Allegorical Figures

Prints of allegorical figures from mythology, illustrating themes of justice, the moon, and other classical elements in detailed engravings.

Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Sibillaru decem, Ten Sibyls, Sibylla Tyburtina, Tiburtine Sibyl, verso inset sheet - stamped, The Tiburtine Sibyl standing before a balustrade. In her right hand she holds a writing tablet and with her left hand she points upwards. Title and a line of Latin text in the bottom margin. Numbered lower left 10., print, prints, height 190 mm, width 130 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1609, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Apostle Simon Zelotes with saw, Marco Dente, After Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1517 - 1527 print paper engraving the apostle Simon Zelotes (or Simon the Canaanite); possible attributes: book, saw, scroll

Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Sibillaru decem, Ten Sibyls, Sibylla Tyburtina, Tiburtine Sibyl, verso inset sheet - stamped, The Tiburtine Sibyl standing before a balustrade. In her right hand she holds a writing tablet and with her left hand she points upwards. Title and a line of Latin text in the bottom margin. Numbered lower left 10., print, prints, height 190 mm, width 130 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1609, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

A 1596 copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius titled 'All', illustrating multiple human figures in varied poses, emphasizing anatomy and classical composition.

Ivstica XXXVII Justice. Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506. 1550. Ladenspelder, Johann, approximately 1511-approximately 1580. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Diana, monogrammist IB (16th century), 1529 print Diana as the moon goddess Luna, standing on the Steeren statue, a staff in her right hand and a crescent in hot left. Germany paper engraving Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene)

. The goddess Juno, with a crown on her head. In addition to her a peacock, her attribute. The print is part of a three-part series with the three goddesses of Paris judgment and has a Latin caption.

Prvdentia XXXV Prudence. Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506. 1550. Ladenspelder, Johann, approximately 1511-approximately 1580. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Sibille van Samos, Romeyn de Hooghe (attributed to), 1688 print Sibille van Samos Netherlands paper etching / engraving Samian Sibyl

Heroines of the New Testament, c. 1595. Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617). Engraving;

Diligence, from the Virtues Made 1552 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Heinrich Aldegrever

Faith; Fides; The virtues. Faith, in the form of a woman with a book in the right hand and a cross in the left hand. At the top of the show the word 'Fides' (belief). This print is part of a series of seven round representations of the virtues, each personified by a women's figure with typical attributes, and with Latin inscription.

Virtues: Temperance (Hollstein 121) Heinrich ALDEGREVER (or ALDEGREVER - 1502-V.1555 / 1561). Virtues: Temperance (Hollstein 121). Burin, 1552. Museum of Fine Arts from the city of Paris, small palace.

Italy, Sirani, Giovanni Andrea, Lucretia, verso - stamped, Lucretia seated with bare chest and on her lap the dagger with which she stabbed herself. Dedication in bottom margin., print, prints, height 235 mm, width 140 mm, Italian, 1610-09-04 - 1670-05-21, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1670, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Chastity, from The Virtues 1552 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Chastity, from The Virtues 428703

Wellness; Luxuria; Virtues and vices. Personification of lust (luxuria). A woman with a drinking cup and a wine jug in hand, behind her a pig that eats a tuber. Seventh print from a series of fourteen with personnifications of virtues and vices.

Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Leblond, Jean (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Pulpits, Seated woman with medallion, The woman points with her right hand to the pulpit in the background. The medallion contains the publisher's address. From the second edition of a series of 6 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 214 mm, width 151 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1666 - 1709, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1635 - 1709, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Cologne, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Quad, Matthias von Kinkelbach, Septem Virtutes Vitiis Suis Oppositae, Virtues, Benignitas, Goodness, The personification of Goodness stands in a landscape with a burning heart in its hand. On her feet stands the pelican, which pierces its own breast to feed its young with its blood. In the background on the right, David approaches his enemy King Saul, while he is crouching down to relieve himself. David could kill Saul, but only takes a piece of his cloak with him. On the left, David shows the piece of his cloak to Saul from a rock. With this, David proves his kindness to Saul. Below the image is a four-line verse in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 210 mm, width 144 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, prentmaker, 1589 - 1611, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, German, 1557 - 1613, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Pax, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1548 - 1549, Design for a print., draughtsman: Heinrich Aldegrever, 1548 - 1549, paper, pen, brush, h 70 mm × w 50 mm

Flora of Proserpina, 1602 print Standing woman, possibly flora or proserpina, with lilies in the right hand and branches with other flowers in the left hand. Bottom left a three -line text in Latin. paper engraving (story of) Flora. (story of) Proserpina (Persephone, Core), Libera. flowers: lily

Maria with Kind en Roos, Vespasiano Strada, c. 1592 - 1622 print Maria sitting on a cloud party with the standing Christ child on their lap. In his left hand the child holds a rose. Above them two cherubs. Italy paper etching Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child. flowers: rose. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Holy Agatha with a scale with cut breasts; S. Agatha ..

Saint Catharina. Saint Catharina. Part of a series of 24 performances of female martyrs (Martyrological). The performances are equipped with edges with flowers and animals.

Doria, Andrea.

Leyden, Lucas van, Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Maria Magdalena, verso - stamped, Saint Mary Magdalene, standing and turned to the right. In her hands she carries an ointment jar., print, prints, height 155 mm, width 106 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plaattoon, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1494-06 - 1533-08

Urania, plate twelve from Apollo and the Muses. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 178 x 101 mm (plate); 183 x 105 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Charity personified by a woman with three children ca. 1520-40 Anonymous The print has a French watermark. It is possibly a French print in the manner of Marcantonio.. Charity personified by a woman with three children 335001

Personification of earth, one of the four elements, a standing naked woman with cornucopia.

Copper engraving from 1510-1525 depicting Prudence, allegorical figure representing wisdom, shown with a mirror and snake.

Tiburtine Sibille; Sibylla tibvrtina; Sibilles. The Tiburtian Sibille is sitting on a rock. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a tachy series about the Sibilles.

Allegorical representation with the personifications of painting and sculpture, Bernard Picart, after Martin Desmarest, 1699 - 1700 print Painting points to an angel, the flame of inspiration flakes above his head. Sculpture points to attributes that refer to practicing the arts. In the background a statue of Minerva, patroness of the arts. Paris paper etching / engraving 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). 'Sculptura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ sculpture; 'Scoltura' (Ripa). Minerva as patroness. Inspiration; 'Ispiratione' (Ripa)

Italy, Monogrammist FP (Italy; 16th century), Fortitudo (Strength), verso - stamped, The female personification of Strength (Fortitudo) seated with a column., print, prints, height 102 mm, width 70 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1599, paper, papier, etching

L'Amerique. Artist: After Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699-1773 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (11 x 16.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venice, Bertelli, Orazio, Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Christ, Mary, John the Baptist and the Apostles, Apostle Bartholomew with a Knife, print, prints, height 107 mm, width 64 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1583 - 1583, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever

Chastity. The female personification of chastity (Castitas) is sitting with the unicorn next to her. On the right a bass relief and on the left in the background a landscape.

Justice personified by a young woman holding a sword in her raised right hand, scales in her left, from 'The Virtues' ca. 1515-25 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian. Justice personified by a young woman holding a sword in her raised right hand, scales in her left, from 'The Virtues' 342637

Relief with personification of the Earth element above bow on the west side of the civil room in the town hall on the Dam. Relief with personification of the Earth element above the right (northern) arch on the west side of the civil room in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her left hand a sickle and the cornucopia, a globe in her right hand. On her head a crown of flowers and branches. Under her feet a mole and a snake. Leged numbered: CIII. N. 2.

Judith grasping the head of Holofernes by the hair and looking to the left, an old woman at right 1600-1640 Attributed to Giovanni Andrea Sirani Italian. Judith grasping the head of Holofernes by the hair and looking to the left, an old woman at right 397008

Running woman, to the left. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1500 - 1600. Measurements: h 250 mm × w 140 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Young farmer's wife, seen from the front, with suspended skirts, 1685 print numbered 17 paper etching

Love, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552 print Personification of love. Woman standing with a banner with an image of the pelican who feeds his young from his own chest (a symbol for Christ). In the background a column with two groups of people around it. At the top right a coat of arms with a dog, above that a bird. Under the show a two -line text in Latin. Second print from a series of seven. Germany paper engraving Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

July: a woman harvesting, Anonymous, Reinier van Persijn, Joachim von Sandrart, 1670 - 1726.

Relief with personification of the Earth element above arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, after Artus Quellinus (I), 1719 - 1783 print Relief with personification of the Earth element above the judge (northern) arch on the west side of the Burgerzaal in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her left hand a sickle and the horn of abundance, a globe in her right hand. On her head a crown of flowers and branches. A mole and a snake under her feet. Numbered in the bottom right: CIII. N. 2. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving earth (one of the four elements). globe. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. agricultural implements: sickle. other mammals: mole. snakes Burgerzaal. City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Minchiate Florentine. Set of 56 cards. The Queen of Sword Anonymous. Florentine Minchiate. 56 cards game. The Queen of Sword. Floor, brush colors. 1650-1700.

Haarlem, Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, Prophets of the Old Testament, David, verso lower left - stamped, with his harp, crown and sceptre next to him., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 250 mm, width 169 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, La Poësie Chretienne animée par l'Amour Divin, The personification of Christian poetry is animated by divine love, verso lower right - stamped, Landscape with the female personification of Christian poetry, a writing quill in her hand. She looks up at divine love, with a flame above her head and a burning arrow in her hand. He points her to heaven. In the background a shepherd with his flock., print, prints, height 135 mm, width 80 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1713 - 1713, first quarter 18th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception

Gluttony; Gula; Inventions. Personification of gluttony in the form of a woman in antique gown, sitting under a tree on a wine barrel. In her left hand, she has a jug and in the right hand a glass that brings them to her mouth. In addition to her the boar as her attribute. In the margin a single-line caption in Latin.

Heroines of the New Testament: The Woman with the Issue of Blood, c. 1595. Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617). Engraving;

Veldheer in antique costume. Draughtsman: Giulio Romano. Dating: 1502 - 1546. Measurements: h 165 mm × w 135 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Polyhymnia, anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1667 print The sitting polyhymnia, the muse of the hymns or hymns, holds a caduceus in one hand and a document in her other hand. Books at her feet. paper engraving / drypoint Polyhymnia (one of the Muses); 'Polinnia' (Ripa)

Diligence, Anonymous, Jan Saenredam, Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 - 1595

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Victoria, Victory, verso - stamped, Standing woman with laurel wreath and palm branch. Her left foot rests on the globe. A snake crawls out of the mouth of a fire-breathing dragon. Below the image are two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, height 152 mm, width 92 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, vier kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, schrijver

Maria with child sitting in landscape; Maria with child at the gate.

. De Personification Trust (Fiducia) with a writing tablet in the left on which the word "Revera (respect) is. In the other hand, a banner with the symbol for friendship (two hearts shaking each other's hand). A dog shot in her. Confidence tramples the personification of secret deception (Tecti Doli), a woman with devil paws holding a heart. All kinds of masks around topical deception.

Fine Maria Magdalena, Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst (attributed to), 1625 - 1677 print Maria Magdalena with hands, a book and a skull on the table. paper etching the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge

. Minerva with the helmet on her head, her hand resting on her shield with the medusa head.

Maria Magdalena with skull. The penitent Maria Magdalena, skull in hand. In the background its attributes. The performance is caught in an oval frame with an empty coat of arms and an empty cartouche.

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1588 depicting the biblical figure Debora, showing her in detailed attire with expressive posture and symbolic elements.

Woman returning from a hunt carrying a boar in her right hand and a stick on her left shoulder to which a hare and two ducks are tied. Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515-died 1527 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 6 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (16.3 × 12 cm). Date: ca. 1515-27. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Apollo, Minerva, Muses and five other figures according to Raphael, a muse. Ninth issue of a sequence of 16 pieces. (Bartsch 271) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). Apollo, Minerva, Muses and five other figures according to Raphael, a muse. Ninth number of a sequence of 16 pieces. (Bartsch 271). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Amstel raised by poetry; D. Willinks Amstel-Stroom. A river god as a personification of the Amstel is raised by poetry. In her left hand, she holds a paper above a burning altar. In the background a flute playing and a face on a river.

Image of a woman with a bird in her hand; Signorum Veterum Icone I.Image of a Woman with a Bird in rehand, ORTEN Identified AS LEDA.

Get well soon; Vortitudo; Seven virtues. Personification of virtue Power: Woman sitting between two parts of a column, putti holds circular band above her head.

Antwerp, Jode, widow Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, Icones Revelationum S Iohs Evangeliste in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, John on Patmos, John the Evangelist writes on the island of Patmos his revelations in a book. He looks up to heaven at an appearance of Christ. Next to John sits the eagle. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 84 mm, width 77 mm, Zuid-Nederlands (voor 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, fourth quarter 16th century, vier kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, naar ontwerp van, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617, The Nine Muses: Urania, #9 in a series of9, Engraving, 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (24.7 × 16.5cm), Made in The Netherlands, Dutch, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Wealth, plate five from Virtues and Vices. Heinrich Aldegrever; German, 1502-c.1560. Date: 1549. Dimensions: 71.1 x 50 mm (image/plate). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman with winged helmet leaning on string instrument.

. A company brings a sacrifice to the escula monkey, the symbol of the God of Health and Medicine Aesculapius. In the foreground is a naked young man on a pedestal.

Portrait of Pierre Vincent Bertin. Two women as painting personifications and sculpture roll along with two putti a portrait of Pierre Vincent Bertin from (1653-1711).

Venice, Bertelli, Orazio, Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Christ, Mary, John the Baptist and the Apostles, Apostle John with a Chalice, print, prints, height 107 mm, width 64 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1583 - 1583, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever

Chalk drawing by Francesco Mazzola depicting Mucius, on brownish paper, created between 1523 and 1524, showing figure and drapery details.

Woman with perfume vase, Hendrik van Limborch, 1691 - 1759 print In a landscape there is a kneeling woman with a perfume vase in her hands. paper etching adult woman. container of (semi-)precious stone. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister depicting the allegorical figure 'Faith (Believe)', created before 1467.

The female personification of Strength Fortitudo, one of the four cardinal virtues, wearing a helmet On her shoulder she holds a broken column Print from a series featuring theological virtues, Strength Theological virtues Virtutu Theologicaru , print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), Cologne, 1600, paper, engraving, d 98 mm

Jester with fool's cap on the head, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1596

Sebald Beham, Peasant Woman Going to Market, 1520 Peasant Woman Going to Market

Power; Fortitudo. Personification of power, one of the seven virtues. Woman, halvened, with one of her breasts bare. The left arm around a broken column hit, in her right hand the degraded capital.

Geometry, from the cycle: The Seven Liberal Arts. Pencz, Georg (ca 1500-1550), graphic artist

Woman Carring a Vase on Her Head dated 1528 Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian. Woman Carring a Vase on Her Head. Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490-after 1536 Rome). dated 1528. Engraving. Prints

Aristotles en Phyllis (Campaspe), Georg Pencz, 1545 - print Allegory on the power of women about the man. With her feminine tricks Aristotle, Campaspe (Phyllis) has gained so far that he proves her his love by crawling on the floor with a Breidel in his mouth and her on his back. Campaspe holds a whip in her hand and she is wearing traces on her shoes. Germany paper engraving (story of) Campaspe (Phyllis). Aristotle and Phyllis

A woman's figure as a charity's personification, with a passer in her right hand and in her left hand a necklace and coins of which a few fall down. In the background a man gives a bold on a kneeled figure. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

Christ as a man of SMARTEN, with bound hands, Albrecht Dürer, 1512 print Christ, standing by a tree, the hands tied, a rug around the body and the crown on the head. Nuremberg paper drypoint whole figure, sitting or standing of the Man of Sorrows

Lucretia puts a knife in her chest, Hans Brosamer, 1537 print Fulda paper engraving (story of) Lucretia

Phrygic Sibille, Romeyn de Hooghe (attributed to), 1688 print Phrygian Sibille Netherlands paper etching / engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Saint Catherine, within a niche 1615-75 Lucas Vorsterman I Flemish. Saint Catherine, within a niche. Lucas Vorsterman I (Flemish, Zaltbommel 1595-1675 Antwerp). 1615-75. Engraving; only state. Prints

Portrait of Frederik Willem II, King of Prussia, Johann Samuel Ringk, After Rode, 1791 print paper etching / engraving historical persons. book. Justitia (justice) as Roman personification. insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)

Statue of Roman moon goddess Luna holding a torch, wearing a billowing chiton, a crescent moon in her hair. Roman copy of a 4th century BC Greek statue of Selene. Also known as Diana Lucifera. Dianae Luciferae statua vetus marmorea. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from Copperplates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome, Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma, engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella, published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

Retorica, Georg Pencz, 1539 - 1543 print Sitting woman as a personification of rhetoric, she makes a gesture with her hands. A putto can be read next to her in a book. paper engraving Rhetoric ',' eloquence '(~ trivium); "Rettorica '(Ripa)

Allegory over victory, Lucas Kilian, After Hans Rottenhammer (I), 1614 print The victory (Victoria) as a winged woman with a laurel wreath in her right hand, and in the left hand, resting on a coat of arms, a palm branch. Text in Latin in the lower margin. paper engraving 'Victoria'; 'Vittoria', 'Naval victory', 'Victory of antiqui' (Ripa)

Speech; Ratio; Prosopographia, Sive Virtutum, Animi, Corporis, Bonorum Externorum, Vitiorum, ET Affectuum Variorum Deineatio. A standing woman with a rod in her right hand and in her left hand the bridle of a horse. The speech likes the feelings of man, such as the rod the children and the bridle the horse. Under the show two lines text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Young woman adorned with flower wreath, Jan van der Bruggen, 1659 - 1740 print A young woman, adorned with flower wreath, looks from an oval window. Two flowers in the hand. paper flowers. human figure at (open) window, seen from outside - AA - feigned window

Unsuiting; Design drawings for the PRESENTERING THE SEVEN POWER SUPPLY.Design for a Print.

Portrait of Johanna Kertten, Jacob Houbraken, 1721 print Amsterdam paper engraving

Socrates and Xantippe, Jan van Somer, 1655 - 1700 print The half -naked Xantippe sits on the back of her crawling man Socrates. She has a whip in one hand and a bit in the other. In the background a bookcase and a table with a book and a globe. paper Xanthippe pours water over Socrates' head. globe. book. whip. dominating wife

Statilia Messalinas.

The Virgin with the Dragonfly Made 1490-1500 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Chastity; Seven virtues. Personification of chastity. Woman standing with a banner with therefore an image of a woman with a wolf. On her left hand a column with two figures, upper left a coat of arms with an angel, above a bird. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Fourded from a series of seven.

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617, The Nine Muses: Clio, #4 in a series of9, Engraving, 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (24.7 × 16.5cm), Made in The Netherlands, Dutch, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, holding the celestial globe, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Carlo Nolli from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume II, plate 8, 1757-1787, Naples.

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