Allegorical Prints

Illustrates mythological and symbolic narratives through intricate etchings and engravings, showcasing dramatic scenes from ancient tales.

Graflegging, Pierre Daret, after Simon Vouet, 1639 print print maker: Parisafter painting by: ParisFrance paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Allegorical performance with Mercury as Messenger, Michel Dorigny, After Simon Vouet, 1651 print France paper engraving / etching (story of) Mercury (Hermes). triton(s)

. Jupiter has been awakened and gives Apollo an assignment. Apollo then gives Hector new power. A caption in French in the margin.

Etching and copper engraving by Laurent Cars created between 1719 and 1771 depicting Perseus freeing Andromeda.

Offer from Abraham, Anonymous, After Theodoor Rombouts, 1698 - 1738 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving when Abraham has his hand raised to kill Isaac, God or the hand of God restrains Abraham's hand

. Tiberius holds a party banquet in a cave. The vaulted bumping into and the emperor escapes death. Guests watch shocked.

Title print for a collection of history plates; History prints and pourette most the United Netherlands concerning. Print of the kidnapping of Europe by Jupiter in the form of a bull, gadied by Themis. The print is customized with cut and paste for use as a title print for a collection of historic prints and portraits. The title is written on added pieces of paper behind cut out parts at the top of the show. Set up on a larger original insert. Behind the print a verse in handwriting dated May 5, 1790, which relates to the title print.

Peace (Pax); PACE. Peace (Pax) as a woman sitting with an olive branch in one hand and a chain in the other hand. The chain gathered the hands of a naked man who is in the foreground. Around the woman four putti, one of which an olive crown holds.

Graflegging, Pierre Daret, after Simon Vouet, 1639 print print maker: Parisafter painting by: ParisFrance paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Astronomia. The personification of astronomy is dressed in a rug with stars and supports her elbow on a drawing of the solar system. Around her head is an earliness of stars. She points to a winged devil figure in the air that a baby wears in his arms. In addition to astronomia, a globe is on the right and left a putto with viewer. In the background, an old man heats his hands above a burning fire.

Etching and copper engraving by Manuel Salvador Carmona titled 'The Comedy', created between 1754 and 1820, showing figures in a humorous or lighthearted scene.

Copper engraving of Saint Sebastian by Pieter van Schuppen, created between 1647 and 1670.

Bacchanten, Jean Pelletier, after Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, 1746 - 1780 print Paris paper etching / engraving Male Bacchant (ES). Maenad (s), Female Bacchant (ES)

Announcement of shepherds; Saenredam, Jan (1565-1607), Bloemaert, Abraham (1566-1651); 1599 (1599-00-00-1599-00-00);

. Allegorical show produced on the occasion of the marriage of Gijsbert Antwerpen Verbrugge from Freyhoff and Maria Hooft, married in Amsterdam on December 1, 1741. Garden with a bridal couple, accompanied by the river gods of the Maas and the IJ. The man hands his bride a ring. There are two putti with a sheet of paper on the grass on which the names of the bridal couple. On a cloud love (Caritas), with a laurel wreath to crown the bridal couple, and a putto with a portrait medallion and a coat of arms. On the right two putti that a coat of arms on which the initials intertwined in the bridal couple are hanging on a tree. In the background a temple, where a putto comes in to ignite a flame on the altar.

Copper engraving by Johann Sadeler the Elder from 1589 showing Passion scenes, including figures, gestures, and symbolic religious elements in a narrative layout.

Spiritual in ecstasy, François Collignon, after Pietro Testa, 1620 - 1687 print print maker: Romeafter drawing by: Italy paper etching / drypoint ecstasy, spiritual exaltation, rapture. adult man

Consequences of the war; Gli Effetti della Guerra. Allegorical performance on the European continent that is plagued by the thirty-year war. Central is Venus, the goddess of love, who tries to stop her lover Mars, the God of the war, and keep peace. The Furie Alecto tries to pull Mars. Around different personifications, including harmony, plague and famine. In the background left the Temple of Janus with opened door (in Antique Rome the closed door of Janus temple stood symbol for peace and an opened door for war).

Aurora, Gérard Audran, After Eustache Lesueur, 1650 - 1703 print paper etching triumph of Aurora: in her chariot drawn by two (sometimes four) horses, and possibly scattering flowers; Aurora's victory over the night; 'Carro dell'Aurora' (Ripa)

Copper engraving and etching by Jacques Philippe de Beauvais from 1759-1781 depicting an allegory of a death bed, showing figure, symbolic elements, and composition.

Mercury, Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, After Jan Saenredam, 1830 print In the midst of various artists, the naked Mercury is a ruler of the arts on a pedestal. Two writers have a discussion in the foreground. In the air symbols of the constellations of twins (left) and virgin (right). Amsterdam paper engraving (story of) Mercury (Hermes). artist (in general) (+ artist at work). debate, discussion (~ meeting) - AA - in the open air

Copper engraving by Cornelis Galle the Elder depicting the biblical flight into Egypt, created between 1590 and 1650.

Flood, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1793 print paper etching / engraving the ark is floating on the waters, while life on earth is destroyed ~ story of Noah

Copper engraving and etching by Nicolas Henri Tardieu from 1690-1749 depicting scenes from Constantine the Great's life, including military and ceremonial episodes with historical context.

Allegorical show on the occasion of the marriage of Gijsbert Antwerp Verbrugge of Freyhoff and Maria Hooft, Jan Caspar Philips, 1742 print Allegorical show made on the occasion of the marriage of Gijsbert Antwerp Verbrugge of Freyhoff and Maria Hooft, married in Amsterdam on December 1, 1741. Garden with a wedding couple accompanied by the river gods of the Maas and the IJ. The man hands his bride a ring. There are two putti on the grass with a sheet of paper on which the names of the bridal couple. On a cloud of love (caritas), with a laurel wreath to crown the bridal couple, and a putto with a portrait medallion and a coat of arms. On the right two putti who hang a coat of arms on which the intertwined initials of the bridal couple hang on a tree. In the background a temple, where a putto comes flying in to ignite a flame on the altar. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa). river personified, 'Fium

Allegorical performance with bust of Peter Paul Rubens; Allgory à la-gluire de Rubens; Galerie des Peintres Flamands, Hollandais et almonds de le Brun; Collection of prints to Flemish, German and Dutch painters. Around the bust of painter Peter Paul Rubens standing on a pedestal and sitting allegorical women's figures including a flute woman, a woman with a column of a column, a woman with four breasts, a woman with painter palette and a woman with a poorillary. With them there is a putto with bust and measuring instruments. At the top an angel flies with caduceus and flame on the head that lounges the bust of the painter. A French text in sub-margin.

Perseus in Andromeda, Laurent Cars, After François Le Moine, c. 1728 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving Perseus kills the sea monster (or turns it into stone by showing it the Gorgon's head) to release Andromeda; sometimes her parents Cepheus and Cassiopea watch the scene

Bacchanaal; Vino Pellite Curas. In the foreground Saters, a bacchante and putti that fall late to a sacrifice. Musical instruments (pan flute, tambourine) lie on the ground. On the left a Herme. In the background a Sater that touches a sleeping nymph or bacchante.

Allegory in which history writes history; L'Histoire composant Le Grand Dictionary historique. Allegorical show with centrally sitting in a landscape The personification of history surrounded by a crowd of all kinds of history and allegorical characters. With French caption.

John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751-1790, British, Canterbury Tales: January and May (Notes to numbers 77-78 of Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968).

Oontvasting by Deianeira by Nessos, Charles Clement Bervic, After Guido Reni, 1766 - 1822 print Paris paper engraving / etching Hercules shoots Nessus, the centaur, who attempts to carry off Deianira

Allegory at the Treurspel, Jan Caspar Philips, After Pierre -Jacques Cazes, 1736 - 1775 print Allegory on the mourning game: Minerva as patroness of the arts, pointing to attributes that symbolize the play and poetry. An angel flies in the air, with a coat of arms in which French lilies. On medallions and banderollen names of classic and contemporary writers. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ the arts of the stage. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa) France

Ruychaver at the corpse of a Spanish counselor in Alkmaar, 1573; See how Dees fisted him / that you, the counsel and my, after honored Veinzen:; Scenes from the life of Prince Willem I, 1568-1584. Nicolaas Ruychaver at the corpse of a Spanish counselor that he has thrown out of the window, Alkmaar 1573. Ninth vocals.

Huldbrand and Undine in the enchanted forest, Charles William Sharpe, After Daniel Maclise, 1843 - 1920 print De Ridder Huldbrand guides his bride Undine through the enchanted forest. Scene from 'Undine' by Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué. England paper steel engraving (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). enchantment (evil eye, transformation, healings, etc.)

Esther is faint for King Ahasverus, Gérard Audran, After Domenichino, 1650 - 1703 print print maker: RomeFrance paper etching / engraving Esther swoons on the shoulder of one of her maids (Esther 15:7) San Silvestro in Capite

Copper engraving print by Hendrick Goltzius, created in 1589, depicting Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulating the world after the flood in Greek mythology.

Ruiterportet of Nadir Sjah Afshar, Johann Martin Bernigeroth, after Blackey, 1754 print Behind the rider is justice defeated on the floor. In the background a pyramid of skulls with an allegorical figure in front of her hands, a dagger and a flame. She may propose Malpomenene, the muse of the mourning game. Numbered at the top right: T II. p. 197. print maker: Leipzigpublisher: Hamburgpublisher: Leipzig paper etching Historical Persons. Riding in Horse, Ass, or Mule; Rider, Horseman. Justice; 'Strength to the justice subject', 'justice', 'Recto justice', 'rigorous justice', 'pity and violence subject to justice' (Ripa). Death's Head, Skull (Symbol of Death). Melpomene (One of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa)

To the Genius of Franklin 1779 Marguerite Gérard French. To the Genius of Franklin 369385

Copper engraving by Lucas Vorsterman depicting 'The Angesturz', created in 1621, showing a detailed composition executed on copper plate.

Salentine attack on the inhabitants of Manduria, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, After Charles Monnet, 1785 print Salentine soldiers on the left attack the inhabitants of Manduria. The whole is framed by a decorative frame with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered at the top right: No. Ii. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving (FENELON, Telemachus) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). (story of) Telemachus. (military) attack. ornament ~ festoon, garland

The corpse of Charlemagne, found in a swamp, frozen in the ice, 1477, 1789 print The corpse of Charlemagne, found in a swamp near Nancy, frozen in the ice, 1477. Netherlands paper etching violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death (+ finding of dead or dying person) Nancy

Historical allegory with George II August. George II August, King of Great Britain, in the midst of allegorical figures. He is crowned by justice (Justitia). The personification of power (Fortitudo), with a pillar under the arm, receives a command off with a pigeon from him. In the air fame, she blows on the trumpet to which a flag hangs on which a monogram is shown. On either side of the scene, at pillars medallions in which important political events are shown from the life of the frost.

Silenus caught by the Frygic servants under King Midas, Carl Friedrich Holtzmann, after Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1750 - 1811 print Text in German in the lower margin. Print is part of an album. Dresden paper etching Silenus captured by the Phrygian farmers

Cain flee after the murder of Abel / Adam and Eva, Abel, Pieter Tanjé, 1791 print Two biblical performances. Upstairs: Cain, with the bat in his hand, flight away after he killed his brother Abel. Below: Adam and Eva their son Abel. Among the performances a reference to the Bible texts and the titles in Dutch and French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Abel's death. Adam and Eve discover the dead body of Abel and grieve over it

Philocotes zint on wraak, Jean-Baptists tilliard, after charging channette, 1785 print Philoctetes, seated on a block in a cave, pulls an arrow out of his tube, but is stopped. The whole is framed by a decorative frame with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered at the top right: No. III. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving (FENELON, Telemachus) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). (story of) Telemachus. blood-revenge, vendetta. archer's weapons: arrow. ornament ~ festoon, garland

Maritime allegory on Doge Antonio priuli. The Venetian Doge Antonio Priuli sitting on a car drawn by four sea horses (Hippocampi). In the foreground a coat of arms surrounded by Tritons and Nereïden with sea plants and shells.

Collection of gods at the Olympus (left part); Collection of gods at the Olympus. Part of the ceiling decoration by Giovanni Lanfranco in the Villa Borghese in Rome. The central representation with the Greek gods at the Olympus.

Telemachus and mentor arrive on the island of Calypso. Mentor Tilt Telemachus on the island where they receive by a Nymph. The whole is chattered by a decorative frame with olive branches and at the bottom of a bow. Numbered at the top right: No. I.

Title Print for Patriotic Dictionary of Jacobus Kok: History writes the history. History writes the history. Allegorical performance in which the personification of history writes a dictionary, behind her the freedom, in the air the fame. Title Print for Patriotic Dictionary of Jacobus Kok.

Abraham's victim

Artist: Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus, German, 1766-1803, After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843, The Death of General Montgomery atQuebec, Engraving, image: 37.5 × 50.4 cm (14 3/4 × 19 13/16 in.), Made in Germany, German, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki depicting a king restoring peace, showing the monarch, attendants, symbols of authority, and surrounding figures, produced in 1759.

Venus appears to two ladies, Jan Punt, 1740 print Two ladies look up at Venus who sits in the sky on a cloud. She is accompanied by putti and swans. Scene from the play Les Amants Magnifiques, van Molière. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (MOLIERE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

. Jupiter sends the Goddess Iris, who descends from her rainbow to Hector. She passes him his message to withdraw from the battle. A caption in French in the margin.

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Venus in the blacksmith of Vulcanus, Louis Desplaces, After Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, 1713 - 1739 print France paper engraving / etching Venus asks Vulcan to forge Aeneas' armour

Murder of Wirich von Daun, Count van Falkenstein, 1598, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print The murder of the Wirich von Daun, Count of Falkenstein, committed by the Spanish troops under Francisco de Mendoza on October 11, 1598. Amsterdam paper etching violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death

Depicts a scene of the hell of the damned, created using etching and aquatint around 1800.

Gaius Marius found in the swamp, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818 print Gaius Marius is found by soldiers in the swamp where he had hidden himself and is imprisoned. Rome paper etching (story of) Gaius Marius. the soldier; the soldier's life. swamp, inland marsh, fens

Copper engraving and etching by Louis Simon Lempereur from 1745-1807 showing Lot and his daughters, a biblical scene with figures and architectural elements rendered in detail.

Whoever kills desire and lie is honored by truth, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1566 - 1578 print With the help of the truth (Operans Veritatem), people defeated blind desire (Amor Coecus), as Cupido. He kills him through a lance between the ribs. The shadow figure Lie (Mendacium) is also defeated on the road. Truth (Veritas) floats through the sky and crowns people with a laurel wreath. Two peacocks and two cranes in the background. Just as birds look up their peers, the truth is always looking for those who actively pursue the truth. The print has a Latin and a Dutch caption and is part of a series about the triumph of truth. paper etching / engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). Mendacity (+ personification). shadow. Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'Inganno' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept). mask. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). violent death by lance, spear. ornamental birds: peacock. shore-birds and wading-birds: crane

Copper engraving by Gerard Edelinck, 1660-1707, showing Louis XIV of France in a formal portrait with facial features, attire, and pose.

Banditti...Representing Banditti Variously Employed: Stripping the Slain, Robert Blyth, 1750-1784, after John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, 1779, Etching

Jakobs Ladder, Raphaël Saddleer (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1580 print Jakob is sleeping against a stone and dreams of a ladder that reaches to heaven. Angels climb the ladder up and down. At the top is God. The sixth print from a nine -part series with scenes from the Old Testament. Cologne paper engraving / etching the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down; usually with God at the top of the ladder

Plate on the title page for: Jan Fokke, History of the Amsterdam Schouwburg, 1772, Simon Fokke, 1772 print Allegorical plate on the title page with the Amsterdam city stir -out sitting on the ruins of the burnt -out Amsterdamse Schouwburg, in hand the burnt beehorf. In the background the burning theater. In the clouds of Apollo on the Parnassus. Part of a group of illustrations about the fire in the Amsterdam Schouwburg on 11 May 1772. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving on fire, ablaze. theatre, theatrical performance. personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Schouwburg Keizersgracht (1637-1772). Amsterdam

Young Shepherdess and old man with a Monkey, from the Scherzi Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian ca. 1740

Copper engraving and etching by Louis Simon Lempereur, created between 1750 and 1807, depicting Sylvie tending to Philis after a bee sting.

Telemachus, Philoktetes and Diomedes comfort Nestor after the loss of his son, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, After Charles Monnet, 1785 print Nestor, seated at the table in a tent with his head in his hands, is visited by Telemachus, Philoktetes and Diomedes who walk into the tent behind him. The whole is framed by a decorative frame with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered at the top right: No. Ii. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving (FENELON, Telemachus) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). (story of) Telemachus. Consolation. ornament ~ festoon, garland

Soldiers chop thumbs and large toes of Adonibekenk, François van Bleyswijck, after Gerard Hoet (I), 1720 - 1728 print Soldiers hold AdoniZeks while his big toe is cut off. His hands are already missing the thumbs. Under the performance, there is a rule from the Bible text judges 1: 6-7 in six languages. Leiden paper etching / engraving Adoni-bezek is caught; his thumbs and his great toes are cut off

Amor by Venus fed with nectar, Pierre François Basan, after François Boucher, 1739 - 1797 print print maker: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Venus taking care of Cupid. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Murder of Floris I, 1061. Count Floris I is murdered under a tree on 28 June 1061 in Nederhemert.

Aaron and his sons, Elchanon Verveer, After Joseph Israëls, in Or Before 1849 print The bodies of the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, are lifeless in the foreground. Next to them is the incense burner in which they made the wrong fire and for which they were punished by God. The two other sons hide at Aaron. The Hague paper. The Sin of Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1-7)

Anger and despair attract amor towards the grave; Title page for: A. Pels, Didos Doot, 1668; Illustrations at the torment game "Didos Doot". The despair pulls Amor with a dagger in her breast to an open grave. The dagger armed anger has appeared at the grave and holds a burning torch. There is a two-legged caption in Dutch in the margin. This illustration is made at the Blijspel "Didos Doot" (1668), written by Andries Pels. The print is part of a four-part series with scenes from this torrent game.

St.Thomas. Engraver: Domenico Maria Bonaveri, Italian, 1653-1731 After: Antonio da Correggio, Italian, ca. 1489-1534

Allegory on North Africa and Malta; Title page for: Contemporary history (...), 1786. For a monument, with an image of Joris and the dragon, a hearted man, who is offered a robe through a kneeled man with the Maltese Cross on it. Left for two donkeys and two sheep. At the rear left a ship and sea, with tied slaves for that.

Moses hits water from the rock, Alexis François Girard, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1797 - 1870 print paper etching Moses striking water from the rock (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13)

Hercules en Cacus, Laurent Cars, After François Le Moine, in or before c. 1755 print Paris paper etching / engraving Cacus, the fire-breathing monster is killed in his cave by Hercules

Personification of the victory, Melchior Küsel (I), After Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1682 print Text in German in the lower margin. Numbered in the bottom right: 37. Print is part of an album. Augsburg paper etching crowning with laurel. Victory. Victory (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Half-dressed Nymph with two children, surrounded by four men, from the Scherzi. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in. (22.2 x 17 cm)Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (34.3 x 23.2 cm). Series/Portfolio: Scherzi di Fantasia. Date: ca. 1743-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Minerva disappears behind the clouds, Simon Fokke (Possible), after Simon Fokke, 1722 - 1784 print Minerva disappears behind the clouds and looks at the kneeling telemachus who shields his eyes with his hand. Print at the top left: Page 473. paper etching (story of) Telemachus. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Domestic Life of the Batavians, Harmanus Vinkeles, 1784

Greek women in an icon in a cave, Antoine Maurin, After Ary Scheffer, 1824 - 1829 print The painting hung in the gallery of the Palais Royal in Paris. Part of a press series about the painting collection of Lodewijk Philip, Duke of Orléans - The later Koning Lodewijk Philip I. Paris paper. cave, grotto. the worship of God

An etching and copper engraving by Johann Daniel Preisler from 1723 depicting the time of noon, showing figures, landscape, and light effects.

Marcus Curtius. Artist: Samuel Stettler (Swiss (), active 17th century). Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (13.3 x 9.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hercules and Scipio led by Minerva on the path of virtue, draughtsman: Bartholomeus Spranger, c. 1591, paper, pen, brush, h 224 mm × w 160 mm

Antiochus n � 3 according to Martin of your Jan Sadeler (1500-1600). Antiochus n � 3 after Martin of your. Burin, 17th century.

Plate 25 of 38 from Oeuvres de J B Huet 1796-1799 France. Etching on paper . Jean Baptiste Huet

Mary, Queen of Scots arrested by the Earl of Bothwell September 28, 1792 John Walker British This is a book illustration showing the Queen's abduction by the Earl of Bothwell in 1567, outside Stirling Castle. Anticipating her movements, Bothwell waylaid her with a troop of 800 horsemen and obliged her to accompany him to Dunbar, where they were subsequently married. A later version of this print (with a different frame) was used in The Imperial History of England (Theophilus Camden, 1811).. Mary, Queen of Scots arrested by the Earl of Bothwell. John Walker (British, active 1776-1802). September 28, 1792. Etching. Harrison and Co. (London). Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542-1587 Fotheringhay). Prints

Hercules and scipio led by Minerva on the path of virtue.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

The suns allude to the king and our august princes ... (IT)

Copper engraving and etching by Georg Haas, created between 1777 and 1782, depicting the mythological figures Hercules and Diomedes.

Veiligheid, Jacques -Antoine Friquet de Vauroze, After Sébastien Bourdon, 1663 - 1716 print paper engraving / etching Securitas as Roman personification

The Triumph of Mars, Etching on off-white laid paper, Italy, ca. 1759, Print, Print

Dimitrian in the Battle of Moscow; Illustration from the magazine: "Zorza polarna", vol. I; Unknown, Charlemagne, Adolf Jossifovi (1826-1901), F.A. Brockhaus (Amsterdam, Leipzig, Wiesbaden; Publisher; 1808-1953), Henkel, W. E. (St. Petersburg; Publisher; Ca 1860-1870); 1862 (1862-00-00-1862-00-00);

Romulus draws a line with plow to the palatin; Romolo Segna Con l'Aratro Una Linea Intorno Al Monte Palatino, per Fabricarvi Le Mura, Della Città di Roma; History of the Roman Empire; Frontespizio della Iistantia Romana. Romulus stands on a team that is drawn by two oxen. They draw a line with the team around the palatin. The city wall of Rome will be built on this line. Soldiers and priests watch.

Mephistopheles Appearing to Faust. Eugène Delacroix; French, 1798-1863. Date: 1828. Dimensions: 258 × 210 mm (image); 390 × 316 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Design for an Illustration: 'Architecture', Fedele Fischetti, Italian, 1734 - 1789, Brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink, Standing among remains of classical architecture, a woman points at a plan held by two putti. She carries instruments for measurement in her left hand. A third putto measures a capital. Bordering line., Verso: fragment of a design; pencil, pen. Volutes are connected by intertwined bands., Italy, 1760-89, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Alexomity, Great Viond Leopel angel, Aelow Babels, in 1750sie 1750 print Allegory of astronomy. Two putti with telescopes and a globe. Publishing number 190. Augsburg paper etching / engraving 'Astronomy', 'cosmography'; 'Cosmography' (Ripa). Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Allegory on the recovery of religion in England by Willem III, 1688-1689. Allegory on the recovery of religion in England by Willem III, 1688-1689. As a Roman hero, Prince Willem (with English shield) saves the virgin of religion (with seven stars as a hornyole), behind her lies Moses with the dining of law. Hercules drives away with a club's deception, envy and other enemies. Around different personifications that indicate the goodness of the prince. In the foreground a fresh ceased by two angels.

Engraving and etching by François de Poilly the Elder depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, created in 1686.

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