Allegorical Prints

Elaborate compositions personifying continents and virtues, showcasing a blend of mythological and dramatic elements in printmaking.

Minerva leads painting to Beauty, Arnoud van Halen, 1673 - 1732 print Minerva leads the personification of painting to the personification of beauty. In the foreground a few putti and an incense barrel. Amsterdam paper engraving Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Allegorical performance with personifications of four continents, Jan Punt, After Hubert François Gravelot, 1721 - 1779 print A putto with measuring instruments points to the four female personifications of the continents of America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Behind them two putti with escula monkey and caduceus a globe. In the middle of N. 1. paper etching / engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. continents represented allegorically. globe

Allegorical representation with truth, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1713 - 1733 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 banderol on which the portrait of Horace. In the margin a two -way caption in Latin. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage. mask. Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa)

. Allegorical performance on trade in woven fabrics. Minerva, as patrones of spinning and weaving, is flanked by justice with scales and caution with mirror. Mercury, the God of trade comes in and Fortuna scatters its riches from a cloud. In the background, a counter purchased and goods are supplied by ships. Around the show a gate with the top left the personification of shipping and at the top right of the city of Amsterdam. Down streamlings. Print made for Jan van Oosterwyk's trade.

Eum Pivilegio Sac: Caes Maiest.. Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688. Prints. 1683. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Mercury (Roman deity), Minerva (Roman deity), Gods & goddesses

Minerva leads painting to Beauty, Arnoud van Halen, 1673 - 1732 print Minerva leads the personification of painting to the personification of beauty. In the foreground a few putti and an incense barrel. Amsterdam paper engraving Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Title page for the Hollandsche Mercury for the year 1676, 1677 print Title page for the Hollandsche Mercury for the year 1676. Mercury fights like a Roman soldier against violence and war. In the middle a grieving Dutch virgin next to an exhausted cow and an empty horn of abundance. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Haarlem paper etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

Title page for the Hollandsche Mercury over the year 1676. Title page for the Hollandsche Mercurius over the year 1676. Mercury fights as a Roman soldier against violence and war. In the middle a grieving Dutch virgin next to an exhausted cow and an empty cornucopia.

H. Quadratus van Athene, apologeet; Quadratus, Bisschop van Atheenen. Uyt Zyn bediening Verstooten, en Wreedelyk Omgebragt.The Sacred Apologet Quadratus from Athens in the company of an owl and an angel. Quadratus stands on a base where his torture death has been displayed on the front. PRENT In the middle of Large: II: PART PAG. 171.

A Roman interior. Cleopatra is dead on an ornamental sun bed. Her duties and two soldiers discover the suicide. At the top of the print in a medallion the title of the book work.

Emanuel, Infant from Portugal.

Allegorical performance with Hercules, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1714 print Hercules leads the seven deadly sins to a chain truthfully and justice. They sit on a throne and look up to fame. She flies in the air and blows the trumpet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving The Seven Deadly Sins (Personified). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Justice; 'Strength to the justice subject', 'justice', 'Recto justice', 'rigorous justice', 'pity and violence subject to justice' (Ripa). Truth; 'TRAPE (RIPA)

Possibly allegorical reference to trade, Allegorical representation with writing woman crowned by snakes, Mercury, Time and putti, print maker: Claude Augustin Duflos, (mentioned on object), Gabriël François Louis Debrie, (mentioned on object), France, 1710 - 1786, paper, etching, engraving, h 328 mm × w 213 mm

Firmian, Leopold Anton Freiherr.

Allegory with female personifications of, among others, the truth and possibly virtues and vices, François van Bleyswijck, 1736 print Title page for: Johannes van der Kemp, the Christian whole and all the ownership of Christ alive and Dying, shows in three -fide preachers about the Heidelbergers Katechism, 1736 paper etching / engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa)

Amsterdamse Stedenmaagd bij een wapenschild.Crowned Amsterdam urban armchair with the arm of Amsterdam in her hand holds the caduceus for a coat of arms with the depicting of a two-headed eagle, crowned with cruced ats. On the other side of the coat of arms, a putto blows the trumpet.

Queen. Dated: 1651. Medium: etching with border "Minerva and Hercules" (Pennington 233B). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck.

Title Page Design with the Triumph of the Art Painting. The native French draughtsman and engraver Bernard Picart moved to Amsterdam in 1710 because of the great demand there for prints for books. This is his design for the frontispiece from Histoire de la Peinture Ancienne, a book on the art of painting by the Roman author Pliny. Rome, seated on a throne at the right, elevates the Art of Painting, personified by an elegant woman presenting a picture.

Allegorical performance with writing woman crowned by snakes, Mercury, De Tijd and Putti, Claude Augustin Duflos, after Gabriël François Louis Debie, 1710 - 1786 print Possibly allegorical reference to trade. France paper etching / engraving trade, commerce and finance. allegory of Time and Eternity. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

City Virgin of Haarlem, Jacob Folkema (Possible), 1702 - 1767 print The Stedsmijd van Haarlem is under the Wapen van Haarlem with a staff with Banderol in her hands. The Banderol says: Salus Publica, General Welfare. She lets her hand rest on a pedestal with the words: deo et patriae. For the Putti Throne with papers and books, passer and ruler and a globe. Allegorical performance in which the city of Haarlem is presented as a promoter of science and the arts. paper engraving / etching personification of a city, town-patron(ess). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'Scientia'; 'Scienza', 'Studio' (Ripa). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Haarlem

The angel Gabriel, coming from heaven on a cloud and accompanied by little angels and by the Holy Spirit in the guise of a dove, proclaims the birth of Christ to Mary, who sits in a dormitory on an elevation to a reader. In the foreground slippers, a stew and a basket of sewing utensils. Under the representation four lines of Latin text, Annunciation, print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (mentioned on object), Abraham Bloemaert, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacques Razet, (mentioned on object), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1593, paper, engraving, h 360 mm × w 286 mm

Saint Roch ca. 1705-24 Anonymous. Saint Roch. Anonymous. ca. 1705-24. Engraving. Gaspar Huberti (Flemish, 1685-1724). Prints

Allegory with Apollo that writer Publius Terentius Afer honors. Allegory with Apollo that Latin writer Publius Terentius Afer honors. The writer receives a schromprol and laurel wreath from the god while an angel blows on a tray and scholars in the background and watching the muses on the Parnassus mountain. In the Margin Latin inscription in four rules.

Allegorical representation of the marriage of Willem III to Maria Stuart, 1677, Jacobus Baptist, 1696 - 1700 print Allegorical representation of the marriage of Willem III to Maria Stuart, November 4, 1677. Willem III and Maria Stuart are in a large hall and hold each other's hands. Three women and a lion are around them. In the background, the people wait behind a balustrade. Gods look at the scene from heaven, an angel blows on a trumpet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'

The Annunciation. Dated: c. 1730. Dimensions: sheet: 20.2 × 14.6 cm (7 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.), cut to platemark. Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century after Pierre-Hubert Subleyras.

German 16th Century, The Apocalypse The Apocalypse

Protection accordée aux beaux-arts 1663 (Protection Accorded to the Fine Arts 1663) pl. 24. Dated: published 1752. Dimensions: sheet: 64 × 46.2 cm (25 3/16 × 18 3/16 in.) plate: 48.6 × 36.8 cm (19 1/8 × 14 1/2 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste Massé (designer) and Louis de Surugue de Surgis (engraver) after Charles Le Brun.

Old Man. Dated: 1651. Medium: etching with border "Time and Eternity" (Pennington 233C). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck.

Quellinus, Erasmus (II), Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), God surrounded by biblical figures and saints, verso - stamped, God the Father enthroned on a pedestal, with scepter and book in his hands. On the left Moses, Aaron and Zacharias. On the right representatives of the mendicant orders. In the middle a white area for the title of the book. Above it a coat of arms with a large Greek cross and four smaller crosses., print, prent, title page, prints, engravings, height 332 mm, width 206 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1639, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, 1607-11-19 - 1678-11-07

Vision of Ezekiel about the valley of bones, right half, The valley full of dry bones clothed with flesh and coming to life. Various sarcophagi and gravestones scattered throughout the performance. There are five putti floating together holding a baderon with the text: Dabo super fox ner fox and succrescere facia sup fox carne, Ezekiel's vision of the valley of the dry bones (Ezekiel 37: 1-10), Giorgio Ghisi (mentioned on object), 1530 - 1582, paper, engraving, h 413 mm × w 341 mm

Jason Sows the Dragon's Teeth (Jason les dompte et sous le joug enserre et labourer leur fait de Mars la terre...) 1563 René Boyvin Plate 11 of 26. Jason uses the two bulls of Mars with the bronze hooves (Khalkotauroi) to plow and sew the dragon's teeth; in the background, at left, warriors born from the teeth sprout from the earth; within in ornate border. One of a set of illustrations to the Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or, published in Paris in 1563 and engraved by René Boyvin based on drawings by Léonard Thiry. Jason, the famous hero of antiquity, sets off on a quest to find the Golden Fleece which leads him to meet Medea with whom he has a love affair ending in tragedy.. Jason Sows the Dragon's Teeth (Jason les dompte et sous le joug enserre et labourer leur fait de Mars la terre...). Jason and the Golden Fleece (Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or par le Prince Jason de Tessalie). After Leonard Thiry (Netherlandish, active Fontainebleau ca. 1536-1550). 1563. Engraving

Memorial to the marriage of Archduke Franz with Elisabeth Wilhelmine von Württemberg on January , Johann Christian Sambach -, Drawer

The Church and pride is on unrest, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1674 print The church and pride burn intrigues and unrest. The Roman church encourages the bishops of Münster, Keulen and Strasbourg and Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg to war. Central the imagination of the pride of the French king Louis XIV that has more crowns on the head than he can wear. On the right, the prosperity of the Republic is viewed with envy. In the background, Catholics forge bishops rods to weapons, on the right the tires are released around the world. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Pride; 'Superbia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins Netherlands

Drawing by Francesco de Mura with pen and gray wash, depicting Hercules carrying the portrait of Saint Teresa, symbolizing the spread of her fame through the fine arts.

Two Designs for a TitlePage. Artist: Jan Wandelaar, Dutch, 1690-1759

Title print of the Ystroom (1671) by Antonides van der Goes, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1671 print Title print of the Ystroom (1671) by Antonides van der Goes. Allegorical show with the left -wing stir of Amsterdam and leaning on her leg the Ystroom god. Behind them Mercury with winged hat and staff. In the background a large throne with columns in the form of personifications of the four continents. On the top of the throne is the title 'De Ystroom' and the coat of arms of Amsterdam. At the top right in the air the Sun GOD Apollo. Netherlands paper etching / engraving cities represented allegorically or symbolically. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa). gods of the waters: Neptune and his environment. (story of) Mercury (Hermes). (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Ij. Amsterdam

ZinnePrent on Willem III, after the 1673 campaign and the conquest of Grave in 1674. Large allegorical performance on the military successes of Willem III and the conquest of Grave, 26 October 1674. At the top Willem III is crowned by victory and grave is added At the series of his victories. The fame blows on a trumpet. In the foreground, Hercules and the Dutch Lion reject the war and the discord from the Dutch garden, the weapon of Grave is on the fence. In the background the province layers. At the bottom of a Frisian with a Roman triumphopt trip and the prince's monogram.

Apollo Lauwert Terence, Bernard Picart, 1716 print The writer Terentius, accompanied by the Muze Thalia, hands over his comedies to the personification of the Roman audience. He keeps the hate in his hand. Apollo Lauwert the writer. In the foreground the Wolvin with Remus and Romulus. In the margin a four -line caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa). (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. portrait of a writer. Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana'

Conquest of Tournai, 1709; Eroberung Dornik. Tournai (Tournai), besieged by the Allies from June 29, 1709, and welcomed on September 2, 1709. The central representation of the investment faced an architectural frame. At the top of an eagle with a cartouche with a map of the city and a young frost (probably karel III) that tramples the envy and deception. At the bottom, a resident of Tournai presents the key to a female personification of the unity under the Allies. On the right a cartouche with the description of the events in German.

Amphitrylon, Gilbert Scakes, 1713 print Illustration for the play 'Amphitryon' van Moliere. Utrecht paper etching attributes of Jupiter: eagle. (story of) Mercury (Hermes)

Ornamental Panel ca. 1514-36 Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian. Ornamental Panel. Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490-after 1536 Rome). ca. 1514-36. Engraving. Prints

Christ Saving Eve. Artist: Hans Jakob Nüscheler the Elder (Swiss, Zurich 1583-1654 Zurich). Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 13/16 in. (36.2 x 27.5 cm). Date: 1595-1654. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jacques Callot, The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Lairesse, Gerard de, Mercury beholds Trade and Shipping, verso - stamped, From the air, Mercury with a trumpet in his hands beholds the personified Trade (caduceus) and Shipping (miniature sailing ship). A putto brings Trade a horn filled with coins, behind this a second putto beholds packaged merchandise. The personified shipping stands behind Trade and has placed a hand on her shoulder. Behind this group of figures, on a high pedestal, stands a statue of Peace (olive branch), flanked by an angel blowing a trumpet. On the right is in the foreground a large globe, behind it a view of a harbour., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 133 mm, width 114 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1641 - 1711, print maker, prentmaker, 1670 - 1670, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Negotiations with the German commanders about the departure of the garrison, 1577; Medallions with the conquest of the citadel of Antwerp in 1577. Negotiations between Liedekercke, Roeck and Bourse and the German commanders about a lump sum for the departure of the German garrison, 2 August 1577. Group of men standing in consultation, in the background the citadel. In the clouds the personification of God's punishment. Presentation in a round medallion with ornamental allegorical frame with the sitting female personifications of generosity (liberalitas) and thanklessness (ingratitudo). At the bottom of a cartouche with 2 verses of 6 rules each in French and Dutch.

In the center, Mother Nature sits with a horn of plenty. To her left is a winged man with flowers in his hand. In the rich interior in the background is a cabinet filled with glass jars. At Mother Nature's feet are similar jars, containing stuffed animals. Also at her feet a frog and framed butterflies and flowers. The scene is flanked by two allegorical figures on pedestals., Allegory of Nature, print maker: Cornelis Huyberts, (mentioned on object), Cornelis Huyberts, (mentioned on object), Frederik Ruysch, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1710, paper, etching, engraving, h 222 mm × w 166 mm

Amsterdam, Hofhout, Johannes, Goeree, Jan, Zodiacvs Vitae, Title page for Marcellus Palingenius, Zodiacus Vitae, 1722, Allegory of the choice between worldly and spiritual good, A woman with a laurel crown sits on a bench next to the statue bust of Minerva. She holds the hand of Death. At her feet lie worldly riches. On the right, a putto with a whip reveals symbols of the church, hidden under a blanket. Behind the putto, a wall with the title of the book and a mural of Hercules at the crossroads. In the background in the sky a part of the zodiac., print, engraving, title page, prints, width 81 mm, height, 120 mm, 1670-10-20 - 1731-01-04, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1722, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Reconciliation of Jakob and Esau, Pieter de Bailliu (I), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1652 print The Jakob and Esau brothers fall into each other. Right, behind Esau is his army. On the left the kneeling women, children and servants of Jakob. Under the performance are two couplets in Latin. paper engraving the meeting between Esau and Jacob

The emperor and death; Dance dance. The emperor is on his throne, death is behind him. Sixth print from a series of European deaths expressions; With a picture frame with Minerva and Hercules.

Title print for the press series of the Inhalation of Willem V and Wilhelmina van Pruisen in Amsterdam, 1768, 1772 print Title print for the press series of the arrival of Stadholder Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina van Pruisen in Amsterdam, 30 May - 4 June 1768. Allegorical show with the drawing for a monument inspired by honor with links merchants, freedom and peace, in the foreground the river gods van Amstel and IJ. In the background the Amsterdam town hall. On the monument portrait medallions of the prince and princess and putti with flower garlands. Northern Netherlands paper etching symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ drawing. Honour, Glory; 'Ampiezza della Gloria', 'Gloria', 'Gloria de prencipi', 'Gloria & Honore', 'Honore', 'Sublimatí della Gloria' (Ripa). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa) City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808). Amstel (river). Ij

Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Old Man, 1651 Old Man

Allegorical title print for Vondels Palamedes, 1625. Allegorical title print for Vondel's torment game Palamedes, 1625. Standing old man similar to Johan van Oldenbarnevelt with a privilege in hand, surrounded by all sorts of wild animals. Right Themis (Goddess of Justice) who holds a laurel wreath above the man's head. Under the show a cartouche with verse of 4 lines in Dutch.

Title page for: Europische Mercurius, 14th piece, 1st part, 1703, Pieter Sluyter, 1703 print Altar with the year 1702 and weapons above which a Mercury and the victory chained at his feet. On the right a warrior (the German Empire) raises the sword against a lion (France). In the foreground the river god of the Rhine. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

Eponina has pierced herself with a dagger, Jan Punt, 1738 print Eponina is on the ground for an army tent after she has pierced herself with a dagger. Her twins are crying with her. Keizer Vespasian is in the middle. His son Titus comes to the left. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (story of) Julius Sabinus. tragedy. specific works of literature

Title page for the tragedy 'Brutus' from Sybrand Feestama to the French text of François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), 1735. In the foreground Titus kneets Brutus for his father. In the background some beam axis and other figures.

The covenant between Liedekercke, Roeck and Bourse, 1577; Medallions with the conquest of the Antwerp Citadel in 1577. The covenant between Liedekercke, Roeck and Bourse, to conquer the Citadel of Antwerp, 1 August 1577. Interior in which the three men take an oath. Left faithful (Fiducia) and love (charitas), in the clouds The triumphar of Venus. Presentation in a round medallion with ornamental allegorical frame with the sitting female personifications of torment (tribulatio) and piety (Pietas). At the bottom of a cartouche with 2 verses of 6 rules each in French and Dutch.

Haarlem, Casteleyn, Abraham, Noordelijke Nederlanden, Hooghe, Romeyn de, Title page for the Hollandsche Mercurius over het jaar 1688, Northern Netherlands, Title page for the Hollandsche Mercurius about the year 1688. At the bottom sea gods, wind heads and storm at sea, at the top a female personification (England) kneels before William III. Probably an imagination of the expedition of William III to England in November 1688., print, title page, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 174 mm, width 120 mm, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1689 - 1689, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, 1628 - 1681-01, publisher

David Bringing Presents from His Father to Saul. Dated: c.1556. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Maerten van Heemskerck.

The holy church father Gregory of Nazianze the Younger, standing on a pedestal. On the obverse the scene in which he seeks out his friend Basil of Caesarea in hermitage. Print marked top center: III. Part. Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Younger, Church Father Gregory of Nazianzen, Bishop of Constantinople Visits Bazilius in the Desert , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 268 mm × w 167 mm

Hungry food, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1552 print A man hands out bread to the poor. A servant follows him with a basket full of bread. Christ is between the arms in the background. The print has a Dutch caption and is part of a series with the six works of mercy. paper engraving / etching feeding the hungry, 'esuriens cibatur' ~ one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy

Weigel, Christoph, Nuremberg, Luyken, Caspar, Job receives the bad news from four messengers, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 252 mm, width 200 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1672-12-18 - 1708-10-04, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1708, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1654-11-09 - 1725-02-05, publisher

Artist: Jean Le, Pautre, French, 1618-1682, Grandes Cheminees a laRomaine, Etching, image: 33 × 23.6 cm (13 × 9 5/16in.), French, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Juno summoning sleep to descend upon Jupiter, set within an elaborate frame, from the 'Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno' 1531-76 Giulio Bonasone Italian. Juno summoning sleep to descend upon Jupiter, set within an elaborate frame, from the 'Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno' 392667

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Resurrection, 1512 The Resurrection

Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Gallery of Ulysses (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau 1560s Giorgio Ghisi Italian. Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Gallery of Ulysses (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau 367606

The apostle Philip makes a blessing gesture above an angel being baptized. Philip is standing on a pedestal where the baptism of the chamberlain is pictured on the front. Print marked top center: II Part Fol: 60., Apostle Philip The Saint Philippus Deacon and Evangelist, Den Moorman Doopende , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 275 mm × w 171 mm

A cult, Luise Luise.

Perseus Slaying Medusa. 1730. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Allegorical performance with Surgery and Minerva, 1731 print Surgery wears a tulip in a pot and a book with an image of Frère Jacques (Brother Jacques de Beaulieu) and spell NEC Stirpi Gloria Desit. Minerva sits next to her and hugs her. On the right is a woman with crowned weapon of Amsterdam. At the top, a putto with spear and hourglass flies as personification of time and hunts envy. In the background Apollo and Pegasus on Mount Parnassus. There are books in the foreground and is a putto with bladder stones. paper etching 'Medicina', allegorical representations ~ medicine; 'Medicina' (Ripa). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Decoration for stairwell from Hertog van Albemarle in Voorst; Le Petit Cote 'de l escallier de Voorst; Painted wall decorations for rooms and stairwells. Trompe-l'oeil decoration for a staircase with terms, columns and gods. Copy to print from series Nouveaux Liure de Pintures de Salles et d'Escalliers. One of 6 sheets.

Allegory on the establishment of the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem; For the establishment of the Hollandsche Maetringye der Sciences in Haerlem. The wisdom holds an oval with the image of patron Willem V. Under this representation, the front and back of a medallion is depicted with allegorical figures and the "Optime Meritis" and DEO ET PATRIAE "inscriptions.

Rome surrounded by Europe, Africa and Asia, Jan Luyken, 1690 print The personification of the city of Rome is on an elevation with a small image of Victoria in her hands. Around her are the personifications of Europe (with bull), Africa (with crocodile) and Asia (with lion). In the foreground are a river god, Romulus and Remus with the Wolvin. Amsterdam paper etching personification of a city, town-patron(ess). Europe represented allegorically; 'Europa' (Ripa). Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). Asia represented allegorically; 'Asia' (Ripa). river-gods. Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'Lupa Romana'

Throne man surrounded by allegorical figures, Jacob Folkema, After Bernard Picart, 1716 - 1767 print A throne bearded man and a young man next to him are surrounded by a group of allegorical figures. Almost all figures have their view of this pair, a few want to show or offer the young man something. Astronomia offers him an armillarium and religio shows him the Bible. paper etching throne

Sterbeeck, Franz van.

Judit for Holofernes, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (attributed to), after Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1547 - c. 1559 print Judit is kneeling for holofernes and begs for grace. Holofernes saves her. The print is part of an eight -part series that tells the story of Judit and Holofernes. Haarlem paper etching the conversation between Judith and Holofernes

Etching and copper engraving by Jacques Bellange from the first quarter of the 17th century depicting the martyrdom of Saint Lucia.

Jan Erasmus Quellinus depicts Elieser and Rebekka, executed with gray feather and brush, deck white, gray and blue washes over black chalk on brown paper, with a patch applied to Elieser.

Allegory with history that writes history, Bernard Picart, 1726 print Allegorical performance, unveiled by father Time, with history surrounded by a crowd of characters that symbolize the different continents. She is accompanied by geneology, which shows her a pedigree, chronology, with tablet in her hand, geography, who draws the world map with her passer and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, who points to Diogenes. In the foreground the personifications of the arts with their attributes. Left in the background Adam and Eva, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. On the right in the background monuments including the colossus of Rhodes, the tower of Babel, Golgota, Pyramids and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympic gods. With an empty margin. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Father Time, man with wings and scythe. 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). continents represented allegorically. Mnemosyne. family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table. chronology. map of the w

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Title page for: Kornelis van Hoek's 'De vernederde en grootste Kristus', 1706, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 129 mm, width 91 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1706 - 1706, paper, papier, etching, etchings

The Graces on the Tomb of Watteau Artist's working dates 1723-1770 France. Etching on off-white laid paper . François Boucher

Feather drawing by Prospero Fontana depicting John the Baptist pointing to Christ, laved, with white grown and quadrilized lines.

Frontispiece Design for a Book of Love Poems. Thanks to the tablet, held up by two women in the middle, we know that this title page must have been intended for a book of love poems by the Roman writers Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius. Jan Goeree enjoyed working with classical motifs. Illustrations of a Faun (right foreground) and Bacchus (statue, upper middle) were right up his alley. He depicted the numerous figures in a beautiful, not unduly symmetrical arrangement.

Copper engraving by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a miracle of Saint Franz Xaver, showing the saint performing a miraculous act in a religious scene, created in the seventeenth century.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1583 Italy. Bernardino Passeri was a painter, engraver, and printer who worked in Rome in the last decades of the 16th century. This monumental engraving probably belonged to a larger series of related religious subjects of the same year. In this composition, the exaggerated movement of the trees and landscape is complicated by Josephís placement, leaning out into the viewerís spaceóa typical Baroque device. Although many of Passeriís designs were reproduced by other engravers, the inscription on this example indicates it is from his own hand.. Engraving in black on paper . Bernardino Passeri

Allegorical performance with Dutch Virgin and Hercules, Anonymous, 1600 - 1700 print Hercules, with just a lion sheet, is honored by Fama. To the left of it is the Dutch virgin with lance and shield with seven arrows. They are flanked by caution with mirror and snake and justice with scale and sword. In front of them lies Medusa and are putti with coats of arms from Groningen and Friesland, among others. On the right a pyramid and a column with names of areas. A battle in the background. In the air, two putti present a portrait medallion to Jupiter with lightning bolts and eagle. paper engraving / etching personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. (story of) Hercules (Heracles). Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues Groningen. Friesland

Solomon as repentant sinner, Jacques de Gheyn (II) (workshop or), after Karel van Mander (I), 1595 - 1596 print Solomon, seated in an architectural environment, the gaze aimed at three angels in a cloud wreath above him. In front of him is a crown - a reference to his kingship. In the middle plan and the background scenes from the life of Solomon: a man takes something from another man (probably an organ of a gender animal, to read the future), while groups of people raise their hands and worship In the midst of cattle - references to Solomos are idolatry. Under the show a two -line Latin text. This print is part of a series of eight repentant sinners; Each print in this series consists of an image of a sinner, above him/her a number of (musician) angels in a cloud wreath, in the background a scene from the life of the sinner in question, two lines of text in Latin under the performance. print maker: Leidenprint maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Solomon (not in bib

Jupiter Doodt Semële, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching Jupiter kills Semele by coming to her with his lightning and thunderbolts

A Young Man Presenting his Thesis to Cardinal Aldobrandini 1620 Oliviero Gatti. A Young Man Presenting his Thesis to Cardinal Aldobrandini. Oliviero Gatti (Italian, active Bologna 1610-30). 1620. Engraving. Prints

Title page for the Europisch Mercury for the year 1708. Title page for European Mercury, DL. XIX, first part of 1708. In the foreground the smiling Mercury, Jupiter drives away France with lightning bolts. On the left the Dutch lion at the English garden, fighting with the British virgin that carries a cheating mask.

Chimney with a Bacchanal over the Mantle from 'Grandes Cheminée'. Artist and engraver: Jean Le Pautre (French, Paris 1618-1682 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.5 cm) cropped partly within plate mark. Publisher: Jean I Leblond (French, ca. 1590-1666 Paris). Date: ca. 1644-66.Design for a chimney characterized by double terms on either side. Over the mantel an octagonal panel with a Bacchanal has been placed. The panel is surrounded by four ignudi holding up a heavy garland. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Susanna bathing, spied by the elders.

Allegory on the 100-year anniversary of Dutch freedom, 1648-1748. The raised personification of peace tricks in the air with an olive branch and a caduceus. Under her, Minerva receives a lance with a liberty hat from a putto. A second putto offers vigilance in the middle a book. Fully links a third putto diabolical figures with a spear in a flame sea. At the bottom the town hall completed in 1648 at Amsterdam in Amsterdam with a portrait of Jacob van Campen and a performance of piling work at construction.

Title page for: Huwelyks close to happier Eveinge van (...) Jacob van Lennep Aarnoudsz. with young woman Petronella de Neufville, 1711, Pieter Sluyter, After A. Houbaken, 1711 print On either side of a cartouche with the title of the book are Minerva and prosperity, which holds a horn of abundance with coins. Mercury taps her on the shoulder. Under the eye of God the Father, the marriage is performed above by an allegorical female figure with a pomegranate and olive branch in hand. Bride and groom give each other hands over an altar with sacrifice. Behind the groom is the love that is envy away from the bridal couple. Singing in the background and dancing people and a glimpse to a three -mast in front of anchor. At the top of the coats of arms of both families. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa). canals, waters (in city). Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Conversation at a fountain, David Coster, c. 1700 - in or before 1752 print A young man and two young women are sitting under a balustrade in a garden. The man is on the edge of a large fountain. The women sit with their backs to a second fountain with an image of Amor with bow and torch. The Hague paper engraving garden fountain. lovers brought together by a third person

Tirsenia turns into a lemon tree, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1640 - 1646 print Tirsenia receives the bad news from Ergstus that her son Harmonillus has been transformed into a lemon tree. As proof he brings her a lemon of this tree. The moment she touches it, she also turns into a lemon tree herself. In the background is an image of Vertumnus the god of fruit and the seasons. This print is an illustration for the introduction of G.B. Ferraris book about citrus fruits. Through self -invented mythological stories, the author tries to explain the origin of the various lemon species. paper engraving lesser divinities of Heaven ~ serving and attendant environment. (story of) Vertumnus. trees: lemon-tree

Allegorical title page with various scenes from the metamorphoses of Ovidius and his portrait Title page for: P. Ovidius Naso, Mé tamorphoses, 1732, Allegorical representation with various scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovidius. Among others in the foreground are Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Narcissus who falls in love with his own reflection and Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. In the middle Vertumnus as 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 chariot pulled by a swan. With a uppercase in Latin and in a medallion under a garland, the portrait of the writer Publius Ovidius Naso. In the cartouche below the show the title in French., Title-page, metamorphoses, classical mythology, Publius Ovidius Naso, Bernard Picart (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1731, paper, engraving, h 387 mm × w 254 mm

unknown, Amsterdam, Marot, Daniël (I), Nouveaux Livre de Taleaux de Portes, et cheminée Utiles aux Peintres Enfloeurs, Two dessus-de-portes and a mantelpiece, Three panels. Top left and right putti carry a flower basket. In the middle below a vase with flowers on a pedestal with four putti., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 301 mm, width 174 mm, 1663 - 1752-06-04, print maker, printmaker, 1703 - 1703, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, granter of privilege

Justice teaches the laws of Utrecht; Costumen Usantien and Policien der Stad Utrecht; Title page for Willem van der Meulen, Costumen, Usantien, Policien and Styl of Litigation, Der Stadt Utrecht, 1709.The German Emperor Shows The Personification Justice a Sign with the Title of the Book. In Addition to the Sign of the City Mawn Utrecht and the Personification Caution. In The Background The Dom Van Utrecht.

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