Personifications in Art

Engravings of women symbolizing virtues and concepts, adorned with traditional attributes, showcasing artistic interpretations of allegorical themes.

A female figure as a personification of time points to the twelve signs of the zodiac and holds a mirror in her left hand. At her feet is a monstrous fable. In the background a ruin and a damaged classical statue on a pedestal. Print from a series of 41 sentence images, Personification of time Tydt (title on object) Een-en-veertigh pieces, verscheydene Sinnebeelden (series title), print maker: Arnold Houbraken, (mentioned on object), Arnold Houbraken, publisher: Leonard Schenk, Amsterdam, 1710 - 1719, paper, etching, engraving, pen, h 182 mm × w 90 mm

Sculpture Van Ceres, Anonymous, 1584 Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving

Holy Catharina of Alexandria with broken wheel and sword, Pieter de Bailliu (I), 1623 - 1660 print Antwerp paper engraving the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel

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A woman's figure as a person's personification in a niche, with a candle holder in her right hand with a burning candle. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

Hope personified as a woman standing in a niche facing right, holding a container of unleavened bread in both hands, from 'The Virtues'. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); Possibly after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome). Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 4 1/4 in. (21.4 x 10.8 cm). Date: ca. 1515-25. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Diana Artemis. Etching by F. Perrier.

A female figure as a personification of time points to the twelve signs of the zodiac and holds a mirror in her left hand. At her feet is a monstrous fable. In the background a ruin and a damaged classical statue on a pedestal. Print from a series of 41 sentence images, Personification of time Tydt (title on object) Een-en-veertigh pieces, verscheydene Sinnebeelden (series title), print maker: Arnold Houbraken, (mentioned on object), Arnold Houbraken, publisher: Leonard Schenk, Amsterdam, 1710 - 1719, paper, etching, engraving, pen, h 182 mm × w 90 mm

A female figure personifying morality holding a staff with the All Seeing Eye as a symbol of God the Father. Print from a series of 41 phrases, Personification of morality Zedigheit (title on object) Een-en-veertigh stuks, verscheydene Sinnebeelden (series title), print maker: Arnold Houbraken, (mentioned on object), Arnold Houbraken, publisher: Leonard Schenk, Amsterdam, 1710 - 1719, paper, etching, h 178 mm × w 90 mm

Woman as a personification of moderation (temperantia) with knitel standing in NIS; Seven virtues.

St. Matthias, from Christ and the Apostles 1530-76 Attributed to Lambert Suavius Netherlandish. St. Matthias, from Christ and the Apostles. Attributed to Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510-by 1576). 1530-76. Engraving; backed with a print by J. A. Fridrich. Prints

Young woman with lier standing in niche; Gods and muses and young women.

A saint, possibly Matthew, holding a staff and a book ca. 1540-50 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. A saint, possibly Matthew, holding a staff and a book 396468

Apostel Bartolomeüs Met Mes, Marco Dente, After Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1517 - 1527 print paper engraving the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff

The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition illustrated, The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition illustrated, Guarnerio, P., Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886, Engraving, 1876-1878, P.Guarnerio, Sculpt.--below illustration. This image is a detail of the illustration on p. 311; it is not an overall view of p. 311.

Sibille met haar hoofddoek tussen duim en wijsvinger; Sibillen.A Sibille standing in a niche with a braid along the head and with thumb and forefingering her headscarf.

Cleobulus van Lindus, 1616 print A man dressed in a long cloak, in full, seen on the left, the right hand out. For him an altar with a statue of Minerva. Behind him a half -closed curtain. This print (at least its final state) is part of a series of eight prints: a title print and seven numbered portraits of Greek sages. Netherlands paper etching the seven wise men of Greece: Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander (alternatively Myson), Pittacus, Solon, Thales

Caryatid seen from behind Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, (mentioned on object), Daniele da Volterra, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1668 - 1671, paper, etching, h 232 mm × w 125 mm

Summer. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Battista Angolo del Moro (Italian, Verona ca. 1515-ca. 1573 Murano). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (23.8 × 9.5 cm). Date: 1530-73. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anonymous drawing of the Virgin Mary at a reading desk, executed in gray-brown ink with wash and white heightening.

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Utrecht, Sibyls, Sibylla Delphica., Delphic Sibyl, verso lower left - stamped, The Delphic Sibyl stands with a crown of thorns in her right hand and an open book in her left hand. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with sibyls., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 267 mm, width 199 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1615 - 1615, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Johanna von Pfirt.

Statue of Ceres, 1636 - 1647 print Statue of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, with corn in her right hand. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Ceres (Demeter)

Herfst, Bernard Picart (workshop of), after Léonard Roger, 1709 print Statue in the gardens of Versailles. The male personification of autumn, a drinking cup in hand. A bunch of grapes at his feet. In the margin a caption in French. Paris paper etching / engraving autumn, fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunno' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Castle of Versailles

Statue in the gardens of Versailles. The female personification of Earth, a horn of plenty in hand. At her feet a lion. In the margin a caption in French, Earth Statues from the Gardens of Versailles., print maker: Bernard Picart, (workshop of), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Benoît Massou, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1709, paper, etching, engraving, h 180 mm × w 107 mm

Faith. Raphael, 1483-1520. 1501 - 1534. Raimondi, Marcantonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Virgin and Child in a Niche mid 16th century Geoffroy Dumoûtier French. Virgin and Child in a Niche 368753

Zomer, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Pierre Hutinot, 1709 print Statue in the gardens of Versailles. The female personification of summer, a sickle and corners in hand. In the margin a caption in French. Paris paper etching / engraving summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Castle of Versailles

Faith personified by a woman standing in a niche, pointing to rays in the upper left, from 'The Virtues'. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); Possibly after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome). Dimensions: Plate: 8 9/16 × 4 1/4 in. (21.8 × 10.8 cm)Sheet: 16 1/16 × 10 13/16 in. (40.8 × 27.5 cm). Date: ca. 1515-25. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Caltnadel by Andrea Meldolla, circa 1548-1550, depicting St. Bartholomäus with religious attire and iconographic features.

Hoop, 1658 - 1709 print De Hoop, presented as an almost naked woman with an anchor at the feet and bracelets or broken buoys around the wrists. This print is part of a press series of the seven virtues, each in the form of a female figure with attributes, standing in a niche. paper engraving Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

Caratide on her back, Jan de Bisschop, After Daniele Da Volterra, 1668 - 1671 print Northern Netherlands paper etching caryatids ~ architecture

Reverse copy of Neapolitaine, from Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet (Collection of Various Foreign Figures, Devised by F. Boucher, Painter of the King and Engraved etched by F. Ravenet), plate 2. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); After Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, 1706-1774). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 13/16 x 6 1/2 in. (22.4 x 16.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gravées par F. Ravenet. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Feminine Figure Claude Mellan French. Feminine Figure 393282

Honoré Daumier, La république de Milo, 19th century La république de Milo...

Study for a Draped Figure ofChrist. Artist, circle of: Lambert Lombard, Flemish, 1506-1566

Model for the wedding festivals at City Hall: Honors

Personification of Wisdom, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print A female figure as a personification of the disability with a lantern in a niche. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching / pen Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa). lantern. darkness

A copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano created between 1515 and 1530 depicting a woman standing beside an amphora, illustrating early 16th-century European figure study and domestic objects.

Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744-1811, British, Mrs. Jordan as L'Allegro, 1771. Mezzotint (only state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Statue of Ceres, 1636 - 1647 print Statue of Ceres, dressed in classic robe. In her left hand she keeps corners, her right arm is raised. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving (story of) Ceres (Demeter). sheaf of corn as attribute of Ceres. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

. The Delfische Sibille is standing with a thorn crown in its right hand and a opened book in its left hand. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with sibilles.

Standing Draped Female Figure 1548-1552 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, heightened with lead white, on ivory laid paper . Girolamo da Carpi

Minerva; Pallas; Free Arts and Minerva, Apollo and Industria. Minerva with helmet, spear, armor and shield. In the background an Italian landscape with a port city.

Sculpture of Sabina, Hubert Quellinus, 1646 - 1670 print Classic sculpture of a young woman in Stola with her left arm around her waist and her right hand at her eye. At the bottom right: A. de print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Personification of friendship; Vrindery; One-and-fourteigh pieces, shyded sinne images. A woman's figure as a personification of friendship, with a bowl with grapes in her hand. On the ground at her foot a pumpkin. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

Master WH after Martin Schongauer, The Apostle Simon, c 1480 1490 The Apostle Simon

Rousselet, Gilles (1614-1686), Bosse, Abraham (1605-1678) (uncertain), inventor: Vignon, work, Panthea, ( 1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, image width 21.2 cm, image height 32.4 cm

Lucrece after Raphael (Bartsch 192) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). Lucretia after Raphael (Bartsch 192). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

The Evening Star, 1900. After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898). Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company

Nicolas Guibal drawing of a sitting woman, possibly representing scholarship, after a porcelain model by Wilhelm Beyer, executed in black chalk with pencil traces and white highlights on blue paper, 1778.

Statue of a woman, 1636 - 1647 print Statue of a woman. In the middle of the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

La fourberie. Artist: Anonymous, French, 17th century. Dimensions: 5 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (14.2 x 7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saenredam, Jan, Pallas, (1000 - 2003), copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 18.2 cm, leaf height 25 cm

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Religion, 1793. Engraving.

Flora..

Lucrèce. Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris); Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris); After Claude Vignon (French, Tours 1593-1670 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 13 5/16 x 8 1/4 in. (33.8 x 21 cm). Publisher: Published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Series/Portfolio: Galerie des Femmes fortes. Date: 1647. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pen drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting a Greek from Methymna, executed in brown and gray lavated ink, mounted on a leaf with a pierced decorative strip.

Mrs. Jordan as L'Allegro, Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744-1811, British, after George Romney, 1734-1802, British, 1771, Mezzotint (only state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (62.9 × 40 cm), Plate: 24 × 15 inches (61 × 38.1 cm), and Image: 24 × 15 inches (61 × 38.1 cm)

Drawing of Lucrets by Johann Adam von Bartsch, executed in black stone chalk, showing figure posture and detail.

A chiaroscuro woodcut in four plates from around 1544-1547 by Domenico Beccafumi depicting Saint Peter, using green and gray tones to highlight figure and composition.

Déesse de la Vallée d'Esquierry (allégorie) , Goddesses, Allegories, Alexandre Benois Collection

Lucretia. Date/Period: 1841/1905. Heliogravure. Width: 13.3 cm. Height: 22.4 cm (sheet). Author: Amand-Durand.

Lucretia is about to kill themselves with dagger. Lucretia is about to kill themselves with dagger. There is a Latin text in two lines under the show.

Kuisheid (Castitas), Cornelis Cort, after frans flower (1), 1560 print The personification of the chastity holds a stork and a lily in her hands. The lily refers to the chastity of the Virgin Mary and the stork also symbolizes the resistance of the temptation. Antwerp paper engraving 'Charity', 'Podicitia', 'Shame Honesta' (Ripa)

Sibille Van Cumae, Philips Galle, after Anthonie Blocklandt, 1575 print The Sibille van Cumae is on a tree stump. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Low CountriesAntwerppublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Cumaean sibyl

Cube, Stanislaus.

Terpsichore, anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1667 print The sitting Terpsichore, the muse of the singing and dance, plays the lute. On the left at her feet are a winch and a book. paper engraving / drypoint Terpsichore (one of the Muses); 'Terpsicore' (Ripa)

Study for One of the Fates. Sir Edward Burne-Jones; English, 1833-1898. Date: 1865-1869. Dimensions: 402 × 288 mm. Charcoal on white wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES.

Design for a statue of Christ, Louis Royer, 1803 - 1868 drawing Design for a statue of Christ, for the entrance of a cemetery. paper. pencil piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. Christ as adult. the raising of Lazarus ('Lazarus, come out')

Odoratus, 1501 - 1583, Etchings, approx. 3 11/16 x 2 3/8 in. (9.3 x 6 cm), Paper/Sheet approx. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (13.3 x 8.3 cm)

Dolphic Sibille, Philips Galle, After Anthony Blocklandt, 1575 print The Delfian Sibille is sitting on a chair. An open book on her lap. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Low CountriesAntwerppublisher: Antwerp paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

A woman's figure chained to her foot with a scepter as a person's personification in her right hand. On the left in the background a few that put from a cornucopia and on the left a figure with a torch on a base with a kneeling figure. Print from a series of 41 symbols. Over the print a grid in pencil.

Urania, Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732-1805, Black crayon, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Female figure is standing beside what seems to be a sarcophagus, between the pediment and the mask at the corner of which she supports the globe. She holds a long stick in her left hand., Rome, Italy, 1780-90, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Statue of a consul, 1636 - 1647 print Statue of a man, in classic robe, with a roll of paper in hand. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. male persons from classical history

Judith in Holofernes, Nicolas Pigné, After Bernard Picart, 1728 print paper engraving / etching Judith prays before killing Holofernes

"Chalk drawing by an anonymous artist depicting one of the clever virgins standing to the left, balancing an amphora on her head on brownish paper with white highlights."

Cherubino Alberti, Justice Justice

Jacob de Wit illustrated the Resurrected Christ emerging from a sarcophagus, using red and black chalk with gray brush wash, lightly lavated with reddish.

A pencil draft by Emerich Alexius Swoboda depicting a monument design, emphasizing structural layout and compositional detail.

Sibylle Erythréenne ca. 1635 Gilles Rousselet French. Sibylle Erythréenne 391168

Honoré Daumier, Croyez moi! prenez mon bras Croyez-moi! prenez mon bras...

Sitting, crippled beggar; The small figures. A seated, crippled beggar holding an empty bowl.

Polyxena 1786 Vincent Marie Langlois, le Jeune. Polyxena. Vincent Marie Langlois, le Jeune (French, born Paris, 1756). 1786. Etching and engraving. Prints

Clio, Muse of History, plate 7 from Parnassus Biceps 1601 Frankfurt an der Oder. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Johann Theodor de Bry

Sibille. A sibille, sitting with a writing tablet in hand. On the right a table with an ink pot.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), the four seasons, L'Eté. Second number of a suite of 4 rooms (A. de Vesme 84. Dutuit 77) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Beeld van een vrouw; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I.Statue of a woman. At the bottom of the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print from a publication with reproduction prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Galle, Cornelis (II), Rubens, Peter Paul, Bolswert, Schelte Adamsz., SS. Apostolorum Icones, Salvator Mvndi, Christ as Salvator Mundi, verso below - stamped, print, prints, verso bottom - stamped, height 256 mm, width 133 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1586 - 1659-12-12, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1659, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1615 - 1678-10-18, publisher

Woman with veil, Hyacinthe Louis Victor Jean Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, After Pierre Prud'hon, 1827 print paper woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. chest, bust - AA - female human figure. veil. voluptuousness, pleasure, 'Voluptas' ~ one of the seven gifts of the body

A Roman couple Date: 6th century AD

Statue of Louis XIV Artist's working dates 1724-1778 France. Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on dark tan laid paper . Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, II

Sibille from cumae; Sibylla cumaea; Sibilles. The sibille of cumae is sitting on a tree stump. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a tachy series about the Sibilles.

Polyhymnia, anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1652 print The sitting polyhymnia, the muse of the hymns or hymns, holds a caduceus in one hand and a document in her other hand. Books at her feet. Under the show two two -line verses in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving Polyhymnia (one of the Muses); 'Polinnia' (Ripa)

Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian, c. 1460-c. 1520); after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1430/31-1506). Date: 1492-1502. Dimensions: 315 × 226 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Frygic Sibille, Frans Huys, 1546 - 1562 print The Frygian Sibille sitting with a book in her hands. She sits on a stone with a relief sculpture at the front. On the relief two men in an altar. On the right the basement of a column and a gate on the left. The print is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. Antwerp paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Seated man with child; Paintings in the Sistine Chapel.Figures from Michelangelo's Ceiling Painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 43.

Giovanni Paolo Melchiori drawing of Minerva seated in a frontal pose, executed in chalk with white heightening on brown primed paper.

Sculpture of woman in gown; Sculptures from ancient times. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Cumean Sibyl Artist's working dates 1549-1592 Italy. Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory card . Style of Bartolomeo Passarotti

Sébastien Bourdon drawing of the allegory of grammar, executed in black chalk with white highlights.

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