Mythological Engravings

Classic prints depicting mythological scenes featuring figures from ancient tales, richly detailed and dramatic, showcasing historical artistry.

Apollo and Daphne, Paul van Summer (II), 1677 print The Apollo in love chases the fleeing Nymph Daphne, whose arms are already turning into branches. The river god Peneus, Daphnes father, is located on the banks of the river, resting on his urn. Putti view the scene from the air and from the ground. Under the image an explanatory text in French. Scene from Ovidius metamorphoses (with. I, 452 et seq.). Right bottom corner torn out: originally numbered as "4" Paris paper etching / engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)

Flood (left half), Andrea Andreani (attributed to), After Nicolò Boldrini, After Titian, 1568 - 1629 print Men and women try to bring themselves and others to safety during the flood. On the right a temple and on the water the Ark of Noah. print maker: Italyafter print by: Veniceafter design by: Venice paper the ark is floating on the waters, while life on earth is destroyed ~ story of Noah

Apollo and Daphne, Paul van Summer (II), 1677 print The Apollo in love chases the fleeing Nymph Daphne, whose arms are already turning into branches. The river god Peneus, Daphnes father, is located on the banks of the river, resting on his urn. Putti view the scene from the air and from the ground. Under the image an explanatory text in French. Scene from Ovidius metamorphoses (with. I, 452 et seq.). Right bottom corner torn out: originally numbered as "4" Paris paper etching / engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)

Hercules torst the globe for Atlas; Working from Hercules. Hercules takes over the globe from Atlas and wears him on his shoulder. Atlas for Hercules can steal the golden apples from the Hesperids.

Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from the 'Fable of Cupd and Psyche' 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian. Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from the 'Fable of Cupd and Psyche' 367311

Venus and Adonis. Venus and Adonis kissing under a tree. In addition to the right leg of Venus, the little Amor is. Left of Adonis three hunting dogs. In the background a landscape with sheep, cattle and a ruin. Right Adonis that is attacked by a wild boar.

Daphne turns into a laurel tree, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print When the Nymph Daphne was chased by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father Peneus (a river god) for help. He ensured that his daughter escaped her attacker by turning her into a laurel tree. You can see the moment when Daphnes arms turn into leafy branches, while Apollo wants to grab her. In the background Cupido that Apollo affects Python's dead body with one of his arrows. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series. Haarlem paper engraving Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548). single named nymphs (with NAME). Apollo pursuin

Adam and Eva in paradise. .

Mercury plays flute for Argus, Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, 1589.

Cupid and Psyche. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua). Dimensions: sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 3/16 in. (36.5 x 23.3 cm) borderline. Date: 1573-74. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Judgement of Paris. Artist: Raphael Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1560-1628 Venice ()); After Hans von Aachen (German, Cologne 1552-1616 Prague). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 1/4 × 14 15/16 in. (28.6 × 37.9 cm). Publisher: Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640-1703). Date: 1589. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Clolelia crosses the tiber. The cloelia escaped from captivity to Rome. She crosses the river tiber on horseback. Left on the shore is a group of women with children for tents. On the right are women on the shore who try to stop cloelia.

Netherlands, Hecken, Abraham van den, The four elements, Aer, Olympian goden tussen de wolken: het element lucht, verso - gestempeld, The gods Jupiter and Juno, with respectively eagle and peacock, surrounded by the various gods of Olympus and putti between the clouds, as an allegory of the element air. Print from a series of four., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 101 mm, width 132 mm, 1610 - 1655-01-22, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

The Judgment of Paris; Paris seated on a rock choosing between the goddesses Venus, Juno, and Minerva, the god Mercury with a caduceus in between them 1555 Engraved by Giorgio Ghisi Italian. The Judgment of Paris; Paris seated on a rock choosing between the goddesses Venus, Juno, and Minerva, the god Mercury with a caduceus in between them 367823

King crowned with glory and immortalized by taking La Rochelle (1628). (TF)

Clair-obscur woodcut in three plates depicting the flight of Cloelia, showing figures and action in a historical scene, created by Giuseppe Nicola Vicentino around 1539-1545.

Venus sends Psyche to a source guarded by dragons, master of the dice, after Michiel Coxie (i), c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Venus contributes Psyche the task to get water from a source that is monitored by dragons. On a mountain of the eagle of Jupiter who brings psyche water from the Styx. paper engraving Psyche performing various tasks set to her by Venus. the eagle of Jupiter fetches water from the Styx with Psyche's jar. Styx (river of Hades); 'Stige' (Ripa)

Mercury and the Graces 1589 Italy. Engraving with etching in black ink on ivory laid paper . Agostino Carracci

Hooghe, Romeyn de, Netherlands, Esopus in Europa, The Misled Cats, Title page for the pamphlet: The Misled Cats, 1702, A wolf or fox in a monk's habit attacked by cats. In response to France's lack of money and the hypocrisy of the French king. Title is on separate text sheet., print, title page, prints, height 98 mm, width 140 mm, height 52 mm, width 130 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1702, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Miguel de Sorellò, after François Hutin, The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1741 Allegory of Regal Magnificence, 1741 The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1741: Allegory of Regal Magnificence

Bear Hunt, from the series Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium... 16th century After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish. Bear Hunt, from the series Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium... 367398

The four elements. Landscape with the female personnifications of the four elements. Water is in the foreground, with a shell where water flows, and earth, with a cornucopia. In the sky, air is surrounded by birds and fire with a headed head with a flames. In the margin a caption in Latin.

A brown ink drawing by Jan Speckaert depicting the mythological Galathea, showing figures, drapery, gestures, and decorative elements with washes and raster lines.

Rome, Aelst, Nicolaus van, Tempesta, Antonio, The twelve labors of Hercules, Hercules fighting the hydra of Lerna, verso - stamped, Hercules fights the multi-headed hydra of Lerna with his club., print, prints, height 99 mm, width 142 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1527 - 1613, publisher

Offer by Abraham van Isaak, Georg Pencz, 1541 - 1545 print Abraham raises his knife to kill his son Isaac, who kneels bound on the altar. However, an angel stops him and points to a ram that can be sacrificed. paper engraving the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)

Silenus Riding on an Ass, Giulio Bonasone, Italian, 1500 /10 - 1574, Engraving on paper, In foreground, Silenus riding on a donkey from left to right. He is supported on both sides by a faun and followed by a little faun. In mid-distance, right, three figures under a tree. In background, houses and mountains. Inscribed, lower left: 'J. Bonahso F.', Italy, ca. 1550, figures, Print, Print

Cupid being led blindfolded on a donkey 1540-56 Léon Davent French. Cupid being led blindfolded on a donkey 336955

A bacchanal with a bacchant and two half-naked young women. A putto in the center., Bacchanal, print maker: Jean Grandjean, (signed by artist), unknown, 1765 - 1781, paper, etching, w 118 mm × h 168 mm

Peneus comforted by other river gods, Master of the Dice, After Baldassare Peruzzi, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Penus and four other river gods. The river gods show their compassion after the metamorphosis of Peneus' daughter Daphne in a laurel tree. In the air Jupiter with eagle and lightning bolt. Italian text in two columns in STUDMARGE. Numbered below: 4. Italy paper engraving the river-gods condole with Peneus for the loss of Daphne transformed into a tree. (story of) Jupiter (Zeus)

Paris's opinion. Paris's opinion in a landscape. The seated Paris makes his choice for Venus. Mercury is behind him. Juno and Minerva are on the right, surrounded by Putti. On the left two old and a young Sater. Above Apollo and Luna on their cars, continued by horses.

In the foreground a half-naked young woman sits in front of a cave. She is the personification of Sadness and holds up her hands. Surrounding her are four animals: owl, snake, rat and a howling dog. On the left of the center plan a woman with a snake head eating a heart (the personification Anger/Invidia) and a devil holding a snake in both hands (the personification Envy/Zelotypia). On the right of the center plan is a woman with a dagger in her breast (the personification Despair/Desperatio) and a praying woman (Lamentation/Commiseratio). In the background, the siege of a city (left) and a shipwreck (right). With Latin explanation in caption. The third print of a four-part series on negative human traits, Sadness Tristitia Four negative human traits (series title), print maker: Raphaël Sadeler (I), (mentioned on object), Maerten de Vos, (mentioned on object), publisher: Raphaël Sadeler (I), (mentioned on object), Cologne, 1592, paper, engraving, w 180 mm × h 149 mm

Reverse Copy of Thetis and Chiron. Artist: after Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/16 × 3 3/16 in. (5.9 × 8.1 cm). Date: 1546. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mercury gives Bacchus to the nymphs of Nysa, Andrea ProCaccini, After Carlo Maratta, 1681 - 1734 print Mercury gives the child Bacchus for education to the nymphs of Nysa. Italian text and coat of arms in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper etching (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Mercury hands the baby Bacchus over to the nymphs of Nysa

The Fall of Phaeton, Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, 1590.

Allegorical cartoon which the personifications of Truth and Time reveal the nest where the pope hatching all kinds of conspiracies in the form of monsters, this in the form of the story of the discovery of the pregnancy of Callisto by the goddess Diana and her nymphs, Right Elizabeth I, Queen of England and the virgins province of Holland, Zeeland, Gelderland and Friesland, print maker: Pieter van der Heyden (mentioned on object), Dating 1584 - 1585

Hare hunt with dogs and nets. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a 43-part series on hunting, Hunting Hares Hunting Scenes (series title) In quibus omne genus venationis, aucupij, piscatusque (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, Jan van der Straet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Philips Galle, print maker: Antwerp, Florence, publisher: Antwerp, 1578, paper, engraving, w 280 mm × h 204 mm

Levi; Twelve sons of Jacob. Levi, the third son of Jacob. He has a flaming sword in hand, the symbol for program. From uncontrollable anger, Levi and his brother Simeon had destroyed the city of Sichem. Levi is on a bear, also an anger attribute. In addition to Levi the statue of Grapking. She drives a spear through the back of a kneeled man. All attributes refer to JAKOBS blessing from Levi (Genesis 49). The print is part of a series about the twelve sons of Jacob and Patriarchs of Israel and has a Dutch and Latin caption.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, Icones Revelationum S Iohs Evangeliste in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, Fifth angel blows trumpet, The fifth angel blows the trumpet and a falling star opens the bottomless pit, from which smoke and locusts emerge that torment the people without a stamp on their foreheads. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Op. 8. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 85 mm, width 75 mm, Zuid-Nederlands (voor 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, fourth quarter 16th century, vier kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, graferen (drukprocedé), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Hercules in battle with the Hydra of Lerna; Scenes with Hercules. Hercules and a companion (possibly iolaus) go to the multi-headed Hydra of Lerna with clubs and burning fabble.

Coxie, Michiel (I), Italy, Master of the Dobbelsteen, Story of Amor and Psyche, Psyche on her way to the underworld, verso - stamped, Venus instructs Psyche to descend to the underworld and bring back from there a jar filled with the beauty of Proserpina, the queen of the underworld. On the left Psyche at the tower giving her advice. Italian text in two cartouches in the lower margin. Numbered lower left: 24., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 197 mm, width 228 mm, Italian, German, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1560, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, Work conception, South Netherlandish, 1499 - 1592-03-10

Triumph of Galatea with tritons and Nereïden and Putti. Galatea stands on a shell and is being pulled by dolphins. She is surrounded by Tritons and Nereïden. Three putti point their arrows at Galatea.

Mercury tells the story of Pan and Syrinx, Giulio Bonasone, 1501 - 1580 print Mercury is on the right and tells a story to the group of young women. Left pan that is after the nymph Syrinx. Reed seems to be growing from Syrinx's head, the reeds from which Pan will later make the Syrinx (pan flute). In the background a landscape with ruins and obelisks. The performance was previously interpreted as Mercury and the daughters of Aglauros. Italy paper etching / engraving Syrinx changed into a reed: while fleeing from Pan, the nymph Syrinx is changed into reed by her sisters, the Naiads (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 705). (story of) Mercury (Hermes)

Roof of a woman by husband and Sater, Anonymous, After Singea Vico, After Rosso Fiorentino, in or after 1542 print In the middle, a woman is robbed by a man and a saat. Various figures around a table on the right. In the foreground a man has pulled his sword, and a man with a dagger waves behind the table. Two horses on the left. Italy paper engraving man abducting woman. celebration meal, feast, banquet

Finding the branch of gold by means of the two doves given to him by Venus, allegory to the glory of the Pamphili house after Romanelli, (Dutuit p.38, the white 199) Cornelis II Blloert, said U Young (1603-1692). Hotel Peroun Lau on Prousstes who oussi sledge (duutier de la Glanuit P. 32) 2018, white. 38). Burin, Curnitely sites. Museums of the city of the city of Paris, small palace.

Educatie Van Achilles Door Chiron De Centaur, Giovanni Cesare Testa, After Pietro Testa, 1637 - 1691 print Landscape with the young Achilles who is taught by Chiron de Centaur. In the foreground on the right, Achilles is taught in playing the Lier. In the foreground on the left they hunt for Lions. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching the education of Achilles by Chiron

Job on the manure heap; History of Job; Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae. Job sits on a manhole and is visited and mocked by his friends. One of his friends is in pocket and ash: he has sprinkled ash on his head. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Job 2:11. This print is part of an album.

Hercules beats Geryon, Charles David, after Frans Floris (I), After Cornelis Cort, 1613 - 1638 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper engraving Hercules kills Geryon, the monster with three heads and three bodies, after having slain the herdsman Eurytion, and Orthrus, the two-headed watch-dog

Wedding party of Amor and Psyche (judge part), 1575 print In a basin for a cave, Mars and Venus are washed by eight putti. print maker: Mantuaafter painting by: MantuaRomeMantuaItaly paper engraving / etching marriage of Cupid and Psyche

Water, Giulio Carpion (I), 1623 - 1679 print A Naiade, a daughter of a river god, is sitting with a water jug in front of a tree. Tritons swim in the sea in the background. The performance represents the Element Water. Venice paper etching Naiads, river- and spring-nymphs; usually carrying an urn; 'Naiadi, ninfe de' fiumi' (Ripa). triton(s). water (one of the four elements)

Putti playing 1540-56 Léon Davent French. Putti playing 336966

Sater door nimfen aan een boom vastgebonden; Sperne voluptates: nocet empta dolore voluptas.In a landscape, a sater is tied to a tree with both arms. Next to him are nymphs that mocked him.

Cupid in the Elysian Fields. Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (Italy, Bologna, circa 1498-1580). Italy, 1563. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Vulcan's Forge ca. 1542 Master IQV. Vulcan's Forge 400197

Group of naked boys including boy with narrekap and writing and sleeping child.

Hercules worstelt met Antaeus, Cornelis Cort, after Frans Floris (I), in or after 1563 - before 1595 print Hercules beats the giant Antaeus by lifting him up for so long until he gives up his resistance and dies. paper engraving the giant Antaeus is lifted in the air and crushed to death by Hercules

The Phaiaken wear the sleeping Odysseus to Ithaka, 1547 - 1570 print The Phaiaken carry the sleeping Odysseus out of the boat, pulled by two sea horses, and lay it on a couch on the coast of Ithaka. At the bottom right Neptunus (who will change the boat on the retreat in stone). One of two well -known prints to destroyed frescoes in La Galerie d'Ulysse in Fontainebleau. paper engraving the Phaeacians bring Ulysses to Ithaca; they lay him down asleep on the beach with gifts (Homer, Odyssey XIII). carrying a person

Copy of The Rich Man Transported to Hell, from The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus after 1554 after Heinrich Aldegrever German The rich man carried by winged demons at upper left, above a landscape with a city in the background below. At right, three demons with shovels digging a hole. The demon at left gestures towards the group of flying figures. Plate 4 from a series of five prints with scenes from Luke 16:19-31.. Copy of The Rich Man Transported to Hell, from The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 427969

Night, Anonymous, after Johann Sadeler (I), After Drug Barendsz., 1667 - 1736 print The sleeping NOx, the personification of the night. A cloud of darkness escapes from his mouth. Next to him an owl, a bat and a rat. On the left a couple. In the background, a masked man brings a veiled woman to a temple. after print by: Colognepublisher: unknown paper engraving personification of the night, 'Nox'; 'Notte', 'Carro della notte', 'Serenití della notte' (Ripa). owls. night. night ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Nox'). flying mammals: bat. couple of lovers

Print, Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560, Engraving on paper, Four river gods are grouped about a fifth lying in the foreground. In the distance a departing woman, and Apollo in the sky. Below, an eight-line verse in Italian. Episode in the history of Apolllo and Daphne., Rome, Italy, ca. 1575, Print

The Dream of Paris. Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (6.4 × 4.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from around 1590 depicting Venus, Cupid, and Pluto in a mythological scene.

Bacchanal with putti. A bacchanal with putti. In the middle putti carrying a donkey. At the bottom right a sater that sucks a putto. Bottom left a naked man.

Leda and the swan with her four children. Leda and Jupiter in the form of a swan on a riverside with the four children who are bred from their eggs. Leda gives a child's chest. Another child climbs on the back of the swan and shows his mother a butterfly on his hand. The other two children play under the spread wings of the swan. There is a ruin behind the family group.

The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame. Dated: c. 1750. Dimensions: sheet: 50.9 x 70.6 cm (20 1/16 x 27 13/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white and incised throughout, on two joined sheets of blue laid paper, the verso reddened for transfer. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner.

Triumph of Bacchus. The print depicts a fable from the metamorphoses (3: 8). A procession putti, bacchants and saters wear the Bacchus wine god on a sedan. The Drunk Silenus is also present, moving on a donkey and supported by a Sater. On the foreground of the print is one of the maenads broke out. On the background of the printing king pentheus from Thebes, the cousin of Bacchus, who prohibits his nationals to worship Bacchus.

. Venus and Amor in the foreground of a landscape. In the background Pluto drives into his car at a burning city.

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto. The goddess Diana with her nymphs in the forest. She points accusing to Callisto, whose clothing is pulled aside by the nymphs to reveal her pregnancy. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin.

Silenus rijdend op een ezel.Silenus is sitting on a donkey and is supported by a man and a Sater. Next to the donkey is a lion and behind the donkey is a young satater with a can. In the background right three figures and a donkey around a tree.

Sadeler, Raphael (II), Raphael (I), Carracci, Agostino, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Venus tied to a tree and Amor punished by Minerva, verso - stamped, Venus is tied to a tree by her hands. Minerva pulls Amor by his upper arm and beats him with her bridle. Her shield with the head of Medusa lies on the ground., print, prints, height 173 mm, width 220 mm, South Netherlands, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1632, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1560, publisher, 1584-12-20 - 1632

Fowling, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Black ink on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Fowlers behind tree, right. Methods of snaring birds indicated: center, two birds are tied to the ground, thereby attracting other birds (starlings) to the scene. Above, groups of birds carry off glued snare-lines. At lower left: 'Ioan. Stradanus Ioan. Collaert Sculp.' Left center: 'Phls. Galle excud.' Below: 'CORNICEM IN CAMPO LIGAT AULEPS...', Netherlands, ca. 1595, figures, Print, Print

. Abraham sends Hagar and Ismaël to the desert. When the water runs up, Hagar lays her son under a shrub to die. An angel appears and points her a source, so that both are saved. In the margin a two-person caption in Dutch.

Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, Jacob Matham, After Paulus Moreelse, 1607 print Mars and Venus are both undressed. Mars by Amor and Venus by one of her nymphs and by putti. The draperies are kept open from a large four -poster bed. On the right, however, Apollo appears in the form of sun rays. On the right in the foreground the armor of Mars. Haarlem paper engraving Mars and Venus making love, Apollo (Sol) appearing

after Heinrich Aldegrever, The Rich Man in Hell, etching

Peleus ends the sleeping Thetis, Crispijn van de Passe (II), c. 1636 - 1670 print The Zeenimf Thetis sleeps in a cave on the banks of a river. Peleus travels her and is about to tie her. paper engraving Thetis, asleep on the shore, is assailed by Peleus; she tries to elude him by assuming different shapes

. Jupiter has wakessed and represents Juno and Neptunus because of their involvement. Apollo gives Hector new power. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

De vier elementen, Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 print The four elements earth, water, air and fire, personified as two female and two male figures. On the left in the foreground, seen on the back, Earth (Terra) is in his hand corn sheaves. Also in the foreground is water (Aqua) as a female figure with a ship on her head and a stream next to her. In the sky between the clouds there is air (AER) with a chameleon on her hand. Right a man's figure that depicts fire (Ignis), sitting on a dragon and a crown of flames on his head. Behind his head the sun. Haarlem paper engraving the four elements, and ether, the fifth element (+ variant)

. The truth, a woman with a sun above her head, describes the lives and acts of Dutch painters and tramples the envy and laziness. Minerva, the God of Wisdom, is assisted. Fame blows the praise. Stone relief shows a painter who is attacked by father time and the sleeping laziness. In addition, Venus are like beauty and geometry to encourage him to make good art.

May: Hunting (Gemini), Antonio Tempesta, 1575 - 1613 print Landscape that depicts the month of May. Landscape with hunters and hunting dogs hunting a deer. In the middle of the symbol for the constellation twins. paper etching Gemini (zodiacal sign of May). landscape symbolizing May. stag-hunting. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt')

A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian. A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X 396428

This copper engraving by Marco Dente, created between 1510 and 1527, depicts two satyrs, showing mythological figures in a natural setting.

. Justice (Justitia) and Peace (Pax), sit on a throne with their feet resting on a landscape, naked man. Above them the victory (Victoria) who wants to crown them. In the foreground on the right Mars, sitting with his arms bound on his back. Left in the foreground The charity (charitas), a child's soaking. In addition to her a child, playing with a helmet. In the foreground a harness. In margin under the show a eighty caption in four columns in Latin.

Copper engraving by Monogrammist NA DAT depicting Siamese twins, created in the first half of the 16th century.

Title print for the second part of 'Engeants stage'; Englants Schoustenel imagending the glorieuse voids with the croons of William III and Maria II to king and queen of Great Brittany and Vrankryk and Yrlant, etc. II part .. Allegorical title print with King William III and Queen Maria II Stuart on their thrones surrounded by gods and allegorical figures. On the right the French rooster is chased away. Title page of the 'Englants spectreous' series over the Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 (second part). With captions in Dutch and French.

Expulsion from paradise. Adam and Eve cover their nudity while they are driven from the earth paradise with the flaming sword by the angel. In addition to them, the snake crawls. Different animals in the background. The seventh print of an eight-language series about the creation story.

Roof of Europe, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Jupiter, in the form of a white bull, takes Europe away through the sea. Her service states are desperately left on the beach. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

After Sébastien Le Clerc I, Descent into Limbo Descent into Limbo

Judah Giving Tamar the Pledge. Dated: c. 1566. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Herman Jansz Muller after Maerten van Heemskerck.

Iron century, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print Imagination of life during the iron century: soldiers injured, killing or chasing people, buildings are on fire. In the foreground the God Mars. In the clouds of Lady Justitia, averted. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series. Haarlem paper engraving the iron age, 'Aetas ferrea'; characterized by Mars, war and rapine

Cupid in the Elysian Fields tied to a tree in the centre, surrounded by many figures 1563 Giulio Bonasone. Cupid in the Elysian Fields tied to a tree in the centre, surrounded by many figures 705349

Venus makes Aeneas immortal; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Venus sprinkles her son Aeneas with ambro wide and makes the God indiges from him. On the right in the background Cybele on its lion truck that ensures that the ships of Aeneas, which were set in fire by Turnus, change into water nymphs. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Perseus with the head of Medusa. Perseus flies above sea and holds the chopped head of Medusa to the snake hair. For him lies a sea sample, on the left in the background Andromeda is closed to a rock. The mythological scene is framed with foliage. To the left of this, the fame blows the trumpet, making three putti on both sides of music. At the bottom of the print is a three-legged caption in French.

Scene of Southern South America.. Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Maps, Atlases. 1671. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. America, West Indies, British , History

Mercury tells the story of Pan and Syrinx. Mercury is right and tells a story to the group of young women. Left pan that is at the Nymph Syrinx. From the head of Syrinx, Reed seems to grow, the reeds where pan later will make the Syrinx (pan flute). In the background a landscape with ruins and obelisks. The show was previously interpreted as Mercury and the daughters of Aglauros.

Landscape with the death of Adonis, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print A forest landscape with the dead body of Adonis on the ground. His hunting dogs hunt for a wild boar. Venus comes from clouds to Adonis on a car drawn by two pigeons. paper etching death of Adonis: he is killed by a boar. landscapes - HH - ideal landscapes

Daphne Embracing her Father, the River Peneus Artist's working dates 1522-1544 Italy. Engraving in black on paper . Master of the Die

Horizontal Panel Design with Four Hybrid Male Figures and a Fantastical Creature Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century; In the manner of Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600-1625). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 5/16 in. (18.4 x 26.2 cm). Date: 17th century (first half).Design for a horizontal panel with a male figure in the middle, seen from the back, whose lower body consists of rinceaux which meander across the page. He looks left, into the eyes of a fantastical creature with a grotesque head springing forth from one of the rinceaux. Surrounding him are three more male hybrid creatures whose lower bodies similarly consist out of acanthus rinceaux or leaves. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Neptune en Amphitrite, Pierre Brebiette, 1608 - 1650 print paper etching (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). Amphitrite riding on a dolphin; possibly brought to Neptune

Justice (Justitia) is rejected by the world; How the world does not curb. An immacidated horse with a globe lies on his head and throws the blindfolded justice (Justitia), which was straight on his back on the ground. In the hands of justice, her attributes: Libra and sword. The print is part of a four-part series where the world is presented as an immegrated horse.

Memnon on the stake; Metamorphoses from Ovid. The body of Memnon is on the stake, the axis changes into birds called the memnonides. Memnon, the son of Aurora and Tithonus, was killed by Achilles. At the top right Aurora that begs Jupiter to give her son the immortality. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Cloelia steekt of Tiber Over, Niccolo Vicento, after Maturino Da Firenze, 1608 print Cloelia escapes with a stolen horse from the camp from the Etruscans to Rome. She is about to cross the Tiber River and is surrounded by companions. print maker: Italypublisher: Mantua paper Cloelia and her companions escape Porsena's camp: she crosses the Tiber on horseback and persuades her companions to swim after her Tiber. Rome

Clair-obscur woodcut by Ugo da Carpi circa 1523-1527 showing Jacobs dream from the Bible, with figures, architectural elements, and symbolic details.

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