Apostolic Figures in Art

Engravings of biblical figures, notably apostles, showcasing intricate details and symbolic attributes characteristic of Renaissance art.

Barbari, Jacopo de', Italy, Man with cradle and jug, print, prints, height 81 mm, width 44 mm, 1440 - 1516, print maker, printmaker, 1504 - 1504, first quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design of

Apostel Jakobus de Mindere (Judas Thaddeüs); De twaalf apostelen.The apostle James De Meere (Judas Thaddeus), Full of, with a book in hand, supporting a hatmaking arch (). This print is part of a series of twelve portraits of the apostles, mirror-image copies to prints of Martin Schongauer.

Apostle Jakobus de Minder (Judas Thaddeüs), Monogramist Wah, After Martin Schongauer, 1475 - 1491 print The Apostle Jakobus De Lessere (Judas Thaddeüs), Fut, with a book in hand, based on a hatcher's arch (). This print is part of a series of twelve portraits of the apostles, mirror -image copies to prints by Martin Schongauer. Print Maker: Germanyprint Maker: Bocholt (Germany) paper engraving the apostle James the Less, first bishop of Jerusalem; possible attributes: book, fuller's club, scroll. the apostle Jude Thaddaeus; possible attributes: book, club, halberd, scroll

St. Andrew, 1510, Lucas Huygensz van Leyden, Dutch, c. 1490 - 1533, 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.43 x 6.99 cm) (image), Engraving, Netherlands, 16th century

The Small Saint Catherine Made 1450-1491 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister depicting Temperanica, showing figure, attributes, and symbolic elements, created before 1467.

Portrait of Nicolaus, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1700 - 1701 print Portrait of Nicolaus from a series of portraits in the history of the churches and Ketteren from the beginning of the new will until the year Onses Lord 1688 from Godfried Arnold (1701). Netherlands paper etching / engraving

Martin Schongauer, Saint Judas Thaddaeus, c 1480 Saint Judas Thaddaeus

Standing woman in Roman clothing, Jan de Bisschop, After Anonymous, After Jacques de Gheyn (III), c. 1664 - in or after 1669 print Northern Netherlands paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

"Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi around 1505-1515 depicting a Muse, showing the figure, attributes, and artistic context."

Barbari, Jacopo de', Italy, Man with cradle and jug, print, prints, height 81 mm, width 44 mm, 1440 - 1516, print maker, printmaker, 1504 - 1504, first quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design of

Saint Philip. Lucas van Leyden (Holland, Leiden, circa 1494-1533). Holland, circa 1510. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472 - 1553), Saint Bartholomew, woodcut

Periander Corinthius, #7 from the series The Seven Wise Men ofGreece. Artist: Jacques de Gheyn III, Dutch, ca. 1596-1641 Publisher: Nicolas de Clerck, Dutch, active 1614-25

Personified Square, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print A female figure on a pedestal with flowers in her hand as a personification of gracefulness. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching flowers. Elegance (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Libische sibille; S. Libica; Sibillen.The Libyan Sibille standing in a niche and the cloth around her shoulders in front of the breast.

Apostle Jakobus de Minder (Judas Thaddeüs), Martin Schongauer, c. 1470 - 1491 print The Apostle Jakobus De Lessere (Judas Thaddeüs), Fut, with a book in hand, based on a hatcher's arch (). This print is part of a series of twelve portraits of the apostles. Germany paper engraving the apostle James the Less, first bishop of Jerusalem; possible attributes: book, fuller's club, scroll. the apostle Jude Thaddaeus; possible attributes: book, club, halberd, scroll

Philipp V., King of France.

Statue of Flora, François Perrier, 1633 print paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Flora

Unknown Dutch 1600-Tallet (1699-1699); Unknown Dutch 1500s (1599-1699); Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617); , The apostle Skt. Paul, 1st Half of 17th Century

Mulier Moresca / a Woman Moore, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644 Standing woman in Moorish costumes. paper etching

This copper engraving by Tarocchimeister, created before 1467, depicts Hope, a symbolic figure representing optimism and spiritual aspiration in classical allegorical style.

Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Prophaetarum, Prophets, Isaias propheta, Prophet Isaiah, verso sheet - stamped, The prophet Isaiah standing with long beard. His left hand leaning on a writing tablet. Title in bottom margin and numbered lower left: 8., print, prints, height 192 mm, width 132 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1609, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Gamrath, Piotr.

Personification of Wrath (Ira) in a niche, drawing her sword. She is flanked by a crest with a lion and a crest with a bear, Toorn, print maker: Christiaan Lodewijk van Kesteren, intermediary draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, 1842 - 1897, paper, etching, engraving, h 392 mm × w 250 mm

Saint Simon 1495-1505 Bruges. Engraving on paper . Master F.V.B.

Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit Study for Saint Benedict 1590 Italy. This work was modeled on a young studio assistant who appears frequently in Cesiís drawings, but it was preparatory for a painting of a much older Saint Benedict in the church of San Procolo, Bologna. The black chalk grid would have facilitated the artist in the transfer and enlarging of his design.. Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black and red chalk . Bartolomeo Cesi

Young Woman Standing, Turned to the Right. Count Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder (Italian, 1679/80-1767); after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540). Date: 1724. Dimensions: 274 x 155 mm. Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in yellow and two shades of gray on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Albrecht Dürer, Saint Philip, 1523-1526, engraving on paper.

Saint Philip 1523/1526 Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Philip 391251

Melpomene ca. 1540-45 Léon Davent French. Melpomene 337127

Mulier Hebrea in Tracia. Dated: 1644. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Spengler, Lazarus.

Spes (de Hoop), Nicolaas Braeu, After Jacob Matham, c. 1586 - c. 1605 print Spes with an anchor over her shoulder, placed in a niche. Two coats of arms on the wall, one with a branch and one with a chalice. paper engraving Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

Etching by Nikolaus Hogenberg from 1525 depicting Saint Dorothea, showing a female saint with traditional attributes in a religious composition.

Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder depicting Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles.

Tiburtijnse Sibille, Raffaello Schiambinossi, 1609 print The Tiburtine Sibille standing in front of a balustrade. In her right hand she holds a writing tablet and with her left hand she points up. Title and a Latin text in the end margin. Numbered below 10. Italy paper etching sibyls. writing tablets. balustrade

Saint Agatha with bowl of severed breasts S. Agatha , print maker: Pieter de Bailliu (I), (mentioned on object), Pieter de Bailliu (I), publisher: Gaspar Huybrechts, (mentioned on object), 1623 - 1660, paper, engraving, h 223 mm × w 114 mm

Charity (Die Liebe), from The Seven Virtues. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 2 7/8 in. (17 × 7.3 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Seven Virtues. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Virgin Annunciate. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Ferrarese, 15th century. Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 3 1/8in. (20.8 x 7.9cm). Date: 1470-80.Facing right with her eyes closed, ready to embrace the message of the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary here stands under an arch decorated with a classical frieze. She is wrapped in a long mantle defined through flat, broad, metallic folds that have a distinctly Ferrarese character, as do her square face and broad hand. The precise use of pen and ink on parchment makes this drawing nearly comparable in sharpness to a print. The author of the sheet is still unknown but might be identified as a painter-engraver active in the late fifteenth century between the Marches and the Valpadana--the area between the cities of Milan, Padua, and Ferrara. It is likely that the figure of the Archangel Gabriel making his announcement was originally included in the composition, before it was cut down on its left side by a previous collector.The drawing was first publish

Personification of bliss, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print A female figure as a personification of bliss with a horn of abundance in her right arm and a crown and scepter in her left hand. In the background Adam and Eva in Paradise. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / pen Happiness, Felicity. Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty). crown (symbol of sovereignty)

Paris, Langlois, François, Bosse, Abraham, Costumes of the French nobility, Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise, French noblewoman, seen from the back, dressed according to the fashion of ca. 1630, verso - stamped, French lady, on the seen from behind, standing before a landscape with a castle on the left. With her right hand she lifts her embroidered overgarment with very wide sleeves slightly, so that the petticoat is partly visible. Lying collar, trimmed with lace. The head, on which a short veil is worn, is turned to the left., costume print, prints, height 144 mm, width 93 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1629 - 1629, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher

Spes (hope); The three theological virtues. Spes with an anchor over her shoulder, placed in a niche. On the wall two coats of arms, one with a branch and one with a chalice.

Die römische Göttin Flora, Marmorstatue aus dem antiken Rom, Italien, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, Originaldat...

Hope. Jacob Matham (Holland, Haarlem, 1571-1631). Holland, 1593. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Octava Spera (Eighth Sphere). Dated: probably c. 1470. Dimensions: sheet: 17.7 x 9.6 cm (6 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the S-Series Tarocchi.

Portrait of Philip de Schone, Frans Huys (attributed to), 1546 - 1562 print Portrait of Philip the Schone, dressed in the clothing of the order of the Golden Fleece, a pair of gloves in his right hand. At the top right his weapon. The four -line caption in Latin is engraved on a separate plate. Antwerp paper engraving knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)

Rachel, Jan Collaert (II), After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - 1597 print In the foreground Rachel. Jacob's second wife. In the background, Jacob is introduced to the maid of Rachel, with whom he must conceive a child. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a press series with famous women from the Old Testament. Antwerp paper engraving Rachel (not in biblical context). Jacob sees Rachel coming to the well to water Laban's sheep

Germany, Schongauer, Martin, The twelve apostles, Apostle Andreas, The apostle Andreas, full-length, holding a St. Andrew's cross against his shoulder and a book in his hands. This print is part of a series of twelve portraits of the apostles., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 89 mm, width 44 mm, German, 1430 - 1491-02-02, print maker, prentmaker, 1470 - 1490, third quarter 15th century, fourth quarter 15th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Master MZ (German, active c. 1500), Solomon Worshipping False Gods, 1501, engraving

Meinhard II, Count of Tirol.

Kissing pair, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1538 print Man and wife kissing. He put his arm around her shoulder and holds her hand. Eighth print from a series of twelve, free to the work of Schäufelein. Germany paper engraving (lovers) kissing each other. dancing at wedding feast

Paolo Farinati, The Emperor Aulus Vitellius, 1565 1570 The Emperor Aulus Vitellius

Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tirol 1551/1750

The prophetess Deborah, standing with one hand in her side and in her other hand a book (the Old Testament). Sixth print in the series of the Old Testament prophets and prophetesses combined., Deborah Prophetesses of the Old Testament (series title), print maker: Jacob Matham, (attributed to), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (possibly), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1588 and/or 1601 - 1652, paper, engraving, h 251 mm × w 160 mm

Hygieia, goddess of health, holding a pentangle and a staff encircled by a snake. Engraving by T. Galle, c. 1600.

Copper engraving of Saint Agnes by Marcantonio Raimondi, produced around 1505-1515, depicting the martyr holding a lamb, symbolizing innocence.

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Remmele, Johann Georg (fl. 1780)

Saint Catharina van Alexandrië, Martin Schongauer, c. 1470 - 1491 print The holy Catharina with a sword in her hand and a broken wheel on her feet. Germany paper engraving the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel

Flora Farnese, seen from the front, draughtsman: Nicolas Poussin, (possibly), 1604 - 1665, paper, pen, brush, h 281 mm × w 160 mm

Copper engraving by Jacopo de' Barbari depicting a mother and child, created at the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century.

Copper engraving by Meister i e depicting St. John the Baptist, created around 1500, showing the saint with traditional iconography and figure posture.

Pope Clemens I standing in a niche, paolo farinati (attributed to), 1535 - 1606 drawing Verona prepared paper. chalk. ink pen / brush

De Apostle Simon, Albrecht Dürer, 1523 print The apostle Simon, in full, with a saw in hand. This print is part of a (unfinished, because five -part) series of the twelve apostles. Nuremberg paper engraving the apostle Simon Zelotes (or Simon the Canaanite); possible attributes: book, saw, scroll

A pen and ink drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a caryatid, showing figure, posture, and architectural integration.

Arithmetic. Artist: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active Ferrara, 1460's). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 in. × 3 7/8 in. (17.8 × 9.8 cm). Date: 1460s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Female personification of virtue (). Female figure with large fish (cod) In her hands. To the left of her reed stalks and plumes. Perhaps meant as a small title page for a series of personnifications of the virtues mentioned in the inscription: Magnanimitas, Memoria, Perseveria, Castitas, Sobrietas, Patientia, Concordia.

Bocholt (Germany), Meckenem, Israhel van, Heilige Barbara, verso middle bottom - stamped, Saint Barbara stands next to a tower, a chalice with a host in one hand, a palm branch in the other hand., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 162 mm, width 96 mm, German, 1440 - 1517, print maker, prentmaker, 1455 - 1503, third quarter 15th century, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister depicting the allegorical Genius of the Sun, created before 1467.

St. John the Baptist, c. 1475. Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450-1491). Engraving;

Perzische Sibille, Raffaello Schiambinossi, 1606 - 1609 print The Persian Sibille standing with a banderole in hand. On the right a glimpse to a landscape. Title in the lower margin and numbered bottom left: 4. Italy paper etching Persian sibyl. banderole

Design for a title page: a cloth draped in front of a window with putti, Design for a title page with putti and a cloth in front of a window, draughtsman: Pierre Adrien Pris, 1760 - 1819, paper, pen, brush, h 258 mm × w 168 mm

School of Ferrara, Italy, Tarocchi, Rhetoric, Rhetoric with sword and two small angels with trumpets, verso below - stamped, Crowned woman with sword as personification of Rhetoric. Next to her are two small angels blowing on trumpets. Below the representation is the text RHETORICA XXIII., print, prints, height 180 mm, width 99 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1463 - 1467, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), colour printing, hand colouring

Sibylle Phrygienne. Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris); Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris); After Claude Vignon (French, Tours 1593-1670 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/8 x 8 7/16 in. (35.8 x 21.5 cm). Publisher: Published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Series/Portfolio: Douze Sibylles. Date: ca. 1635. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag of Ferdinand Schenk in Vienna

Prudence (Die Firsichtikait), from The Seven Virtues. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (16.9 × 7.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Seven Virtues. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie 1770 Jean Barbault French. Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie 345407

A sculpture of a young woman. French magazine Monogramist A. B. (nineteenth century), monogramist of H.R., monogramist L m K

Malatesta, Sigismondo Pandolfo.

Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), Design for a Royal Monument, undated. Gray wash with pen with black, gray and brown ink, with traces of graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper.

A brown and gray lavated pen drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc from 1650-1664 depicting an oriental figure, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative floral strip.

Standing Christ, Blessing from 'Christ, Mary, and the Apostles'. Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 20 11/16 × 14 13/16 in. (52.6 × 37.6 cm). Publisher: Nicolaus van Aelst (Flemish, Brussels 1526-1613 Rome); Michael Haye (Flemish, 1630-1660). Date: ca. 1590-ca. 1610. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

SaintBartholomew. Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Fortitude. Dimensions: overall: 25.5 x 15.4 cm (10 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Maarten de Vos.

Woman Looking over Her Shoulder 1540-45 Antonio Fantuzzi Italian. Woman Looking over Her Shoulder 336766

Roma, goddess of the city of Rome, from a monument in the Capitoline Museums, Musei Capitolini. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).

Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence 1501-47 Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian This drawing of a graceful figure in diaphanous, billowing drapery relates to a fresco in the Sala Paolina, the papal reception hall in Castel SantAngelo decorated by Perino and his workshop between 1543 and 1548. It is a study for Prudence, one of the female personifications of the Virtues who appear in niches between the monumental renderings of scenes from the life of Alexander the Great. Like the study for Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot in the Museum's collection (1984.413), the drawing would have been used as a model by Perinos assistants, who were charged with carrying out his ideas.. Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence. Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501-1547 Rome). 1501-47. Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk. Drawings

Kazimierz Brodziński (1791 Królówka Near Bochnia 1835 Dresden) Poet, Historian, Theoretician and Literary Critic, Christian Thinker unknown, Gbocki, Adrian (1833 1905), Oleszczyski, Wadysaw (1807 1866)

Dietrich V., Count of Holland.

An Architectural Detail: A Herm Figure Placing or Removing a Column from Under an Entablature (after Stucco Frame by Daniele da Volterra from Orsini Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti) 18th century Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century Italian. An Architectural Detail: A Herm Figure Placing or Removing a Column from Under an Entablature (after Stucco Frame by Daniele da Volterra from Orsini Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti) 367237

H. Barbara, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein (II), 1647 print paper etching the virgin martyr Barbara; possible attributes: book, cannon(ball), crown, cross, chalice with wafer, Dioscuros (her father), peacock feather, sword, torches, mason's tools, tower

Martin Schonguer (1450-1491). "Sainte Barbe, B 63". Engraving. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 56495-6 B 63, crown, crown, book, martyr, holy, hold, tower, engraving

Karl V., Roman-German Emperor.

St Peter, plate 1 from The Twelve Apostles Made 1545 Germany. Engraving in black on white wove paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Melpomene, plate seventeen from Apollo and the Muses 1460-1470 Italy. The deck of fifty so-called Tarocchi are not tarots in the modern, fortune-telling sense, nor were they intended as playing cards. No cut-out impressions mounted for play are known, and they lack the suits and numbers of a regular deck. Instead, these delicately engraved didactic allegories are grouped in five numbered ranks describing the workings of the spheres of man, the muses, the liberal arts, the cosmos, and the heavens in order of increasing significance, and offer a didactic sequence to educate courtly youths or possibly university students, who could have used them as flashcards or a pamphlet.. Engraving on paper . Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Mother of the Makkabee, Jan Collaert (II), After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - 1597 print In the foreground the mother of the Makkabeees, who stores her eyes to heaven. In the background, her seven sons are tortured by a king. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a press series with famous women from the Old Testament. Antwerp paper engraving the martyrdom of the seven Maccabean brothers and their mother under Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 7)

Two standing orers in conversation ..

Two standing Oosters in conversation, Anonymous, After Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1500 - 1540 drawing Florence paper. chalk

Southern Netherlands, Suavius, Lambertus, Sibyls, Sibyl with a book in both hands, verso - stamped, A Sibyl standing in a niche with her breast exposed. In her hands she holds a book., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 188 mm, width 85 mm, 1514 - 1564, print maker, prentenmaker, 1520 - 1567, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Light -spontic Sibillle, Christoffel van Sichem (i), in OR Before 1608 print Hellespontic Sibille, standing in a landscape. She reads in an open book, using a rock as a reader. Six verse lines in Latin under the print. Amsterdam paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Plate 5: Bertoldo putting the jailor into the sack, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno" 1705-15 Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Plate 5: Bertoldo putting the jailor into the sack, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno". Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, Bologna 1665-1747 Bologna). 1705-15. Etching. Prints

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