Personifications in Classical Art

Engravings depicting personifications like Sibyls and virtues, illustrated in flowing robes, often symbolizing deeper philosophical concepts.

Personification of satisfaction, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

Sibille with her left arm for chest, Lambertus Suavius, 1520 - 1567 print A sibille standing in a niche looking to the right and with left arm in front of the chest. Southern Netherlands paper engraving sibyls

Sibyl 1530-76 Lambert Suavius Netherlandish. Sibyl. Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510-by 1576). 1530-76. Engraving. Prints

Sibille met een draperie in haar linkerhand; Sibillen.A sibille, standing in a niche, holds a drapery with its left hand.

Image of Temperantia (moderacy) on the rear of the Town Hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, After Artus Quellinus (I), 1719 - 1783 print Image of temperantia, the personification of moderation, left on the tympanum on the rear facade (west side) of the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her hands reins. Numbered in the bottom right: XV. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Temperance, Moderation; 'Misura' (Ripa). Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Personification of satisfaction, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

Minerva, Jan Harmensz. Muller (attributed to), 1598 - 1602 print Minerva with the helmet on her head, resting her hand on her shield with the Medusahroof. paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Sculpture of Diana, 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

Woman as personification of caution (prudentia) with snake and mask, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1510 - 1527 print paper engraving Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760-1840, British, Dr. Johnson, undated. Engraving.

Statue in Versailles Gardens. Europe's female personification, a shield on which a horse in hand in the war in the war. To her feet a crown and a scepter. A caption in French in the margin.

Sandrart, Joachim von, Rome, Persijn, Reinier van, Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I, Statue of a woman, verso below - stamped, in classical robes, with raised arm. In the middle at the bottom on the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print from a publication with reproduction prints after the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 366 mm, width 236 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1614 - 1668-11-23, print maker, prentmaker, 1640 - 1640, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1606-05-12 - 1688-10-14, intermediary draughtsman

The Venus of Milo, from the Magic Changing Cards series (N223) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Magic Changing Cards" series (N223), issued in a set of 50 in 1889 by Kinney Tobacco Company. When held up to the light, a hidden image is revealed on each card.. The Venus of Milo, from the Magic Changing Cards series (N223) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Power (Fortitudo), Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 print Standing woman next to a column, in a niche, as a personification of strength. paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Personification of charity; Mildigheity; One-and-fourteigh pieces, shyded sinne images. A woman's figure as a charity's personification, with a passer in her right hand and in her left hand a necklace and coins of which a few fall down. In the background a man gives a bold on a kneeled figure. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

Jan Saenredam (1565-1607); Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), Modet, About 1600

Elisabeth of Swabia or Beatrice of Swabia (1205-1235). Member of the House of Hohenstaufen. Queen consort of Castile and Leon by marriage to Ferdinand III. Engraving by Coderch. Historia General de España by Padre Mariana. Madrid, 1852. Author: Coderch. Spanish artist,19th century.

Statue of the Roman empress Vibia Sabina in the attributes of the goddess Flora. Found in Hadrian's Villa. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L. Agricola from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820.

A statue of Mary Magdalene with the ointment pot. She stands on a pedestal with a medallion, garlands and cherubs, Mary Magdalene S. Mary Magdale., draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1800, paper, pen, h 224 mm × w 96 mm

Sibille with a book in both hands, Lambertus Suavius, 1520 - 1567 print A Sibille standing in a niche with a bare chest. She holds a book in her hands. Southern Netherlands paper engraving sibyls

Caltnadel by Andrea Meldolla, circa 1548-1550, depicting St. John with traditional religious garments and symbolic attributes.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Domenico Beccafumi depicting Saint Peter, created in three plates around 1544-1547.

Standing man with his right arm resting on a tree stump, draughtsman: Lambert Lombard, 1552, paper, pen, brush, h 270 mm × w 104 mm

Image of muse on the capitole in Rome; Musa in Capitolio; Active view of a hundred of all-rounded status or antique images, standing in Rome ..

Saint Jude (or Saint Matthias) 1595-1616 Jacques Bellange French. Saint Jude (or Saint Matthias) 363930

Nike; Signorum Veterum Icone I. Image of the goddess Nike with a palm branch and a laurel wreath

Personification of loyalty, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

Sculpture by Thaleia, Muze van de Komedie, 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

Melpomene (Melpomene XVII). Second Series D17. 1465. Anonymous. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Hoogmoed (Superbia), Edouard Taurel, after Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1834 - 1880 print Personification of the vanity or pride, depicted as a richly dressed female figure looking in a mirror, standing in a niche. paper. engraving Pride; 'Superbia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Statue of the Muze Thalia, Claude Mellan, 1677 print print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Franceprinter: Parispublisher: Paris paper engraving Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Moderation; Persons of virtues. Personification of the temperance (temperantia) with fruits and a drinking scale.

Frygische Sibille, 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. This print is part of an album. paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Personification of Friendship, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719 print A female figure as a personification of friendship, with a bowl of grapes in her hand. A pumpkin on the floor at her foot. Print from a series of 41 symptoms. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa). grape. bowl. fruits: pumpkin

Venus. Image of venus, goddess of love. She holds a fruit in her hand.

Copper engraving by Meister E.S. from the second third of the 15th century depicting John, showing religious iconography and figure details.

Woman as a personification of power (fortitudo) leaning on column standing in NIS; Seven virtues ..

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister before 1467 showing Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, highlighting her attributes and Renaissance engraving techniques.

Study drawing by Charles Le Brun for Saint Stephen, executed in black chalk on cream-colored paper.

Jacques Stella, Sibylla Cimmeria, 1625 Sibylla Cimmeria

Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister before 1467 depicting Erato, the muse of lyric poetry, showing attributes and Renaissance engraving methods.

Image of Pax (Peace) on the facade of the Town Hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, After Artus Quellinus (I), 1719 - 1783 print Image of Pax, the personification of peace, in the middle of the tympanum on the facade (east side) of the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In one hand peacemak, in her other hand a caduceus. At her feet the horn of abundance. Refers to the peace of Munster closed in 1648. The first stone of the town hall was laid in the same year. Numbered in the bottom right: X. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Pax as Roman personification. symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury) City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

Sculpture of a goddess, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. representations ~ goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines etc. (Roman religion)

Delfian Sibille, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1615 print The Delfian Sibille is in her right hand with a crown of thorns and an open book in her left hand. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with Sibillen. Utrecht paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

Saint James Minor, from "Christ and the Apostles" ca. 1548-50 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. Saint James Minor, from "Christ and the Apostles" 389446

Sardanapalo oder Aschschur-bani-apli, Assur-bani-apli, Assurbanipal, Ashurbanipal, war vom 27. Oktober 669 v. Chr. bis 631-627 v. König des Assyrische...

Clélie 1647 Gilles Rousselet French. Clélie 391442

Nemesis spurning the guilty with indignation and threatening the arrogant, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Giuseppe Aloja from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume III, plate 10, 1757-1787, Naples.

. The personal viscation; A women's figure with two snakes in her hand and a second face on her mind.

Statue of a Roman orator and politician believed to be Marcus Tullius Cicero. From the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Giacomo Bossi from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820.

Statue of Egyptian goddess Isis. In the Conservatore di Roma (Conservatori del Popolo Romano). Copperplate engraving by Gio. Petrini from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820.

Winter, Bernard Picart (workshop of), after Thomas Regnaudin, 1709 print Statue in the gardens of Versailles. The male personification of winter, shivering from the cold. A fire pot at his feet. In the margin a caption in French. Paris paper etching / engraving winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Castle of Versailles

Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 2 15/16 in. (16.5 x 7.5 cm). Date: 1490-1528. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Caryatid Facing Right. Artist: Attributed to Pirro Ligorio (Italian, Naples ca. 1512/13-1583 Ferrara). Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/8 x 3 in. (24.5 x 7.6 cm). Date: mid-16th Century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

This 1516-1518 copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicts Justice as an allegorical figure, emphasizing scale, sword, and early 16th-century Italian printmaking techniques.

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Pallas Athene, created around 1522-1525. The print shows the goddess with symbolic attributes and armor.

Statue einer Karyatide, eine Skulptur, die eine Frau darstellt. Sie wird in der Architektur anstelle einer Säule oder eines Pfeilers bei Portalen und ...

Muse, crowned with laurel, holding a club and a mask with lion skin on it, incarnation of Tragedy, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Pignatari from a drawing by Campana, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 22, 1757-1787, Naples.

Anonymous drawing depicts the apostle Judas Thaddaeus holding a book and lance, executed in chalk on blue-tinted paper with quadrille markings.

Study of Niobe With Her Youngest Daughter, from the Niobid Group, Villa Medici Gardens, Rome, John Flaxman, 1755-1826, British, 1787, Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15.2 cm) and Spine: 9 inches (22.9 cm)

Statue Hannibala Vincenza Pilza. Monogramist H.K., Monogramist W.K., Pilz, Vincenz (1816 1896)

St. Philip (), from Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul 1525-76 Lambert Suavius Netherlandish. St. Philip (), from Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul. Lambert Suavius (Netherlandish, ca. 1510-by 1576). 1525-76. Engraving. Prints

Statue of a young woman; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Statue of a standing young woman, dressed in classic robe, a laurel wreath on the head. With her left hand, she lifts her out of her side, in her right hand she holds a drinking card. In the middle of the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print from a series to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

THE MUSE OF HEROIC SONG

H. Barbara..

Sardanapalo or Ashur-bani-apli, Assur-bani-apli, Assurbanipal, Ashurbanipal, was king of the Assyrian Empire from 27 October 669 B. C. to 631-627 B. digital reproduction of an 18th century original, original date not known

Flora. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Temperance, plate 34 from Genii and Virtues 1460-1470 Italy. The deck of fifty so-called Tarocchi are not tarots in the modern, fortune-telling sense, nor were they intended as playing cards. No cut-out impressions mounted for play are known, and they lack the suits and numbers of a regular deck. Instead, these delicately engraved didactic allegories are grouped in five numbered ranks describing the workings of the spheres of man, the muses, the liberal arts, the cosmos, and the heavens in order of increasing significance, and offer a didactic sequence to educate courtly youths or possibly university students, who could have used them as flashcards or a pamphlet.. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Saint Jude facing left, book under his left arm, from 'Christ and the Apostles'. Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510-1563 Venice). Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/16 x 4 5/16 in. (21.5 x 11 cm). Series/Portfolio: Christ and the Apostles. Date: ca. 1548-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A partly naked bacchante holding a disk in her raised left hand and a bucket in her right, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame. Artist: Engraved by Vicenzo Feoli (Italian, Rome ca. 1760-1827 Rome); Intermediary draughtsman Domenico del Frate (Italian, Lucca 1765-1821 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (41.5 × 31.3 cm)Plate: 13 1/8 × 9 3/4 in. (33.3 × 24.8 cm). Publisher: Agapito Franzetti (Italian, active Rome, last quarter 18th century-first quarter 19th century). Series/Portfolio: Wall paintings from Herculaneum. Date: ca. 1795-ca. 1820.From a series of engravings depicting wall paintings from Herculaneum, made by various engravers and intermediary draughtsman, all pulblished by Agapito Franzetti. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jacques Bellange, Saint John Saint John

Sibylla Europa. Dated: 1625. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques Stella.

Caution; Prvdentia; The seven virtues. In a niche the female personification of caution (prudentia), one of the four cardinal virtues. In her hands she carries her personal attributes: the mirror and the snake. The print is part of a series with the seven virtues as subject.

The muse thalia. .

A copper engraving from 1510-1527 by an unknown artist depicting a young woman with wings on her head, showing detailed figure and symbolic elements.

Urania, Muse of Astronomy, plate 15 from Parnassus Biceps 1601 Frankfurt an der Oder. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Johann Theodor de Bry

Woman shrouded in a cloak. Image of a woman dressed in a Roman dress and cloak. The image comes from the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani, whose weapon on the base can be seen.

A sculpture of Hermaphroditus, with the Colosseum in the background. Engraving.

Thalia. Draughtsman: Alexander Liernur. Dating: 1796. Measurements: h 241 mm × w 168 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Print, Judith, from the series "Heroes of the Old Testament"; After Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1558 - 1617); Engraved by Jacob Matham; Netherlands; engraving on off-white laid paper; 26.2 x 16.1 cm (10 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.) ; Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-111

. The personal viscation; A women's figure with two snakes in her hand and a second face on her mind.

Diana the huntress with her bow and arrow. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.

Study for engraving

A drawing by Vespasiano Strada showing the Virgin standing on clouds with two angels floating nearby, executed with feather, lavated ink, and white highlights on brown paper.

STATUE OF 'THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS' BY GEEFS

Woman Standing near a Vase ca. 1514-36 Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian. Woman Standing near a Vase. Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490-after 1536 Rome). ca. 1514-36. Engraving. Prints

This image is of a statue of Penelope by R J Wyatt that was in the possession of Queen Victoria. According to Greek tradition, Penelope was the wife of Odysseus, king of Ithaca. Oysseus spent 10 years fighting against the Trojans (trojan War said to have been around 1184 B.C.) and then another 10 years trying to get back home. Meanwhile, with many believing Odysseus dead, Penelope had many suitors and she said she would choose whom she would wed as soon as she finished weaving the piece on her loom (pictured here). But, at night, she would unravel the yarns to delay the decision. Richard James Wyatt(died 1850) was aBritish sculptor. He was the grandson of the architectJames Wyatt. He was a man of classical tastes, and produced a number of exquisitely modelled, especially female, figures.

Study of a Male Figure. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, Leipzig 1794-1872 Dresden). Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (35 x 21 cm). Date: 1849. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Statue of the Muze Urania, c. 1609 drawing Rome paper. ink

Pope Clemens I standing in a niche ..

Sibylle (Sibyl). Dimensions: plate: 36 × 28.5 cm (14 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 48.8 × 33 cm (19 3/16 × 13 in.). Medium: lithograph in black on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: SIMON PETRUS KLOTZ.

The Roman goddess Diana, marble statue from ancient Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 18th century, original date not known, Europe

Umbria Perugia Trevi Palazzo Communale, Pinacoteca7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of the 15th century facade of the Palazzo Communale and the Piazza Mazzini. Views of the fine collection of Umbrian painting, sculpture, metal work and Deruta Maiolica in the Pinacoteca. Of special note is a sculptural group which is an excellent example of the great 19th century sculptor Cesare Aureli. The photos also show the encycolpedic collection of Umbrian paintings (14th-16th centuries) highlighted by works of Giovanni Spagna, Giusto di Grand and Pinturricchio. Object Notes: Hutzel shot this campaign in 1984. General Notes: Prints H-35, 37, 46 and 48 were erroneously attributted to Benozzo Gozzoli by Hutzel. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including object

Kracht, Ugo da Carpi (possibly), after Paramigianino, 1502 - 1532 print A female personification of the power (Fortitudo), sitting in a broken column. Italy paper Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Zenon, Flavius Zeno, Zenonis, born 9 April 491, was Eastern Roman Emperor from 29 January 474 until his death, historical Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an 18th century original, original date not known, Europe

Statue of Africa, Louis Surugue, 1709 print France paper etching / engraving Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa). beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Black chalk drawing of two Turkish women by Vittore Carpaccio (1460 - 1520). Italian painter of the Venetian school. Dated 15th Century

Statue of Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, holding a wreath. From a statue known as the Farnese Flora, formerly in the Palazzo Farnese. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Francois Perrier from Robert Sayers The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing, London, 1766.

Vrouw met stok.Standing woman with a stick in both hands, and profil seen.

Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760-1840, British, Dr. Johnson, undated. Engraving.

A back view of the muscles of the thigh, intact but slightly separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

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