Classical Religious Scenes

Detailed engravings illustrating biblical encounters and narratives, showcasing dramatic poses and expressions against classic architectural backdrops.

Schut, Cornelis (I), The Seven Liberal Arts, Dialectica, verso lower left - stamped, An old man and Logic, surrounded by books, are talking to each other. At their feet sits a writing man. A putto holds up a book. In the room are also a statue of Aristotle and a parrot in a ring., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 252 mm, width 325 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etsen, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception

Visitatics, Jacob Matham, after Francesco Salviati, 1595 - 1596 print Elisabet and Maria meet in a street of a city with classisist buildings and many figures. Italy paper engraving Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56)

Schonaeus, Cornelius, Salviati, Francesco, Italy, Matham, Jacob, Visitation, recto lower right - handwritten, Elisabet and Maria meet each other, in a street of a city with classicist buildings and many figures., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso lower left - stamped, Apud Halos prius in aze expressum, height 430 mm, width 668 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1595 - 1596, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1510 - 1563-11-11, after, after painting by, 1541 - 1611-11-23, writer

The sacrifice of Iphigeneia. Gérard Audran (France, Lyons, 1640-1703). France, 1671. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Martha leading Mary Magdalene up a flight of stairs to Christ who is seated at right at the entrance to a temple. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century; After Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (30.1 × 42.6 cm)Plate: 9 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (23.2 × 35.3 cm). Publisher: Antonio Salamanca (Salamanca 1478-1562 Rome); Nicolaus van Aelst (Flemish, Brussels 1526-1613 Rome). Date: ca. 1530-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century. After Marcantonio Raimondi.

Anonymous ink and feather drawing depicts Joseph telling his brothers his dream, showing figures, gestures, and narrative elements, executed with washes.

Depicts the story of Ananias, created as a clair-obscur woodcut in four plates by Ugo da Carpi in 1518.

Jason and Medea at the altar of Diana; Metamorphoses. .

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus and St. John, titled Ecce Panomphaeum, showing figures in devotional composition with detailed anatomy, gestures, and drapery, circa 1589.

Allegorical representation with hermit, sphinx and saters, anonymous, after Jan Goeree, 1764 print A hermit is writing in a book on an elevation with a Pythagoras portrait medallion and listens to the personification of the rumor that points him to part of the zodiac in the air. In front of the hermit is a sphinx on a pedestal on which truth is depicted. On the right point a satap on the scene behind him; A putto drills a hole through the globe that is unveiled by an old satie. On the left in the background are two (possibly antique) images. On the right in the background a donkey and an owl on a pedestal. paper engraving / etching anchorite, hermit. sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa). satyr(s) (in general)

Schut, Cornelis (I), The Seven Liberal Arts, Dialectica, verso lower left - stamped, An old man and Logic, surrounded by books, are talking to each other. At their feet sits a writing man. A putto holds up a book. In the room are also a statue of Aristotle and a parrot in a ring., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 252 mm, width 325 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etsen, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception

Saint Peter and Saint John Healing the Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (called Parmigianino) (Italy, Parma, 1503-1540)Raphael Sanzio (Italy, 1483-1520). Italy, circa 1527-1530. Prints; etchings. Etching

Allegorial Composition with the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Richelieu and Charity 17th century Grégoire Huret French. Allegorial Composition with the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Richelieu and Charity 645766

Watercolor showing the armaments of David inside Saul's tent, with gray washes, white highlights on brown paper, executed longitudinally, by Sebastiano Ricci.

A massacre at the gate of a temple. On the left a woman in discussion with women who have children. On the right put in two young men on other young men. Illustration for the Sotto Gratitudine chapter from the book Documenti d'Amore.

Eleonora van Engeland dances with unblotted breasts at a party, Jacob Folkema, After Ottmar Elliger, 1722 print Reinoud van Gelre was married to Eleonora, the sister of King Edward III of England. They had no good marriage and Reinoud spread the rumor that Eleonora was a leprosy. Eleonora appeared at a party by Reinoud on the Barbarossa castle and bare her breasts in the presence of all guests. With this she managed to lied to her husband's words. The show shows the dancing Eleonora in a departure that is filled with male guests. paper etching woman dancing alone

Psyche Bringing Venus a Goblet of Water from the Fountain of Youth, Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781-1853; active Paris, France 1802-1851, Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752-1827, Block printed on handmade paper, One scene from the twelve which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche. This scene, containing three panels, shows a kneeling Psyche offering a goblet to a seated Venus. Cupid, leaning on his bow, stands on a pedestal in the background. The figures are within an Empire-style interior, with marble-tiled walls, columns, fountains, coffered ceiling and parquet floor. The entire scene is printed in grisaille, or shades of gray., Paris, France, ca. 1820, Wallcoverings, Scenic, Scenic

Mithridate ": Illustration for Jean Racine's" works "(1639-1699)-Volume 3 page 268. Hubert Gravelot print (1699-1773), before 1768. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 33891-10 Greek antiquity, French dramatic author, print, warrior, illustration, work, tragedy, ancient, scene

Sebastiano Conca drawing of Alexander performing a sacrifice in the Temple of Jerusalem, executed in pen with gray wash and white highlights, squared layout, circa 1735.

Frisian with the punishment of Niobe (plate 3), Jan Saenredam, After Polidoro da Caravaggio, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1594 print The goddess Latona complains to her two children, Apollo and Diana who then avenge her honor by killing the fourteen children of Niobe with arrows. The print has a Latin caption. LINKE ROLCT OF A PLENT WITH A Frisian from eight plates paper engraving Latona entreats her children Apollo and Diana to punish Niobe

Rome, Rubeis, Jacobus de, Florence, Cortona, Pietro da, Clouwet, Albertus, Cleopatra and Augustus, verso lower left - stamped, The print depicts a fresco in the Pallazo Pitti: the meeting between Cleopatra and Augustus, after the Battle of Actium and the death of Antonius. Cleopatra kneels at Augustus' feet and with her arms outstretched she begs him to spare her. Augustus remains staring at the ground impassively, following the historical description of this event by the Roman historian Dio. The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 226 mm, width 390 mm, 1636-06-22 - 1679-08-20, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1679, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1596 - 1669-05-16, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Italy, Testa, Pietro, Achilles immersed in the waters of the Styx, verso - stamped, In the foreground Thetis holds the young Achilles over a vase. Achilles was immersed in water from the river Styx to make him immortal. On the left the naked Thetis with river goddesses. In the background Thetis hands Achilles over to the centaur Chiron., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 270 mm, width 416 mm, Italian, 1612 - 1650, print maker, prentmaker, 1648 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Allegorical representation with a personification of medicine and the four elements, Jean Audran, After Antoine Dieu, 1677 - 1756 print France paper etching the four elements, and ether, the fifth element. sea

Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael ink drawing depicting the Indian envoys from the Belgica episode in 1612, showing figures, gestures, and setting.

The Sacrifice of Noah 1765 Francesco Bartolozzi Italian. The Sacrifice of Noah 377219

Raising of Lazarus (recto); Travelers with Cart Outside Inn (verso) 1700-1799 Germany. Pen and black ink, and red chalk, with brush and gray wash (recto), and brush and black ink and black wash (verso), on cream wove paper . Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Farewell to Hector; The Trojan War. Hector is surrounded by figures that say goodbye to him on the eve of his departure. His wife Andromache has been kneeling in the foreground. On the right is Hector's son with king priam and his wife Hecuba, left some other figures. Extremely left are Andromache and the son shown for a second time, mourning the death of Hector. Under the show is a line of text in Latin, numbered at the right: 4. The print is part of a series of prints about the Trojan War.

Tobit buries the dead, Paul van Somer (II), After Sébastien Bourdon, 1680 - 1694 print Tobit buries the killed Jews in exile in Assyria. Paris paper etching / engraving Tobit buries a dead man at night

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Premio della Virtu. Engraving.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Paris, Pool, Matthijs, Allegorical representation with History, Father Time and Minerva, verso lower left - stamped, History writes the history of Rome. She looks up at Father Time who holds a burning torch in his hand and points her to a group of philosophers. In the foreground Minerva who orders men to dig up coins. In the background various monuments from Rome., print, title page, prints, height 330 mm, width 217 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1676 - 1740-03-25, print maker, printmaker, 1696 - 1727, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by

Banquet of Alexander 1540-50 Domenico del Barbiere Italian. Banquet of Alexander 411225

Brush and deck white on yellow tinted paper depicting Achilles disguised as a woman, recognized by Ulysses; shows figures, drapery, and background elements; traces of vertical fold and minor edge damage.

Project for the medal of the Federative Pact that the Federes had to bear at the button of their clothes on July 14, 1790 Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Project for the Federative Pact Medal that the Federates had to bring to the buttonhole of their clothes on July 14, 1790. Graphic Arts Cabinet Document. Lead Mine on Bistre. 1790.

Dichters en Muzen op of the Frog; By eliciting from the summit of Parnassus, Pegasus fountain, honored, and he has given to him by the secrets sacred to the Muses; Friezen Go Polidoro da Caravaggio (kopieën) .poeta and museum on the Law. Pegasus in the background. Under the show the title.

Soldiers Carrying a Model of a City. Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, 1529 - 1566)

Historia de España. El año del hambre de Madrid, reproducción de un cuadro del pintor José Aparicio Inglada, alegoría histórica sobre la dramática situación de hambre que hubo de soportar la villa de Madrid durante la ocupación napoleónica en los años 1811 y 1912. Grabado de 1880.

Children's murder in Bethlehem, Arnold Houbraken, 1699 print In the courtyard of Herod's' Palace, soldiers kill little boys for fear of a future 'King of Jews'. Desperate mothers kneeling begging and attacking soldiers, at the top right: fol. 4: 2 part. Print used in a book by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints by Arnold Houbraken. publisher: Dordrechtpublisher: Rotterdam paper etching the massacre of the innocents

Antique philosopher () Sealed by a numerous company for a palace, 1725 drawing Antique philosopher () Sealed by a numerous company for a palace (the children at Christ). paper. chalk

Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles 1793-97 Gaetano Gandolfi Italian. Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles 338818

Mythologisch-historische scene, Jean Matthias Royer, after Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1765 - 1799 print paper etching Classical Mythology and Ancient History

A 1780 copper engraving and etching by Benedetto Eredi depicting Brutus swearing vengeance on the Tarquins after Lucretia's suicide, from Roman history.

A black pen and brush drawing by Jean Michel Moreau depicting Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus refusing spoils from the enemy, with black wash.

Venice, Veronese, Paolo, Italy, Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, Queen Vashti is exiled, recto lower left - handwritten in brown ink, Queen Vashti, the wife of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), is expelled. In the foreground lie a man and a dog., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, 772, height 333 mm, width 297 mm, Italian, 1634 - 1718-02-08, print maker, printmaker, 1669 - 1669, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1528 - 1588-04-19

Italy, Romano, Giulio, Mantuana, Diana, Generosity of Scipio, verso - stamped, Scipio the Elder returns a captured virgin to her betrothed who kneels before him. Latin text in a cartouche at lower left., print, prints, height 209 mm, width 256 mm, Italian, 1547 - 1612, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1612, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1499 - 1546-01-11, after a painting by

The Death of Socrates ca. 1782 Jacques Louis David French This sheet is an early exploration of the subject that Jacques Louis David would later treat in his 1787 painting, The Death of Socrates 31.45, which entered the Mets collection in 1931. It is essentially a tracing or re-drawing of a looser sketch in a private collection (Rosenberg-Prat, 2002, I, no.52, pp.71-72) which bears a date of 1782. The composition of these two early treatments features the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in his prison cell, surrounded by disciples. Sentenced to death by the Athenian courts for his unorthodox beliefs, he prepares to drink from a cup of hemlock. His gesture heavenward indicates that he has paused to expound upon his theory of the immortality of the human soul.David would return to the theme in 1786 when Charles-Louis Trudaine de Montigny, a wealthy conseiller in the Paris parliament, commissioned from him a painting on the subject. At that point, he made a quickly executed composition

Antwerp, Galle, Theodoor, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Netherlands, Story of David and Saul, Saul receives David at the court, verso bottom center - stamped, David stands before Saul, after he had been summoned by the king because of his good reputation as a harpist. Next to David a donkey with gifts for Saul. In the margin a one-line caption in Latin from 1 Sam. (incorrectly indicated as 1 Kings on the print)., print, prints, height 204 mm, width 247 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1555 - 1633, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher, uitgever, 1571 - 1633

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax 1766 Benjamin West American Inspired by book 6 of the Iliad, West shows the Trojan prince Hector armed to fight the besieging Greeks. His wife Andromache clings to her husband's arm and their infant son shrinks from his father's helmet. Rigorously drawn, and boldly shaded in wash and watercolor, the drawing relates to a painting, now lost, exhibited in 1767. The emotionally charged, antique subject responds to the neoclassical taste that captivated artists and aesthetes in Rome, Paris and London at this period. West--a Pennsylvania Quaker who had moved to London--rose to prominence by mastering the new style.. Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax 340717

Offer Aan Pan, Louis Simon Lempereur, After Michel de la Pierre, c. 1755 - C. 1759 print Paris paper etching / engraving Offering; "Offerta overo offering" (bank). Pan-herm

A drawing by an anonymous artist depicting King Solomon being tempted by women, executed in feather and ink wash.

Allegory with a woman at a loom, verso - stamped, A woman sits at a loom. Behind her stands Mercury, the god of trade. In the foreground a woman with wings in her hair who points to the woven fabric that Father Time holds in his hands. Possibly a trade label for a woven fabrics company., print, trade label, prints, height 139 mm, width 106 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1750, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Jacob Allowing Benjamin to Go to Egypt with His Brothers. Dated: 1722. Dimensions: sheet: 20.5 x 17 cm (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink and gray ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sir James Thornhill.

Titus and Tiberius, the sons of the Roman consul Lucius Junius Brutus, were involved in a conspiracy to restore the monarchy to power. But their plans were foiled and they were imprisoned. They are sentenced to death by their father, Lucius Junius Brutus pronounces the sentence against his sons, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1793, paper, etching, h 209 mm × w 127 mm

Maroy, seraphin of.

Holy Family with Putti. Dated: 1640. Dimensions: plate: 29 x 40.7 cm (11 7/16 x 16 in.) sheet: 29.8 x 40.9 cm (11 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Laurent de La Hyre.

Bathseba Knelt for David, Jan Luyken, 1704 print Amsterdam paper etching Bathsheba comes to David's palace

Martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Engraving by G.J. Caraglio after F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Triumph of Bacchus, Godfried Maes, 1659 - 1700 drawing paper. ink pen / brush Triumph of Bacchus; 'Carro di Bacco' (Ripa)

Christ on a balcony surrounded by guards, Pilate stands to the right gesturing toward him; from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting by Mattia Preti Pietro Monaco Italian After Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) Italian Publisher Pietro Monaco Italian ca. 1730-39 From the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after paintings by various artists. View more. Christ on a balcony surrounded by guards, Pilate stands to the right gesturing toward him; from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting by Mattia Preti. Pietro Monaco (Italian, Belluno 1707-1772 Venice). ca. 1730-39. Etching and engraving. Pietro Monaco (Italian, Belluno 1707-1772 Venice). Prints

Michel Corneille the old (1603-1664). Saint Paul and Saint Barnabé in Lystre. Scene of religious history. Oil on canvas. 1639-1649. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76086-6 Apotre, Catholic, Christian, biblical scene, scene religious history, saint, oil on canvas

Theseus mourns the body of Hippolytos, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1771 print Theseus and two women mourn the dead body of Hippolytos. In the foreground part of the fallen car with which Hippolytos crashed. In the background the bull and the restless horses. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (story of) Theseus. (story of) Hippolytus

. The Odysseus disguised as a beggar gets a piece of meat as a candy alms.

Aachen, Hans von, Munich, Sadeler, Aegidius, Minerva accompanies Painting to its place among the sciences, verso lower left - stamped, Minerva takes Painting (Pictura) by the hand and shows it to its place among the seven liberal arts. A putto flies above the seven liberal arts with palm branch and laurel wreath., print, engraving, prints, height 464 mm, width 385 mm, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1594 - 1597, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), German, 1552 - 1616-01-06

Apostle and four angels; Dome decorations by Correggio in the S. Giovanni Evangelista in Parma. An apostle for and four naked figures (possible angels) on a wall.

Satyr with Club and Seven Figures, from "Bacchanals and Histories" 1744 Francesco Fontebasso Italian. Satyr with Club and Seven Figures, from "Bacchanals and Histories" 412489

Rome emperor on a throne, vestal virgin Tuccia holding a sieve approaching from the left 1531-1576 Giulio Bonasone. Rome emperor on a throne, vestal virgin Tuccia holding a sieve approaching from the left 393198

Musica; The seven liberal arts. With a fountain, three women music on string instruments. Musica is behind them. Two men look from a balustrade. Instruments and a book with sheet music are on the ground.

Picart, Bernard, Geometry (Geometria), verso lower right - stamped, The female personification of geometry, one of the seven liberal arts, in her hands a spear and a shield on which geometric figures. She leans against a table on which is a globe and is surrounded by putti who study figures., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 77 mm, width 128 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, first quarter 18th century, eerste kwart 18e eeuw, second quarter 18th century, tweede kwart 18e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Visscher, Lambert, Allegory of Virtue, verso - stamped, Minerva and Father Time point to the mountain of Virtue in the background. Hercules shows the way. In the foreground on the right, two women study a globe., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 346 mm, width 444 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1633 - 1690, print maker, prentmaker, 1643 - 1690, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Young man between truth and deception, Pieter van Schuppen, After Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, 1677 print A young man in Roman clothing runs between Veritas and a man who holds up a mask and has a dagger in his hand. Under his arm he carries a book with the inscription 'Seneca'. In the margin a rule of text in Latin. Paris paper engraving Truth; "True" (Ripa) (+ Clothed). Cheat, deceit; "Fraud '' Ingann '(Ripa)

Rome, Rossi, Domenico de', unknown, Italy, Raffaelli, Francesco, Bernardus and Pope Innocent II, verso - stamped, Saint Bernard stands in front of the enthroned Pope Innocent II. In the foreground two men kneel with a tiara and keys., print, prints, height 549 mm, width 395 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1706 - 1706, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, Italian, 1647 - 1729, publisher

Brown brush drawing by Gerard de Lairesse showing the discovery of the boy Moses, executed with laved technique, focusing on figures and narrative composition.

Drawing by Jean Bardin depicting Bacchants adorning a statue of Pan, executed in black ink and gouache on blue paper.

'Death of Virginie'. France, Between 1756 and 1758. Dimensions: 27,7x53 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Gabriel François Doyen.

Coriolanus surrounded by begging women, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Nicolas Poussin, 1720 print Coriolanus pulls his sword and is surrounded by his kneeling mother, wife and other women who beg him not to attack Rome. In the margin a two -way caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Coriolanus (C. or Cn. Marcius) is met by his wife Volumnia (alternatively called Vergilia) with their two small sons, and his mother Veturia (alternatively called Volumnia); they entreat him not to fight any more

Van Diepenbeeck's black chalk and red drawing depicts Ulysses being honored by loyal maids while Eurykleia Penelope reports his return, emphasizing figures, gesture, and compositional detail with minor brown spots and vertical lines.

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Testa, Pietro, Sinorix being carried away after his poisoning, verso - stamped, The tetrarch Sinorix has been poisoned by Camma, a woman whose husband he had murdered. Sinorix is being carried to his chariot which is waiting on the right. On the left a round temple of Diana. Scene from Plutarch's 'De Mulierum Virtutibus'., print, prent, prints, enten, height 290 mm, width 414 mm, Italian, 1612 - 1650, print maker, prentmaker, 1640 - 1640, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plaattoon, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1627 - 1691, publisher

The Chapel of the Enfants-Trouvés in Paris: La Suite des rois mages: cavaliers. Artist: Etienne Fessard (French, Paris 1714-1777 Paris); After Charles Joseph Natoire (French, Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 20 5/8 × 11 5/16 in. (52.4 × 28.8 cm). Date: 1756.From a series of fifteen plates engraved by Fessard after the paintings by Natoire in the Chapel of the Enfants-Trouvés, Paris. The chapel was built in 1746-50 based on designs by Germain Boffrand, but destroyed in the 19th century. The main altar depicted The Adoration of the Magi and subsidiary scenes included the children and nuns of the orphanage as onlookers. Natoire's scenes were set into trompe l'oeil surrounds painted by Paolo Antonio and Gaetano Brunetti, giving the illusion that the viewer was standing in a ruined building. Fessard's suite of prints includes a perspective view of the interior based on a drawing by Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pilatus washes his hands in innocence, Jan Luyken, 1703 print Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper etching Pilate washing his hands (in innocence)

The Rich Man andLazarus. Artist: Johann Sadeler I, Flemish, 1550-1600 After: Jacopo Bassano, Italian, ca. 1510-1592

Massacre of the Innocents; group of women and children being attacked, two angels at upper left, after Reni. Artist: After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna); Engraved by Gian Battista Bolognini (Italian, Bologna 1611-1688 Bologna). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 18 3/16 × 10 3/8 in. (46.2 × 26.3 cm). Date: ca. 1640-70.After a painting by Reni which at the time was in the church of San Domenico in Bologna. Verso is not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

François Verdier, Alexander and the Family of Darius in a Landscape, 1690, black chalk and gray wash heightened with white on blue-gray paper, glued onto old mat, white laid paper.

Della Bella, Stefano, work, Tyrant Phalaris orders a man to be locked in a copper bull, 1660, copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 25.6 cm, leaf height 27.1 cm, image width 25.4 cm, image height 26.7 cm

Allegory on virtue. Minerva and father time pointing to the mountain of virtue in the background. Hercules points the way. On the right in the foreground two women study a globe and a card.

A harem with dancers Almehs and flute playing women On the left, a smoking man wearing a turban Top right: PlX, Harem Almehs tot vermaak in den Harem , print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Daniël Vrijdag, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Dominique Vivant Denon (baron), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1803 - 1805, paper, etching, h 209 mm × w 263 mm

Manna collection, draughtsman: Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1647, paper, pen, brush, h 198 mm × w 250 mm

Simson and Delila; About the power of women. Simson is on the shot of Delila in sleeping cases. Several armed Philistines around the couple. One of the Philistines clips the hair from Simson.

Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote. Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine; French, 1745-1830. Date: 1779-1801. Dimensions: 393 × 257 mm. Pen and brown ink, black chalk, and brush and gray wash, on gray laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Folkema, Jacob, Coriolanus surrounded by pleading women, verso - stamped, Coriolanus draws his sword and is surrounded by his kneeling mother, wife and other women who beg him not to attack Rome., print, book illustration, prints, height 149 mm, width 191 mm, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, print maker, printmaker, 1720 - 1720, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Meeting of David and Abigaïl. When a fierce farmer refuses to help David and his men, they threaten to punish him. Abigair, the farmer's wife, kneels for David and offers him and his soldiers eat and drink. She agreed that David was satisfied.

Marriage of Jason and Creüsa, master of the Dice, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print In the middle is the Corinthian King's daughter Creüsa and next to her is the partially naked Jason. On the left Medea with a child over the shoulder. Latin text in the lower margin. Italy paper engraving marriage of Jason and Creusa (Glauce); possibly with Medea watching the scene

Threats for the Netherlands, Anonymous, After Joachim Wtewael, 1600 - 1699 drawing Allegorical representation of the Netherlands threatened by the Roman Catholic Church and by the Geuzen or the Spanish army. prepared paper. paint (coating). ink pen / brush Low Countries

Eendracht unites the seven provinces in the States General, 1651, Bernard Picart, 1718 print The first major meeting of the States General, held in the Ridderzaal from 18 to 21 January 1651. Eendracht unites the seven provinces. They reach each other's hand and form a circle. The performance is flanked by two medallions on which two political events are depicted. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Agreement, Unity; 'Concord', 'Concordis',' harmony '' Concordia di Pace ', Union Civil' (Ripa). Alliance, League, Union, league

The Triumph of Job. Dated: 1559. Dimensions: overall: 18.2 x 26.3 cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with traces of chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MARTIN VAN HEEMSKERCK.

. Two men and two women bring a sacrifice to Apollo. In the temple they kneel for his statue. A burning sacrifice column for them.

Samuel Anointing the Young David (). Artist: Jan Erasmus Quellinus (Flemish, Antwerp 1634-1715 Mechelen). Dimensions: 11 1/16 x 22 1/2 in. (28.1 x 57.1 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lucius Aemilius Paullus lets in Amphipolis parties. Design for a painting.

The Calumny of Apelles 1560 Giorgio Ghisi Italian This proof demonstrates Ghisis working method as he translated a complex drawing of a classical scene by the artist Luca Penni on to the engraving plate. Much of the composition has been engraved, but several areas are drawn in pen and a grid remains over the lower right quadrant. Twelve of Ghisis proof impressions have survived, and this sheet belonged to the English artist Sir Peter Lely in the seventeenth century.. The Calumny of Apelles 367541

History by Polybius. Volume II. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. Chapter fifteen. Origin of the war of foreigners against the Carthaginians. Engraving heading this chapter.

Strijder in panic in a fight in amphitheater, Jacques Callot, 1621 print In the center of the foreground, a man with a sword runs by his side, his arms in a panicky gesture. In the background battles between armed men in a ruinous amphitheater. This print is part of a series of 48 prints (50 incl. Title page and dicing sheet) with various topics (including men and women in different postures, landscapes, buildings and festivities in Florence). These prints may have been intended as drawing examples. Nancy paper etching hand-to-hand fighting (~ battle). fight of gladiators. ruin of a building ~ architecture. ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Folkema, Jacob, Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae, verso - stamped, Aeneas, accompanied by his friend Achates, visits the Sibyl of Cumae to ask her to see his father's face once more. In the background, seven bulls and sheep are sacrificed by order of the Sibyl so that she could begin her predictions. On the same plate, to the left below this representation, there is a decorated initial S with the image of Aeneas pulling a branch from a tree. The Sibyl of Cumae instructed Aeneas to find a golden branch if he wanted to descend into the underworld. Thanks to two doves Aeneas found this branch., print, book illustration, prints, height 187 mm, width 203 mm, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, print maker, printmaker, 1703 - 1767, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1693 - 1775-09-16, intermediary draughtsman

The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter. Artist: Jan Boeckhorst (Flemish, Münster or Rees ca. 1604-1668 Antwerp). Dimensions: 10-1/16 x 7-3/8 in. (25.6 x 18.7 cm). Date: ca. 1660. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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