time. Fame flies behind him., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 128 mm, width 78 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1675 - 1733, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1718, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Minerva based on a Piedestal, Caspar Luyken, 1691 print Minerva based on a piedestal on which the serial title is stated. Faam De Bazuin blows around her children playing. Title print for a seven -part series with performances about the Seven Free Arts. Amsterdam paper etching (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

. A boy and a girl harvest fruit in the presence of a goat and a boar. The boy picks grapes, the girl wears a basket with pears.

Francesco Fontebasso, Nine Figures around a Herm of Pan, 1744 Nine Figures around a Herm of Pan

Allegorical figure with globe and signs zodiac; Title page for: Johannes Georgius Graevius, Justini Historiae Philippiae, 1694. A woman with Globe and Bazuin seated on a pedestal with the title of the book. Behind her a disk with the signs of the zodiac and in the sky the sun and the moon. For her is a man writing in a book and lie weapons.

. Satirian poetry bears the portrait of the French writer Nicolas Boileau to the Parnassus. On the mountain waiting Apollo and the muses, which will lar up the portrait of the writer. In the background Pegasus as a symbol of the poet genius. In the margin a three-legged caption in French.

Allegorical representation with truth, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1713 print The personification of truth, a naked woman with a flaming sword in her hand, holds a mirror to a number of players with masks in hand. In the air two putti with a banderole on which a two -year -like quote from Horace in Latin. In the margin the title in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage. mask. Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa)

Aphrodite Venus

Saint Peregrinus. Engraving by H. Vincent after Filippo Hercolani.

Allegorical figures at a grave monument; Title page for: R. van Leuve, Mengelwerken, 1723. Allegorical figures in a grave monument decorated with death heads. For the monument, faith with a cross in the arms. A second veiled woman has a scepter stuck above which the alloying eye. Mercury as God of Trade is at the Arm of Amsterdam and looks at a mourning veiled woman. Venus is in the air on a shell.

Silvia cries for her beloved Aminta's death Sylvia has her beloved Aminta in her arms. She cries for his death. Around her other nymphs and couple's friends. In the foreground, Cupid writes the title of the book on a tombstone with one of his arrows. Around him putti, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Aminta, female literary characters (with NAME), nymphs (in general), 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa), pastorals, Arcadian scenes, Jan Goeree (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1715, paper, engraving, h 166 mm × w 110 mm

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto, Jan Saenredam, After Paulus Moreelse, 1618 print On the left is Diana with a few nymphs under a tree. There are arrow -drugs and an arc with them. Next to Diana is a dog at a stream. Diana stretches her arm disapproving in the direction of Callisto, who is crying opposite her. A few nymphs pull her clothes away to reveal her pregnancy. In the background a nymph with two dogs. Under the performance a six -line, Latin text in which the scene is explained. paper engraving Diana with her nymphs discovers the pregnancy of Callisto. pregnancy

Mercury gives a winch to Apollo; Paintings in Palazzo Farnese in Rome; Galeria Nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma. Mercury gives a winch on the kneeling Apollo in a landscape.

Diana Artemis: she changes Actaeon into a deer. Engraving by D. Sornique after B. Boullogne.

Allegorie op de Waarheid.King Louis XIV sits with ermic mantle on a throne and is given to the truth by two people, proposed as a naked woman under a radiant sun. Under the show a French caption.

Success rejects Geeriness, Gerrit de Broen (I) (Possible), After Jan Luyken, in or after 1695 - c. 1740 print The stinginess is on the floor and collects money that she then puts away in a treasure chest. She calls God's wrath over her, in the form of lightning. Generosity that hand out money, water and grain kicks gem with her foot. Generosity is honored by three putti for her merciful deeds. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the (seven) Acts of Mercy. Covetousness; 'Avaritia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

Allegory on the death of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, 1754, 1754 print Allegorical grave monument on the death of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, free -lady of Renswoude, on April 26, 1754. In the monument, the mildness poured out a horn of abundance filled with riches over three small naked boys, symbol of the ability that Maria Duyst van Voorhout at Her death left the poor education (foundations of Renswoude). On top of the monument a portrait bust, in the clouds fortuin blows on her trumpet. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving grave-building, monumental tomb

Engraver: Giulio di Antonio Bonasone, Italian, ca. 1510-after 1576, After: Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian, ca. 1499-ca. 1543, Claelia Crossing theTiber, ca.1540, Engraving, sheet: 29.85 × 43.34 cm (11 3/4 × 17 1/16in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Four putti together. Two of them read books. A putto paints a landscape with a writer next to a globe under a tree. A fourth putto measures the globe with a passer. The Vignette of Publisher and Printer Gerard under the Linden. Middle above its motto: Tiliae sub Titmine Tutus.

Putti and bacchantes at the bottom of a tree 1636-65 Michel Dorigny. Putti and bacchantes at the bottom of a tree. Michel Dorigny (French, Saint-Quentin 1616/17-1665 Paris). 1636-65. Etching. Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Prints

. Young woman with a corn sheaf in her arms, on the floor is a sickle. To the right of her binding Korsochoven gathered. In the margin a four-line French fresh on the summer. The print is part of a four-part series with representations of the four seasons.

Allegorical title page with different scenes from the metamorphoses of Ovidius and his portrait, Bernard Picart, 1731 print Allegorical performance with different scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovidius. Among other things, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus in the foreground, Narcissus who falls in love with his own mirror image and Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. In the middle Vertumnus as an old woman and pomona, Apollo and Daphne, Pan and Syrinx. In the background Pluto and Proserpina, Perseus and the Monster, the fall of Icarus. In the sky on a cloud of Venus in her car, pulled through a swan. At the top in a medallion under a garland the portrait of the writer Publius Ovidius Naso. Under the show an empty cartouche. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving title-page. metamorphoses ~ classical mythology. story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing H

Venetian virgin surrounded by allegorical figures; Title page for: J. van Hoogstraten, Reteller of the Repupyk !, Or Vrye State of Venice, 1715. The Venetian virgin is sitting on a throne, she holds two ottomans to chains. In addition to her the lion of the H. Marcus who kills a harp. She is accompanied by State and Freedom, who are behind her. In the foreground a river god and a woman's figure in a gondola. In the air, fame flies with a medallion with the portrait of the writer Jan van Hoogstraten in hand. In the background a face of the city of Venice.

Telemachus and Mentor at the altar preparing to be sacrificed to the Manes of Anchises. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by C. Monnet from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.

Italy, Maratti, Carlo, Testa, Giovanni Cesare, Saint Carlo Borromeo before Christ, Mary and angels, verso - stamped, Saint Carlo Borromeo kneels. Before him floats an angel with a sword. Before Borromeo lie the bodies of dead men. Above float Mary and Christ on clouds, surrounded by angels., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 565 mm, width 361 mm, Italian, 1625 - 1660, print maker, prentmaker, 1635 - 1660, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, 1625-05-15 - 1713-12-15

Apollo as a sun god on the clouds together with Melpomene, Muze from the mourning game and Thalia, Muze from the joy. Title page for the collected works by Antoine de la Fosse.

Stedenmaagd van Haarlem; Deo et patriae.The urban army of Haarlem is under the arms of Haarlem with a staff with banderol in her hands. On the Banderol state: Salus Publica, general well-being. She lets her hand rest on a pedestal with the words: Deo et patriae. For the throne putti with papers and books, passer and measuring status and a globe. Allegorical performance in which the city of Haarlem is proposed as a promoter of science and the arts.

France raises the veil that covered it and renounces hope. (IT)

Allegory of variability, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

Allegory on the province of Zeeland, Jan Caspar Philips, 1751 print On a rocaille weapon board the coat of arms of the province of Zeeland surrounded by coats of six Zeeland cities. The board is held by Neptunus with Trietand and Mercury with Caduceus and rest on a pedestal with the club and the lion sheet of Hercules. On the right are two putti with a map of the province. In the background ships at sea near Middelburg. A four -line Dutch text in the lower margin. paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). maps, atlases. (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Zealand. Middelburg

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Ainsi doit être Cultiveé la jeunesse, Allegory of transience, verso - stamped, A young woman (Hebe) with a scythe in her hand, in the other she swings a plumb line. She walks through a garden in which putti play with attributes that indicate the passing of time and the preservation of youth. In the margin a loose strip of text with a line in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 139 mm, width 98 mm, height 8 mm, width 87 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1714 - 1714, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting the allegorical figures Concordia and Pax, created around 1582, representing harmony and peace.

Two putti at the memorial coat of arms. Two putti with a brazed coat of arms with the depicting of three birds. On the right a putto kneels with folded hands in front of the shield. Left holds a second putto to open a book on which a bundle of light comes from the all-viewing eye.

Engraver: Caesare Fantetti, Italian, 1650-1700, After: Raphael, Italian, 1483-1520, Moses saved by thewaters, Engraving, image: 25.4 × 28.8 cm (10 × 11 5/16 in.), Italian, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

The Agony in the Garden, from The Passion of Christ ca. 1598-1653 Abraham Hogenberg. The Agony in the Garden, from The Passion of Christ 398380

Double portrait of Thomas Ittigiv and the Gottfridus Nicolaus Itigivs

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Boy Spying on a Sleeping Woman, verso under - stamped, A shepherd boy spies on a woman who has fallen asleep against a tree. She is wearing a dress that leaves her breasts uncovered and is holding a fan in her hand. Cupid points out a clock to the boy that he is holding in his hand. In the margin a four-line poem, in two columns, in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 95 mm, width 128 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1713 - 1713, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Allegory in South America, Jan Caspar Philips, 1767 print Imagination of a South American landscape with in the foreground Eendracht and three women. They hold papers on which the countries of the continent and coat of arms control. On a ruin the map of South America. On the monument a resident with a fee, arrow and arch and the riches of the area. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving America represented allegorically; 'America' (Ripa). landscapes in the non-temperate zone, exotic landscapes - KK - ideal landscapes. South America

Bacchus en Ariadne, Claude Duflos, after Antoine Coypel, 1675 - 1727 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper engraving / etching triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

The Holy Family Under the Cherry Tree/ Rest on the Flight To Egypt Under a CherryTree. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

Leda and the swan. Jupiter seduces Leda in the form of a swan on the shore of a stream. Behind Leda Amor stands with a bow in his hand. This show in Oval is provided with a coated text in French.

Minerva as patroness of science and arts, Simon Fokke, 1746 print Minerva is surrounded by attributes of science and arts and is in the company of two putti that studying a globe with a passer and map. She points to the background where figures are in classic clothing on a square. To her right is a helmeted allegorical figure on a pedestal with a torch and book in the hands. paper engraving / etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. scholar, philosopher

Allegorical performance with graftombe. Allegorical performance with different personal statements around a tomb. A skeleton tries to hit the man with a rocket on the tomb. Duivese figures fly in the air. At the foot of the tomb, a putto is crying.

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