Gothic and Renaissance Figures

Engravings depicting women and religious figures in Gothic and Renaissance styles, showcasing detailed attire and symbolic elements.

Violant of Hungary (1215-1251). Queen consort of Aragon (1235-1251) and second wife of James I of Aragon. Portrait. Engraving by Capuz. Historia General de Espana by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852.

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer showing the first of the foolish virgins, highlighting Gothic style, detailed figures, and religious symbolism.

La Sposa Romana (Bride) ca. 1580 Attributed to Pietro Bertelli Italian See comment for 62.676.31.1. La Sposa Romana (Bride) 381939 Artist: Attributed to Pietro Bertelli, Italian, active Padua, ca. 15711621, La Sposa Romana (Bride), ca. 1580, Engraving, Sheet: 9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (23 x 16 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Estate of Randolph Gunter, 1962 (62.676.31.2)

Wisdom, Cornelis Massijs, c. 1543 - c. 1544 print The personification of virtue wisdom looks up to heaven, where God appears, for divine inspiration. She keeps the dining of the law in the hands and a book lies on a stone. In the background a landscape with a city. Antwerp paper engraving 'Sapientia', mother of the Seven Virtues

Violant of Hungary (1215-1251). Queen consort of Aragon (1235-1251) and second wife of James I of Aragon. Portrait. Engraving by Capuz. Historia General de Espana by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852.

Mulier Generosa Gallica. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

La Dame Coiffée d'un Grand Voile et a la Robe Bordée de Fourrures (The Lady with a Large Veil and with a Fur-Lined Robe), from La Noblesse (The Nobility) ca. 1623 Jacques Callot French. La Dame Coiffée d'un Grand Voile et a la Robe Bordée de Fourrures (The Lady with a Large Veil and with a Fur-Lined Robe), from La Noblesse (The Nobility). La Noblesse. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1623. Etching. Prints

Mulier Calabra, Vulgo, Foretana di Napoli. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Winter (registered title)

Melpomene, Roman muse of tragedy, holding a tragic mask and club. She wears a veil and narrow band with laurel wreath. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.

Young Woman with Hands Folded, Facing Right. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Israel Henriet after Jacques Callot.

Portrait of Henriette Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau In the lower margin her name and titles Top right '92', Portrait of Henriette Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Jan de Lat, (mentioned on object), Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Deventer, 1724 - 1751, paper, engraving, etching, h 258 mm × w 179 mm

Portrait of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut; Adelbertus Bauariae; Graves and gravingen from Holland and Zeeland; Principles Hollandiae et Zelandiae.Albrecht van Bavaria, Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut. Standing, Full. Hey is wearing a sword in His right hand. On His Left Shoulder The Coat of Arms of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut. The Print Serves as an illustration at a book about the history of the graves of holland.

Prudence. Jacob Matham (Holland, Haarlem, 1571-1631). Holland, 1593. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Merian, Matthäus (I), RUSTICA PARISII, Villageoise du Parisis, Peasant woman from Paris, verso - stamped, Peasant woman, simply dressed, stick in hand, basket on back, walking to the left. Part of edge of map with Paris in bird's eye view, from two plates. In the edge on the left and right costume pictures with the four ranks and estates. On the left costume pictures with men's costumes; on the right the women's costumes. Costume pictures freely after Mattheus Merian (German Hollst. 459). In RPK the costume pictures are available separately., costume print, prints, center bottom - engraved, A peasant woman from Paris, with a stick in her hand and a basket on her back., height 130 mm, width 48 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Swiss, 1593-09-22 - 1650-06-19, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer depicting the second of the foolish virgins, featuring Gothic details, expressive figures, and devotional iconography.

SANTA ISABEL DE PORTUGAL (1271-1336). Hija de Pedro III de Aragón y nieta de Jaime I el Conquistador. Fue reina de Portugal al contraer matrimonio con el monarca luso Dionisio. Siglos XIII-XIV. Grabado del siglo XIX.

Girl from the Island of Paros, from 'Les quatre premiers livres des navigations et pérégrinations orientales' by Nicolas de Nicolay 1568 Anonymous. Girl from the Island of Paros, from 'Les quatre premiers livres des navigations et pérégrinations orientales' by Nicolas de Nicolay 697375

Spring. Two years after producing his half-length Spring (adjacent), Hollar also published a full-length version. The large vase is missing this time. In the left background some visitors stroll around a formal garden with rectangular flowerbeds. In the caption Spring is addressed as the bearer of copious gifts.

Mulier Augustae Vindelicorum. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

The Fourth Wise Virgin, 1469-79. Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450-1491). Engraving;

Anna, Infantin of Spain.

Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, Plate 23. Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemia, Prague, 1607-1677). England, London, 1640. Prints; etchings. Etching on paper

Gilles Rousselet (French, 1610-1686) after Grégoire Huret (French, 1606 - 1670). Music, 17th century. From The Seven Liberal Arts (Artes Liberales). Engraving.

Portrait of Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holland, Zealand and Hainaut, standing to the left. Beside her a coat of arms. Top center: XXVIII, Portrait of Jacoba van Beieren, Countess of Holland, Zealand and Hainaut, print maker: Hendrik Spilman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Tako Hajo Jelgersma, (mentioned on object), after: anonymous, Haarlem, 1745, paper, etching, h 192 mm × w 135 mm

Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Picart, Bernard, Roger, Leonard, Statues from the Gardens of Versailles, Asia, verso lower left - stamped, Statue in the Gardens of Versailles. The female personification of Asia, crowned with a wreath of flowers, a censer in her hand. At her feet a turban. In the margin a caption in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 177 mm, width 101 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1709 - 1709, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), supervision, Frans, 1644 - 1694, after image of, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, verlener of privilege

La Dame a l'Eventail (The Lady with a Fan), from La Noblesse (The Nobility) ca. 1623 Jacques Callot French. La Dame a l'Eventail (The Lady with a Fan), from La Noblesse (The Nobility). La Noblesse. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1623. Etching. Prints

Hungarian Woman. Wenceslaus Hollar; Czech, 1607-1677. Date: 1649. Dimensions: 91 × 58 mm (sheet, trimmed just outside plate mark at left and within plate mark at top, right, and bottom). Etching on gray Asian paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Study of a Pleated Skirt; Hans Brosamer, German, about 1500 - about 1554, active Erfurt and Fulda, Germany 1520 - 1546; about 1530 - 1540; Pen and black ink; 19.7 x 14.9 cm (7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

St Barbara Made 1450-1491 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Hals, Dirck, Adriaen, Habitus et cultus Matronarum Nobilu et Rusticarum apud Batauos, Costumes and surroundings of Dutch noblewomen and peasant women, Elegant lady with feather fan, mb on banderole - engraved, Standing woman, dressed according to Dutch fashion ca. 1615-1620. She wears a costume with a vertically standing fan-shaped collar, hanging sleeves (decorative dummy sleeves) and a turned-up skirt. On her belt a purse and a bunch of keys. In her right hand a feather fan. On her feet shoes with rosettes. The title is mentioned on a banderole above her head., costume print, title print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, Iac. Matham excud., rb on banderol - engraved, D.Hals Inve., lb on banderol - engraved, Habitus et cultus Matronarum Nobiliu(m) et Rusticarum apud Batavos, height 197 mm, width 139 mm, 1599 - 1660-11-23, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1623, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Dutch, 1571-10-

Staande Vrouw ; Sclavonice woman ; The habit of almost all the nations of our time , has never until now this aediti. Staande vrouw. Onderdeel van kostuumboek titled , " almost all the people of our age habit never had this aedis' , Venice, 1569, 1569 Heruitgave shipped van de Eerste editie shipped 1563.

Woman from Vienne en Austriche going through the city, Anonymous, After Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662 Woman in traditional costume from Vienna. paper etching Vienna

Matigheid (temperance), Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 print Female figure that pours water from a can in a glass, standing in a niche, as a personification of moderation. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

A brown and gray lavated pen drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc from 1650-1664 depicting an Arab woman, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative floral strip.

Burgher's Wife of Bern Made 1644-1650 Bohemia. Etching on gray Asian paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

Beatrix of Burgundy.

Woman back view for figures of watteau modes Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Woman back to the figures of Watteau modes. Forte, 1710. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607 - 1677), Mulier Generosa Coloniensis, 1643, etching

Portrait of the concubine of the Saragossa governor by Sébastien Le Clerc, in brown feder with gray lavated, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip, dated 1650-1664.

The Fourth Wise Virgin, from the series The Wise and Foolish Virgins ca. 1435-1491 Martin Schongauer German. The Fourth Wise Virgin, from the series The Wise and Foolish Virgins. Martin Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1435/50-1491 Breisach). ca. 1435-1491. Engraving. Prints

Woman with towel on her arm behind her basket on the ground, Salomon Savery, 1630 - 1665.

Clio; The nine muses. A series of nine muses. Four rules Latin from Franco Estius in margin under print.

The sight; Five senses. A richly dressed lady with a hand mirror in hand looks over her shoulder to a mirror on the wall. Through a window there is a view of a row of trees. In a processed oval with edge decoration. Under the image the title of the print in Latin, French, English and Dutch. Leged numbered "1".

Girl from Zijpe, The Netherlands, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), Clement de Jonghe, 1620 - 1624.

Summer 17th century Jean Couvay French. Summer 645445

Preliminary study for the portrait of Johanna Jacoba van Oosten de Bruyn. Draughtsman: Jordanus Hoorn. Dating: 1763 - 1833. Measurements: h 463 mm × w 220 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Wenceslaus Hollar, The Four Seasons: Autumn, 1644, etching on paper.

Wenceslaus Hollar, Virgo Argentinensis Virgo Argentinensis

A copper engraving by Barthel Beham depicting Judith, illustrating figure, composition, and early 16th-century German engraving techniques.

Mulier Nobilis aut Generosa Anglica. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tirol.

Fashion and Elegance: French Fashions of the 1720s Seated lady with dog French figures (series title) Figures Françoises (series title), print maker: François Octavien, (mentioned on object), François Octavien, (mentioned on object), print maker: Quiryn Fonbonne, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1725, paper, etching, engraving, h 159 mm × w 106 mm

Portrait of Ada, Countess Van Holland, Anonymous, 1725 print Portrait of ADA in a rectangular frame. At the top right of her weapon. Her captive in the background. Her name in the lower margin. At the top right: I. part. Fol. 11. Entirely in a separate engraved, rectangular frame with a number of allegorical figures and objects, including a Medusahroof, flowers and fruits, musical instruments and her weapon. Leeuwarden paper engraving / etching

The first foolish Virgin, Martin Schongauer, c. 1470 - 1491 print One of the five foolish virgins from the Biblical parable, an oil lamp in turn in the hand, making a pointing gesture with the other hand. This print is part of a series of ten prints, five with wise virgins and five with foolish virgins. Germany paper engraving representation of foolish virgin(s)

QUALITY WOMAN IN SCARP J. God of Saint-Jean (1654-1695). "Quality woman in scarf". Etching.

Deficiency, Philips Galle, c. 1585 - c. 1590 print An emaciated woman with a water jug on the belt runs barefoot and supported by crutches. Under the show two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album. print maker: AntwerpSouthern Netherlands paper engraving disabilities, deformations and monstrosities; diseases. crutches - AA - female human figure

Sainte Genevieve Henri Bonnart (1642-1711). Sainte Genevieve. Etching.

Mulier Generosa Anglica. Dated: 1644. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Winter, 1647 - 1718 print paper etching / engraving year divided into four seasons. winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa). warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier)

Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bells British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, 1780.

Clio; The nine muses. A series of nine muses. Four rules Latin from Franco Estius in margin under print.

Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Dupin, Nicolas, 2e Cahier, Beds, Lit à l'Angloise, Canopy bed with vase, An ornamented bed with bolster cushions and a canopy with a vase of flowers on the top. Print number 11., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 327 mm, width 199 mm, French, 1753, print maker, printmaker, 1772 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1736 - 1782-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting a Milan citizen using brown pen and gray lavated shading on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip, dated 1650-1664.

Dieppe Woman. Wenceslaus Hollar; Czech, 1607-1677. Date: 1649. Dimensions: 92 × 58 mm (sheet, trimmed just outside or within platemark). Etching on gray Asian paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Saint Barbara. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Polyhymnia, Muse of Hymns, plate 13 from Parnassus Biceps 1601 Frankfurt an der Oder. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Johann Theodor de Bry

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer showing the third of the foolish virgins, with Gothic line work, detailed figures, and religious iconography.

Urania (astronomy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #12), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving hand-colored with gold;

Woman with lion skin on her head, a club and a mask, incarnation of Tragedy, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Cataneo from a drawing by Campana, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 21, 1757-1787, Naples.

Copper engraving by an anonymous artist depicting a lady with flowers, created around 1440-1450, showing human figure and floral elements.

Kollonitz von Kollegrád, Leopold Graf.

Chalon, Christina, Netherlands, Mare, Pieter de, Woman with a bowl, verso - stamped, Standing woman with a bowl or saucepan. Part of a series of illustrations of folk costumes from 1779., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 130 mm, width 83 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1758-01-30 - 1796-06, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1748 - 1808-12-13, intermediary draughtsman

Mulier Augustana. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Smell (Odor), a woman with a flower branch, Hendrick Hondius (Rejected Attribution), 1583 - 1650 print An elegant lady, standing behind a table, holds a flower branch in her hand and smells it. There is a dog on the table. Personification of the smell, print from a series of the five senses. The Hague paper engraving smell, smelling (one of the five senses)

Margarete, Pfalzgröfin near Rhine.

Egyptian tarabuk player, Egypt, Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

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

Fille de Tine, Isle de l'Archipel 1714-15 After Jean Baptiste Vanmour. Fille de Tine, Isle de l'Archipel. Plate 72; from "Recueil de cent estampes représentent differentes nations du Levant". After Jean Baptiste Vanmour (French, Valenciennes 1671-1737 Istanbul (Constantinople)). 1714-15. Etching and engraving. Jacques le Hay. Prints

Portrait of Maurice of the Palatinate The effigies of (...) Mort: of Brandenborch , Cornelis van Dalen (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: anonymous, publisher: W. Scott, (mentioned on object), London, 1-Dec-1810, paper, etching, h 267 mm × w 205 mm

Otto Friedrich, Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard.

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Potestas, Bemachtdheid of Vermogen, verso - stamped, A standing woman. A hand from the air reaches her a sword. In her left hand she holds a branch with thorns. Below the representation two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 151 mm, width 91 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon together With somewhat Concerning Severall Remarkable passages of my life that hath hapned sic since my Deliverance out of Captivity' is a book written by the English trader and sailor Robert Knox in 1681. It describes his experiences some years earlier on the South Asian island now best known as Sri Lanka and provides one of the most important contemporary accounts of 17th century Ceylonese life. Knox spent 19 years on Ceylon after being taken prisoner by King Rajasimha II.

Young Woman Holding a Parasol. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.3 x 11.3 cm (6 x 4 7/16 in.). Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacob Buys.

Bliżej Kultury Unknown, Eljasz Radzikowski, Walery (1841 1905)

Earth, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper brush kitchen-maid, kitchen servant. vegetables (with NAME). earth (one of the four elements)

Agrippine Sibyl, from the series of Sibyls ca. 1530 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Agrippine Sibyl, from the series of Sibyls 364722

Dutch Sailor's Wife Made 1644-1650 Bohemia. Etching on gray Asian paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

The Erythraean sibyl. Engraving by C. de Passe II after C. de Passe I.

The dress of Dwingelandij ca. 1701-1713, 1701 - 1713 print King Louis XIV sitting in a armchair in clothing made up of stolen cities and fortresses that he now has to give up again. On the right a table with a rug decorated with dancing devils, at the top right a man with a lantern. At the top left a violin and nine place names. In the caption two verses and a list of 25 cities in French. Part of a group of individual cartoons on Louis XIV during the Spanish Succession War, ca. 1701-1713. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving political caricatures and satires

Seated Woman Holding a Book and Singing. Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 6 1/4 in. (23.4 × 15.9 cm)Plate: 8 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (21.3 × 14.5 cm). Publisher: Jean I Leblond (French, ca. 1590-1666 Paris). Date: mid to late 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Atkins, Eliza .

Portrait of Maria van Spain; Portraits of members of the Austrian home; Austriacae Gentis Imaginum. .

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Experientia, Experience, verso - stamped, An elderly woman; in her left hand she holds a plumb line, on the right she holds a stick in her hand. Below the image two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, height 153 mm, width 91 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Flute player, A boy with a flute stands in a garden with classical images. He wears a beret with feathers, flute, aulos, tibia, head-gear: hat (men's clothes), Jan Broedelet (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1690 - 1700, paper, engraving, h 180 mm × w 145 mm

Bliżej Kultury Le Blond, Jean (1635 1709), Falck, Jeremias (CA 1610 1677)

Ada Countess of Holland plays harp while imprisoned on Texel in 1203 Ada of Holland , print maker: Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, (mentioned on object), Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Immerzeel, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Rotterdam, 1776 - 1824 and/or 1824, paper, etching, h 110 mm × w 84 mm

Allegory on the death of Wolter Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck on 23/24 August and buried on August 28, 1781 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. Dutch freedom standing in a bow with centrally at the top of the weapon of Bentinck, in the background a pyramid with portrait of Bentinck, behind the sea battle at Doggersbank.

Blanka, infant in Castile.

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Utrecht, Crispijn van de (II), Sibyls, Sibylla Persica., Persian Sibyl, verso lower left - stamped, The Persian Sibyl sits at a table and rests her left hand on a book. She looks up to heaven where Christ with the cross and two angels appear. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with sibyls., print, prints, height 263 mm, width 200 mm, 1597 - 1670-01-06, print maker, printmaker, 1615 - 1615, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1564 - 1637, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Portrait of Anna van Saksen Gemals and mothers of the city keepers (series title), Portrait of Anna van Saksen, second wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange. Fifth print from a series of six with the illustrations of the consort's mothers and mothers., Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1757, paper, engraving, h 353 mm × w 229 mm

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