Historic Print Illustrations

A collection of detailed engravings depicting biblical and mythological scenes with multiple figures, dramatic expressions, and classical architectural elements.

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Milan, Titian, Scaramuccia, Luigi Pellegrino, Christ Crowned with Thorns, recto lower right - stamped, Christ seated in the center with the crown of thorns on his head. Around him five men beating him with sticks., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, height 541 mm, width 355 mm, Italian, 1616-12-03 - 1680-08-03, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1680, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

After Maerten van Heemskerck, David Bringing Presents from His Father to Saul, c1556 David Bringing Presents from His Father to Saul

Rubens, Peter Paul, Jegher, Christoffel, Liefdestuin (left and right sheet), print, prints, height 1186 mm, width 456 mm, height 77 cm, width 159 cm, depth 2.7 cm, 1596-08-24 - 1653, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1652, paper, papier, houtsnede, Zuid-Nederlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, publisher

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. Amsterdam paper engraving Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56)

Subjects in a frost; Drizzled through such a charming innocence. Two kneeled women and three standing figures with a frost with a crooked sword to his belt.

APOLTON Hucket, Juelelinck, Affending Mountie, Afis Franis Giison Giradon, is the most Thomas regaudin, 1678 print Apollo with Laurierkrans and his winch next to him on the ground is provided by six muses. Under the performance four lines in French and four in Latin, which refer to, among other things, the various sculptors. Paris paper engraving (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Paris, Picart, Bernard, The Ephesians burning their books in public, verso under - stamped, print, prints, height 53 mm, width 97 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1702, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Queen of Seba brings Solomon gifts; Biblical scenes; Historia del Testamento Vecchio / Dipinta in Roma Nel Vaticano da Raffaelle di Urbino (...). King Solomon is on an increase. For him, the Queen of Seba and her servants are offering him gifts. Numbered at the bottom right: 50.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Artist: Dirk Volckertsz Coornhert (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1519/22-1590 Gouda); After Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498-1574 Haarlem). Date: 1549. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Dirk Volckertsz Coornhert. After Maarten van Heemskerck.

Zerubbabel for King Darius, Jan Luyken, 1704 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing Darius gives Zerubbabel permission to rebuild the temple

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Milan, Titian, Scaramuccia, Luigi Pellegrino, Christ Crowned with Thorns, recto lower right - stamped, Christ seated in the center with the crown of thorns on his head. Around him five men beating him with sticks., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, height 541 mm, width 355 mm, Italian, 1616-12-03 - 1680-08-03, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1680, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

The Visitation 1540-50 Giorgio Ghisi Italian. The Visitation 367401

After: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640, Judgment ofSolomon, Engraving, Sheet: 16 × 19.5 cm (6 5/16 × 7 11/16in.) (marginstrimmed), Made in Flanders, possiblyFlemish, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

The Banket of Alexander the Great in Persepolis, Domenico del Barbiere, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1516 - 1565 print Men and women sit in a circle along the walls of a room. Servants bring food and drinks on trays. In the background, a group of musicians makes music. print maker: Florenceafter drawing by: Italy paper engraving banquet of elegant company

Marriage of the Virgin. Jacques Stella; French, 1596-1657. Date: 1635-1645. Dimensions: 367 × 267 mm. Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and pale brown wash and graphite, on pieced cream laid paper (two figures before column are cut from a similar paper and inserted over a slightly smaller hole in the primary support). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Judgment of Solomon. Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp). Artist and publisher: Boetius Adams Bolswert (Netherlandish, Bolsward ca. 1580-1633 Brussels). Dimensions: sheet: 17 5/16 x 20 3/16 in. (44 x 51.3 cm). Date: 1595-1633. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Golf Secondness of Scipio, Sciled Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print Scipio gives a virgin, which he received as a reward for a victory, back to her future husband. In the end of margin a text in Latin. paper engraving the continence of Scipio: he restores a captive woman to her bridegroom Allucius, who kneels before him; the ransom offered by the bride's parents is given to Allucius as a wedding-gift

The Martyrdom of the seven brothers; verso: Sketch of two men wrestling (). Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, Leipzig 1794-1872 Dresden). Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/16 x 9 13/16 in. (21.5 x 25 cm). Date: 1826. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Achilles recognized by Odysseus in the midst of the daughters of Lycomedes, Pietro del Po, After Nicolas Poussin, 1620 - 1692 print The daughters of King Lycomedus sit around a box with valuables. Together with two men, they look surprised at the Achilles dressed as a woman who betrays his true identity by choosing the sword instead of jewelry. print maker: Italyafter painting by: France paper etching Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes, i.e. Achilles on Scyros: when presents are brought Achilles snatches up the weapons and thus betrays his identity

Aeneas and His Family Fleeing Troy, 1595. Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602), after Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528-1612). Engraving; Created at the end of the 1500s, this print stylistically marks the end of Renaissance art. Baroccis swirling, emotional composition and the intensity of Agostinos engraved network of lines prefigure the rise of Baroque art in the 1600s. However, ancient legends such as the Trojan War, revived and popularized during the Renaissance, continued to inspire artists for centuries to come. Here, Aeneas carries his elderly father Anchises, who in turn rescues small statues of their household gods while the city of Troy burns. Both acts stress the mens virtuous dedication to home and family. Aeneass young son Ascanius and his wife Creusa flee with them, but Creusas separation from the group alludes to her fate: she falls behind and is lost as the Greeks invade the city.

Etching by Sisto Badalocchio depicting Solomon with the Queen of Sheba, showing a biblical meeting with figures and ceremonial gestures, created in 1607.

Decapitation of two kings by order of a Roman emperor Debellare Superbos (title on object) Fundamental principle of Roman politics (series title), From his throne, a Roman emperor gives an executioner a blindfolded king to behead. The head of the second king is already chopped down on the ground. In addition to the emperor, a begging man is stopped by a number of soldiers. This print illustrates the second part of the fundamental principle of Roman politics that was included by Vergilius: 'Parcere subiectis, sed debellare superbos' (Vergilius, Aeneis 6 853). According to this principle, the subjects would be spared, but those who persisted in resisting were destroyed. Pendant of a print about the first part of this maxim, violent death by beheading, emperor, Gerard de Lairesse (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1670, paper, etching, h 313 mm × w 207 mm

Venus preventing Aeneas from killing Helen late 18th century Attributed to Johann Tobias Sergel Swedish. Venus preventing Aeneas from killing Helen 409871

A 1565 copper engraving by Cornelis Cort from the series The Seven Free Arts depicting Rhetorica (rhetoric) with allegorical figures, scrolls, and gestures illustrating oratory.

Odysseus gets an alms of one of his servants, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1632 - 1633 print The Odysseus disguised as beggar gets a piece of meat like alms from one of his servants. Paris paper etching / engraving Ulysses goes to the town

Vatican City, Gregory XIII, Italy, Romano, Giulio, Mantuana, Diana, Christ and the adulterous woman, verso - stamped, The Pharisees bring an adulterous woman to Christ to have him judge her crime. They stand between the twisted columns of a round temple. On the steps various beggars., print, prints, height 418 mm, width 581 mm, Italian, 1547 - 1612, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1575, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, 1499 - 1546-01-11, after a design by, 1502-01 - 1585-04-10, granter of privilege

Frontispiece to the Bible 1642 Claude Mellan French. Frontispiece to the Bible 351273

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter 1524-27 Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio Italian Engraved just before the Sack of Rome in 1527, this print is the result of the collaboration of the Italian Mannerist artist Parmigianino and the skilled engraver Caraglio. A number of drawings by Parmigianino relating to the composition survive, including the actual model used by Caraglio to transfer the design to the plate (British Museum, London). Parmigianino may have created this design to decorate the Sala dei Pontefici in the Vaticana commission that was never realizedthough that is far from certain. The engraving shows the moments preceding the execution ordered by Emperor Nero of the apostles Peter and Paul. Saint Peter kneels in the foreground before his executioner, while behind him Saint Paul is pulled away by his beard to be crucified.A drawing by Parmigianino depicting an apparition of Christ in the Metrpolitan Museum (65.112.2) is drawn on the back of a fragment of

Jupiter and Juno in embrace, draughtsman: Jean François Bosio, 1774 - 1827, paper, pen, brush, h 173 mm × w 175 mm

Relief with Roma who gives a globe to a man with beard, François Perrier, 1645 print Relief with Roma who gives a globe to a man with a beard. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. Print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Rome

a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Zuid-Nederlands, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher, uitgever" Antwerpen, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Geschiedenis van Petrus en Johannes, Petrus en Johannes zijn bevrijd (Peter and John are released), Antwerp, verso - stamped, Petrus en Johannes before the high priest. After deliberation by the court, the apostles are released and allowed to leave without chains. Next to them the cured beggar walks with his crutches., print, prints, height 205 mm, width 250 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1558 - 1558, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication

Artist: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger, French, 1715-1790, Funeral Vignette for Mme. de France, Duchesse deParme, Etching, platemark: 8.2 × 14.3 cm (3 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.), French, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Wood engraving, England, by Thomas Bewick.

Rome, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italy, Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, The Life of Niobe (copies), Statue of Niobe Adored, verso - stamped, A crowd adores a statue of Niobe on an altar in a niche. A priest stands beside the altar., print, prints, height 111 mm, width 315 mm, Work conception, Italian, 1618 - 1661, after a print by, 1656 - 1656, paper, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, 1490 - 1543, after a painting by

Clair-obscur woodcut by an anonymous artist, 16th century, depicting Scipio Africanus, illustrating historical and military narrative of Roman generalship.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Groeningen, Gerard van, Amsterdam, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Let the children come to me, Christ blesses the children, verso - stamped, who are brought to him by their mothers. The disciples look on. At the bottom in the margin a reference to the Bible text in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 201 mm, width 282 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1572, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1515 - 1599, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Prophet with three angels; Dome decorations by Correggio in the S. Giovanni Evangelista in Parma. A prophet standing in front of a balustrade, with arms raised. There are three young naked figures on the balustrade (angels).

Eliezer tells Laban his goal, 1549 print Eliezer, the servant of Abraham, tells the brother and mother of Rebekka that he was sent out by his master to find a woman for Isaac. Rebekka is next to her mother. In the background a feast is prepared for Eliezer. The print is part of a series about Isaac's search for a woman. Haarlem paper etching the marriage agreement ~ story of Isaac

Alexander Severus and Arabinus, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804, draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804, paper, pen, brush, h 135 mm × w 85 mm

Susanna a de Oderlingen, Hans Collaert (I), After Gillis Coignet (I), 1643 print Susanna, who is sitting on the edge of a basin to bathe, is harassed by the two elders. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text then. 13:19. At the top left mark: AAA. Amsterdam paper engraving the elders making advances towards Susanna

Odysseus and Minerva in the Badhuis, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, 1632 - 1633 print Odysseus is washed by Minerva and made nicely for his meeting with Penelope. Paris paper etching / engraving bath of Ulysses; Minerva enhances his looks

Copper engraving by Raffaello Santi depicting a scene from the New Testament, showing figures, gestures, architecture, and symbolic elements, created between 1550 and 1750.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Historia Bersabee, History of Tamar and Amnon, Absalom addresses the wailing Tamar, Tamar sits in the street under a pillar and she sprinkles dust on her head and tears her many-coloured dress, because she has been raped by Amnon. Her brother Absalom seeks her out, followed by two servants, and orders her to keep silent about the incident. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, enten, height 202 mm, width 248 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1559 - 1559, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Artist: Giovanni Battista Franco (called Il Semolei), Italian, 1498()-1561, Man Seated Beneath a Statue of Bacchus, Receiving an Audience, Etching and engraving, sheet: 35.4 × 49.8 cm (13 15/16 × 19 5/8 in.), Italian, 16th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Reynard the Fox: The Cat is Trapped, 1650-75. Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, 1621-1675). Etching;

Warrior donates defeated warriors grace, Gerard de Lairesse, 1670

Jupiter before the birth of Minerva by heart, Philippus Velijn, After Jacob Smies, 1822 print Jupiter points to his head. Vulcanus stands with a Houweel in front of him. Next to Jupiter are his lightning bolt and eagle. Minerva will be born by heart. Netherlands paper etching (story of) Pallas - birth (+ variant)

Rome, Raphael, Italy, Veneziano, Agostino, Cupid with shield and helmet of Mars, verso - stamped, Cupid flying to the right with in his hands the shield and helmet of Mars., print, prent, prints, height 122 mm, width 167 mm, Italian, 1490 - 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1536, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a painting by

Ecce Homo. Correggio, 1489-1534. 1587. Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Statue of Niobe and her Worshippers, with Apollo and Diana and other Figures. Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina); Anonymous, School of Fontainebleau. Dimensions: Sheet: 9 in. × 19 9/16 in. (22.8 × 49.7 cm)Mount: 9 in. × 20 1/16 in. (22.8 × 51 cm). Series/Portfolio: Series depicting the lost Niobid Frieze from the Palazzo Milesi. Date: 1543-47.Forms a complete composition with 51.501.622b. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Susanna and the elders. Susanna washes himself at a fountain. On the left, the two elders play her. In the foreground a dog.

The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Galle, Philips, Parable of the prodigal son, The prodigal son squanders his inheritance, The prodigal son squanders his inheritance in a brothel. Women surround him, make music for him and bring him food and drink. On the right, the prodigal son can be seen arriving through the window, on the left can be seen how, after the money has run out, he is shown the door. Below the image is an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 205 mm, width 250 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1562 - 1562, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher

Design for a print, The evangelist Lukas is inspired by the apostle Paul., draughtsman: Bernard Picart, 1709, paper, pen, brush, h 87 mm × w 166 mm

Geldleer donates lagging warriors grace; Parcere sub-formation; Ground principle of Roman politics. Two reports of warriors receive grace from a Roman general. They are bending they are hand in which he holds a scepter. This print illustrates the first part of the principle of Roman politics included by Vergilius: "Parcere sub-forming, Sed Debellare Superbos" (Vergilius, Aeneïs 6.853). According to this principle, the subjects would be spared, but they were persisting stubbornly were destroyed. Pendant of a print over the second part of this rule.

Countess Ada is sent by Count William I from Texel to England, 1204, Jacobus Buys, 1778 - 1795 drawing Countess Ada sent by her uncle Willem I from Texel to England, 1204. Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush historical persons Texel

Bassano, Jacopo, Hoy, Nikolaas van, Brussels, Ossenbeeck, Jan van, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, verso - stamped, Saint Sebastian is tied to a pillar and is shot at by an archer. An arrow is already stuck in his chest. A second archer is crouching on the ground., print, engraving, prints, height 175 mm, width 179 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1624 - 1674-03-30, print maker, printmaker, 1660 - 1660, paper, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), Southern Netherlands, Austrian, 1631 - 1679-06-25, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Italian, 1515 - 1592-02-14

Virginius doodt zijn dochter Virginia.Virginius kills his daughter Virginia with a sword to save her the desire of Appius Claudius. The latter had considered her false as his slave girl.

The Return from the Wet Nurse, 1767, François Hubert; Artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French, 1725-1805, 18 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (47.63 x 36.51 cm) (image)23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (59.69 x 44.45 cm) (sheet), Engraving, France, 18th century

Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles ca. 1500-1550 Anonymous. Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles 342677

Heemskerck, Maarten van, Groningen, Bos, Cornelis, De geschiedenis van Lot, Lot receives the two angels, verso - stamped, Lot waits for the two angels at the city gate and invites them to eat and spend the night in his house., print, prent, prints, height 250 mm, width 195 mm, Nederlands, 1510 - 1566, print maker, printmaker, 1551 - 1551, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574

Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Haarlem, Galle, Philips, History of Job, Job receives gifts, Job's brothers and sisters, and the people who knew Job in the past, come to him and give him gifts. Guests offer gold rings and cattle. In the background, Job shares a meal with his guests. Below the scene is an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 208 mm, width 247 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1563 - 1563, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer

Apostel en Verr Engelen, Giovanni Battista Vanni, After Correggio, 1609 - 1660 print An apostle for and four naked figures (possibly angels) on a wall. paper etching angels. (single) apostle, unspecified

Chalk and feather drawing by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting Leonidas II of Sparta falling towards Kleombrotos, who fled to the Neptune temple with his wife Chilonis and daughter Leonidas, on brownish paper with white highlights.

Image of NiBe Adjusted, Anonymous, After Polidoro Da Caravaggio, in OR After 1500 - In or After 1543 print On an elevation is a priest who gestures with his arm towards an altar. Amid a crowd is a young girl who offers a small sculpture. On the right a young man watches a horse. paper etching (story of) Niobe. bringing gifts; exchanging gifts

Cleombrutus exile by Leonidas II, Charles Howard Hodges, After Benjamin West, 1789 print King Leonidas II expresses the exile of Cleombrotus II, who listens in thought. His wife Cheilonis, also the daughter of Leonidas II, begged her father earlier not to kill Cleombrotus II and to save them. A group of soldiers watches. London paper (story of) Leonidas. banishment, exile

Suzanna and the elders. Suzanna is raided by two elders during her bath. She is sitting on the edge of a basin. One of the men pulls her dress off her body.

Pilate washes his hands in innocence, print maker: Jan Luyken, Pieter Mortier, 1703 - 1762

Vatican City, Papal Court, Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Raphael, Italy, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Representations by Raphael in the Vatican, Pasce oues meas, Christ appoints Peter as head of his church, Christ says to the kneeling Peter: 'Feed my sheep.' Behind Peter stand the apostles. Title and reference to Bible text in bottom margin. Print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, height 101 mm, width 261 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher, granter of privilege

Allegories ter ere van het college Romano, Claude Mellan, After Pietro da Cortona, 1624 - 1636 print print maker: RomeItaly paper engraving Piety, 'Pietas', 'Timor Dei' ~ the Three Theological Virtues. statues, sculptures in garden Roman college

Relief with two men who are going to sacrifice an OS, François Perrier, 1645 print Relief with two men with an ox they want to sacrifice. A temple in the background. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. Print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. temple, shrine ~ Roman religion. ox. animal sacrifice ~ Roman religion

The Proclamation of the Regency"". Engraving by Huyot based on a detail from one of Peter Paul Rubens' (1577-1640) paintings from Marie de' Medici Cycle, produced between 1600 and 1625. Following the assassination of King Henry IV on 14 May 1610, Queen Consort Marie de Medici (1575-1642) assumed the regency of France. The scene depicts the queen dressed in mourning, seated on the throne and assuming power as she receives a fleury globe as an emblem. Minerva (Wisdom) and Prudence advise her. Divine Providence offers her the helm, as a symbol of authority. The nobles of the kingdom swear allegiance to her. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

The Holy Kinship, in thecentre the Christ Child takes a bird given to him by the infant John the Baptist. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576); After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua). Dimensions: sheet: 9 9/16 x 13 3/4 in. (24.3 x 35 cm). Date: ca. 1560. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Blinding of Elymas, Sir James Thornhill, 1675-1734, British, between 1709 and 1717, Black chalk and gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (20.6 x 14.6 cm), arches, blindness, people, religious and mythological subject, throne

Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes"" (Conversations on the lives and works of the most excellent ancient and modern painters), by French architect Andre Felibien (1619-1695). The work was published in several volumes between 1666 and 1688. Engraving by Huyot based on a frontispiece. Edition of 1725. Trevoux, Imprimerie de S.A.S. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

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Manuel Alegre (Engraver) (After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)); León Bueno (Drafstman); Calcografía Nacional (The seller); Manuel Salvador Carmona (Director) / 'Saint Peter freed by an Angel'. 1793. Taille douce: etching and engraving on wove paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Saint Paul Restoring Eutychus to Life. Artist: Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529-1566 Rome). Dimensions: sheet: 13 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (33.7 x 46.1 cm). Date: 1529-66.A rarely remembered biblical story from Acts (20:7-12) is that of Eutychus, who fell from a third-story window while listening raptly to the preaching of Paul. Miraculously, the apostle restored the young man to life. This exuberant, friezelike composition with three standing men at left and three men bent over at right, defined Taddeo's early plans for the decoration of the vault chapel of Mario Frangipani (1506-1569) in the church of San Marcello al Corso, Rome. Around 1558, Taddeo Zuccaro received the commission to decorate the chapel with scenes from the life of Saint Paul, but the decorations of the lower walls were still unfinished at his death in September 1566. The artist produced a great amount of drawings for this crucial Roman commission, including other studies in the Metropolitan Museum of Art l

Amsterdam, Allart, Johannes, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Title page for: Jan Wagenaar, Vaderlandsche Historie, 1790, Portrait of Jan Wagenaar with allegorical figures, verso - stamped, History writes in an open book, she is surrounded by Truth with sun on her chest, Liberty with liberty hat on lance and Minerva with shield. Behind them a column with the Dutch lion and the portrait of the writer Jan Wagenaar held by a putto with trumpet., print, title page, prints, height 222 mm, width 141 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1790 - 1790, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

The Judgment of Solomon. Dated: probably c. 1516. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Duvet.

Plate Four, from Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins. Jan Saenredam; Netherlandish, 1565-1607. Date: 1606. Dimensions: 266 x 369 mm (sheet, trimmed to platemark). Engraving on paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Joseph recognized by his brothers, Jacobus Buys, c. 1734 - c. 1801, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, c. 1734 - c. 1801, paper, pen, brush, h 150 mm × w 89 mm

A 1779 drawing by Johann Eleazar Schenau depicting an allegorical scene with a father figure, executed with gray brush over pencil with black edging lines.

A pen and brush drawing on brownish paper showing Moses breaking the Pharaoh's crown, rendered with bister and chalk traces.

Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501 - 1547), Alexander Consecrating the Altars for the Twelve Olympian Gods, 1545-1547, pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Visiting prisoners, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 111, height 117 mm, width 155 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Galle, Philips, History of Daniel, Bel and the Dragon, Daniel scatters ashes on the temple floor, To prove that it is not the image of the god Bel that eats the food, but the priests, Daniel scatters ashes on the floor of the temple. King Cyrus has the door of the temple sealed, so that no one can enter unnoticed and eat the food. In the foreground two jesters. Below the representation an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 202 mm, width 249 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1565 - 1565, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher

Thomas chases away a woman his brothers have sent to seduce him with a torch. Print from a series of 30 prints depicting the life story of Thomas Aquinas. The prints, designed and published by Otto van Veen, were made by C. Boel, E. van Paenderen, C. Galle and G. Swanenburgh, Thomas chases away temptation The life of St. Thomas Aquinas (series title), print maker: Cornelis Boel, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Otto van Veen, publisher: Otto van Veen, print maker: Southern Netherlands, publisher: Antwerp, 1610, paper, engraving, h 207 mm × w 148 mm

Paul before Felix. 1752. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Allegorical frontispiece with personifications of the arts. Sculpture with chisels, Painting with palette, brushes and canvas, and Architecture with compasses and plumb line. Figures of Roman gods Minerva, Mercury with caduceus and flying cupids in the clouds. Copperplate engraving by Carl Gustav von Amling after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

Susanna before Daniel, from Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..., plate 3. Artist: Willem van Swanenburg (Netherlandish, ca. 1581/82-1612); After Joachim Wtewael (Netherlandish, Utrecht 1566-1638 Utrecht). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (29 × 38.7 cm). Publisher: Christoffel van Sichem I (Netherlandish, 1546-1624). Series/Portfolio: Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis.... Date: 1605-6.This print is from a set of 13 plates depicting "pictures of justice", with scenes from the Bible, history, and legend. The prints are executed by Willem Swaneburg after designs by Joachim Wtewael. The prints were first published by Christoffel van Sichem in 1606. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Willem van Swanenburg. After Joachim Wtewael.

Passe, Simon van de, Northern Netherlands, Crispijn van de (I), The ghost of Gustaaf II Adolf appears at the bedside of the Elector of Saxony, 1635, The ghost of Gustaaf II Adolf appears with a burning torch at the bedside of John George I, Elector of Saxony. Allegory of the Treaty of Prague, the peace concluded on 30 May 1635 between the Protestant princes, including the Elector of Saxony, and Emperor Ferdinand II. At the bedside and sitting in the foreground with a book are the two councillors of the Elector, Dr. Turing and Dr. Hoy. On the floor a print of the last Swedish victory at Havelsberg (7-11 December 1635)., print, cartoon, prints, height 216 mm, width 273 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1595 - 1647-05-06

Grandjean, Jean, Amsterdam, Garreau, Louis EF, History of Germanicus, Two Germans kneel before Germanicus, verso middle - stamped, Two Germanic fathers kneel before Germanicus and his entourage. They beg the general to have mercy on their sons, whom Germanicus captured during his last battle. The print is part of the history of general Germanicus., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 191 mm, width 143 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1783 - 1783, fourth quarter 18th century, vier kwart 18e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Dutch, French, 1752 - 1781

Susanna accused by the elders, Jean Baptiste de Poilly, After Antoine Coypel, 1679 - 1728 print paper etching / engraving the elders accusing Susanna before the people, laying their hands on her head or unveiling her

The wise and the foolish Virgins. Artist: Francesco Zuccarelli (Italian, Pitigliano 1702-1788 Florence). Dimensions: image: 8 1/16 x 10 1/8 in. (20.5 x 25.7 cm). Date: 1728. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Francesco Mazzola from 1525-1530 depicting the healing of the lame at a temple gate, showing figures, architecture, and gesture.

Entry of Leopold Willem, governor of the Southern Netherlands, in Ghent (bottom left), Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Erasmus Quellinus (II), 1653 print Entry of Leopold Willem, governor of the Southern Netherlands, in Ghent. Print consisting of four parts. This is the part in the bottom left. Putti with the coats of arms of various Flemish cities and regions receive Leopold Willem enthusiastically. The Ghent city of Ghent kneels in front of him and holds a laurel wreath in her hand to laurels. Behind the horse the cardinal virtues, justice, moderation, strength and caution. Antwerp paper engraving conqueror triumphing, triumphal entry of victor. equestrian state-portrait. personification of a city, town-patron(ess). the Four Cardinal Virtues

Orpheus a Eurydice, Louis Desplaces, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1692 - 1739 print Orpheus obtains from Pluto the right to take Eurydice from the underworld. Paris paper etching / engraving through his music Orpheus induces Pluto and/or Proserpina to let Eurydice go

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Jode, Pieter de (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of Joseph, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Joseph flees from Potiphar's wife, who is lying in bed and is trying to seduce him. She grabs his garment. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 39:12. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 209 mm, width 264 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, after a design by, 1643 - 1643, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

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