Historical Engravings

A collection of etchings from the 17th century, featuring geographical themes, mythological figures, and ornate cartouches. Intricate details and historical context are emphasized.

Proserpine. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Mexico, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie) 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Mexico, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). 1644. Etching. Henri Le Gras (French). Prints

Proserpine. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Oval Cartouche with Rolwerk, 1607 - 1608 Oval cartouche with rolling work. Left and right walk through the rolling work in a bird head. The Cartouche is a fragment of a map of Lake Geneva. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving Oval cartouche with rolling work. Left and right walk through the rolling work in a bird head. The Cartouche is a fragment of a map of Lake Geneva. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. The Popaiam. Twenty-eighth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 593; Dutuit 117) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Louis VI; Louis 6th this Le Gros; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des Rois de France.playing Card with a Representation of the French King Louis VI. Text under the show.

Une Sirène entre deux Vaisseaux (A Siren Between Two Ships), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 17 1621-35 Jacques Callot French. Une Sirène entre deux Vaisseaux (A Siren Between Two Ships), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 17. Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1621-35. Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure). François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588-1647 Paris). Prints

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Hungary. Forty-fourth number of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 551; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Marie Luise Adelheid, Princess of Orléans.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Theseus and Ariane. Forty-second number of a suite of 48 pieces. (A. de Vesme 535; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Abraham Bosse, Frontispiece for Callot's The New Testament, 1635 Frontispiece for Callot's The New Testament

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Jupiter and Sémelé. Forty-first number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 506; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Hartenboer, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of Mars standing in a landscape. Text and heart in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching (story of) Mars (Ares)

A man fires a fire, Jacques Callot, 1625 - 1629 print Presentation of a man who pops a wood fire with a stick. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in book print. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Life of Maria in Emblemen'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: France paper etching / letterpress printing open fire (in general)

Woman from Scandinavia, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman with a coat of arms from Scandinavia. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 7. Paris paper etching Europeans Scandinavia

A man washes a pearl; Num Quae Sine Labe, Lavantur; Life of Mary in emblems. Presentation of a man, standing in a landscape, which a pearl begs on a scale with water from a can. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This leaf is part of the 'Life of Maria's Life in Emblems'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in letterpress without image.

Les trois Graces. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Charles the Great; Charle Magne; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des Rois de france.playing Card with a Representation of Emperor Charles The Great. Text under the show.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Dalmatia. Forty-first number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 554; Dutuit 117) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

France, French crown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological scenes, Theseé et Ariadne, Seven of clubs, Theseus and Ariadne, Playing card with a scene of Ariadne watching the ship of Theseus sail away. Text and clover in the bottom margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Ste. Helene, Octauie, Faustine, and Messalline, from 'The game of queens' (Le jeu des Reines renommées) 1644 Stefano della Bella Italian. Ste. Helene, Octauie, Faustine, and Messalline, from 'The game of queens' (Le jeu des Reines renommées) 410373

Ex Bibliotheca Ladislai Vietoris de Kiss Kovalocz et in Korocz. unknown, graphic artist

Clovis le grand / Vaillant, sage..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (8.8 x 5.6 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Les Bergers Défendant leur Troupeau (The Shepherds Defending their Herd), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 4 1625-31 Jacques Callot French. Les Bergers Défendant leur Troupeau (The Shepherds Defending their Herd), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 4. Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1625-31. Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure). François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588-1647 Paris). Prints

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Livie. Forty-sixth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 644; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Junon. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Narcissus admires his mirror image in the water, Jacques Callot, 1646 print Presentation of a young man (Narcissus) who looks at his own mirror image at a waterfront. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in book print. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Monastic Life in Emblemen'. In addition to an illustrated title page and 26 emblems, the second state of this series is a title page and a magazine with assignment, both in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing Narcissus, gazing in a fountain, falls in love with his own reflection; possibly the nymph Echo peeps at the scene

Jupiter en Europa; Harten zeven; Jupiter et Europe; Kaartspel met mythologische voorstellingen; Jeu des fables.Playing card with a representation of Jupiter in the form of a bull with Europe on his back. Text and heart in the undermaster.

Thirteen-line French text titled 'Livre V' with an illustration below of the goddess Athena with a king seated at a table, writing in a book. The text is framed by an ornamental frame with olive branches and at the bottom a bow. Framed French text with olive branches and Athena with a king, print maker: Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, publisher: Pierre Didot, publisher: Louis-François Barrois, print maker: France, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, 1785, paper, etching, engraving, h 312 mm × w 250 mm

Diana, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Diana with her hunting dogs on the edge of the forest. Text and kicking in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching (story of) Diana (Artemis). hunting dogs

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), maps of the kings of France, Henri III. Thirty-seven number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 683; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Eau-tie. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Castile d'Or. Twenty-ninth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 594; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Brunehaut, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Brunehaut, the wife of the Merovingian king Sigisbert I. Text in Snollen. Numbered in the top left: 8. Paris paper etching ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler

France, Charlot, Anthoine, Nancy, Callot, Jacques, Life of Mary in emblems, Hos laqueos quisquis evasit, perit, Huntress, verso center left - stamped, Depiction of a huntress leading her dog after three boars and a fox. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Life of Mary in emblems'. The first state of this series contains, besides a title page and 26 emblems, three sheets with hymns to Mary in letterpress without an image., print, emblem, prints, height 60 mm, width 83 mm, height 149 mm, width 120 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1625 - 1629, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, letterpress, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Roxelana; Roxelane; Kaartspel met gerenommeerde heerseressen; Jeu des reynes renommées.Playing card with a representation of Roxelana, the woman of the Ottan Süleyman the Great, in tailor seat on a carpet. Text in undermarge. Numbered top left: 8.

Lodewijk IX, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by the French king Louis IX. Text under the show. Paris paper etching Ruler, Sovereign

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Athenais, Aelia Eudocia, Playing card with a representation of Aelia Eudocia, the wife of the Roman emperor Theodosius II. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 1., print, prent, playing card, speeltkaart, prints, prenten, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Pallas. Eighth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 530; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Serbia, Woman from Serbia, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman with a coat of arms from Serbia. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 4., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Sun rays shine through a glass, Jacques Callot, 1625 - 1629 print Presentation of a glass or mirror in a round frame, standing upright on the floor, causing sun rays to shine. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in book print. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Life of Maria in Emblemen'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: France paper etching / letterpress printing sunbeams

Two palm trees, against each other; Moralizing love emblems; Devises et emblesmes d'Amobr moralisez. A seascape between two, towards growing, palm trees. On a banderole a motto in Latin and a caption in French, both about love.

Augsburg, Merz, Johann Georg, La Joue, Jacques de (II), Winkler, Benedikt, E Neu inventierte Schilde, Fünfter Theil, Cinquieme Livre de Cartouches, Der Frühling, Le Printems, Lente, verso - stamped, A rocaille cartouche with trees, flowers, waterfalls and winged putti heads. The series title in the cartouche. Publisher's number 6., print, ornamental print, title print, prints, ornamental prints, height 185 mm, width 229 mm, German, 1727 - 1797-01-03, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1762, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1687 - 1761-04-12, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1694 - 1762, publisher

Dagobert I; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des Rois de France. Playing card with a representation of the Frankish King Dagobert I. Text under the show.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards from the Kings of France, Charles Martel. Twelfth number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 666; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

April 1st / Powders (IT)

Hinde in a forest, Jacques Callot, 1625 - 1629 print Presentation of a Hinde in a wooded area. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in book print. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Life of Maria in Emblemen'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: France paper etching / letterpress printing hoofed animals: stag

Asie 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Asie 382661 Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella, Italian, Florence 16101664 Florence, Artist: Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, French, 15951676, Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras, French, Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France, French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 16381715 Versailles, Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, Italian, Piscina 16021661 Vincennes, Asie, 1644, Etching, state iii. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959 (59.654.19(18))

France, French crown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological representations, Venus et Adonis, Four of spades, Venus and Adonis, Playing card with a representation of Venus with the dead body of Adonis. Text and spades in the lower margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Congo. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: Jeu de la Géographie. Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Frédégonde. Ninth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 603; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Parysatis, Playing card with a representation of Parysatis, queen of the Persian Empire during the reign of Darius II, sitting in a chair. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 3., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Neptune. Fourth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 529; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Landscape with Moon, Albert Flamen, 1672 print A coastal landscape with a moon between clouds. On a banderole a motto in Latin and a caption in French, both about love. print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Qualities of Love: first series (+ emblematical representation of concept)

Title Print for: Avium Vivae Icones (...); Avium vivae icones (...) ... title page of the AVIUM series Vivae Icones in AES Incisae & Editae Ab Adriano Collaert. Text in cartouche, decorated with two putti and different birds: in the middle of a owl, left and right a peacock, down left a parrot and right a lap. Colored by hand. Surface blue; Cartouche in gold and red.

Apollon, 1601 - 1700, Etchings, 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Paper / Sheet 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Material Cream laid

Neptune, 1601 - 1700, Etchings, 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Paper / Sheet 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Cream laid

Philip II; Philippe Auguste; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des Rois de france.playing Card with a Representation of the French King Philip II. Text under the show.

Figuren bij een bijenkorf; Titelpagina voor: C. Dancourt, Het Hofstee Leeven, kluchtspel, 1736.Figures are on a stage at a large beehive. Behind the winged horse Pegasus and a winch playing Apollo with a bright wreath to the head on the Paranassus mountain. The representation surrounded by a cartouche within which a two-legged text in Dutch and with flowers and bees on both sides.

Dido; Didon; Card game with renowned rulers; Jeu des Reynes Renommées.Playing Card With a Presentation of Queen Dido from Cartago on Horseback. Text in undermarge.

The wishes of France.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Jucatan, Woman from Yucatán, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in exotic dress from Yucatán. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 7., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Phaeton. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Albrecht Dürer, The Apocalypse: The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, c. 1511, woodcut on paper.

France, Charlot, Anthoine, Nancy, Callot, Jacques, Life of Mary in emblems, Non imbellem genuit, Eagle with young, verso left center - stamped, Representation of an eagle flying with its young towards the sun. Below them a coastal landscape. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Life of Mary in emblems'. The first state of this series contains, besides a title page and 26 emblems, three sheets with hymns to Mary in letterpress without an image., print, emblem, prints, height 63 mm, width 83 mm, height 143 mm, width 116 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1625 - 1629, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, letterpress, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Nouvelle France, 1644.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Les Caprices, dedication to Laurent de Médicis. Second issue of the suite of 50 pieces engraved in Nancy" (Lieure 429, Meaume 771). Etching. 1621. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99605-6 Etching, engraving

Diana and three nymphs from "Diana Returning from the Chase" ca. 1750-1850 Anonymous The signature "O.S. de K." cannot be identified. This engraving is comparable to one in the British Museum by Carlo Domenico Melini, also after a detail of "Diana Returning from the Chase" by Rubens in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.. Diana and three nymphs from "Diana Returning from the Chase". Anonymous (O.S. de K.). ca. 1750-1850. Engraving. Prints

Blanche de Castille, Martesie, Orithie, and Baudour, from 'The game of queens' (Le jeu des Reines renommées). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (8.9 x 22.2 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'The game of queens' (Le jeu des Reines renommées). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France, Louis VIII. Twenty-fourth issue of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 655; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Francesco Pona, Cardiomorphoses sive ex corde desumpta...

Allegory of Europe, from Jeu de la Géographie 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Allegory of Europe, from Jeu de la Géographie 382634 Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella, Italian, Florence 16101664 Florence, Artist: Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, French, 15951676, Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras, French, Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France, French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 16381715 Versailles, Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras, French, Europe, 1644, Etching, state iii. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959 (59.654.19(1))

Frontispiece for Callot's "The Penitents". Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ABRAHAM BOSSE.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Monomotapa. Tenth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 558; Dutuit 117) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Isabella van Aragón, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Isabella by Aragón, the wife of Frederik de Schone. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 10. Paris paper etching ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler

Hecube, Fredegonde, Ieanne Reyne de Naples, and Berthe, from 'The game of queens' (Le jeu des Reines renommées). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (8.9 x 22 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'The game of queens' (Le jeu des Reines renommées). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Brunehaut. Twenty-fourth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 614; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Charles neuf.-e / Bon Prince..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France) 1644 Stefano della Bella Italian. Charles neuf.-e / Bon Prince..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France) 412340

alchemy Avicenna figure 20 ""Viridarium Chymicum"" by Daniel Stolzius von Stoltzenberg Frankfurt am Main 1624 private collection,

Cicho Sgarra and Collo Francisco. Dated: c. 1622. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

Wellness; Luxuria; Seven deadly sins. A scarcely dressed lady leaves a bird on her hand. Next to her is a goat, above her flies a devil. Under the show the Latin term for sin representing the woman. This print is part of a series of seven prints on which the main sins are displayed as allegorical figures.

Imaginary coats of arms of the Fourth and Fifth Chapters of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: King Galegantis of Norway, with silver lion on purple field, and King Malaquin the Dane, from beyond the marshes of Galonna, with head of a moor in silver crown on gold field. Chevaliers de la table ronde: le Roy Gallegunneis de Norgales, le Roy Malaquin doutre les marches de Galonne.

Jugement de Paris, 1601 - 1700, Etchings, 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Paper / Sheet 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Cream laid

Poppaea Sabina; Poppée Sabine; Kaartspel met gerenommeerde heerseressen; Jeu des reynes renommées.Playing card with a representation of Poppaea Sabina, the second woman of the Roman emperor Nero. Text in undermarge. Numbered top left: 5.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France. Mix of good and bad: Childéric, Philippe de Valois, Louis XI. Fifth issue of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 656; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Hond zoekt in de stam van een boom; Titelpagina voor: Corneille, Pierre. Sophonisbe. Tragedie, 1663.In the middle a dog is upright against a tree. He is looking for something in the hole of the tree. On the left the Latin translation of 'already searching' on a spell band.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Eleonor, Eleonora of Aquitaine, Playing card with a representation of Eleonora of Aquitaine. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 3., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables (copy), Card game with mythological representations, Jeu des fables, Front cover with a putto leaning against a marble block with text, verso - stamped, Front cover with a representation of a putto next to a marble block with the text: OVIDI., print, front cover, playing card, prints, height 55 mm, width 58 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after print by

Dido lying on a cloud; Title page for: J.J. Le Franc de Pompignan, Didon Tragedy, 1766. Dido is surrounded by flowers naked on a cloud cover, resting on her belly two birds. Lightning bolts protrude through the clouds.

Anker with converted ears, Jan Luyken, 1687 print Amsterdam paper etching parts of ship's exterior: anchor. ear of corn

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Isabelle de Castille, Isabella I the Catholic, Playing card with a representation of Isabella I the Catholic. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 9., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Coats of arms of the Kingdom of Naples or Sicily, with red label on blue field with gold fleurs-de-lys, and the Kingdom of Cordoba, Spain, with red lion on gold field in blue border with eight gold towers. Royaumes: Naples ou Sicile, Cordube. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.

Coat of arms of the Vidame of:Chartres, with black fesses and martlet birds on gold field, the Vidame of Amiens, with silver and blue chequy on red field. Vidames de Chartres et dAmiens. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.

Jacques Callot, French (1592-1635), Lust, probably after 1621, etching and engraving

Coats of arms of the Bishop-Duke of Laon, France, with gold cross on blue field of gold fleurs-de-lys, and the Bishop-Count of Beauvais, Picardy, with red cross and four red keys on gold field. LEveque & Duc de Laon, lEveque & Comte de Beauvais. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.

Title Page. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT.

Coat of arms of the Count of Hainaut, Low Countries, black and red lions on gold field, and the Count of Holland, Low Countries, with red lion on gold field. Comtez: Henaut, Hollande. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.

Allart van Everdingen, The Triumph of Reynard, probably c 1645 1656 The Triumph of Reynard

Council of Old (IT)

A rooster with a Mercury staff in its legs. Centered above the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. Entirely in an ornamented frame, Vignette by Elias Gillis van Masschel, print maker: Christoffel van Sichem (II), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1581 - 1658, paper, h 152 mm × w 120 mm

Isabella van Aragón; Elisabeth d'Arragon; Card game with renowned rulers; Jeu des Reynes Renommées.Playing Card with a Representation of Isabella from Aragón, Frederik de Schone's Wife. Text in undermarge. Numbered at the top left: 10.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and E. Lemaire (19th century), engraver. "The Vieulx Taincturier." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-20 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

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