Celestial and Allegorical Art

Engravings that explore celestial themes and allegories of life, featuring mythological figures, symbolic characters, and detailed landscapes.

Antwerpen, Hoeswinckel, Eduwart van, Antwerp, Bol, Hans, Collaert, Adriaen, Landscapes with Biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes, Jacob's ladder, verso center bottom - stamped, Landscape with a river. In the foreground on the left the sleeping Jacob. He dreams that angels climb up and down from heaven via a ladder. Above in the clouds the tetragram. The print has an ornamental frame with flowers and turtles. It is part of a twenty-four-part series of landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes., print, prints, height 141 mm, width 210 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1582 - 1586, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1534 - 1593-11-20, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Luna, the moon, and her children Van de Seven Planets and herren Werkingh (series title) The seven planets (series title) Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title ), with a hunting horn in hand, sits in a chariot pulled by two girls in the sky. The sign of the Cancer indicates who belongs to the sphere of influence of the moon. The people born under this constellation all have something to do with water. Fishermen are at work in the foreground and someone is swimming. In the background ships sailed by sailors. At the bottom in the margin a text in Latin about the children of Luna. This print is part of an album, Luna and her children ('Planetenkinder'), Cancer, fisherman, swimming (movement in water), ships (in general), Harmen Jansz Muller, 1566 - 1570 and/or 1646, paper, engraving, h 214 mm × w 253 mm

Reconstruction of the city of Balesium, Anonymous, Jörg Breu (I), 1490 - 1533 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city

. Luna, the moon, with a hunting horn in hand, is in a car, continuing to heaven by two girls. The sign of the lobster gives to whom belong to the sphere of influence of the moon. The people who were born under this zodiac sign all do something with water. Fishermen are working and someone is swimming in the foreground. In the background ships sail through sailors. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the children of Luna.

Allegory of the transience of human life, John Wierix, c. 1580 - c. 1590 print paper engraving scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas'. (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas'. harvest. storm at sea. Death as skeleton

The Lighthouse at Alexandria. Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1610. Prints; etchings. Etching

Antwerpen, Hoeswinckel, Eduwart van, Antwerp, Bol, Hans, Collaert, Adriaen, Landscapes with Biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes, Jacob's ladder, verso center bottom - stamped, Landscape with a river. In the foreground on the left the sleeping Jacob. He dreams that angels climb up and down from heaven via a ladder. Above in the clouds the tetragram. The print has an ornamental frame with flowers and turtles. It is part of a twenty-four-part series of landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes., print, prints, height 141 mm, width 210 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1582 - 1586, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1534 - 1593-11-20, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

De Jager tried by the animals, ca. 1600, 1640 - 1680 print Cartoon with the wrong world in which those animals are in charge and the hunter is imprisoned and tried by animals. In the background, people are robbed by animals, beheaded and roared at the spit while the animals are celebrating. In the performance verses in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper engraving 'mundus inversus', the reversed world, the topsy-turvy world, 'le monde bestourné'. hunter Low Countries

Phaëthon drives into the solar car; The story of Phaëthon. In an oval list An image: Phaëthon riftes into the solar car. Above him the signs of the zodiac. Phaëthon cannot control the horses and the solar car shaves racation along the earth, creating drought. A Latin text in the oval list. The print is part of a series that depicts Phaëthon's story.

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorra, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1700 - 1750 print Abraham sees clouds of smoke take off from Sodom and Gomorra. In the background Lot and his daughters, who feed their father drunk and sleep with him. In the margin a two -way caption in Dutch. print maker: Utrechtpublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Abraham witnesses the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's daughters make their father drunk

Bad shepherds; From Christi Herder-Ampt, and other gheschiesis; Parable of the good shepherd; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). The bad shepherds enter the sheep cage through the roofs and via the walls, but not through the door. Some of the shepherds steal sheep from the cage. In the background, shepherds in the inn. A wolf approaches a flock of sheep on the horizon, without the shepherd notice this. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in John. 10: 1. This print is part of an album.

Ferdinandes Magalanes Lusitanus, plate 4 from "Americae Retectio". Date/Period: 1580s. Print. Engraving on off white laid paper. Author: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus.

December, print maker: Pieter van der Borcht I, 1545 - 1608

Seascape showing a jetty with the back of a ship on the right. Men are climbing from the jetty into a boat. In the background a wall with tower along the shore and a sailing ship at sea. The figures' clothing flutters in the wind, Ship at a jetty Ships and harbors (series title) Divers embarquements (copies) (series title), print maker: Stefano della Bella, (mentioned on object), Stefano della Bella, (mentioned on object), publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi, print maker: Italy, Italy, publisher: Rome, 1620 - 1664, paper, etching, h 74 mm - w 155 mm

Fighting with the Portuguese at Sao Tiago, 1598. Fighting with the Portuguese at Sao Tiago on the Cape Verde Islands, September 6, 1598. The ships love and hope for the coast. Copies to the original illustrations in the trip of the journey through the street of Magalhaes to East India by Sebald de Weert under Mahu and the Cordes in 1598-1600. No 2.

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto dividing the universe. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 10 1/4 in. (19.5 x 26.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: One of four prints depicting the 'Division of the Universe'. Date: 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Malchus, pl. 5 of 29 from the series Solitudo sive vitae patrum eremicolarum (MaleHermits). Engraver: Unknown After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Johann Sadeler I, Flemish, 1550-1600 Publisher: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560-1628

God orders Jonah to go to Nineve, 1566 print Jonah is on the coastline and looks at God who lies on a cloud. God instructs Jonah to go to Nineve. On the quay wall is the ship with which Jonah Vlucht. On the water you can see how Jonah is later thrown overboard and swallowed by a fish. Under the performance an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album. paper engraving Jonah is sent by God to Nineveh to preach to its sinful citizens. Jonah's call and disobedience (Jonah 1)

Camp of the Dutch on Mauritius, 1598, 1600 - 1649 print The camp of the Dutch on the island of Mauritius, 1598. The crew is concerned with fishing, cooperative, blacksmith, shipbuilding. On the right pastor Philips Pietersen van Delft gives a sermon. On the left native animals and plants including turtles and a dodo. Copy to the original illustration in the travel report from the second shipping to the East Indies under Jacob Cornelisz. van Nes and Wijbrant van Warwyck in 1598-1600. Numbered: 1. paper engraving exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions. other birds: dodo Mauritius

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Anger, published 1558 Anger

Yacht on moths; Hunting scenes; VENATIONES FERARUM, AUIUMENT, PISCIUM PVGNAE BESTIARIORUM. On a field, some men with branches store in the bushes to find night butterflies. Because of the light, these night butterflies fly to burning candles. Once in the vicinity of the candle they die through the heat. The moths are a scourge for honey bees. They are therefore rushed into the night by the beekeepers. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about yacht scenes.

Personifications of Agriculture, Shipping and Industry in the presence of merchants, Jan Luyken, 1699 print Personifications of Agriculture, Shipping and Industry in the presence of merchants who trade on the right. Mercurius provides two merchants from the air a letter. Amsterdam paper etching (Story of) Mercury (Hermes). Trade, Commerce and Finance. Personification of Agriculture, 'Agricultura'; 'Agriculture', 'Study of agriculture' (Ripa). 'Navigation' (Ripa). Industriousness, Assiduitity; 'Assiduitè,' Industry ',' Zelo '(Ripa)

Title page of the leaflet: Copie van Seker Refereyn by the dominated Nederlanche Provintien Aen Hollant Ghehère / Running peace. With Oock of Hollanders responded Rijms-Wyse Daer by Ghevoecht, 1598. Allegory on the deceptive peace proposals by Spain, 1598. Title Print on a leaflet entitled: Copie Van Seker Refereyn by the dominated Nederlanche Provintien Aen Hollant Ghehère / Running the peace. With Oock of Hollanders, Rijms-Wyse answered daer by Ghevoucht. A Spanish Dutchman with two faces offers the Dutchman an olive branch. Right a small show in which Anneken van den Hove is buried alive in Brussels (1597). At the top two medallions with peripherals in Latin and Dutch. Left: The Spaniard enters the Dutch lion with an olive branch. Right: The Dutch lion tied to the pole of the Inquisition. Title print of a 8 pages in Dutch leaflet.

The Sun. Johannes Sadeler I (Flanders, Brussels, 1550-circa 1600). Flanders, circa 1585. Prints; engravings. Engraving

OVID, Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC-18). Latin poet. 'The Metamorphoses'. Edition executed in Venice in 1584. Illustration of Book 4.

The fish spits Jonah on the land; History of Jonah. After three days and nights in the belly of the fish, the Vis Jona spits out on the land. God looks at Jonah from a cloud. The water at sea is quiet and the sun is just going. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Feder drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting the Last Judgement, showing Christ, angels, souls, demons, and landscape elements, executed in brown ink in 1558.

Plate 7: The Pyramids in Egypt, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World' 1608 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 7: The Pyramids in Egypt, from 'The Seven Wonders of The World'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1608. Etching. Prints

Cartouche with Carquois and Lion, Livre de Cartouches Irréguliers (Book of Irregular Cartouches), François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky, German, 1695 - 1774, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Etching and engraving on paper, Asymmetrical upright cartouche in Rococo style topped with a carquois, a lion at lower left. Armorial trophies and vegetation decorate the sides of the ornamental frame. Within cartouche, seascape scene with rocky islands; buildings visible on the shore., Munich, Germany, 1738, albums (bound) & books, Bound print, Bound print

Two Women Sitting in a Shell 1615-42 Pierre Brebiette French. Two Women Sitting in a Shell 334441

After the Flood, humans and animals are instructed to multiply. Amor, with bow and arrow on a throne, gives this command to the assembled people and animals under his throne. On the clouds appear Faith, with the attribute of temperance, and Justice, enthroned Amor with pairs of animals and men Title page for: Jacob Cats, Trou-Ringh, in: All the Works, 1790, print maker: Antoni Zürcher, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Allart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1790, paper, etching, engraving, h 142 mm × w 81 mm

The Islands Solor, Ambon, Gunung API and Banda Neira, 1616, 1646 print Three performances with the islands of Solor, Ambon, the Gunungapi and Bandaneira volcano with the two forts: Fort Belgica and Fort Neira Nassouw, summer 1616. Part of the illustrations in the report of the Joris van Spilbergen journey around the world, 1614-1617 , No. 21. Northern Netherlands paper etching exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions. eruption (of volcano) Bandaneira. Volcano. Ambon. Solor. Fort Belgica. Fort Nassouw

A second plan of Rome representing its situation after the union between Romulus and Tatiius

Southern Netherlands, Brabant Revolution, 1787-1790, Les Biens d'autruy tu ne desireras pour les avoir injustement, Allegory against the edict against the seminaria from 16 October 1787, verso - stamped, Allegory of the edict of 16 October 1787, legislation against the Catholic seminaries in the country. The Austrian eagle tries to escape laden with symbols of the Catholic churches and seminaries but is stopped by the Brabant lion. On the ground lies an image of the Faith and fragments of a church. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 176 mm, width 200 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1790, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Venus and Amor in cityscape with a bridge. Cityscape with a bridge over two cars and a number of riders. A man is fishing at one of the bridge pillars. Boats with rowers sail on the river. Someone tries to cross the river on horse. There are houses and a turret in the distance. On the right, Venus lies maternally bent over Amor, under a canvas that serves as a canopy. In the background, women descend the bridge to get water from the river.

Murder in Haarlem by the Spaniards, 1573, 1574 - c. 1578 print Exhaust and murder of the defenders of Haarlem by Spanish soldiers under Don Frederik, after the surrender of the city on July 13, 1573. In the foreground beheadings and suspensions, bodies are transported in a cart. In the background, others are drowned in the water. With caption of 8 lines in German. Nummered in the bottom left: 89. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching massacre ~ war. violent death by hanging. violent death by beheading Haarlem

Amsterdam, Luyken, Caspar, Deathbed of King Charles II of England, 1685, Shipwreck of the Duke of York on his way to Edinburgh, 1683, At Danzig a procession is greeted with stone-throwing by the people, 1678, Strong wind on the coast of Malmö, 1679, verso - stamped, Uncut sheet with four prints., print, prints, height 223 mm, width 310 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1672-12-18 - 1708-10-04, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1698, paper, etching, etchings

Whale fishing. Facsimile after a woodcut from "La cosmographie universelle" by André Thevet (1516-1590), published in Paris in 1575. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Beer at Stenen Wall, Marcus de Bye, 1664 print Print Maker: The bepublisher: Amsterdam paper etching beasts of prey, predatory animals

Kustlandschap. In the foreground left, Moses is found by Pharaoh's daughter on the banks of the Nile. The print has an ornamental frame with flowers and animals. It is part of a twenty-four-part series of landscapes with Biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes., Moses is found by Pharaoh's daughter Landscapes with Biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes (series title), print maker: Adriaen Collaert, (mentioned on object), Hans Bol, (mentioned on object), publisher: Eduwart van Hoeswinckel, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1582 - 1586, paper, engraving, h 141 mm × w 208 mm

Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci, The seven planets, The planet Mercury and its influence on the world, verso lower left - stamped, Mercury, riding on the clouds in his triumphal chariot, which is pulled by two crows. In the upper left corner the constellation Gemini, on the right Virgo. At the bottom a coastal landscape with the ports (including Antwerp). Trade is conducted in the cities. In the foreground merchants with goods that are being shipped. In the foreground right a quack and a theatre performance. In the margin a Latin ode to the influence of the planet Mercury on the coastal regions of Europe. The print is part of a seven-part series on the subject of the influence of the planets on the world., print, prints, height 240 mm, width 248 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, afte

Asterion. Parigi, Giulio, 1571-1635. 1608. Cantagallina, Remigio, approximately 1582-1656. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Mercury, Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1589 - 1611 print The God Mercury as a personification of the planet Mercury in a triumphal wagon that is pulled by eagles. He wears the petasus and he keeps the caduceus in his hand. He is accompanied by a rooster. In the upper corners the signs of the zodiac that symbolize his planet children: twins and virgin. Below on earth, the people born under the sphere of influence of this planet are involved in activities that are characteristic of these signs. Ships are loaded in a port and a performance is given on a stage. In the margin a sixteen -line poem, in four columns, in Latin that refers to the metal mercury associated with the planet Mercury. paper engraving Mercury and his children ('Planetenkinder'). (personifications of the) planets with their 'children', so-called 'Planetenkinder', accompanied by the corresponding zodiacal signs. harbour. chariot, triumphal car

The Nativity and the Flight into Egypt (Aquarius). Dated: 1585. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol.

Sophronia of Tarentum, 1 of 24 prints from the series Solitudo Sive Vitae Foeminarum Anachoritarum (Female Hermits inLandscapes). Publisher: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, 1560-1618 After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

Montezuma and his court receive the Spanish, Battle scene, Indigenous people in a boat, Staff adorned with feathers, Istoria della conquista del Messico, Solís, Antonio de, 1610-1686, Via, Alessandro dalla, fl. 1688-1724, Engraving, 1704

Entrance of Karel IV of Lorraine, Jacques Callot, 1627 print On the right Charles IV of Lorraine, dressed as the sun, standing on a triumphal wagon pulled by horses. On the left a fenced garden with Juno, Minerva and Venus, pulled on by two people dressed as trees. Below that a cave with the workshop of Vulcanus, drawn by four cyclopes, and Apollo with a winch and a group of musicians and singers on a stage, pulled by six musician ladies. Above the show a inscription in French. This print is part of a series of illustrations for a book about the festivities (ao a tournament) in the Ducal Palace in Nancy on February 14, 1627. Nancy paper etching chariot, triumphal car. Apollo in the chariot of the sun, drawn by four horses, usually preceded by Aurora holding a torch; 'Carro del Sole' (Ripa). garden. (story of) Juno (Hera). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). Vulcan in his smithy. (story of) Cyclopes as fellow blacksmiths of Vulcan, in the god's forge. Apol

Made along the Vaart and firing guilds of Brussels and Antwerp and the neighborhoods of Brussels, 1577, 1577 - 1578 Made along the canal and firing guilds of Brussels and Antwerp and the neighborhoods of Brussels. Soldiers shoot in the water with their guns. Part of the entry of Willem van Oranje in Brussels, September 18, 1577. Netherlands paper Brussels Made along the canal and firing guilds of Brussels and Antwerp and the neighborhoods of Brussels. Soldiers shoot in the water with their guns. Part of the entry of Willem van Oranje in Brussels, September 18, 1577. Netherlands paper Brussels

Jacques Callot, The Tomb, 1628 The Tomb

Victories of King William III in Ireland (upper half), 1690, 1690 - 1691 print Large print on two magazines in which the victories of King William III in Ireland and the victories of the Allies over France are celebrated in the year 1690. Upper half with the Battle of the Boyne on July 11, 1690. With fame in the air and in the front of the English unicorn and the Dutch lion. Six smaller scenes of the battle between William III and Jacobus II on either side. Northern Netherlands paper etching Battle (+ Land Forces). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa) Boyne Battlesite

Triumphag drawn by a fantasy beast with Geiteik; Triumph trolleys of grotesken and rollerwork; Ornament, a victory with sitting woman and four saters, one of the Saters who stands on the front part of the car holds a mask in hand; nameless. Before on the car there is a sater with a mask, in the middle is a woman and a second Sater is back. Sheet from series of 8 blades with triumph trolles of grotesken and rollerwork with saters, animals and various other creatures, decorated with trophies, garlands and leaf refines.

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Lust, published 1558 Lust

Abruzzo Teramo Teramo Pinacoteca1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Collections include a panel painting of Pope Clement by Giovanni da Sulmona, a polyptych by Giacomo da Campli, painted Castelli ceramics, paintings of St. Sebastian and other saints, and a Last Supper, perhaps by Bernardo Rantvic or the Fiammingo School. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Sadeler, Aegidius, Johann (I), Italian landscapes, Landscape with hunters on horseback, verso bottom center - stamped, A group of hunters on horseback with hunting dogs in front of a ruin. In the background a river in a mountain landscape. The print is part of a five-part print series with Italian landscapes., print, prints, height 206 mm, width 210 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, publisher, uitgever, 1580 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (drukprocedé), 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, Work conception, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05

Depicts an allegorical representation of patience, created as a copper engraving print by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1557, showing human figures in symbolic actions.

Jupiter, from the series SevenPlanets. Artist: Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, 1565-1637 After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

December: Slaughter pigs (Capricorn); December; The twelve months (part 2). Landscape that depicts the month of December. Landscape with people slaughtering a pig. In the middle above the symbol for the Stone Boil zodiac sign.

May: Musicing company, Anonymous, After Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1574 - 1687 print The month of May: Muzoring company in a rowing boat. A falcon hunt in the background. In the middle of the sign of the zodiac that belongs to May: Gemini. The print has a frame with a border script in Latin. Copy in mirror image to the print of the same name of Crispijn van de Passe (i). unknown paper engraving May and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. more than one musician with instrument. bird hunting (+ hunting with falcon, hawk; falconry)

Design for a Tapestry: Bacchus and Ariadne, Pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper, Bacchus with his procession passing Ariadne, points to her. Framing of scrollwork with garlands of vine and fruit, herms, satyr children., Netherlands, mid-17th century, mythology, Drawing, Drawing

Seascape with three miner and pearl fishermen (right part); Venationis, piscationis, et aucupii typi; Hunting, fishing and bird hunt. View of a sea with several ships. Figures and pearl fishermen dive in the foreground. A line of Latin text in undermarge.

Saint -Gilles Relieved by the Protestants, 1562, 1567 - C. 1571 print Saint-Gilles relieved by the Protestants from Nimes, October 1562. With caption of 8 lines in German. Numbered in the bottom left: 30. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching raising the siege with outside assistance, relief Nîmes. Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

Complaint about the disaster in the Republic between 1672 and 1675, 1675 print Complaint about the disaster in the Republic between 1672 and 1675. Central representation of a Dutch Virgin Kneeling Water Kneeling Water who prays to God with folded hands for help. Around this 8 other smaller scenes of the All Saints' Flow of November 4, 1675 and other disasters that have affected the country in recent years. At the print a loose text sheet with 2 columns text in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Dike-Break

Woodcut by Sebald Beham after 1535 depicting a village church festival, highlighting figures, architecture, and composition.

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, 1806. Etching.

Dismemberment, etc., 1725

Roman ruins by the sea, Willem van Nieulandt (II), Anonymous, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1618.

View of Scheveningen, 1729, Anonymous, Gerrit van Giessen, 1729 - 1736 print View of the village of Scheveningen in the year 1729. In the foreground the sea and the beach with a number of figures and ships on it. Behind the village with the church in the middle. In the background The Hague. Above a banderole with the title. paper engraving / etching prospect of village, silhouette of village. prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city. church (exterior). sailing-ship, sailing-boat. beach (+ landscape with figures, staffage). sea Scheveningen. The Hague

Design of the triumphal chariot of the Virtues 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Design of the triumphal chariot of the Virtues 698686

Netherlands, Letter of greetings with inn scenes, recto - handwritten in brown ink, Letter of greetings with described cartouche within a decorative frame with inn scenes: drinking and eating people at the table, dancing people and a few musicians at the top right. Handwritten message in calligraphy (New Year's letter) by Gerrit Visser to his friend., print, popular print, letter of greetings, prints, popular prints, verso - stamped, N: J: Letter, To, My esteemed friend, I feel a sweet feeling now ..., height 415 mm, width 327 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1899, paper, papier, ink, inkt, etching, etchings, calligraphy, pen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Calai e Zeti condotti da Borea et Oritia. Dimensions: plate: 8.6 x 12.8 cm (3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 8.6 x 13.1 cm (3 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Balthasar Moncornet after Remigio Cantagallina.

Construction of the tower of Babel; History of the tower of Babel; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. The tower of Babel is being built. In the foreground men who chop stones and trench in baskets. Right makes a man, perhaps Nimrod, a pointing gesture. Links Construction work: Stones are minced meat and transported with donkeys, ovens are fired. Under the show a text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

NUíEZ DE BALBOA, Vasco (1475-1517). Spanish discoverer and conqueror. Spain. Spanish colonization (1513). Vasco NuÐez taking possession of the Southern Sea. Picture of 1728. Engraving.

Whale stranded between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee, 1762, 1762 print The body of a sperm fish washed up on February 20, 1762 on the beach between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee, here as signed a day later on February 21. With many visitors. At the bottom of a cartouche with the animal seen from behind. Northern Netherlands paper etching swimming mammals: whale (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal) Zandvoort. Wijk aan Zee

Antwerpen, Jode, Gerard de, Groeningen, Gerard van, Doetechum, Johannes of Lucas van, Metamorphoses of Ovidius, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Antwerp, The nymph Salmacis stands at a monument in a landscape. She looks up at the clouds where Mercury, Venus and Amor appear. In the background Salmacis embraces Hermaphroditus, while they stand in a lake. She falls in love with him and clings to him with such passion that their bodies merge. Below the representation an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 210 mm, width 292 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1570 - 1574, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1515 - 1599, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Netherlands, Cremation on a funeral pyre, Cremation on a funeral pyre. Part of the eight illustrations in: Johan Picardt, Short description of some forgotten and hidden antiquities ... in the antiquity-rich landscape of Drenth, Tymon Houthaak, Amsterdam 1660., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 180 mm, width 268 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1658 - 1660, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings

Adam, Eva and the animals in earthly paradise; Adam and Eva in Den Lusthof Eden. Adam, Eva and the animals in earthly paradise. At the top right a cloud in which an originally an image of God was visible. Above the show a title. There are six fresh rules and a reference to Genesis 2: 15-17. The print is part of an album.

Parable of the Merciful Samaritan; Landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and yacht scenes. River landscape with the shaping of the parable of the merciful Samaritan. In the foreground, the Merciful Samaritan takes care of the injured traveler. The traveler is then helped on his horse and brought to the inn. In the background the Levite and the priest who destroy the traveler to his destiny. The print has an ornamental list of flowers, fish and animals. He is part of a twenty-four series of landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and yacht scenes.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), an oval screen containing Italian rebus on love (A. de Vesme 688. Dutuit 70) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

The sun and its influence on the world, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1585 print The God Apollo as Sol, driving on the clouds on his victory car, which is drawn by four horses. In the middle of the zodiac sign Leeuw. At the bottom of a hilly landscape (Italy and Bohemia) in which various dignitaries. On the left a pope is crowned. In the middle the coronation of a king and the knight's knight of a man. On the right a royal entry. In the margin a Latin praise on the influence of the sun on the regions of Italy and bohemia. The print is part of a seven -part series on the subject of the influence of the planets on the world. Antwerp paper engraving (personifications of the) planets with their 'children', so-called 'Planetenkinder', accompanied by the corresponding zodiacal signs. triumphal entry and public reception, pageant, 'entrée solennelle', 'joyeuse entrée'. the chariot of the sun. papal coronation. coronation of a ruler. becoming a knight, knighting. Leo (zodiacal sign

Sailing Vessels: Sailing Vessels: Two Galleys Sailing Behind an Armed Three-Master with Phaeton and Jupiter in the Sky, 1561-65. After Pieter Bruegel (Flemish, 1527/8-1569). Engraving;

Laziness, Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1558 print Female personification of the laziness (desidia) Sleeding leaning against a donkey and accompanied by snails. Around all kinds of fantastic scenes and monsters with which this head sin is portrayed. With caption of a rule in Latin and a rule in Dutch. Antwerp paper engraving Sloth, Indolence, 'Acedia', 'Desidia'; 'Accidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. devils in the form of (fabulous) animals

Allegorical composition: The boat of life is steered by eternal judgements. And futile are the dreams of life’s charms’.. Mizutowicz, Tadeusz (1778-1826), graphic artist, Marchand, Jacques (fl. 1769-ca 1845), graphic artist, Weiss, Isidor (1774-post 1809), draughtsman, cartoonist, Caraffe, Armand Charles (1762-1822), painter

Two galleys behind a three-master, airborne fall of Phaeton, Pieter Brueghel (I), 1561 - 1565

Noah leaves the Ark, Giulio Bonasone, After Rafaël, 1544 - 1580 print Noah and his family leave the Ark together with the animals. Bears, pigs, lions, porcupines and goats are walking in the foreground. A large group of birds is flying upstairs. Italy paper etching / engraving the disembarkation ~ story of Noah (Genesis 8:18 - 9:17)

The cruelty of the bull, 1647; Stiers Wreetheyd puzzled to master and wife and wonderlyk is consistent to redemption Hunnes child is done up to Sardam 1647. Illustration of the events known as the cruelty of the bull, 1647. De Boer and his pregnant wife in Zaandam by one on August 29 Bull were attacked. This small print shows how the woman is taken to the horns in which the child is hurled out of the belly. Under the performance in four columns a description of the events.

Vignette, Glyphograph on paper, Wrapped merchandise and an anchor lie before a palm tree standing at the edge of a river. Sailing ship in the left distance. A town in the right distance. Thre bordering lines. Bevelled corners., possibly France, 1840s, glyphograph, glyphograph

Various events in Europe in unknown year with throne Mercury, Dirck De Bray (attributed to), 1645 - 1694 print Different scenes with events in Europe in unknown year with thrown Mercury as protector of the trade. Above a scene with a meeting is in Latin Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt (Eendracht makes power). Netherlands paper etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

October; The twelve months. Round list with an autumn landscape and pet scenes. October is the wine month. Central is the grape picking and making and tons of wine. Men, women and children pick grapes and press them. The wine is then poured into tons. In the middle of the Scorpio zodiac sign. The print is part of a twelve-part series over the twelve months.

Germany, Jamnitzer, Christoph, page of the 'Neu Grotesken Buch' 1610, Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610, Der Fadesckisch Radesco Baum, Third title page, Cartouche with inscription, hanging like a cloth in a tree. On the branches of the tree hang turtles, fish, mascarons and insects. Leaf from a series of flat decorations with grotesques, cartouches, ovals, mascarons, putti and fantastic creatures. The series consists of three title pages, two text pages with the dedication and the preface and 60 pages, divided over three books., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 148 mm, width 189 mm, 1563-05-12 - 1618, print maker, printmaker, 1573 - 1610, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Netherlands, Monogrammist LIW, Children's Crusade, verso lower right - stamped, Fourth block of six, together forming a frieze with the Children's Crusade. Devils are killed and tortured by children. Two cartouches with text in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, verso middle - stamped, verso middle right - stamped, height 255 mm, width 373 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1522 - 1532, second quarter 16th century, tweede kwart 16e eeuw, 18th century, 18e eeuw, paper, papier, houtsnede

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Wierix, Antonie (II), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of Samson, Samson sets fire to the Philistines' cornfields, Samson sets fire to the Philistines' cornfields by tying foxes two by two by their tails and hanging a burning torch between them. Samson sends the foxes into the cornfield. Below the scene is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Judg. 15:4. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 215 mm, width 294 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Landscape with Elisa, who receives the mantle from Elijah, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1571 print Elijah is sitting in a car of fire pulled by four horses and drives to heaven. Elisa kneels on the floor, the mantle of Elijah next to him. In the background a city -ravaged city. paper engraving Elisha picks up Elijah's cloak and goes back to the Jordan

Treatment of a root to obtain Asafoetida, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: H.W. Meyer, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Lemgo, 1712, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 224 mm × w 171 mm

Title print with title and river god with trident and fishing net in landscape with fishermen; Libelivs variable genera piscium compensators; Freshwater fish, sea fishing, frogs, shellfish and marine beings. Title print with title in cartouche, a river god with trident and fishing net in his hand leans on a jug where water flows. Fishermen are working in the landscape behind him.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Hans (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Historia Turris Babijlonicae, History of the Tower of Babel, Construction of the Tower of Babel, The Tower of Babel is being built. In the foreground men are cutting stones and carrying them in baskets. On the right a man, perhaps Nimrod, is making a pointing gesture. On the left construction work: stones are being cut and transported by donkeys, ovens are being fired. Below the image a text in Latin. Print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 229 mm, width 310 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Norther

Susanna and the elders, 1540 print Susanna and the elders. Susanna, nude and bathing at a fountain in a garden. The two elders approach her. The garden is surrounded by a wall. Under the show a verse in three columns. Numbered in the top left: No. 7. print maker: Germanypublisher: AmsterdamNetherlands paper letterpress printing the story of Susanna and the elders (in which the youth Daniel intervenes on behalf of Susanna) (Daniel 13). Susanna bathing, usually in or near a fountain and sometimes accompanied by two female servants. the elders spying upon Susanna

The coats of arms of Roger du Plessis and Jeanne de Schomberg and scrolls before a panorama of Liancourt. Etching by I. Silvestre.

Nimes surprised by the Huguenots, 1569, 1569 - c. 1571 print Nîmes surprised by the Huguenots, November 15, 1569. Protestant troops take the city. With caption of 8 lines in German. Numbered in the bottom left: 69. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching capture of city (after the siege) Nîmes

Anonymous after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558 - 1617). The Creation of the Four Continents, 1589. From Metamorphoses. Engraving on wove paper. Plate: 178 mm x 253 mm (7.01 in. x 9.96 in.).

Coastal landscape with a sailing ship heading for a harbor in the foreground. Coastal landscape with sailing ship, Raphaël Sadeler (I), print maker: anonymous, Paul Bril, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1688 - 1727, paper, engraving, etching, h 196 mm × w 272 mm

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