Classical Narrative Engravings

Artworks depicting classical scenes and narratives, featuring detailed figures and action in copper engravings and etchings, reflecting historical storytelling.

Copper engraving by Robert Nanteuil from 1643-1678 depicting an eagle, putto, crown, and two angels with the Gonzaga coat of arms.

Virgil Solis the Elders copper engraving and etching (1529-1562) depicts an equipment scene with Hannibal and Hercules fighting the lion, showing figures, actions, and classical narrative in European printmaking.

Cornelis van Kittensteyn engraved various scenes between 1620 and 1638, depicting domestic, allegorical, and public scenes with human figures in copper engraving format.

Copper engraving and etching by Pietro de' Nobili around 1584 depicting the biblical scene where Joseph's brothers discover a cup in a grain bag, showing figures, bags, and narrative action.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Dambrun around 1796 depicting Peter Abelard teaching with his students, showing figures in a scholarly setting.

Etching by Antonio Balestra depicting Maria with the Christ Child, produced in 1702.

Copper engraving by Robert Nanteuil from 1643-1678 depicting an eagle, putto, crown, and two angels with the Gonzaga coat of arms.

Book illustration by Nicolas Ponce from 1776 executed with copper engraving and etching methods.

Etching by Antonio Tempesta depicting the Lara infants legend, created in 1612, featuring infants in a historically inspired narrative composition.

Etching by Franz Sigrist from 1744-1803 showing a man with a pipe and beer mug and a woman eating, depicting daily life, figures, and gestures.

Felix Meyer's etching (1683) presents self-portraits of the artist, showing facial features, posture, attire, and 17th-century European etching techniques.

Copper engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry from 1596 depicting multiple narrative scenes in detailed composition.

Copper engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck depicting Greek mythology scenes, including the beheading of Medusa, showing figures, action, and classical elements, created between mid-16th and mid-17th century.

Copper engraving and etching by Jan Punt depicting a title page showing poetry in conversation with allegorical figures, created in 1740, showing symbolic representation and book illustration elements.

Copper engraving by Giacomo Valegio depicting the birth of Mary, created between 1574 and 1587, illustrating a biblical scene with figures in domestic setting.

Copper engraving and etching by Philippe Trière around 1801 depicting the martyrdom of Stephanus, showing a biblical execution scene.

This etching by Jan Alexander Janssens, created around 1700, depicts Faustulus with Romulus and Remus, illustrating the mythological story of the founders of Rome in early 18th-century Flemish art.

Copper engraving and etching by Grégoire Huret between 1639 and 1641 depicting an allegory featuring the Duc d'Enghien and the Prince de Conti, showing figures, symbols, and gestures.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart from 1727 depicting a frontispiece for 'Dialogues of the Dead', showing allegorical figures, tombs, and symbolic gestures in dotting manner.

Etching by Wenzel Hollar depicting Maria with child, along with Elisabeth and John's boy, created in 1627, showing religious figures and familial composition.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet from 1781 depicting the death of Nicolas-Louis dAssas, known as the French Curtius, in a dramatic military scene.

Copper engraving and etching frontispiece by Matthys Pool depicting Anacreon with two muses, created between 1693 and 1732 using dotting technique.

Etching by Antonio Triva from 1650-1699 depicting Susanna before the judges, showing a biblical narrative and detailed figures.

A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from the 16th century depicting a knight, showing armor, stance, and detailed figure composition in traditional style.

This etching by Felix Meyer, created between 1670 and 1713, depicts landscapes featuring ruins, emphasizing natural terrain, architectural remains, and vegetation.

A copper engraving by Jacob Matham created in 1592 titled The Pork Shirt, depicting a figure wearing a garment associated with a pig, executed with detailed 16th-century engraving techniques.

Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting the Sun of Justice, showing a radiant sun with allegorical symbols, created after 1500.

Copper engraving by the Wierix family from 1570-1620 depicting Venus and Amor in mythological scenes, showing figures, gestures, and symbolic attributes.

An etching by Antonio Tempesta from 1596 depicting Emperor Nero riding a horse, showing the historical figure in equestrian form.

Etching by Jan de Bisschop depicting the vision of St. Hieronymus and Saints Benedict, Bruno, and Bernhard, created around 1671.

Etching and copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer after 1501 depicting the Copperplate Passion series, showing multiple scenes, figures, gestures, and religious symbolism.

Copper engraving and etching by Richard Saint-Non depicting scenes from a picturesque journey through the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, created in 1781.

Copper engravings by Cornelis Galle the Elder showing title pages for Charles Scribanis 'Politics-Christian' and Mathias Casimir Sarbiewskis 'Lyricorum', depicting figures, text, and ornamental elements, produced in 1624 and 1632.

Anonymous woodcut from around 1500 depicting a mercy chair, a symbolic representation used in religious or judicial contexts.

Copper engraving by Martino Rota from 1569 depicting the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, showing figures, angels, and architectural elements.

Copper engraving and etching by Étienne Desrochers after 1709 depicting Venus with Amor, showing mythological figures, gestures, drapery, and detailed composition.

Etching by Franz Ertinger showing a Bacchanal frieze, created between 1660 and 1710.

A woodcut by Hans Brosamer from 1495-1554 showing New Testament scenes from the life of Christ, with figures and narrative elements.

Etching by Claes Jansz Visscher from around 1606 depicting a peasant woman with child and a beggar, alongside a dancing pair of farmers, showing rural life, gestures, and social interaction.

Copper engraving and etching by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger from the second half of the 18th century depicting allegorical subjects.

Matthias Gerungs circa 1550 woodcuts depict biblical scenes, showing figures, events, and symbols in early modern European printmaking style.

Copper engraving by Jacob de Gheyn II showing the twelve sons of Jacob, depicting each figure in a biblical narrative from the late 16th century.

Copper engravings by Étienne Delaune from 1538-1583 depicting Old Testament scenes with biblical figures, architecture, and symbolic elements.

Copper engraving and etching by Jeremias Falck from 1646 showing the gate of honor with architectural elements and detailed composition typical of 17th-century engraving.

Johann Nepomuk Strixner's lithograph from 1801-1855 shows two male figure studies, focusing on anatomy, posture, and expression in 19th-century European printmaking.

Etching and copper engraving by Salomon Savery depicting the life of farmers, showing rural work, domestic scenes, and animals, executed between 1610 and 1683.

Woodcut by Peter Flötner from the first half of the 16th century depicting the crucifixion of Christ, highlighting figures, posture, and composition.

Etching by Januarius Zick from 1755-1812 showing a sculptor working in a studio with tools and a partially finished sculpture.

Copper engraving and etching by Pierre Lepautre from 1684 showing Louis XIV depicted as a Roman ruler with classical attire and regalia.

Copper engraving and etching by Pieter van den Berge from late 17th to mid 18th century depicting Mars selling the vinous genius and Juno with the head of Argus, showing figures, gesture, and mythological context.

Copper engraving and etching by Nicolas Ponce from 1784 created as a book illustration.

Etching by Hans Collaert depicting the allegorical figures of Hope and Charity, created between 1540 and 1590.

Photo production of a drawing, representing a company around a table in an interior; 1640.

Wood engravings by Oscar Pletsch from 1864-1878 depicting vignettes of children playing, showing figures interacting in outdoor or garden settings.

Copper engraving by Cornelis de Wael depicting traders and sellers, showing figures, gestures, goods, and market activity, created between 1610 and 1667.

An etching by Bernard Picart from 1734 depicting female personifications, representing allegorical figures with symbolic attributes in classical style.

Wood engraving by Oscar Pletsch from 1850-1900 showing a boy sitting in front of a camera and a girl and boy teasing, depicting children, figures, and interaction.

Etching by Jan Georg van Vliet, 1630-1668, showing a hermit or church father holding a book, surrounded by vanitas symbols such as skulls and hourglasses.

Copper engravings and etchings with vignettes containing various portraits created by Bernard Picart between 1693 and 1733 using dotting manner.

Copper engraving by Wolfgang Kilian depicting King David playing the harp and singing from Psalm 1:1, illustrating the biblical king and musician.

Copper engraving by Jean Edelinck depicting the resurrection of Christ, created between 1663 and 1680.

An etching by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas created between 1779 and 1785 showing various historical figures from French history as a book illustration.

Copper engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry from 1596 depicting multiple narrative scenes in detailed composition.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart depicting King George I, created in 1716.

Woodcut by Hans Weiditz showing Karl V. as a youth, created in 1520, depicting the young emperor in detailed attire.

Edmé Jeaurat's 1724 copper engraving and etching represents historical and mathematical subjects, focusing on figures, symbols, and compositional layout in a European classical style.

Print, River God, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris; Designed by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 - 1618); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper

Etching by Franz Stöber from 1810-1858 depicting Icarus from classical mythology, illustrating flight and falling with narrative and symbolic elements.

"Copper engraving by Claude Mellan serving as title page for Quintus Horatius Flaccus, depicting classical portraiture, decorative borders, and textual elements. Executed in 1642, illustrating detailed engraving and classical representation."

Woodcut by Jost Amman from the second half of the 16th century depicting the history of the first humans using chiaroscuro technique in two plates with brown ink.

Copper engraving by Lucas Vorsterman depicting a portrait of Jean Cont de Tilly, produced between 1610 and 1675.

Copper engraving and etching depicting a frieze with Poseidon and seaweed, created between 1590 and 1700, illustrating mythological marine elements.

Copper engraving by Cornelis de Wael depicting traders and sellers, showing figures, gestures, goods, and market activity, created between 1610 and 1667.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart in 1731 depicting Aeneas carrying Anchises and accompanied by Ascanius during the escape from Troy.

Etching by Moyses van Uyttenbroeck depicting Mercury playing the flute and Mercury with Argus resting, showing figures, gestures, and landscape, created 1610-1648.

Etching by Antonio Suntach depicting the mythological scene of Apollo and Marsyas, produced between 1764 and 1828.

Woodcut by an anonymous artist from Georg Reisch's Margarita Philosophica, 1508, showing figures in allegorical and educational scenes with symbolic composition.

Copper engraving and etching by Jan Collaert the Younger depicting Sophonisbe, showing figure, gestures, attire, and narrative scene. Created between 1560 and 1618.

Copper engraving by Michiel Coxie depicting the conversion of Paul, created between the mid-16th and mid-17th century.

Etching by Jean Moyreau depicting the arrival of hunters, created in 1735, showing figures with hunting gear entering a rural landscape in 18th-century style.

Woodcut from 1522 by an anonymous artist depicting scenes from Doctor Keiserszbergs Postill on the four Gospels, showing figures, gestures, and narrative elements.

Aquatint and etching by Frederick Christian Lewis the Older showing a detailed study of a horse, created between 1837 and 1840.

A 1771 etching by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich showing the first view near Bechin in Bohemia with landscape and architectural elements.

Copper engraving by Léonard Gaultier from 1575-1580 depicting multiple scenes from the New Testament with figures, gestures, and compositions.

Etchings by Johann Christian Reinhart from 1780 to 1847 depicting landscapes with trees, hills, and open countryside across different regions.

This etching and aquatint by Maria Anna Angelika Catharina Kauffmann depicts Renaud and Armides, illustrating characters from literature or opera, created in 1780.

Etching by Stefano della Bella showing cartridges, title leaves, and coats of arms, created between 1630 and 1664, featuring heraldic symbols and decorative book elements.

Copper engraving by Sébastien Vouillemont depicting Lucretia, produced in 1638.

Copper engraving by Pieter Maes depicting Maria with child, created between 1580 and 1591, illustrating religious figures, maternal imagery, and 16th-century Christian iconography.

Copper engraving by Giacomo Valegio depicting a coat of arms, created between 1574 and 1587, showing heraldic symbols and decorative elements.

Wood engraving by Oscar Pletsch created between 1850-1900 showing children in various activities and interactions within domestic or outdoor settings.

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This etching by Johann Adam von Bartsch shows the stoning of Saint Stephanus, with figures, action, and a historical religious narrative, created between 1803 and 1804.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Johann Keyl showing St. Hieronymus reading in the desert, depicted in two plates with figures, landscape, and shading effects.

Assiette populaire décorée d'une caricature de Draner relative aux ballons-postes: «Mon passe-port, tiens, le v'là!». Draner, 1833-1926. La Vaulx, Henry de, 1870-1930. Manuscripts, Portraits, Drawings, Prints. 1922. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Soldiers, Balloons (Aircraft)

Etching by Karl Russ depicting the mythological scene of Alkmene representing love, created between 1808 and 1811, illustrating classical narrative and figures.

An etching by Josef von Führich from 1839 depicting the immediate announcement of the Savior, showing figures, gestures, and biblical narrative elements.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki depicting scenes from 'Huon de Bordeaux' by Tressan for a book illustration in 1782, showing characters and narrative details.

Frederick Christian Lewis produced aquatinta and etching landscapes inspired by Claude Lorrain between 1837 and 1840, showing natural scenery, classical structures, and Lorrains atmospheric style.

Etchings by Wenzel Hollar depicting portrait cartridges of Georgius from Ettenhard and Pieter van Avont, showing detailed facial features and attire from mid-17th century Europe.

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