Classical Mythology Prints

A collection of prints depicting various classical myths, featuring themes of love, fate, and mythology, with intricate engravings and a historic aesthetic.

Drie Gratiën, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 18. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)

Fable of the donkey and the haughty horse, Virgilius Solis, 1566 print Nuremberg paper ass, donkey. horse

Epimetheus opens the Pandora box, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 28. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Pandora and Epimeheus

Drie Gratiën, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 18. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)

Narcissus in Echo, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 22. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Narcissus, gazing in a fountain, falls in love with his own reflection; possibly the nymph Echo peeps at the scene

Cephalus in Prokris, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 19. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving CEPHALUS and Procris

Vignette with three children, one in a cradle, c. 1700 - c. 1800 print paper etching cradle, crib. ornament ~ festoon, garland. archer's weapons: bow and arrow

H. Bonosa, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Bonosa is tortured in three different ways. print maker: Romepublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Jupiter Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Numbered in the top left: 2. Nuremberg paper engraving / etching (story of) Jupiter (Zeus). Jupiter (planet). clouds

Putto with fool and putto with crown, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Letter N: Children wear a human body on a bar, Anonymous, Jan Stefan van Calcar (Possible), 1543 print paper physiology and anatomy. letters, alphabet, script

Figures with curved lines, worn by a bird, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry. birds

Ornament with centaurs and vase, 1727 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving centaurs. foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament

Three snakes, a crocodile, a basilisk, a griffin and a salamander surrounded by fire, Stephan Herman, after Jost Amman, 1578 - 1596 print print maker: Ansbachafter design by: Neurenberg paper etching basilisk (cock with posterior of snake). crocodiles: crocodile. snakes. griffin (lion/eagle); 'Griffo' (Ripa). salamander (fabulous animal); salamander as spirit of fire

Summer triumph, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print paper engraving / etching chariot, triumphal car. summer ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). (story of) Ceres (Demeter). panpipes

Leda en de Zwaan, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda

H. Bibiana in H. Demetria, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Bibiana and H. Demetria are being tortured. print maker: Romepublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Putti playing under a canopy, Paul van Somer (II), 1670 - 1697 print Putti play on a recorder and tambourines under a canopy. Bacchus holds a putto a bunch of grapes. In the foreground, a putto is sleeping on the floor with a wine jug in the arms. paper etching cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. tambourine - CC - out of doors. recorder (musical instrument) - CC - out of doors. children's bacchanal

Pattern with semicircles, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1884 - 1952 print paper ornaments ~ art

November, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Numbered in the top left: 11. Nuremberg paper engraving / etching November and its 'labours'. Sagittarius (zodiacal sign of November)

Woman on Throne is read, Giovanni Cattini (attributed to), 1735 - 1800 print On the right a woman on a throne. For her there are two men who read her something from a book. In the background soldiers keep watch. Italy paper engraving reading to somebody. throne. house-guard, doorkeeper, janitor

Allegorical Figure An object -bearing in the midst of different animal species, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Netherlands paper letterpress printing adult man. animals

H. Victoria, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Victoria is pierced with a sword. paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Letter D: Children saw the head of a man in half, Anonymous, Jan Stefan van Calcar (Possible), 1543 print paper torture. letters, alphabet, script

Four figures in niches, each in a different stage of decomposition, Antoine Jacquard (attributed to), 1610 - 1640 print France paper engraving parts of church interior: niche. decomposition (of dead body)

Title print with pedestal in a landscape, Israel Silvestre, Before 1655 print France paper etching / engraving pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm). landscapes

Frog between the grass / harnessed arm with lans, anonymous, after Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a frog between the grass. Under a harnessed arm with a lance. These are the foreignovers of King Louis VI of France and Hugo Capet. paper engraving / letterpress printing tailless amphibians: frog. helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance. postures and gestures of arms and hands in general

Circe looks at ships from her island, 1729 print paper etching / letterpress printing Circe. vignettes

Letter from the Zondeval, Anonymous Virgil, 1560 - 1612 print Nuremberg paper Temptation and Fall (scenes with both Adam and Eve). initial. printed historiated initial

Vignette with Apollo and Female Allegorical Figure, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 print A woman with wings on her head and in her hand a hand on a stick and the god Apollo stand next to a monument. paper etching / engraving (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). monument, statue

Frisian with arrow sleeve, Sébastien Leclerc (I), After Claude Deruet, in Or Before 1664 print A Frisian with a arrow sleeve and putti on garlands flanked by arrow bundles. paper etching ornaments ~ art. quiver

Lying naked man with a city in the background, Virgilius Solis, 1566 print Nuremberg paper man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. city-view in general; 'veduta'

Fighting beggars, Cornelis Massijs, 1539 print Fighting men and women with physical disabilities tackle each other with crutches and sticks and pull each other on the hair. During this time this theme was also called the 'fight of the cripple'. In the time when this print came about, 'lame' was a generic word to describe a physical disability to the lower body. This print is social satire. Antwerp paper engraving person with a physical disability. crutches. fighting. disabilities, deformations

Allegory on Rede, Anonymous, 1709 print A woman, in classic robe, sitting behind a writing table, in hand a trail, as a reference to reason. On the table an hourglass, as a symbol of transience. At her feet a rooster, as a symbol of vigilance. On the column behind her a sundial, which refers to the passage of time. Two angels hold a banner on which the title in Latin. paper engraving Reason; 'Ragione' (Ripa). writing-table, writing-desk. spur

Frisian with young soldier, old man and wife between weapons, Odoardo Fialetti, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1583 - 1638 print print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper etching sitting figure. weapons

Roof van Proserpina / Nymph / Bacchus on a wine barrel, Gaetano Gandolfi, 1744 - 1802 print Leaf with three performances. Left: a standing nymph. Middle: Proserpina who is abducted by Pluto, the king of the underworld, in his victory cart. Right: Bacchus with a staff with vines and a wine glass, sitting on a wine barrel. paper etching nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). the rape of Proserpina (by Pluto in his chariot); possibly with Diana and Minerva trying to rescue her. (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber

Structure of a perpendicular line with two men in Eastern clothing on a river, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry. adult man. river

Orpheus enchants the animals with his music, Virgilius Solis, 1540 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching Orpheus playing the lyre

Letter I: David with the head of Goliath is welcomed by musician women, Anonymous, Hans Holbein (II) (Possible), 1556 print Zurich (Stad) paper letterpress printing David's triumph: the women of Israel come out to welcome David, singing, dancing, and playing tambourines and lyres; David holding the head of Goliath. initial

Dancing Boer, Johann Theodor de Bry, After Tobias Stimmer, After Hans Sebald Beham, After Christoph Murer, 1588 - 1623 print A row of dancing farmers at a party. On the left two musicians, a bagpipe player and a man who played a Schalmei. There is a drunk farmer at a table. He sleeps with his head on the table. Seven couples dance side by side in different postures. Under the show a Latin verse. The print forms a pendant with a representation of dancing couples from the higher positions. paper engraving farmers. festivities (+ dancing ~ festive activities)

Travelers on their way to an inn, c. 1620 - c. 1630 print Seventh print from a series of nineteen with faces on the Amsterdam area. Four travelers arrive over a hill and are on the way to a, located on the right, inn where five figures are under a canopy. paper etching / engraving 'en route', traveller under way. inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.

June, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print paper letterpress printing multiplication of loaves and fishes for a multitude of four or five thousand people (Matthew 14:13-21, 15:32-39; Mark 6:32-44, 8:1-10; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14)

Globe with ship belt / pelican feeds her boy, anonymous, after Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a globe with a ship belt. Under a pelican feeds her boy with her own blood. These are the foreignovers of King Ferdinand III and King Alfons X of Castile. paper engraving / letterpress printing earth, world as celestial body. water-birds: pelican. parts of ship's exterior

Believing woman on a pedestal / dolphin and chameleon, anonymous, after Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a believing woman on a pedestal, surrounded by men and women. Under a chameleon with a dolphin. They are the foreignty by Pope Paul III. paper engraving / letterpress printing swimming mammals: dolphin. lizards: chameleon

Landscape with resting shepherds with herd, Pierre Quentin Chedel, After Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), 1725 - 1763 print Numbered below: 19. France paper. ink etching / pen landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage). herd, flock. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Harbor face at night, Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1766 print Harbor face at night with the ruin of a tower in the foreground. A man sails in a rowing boat on the river. paper etching night ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Nox'). river. landscape with ruins

H. Tatiana, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Tatiana is tortured in three different ways. paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Vignette with image of Diana van Ephesus in a landscape, Jan Punt, after dionys van Nijmegen, 1737 print Poetry and an allegorical female figure with wings on the head decorate a statue of Diana van Ephesus with garlands of flowers. The show is caught in an ornamental frame. On the left the poetry. On the right of painting, with whom a canvas is bound by the mouth. This refers to Horatius' ut Pictura Poesis (poetry is like painting). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa)

Riviege denies, Thomas Cool, 1861 - 1904 drawing paper. ink pen river

Islamic Galace slaves on either side of a Cartouche, M. Schaep, After Cornelis de Wael, 1649 print The cartouche in the middle contains an assignment in Latin and is decorated with the coat of arms of Joannes d'Easso and two winged women's busts. On either side of the cartouche is a chained Islamic Galace slave with rowing pans under his feet. Behind each of them is an Islamic Galace slave with a musical instrument. The left man plays a trumpet and the right a drum. These men made as a slave can be recognized as Muslims by the typical haircut (head except for a bare shaved) that they were obliged to have. In the background cannons and different flags. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Figter Design by: Genuapublisher: Northern Netherlands Publisher: Amsterdam paper etching armorial bearing, heraldry. slavery; serfs and the enslaved. musician. (military) flags and standards

Two rocks in stormy sea / column with Januskop, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above two rocks in a stormy sea. Under a column on a mountain by the sea. On the column a head with a face on both the front and back. These are the foreign exchange of Jacobus III and Jacobus IV of Scotland. paper engraving / letterpress printing rocks. Janus' head, two-faced head

Double -headed eagle / double -headed eagle on a half moon, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a crowned double -headed eagle with an olive branch on the left and on the right the winged lightning bolt of Jupiter. Under a crowned double -headed eagle on a half moon. They are the foreignovers of Emperor Maximilian II. paper engraving / letterpress printing double-headed eagle

Jupiter, Anonymous, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Jupiter with a bundle of lightning bolts in his hand, flying on the back of an eagle. (possibly) paper etching (story of) Jupiter (Zeus). attributes of Jupiter

Seller of books and prints, 1709 print Man with a basket with books and prints in a landscape, a magazine in his right hand. paper etching book-shop, bookseller. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph

Luna in a roll work frame, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper etching / engraving scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene). mask, mascaron ~ ornament

Zondvloed, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper etching the Flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17)

Two hunters on Hertenhacht, Stefano della Bella, 1642 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFranceFrance paper etching stag-hunting. hunter. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt')

Wallenstein in Defek Met Eggenberg, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Berlin paper etching meeting

Woman with Lier and three Putti, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1790 - 1793 print A woman with Lier and three putti. The putti have a nail, crown, trumpet, mask and pan flute as attributes. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper etching / engraving Harp. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. mask

Three putti between globe, pyramid and broken column, Jacob van der Schley, 1725 - 1779 print paper etching (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas'. globe. pyramid (historical grave form). palette. crown (symbol of sovereignty). (human) skull

Cartouche with assignment, lion and leopard, Antonio Tempesta, 1598 print paper etching beasts of prey, predatory animals: leopard. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. ornament ~ cartouche

Man's head with hat, Marie Lambertine Coclers, 1776 - 1815 print Amsterdam (possibly) paper etching / drypoint head-gear

Elise points to her father's grave, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print With caption and page reference in German. Berlin paper etching brothers or sisters (second degree family relationships). garden. grave, tomb

Letter Z, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Letter Z against a background with braid and birds. paper etching / letterpress printing fancy letters

Man lights his pipe, Adriaen van Ostade, 1941 The print is part of a portfolio and is printed on one album magazine with three other prints. Haarlem paper etching The print is part of a portfolio and is printed on one album magazine with three other prints. Haarlem paper etching

Vier Landsknechten, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

Ridder on horseback stings enemy in a laurel wreath, anonymous, after Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Upstairs, a knight stabs his enemy with a lance. Under a laurel wreath with initial M. A crown and rich apple. They are the foreignovers of Emperor Maximilian II. paper engraving / letterpress printing garland, wreath. insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)

Triangle around a square with a standing man at the bottom, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry. adult man

Ceres of Cybele in Een Slangenwagen met Puttum, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching chariot, triumphal car. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. snakes

Letter C, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Letter C against a background with braid and a portrait medallion. paper etching / letterpress printing fancy letters

Two Half Cartouches together with battle between eagle and snake, Stefano della Bella, 1646 print print maker: Franceafter own design by: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. predatory birds: eagle. snakes

Procession of Landscaps on Paard and On Foot, Virgilius Solis, 1542 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching the soldier; the soldier's life. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

Extented candle for an open window, Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne (II), 1714 print There is an extinguished candle in front of an open window. Next to it a candles. Symbol on the danger that the light that God brings can be extinguished by the evil from outside. Haarlem paper etching / engraving candlestick (+ extinguishing; extinguished light, lamp, candle). open window. snuffers

Title head with jewelry, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1893 print paper ornaments, jewels. other ornament derived from animal forms

Diana, Laurent de la Hire, c. 1630 print paper etching Diana bathing

Historically costumed procession in Amsterdam at the 25-year anniversary of King William III in 1874 (plate 7), 1874 print Plate no. 7 with the part of the parade with figures from the time of Prince Willem v Plus a group of Javanese, compiled by the Royal Zoological Society 'Natura Artis Magistra'. Part of a series of 24 plates of the costumed historical and allegorical parade held in Amsterdam on 12 May 1874, as part of the festivities during the celebration of the 25-year anniversary of King William III. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdamprinter: Amsterdam paper public festivities at other royal events, not meant or mentioned above (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities). costumes used in pageants Amsterdam

Landscape with two blinds, Anonymous, After Cornelis de Wael, 1629 print A blind violin player falls into a ditch, another blind man tries to pull him out again. In the margin a caption in Latin. paper engraving the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14) (+ variant). violin, fiddle. small canal, ditch

The imagination paints the Mississippi, 1720, 1720 The female personification of the imagination paints a painting of the Mississippi, around her children blowing or reading from the action book of the Mississippi Company sitting on an empty money box. With four small scenes from other failed companies. Under the show a caption with a verse printed in three columns of a separate plate. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching Mississippi The female personification of the imagination paints a painting of the Mississippi, around her children blowing or reading from the action book of the Mississippi Company sitting on an empty money box. With four small scenes from other failed companies. Under the show a caption with a verse printed in three columns of a separate plate. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoon

Keizerin Adelaide, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge with a woman, turned to the left. The performance is part of the family tree of Emperor Henry II The Holy in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the person as the wife of Emperor Otto I, Adelaide. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Man tries to squeeze a stone, Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne (II), 1714 print A man has a stone under a press and tries to squeeze it. Symbol on the inability to produce something good from something wrong. Haarlem paper etching / engraving tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: press. pressing (industrial process)

Eagle sitting on a globe / eagle flying with the globe, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Upstairs is an eagle on a globe. He has a worm or snake in his mouth. An eagle flies with the globe. They are the foreignovers of Emperor Maximilian II. paper engraving / letterpress printing predatory birds: eagle. earth, world as celestial body. globe

Fighters fight with giant hoses, Antonio Tempesta, 1605 print Landscape with fighters with burning torches who attack giant hoses. Two giant hoses attack a herd of goats in the background. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching hunter. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt'). snakes. monsters larger than normal

Landweg near Amstelveen, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1612 - 1652 print View on a bend in a country road near Amstelveen. There is a farm on the curvature of the road, where a heavily packed man passes by. In the foreground a man and a woman in conversation. Amsterdam paper etching road, path. farm or solitary house in landscape. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating Amstelveen

Koning Artaxerxes II, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge with a king, turned to the right. In his hands he has a scepter and government apple. The performance is part of the sequence of Persian kings in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Artaxerxes II. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king

Portrait of print maker Alexander Schaepkens, Arnoud Schaepkens, 1831 - 1904 print paper etching

Fontein in de tuinen van de villa d'Este te tivoli, Franz Edmund Weirotter, after Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1767 print Numbered below: 11. Vienna paper etching ornamental fountain. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Villa d'Este. Tivoli

Sitting man lights pipe, Cornelis Pietersz. Bega, 1642 - 1664 print paper. etching pipe ~ tobacco

Fish (February), Franz Isaac Brun, c. 1559 - c. 1596 print paper engraving Pisces (zodiacal sign of February). February and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). Carnival, Shrovetide (non-liturgical celebration). vineyard

Three children with a staff and arrow and arch, Hans Holbein (II), 1547 print Three children walk with a shot rabbit and a staff and arrow and bow. paper game, hunted animals. sports, games ~ animals (+ bow and arrow). child. dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

Head of a boy, anonymous, 1807 - 1808 The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching

Vignette with the family weapons of Van Baerdwyck and possibly Rombout, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. armorial bearing, heraldry. mask. Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Construction of a square with putti at the bottom with a goat, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry. he-goat, billy-goat

Triangle with men on the terrace of an architectural garden, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing triangle (~ planimetry, geometry). French or architectonic garden; formal garden

Lying Jager, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing On the floor, looking up hunter. Signed on the back of a part of an envelope or letter addressed to Taventrate. paper. ink pen lying face downwards. hunter

Man in a long cloak, Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdainine, 1778 print paper etching coat, cape

Frisian with coat of arms of the De 'Medici family and four panters, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print A Frisian with the coat of arms of the De 'Medici with two panters on either side with garlands of leaves in their mouths. print maker: Franceafter own design by: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty). beasts of prey, predatory animals: panther

Proverb in ornamentation, Julie de Graag, 1887 - 1924 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush ornaments ~ art

Sketch leaf with folded lotus leaves, utagawa kuniyoshi, 1808 - 1861 drawing paper brush

Dream of Jacob, Anonymous, After Hans Sebald Beham, 1530 - 1533 print paper letterpress printing 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

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