Historical Religious Illustrations

A collection of intricate engravings depicting historical and biblical themes, showcasing scenes like Turkish soldiers and the Whore of Babylon with rich details and dramatic narratives.

Mowing figures with scythe. To the right, figures swimming in a stream. The scene is framed by an ornamental frame with water bottles, flowers, swimming figures, scythes and straws. At top the constellation Leo., July Suite des Mois de l'Annee (series title) Twelve months (series title), print maker: Etienne Delaune, Franse kroon, (mentioned on object), France, before 1566, paper, engraving, h 175 mm × w 238 mm

Turkish Soldiers at Rest from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks). Artist: After Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502-1550 Brussels). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 23 7/16 in. (35 × 59.5 cm). Published in: Antwerp. Publisher: Mayken Verhulst (Netherlandish, 1518-1593/96). Date: 1553. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse Made 1496-1498 Germany. Albrecht D¸rerís illustrations of the Apocalypse display an unprecedented scale and complexity. In this sheet, the Whore of Babylon, one of the visions foretold in the biblical book of Revelation, is perched on a seven-headed scarlet beast with 10 horns, holding aloft a chalice full of the ìabominations and filthiness of her fornication.î She appears in contemporary Italian dress, perhaps a reference to the burning city in the distance, which is commonly interpreted as Rome, whose seven hills matched the beastís seven heads.. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

The Harvest and the Wine-Press of Blood Hans Schäufelein German. The Harvest and the Wine-Press of Blood 670560

The Seven Angels with the Trumpet, from The Apocalypse 1498 Albrecht Dürer German. The Seven Angels with the Trumpet, from The Apocalypse 388122

The Three Jews Cast into the Fiery Furnace. Philips Galle (Holland, Haarlem, 1537-1612). Holland, 1565. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Woodcut by Leonhard Beck from 1517 depicting Theuerdank delivering a death blow to an opposing knight in a tournament scene, showing figures, armor, and action.

Mowing figures with scythe. To the right, figures swimming in a stream. The scene is framed by an ornamental frame with water bottles, flowers, swimming figures, scythes and straws. At top the constellation Leo., July Suite des Mois de l'Annee (series title) Twelve months (series title), print maker: Etienne Delaune, Franse kroon, (mentioned on object), France, before 1566, paper, engraving, h 175 mm × w 238 mm

Landscape with horse and car; Landscapes with figures. View of a hilly landscape with a city on the left. In the foreground a horse and carriage rushes across the bridge. On the right a banging monk at a crucifix.

Etienne Delaune, Orion Killed by Apollo Orion Killed by Apollo

Allegory of Fortuna and Justice 1534 Monogrammist HC. Allegory of Fortuna and Justice. Monogrammist HC (German, active 1534). 1534. Etching and engraving. Prints

Plate 8: The Egyptians Drowning in the Red Sea, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament' ca. 1590-ca. 1610 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 8: The Egyptians Drowning in the Red Sea, from 'The Battles of the Old Testament'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). ca. 1590-ca. 1610. Etching. Nicolaus van Aelst (Flemish, Brussels 1526-1613 Rome). Prints

The Babylonian Whore n.d. Albrecht Dürer German. The Babylonian Whore 387449

Gluttony; Gula; The seven deadly sins. The female personification of gluttony (gula) is sitting on a pig and drinks from a jug at a table. There are drunk women around the table. All kinds of fantastic scenes and chips with which this principal sin is depicted. With caption of a rule in Latin and a rule in Dutch.

Jean Duvet, Saint Michael and the Dragon, 1546 1556 Saint Michael and the Dragon

Apollo kills Coronis; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Apollo belongs to a white crow that his Minnares Coronis has left him. He then kills Coronis by shooting her with an arrow. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Rome, Vaccari, Andrea, Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, The four seasons, Autumn, verso - stamped, Bacchus with a panther on a chariot drawn by two goats and two pheasants. The scene is surrounded by an ornamental border with medallions with the months, goats ending in scrollwork and satyrs., print, prints, height 149 mm, width 211 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Italian - 1627, publisher

Cebes table. Allegorical representation of the path of life as the passage through concentric rings to the temple of happiness on a mountain in the middle. Detailed show with countless persons and allegorical figures with inscriptions.

Estius, Franco, Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, Tabula Cebetis, right sheet, verso lower left - stamped, Table of Cebes. Allegorical representation of the path of life as the passage through concentric rings to the temple of happiness on a mountain in the middle. Detailed representation with numerous people and allegorical figures with inscriptions., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 665 mm, width 417 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01

Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Temptation of Anthony with attack by demons, verso bottom center - stamped, Saint Anthony is attacked by demons in a hallucination during his stay in the desert. He floats in the air among strange creatures that seem to be composed of all kinds of animal body parts. At the bottom right, Anthony's cave is depicted next to a tree and a view of a city on a river in a landscape. At the top of the tree hang two shields with the electoral and ducal coats of arms of Saxony., print, prints, height 406 mm, width 277 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1506, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

July: threshing (lion), Antonio Tempesta, 1599 print Imagination of human activity in the month of July. Landscape with farmers who process and pack grain. Bird hunters in the background. In the middle of the symbol for the zodiac sign Leeuw. Italian fresh and title in the lower margin. print maker: Italypublisher: RomeItaly paper etching the twelve months represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape; so-called 'labours of the months'. cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet). threshing. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt'). Leo (zodiacal sign of July)

Psyche carries Cerberus; Story of Amor and Psyche. Psyche performs Cerberus, the three-sacking dog that monitors the input of the underworld. On the left the three scratch goddesses, which spin people's life wires. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 26.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Groeningen, Gerard van, Amsterdam, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Historia Iosuae, History of Joshua, Achan buries the spoils of war in his tent, Achan buries the spoils of war, which were destined for God, in his tent. His family helps him with this. In the background, the Israelites are fleeing from the army of the city of Ai. On the left is Joshua with the commander's staff in his hand. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Jos. 7. Print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 210 mm, width 290 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1567 - 1570, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1515 - 1599, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publish

Illustration at Canto IV of Tasso's 'Gerusalemme Liberata', Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print Idraote is at Armida and Satan in front of the Hellepoort. In the background on the left, Armida is in the camp of the Christian fighters. Italian verses by Tasso in two columns in Submarge. print maker: Italyafter own design by: ItalyVaticaanstadItaly paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata. knight. militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc.. devil(s) and demons: Satan

Rome, Orlandi, Giovanni, Tempesta, Antonio, The four seasons, Fregore torpet Hiems vinduatg gramine tellus: Fert imbres glaciemg gelug adstricta seneseit, Winter, verso - stamped, Depiction of the season winter, with an old man on a chariot. The man warms himself at a fire. The chariot is pulled by peacocks and owls. In the background on the right a woman on a boar. Title in Latin in bottom margin., print, prints, height 149 mm, width 215 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Albrecht Dürer, The Apocalypse: The Babylonian Whore, 1496-1497, woodcut on paper.

A 1517 woodcut by Leonhard Beck depicting Theuerdank riding through a forest landscape near a city and striking on his first pass.

Animals from West Indies, 1682 - 1733 Presentation in two parts. Both left and right a landscape with animals from the West Indies, including a sea wolf, seal, armadil and some snakes. On the right in the background, an animal is roasted above a fire on a spit. With a legend in Dutch and French. The print is part of an album. Leiden paper etching West India Presentation in two parts. Both left and right a landscape with animals from the West Indies, including a sea wolf, seal, armadil and some snakes. On the right in the background, an animal is roasted above a fire on a spit. With a legend in Dutch and French. The print is part of an album. Leiden paper etching West India

Victories of King Willem III in Ireland (upper half), 1690; The Glorieuse campaign from William de III king of great Britannien Neffens some quantified actions of the events and confredpled in the year 1690. Large print on two blades in which the victories of King Willem III are celebrated in Ireland and the victories of the Allies in France in the year 1690. Upper half with centrally worked on the Boyne on July 11, 1690. With fame in the sky and at the front of the English unicorn and the Dutch lion. Six smaller scenes of the battle between Willem III and Jacobus II on either side.

Venus asks Jupiter for help; Story of Amor and Psyche. Venus arrives in her car drawn by pigeons. In the middle is Jupiter with eagle and next to him Mercury with Caduceus. Links Mercurius on the road and Mercury in conversation with Venus. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 18.

Six Cavalrymen in Combat, from Battle Scenes I. Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 9 7/16 in. (12.3 x 23.9 cm)Plate: 3 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (9.8 x 21.2 cm). Date: ca. 1590-1630. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint John on Patmos, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes and Hunting Scenes. Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, c. 1560-1618); after Hans Bol (Flemish, 1535-1593); published by Anna van Hoeswinckel (Flemish). Date: 1584. Dimensions: 143 × 200 mm (image/primary support, trimmed within plate mark); 176 × 238 mm (secondary support). Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Adriaen Collaert, II.

Woman is sitting with garden tools and a flowerpot on their lap under a tree, Jan Luyken, 1686 print A woman is sitting with garden tools and a flowerpot on their lap under a tree. Her head is decorated with a wreath of oak leaf. In the foreground, putti study an image of a richly landscaped garden. Riders and walkers in nature in the distance. All at the top of a cartouche with the image of figures that harvest fruits. Print Maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leeuwarden paper engraving / etching gardening-tools. French or architectonic garden; formal garden. picking fruit

Cartoon on the French, 1674, 1674 print Cartoon on the French After closing the peace between the Republic and England, 1674. A fleeing rooster (France) is picked in the comb by an eagle (Germany). On the right, a Spaniard strings a rooster on his sword to roast, also a Dutchman who puts a rooster in the cooking pot. Bottom left a cartouche with a verse of 6 lines in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching political caricatures and satires

Aeneas descends in the underworld; Speculum Aeneidis Virgilianae. Aeneas visits the Sibille from Cumea, they descend together in the underworld. In the background Aeneas, protected by a mistletoe, and the Sibille, in Charons boat. Aeneas Dido affects the dead. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Abraham Offert Isaak, Adriaen Collaert, After Hans Bol, 1582 - 1586 print Hilly landscape with Abraham on the left that wants to sacrifice his son Isaac. An angel appears in the air and prevents the sacrifice. The print has an ornament list with flowers and animals. He is part of a four -legged -part series of landscapes with Biblical, mythological scenes and hunting scenes. Antwerp paper engraving dale, valley. monkeys, apes (+ ornamental variants of animals). rodents: rat (+ ornamental variants of animals). rodents: rabbit (+ ornamental variants of animals). flowers (+ ornamental variants of plants). a ram caught in a thicket is sacrificed instead of Isaac

Sadeler, Aegidius, Gheeraerts, Marcus (I), Praag, Fable of the Farmer and the Stork, A farmer catches a stork and a goose with a net. Herons fly in the sky. The fable describes how a farmer has stretched a net over his field to catch herons and geese that are destroying his harvest. A stork gets caught in the net. The moral of the story is that those who associate with sinners will suffer a similar fate., print, book illustration, prints, height 96 mm, width 112 mm, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, English, 1520 - 1590, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Depicts the allegory of greed, created as a copper engraving print by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1558, showing human figures displaying avarice and material desire.

The Rich Man in Hell. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Heinrich Aldegrever.

St. James and the Magician Hermogenes from The Story of the Magician Hermogenes 1565 After Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish. St. James and the Magician Hermogenes from The Story of the Magician Hermogenes 383060 Artist: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish, Breda () ca. 15251569 Brussels, Artist: Pieter van der Heyden, Netherlandish, ca. 15251569, Publisher: Hieronymus Cock, Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 15101570 Antwerp, St. James and the Magician Hermogenes from The Story of the Magician Hermogenes, 1565, Engraving; first state of three, sheet: 12 15/16 x 15 5/16 in. (32.9 x 38.9 cm) image: 8 13/16 x 11 13/16 in. (22.4 x 30 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of William H. Riggs, 1927 (27.92.1)

This 1517 woodcut by Hans Schäufelin depicts Theuerdank crossing a frozen lake in a wooden boat during winter while shippers reach out for assistance amid ice floes.

Jefta offers his daughter; History of Jefta; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). Jefta has his sword to kill and sacrifice his daughter. The daughter kneels at the altar. On the left the weekly bearing girlfriends from Jefta's daughter. Soldiers watch. In the background a city in the landscape. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in RI. 11.

In a circular frame the Bronze Age of Minerva. In the foreground the earth is being worked and cultivated. Grain is being mowed and ore mined. In the background, surveying is being done. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that during the Bronze Age man had to work more and more to keep himself alive. Moreover, property was central to life. The print is part of a series on the four eras and has a Latin, French and Dutch caption., Bronze Age Aneum saeculum The four eras (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), Gillis Coignet (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Philips Galle, Antwerp, 1573, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, w 257 mm × h 325 mm, w 246 mm × h 246 mm

Roof van Europe; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Jupiter, in the form of a white bull, Europe carries away by the sea. Her servants remain desperate on the beach. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Satan bound for a Thousand Years, from the Apocalypse n.d. Jean Duvet French. Satan bound for a Thousand Years, from the Apocalypse 386238

Flood; Clemens Justitia; Imagines and Figurae bibliorum; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. The flood. It's raining and the country is under water. In the foreground, people try to put itself on higher land in safety. On the left people have climbed in the tree (Gen. 7:17). The print is part of an album.

Allegory of Life. Artist: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/16 in. × 21 in. (38.5 × 53.4 cm). Date: 1561. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

View of a Bay with a Central Tree in an Ornamental Frame 1540-50 Master IQV This is from a group of around 20 etchings that depict ornamental frames, most of which enclose Netherlandish-style landscapes. The landscape in this print is based on a drawing by Matthijs Cock (Musée du Louvre, Paris) that shows St Augustine in the centre of the image. In this print he has here been replaced by a tree. The strapwork frame is the most striking element of the print, its fantastic grotesques, elongated and crouching figures and heads set in cartouche reveal the artist's imagination and compelling sense of design. The roots of this visual aesthetic lie in the Galerie François I at Fontainbleau decorated by Rosso Fiorentino.. View of a Bay with a Central Tree in an Ornamental Frame. Master IQV (French, active 1540-50). 1540-50. Etching. Prints

Allegory of Life, Giorgio Ghisi, After Rafaël, 1561 print Fantasy landscape at night with rocks, wild animals, different types of trees and a fierce lake with sea monsters and a rowing boat. On the edge of the lake is an old man with a beard, leaning against a rock and a dead tree. The old man looks over the water at a woman with crown and spear in the foreground on the right. Italy paper engraving Life. mis-shapen animals; monsters. animals. landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, The Great Figuer-Bibel, Icones Revelationum S Iohs Evangeliste in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, Of the Apocalipsis oft Openbaeringh Iohannis, Fall of Babylon, An angel throws a stone, as big as a millstone, into the sea. In the background, Babylon is burning. In the foreground, mourners throw dust over their heads. Below the image, a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Op. 18:1. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 85 mm, width 77 mm, Zuid-Nederlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04

Print at the top left of marked: FOLI 79.

Pyramus and Thisbe, Johannes of Lucas van Doechum, After Gerard van Groeningen, 1601 - 1652 print Landscape with the dead pyramus at a fountain. He stabbed himself because he thought this was killed by a lion. Thisbe discovers her dying lover, on which she commits suicide with the sword of Pyramus. The lion is under a stone arch on the left in the background. Under the performance an explanatory text. The first rule from the Metamorphoses of Ovidius, Book 4, Versrel 61. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Thisbe discovers the dying Pyramus (the scene may be represented near a fountain)

The planet Saturn and his children, Harmen Jansz Muller, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1638 - 1646 print Saturn drives his car in the sky, pulled by two dragons. He devours one of his children. The signs of Capricorn and Waterman indicate which people belong to the sphere of influence of Saturn. The people who were born under this constellation have poor health and do not know a happy end of life. Disabled people, arms, hungry and pilgrims get food from charity monks. On the right people in prison, who are visited by a man. The country is edited in the background. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the children of Saturn. Antwerp paper engraving Saturn and his children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Aquarius and Capricorn. dragon. charitable works. the poor. prison, jail. agriculture

Passion show in the list of animals, Anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print At the top right, a lion runs, a frog jumps in a pond. Germany (possibly) paper etching

The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, from The Apocalypse, Latin Edition, 1511 1511 Albrecht Dürer German. The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, from The Apocalypse, Latin Edition, 1511 387459

. Jupiter and Juno discuss over the course of the Trojan War. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Saturn; Satvrvs; The seven planets; Cathena aurea platonis. The God Saturn as Personification of the Planet Saturn in a triumphar being continued by dragons. He holds a scyth in his hands. In the upper corners the signs of the zodiac that symbolize his planet children: Capricorn and Waterman. Downstairs on earth, people who are born under the sphere of influence of this planet are engaged in activities that are characteristic of these signs. In the margin a six-line poem, in four columns, in Latin that refers to the metal lead associated with the planet Saturn.

Horses that pull the barges, 1577, 1577 - 1578 A span horses with a rider with which the barges were pulled, 1577. Trees decorated in the background. Part of the entry of Willem van Oranje in Brussels, September 18, 1577. Netherlands paper Brussels A span horses with a rider with which the barges were pulled, 1577. Trees decorated in the background. Part of the entry of Willem van Oranje in Brussels, September 18, 1577. Netherlands paper Brussels

Nicolò Boldrini, after Raphael, Hercules and the Nemean Lion, c 1566 Hercules and the Nemean Lion

The Apocalypse: The Dragon with Two Horns and the Beast with Seven, 1546-1556. Jean Duvet (French, 1485-1561). Engraving;

Melancholic temperament, 1566 print Saturn sits on a cloud and eats one of his children. He depicts the planet of the same name. Above him there are three signs of the zodiac: bull, virgin and ibex, which match the element earth. Under Him, on earth, the people with a melancholic temperament, who are ruled by him. Astrologers and geographers do research and people are hung on a tree. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the melancholics and Saturn. This print is part of an album. paper engraving melancholic temperament. Saturn (planet). seeking death, suicide. geography. astrologer at work

Minerva as a martial art patrones; Image of t 'start of the war / and d' assijric monarchy; Of the Babylonians; Main activities of a prince; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). Minerva in full armor as martial art patrones. It is surrounded by weaponry (including guns, guns, harnesses, strict books and investment tools). In the background on the left a battle and a siege. In the background right a market. This print is part of an album.

Resting shepherds at a source; Resting shepherds at the Lion Source. Two shepherds with their herd of sheep at a source. On the right a base with an image of a lying lion on it.

Diana op Jacht, Giulio Bonasone, After Vincenzo Caccianemici, After Parmigianino, 1501 - 1580 print A landscape with the hunting goddess Diana in the foreground with five hunting dogs, a gracefully flying rug and a lance. In the background there are a farm with a tower on the left and a herd of grazing cows near two tree stumps on the right. Italy paper engraving Diana hunting

Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego are thrown into the fire; History of Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego. The three Jews are thrown in the burning oven. Two of them can be seen through a window in the oven. The flames don't bear them. Three of the guards who are on the oven burn in the flames.

Woodcut 'The Temptation of St. Antonius' by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506, depicting St. Anthony encountering demonic figures during his spiritual trial.

Divorce between Abraham and Lot, 1653 - 1654 print On the left on a rock, Abraham proposes to Lot to separate. They look out over a valei with the cattle and the shepherds who argue about the shortage of land (Gen. 13: 8-12) in the foreground. The print is part of an album. paper etching Old Testament. Abraham and Lot separating (Genesis 13)

Boaz and Ruth, Jan Luyken, Anonymous, 1712

Master NS, Knight and Lady Knight and Lady

God the Father blesses Adam, Eva and De Dieren, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - 1600 print God the Father in the clouds. He blesses Adam, Eva and the animals in earthly paradise. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: München (possibly)after design by: Antwerppublisher: München paper engraving God blesses Adam and Eve; institution of marriage. God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe. creation of man; the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1:26 - 2)

Murder of the Duke De Guise, 1563, 1570 print Murder of François, Duke de Guise, by Jean Poltrot, 18 February 1563. With caption of 7 lines in German, the legend is missing. Unnumbered. France paper letterpress printing attempt, political murder. violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Orléans

Asia; Four continents. Triumphar from the Asia continent. Car drawn by two dromedaries. Print from series of four continents.

France, Perrissin, Jean, Duke Guise killed on the 18th of October 1563, Murder of the Duke of Guise, 1563, Murder of François, Duke of Guise, by Jean Poltrot, 18 February 1563. With a 7-line caption in German, the legend is missing. Unnumbered., print, picture, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 376 mm, width 505 mm, French, 1538 - 1611, print maker, printmaker, 1570 - 1570, third quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, letterpress

The Last Judgment Artist's working dates 1569-1615 Flanders. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Jerome Wierix

Master MZ, German (active c. 1500), The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, engraving on laid paper

The Silver Age, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print The silver era: man must take the seasons into account. Farmers plow and sow. In the background a primitive accommodation that offers protection against cold. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving the silver age, 'Aetas argentea'; men plough the soil and build huts

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting the Holy Family resting during the flight to Egypt, created in the first half of the 16th century.

Woodcut 'John before God and the Eldest' (Apocalypse, Figure II) by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1496, depicting John with the elders in detailed composition.

Print, The Lion Hunt; France; etching on paper, mounted; 62.1 × 46.7 cm (24 7/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

Triumphar on which woman with a lute; Triumphers of grotesken and rollerwork. The car is preen by three saters with saucer-shaped chains. Sheet from series of 8 blades with triumph trolles of grotesken and rollerwork with saters, animals and various other creatures, decorated with trophies, garlands and leaf refines.

Civilization is brought to the Indians, 1530; Victories of Charles V; Divi Caroli. V. Imp. opt. Max victoriae, ex multis praecipuae. In the foreground, Spanish soldiers are skinned and considered by Indians. One of the Indians removes the organs of his victim. Indians and Spaniards are fighting a battle in the background. The print has a Latin, Spanish and French caption and is part of a twellable series about the victories of Karel V.

Cura Dei Pro Suis, from Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish. Cura Dei Pro Suis, from Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories 398477

Disastrous consequences of the action trade, 1720, Jan de Ridder, 1720 print Several men commit suicide after having lost everything in the action trade, others have gone crazy or commit a robbery. In the foreground the crying Heraclitus, in the background the carriage of the Rijkaard. In the caption the statement of the figures 1-9. The print belongs to the group of imprints added to the Foolishness series of foolishness with cartoons on the Windhandel or Action Trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching suicide out of despair. non-aggressive activities of Heraclitus

Christoph Murer, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Swiss, 1558 - 1614, published 1630, woodcut on laid paper

Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Jagden on wildlife, birds and fish, unicorn hunting, 1596, Antwerp, by Jan Collaert the Younter, Jan van der Straet, Philips Galle, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, record date not stated 1f-4913514

Judah gives Tamar his signet ring; History of Judah and Tamar; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. A tree is the veiled Tamar with her father-in-law Judah, who did not recognize her and thinks she's a prostitute. He gives her his signet ring and staff as collateral for the goat bug with which he will pay her. On the right in the background the sheep and shepherds of Judah and left a city. At the bottom of the margin a fresh in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Young making fun on a grass cross. Young making fun on a grass cross and a young man sitting behind a young lady. Illustration for a poem.

The Babylon Harlot. Dated: 1546/1556. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 30.3 x 21.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Duvet.

This woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder depicts the martyrdom of St. Matthias. The image shows the saint being stoned to death, a traditional representation of his death. The composition emphasizes the brutality of the act and the saint's unwavering faith. The work is part of a series illustrating the deaths of Christian saints.

A collection of mythological figures in a landscape with ruins On a jar in the foreground the title of the book, Mythological figures in a landscape Title page for: Jacob Zeeus, 'IVde Gezang uit het IIIde Boek van Q Horatius', 1712 IVde Gezang uit het IIIde Boek van Q Horatius by I Zeeus , print maker: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), publisher: Arnold Willis, Amsterdam, 1712, paper, engraving, h 155 mm × w 101 mm

Coat of arms of Hendrik, count of Nassau-Siegen, c. 1731 - 1779 print Weapon of Hendrik. A number of allegorical figures on the waterfront. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching

Mars riding in his chariot in the sky, pulled by two dogs. The signs of Scorpio and Aries indicate which people belong to the sphere of influence of Mars. The people, born under this constellation, are rough and aggressive. On earth they rape, rob, kill and set fires. Below in the margin is a text in Latin about the children of Mars, The planet Mars and its children The seven planets , print maker: Harmen Jansz Muller, (mentioned on object), Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Joannes Galle, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1566 - 1570 and/or 1638 - 1646, paper, engraving, h 212 mm × w 248 mm

September, Etienne Delaune, Before 1566 print Sowing and plowing figures on a field. The scene is framed by an ornamental list of tools, bags with seeds, vines and at the top of the constellation Libra. France paper engraving September and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). Libra (zodiacal sign of September). ploughed field. sowing. seed

Joshua sends spies to Jericho and Rachab let the spies escaped through the window; Pia Atque Fausta Prudentia; Imagines and Figurae bibliorum; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. The city of Jericho, with the Joshua army on the left. Joshua sends two spies to the city. On the right can be seen how Rachab, a prostitute from Jericho, let the two men escape with a rope from her window after which they climb over the wall (Josh. 2: 1). The print is part of an album.

Apollo and Artemis Killing Niobes Children. Artist: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537-1612 After: Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, Italian, ca. 1499-1546

The Chaldeans plunder the temple of Jerusalem, Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569 - c. 1650 print The temple is destroyed by men with houwels. In the foreground an ox cart on which the temple treasures are taken away. Print 19 from a series of 21 prints and a title print. Haarlem paper engraving the temple of Jerusalem is looted ~ story of Zedekiah

Stirling Maxwell, William, Netherlands, Great Britain, Waterston, Sons, & Stewart, G., Reproduction of the cartoon on the statue of Alva, 1571, Reproduction of the cartoon on the statue of the Duke of Alva, erected by himself in the courtyard of the citadel at Antwerp, 1571. Illustration from: Antwerp delivered in MDLXXVII., print, historical object representation, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 175 mm, width 230 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1878 - 1878, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photolithography, Work conception, after print by, English, 1818-03-08 - 1878-01-15, client

Vellert, Dirck, Sleeping man, verso lower left - stamped, Sleeping man with basket and dog., print, prints, verso lower middle - stamped, height 65 mm, width 44 mm, South Netherlandish, 1485 - 1547, print maker, printmaker, 1523-10-10 - 1523-10-10, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Melancholic temperament; Melancholici; The four temperaments. Saturn is sitting on a cloud and eats one of his children. He represents the planet of the same name. Above him there are three signs of the zodiac: bull, virgin and capricorn, which matches the Earth element. Among him, on earth, the people with a melancholic temperament, which are ruled by him. Astrologers and geographers are investigating and links from people from a tree. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the melancholici and Saturn.

. After surviving three days and nights in the belly of the fish, the Vis Jona spits out on the land. God looks at Jonah from a cloud. The water at sea is quiet. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin.

The companions of Diomedes changed to Herigers, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print The companions of Diomedes are on a ship at sea and are changed by Venus to Herigers. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Diomedes' companions changed into herons: because they have insulted her, Venus changes Diomedes' companions into herons (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 494)

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