Renaissance Religious Imagery

Woodcuts illustrating biblical themes, including depictions of saints and allegorical figures, utilizing dramatic contrasts and detailed compositions.

Knight on Horseback and the Lansquenet, c. 1496-1497, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, 15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in. (38.74 × 28.1 cm) (sheet), Woodcut, Germany, 15th century, Albrecht Dürer was the leading artist of the German renaissance. Already in the 1490s, while he was in his twenties, he single-handedly elevated the craft of woodcut to a fine art. This vigorous, charming woodcut image of a knight on horseback and a foot soldier belongs to this phase of his career. The unbelievably intricate network of lines presents form, light, and space with a lithe sense of movement equal to the highest achievements of the draftsmans art.

A woodcut in Clair-obscur technique by Lucas Cranach the Elder from 1506 depicting Saint Christophorus, showing religious figure, composition, and German Renaissance printmaking methods.

Holy Christoffel with Christ Child, Lucas Cranach (i), 1506 print Christoffel steps out of the water on the riverbank with the Christ child on his shoulder. The child holds a globe with a cross. On the other side of the river is the hermit with a lantern. There are two shields in the tree with the Electoral and Ducal Wapen van Saxony. Germany paper the giant and martyr Christophorus; possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Christ

Albrecht Dürer, The Whore of Babylon, 1498 The Whore of Babylon

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1509 The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

The Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse Made 1496-1498 Germany. Woodcut in black on tan laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Knight on Horseback and the Lansquenet, c. 1496-1497, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, 15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in. (38.74 × 28.1 cm) (sheet), Woodcut, Germany, 15th century, Albrecht Dürer was the leading artist of the German renaissance. Already in the 1490s, while he was in his twenties, he single-handedly elevated the craft of woodcut to a fine art. This vigorous, charming woodcut image of a knight on horseback and a foot soldier belongs to this phase of his career. The unbelievably intricate network of lines presents form, light, and space with a lithe sense of movement equal to the highest achievements of the draftsmans art.

Albrecht Dürer, The Beast with Two Horns like a Lamb, probably c 1496 1498 The Beast with Two Horns like a Lamb

Hans Burgkmair I, Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah

Creation of Eva, Heinrich AldGrever, after Hans Holbein (II), 1541 print Adam sleeping in paradise near a tree, God the Father bends over him and takes a rib out of his side, from which he will create Eva. Under the performance a four -line text in Latin. First print from a series of eight about sin and death. Germany paper engraving God removes a rib from the side of the sleeping Adam

Psyche opens the jug with Proserpina's beauty; Story of Amor and Psyche. Seduced by the idea that it will make her nicer, Psyche opens the jug filled with beauty of Proserpina, the goddess of the underworld. On the right, Amor escapes from the window of the palace in which Venus shot him. Left awakens the decayed psyche after which Amor will take her with you. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 28.

Psyche Opens the Fateful Box. Master of the Die (Italy, active circa 1530-1560)Michiel Coxie I (Flanders, Mechelen, 1499-1592). Italy, 1520-1535. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Copper engraving depicting the beheading of John the Baptist, showing John, the executioner, and spectators, created by Meister der Enthauptung des Johannes at the turn of the 15th to 16th century.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "The apocalypse: the great prostitute of Babylon", B 73 - 1st German edition, 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 34060-1 Bible, print, monster, fishing, prostitution, seven hills, city

Urs Graf I, Two Mercenaries and a Woman, 1524 Two Mercenaries and a Woman

The Egyptians Crossing the Red Sea, from Das Buch Granatapfel. Artist: Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd () 1484/85-1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)). Author: Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (German (born Switzerland), Schaffhausen 1445-1510 Strasbourg). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 5 7/16 in. (17.3 × 13.8 cm). Publisher: Johann Knobloch the Elder (1500-1528). Date: 1511. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jozef is drawn from Put by his brothers, 1645 - 1646 print Joseph is pulled out of the well by his brothers. The merchants to whom they sell Jozef watch. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Joseph is pulled out of the pit

Depicts the healing of a man-like figure, created as a woodcut around 1520 by Meister der Wunder von Mariazell, showing the miraculous event and gestures.

Allegory with unity, peace and love. Peace as standing old man, unemnts like woman sleeping against tree and love as a woman with two children. All three with banderol with text, in landschp with ruins.

Val van Phaëthon, anonymous, 1500 - 1599 print Phaëthon falls out of the sky with his car and his four horses. At the bottom left is a river god and on the right are his sisters, the Heliaden, which turn into poplars. paper engraving fall of Phaethon; he is struck by a thunderbolt of Jupiter. Heliades changed into poplar-trees: while weeping over Phaeton's grave the Heliades are changed into poplar-trees, and their tears turn into beads of amber; their mother Clymene may be present (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 346)

Pyramus and Thisbe. THISBE affects her beloved Pyramus dying. He lies on the floor with two trees with a knife put in his chest while she is shocked next to him. Left is the lioness who tears the veil of Thisbe to pieces in the story, this veil is on the floor. A city is visible between the trees.

The Dragon and the Beast. Dated: 1546/1556. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Duvet.

The Syrian commander Naaman is a leper, but he is cured when he is sent by the king to bathe in the waters of Israel

The opening of the seventh seal and the eagle crying Woe. From Apocalypsis cum Figuris, Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)

Etching by Augustin Hirschvogel from 1547 depicting the creation of Eve, showing detailed human figures, anatomy, and biblical narrative.

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "Cavalier followed by a halberdier - B. 131". Engraving. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 34091-7 B 131, fantastic bete, rider, castle, horse, forest, halberd, halberdier, landscape, engraving

Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Passion of Christ, Resurrection, verso lower right - stamped, Christ has risen from his grave and is standing on a stone with a banner of the cross in his hand. The soldiers guarding the grave are sitting and lying asleep at his feet. At the top left are two shields with the electoral and ducal arms of Saxony, print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, verso lower left - stamped, height 249 mm, width 169 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1509 - 1509, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Narcissus kneeling at a fountain.

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553), Saint Andrew, woodcut

Print, Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell); Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; woodcut on laid paper; Sheet: 39.7 x 28.7 cm (15 5/8 x 11 5/16 in.) Platemark: 39.3 x 28.2 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

Albrecht Dürer, The Four Avenging Angels, probably c 1496 1498 The Four Avenging Angels

St. Jerome in the Wilderness 1509 Lucas Cranach the Elder German. St. Jerome in the Wilderness 623797

A King and His Retinue Confronting Ladies under a Celestial Battle. Dated: c. 1600. Dimensions: overall: 20.3 x 13.2 cm (8 x 5 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 17th Century.

Attack of a city, Jost Amman, 1573 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper warfare; military affairs. the soldier; the soldier's life. firearms: cannon

Saint Christopher 1520 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Barthel Beham

Teiresias struck two mating snakes in a forest. Thereupon he changed into a woman. Seven years later he changed back into a man, having again struck two mating snakes, this can be seen in the background left. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third series, Teiresias strikes two mating snakes Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), print maker: Robert de Baudous, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), print maker: Haarlem, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Netherlands, 1615, paper, engraving, h 178 mm × w 257 mm

In upper section Mercury in a chariot drawn by two cocks, below musicians and astronomers, from 'The Seven Planets' 1533 After Girolamo Grandi Italian. In upper section Mercury in a chariot drawn by two cocks, below musicians and astronomers, from 'The Seven Planets'. After Girolamo Grandi (Italian, active 1530-48). 1533. Woodcut. Prints

Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder from 1514-1516 showing the young Maximilian I being raised with noble and princely children's games, part of the "Weißkunig" series.

Man in the company of Venus, Ceres and Bacchus, Johann Theodor de Bry, after Crispijn van de Passe, After Maerten de Vos, 1596 print Presentation that illustrates the theme: Sine Baccho et Cerere Friget Venus (without wine and other pleasures, love is not possible). Venus, as a naked woman, sits under a tree on the lap of a young man who hugs her. She is surrounded by Bacchus, who pours her wine and Ceres who provides her with fruit. Amor focuses his arrow on her. Emblem no. 29 in Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 and no. 8 in the second edition of 1611. paper engraving Existence and Modes of Existence (+ emblematical representation of concept). Cupid shooting a dart at Venus' order. 'sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus'

Werewolf with child and torn bodies. A werewolf or a wildeman crawls on hands and feet over the ground while he has put his teeth in a small child. He leaves a trail of bodies shredded by him. On the left in the background a woman is in the doorway of her home, she puts scares her arms in the air. Above the house, the judicial and ducal weapon of Saxony are depicted in the air on two shields.

Saint George Standing with Two Angels 1506 Lucas Cranach the Elder German. Saint George Standing with Two Angels 432286

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Judgment of Paris, 1511 The Judgment of Paris

Ange, François de l', Monogrammist DT (engraver), Picart, Bernard, Title page for: Jacob Le Duchat, Satyre Ménippée, 1711, Allegory of Roman Catholic power, verso lower left - stamped, Allegorical representation with in the middle a masked monk with a double cross and a burning torch in his hands. He has his arm around a tree. Around this figure a group of clerics have gathered at a hole in the ground, from which smoke rises. In the foreground lie bags of money, fruit and crosses. Another monk kneels at the hole and points a dagger to a woman. In the background a city is besieged and set on fire., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 163 mm, width 107 mm, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, after a design by, 1706 - 1706, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, intermediary draughtsman

. The personification of the city of Rome is on an increase with a small image of Victoria in her hands. Around her represent Europe's personalities (with bull), Africa (with crocodile) and Asia (with lion). In the foreground are a river god, romulus and remus with the wolvin.

St. Mary Magdalen ca. 1512 Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. St. Mary Magdalen 416688

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, Icones Revelationum S Iohs Evangeliste in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, Seven Plagues, Angels pour out bowls that cause plagues. In the foreground the sixth plague: a dragon vomiting frogs. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Op. 15-16. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, height 84 mm, width 78 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after design of, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from The Apocalypse Made 1496-1498 Germany. Woodcut in black on tan laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Triomf van Frederik Hendrik; Frederic Henry de Nassau Prince d'Orange; Titelpagina voor: Isaak Commelin, Histoire de La Vie & Actes memorables de Frederic Henry de Nassau Prince d'Orange, 1656.Frederik Hendrik is raised and gets a sword of Mars offered. FaMa flies above him and two putti with shields. Around a group of women, a woman with the freedom hat, a personification of shipping and a personification of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Chained figures underneath this flanks a cartouche with a battle.

Plate from the Series Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, Fiandre by Jan Van der Straet (aka Giovanni Stradano or Stradanus, 1523-1605), late 16th Century.

Copper engraving showing Priapus engaged in washing, depicting the mythological figure in a detailed scene, created by Meister IB mit dem Vogel in the first third of the 16th century.

Print, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Print Maker: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; woodcut on off-white laid paper; Mat: 56 x 40.7 cm (22 1/16 in. x 16 in.) (irregular): 38.3 x 27.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Christ in Limbo, from The LargePassion, Woodcut, sheet: 40 × 28.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/8in.), Made in Germany, German, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Jacob enriches himself with sheep from herd of Laban, Lucas Cranach (I), 1528 - 1554 print Jakob is dressed as a shepherd at a drinking bowl where five white sheep drink from the water, next to him are two colorful sheep. He holds a tree branch in his hand and partially peels the bark off with a knife. He will put this colorful branch in the water of the drinking bowl to ensure that the white sheep cast fur -spotted youngsters. With that he misleads his uncle Laban, right at the sheep, who has agreed with him that he will receive all the colorful animals as wages. The portrayal of this Bible story refers to the commandment You will not make a false witness. Ninth print from a series of ten prints. paper the cattle are divided ~ Jacob's partnership with Laban. Jacob puts peeled rods in the animals' drinking troughs to make the beasts bear spotted young

Zomer, Philips Galle, After Jan van der Straet, c. 1578 - c. 1582 print Central to a cartouche an image of fishermen and farmers. In the foreground, the workers are resting and eating. The print is part of a series about the four seasons. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Florencepublisher: Antwerp paper engraving summer ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). molluscs: oyster. fresh-water fishery. agriculture

Atalanta and Meleaur kill the boar.

Paul at Malta. During the trip to Rome, the ship of Paul suffers shipwreck off the coast of Malta. The inhabitants of Malta have fired a fire for the shipwrecks. Paul is bitten by a poisonous snake by the fire, but remains unharmed. With various elements of the show are letters. The print is part of an album.

Caravan from travelers and four resting men; Morals and habits of Turks. Printed of two blocks on two sheets, attached to each other. Fourth and fifth block of fourteen, together form a Frisian of seven images with the morals and habits of the Turks. Left caravan with travelers and mules, on the right resting and eating men. Two scenes separated by an atlant.

Woman of the Apocalypse. Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528), graphic artist

Democritus in Meditation 1662 Salvator Rosa Italian. Democritus in Meditation 416110

Creation of Eva, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1541 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen Eve emerges from Adam's body

Cain kills Abel, Hans Schäufelein (Possible), Hans Schäufelein, 1490 - 1538 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

The four riders of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer, 1511 print Four men on horseback, armed with a arrow and arch, a sword, a scale and a criek, people walk under their foot. On Versozijde Latin Bible text in Gothic script in two columns. Nuremberg paper letterpress printing the four horsemen of the Apocalypse

Satan bound for a Thousand Years, from the Apocalypse. Artist: Jean Duvet (French, ca. 1485-after 1561). Dimensions: plate: 11 13/16 x 12 3/16 in. (30 x 31 cm)sheet: 8 11/16 x 89 3/4 in. (22.1 x 228 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tobias catches a large fish on the advice of the angel, 1645 - 1646 print Tobias pulls a large fish on the bank that threatened to swallow him when he wanted to bathe in the river. On the advice of his traveling companion, the angel Rafaël, he catches the fish. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Tobias captures the fish and pulls it on the land

De Wilden, Monogram Filer SC (Graveur), 1520 print A naked wild man with arrow and bow, behind him his wife with a child in his arms. Germany paper engraving wild man, wodewose, woodehouse. wild man, wodewose, woodehouse - AA - female

The scouts bring fruit from the promised land, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1506 - 1538 print A group of people sent by Moses to explore the promised Land Canaan returns to the Stadspoort of Kades. They carry a wreath of leaves and fruits, and bowls with fruits. Germany paper the spies take away some of the fruits of Canaan and return, usually carrying a large bunch of grapes on a pole

Christ on the Mount of Olives. Dated: c. 1522. Dimensions: block: 29.2 x 44 cm (11 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.) sheet: 29.9 x 44.8 cm (11 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.). Medium: woodcut from 2 blocks on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Weiditz, II.

Val van Phaëthon, Nicolas Beatrizet, after Michelangelo, 1525 - 1565 print Phaëthon falls out of the sky with his car and his four horses. Above Jupiter on his eagle who is about to throw a lightning bolt. Under a river god (Eridanus) and four bathing nymphs. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching / engraving Phaethon. fall of Phaethon; he is struck by a thunderbolt of Jupiter

Christ in the Wine Press. Artist: Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix (Netherlandish, ca. 1553-1619 Antwerp). Dimensions: plate: 5 9/16 x 3 5/8 in. (14.1 x 9.2 cm)sheet: 5 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.4 x 9.6 cm). Date: before 1619. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Eva's creation; Creation of EVA. Adam lies sleeping under a tree. Eva is created from his rib; God the Father helps her get up. They are surrounded by different animals: swans, a heron and other birds, fish, deer, horses and, behind the tree, a unicorn. The scene is framed by an ornamental edge with garlands, festans and hermen.

The lost son wasted his money; Parable of the lost son. The lost son wastes his legacy in a brothel. Women surround him, make music for him and bring it to eat and drink. In the background, after the money is on, it will be given the door.

Allegory of patience during the period of war, Wierix, After Maerten de Vos, 1577 - 1578 print Political allegory on the patience in the time of the Eighty Years' War, ca. 1577. The female personification of patience (patientia), displayed as a naked woman, is chained to a tree. An owl and a bat fly next to her head. Before her on the ground lies the open gospel, as a reference to the consolation she finds in faith. The personification of the discord (Discordia) is at her feet, she has the time by her side (symbolized by the hourglass in her hands). Around scenes of murder and robbery. On the right a woman with child is attacked by two soldiers. On the left two dead children and a lamb, a third child is attacked by a lion. In the background, on the other bank of the river, a burning city. At the top right of the sky the tetragram as a symbol of God the Father. In the margin a six -line poem in Dutch, Latin and French. paper engraving Patience; 'Patienza' (Ripa). Disagreement, Discord;

Martelaarschap van de Heilige Barbara.Round representation of the Holy Barbara kneeling in the outdoors for a miss from which a host appears. Her father stands with drawn sword behind her. Print is part of an album.

St. Joris And The Dragon, Heinrich Ulrich, 1582 - 1671 print Germany paper engraving St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing. ruin of a building ~ architecture

Woman teaches three children, Caspar Luyken, 1694 print Sitting woman teaches three children around her. In the foreground are all kinds of objects that are used in different work. In the margin a verse. Amsterdam paper etching teacher and pupil

Cura Dei Pro Suis, from Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem). Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 5/16 in. (25.7 x 18.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: HENDRICK GOLTZIUS.

PYRAMUS en Thisbe, Arthur F. Kruger (Possibly), Urs Graf, 1505 print paper Thisbe kills herself with Pyramus' sword (the scene may be represented near a fountain)

Albrecht Dürer, Joachim and the Angel, c 1504 Joachim and the Angel

Expulsion from Paradise, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. Expulsion from Paradise, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

Circe Drinkend, Antonio da Trento (Possibly), After Parmigianino, 1568 - 1629 print Circe drinking from a bowl and on the right the men of Odysseus on a ship. Italy paper Ulysses on the island of Circe (Homer, Odyssey X). Circe. drinking

Fontein, Wendel Dietterlin (I), 1560 - 1598 print On a pedestal, at the foot of a column, a hunter pierces a wild boar held by dogs. The pelvis is fenced with a fence of branches in which a dog on the left and on the right is a turtle. One of 20 magazines from a series (Architectura. Von Ausztheilung, Symmetria und Proportion der Fünff Seulen ...) consisting of 193 magazines and 5 title magazines, divided into five books. This is a second, extensive edition of the series described under Orn Cat I-319. Germany (possibly) paper etching

God creates Eve

Venus and its planet children; Venus; The seven planets.venus and amor driving in a triumph cart to heaven, drawn by two birds. On the car the characters of the zodiac bull and scales. People on earth surrender to a pleasant life and eroticism. In a landscape, loves, bathed, gingered, walked in pairs and ate around a set table. At the top a four-line verse in German.

Bear Hunt, from the series Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium... Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence). Dimensions: image: 7 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (18.7 x 26 cm)sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in. (20.5 x 26 cm). Publisher: Published by Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Unchanged - after the Maeren de Vos (-); The Maeren de Vos (1532-1603), the sinner is delivered from the mercy to the remorse, 2nd Half of 16th Century

Albrecht Dürer, The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seal, 1498 The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seal

The Story of the Prodigal Son, from a series of 6prints. Artist: Nicolaes de Bruyn, Flemish, 1571-1656 Publisher: Ahasuerus van Londerseel, Dutch, 1572-1635

Parable of the two blind people, Pieter van der Heyden, after Hans Bol, 1561 print The blind Leidsman walks in the water instead of across the bridge and also takes his blind followers into his fall. Imagination of the saying: If one blind leads the other, they both fall into a pit. With the meaning: when unacceptable advise other unaccompanied, things go wrong. Reference to mat. 15:14. In the background a village that runs a river. Under the show the scope of the proverb in three columns; In French, Latin and Dutch. Antwerp paper engraving proverbs, sayings, etc.. the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)

Hooghe, Romeyn de, Netherlands, Esopus in Europa, Europe never for one, Title page for the pamphlet: Europe never for one, 1702, A lion (Willem III) and a fox clip the nails and break the teeth of the tiger (France), the eagle (Empire) looks on approvingly. The power of France in Europe curtailed by William III and the Empire. In the background an obelisk with an inscription in Latin. Title is on separate text sheet., print, title page, prints, height 100 mm, width 136 mm, height 58 mm, width 123 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1702, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

While Alva lies with Babylon's whore touches the economy of the country in decline, approx. 1572; Alva's assignment in the Netherlands and the consequences of his tyranny, 1572. The Duke of Alva is relieving with the whore of Babylon and the economy of the country gets into decay. Merchant, pedlars and skippers are unemployed, the ships are in the ports. Both above and below the show 2 verses of 3 rules in Dutch and French. Numbered: 3.

Abraham Offers Isaac; Landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and yacht scenes. Hilly landscape with left in the foreground Abraham who wants to sacrifice his son Isaac. An angel in the air appears and prevents the sacrifice. The print has an ornament list with flowers and animals. He is part of a twenty-four series of landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and yacht scenes.

Europa, c. 1570 print Triumph wagon of the continent Europe. Car drawn by two horses. In the background a battle and a fortress with soldiers. Hereby three German lance servants: flute player, tamboer and standard -bearer. Print from series of four continents. paper engraving Europe represented allegorically; 'Europa' (Ripa). chariot, triumphal car Europe

Parabola of the bad rich n � 5: Lazare in the arms of Abraham (Hollstein 48) Heinrich ALDEGREVER (or ALDEGREVER - 1502-V.1555 / 1561). Parabola of the bad rich n � 5: Lazare in the arms of Abraham (Hollstein 48). Burin, 1554.

Ilustration from Sebastian Brandt, Das Narrenschriff. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le Sacrforice the Abraham (Bartsch 3) Lucas de Leyde. The sacrifice of Abraham (Bartsch 3). Woodcut. 1517-1518.

Ridder on horseback followed by child with a hobby, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing (playing with) toys ~ transport. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. knight

Humanity must learn everything, Philips Galle, 1563 print A mother feeds her child, another teaches a toddler to walk. They are followed by three children: two cry, while one learns to step with a walking rack. In the background all kinds of animals that are gifted by certain properties from birth. The print is part of a series about the misery of human existence. Haarlem paper engraving baby in swaddling clothes. learning to walk, the first steps. implements for learning to walk, go-cart. crying, shouting. animals

Bileam (Balam) one de Engel, 1581 - 1633 print A landscape with a ruin. Central Bilam on his donkey. Bilam's donkey refuses to continue because an angel threatens the animal with a sword. Bilam hits his donkey with a stick. The beast starts to beam. The print has a Latin caption Print Maker: HaarlemaFter Design by: Haarlem Publisher: AntwerpAntwerp paper engraving / etching Balaam strikes his ass, whereupon the ass lies down and starts to speak. an angel holding a sword bars the way and causes Balaam's ass to turn aside; the angel is invisible to Balaam. landscape with ruins

Seat of the martial wire ..

A family bar the door against a troop of spirits who are trying to get into their house. Date: 16th century

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