Narrative Historical Drawings

A collection of ink drawings depicting biblical and mythical scenes full of dramatic storytelling and intricate human figures.

Pietro del, Adoration of the Shepherds, Venice, Italy, verso - stamped, The Holy Family sits before a ruined building, surrounded by shepherds and angels adoring the Christ Child., print, prints, height 449 mm, width 598 mm, Italian, 1610 - 1692-07-22, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A brown ink drawing by Adriaen de Weerdt showing Boas promoting Ruth, executed with gray wash.

Allegory at Rotterdam Trade, Jan Punt, 1750 print Personifications of the four continents - America with a fence and skirt, Africa with elephant hat and tusk, Asia with turban and turban and Europe with armor and scepter - offer the city virgin of Rotterdam gifts. Behind her a statue of Erasmus. In the foreground a nymph on a car pulled through swans on the river. In the background a cityscape with the Sint-Laurenskerk. Rotterdam paper etching / engraving personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. (+ nation; national). Europe represented allegorically; 'Europa' (Ripa). Asia represented allegorically; 'Asia' (Ripa). Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). America represented allegorically; 'America' (Ripa). Native peoples of the Americas. Asiatic races and peoples. Africans. Europeans Large or Sint-Laurenskerk. Rotterdam

Depiction of Hermes, Herse, and Aglauros, executed in gray ink and brushwork.

Copper engraving from the 17th century depicting the biblical story of Solomon's judgment, showing figures and throne in a narrative scene.

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino, The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul (recto), c 1530 The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul recto

Dance around an image; Historical and mythological scenes. A group of nymphs dances into a circle around the image of a beef on a base. A Nymph plays on a schalmei.

Saint James Cures a Blind Man. Artist: Giovanni David (Italian, Cabella Ligure 1749-1790 Genoa); Designed by school of Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31-1506 Mantua). Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/2 x 16 1/8 in. (31.8 x 40.9 cm) trimmed to platemark. Date: 1776. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sextus kneels for Titus; Titus; Title page for: J. Nomsz, Titus, Treurspel, 1765 .. Sextus kneels for Emperor Titus. Behind them Vitellia falls into the arms of Tullia. In front of the people, Titus shows his mild nature and the two gives the freedom after their betrayal.

Jozef and his brothers, Pier Francesco Mola, 1622 - 1666 print Joseph stands for a palace and addresses his brothers, some of which are kneeling in front of him. Rome paper etching admitted in Joseph's presence, the brothers bow down before him

Pietro del, Adoration of the Shepherds, Venice, Italy, verso - stamped, The Holy Family sits before a ruined building, surrounded by shepherds and angels adoring the Christ Child., print, prints, height 449 mm, width 598 mm, Italian, 1610 - 1692-07-22, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Alexander and Aristobulus account for Emperor Augustus, Jan Luyken, 1704 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing emperor. audition; ruler giving audience

Sleeping man surrounded by figures, anonymous, after Jacob Folkema, 1702 - 1817 print A man fell asleep sitting and has put his head on a standing book. He is surrounded by various figures who watch him. In the foreground, a man kneels in his arms with a baked child. paper etching sleeping; unconsciousness. other methods of carrying children

Picart, Bernard, Folkema, Jacob, Trahat sua quemque voluptas, Enthroned man surrounded by allegorical figures, verso - stamped, An enthroned bearded man and a young man next to him are surrounded by a group of allegorical figures. Almost all the figures have their gaze fixed on this pair, a few want to show or offer the young man something. Astronomia offers him an armillary sphere and Religio shows him the Bible., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 151 mm, width 94 mm, Work conception, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, after print by, 1716 - 1817, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08

The meal at Simon de Pharmeeër, Jean Michel Liotard, After Sebastiano Ricci, 1717 - 1796 print With two -way caption in Latin. paper etching / engraving meal at the house of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)

Performance from Roman history: Fieldmaster sitting in front of his tent among his soldiers, addressing a woman with two (dead) children, Fieldmaster addressing a woman with two children, draughtsman: François Perrier, (attributed to), draughtsman: Jacques Blanchard, 1610 - 1638, paper, pen, brush, h 223 mm × w 288 mm

Alexander and Aristobulus answer to Emperor Augustus, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), Amsterdam, 1704, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 112 mm × w 162 mm

The death of Virginia.

Illustration for La Coupe Enchantée from Contes et nouvelles from Fontaine, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1685 print Illustration for La Coupe Enchantée from Contes et nouvelles from Fontaine. Party company of Roman men around a table. One of the men drinks from a large jug. On the back of text text in book print. Netherlands paper etching / engraving (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)

Representation from the life of a saint, Godfried Maes, 1659 - 1700, draughtsman: Godfried Maes, , 1659 - 1700, paper, pen, brush, h 236 mm × w 328 mm

Battle for the Pants, Frans Hogenberg, After Monogram Filer PSR, 1540 - 1590 print Seven women fight for men's pants. They pull each other on the hair and hit each other with a mouth, scissors or spider skirts. A man watches behind a column. Right behind a company of one man and some women at a set table. The man is loved. On the left in the background a fight between soldiers and women. The text at the top right states that the image depicts the rivalry between women for the love of a man. At the bottom left of the set -up sheet a text of four lines in French on a separate piece of paper. paper etching / engraving rivalry of women for the love of a man; fight for the hose; 'andouille'. battle for dominance in marriage ('who wears the breeches')

Decenting from the Grotta family, Pietro Monaco, After Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1717 - 1763 print View in a palace hall with an old man on a chair on the left. In addition to and for him, three canonized members from the Grotta family and other figures. Text in STUDMARGE. print maker: Veniceafter painting by: ItalyVenice paper etching saints. female saints

Du plus grand des Romains voilà ce qui vous reste. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 28.8 x 19.4 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.). Medium: graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hubert François Gravelot.

. Odysseus tells from his adventures to Penelope while they lie in bed.

Titelpagina Voor Charles Ruaei E Society of Jesus Opera Books, Parijs 1680, Jan Edelinck, 1680 print A person in Roman clothing is held by two men while extending his hand to a sitting man assisted by four others. The sitting man has his hand by the heart and extends the other. In the foreground next to him are a cloak and a helmet. Paris paper engraving

Antipater shows Caesar his wounds.

Healing a lame.

Brown and gray lavated pen drawing by Domenico Maria Fratta depicting Joseph showing the silver cup found in Benjamins sack, highlighting figures, gesture, and narrative, 18th century.

Jozef explains the dreams of the pharaoh.

Plate 11: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes" 1638 Pieter Nolpe Henry IV as Hercules consulting with Minerva and Mars about how to fix the large crack in the globe at center. Justice lies on the floor at right with the personification of France behind her. The Olympian gods look down from above. One of a series of sixteen plates showing the festivals and ceremonies in honor of Marie de Medici's visit to Amsterdam from August 31 to September 5, 1638. Illustration to Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes", Amsterdam, 1638.. Plate 11: Allegory on the Discord in France, from Caspar Barlaeus, "Medicea Hospes" 698721

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Concorde unites the 7. Provinces in the Assembly of the 18th. January 1651, Concord unites the seven provinces in the States-General, 1651, verso lower right - stamped, The First Great Assembly of the States-General, held in the Knight's Hall from 18 to 21 January 1651. Concord unites the seven provinces. They shake hands and form a circle. The representation is flanked by two medallions depicting two political events., print, prent, prints, height 72 mm, width 155 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1718, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Transfer of Spanish Netherlands by Philip II to Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante of Spain, 1597; About Gracht der Nederlande, at the Infante Isabella. Transfer of the Spanish Netherlands by Philip II to Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante of Spain, 10 September 1597. Interior with Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infante of Spain and Philip II on its throne, a man bends in front of him and kisses his hand.

Small Bacchanal, Gerard de Lairese, 1685 print A small bacchanal in the vicinity of ruins. Central to the foreground is a naked woman in drunk sleep. In addition to her, a woman makes music with cimbal, the third woman takes a look at the group of faunen and saters next to her and pulls a rug. On the right is a crying boy, behind him is a naked woman. Amsterdam paper etching bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos) (+ variant)

Judith 1621-35 Jacques Callot French. Judith. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1621-35. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Helena's kidnapping by Parys (according to the image of Guido Reni from the Parisian Musee du Louvre). Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de (1627 1691), Reni, Guido (1575 1642)

Judgment of Solomon; Biblical scenes; Historia del Testamento Vecchio / Dipinta in Roma Nel Vaticano da Raffaelle di Urbin (...). King Solomon sits on his throne and velt a judgment about a dispute between two prostitutes that both received a child. The child who dies dead is on the ground for Solomon, the child who is still alive and is claimed by both mothers, is held by a man with a sword. From Salomon, this man gets the assignment to share the child in two but this is going to be the real mother too far, she begs him to let her child live.

Throne man surrounded by allegorical figures; Trahat sua quemque voluptas. A throne bearded man and a young man next to him are surrounded by a group of allegorical figures. Almost all figures have their gaze on this pair, a few want to show or offer the young man something. Astronomia offers him an armillaire and religio shows him the Bible.

A king presents his son, Arnold van Westerhout, After Ciro Ferri, After Pietro Locatelli, 1665 - 1725 print Company under the gallery of a palace. The king introduces his son to five older men. Three soldiers watch. The show is caught in an architectural accompaniment, crowned with a tympanum, flanked by wisdom and peace. At the bottom two empty cartouches. Italy paper etching / engraving Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa). symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). palace - AA - civic architecture: inside. election, choice of a ruler

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Of two persons lying on one bed, one is accepted and the other is left, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 99, height 117 mm, width 154 mm, North Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Brown ink and gray wash drawing by Jacob Denys showing Venus and Mercury with an infant before a Jupiter monument, with folding traces and corner spots.

Parable of the Royal Wedding, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 109 mm × w 158 mm

The Sacrifice of Polyxena. Artist: Giovanni David (Italian, Cabella Ligure 1749-1790 Genoa). Dimensions: plate: 8 3/4 x 11 15/16 in. (22.2 x 30.3 cm)sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 9/16 in. (26 x 34.4 cm). Date: 1776.According to Greek legend, the warrior Achilles fell in love with Polyxena, daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was promised to him in marriage if he agreed to end the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles was ambushed by Polyxena's brothers, however, who shot a poisoned arrow in his heel--hence the expression "Achilles heel," a point of vulnerability. Before he died, Achilles ordered that the treacherous Polyxena (shown in the lower right) be sacrificed at his tomb.The artist made this print in Genoa, where he was patronized by the wealthy Durazzo family. It comes from a series of six depicting scenes from history and literature and dedicated to Countess Durazzo. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Grecian Harvest Home, James Barry, 1791 print A group of young men and women dancing around a sculpted Herme with the face of Pan and another field god. Children, young people and some elderly people sit around the circle of dancers. Text in English in the lower margin. One of the seven etchings of the so -called 'Small Set' 'to the paintings that Barry made for the Royal Society of the Arts. paper etching harvest festivities (+ dancing ~ festive activities). sacrificial feast ~ non-Christian religions. zodiac; the twelve zodiacal signs together Greece

Presentation of the Virgin Artist's working dates 1671-1730 France. Black crayon and brush and gray wash, with black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . François Verdier

Brush and Feder drawing by Sebastiano Conca depicting the death of Cato, showing figure, posture, and gestures on blue paper, laved and heightened with white, around 1735.

Bookplate of Henryk Bukowski (1839 1900) Haglund, Robert Ludwig (1844 1930)

Daniël feeds the dragon, 1565 print King Cyrus asks Daniel to worship the dragon as God. Daniël refuses this and asks permission to kill the dragon without the use of weapons. He feeds the dragon with cakes of tar, fat and bones that open the dragon on the inside. Under the performance an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album. paper engraving Daniel gives food to the dragon; King Cyrus looking on

Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Jegher, Christoffel, Love garden (right sheet), verso lower left - stamped, Right sheet of a print on two loose sheets. A love garden with on the right a young man embracing a young woman and in the middle a seated young man next to a kneeling young woman. Her head resting on her left hand and her right hand lying on the knee of the young man., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 457 mm, width 602 mm, 1596-08-24 - 1653, print maker, prentmaker, 1606 - 1640, paper, papier, houtsnede, brush, Borstel, Zuid-Nederlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, draughtsman, tekenaar, intermediary draughtsman

Allegorical performance with muses; Title page for: B. Huydecoper, Test of language and close-skills on vondel's re-creatures from Ovidius, 1782. For a memorial stone with Bustes of Vondel, Huydecoper Ovidius standing and are four allegorical women, possibly muses. Three putti and stacks of books.

The judgment of Solomon, according to Rubens (Dutuit 24) Boëtius Adamsz Bolswert (says Bodius). The judgment of Solomon, according to Rubens (Dutuit 24). Burin, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Witt, Johan De.

Allegory in honor of the birth of the Duke of Bourgandy, Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubub, 1751 print There are various allegorical figures on a low -hanging cloud, near a round temple. A large crown is suggested by an angel, three putti hold a medallion with a portrait at the top. A group of Putti is at the bottom of the cloud and tries to climb on it. There are instruments and tools in the front. The print is a symbolic contribution of the city of Paris to the worship of the birth of the Duke of Burgundy (the firstborn son of the Dauphin). Paris paper etching cities represented allegorically or symbolically Paris

Philokles is received friendly by Idomeneus. Philokles kneels for Idomeneus on the right side of a portico. Several figures are around them. The whole is chattered by a decorative frame with olive branches and at the bottom of a bow. Numbered at the top right: No. III.

Dood Van Seneca, Simon François Ravenet (The Old), After Richard Earlom, After Luca Giordano, 1768 print Nummered at the bottom left: 50. paper engraving / etching death of Seneca: at Nero's order he cuts his veins, usually sitting in a basin or bath of water, and then takes a dose of poison

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Carracci, Ludovico, Agostino, Annibale, Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, L'Enea Vagante pitture dei Caracci, Wanderings of Aeneas, Eripit Aeneas humeris ex hoste Parentem, verso - stamped, Aeneas en his family flees from burning Troy. Aeneas carries his father Anchises on his shoulders. Behind them walk Creusa and Ascanius. On the right a group of soldiers., print, prints, Aeneas flees Troy with his family, height 245 mm, width 505 mm, Italian, 1634 - 1718-02-08, print maker, printmaker, 1663 - 1663, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15, after a painting by, 1557 - 1602-03-22, 1555 - 1619-11-13, 1627 - 1691, printer, drukker

Figures with a whip driven together, Jacob Folkema, 1723 print On the right is a man who has driven a number of men, women and animals together with his whip. A devilish figure with snakesharen and a burning torch is together with the personed pride behind this group of figures. Print left and top right marked: III part - p. 251. paper etching whip

Sacrifice of polyxena. Polyxena is sacrificed by Neoptolemeus on the graftombe of Achilles. Design for a print.

Jozef and his brothers, Govert Flinck (Possible), 1657 - 1659 drawing paper. chalk

Schut, Cornelis (I), The Seven Liberal Arts, Dialectica, verso bottom center - stamped, An old man and Logic, surrounded by books, are talking to each other. At their feet sits a writing man. A putto holds up a book. In the room are also a statue of Aristotle and a parrot in a ring., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 240 mm, width 310 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etsen, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French (1724-1780), Allegorie des mariages faits par la ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne, 1751, etching, retouched with pencil and ink

Scene at a Fair: A Peep Show. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 6 7/16 x 4 15/16 in. (16.4 x 12.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, Phaeton's Sisters Changed into Poplars, and Cygnus into a Swan, 1589 Phaeton's Sisters Changed into Poplars, and Cygnus into a Swan

Alexander, son of Herod, is taken bound to his consort Glasyra, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), Amsterdam, 1704, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 113 mm × w 160 mm

A chalk and ink drawing by Pietro da Cortona depicting an allegory in honor of the Collegio Romano, showing palace architecture, statues, four allegorical women, and the Borghese coat of arms, with ink washes.

Etching and brushwork by Francesco la Marra, created in 1792, depicting David punishing the murderers of Esball from biblical narrative.

Mercurius recommends Calypso to let Odysseus leave. Mercury has appeared in a cloud and recommends Calypso to leave Odysseus. On the right in the foreground, Amor poses with the helmet and the sword of Odysseus.

Peter I The Great Crown Catharina as Empress Van Russia, Bernard Picart, 1726 print Catharina kneels for her husband Peter I the Great. He crowned her on May 18, 1724. They are surrounded by all kinds of personifications. Left abundance and caution at Minerva. Right justice and Urania, the muse of astronomy. In the top left fame that blows the trumpet. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching Pier, quay, Wharf. Crown (Symbol of Sovereignty) - BB - Female ruler. (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). prudence, 'prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (ripa) ~ ONE of the Four Cardinal Virtues. abundance; 'abondanza', 'abondanza Maritima' (ripe). Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama Buona', 'Fama Chiara' (rippa). uria (one of the muses); 'Unia' (ripe). Justice, 'Justia'; 'Giustia Divina' (ripa) ~ One of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Scene from the Old Testament Estera, a pupil of Mardocheus before the Persian king (the period of Jewish stay in Persian captivity) Tempesta, Antonio (1555 1630)

Hooghe, Romeyn de, Haarlem, Mirror of State. Containing The Power of the Generality, Frontispiece for part 2 of 'Mirror of State' by Romeyn de Hooghe, verso stamped below, Classical temple in which various classical figures are depicted, including Perseus with Medusa on his shield, Mercury with his winged hat, a river god and a satyr. Here and there in the representation symbols of the rebellious Netherlands: liberty cap, bundle of arrows, lion with bundle of arrows, motto 'concordia res parvae crescunt'., print, engraving, book illustration, frontispiece, prints, height 189 mm, width 148 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1707 - 1707, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Title print for the press series of the Inhalation of Willem V and Wilhelmina van Pruisen in Amsterdam, 1768, 1772 print Title print for the press series of the arrival of Stadholder Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina van Pruisen in Amsterdam, 30 May - 4 June 1768. Allegorical show with the drawing for a monument inspired by honor with links merchants, freedom and peace, in the foreground the river gods van Amstel and IJ. In the background the Amsterdam town hall. On the monument portrait medallions of the prince and princess and putti with flower garlands. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ drawing. Honour, Glory; 'Ampiezza della Gloria', 'Gloria', 'Gloria de prencipi', 'Gloria & Honore', 'Honore', 'Sublimatí della Gloria' (Ripa). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa) City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808). Amstel (river). Ij

The personification of moderation is with her horse steam next to Minerva on a cloud. Together they try to raise the figures on the ground. To the left of the cloud is a man who wants to go to body and minerva with a sword. In the foreground Hercules is in a woman (the pride): A naked woman with wall wreath and with a peacock in the arms. She tries to seduce him. Hercules kicks Amor with his arrow and bow against the ground. In the foreground is a card game and a winged devil figure is on a bag of money. In the undermaster a seven-line verse in French.

Allegorical performance with Father Time and French and Dutch Language, Gideon Quineau, 1717 print In the middle there is a putto on a pedestal with an open book in which you can read: t use is the great book. In addition, father is time with Zeis. In the foreground, two writing women are like personifications of the French and Dutch language. There are open books with them. On the right is a putto with a medallion with a river god. In the background a square with obelisk. Amsterdam paper engraving Father Time, man with wings and scythe. linguistic communication

Sleeping man surrounded by figures. A man has fallen asleep while sitting and put his head on a standing book. It is surrounded by various figures that hit him. In the foreground a man knocks with a broken baby in his arms.

L'Amerique independante. 1778 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Frontispiece Design for Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw. This second, worked out drawing served as the model for the engraver. In this definitive design it is clear to see that Mars, the god of war, presents a sword to Frederick Henry. Above them, Fame trumpets the princes glory. Concord, with arrows representing the seven Dutch provinces, Navigation, the provider of wealth, and Liberty with her hat on a stick can also be recognized.

Pompeius for the Gellius and Lentulus censors. The Roman consul Pompeius presents itself as a knight for the censors Gellius and Lentulus. The people start cheering when they recognize the Netherlands.

Conversation between several lovers, according to Rubens (Dutuit 38 pp 164) Conversation between several lovers, according to Rubens (Dutuit 38 pp. 164). Wood, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Italy, Bandinelli, Baccio, Dente, Marco, Massacre of the Innocents at Bethlehem, verso - stamped, View of a courtyard of a palace where desperate mothers try to protect their children from Herod's soldiers. In the foreground three women grieving over the dead bodies of their children., print, prints, height 404 mm, width 572 mm, Work conception, Italian, 1486 - 1527, after a print by, 1427 - 1527, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, 1493 - 1560-02-07

Newlywed couple led by Amors to marriage bed, Bernard Picart, 1723 drawing Newlywed couple led to marriage bed by Amors, Venus and Juno watch. Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). (story of) Juno (Hera). the wedding night

Archelaüs, son of Herodes, kneels in Rome for Keizer Augustus, Jan Luyken, 1704 print Amsterdam paper etching kneeling before a ruler

Street scene in the Danish city unknown

Drawing, Graphite on paper, France, before 1902, Drawing

Rotterdam, Burgvliet, Jakob, Losel, Jakobus, Smithof, Nikolaes, Bosch, J., Kentlink, Hermanus, Beman, Jan Daniel, verso - stamped, A man with a feather skirt and feather headdress, an African with a snakeskin hat, a man with a turban and a woman in armor symbolize the four continents and offer gifts to the city maiden of Rotterdam. Behind her a statue of Erasmus. In the foreground a nymph on a cart, pulled by swans on the river. In the background a cityscape with the Laurenskerk., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, City Maiden of Rotterdam receives gifts, Allegory of Rotterdam Trade, height 209 mm, width 160 mm, Punt, Jan, Noord-Nederlands, 1711-04-02 - 1779-12-18, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1750, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Philippus, publisher

Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, The Marriage of Moses, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.

Christ Condemned to Death by Pilate. Dated: c. 1624/1625. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the third after the Battle of Poictiers, 1788. Stipple engraving and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper laid on mount.

Tobits blindness; Story of Tobias. On the left in the background, Tobit buried the murdered man, who was found on the street by Tobias. After the funeral, Tobit falls asleep on a few bags of grain. One of the birds in the nest above his head drops his bird poop in Tobits eyes, making it blind. In the middle behind it gives clothing to the arms and on the right he is at the banquet. At the bottom of the margin a single-line caption in Latin from Tobit 2.

Alcove with Jupiter and Semele, c. 1662 - c. 1670 print From series of 6 magazines. paper etching Jupiter kills Semele by coming to her with his lightning and thunderbolts

. In a dark sleeping area, Aristodemus Prince of Cuma lies in bed while he is betrayed by his family Xenocrite, who has set up his subjects against him. She has a torch in her hand, the two soldiers carry stabbing weapons. Top left: FOL. 577. Print used in a book by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints from Arnold Houbakken.

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Aeneas flight with his family from Troy. Aeneas bears his father Anchises on his back. On the left runs Ascanius and on the right a woman. In the background the burning troy. Text in undermarge.

The church and pride burning unrest. The church and pride burning intrigues and unrest. The Roman church puts the bishops of Münster, Cologne and Strasbourg and Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg to war. Central the imagination of the pride of the French king Louis XIV that has more crowns on the head than he can wear. On the right, the prosperity of the Republic is viewed with envy. In the background, Catholic bishop's bars for weapons forces, the tires are loosened to the right. Allegory on the political situation in the Republic in the year 1674. Numbered at the top right: 2.

Esther, Haman and Ahasverus on the Banket, Jan Hoogsaat, 1728 drawing paper. chalk brush Esther's first banquet: Ahasuerus and Haman are Esther's guests; she invites them for a second meal

The Hol and the Temple of Trophonius, Romeyn de Hooghe (Attributed to), After Romeyn de Hooghe, 1687 print The cave and the temple of Trophonius. With numbers at elements in the show that refer to text in book. Netherlands paper etching (story of) Trophonius

Allegorical performance with Hercules that Amor tramples, Bernard Picart, 1719 print The personification of moderation sits with her horse toom next to Minerva on a cloud. Together they try to call the figures on the ground to order. To the left of the cloud is a man who wants to tackle moderation and Minerva with a sword. In the foreground is Hercules in a woman (the pride): A naked woman with wall crown and with a peacock in the arms. She tries to seduce him. Hercules kicks Amor with his arrow and arch to the ground. In the foreground is a card game and is a winged devilish figure in a bag of money. In the lower margin a seven -line verse in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hercules as personification of Virtue. figure representing a Virtue vs. a Vice. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Music, Philips Galle, After Frans Floris (I), 1547 - 1617 print Seven musicians around a table. Six play instruments (2 x lute, winch, bagpipe, scalmei, and flute). A woman sings. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Antwerppublisher: Haarlem paper engraving bagpipe, musette. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. tuning the lute. transverse flute. lyre, cithara, psaltery. clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm

Judiciary of Count William III, 1336, 1675 - 1677 print Judiciary of Count William III. The judgment of Count William III the Good about the bailiff of South Holland. The count points lying in his sickbed with his scepter. The bailiff is taken by a priest the confession, behind him the executioner pulls his sword. The farmer kneels at the bed. The Chamber is filled with all kinds of officials and spectators. On the wall a wall carpet with the show in which the bailiff robes the cow of the farmer. Northern Netherlands paper etching Valenciennes

Roman scene with Scipio Prints after paintings in the council chamber of the court of justice in The Hague Les tableaux qui se trouvent a la Haye dans la Chambre du Conseil de Justice de la Cour , print maker: Claude Duflos, (mentioned on object), after: Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Nicolaas Verkolje, (mentioned on object), print maker: France, publisher: Amsterdam, 1683 - 1727, paper, engraving, etching, h 424 mm × w 250 mm

Minerva armed with a shield and lance attacking three nearly prone figures 17th century Grégoire Huret French. Minerva armed with a shield and lance attacking three nearly prone figures 645764

Astarb, print maker: Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles Monnet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pierre Didot, print maker: France, intermediary draughtsman: France, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, 1785, paper, etching, engraving, h 319 mm × w 250 mm

Amsterdam, Mortier, Pieter (I), Haarlem, Luyken, Jan, Bouw van de Tabernacle, verso middle bottom - stamped, print, prints, height 109 mm, width 159 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1703 - 1703, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1661 - 1711, publisher

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