Dramatic Narratives

Prints illustrating classical tales, featuring dramatic moments of suspense and intrigue in historical and mythological contexts.

Ma chère, je l'aime!... - Vous le lui avez avoué - ...V'oui... - Imprudente! ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

. Psyche spends the god amor in his sleep. She has an oil lamp and a dagger in her hands. Psyche is scared by the beauty of Amor and messes a drop of oil from her lamp. Under the show the weapon of the Baron of Ravittza.

Looking everywhere for their king, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 4, 1867. Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). Dimensions: Image: 10 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (25.7 × 20.9 cm)Sheet: 12 5/16 × 11 5/8 in. (31.2 × 29.6 cm). Printer: Destouches (Paris). Publisher: Arnaud de Vresse. Series/Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités). Date: October 4, 1867. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Iachimo Steals from the Trunk - Act II, Scene II,Cymbeline. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Illustrations for 'Gil Blas', plate II, Print made by Charles Grignion, 1717-1810, British, after Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, undated, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Edward V and the Duke of York murdered in the Tower of London, 1483. Ruffians Slater, Dighton and Forest bring bolster and pillows to smother Princes Edward and Richard, sons of King Edward IV. Smothering the young princes in the tower. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

Retour du bal ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

A man and woman enjoy erotic foreplay in a bedroom, 18th century. Copperplate engraving heliogravure by Francois Rolland Elluinafter Antoine Borel from Jean-Charles Gervaise de Latouches Memoiren des Saturnin, von ihm selbst Niedergeschreiben, Privatdruck, Liepzig, 1911. Also known as Le Portier des Chartreux, it was one of several erotic novels written by Latouche, 1715-1782, a lawyer at the Paris Parliament.

Latest words of Mirabeau / Revol. from Paris / Nº91. Page 641.

Ma chère, je l'aime!... - Vous le lui avez avoué - ...V'oui... - Imprudente! ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Auguste Claude Simon Legrand after Jean Honoré Fragonard, Ma chemise brule, 1789 Ma chemise brule

attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742-1821, British, Othello and Desdemona, 'Othello', Act V, Scene II, ca. 1805. Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Lucretia en Sextus Tarquin, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818 print Lucretia is on her bed. She is surprised by Sextus Tarquinius who enters her room with a dagger in his hand. He threatens to kill her if she doesn't give him to him. Rome paper etching the rape of Lucretia: Sextus Tarquin threatens her with a dagger or a sword

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634 print paper etching / counterproof / counterproof Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

Pontius, Paul, inventor: Anton van Dyck, work, Joh. von Katzenellenbogen, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 24 .5 cm x 17.8 cm

L'Europe peut dormir tranquille... , Kings, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

No. 39 - Vla quelles ont des mots!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Minerva takes the doubts of Penelope Weg, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1632 - 1633 print Minerva appears to Penelope and convinces her that it is really Odysseus, who is in bed next to her. Paris paper etching / engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Ulysses and Penelope exchange their news in bed (+ variant)

John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, "William and Margaret", 1802. Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, cream, wove paper.

Crib, Dominique Vivant Denon (Baron) (Attributed to), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1807 - 1808 The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching

Les chevaliers de la belle-étoile. - Suzanne ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Chodowiecki, Netherlands, Brasser, Leendert, Woman lies dead on bed and two men walk away, verso bottom center - stamped, A woman with a bare chest lies on a bed, there is a stab wound in her chest. Two men with weapons walk away., print, book illustration, prints, height 149 mm, width 95 mm, 1727-11-19 - 1793-06-14, print maker, printmaker, 1727 - 1793, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Jozef and the wife of Potifar, Giovanni Lanfranco, After Rafaël, 1607 print Joseph in a sleeping room, runs away from Potifar's wife. She grabs his cloak. paper etching Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

Gentils Hommes Bourgeois. Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). Lithograph;

Print, David in Prayer, 1652; Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669); Netherlands; etching on paper; 14.5 × 9.7 cm (5 11/16 × 3 13/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-148

Psyche with the lamp, Plate 32. Apuleius. Illustrations. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Psyche (Greek deity)

Copper engraving and etching by Gabriel Marchand depicting a boudoir interior, created in the 18th century, showing domestic space and decorative detail.

Henry M. Hudson, active 1782-1800, British, Mrs. Curtis. Mezzotint.

Plate 20 from 'Los Caprichos': There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados.) 1799 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. Plate 20 from 'Los Caprichos': There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados.). Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux). 1799. Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint. Prints

La pièce aux six sujets , Dead persons, Physicians, Willows, Dissections, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Wife and children mourning around sick husband, Dugelay, Pierre Prud'hon, after Constance Mayer, 1839 print paper etching family, relationship, descent. patient, sick person

Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf Series of illustrations from Mother Goose (series title), Little Red Riding Hood stands for the bed in which the bad wolf is dressed as her grandmother. Through the open door view of two wood-chopping figures. This print was made with the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf from 'Tales of Mother Goose - Contes du tems passé de ma mere loye' by Charles Perrault, bed, tales and fairy tales: Little Red Riding Hood, Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1754 - 1784, paper, etching, h 157 mm × w 95 mm

Bildnis des Camillus de Lellis

Dame Jacinthe. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1900. Dimensions: 240 × 180 mm (image); 351 × 276 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Title Page: Collection of several drawings engraved after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) engraved on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778); after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Italian, 1591-1666). Date: 1764. Dimensions: 482 x 355 mm (plate); 573 x 414 mm (sheet). Etching in red and black ink on ivory laid paper with gilt edges. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Joseph and Potiphar's wife; Paintings in the Loggia of Rafaël. Joseph in a dormitory, walk away from the woman of Potiphar. She grabs his cloak.

Le savetier. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Dambrun after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Stefano Rotondo1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, fresco painting, sculpture, architectural fragments, sculptural fragments. Post-medieval: Sculpture, fresco painting, painting, architectural sculpture Antiquities: Sculpture Object Notes: Called the "second Pantheon of Rome", this church dates from the 5th century A.D. Alberti worked on the restoration in the 15th century. These photographs date from March, 1984. 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.

Carracci, Annibale, Montecchi, Mattia, Caldesi, Leonida, The Three Marys, by A. Carracci, Photographic reproduction of The Three Marys by Annibale Carracci, recto - handwritten, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, No. 100, ANCIENT., recto - printed, In the Collection of The Earl of Carlisle., London, Published Decr, 1857, by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14, Pall Mall East & T. Agneur & Sons, Manchester., For the Proprietors., 3, height 248 mm, width 297 mm, Italian, British, 1823 - 1891, photographer, 1853 - 1858, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15

LEpouse Indiscrete. Artist: Nicolas Delaunay, French, 1739-1792 After: Pierre Antoine Baudouin, French, 1723-1769

Girl on Deathbed, Carl Bloch, 1881 print In a departure with draperie, a girl lies on her death bed. On a balcony a kneeling woman for a standing man. (Christ) paper etching / drypoint deathbed. parents with their children

Copper engraving and etching by G. Texier between 1750 and 1799 titled 'It Was.'

Arias Fernandez, Antonio.

Virgin and Child. Artist: Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598-1688 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in. (25.7 x 38 cm)plate: 9 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (23.3 x 34.8 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ink (feder) and bister lavierte drawing by Joseph Heintz the Elder depicting Joseph and Potiphar's wife, circa 1585-1590.

Alphonse Legros, Philosopher (Le philosophe) Philosopher (Le philosophe)

Piloty Karl von (1826-1886), spring (1874): Reproductive graphics for the members of the association of art lovers in the Prussian state for 1874. Pressure on paper, 56.3 x 71.2 cm (including scan edges) Piloty Karl von (1826-1886): Frühläuten

Le Suicide 1846 Eugène Leroux The palette, pistol, and note lying on the floor indicate that an artist, overcome by adversity, has tragically taken his life. This lithograph reproduces a painting by Decamps of ca. 1836, now at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, whose subject may have been suggested by the 1835 suicides of fellow artists Léopold Robert and Baron Antoine-Jean Gros-the latter distressed by harsh criticism of his late paintings. The print is number 59 in the series "Les Artistes Contemporains.". Le Suicide. Les Artistes Contemporains, tome II, 1848-49. After Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, Paris 1803-1860 Fontainebleau). 1846. Lithograph on chine collé; proof. Prints

Achille Devéria (1800-1857) and Rose-Joseph Lemercier (1803-1887). Album with six naked women subjects: sleep. Lithography on China, 1829. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76130-13 Lying, album, sleeping, naked woman, lithography on China, female naked, nudite, six subjects, sleep, engraving, bed

Man at the young woman's deathbed, Ary Scheffer, in or before 1831 print A sad man is in the sick or death bed of a young woman. A woman looks from behind a curtain. Paris paper death of a young person

Paganini, Niccolò.

Huön and Almansis. De Ridder Huön finds Almansaris lying on a resting bed. To a scene from Oberon from Christoph Martin Wieland. Bottom left in the margin The twig of a thistle.

Allegory of War, Jean François Portaels, 1873 print paper. etching / drypoint horrors of war

Six Heures duMatin. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

A young woman lies on her deathbed. A man (possibly the artist Jacopo Tintoretto) kneels down at the foot of the bed, his head bent forward. On the left is a rosary and a holy water vessel hangs on the wall, Young woman on her deathbed La morte della figlia del Tintoretto, print maker: Eleuterio Pagliano, (mentioned on object), Eleuterio Pagliano, Italy, in or after 1861, paper, etching, h 374 mm × w 530 mm

Illustrative pen and brush drawings by Bernhard Rode depicting historical scenes from Schröckh's world history, showing Cato and other figures with brown ink.

Het Ledikant; The French bed.

Le Désespoir des Bouchers, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, November 21, 1857 November 21, 1857 Honoré Daumier French See 62.650.333 for another impression of this print on newsprint (page from Le Charivari). Le Désespoir des Bouchers, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, November 21, 1857. Actualités. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). November 21, 1857. Lithograph; third state of three (Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Prints

Scene from the comedy Krispijn Medicine, Cornelis Troost, 1706 - 1750, Scene from Krispijn Medicine by De La Croix, 2nd act, 6th stage: Doctor Mirobolan is about to dissect Krispijn, the suitor of his maid, on the dissecting table; however, Katrine, who enters as a ghost, manages to prevent this in time., draughtsman: Cornelis Troost, 1706 - 1750, paper, brush, h 389 mm × w 318 mm

Swart, Pieter de, Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, Representation of the SAR Corps drawn after Nature, on the lit of the Parade, Image of the Body of HRH drawn after Nature, on the State Bed, Corpse of Princess Anna of Hanover on the State Bed, verso - stamped, The body of Anna of Hanover, Princess of Orange-Nassau and widow of William IV, on the State Bed. Above the headboard the arms of the United Netherlands and England, crowned and flanked by the Dutch lion., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 183 mm, width 234 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1759 - 1761, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1709-12-27 - 1773-06-23, intermediary draughtsman

Etching by Edme Bouchardon depicting a male act, created in 1738, showing human figure and anatomy study.

Female nude in a classic interior, draughtsman: Christiaan Kramm, (mentioned on object), 1807 - 1875, paper, pen, brush, h 321 mm × w 405 mm

Reading man on a sofa, Johann Friedrich Bolt, 1796 print A pipe -fitting man is reading on a sofa. Above him in mirror script the text: 's ... r mit grandezza hingeworfen u. d. Abällino Lessend, Den 7ten Sbr. 1796 '. paper etching reading. pipe ~ tobacco

Un cauchemar ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Jane Shore sterft in de armen van Matthew Shore, Charles-Abraham Chasselat, in or after 1820 - in or before 1833 print Paris paper historical persons. dying

L'Agonie. - Page 158 , Alexandre Benois Collection

Study of a stooped man, print maker: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser I, Edelinck, 1823 - 1900

A son holds the hand of his dying father, who is lying in bed, Son at his father's deathbed The Dying Father , print maker: Noach van der Meer (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Allart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1777, paper, etching, h 243 mm × w 156 mm

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Christmas-Eugène Sotain (1816-1874), engraver. "The Darrenier Sospir." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101779-9 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Dark interior with writing man, Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1781 print paper etching writing and letters

Woman picks up a bed, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching bed. dog

A Gift for the Master, plate 47 from Los Caprichos. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Spanish, 1746-1828. Date: 1797-1799. Dimensions: 186 x 130 mm (image); 216 x 149 mm (plate); 301 x 207 mm (sheet). Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Time in the harem. Egypt, engraving 1879

David, on his deathbed, gives his latest admonitions to Solomon, Caspar Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching David's instructions to Solomon

The Death of St. Joseph. Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625-1713 Rome); Robert van Audenaerde (Flemish, Ghent 1663-1743 Ghent). Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (23.5 x 21 cm). Publisher: Arnold van Westerhout (Flemish, Antwerp 1651-1725 Rome). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le demobilise. Dated: c. 1914/1919. Dimensions: overall: 31.8 x 47.7 cm (12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.). Medium: brush and black ink and black crayon on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Plate 47 from 'Los Caprichos':A gift for the master (Obsequio á el maestro). Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux). Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/8 × 5 13/16 in. (21.3 × 14.8 cm)Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29.4 × 20.9 cm). Series/Portfolio: Los Caprichos. Date: 1799. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Charles Le Vasseur depicting the death of Leonardo da Vinci in the presence of Franz I, created between 1750 and 1816, illustrating historical event and figures.

Persons on a balustrade with festans; Designs for wall paintings in Honsellaersdijk Castle ..

Boy with a swan and a dog at a fountain, Martin Ferdinand Quadal, 1793 print The artist has signed at least three times in the foreground with his name. paper etching dog. water-birds: swan. garden fountain. boy (child between toddler and youth)

Honoré Daumier, M'sieu, c'est une lettre de trois sous , 19th century M'sieu, c'est une lettre de trois sous ...

Title Page of Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi da Cento Ietto il Gerucino, 1764. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778). Etching;

Man is stretched out with gun next to him, Edme Jean Pigal, 1823 print Paris paper adult man (+ lying). firearms (with NAME)

Rodeurs. - Elle prendrait bien quelque chose ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

An evening at the Tuileries .... We are waiting for these gentlemen

Two young women chasing and sweeping bird figures with mens' heads out of a door, encouraged by two old men in religious habits. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

A Life 1884-98 Max Klinger German. A Life 360361

Bedroom interior with shocked man in a bed, Nicolas de Larmessin (III), After Nicolas Lancet, 1738 - 1755 print A woman mocked a man who was kicked in her list and thought he would spend one night with her. Scene from the "Le Garçon Puni" fabel by Jean de la Fontaine. publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving bedroom. Guile, Artfulness, Craftiness, Deceitfulness

Honoré Daumier, 7 heures du matin, 1839 7 heures du matin

Monsieur, - malgré que je sois sans expérience je n'ai - pas l'abitude de servir de Boufou je trouve - que le Rendez Vous dhypolite N'est pas - délicats Dans les Circonstance où je me - trouve avec Vous pour éviter tous les Can - cans Ne conté su (ces deux lettres biffées) plus sur moi. je vous - salue. - Egénie ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Drawing by Hubert Robert around 1793-1794 in pen, brush, brown wash, and watercolor, depicting a reclining figure identified as Marat in sleep.

The Oracle 1774 John Dixon. The Oracle. John Dixon (Irish (active England), ca. 1740-1811). 1774. Mezzotint. Prints

Sick Man is lonely in bed while two men walk past, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching sick-bed. 'en route', traveller under way

Young man, sitting on the ground with one leg extended, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1807 - 1808 The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving

Le puits et le pendule (1st plate) , Punishment & torture, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Pit and the pendulum, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Le 14 Juin, from Ces Bons Parisiens, published in Le Charivari, June 15, 1857 June 15, 1857 Honoré Daumier French. Le 14 Juin, from Ces Bons Parisiens, published in Le Charivari, June 15, 1857. Ces Bons Parisiens. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). June 15, 1857. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Prints

Portrait or Abraham Francen, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657 print Japanese paper (handmade paper) etching / drypoint

The Palace at Westminster: King Henry and the Prince of Wales (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 4). Artist: After Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752-1817 Middlesex). Dimensions: Plate: 22 5/8 × 16 1/16 in. (57.4 × 40.8 cm)Sheet: 27 13/16 × 21 5/8 in. (70.7 × 55 cm). Engraver: Robert Thew (British, Patrington 1758-1802 Stevenage). Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786-1804). Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: 1795. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sitting man with fur hat, Cornelis Saftleven, 1651 drawing paper. chalk sitting figure. sitting figure

Reading lady in Chaise Longue in an interior, Charles Albert Waltner, 1856 - 1925 print France paper. pencil etching / drypoint adult woman (+ sitting). reading. interior of the house

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