Personifications and Virtues

Engravings of allegorical figures representing virtues and vices, featuring elegantly dressed women in classical styles, with a focus on themes of pride and faith.

Saint Cecilia with organ, Pieter de Bailliu (I), 1623 - 1660

The 9 MUSS COPY TO H. Golkzius.

Hoogmoed (Superbia), Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 print Personification of the vanity or pride, depicted as a richly dressed female figure looking in a mirror. Haarlem paper engraving Pride; 'Superbia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem, late 15th century, depicting the second clever virgin in the parable with figurative costume and posture.

Fides (copy). Artist: Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century; After Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem). Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in. (23.4 x 16.2 cm). Publisher: Joannes de Ram (Dutch, Amsterdam 1648-1696 Amsterdam). Date: late 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: After Hendrick Goltzius. Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century.

La Royne.

Saint Cecilia with organ, Pieter de Bailliu (I), 1623 - 1660

Suddenly, uneale sole on the haker, the other's the extomac. / No. 13 / Nos. 17. (District factice) | I figures at la monde in English M. LUIT Duc de Bourville (IFF 982 to 1005) (title of the ensount)

Roxelane. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre Adrien Le Beau after Jean-Demosthene Dugourc.

Saint Barbara ca. 1615-75 Lucas Vorsterman I Flemish. Saint Barbara. Lucas Vorsterman I (Flemish, Zaltbommel 1595-1675 Antwerp). ca. 1615-75. Engraving; only state. Prints

Damoiselle Dangleterre going through the city, Anonymous, After Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662 Woman in traditional costume of a lady from England. paper etching England

The Fifth Wise Virgin, 1469-79. Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450-1491). Engraving;

Older woman in work clothes, to left, 1685 print Numbered 8 paper etching

Libyan Sibyl. Dated: c. 1470/1480. Dimensions: sheet: 17.8 x 10.8 cm (7 x 4 1/4 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: BACCIO BALDINI.

The Nine Muses: Erato, #7 in a series of9. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

H. Barbara. .

French lady who imitates the edict of 1633; La Dame Suivant L'Edit.; Following the edict of 1633.

Mulier Primaria Antuerpiensis, in Ornatu Domestico. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

A brown ink drawing with gray washes by Sébastien Le Clerc from 1650-1664 depicting a Parisian figure, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip.

Plate 37, Davidis Teniers Antuerpiensis, pictoris, et a cubiculis ser.mis principibus Leopoldo Guil. archiduci et Ioanni Austriaco, Theatrum pictorium: in quo exhibentur ipsius manu delineatae, eiusque cur in aes incisae picturae archetipae italicae, quas ipse ser.mus archidux in pinacothecam suam Bruxellis collegit, Teniers, David, 1610-1690, Troyen, Jan van, b. ca. 1610, Engraving, 1660.

Woman with fruit basket on the arm and straw hat on the head, Anonymous, 1700 - 1900 print A young woman with fruit basket on the arm and straw hat on the head. Under the show a four -line verse in Dutch. Netherlands paper etching / engraving Beauty; 'Beauty' (Ripa)

Standing woman with vase in the hands, seen from the front. Standing woman in fantasy wall, full of a vase in the hands.

Erato, anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1652 print The sitting Erato, the muse of lyricism and love poetry, holds a globe and a passer in her hands. There are a book and a yardstick on her feet. Under the show two two -line verses in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving Erato (one of the Muses); 'Erato' (Ripa)

Wenceslaus Hollar, Mulier Augustae Vindelicorum Mulier Augustae Vindelicorum

Pride. Jacob Matham (Holland, Haarlem, 1571-1631). Holland, circa 1587. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Hendrik Goltzius (1561-1641). "The nine muses: Uranie. Ninth number of a series of 9 pieces. (Hollstein 156; Bartsch 154)". Chisel. 1592. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123048-12 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

Brown ink and brush drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting a woman from Cairo with gray and red lavated shading, glued on a leaf with pierced decorative flower strip dated between 1650 and 1664.

Flavia Domitilla, wife of Vespasian, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian.

Clio.

Pen drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting an Armenian figure in brown and gray lavated ink on paper, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip.

Judit; Jvditha; Figures from the Old Testament. Judit leans on Holofernes Sword and holds the head of Holofernes in her hand. In the background Holofernes Army Tent Camp. A tent is open and the body of Holofernes is on a bed. In oval with a frame of laurel blades.

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer depicting the fourth of the clever virgins, showing detailed Gothic line work and religious iconography.

Dangerous Caresses. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Joseph de Longueil (French, Givet, Ardennes 1730-1792 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27.7 x 20.6 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Fifth Wise Virgin. Martin Schongauer; German, c. 1450-1491. Date: 1450-1491. Dimensions: 123 × 85 mm. Engraving on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Magri-Stefani, Teresa.

Elisabeth, dt. Queen.

Woman alone standing, according to Rubens (Dutuit 51 page 168) Single woman standing, according to Rubens (Dutuit 51 page 168). Burin, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Weeping Mary Magdalene, draughtsman: Woutherus Mol, 1795 - 1857, paper, h 273 mm × w 213 mm

Judith with head of Holofernes and Zwaard, Barthel Beham, 1512 - 1540 print paper engraving Judith and Holofernes (Judith 8-16)

Katharina, Princess of Saxony.

Humility ..

Watteau, Jean Antoine, France, Jeaurat, Edme, Herdersvrouw, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 140 mm, width 80 mm, 1688 - 1738, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1738, paper, papier, etching, etchings, French, 1684-10-10 - 1721-07-18, intermediary draughtsman

Agreement c. 1600 - c. 1699 print Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Melpomene; The nine muses. A series of nine muses. Four rules Latin from Franco Estius in margin under print.

AlbiaTentia.

Portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange, Anonymous, 1670 - 1749 print Portrait of William III in a circle of Lauwerbladen. There are a number of allegorical objects around. In the foreground, a winged fame blows on a trumpet. Four lines of Dutch text in the lower margin. Low Countries paper engraving / etching knighthood order (GARTER) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Agnes, Princess of Burgundy.

Martin Schonguer (around 1450-1495). Les Vierges Folles: second mad virgin (Bartsch 83). Engraving (chisel), 1480-1485. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 76855-17 Art medieval, Christianity, Gospel according to Matthew, woman, engraving with chisel, Christian iconography, religious iconography, lamp, medium age, New Testament, biblical character, overthrow, madman mad, 15th xve XV 15th 15th 15th century, engraving, engraving

Wenceslaus Hollar, Nobilis Mulier Aulica Anglicana, 1643 Nobilis Mulier Aulica Anglicana

The cries of Paris: has good milk. (Title Title) | Good milk. (Registered title)

Clerk, Alexia.

The Second Wise Virgin, c. 1480-1488, Martin Schongauer, German, c. 1440/53-1491, 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (12.07 x 8.26 cm) (image), Engraving, Germany, 15th century

Sobieska, Maria Klementine.

Portrait of Maximilian Emanuel II. In an oval list The portrait of Maximilian Emanuel II, Keurvorst of Bavaria and governor from the Southern Netherlands, in arms in Halvenve. Face to the right. The print has a Latin caption.

Saint Catherine Leaning on a Sword ca. 1503-4 Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. Saint Catherine Leaning on a Sword 343434

Clio; The nine muses. Landscape with clio, the muse of history, leaning on a book by Livius. A battle in the background. First print from a series with muses.

Saint Potamiaena, 1 of 25 plates from the series Martyrologium Sanctarum Virginum (Female MartyrSaints). Publisher: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, 1560-1618

Her royall highnes Duches of York Mary of Modena, when Duchess of York.. 1683. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718

Koch, Regina.

ELIZABETH HARTLEY as Lady Jane Grey Date: 1751 - 1824

Portrait of Anna van Saksen, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, After Anthonis Mor, 1757 print Portrait of Anna van Saksen, second wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange. Fifth print from a series of six with the images of the consort and mothers of the stadholders. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Portrait of Catharina of Arragon, Queen of England, in an oval being held by two putti behind a balustrade.

JOAN I QUEEN OF NAPLES Married many times, particpated in assassination of first husband. Put to death by Charles of Durazzo. Date: 1326 - 1382

Minerva. Minerva with a hand on her chest.

French crown, Paris, Surugue, Louis, Chéreau, widow François (I), Watteau, Jean Antoine, France, Audran, Benoît (II), La sultane, Woman with mask, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 288 mm, width 208 mm, 1698 - 1772-01-09, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1755, paper, papier, etching, etchings, French, 1684-10-10 - 1721-07-18, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, - 1755-04-17, publisher, uitgever, 1686 - 1762-10-08, granter of privilege

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask René Boyvin French. Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask. Set of 6 masquerade coiffures. René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525-1598 or 1625/6 Angers). Etching. Prints

English Noblewoman Made 1644-1649 Bohemia. Etching on gray Asian paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

Zittende Muze® Clio ( ); Signs Old Icons 2 .

Mulier Anglica Habitans in Pago. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The nobility, the lady with the large collar and the cap falling behind. Eighth number of a suite of 12 pieces" (Lieure 556, Meaume 680). Etching. 1st half of the 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99602-6 Etching, engraving

Lady with mask and flower, seen from the front, 1624 print paper etching

Drawing of a woman from Verdun by Sébastien Le Clerc, executed in brown and gray lavated ink with chalk highlights, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative floral strip, dated between 1650 and 1664.

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask René Boyvin French. Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask. Set of 6 masquerade coiffures. René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525-1598 or 1625/6 Angers). Etching. Prints

Maria de 'Medici, Princess of Tuscany.

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting the penitent Mary Magdalene, created in 1620. The print emphasizes repentance through gesture and expression.

Leaf from Habiti antichi e moderni, plate 93 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Cesare Vecellio (Italian, c.1521-1601); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1597-1598. Dimensions: 154 x 95 mm (image); 180 x 119 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Repetition of Flora by Titian Vecellio (from Florentine galleria dgli uffizi). Unknown, Tiziano Vecellio (CA 1488 1576)

Talia XVI Thalia. Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506. 1550. Ladenspelder, Johann, approximately 1511-approximately 1580. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Mulier Franconiensis. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.

Portrait of Juan Domingo de Zunyga y fonseca, Count of Monterey. Portrait bust to the left of Juan Domingo de Zunyga y fonseca, Count of Montery and Governor of the Southern Netherlands. De Graaf is bareheads and wrapped in a harness. The portrait is caught in a circular picture frame and is revealed by an allegorical woman's figure with burning torch. The stone plaque on which the portrait supports is decorated with a weapon and a relief. In addition to the portrait, a plumeed helmet is a skeptic one. In the margin is a four-line predictor in Dutch. This print forms the pendant of the portrait of Prince Willem III.

Grammar: a young woman standing in a decorated interior holding an open book in her left hand and pointing to the alphabet inscribed on its pages with her right hand, from the series 'The liberal arts' (Les arts liberaux). Artist: Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris); After Grégoire Huret (French, Lyon 1606-1670 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 in. (30.7 x 21.3 cm). Publisher: Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Series/Portfolio: The liberal arts (Les arts liberaux). Date: 1633-35. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is sitting on a chair while the asp wriggles up her right arm. Stipple engraving by Clark after himself.

A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by Wenzel Hollar.

Print made by Pieter Schenck, 1660-1719, Dutch, L'Hiver de Winter, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.

Egyptian Sibille, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1601 print Bust of the Egyptian Sibille. In her right hand she holds an olive branch and she holds her left hand against her chest. The performance is caught in a medallion with a border script in Latin. In the margin a six -line caption in Latin. Print from a series with the twelve Sibilles. Cologne paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Maria Estuardo. Maria I de Escocia (1542-1587). Reina de Escocia (1542-1567). Hija de Jacobo V. Tras su matrimonio con Francisco II de Francia, ocupó a su lado el trono de Francia (1559). Estuvo dieciocho años prisionera y fué condenada a muerte por conspirar contra la vida de la reina de Inglaterra. En febrero de 1587 la reina Isabel I de Inglaterra ordenó decapitar a María Estuardo, muriendo como una mártir católica. Retrato. Detalle de un grabado en la que la reina escucha la música interpretada por David Rizzio (1533-1566), cortesano italiano secretario privado de María Estuardo. Por J. Furnó. Historia de las persecuciones políticas y religiosas en Europa. Editada en Barcelona,1864.

Drapery Study for Christ in Majesty, 1865-66. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones

Urania; The nine muses. A series of nine muses. The later states with Latin text from Franco Estius in the margin under the print.

Drawing of a woman from Verdun by Sébastien Le Clerc in brown and gray lavated ink with chalk traces, mounted on a leaf with a pierced floral strip, dated 1650-1664.

The Adulteress in front of a temple. In the background, the Pharisees bringing an adulterous woman to Christ in the temple. Christ is writing with his finger on the ground. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a print series featuring famous women of the New Testament, The Adulteress Famous Women of the New Testament (series title), print maker: Jan Saenredam, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Balthasarus Schonaeus, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1661 - 1726, paper, engraving, h 192 mm × w 135 mm

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Sumatra. Sixteenth number of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 572; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

'Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza'. Great Britain, 1670s-1680s. Dimensions: 52,5x31 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes).

Personification of grammar, Pierre Lombard, After L. Richer, 1623 - 1681 print paper engraving 'Grammar' (~ trivium); 'Grammar' (Ripa)

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Broeck, Crispijn van den, Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, The twelve progenitors of Israel, Ancestors Asher and Naphtali, Left ancestor Asher, the eighth son of Jacob. On the ground next to him a bowl with fruit and a jug. Right ancestor Naphtali, the sixth son of Jacob. Next to him a deer. Below the representations a reference in Latin to the Bible text. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 219 mm, width 307 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception, 1524 - 1591, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Urania, in Greek mythology the muse of astronomy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from prehistoric times

Johann Jacobé, 1733-1797, Austrian, Honorable Miss Mary Monkton, 1781. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Portrait of Elizabeth, countess of Castlehaven in an ornamental list, Pierre Lombard, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1661 - 1662 print print maker: Londonpublisher: ParisFrance paper engraving historical persons - BB - woman. frame of painting, etc.

Portrait of an unknown veiled woman, Carl Friedrich Holtzmann, after Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1750 - 1811 print Text in German in the lower margin. Print is part of an album. Dresden paper etching anonymous historical person portrayed. veil

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Wise and Foolish Virgins as European Countries and Provinces, Hispani, Foolish Virgin as Personification of Spain, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 128, height 79 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

Hellespontische Sibille; Sibylla Hellespontia; Sibillen.The Hellespontic Sibille sitting with a book in her hands. In the background right the ruin and behind it a city in a landscape. This print is part of an album.

Portrait of Helena Fourment as a shepherdin with flowers, staff and cleavage, William Peter, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1775 print London paper adolescent, young woman, maiden. historical persons. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

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