Classical Allegories

Engravings and drawings of classical themes, presenting gods and divine narratives with intricate storytelling elements through artistic designs.

Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Le quos ego, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto offering their crowns to the coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, verso - stamped, Jupiter seated on a chariot pulled through the air by two eagles. Pluto stands on a flaming chariot pulled across the land by two fire-breathing horses. Neptune stands on a large shell pulled through the sea by two hippocampuses. The three gods offer their crowns to the putti in the air surrounding the coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese. At bottom right an empty coat of arms., print, prints, height 315 mm, width 437 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etsen

A goddess in a chariot 1750-75 Andrea Scacciati. A goddess in a chariot. Andrea Scacciati (Italian, 1725-1771). 1750-75. Etching. Prints

Brown ink drawing by Frans Floris depicting Loth with his daughters, enhanced with white highlights.

France, Vignon, Claude, Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, verso - gestempeld, print, prent, prints, prenten, height 207 mm, width 264 mm, French, 1593 - 1670-05-10, print maker, printmaker, 1603 - 1670, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of

Drawing (Italy); Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823)

Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Le quos ego, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto offering their crowns to the coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, verso - stamped, Jupiter seated on a chariot pulled through the air by two eagles. Pluto stands on a flaming chariot pulled across the land by two fire-breathing horses. Neptune stands on a large shell pulled through the sea by two hippocampuses. The three gods offer their crowns to the putti in the air surrounding the coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese. At bottom right an empty coat of arms., print, prints, height 315 mm, width 437 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Ceiling design: Apollo, Saturn, Ceres and other gods, mid to late 18th century, by Fedele Fischetti.

Anonymous drawing depicts several angels and a genius in movement among clouds, executed in chalk, red chalk, and feather with lavated ink.

The Bath of Diana 1728-1739 France. Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . Pierre Charles Trémolières

Three putti by a vase, Jacob Ernst Marcus, After Jacob de Wit, 1784 - 1826 print Amsterdam paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. jar ~ ornament

'Allegory of Art and Ignorance'. Italy, First half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 27,4x36,1 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Bartolomeo Tarsia.

Feather drawing by an anonymous artist depicting an angel with Rococo girls, highlighting figures, gestures, and composition, dated around 1750.

Depiction of silkworm pickers by an anonymous artist, executed with feather and lavated technique on brownish paper, showing figures, a decorated jug, and thread winding equipment.

Female Figures with Putti in Clouds 1715-1726 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk, on ivory laid paper . Gregorio de' Ferrari

Anonymous drawing of Solomon's judgment, executed in pen and brush with brown wash and reddish accents.

The Brazen Serpent. Dimensions: Overall (approximate): 58 x 43.7 cm (22 13/16 x 17 3/16 in.) support: 61.1 x 46.5 cm (24 1/16 x 18 5/16 in.). Medium: brush and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white and orange gouache, over graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Jacopo Tintoretto.

Feather drawing by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Bacciccio) from 1639-1709 depicting a flying angel, showing figure, gesture, and composition.

Edward Francis Burney, 1760-1848, British, Preparatory drawing for The Waltz, 1820s. Pen and brown ink, red chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, and graphite, squared for transfer on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

A Scene on Mount Olympus, John Michael Rysbrack, 1694-1770, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1720), undated, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4in. (21 x 28.6cm), Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 1/4 inches (21.3 × 28.6 cm), and Mount: 10 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (27 × 34.3 cm), attributes of Jupiter: thunderbolt, clouds, curtain, eagle, ewer, goblet, goddesses, gods, heaven, king (person), Olympus, plate, prism, queen (person), religious and mythological subject, servant, spear, sun, table, talking

Satan Covered Job with Zweren, 1563 print Job is on the manure heap and Satan covers his skin with sores. On the left in the background, his wife insists on him to curse God, but Job does not. Under the performance an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album. paper engraving Job on the dunghill with Satan (or devils) abusing and tormenting him; Job's wife may be present

A pen drawing in brown by Paolo Pagani showing the historical meeting of Scipio and Hannibal, with laved details.

A black chalk drawing depicting Zephyr blowing into Ulysses ships sails, with upper left corner torn and adjustments in the lower right corner.

Londen, Fores, Samuel W., Engeland, Gillray, James, The bow to the throne, -alias- The begging bow ... Hastings, 1788, London, England, verso - stamped, Cartoon on Warren Hastings, English colonial administrator. In 1785 accused of corruption and subject of a long trial. Hastings, like a sultan on his throne, hands out bags of money here, to Thurlow and Pitt among others., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, English cartoons, height 222 mm, width 281 mm, English, 1756-08-13 - 1815-06-01, print maker, printmaker, 1788-05-06 - 1788-05-06, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Engels, 1761 - 1838, publisher

The Creation of Eve 18th century Etienne Parrocel French. The Creation of Eve 338528

Rinaldo in the Enchanted Forest ca. 1763 Jean Honoré Fragonard French This boldly handled and beautifully preserved drawing by Fragonard illustrates a scene from canto 18 of Torquato Tasso's epic poem Jerusalem Delivered, published in 1581. The poem was a highly fictionalized and fantastic account of the First Crusade in 1099. In this scene, Rinaldo, a Christian knight on his way to the Holy Land, is detained by the pagan enchantress Armida until two of his fellow knights break the spell. Fragonard's drawing imagines the decisive moment of Rinaldo's victory, as he brandishes his sword overhead in the act of chopping down Armida's massive myrtle tree, thereby dispelling its enchantments.This sheet was made soon after Fragonard returned to Paris after having spent five years in Rome, from 1756 to 1761. Exposure to the masters of the Italian Baroque led him to move beyond his early style, which had been indebted to the sweet Rococo manner of his teacher François Boucher, and to endow his

A black, gray, and white ink and brush drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1504 on green primer paper depicting the burial of Christ in the Green Passion series.

Design for a ceiling with an allegorical performance with Fama and Justitia.

Design for a Ceiling, Sir James Thornhill, 1675-1734, British, undated, Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (14.1 x 31.8 cm), angels, architectural subject, ceiling, clouds, design, festoons, mythology, people, preparatory drawings, putti, religious and mythological subject, wings

Last Supper. After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, and workshop; Italian, 1483-1520. Date: 1580-1599. Dimensions: 200 x 312 mm. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite additions, on cream laid paper, laid down on two layers of cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Putti with a garland of fruit, Pieter de Porck, 1640 - 1660 drawing parchment (animal material). ink pen ornament ~ festoon, garland. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Bacchanal: Arrival at the Wine Vat ca.1755 Joseph Marie Vien French. Bacchanal: Arrival at the Wine Vat 384296

Brown ink drawing by Peter Strudel depicting the mythological theme of Medea on gray-blue paper, showing figure composition and narrative elements.

Drawing, Zephyr and Flora Sacrifice to Ceres; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 29 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Roma. Vaticano. Raffaello, Vatican, Camere di Raffaello, fresco by Raphael: Stanza della Segnatura, personification of Justice, Roma. Vaticano. Giustizia. Raffaello, photograph, photo, photos, height 257 mm, width 199 mm, photographer, 1870 - 1880, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print

Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for 1769 (1st issue therefore no Vol. no.), Isaac Taylor, 1730-1807, British, undated, Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, laid wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm), bust, caduceus, lyre, putti, religious and mythological subject, tree

Study for Ceres 1554-1558 Italy. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Giorgio Vasari

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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723, British, The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2, 1723. Pen, ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper.

Farm Workers Flailing Corn. Drawing. Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper. Height: 152 mm (5.98 in); Width: 238 mm (9.37 in). Author: James Ward.

Sketchbook Folio, Remus Drives Away and Kills the Robbers of the Herds; Santuary for the Fugitives on the Campidoglio, Two Studies after Carracci; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper; 30.7 x 22.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.)

Rome, Salamanca, Antonio, Vatican City, Michelangelo, Italy, Casa, Nicolò della, The Last Judgement, verso - stamped, A detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgement' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel., print, prints, height 359 mm, width 542 mm, width 175 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1548 - 1548, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1478 - 1562, publisher

Carracci, Agostino (1557-1602) National Gallery, London Graphic arts 202,5x399 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Cephalus carried off by Aurora in her Chariot (Cartoon for a fresco in the Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome)

Massacre of the Innocents (recto); Figure Sketches (verso) Made 1614-1700 France. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, (recto), and graphite and pen and brown ink (verso), on ivory laid paper . School of Nicolas Poussin

An oil grisaille painting by Carlo Innocenzo Carloni depicting women at Christ's grave, showing figures in mourning posture, with surface cracks and grid patterning.

A blacksmith tries to shoe a horse while two other men try to restrain the rearing animal., Blacksmith tries to shoe a horse, draughtsman: Pieter van Bloemen, 1667 - 1720, paper, brush, h 182 mm × w 243 mm

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Wierix, Antonie (II), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Passion of Christ, Resurrection of Christ, Christ rises from his grave with a banner in his hand. The soldiers lying around the grave wake up with a start and flee. On the left in the background the arrival of the three holy women at the grave. Below the representation a four-line verse in Latin. Below the representation a four-line verse in Latin. On the bottom right the letters: kk. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 210 mm, width 131 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Phaeton Driving the Chariot ofApollo. Artist: Jean Jouvenet, French, 1644-1717 Artist, formerly attributed to: Charles Le Brun, French, 1619-1690

Minuet. Date/Period: Ca. 1780. Drawing. Pen and ink on paper. Height: 209 mm (8.22 in); Width: 300 mm (11.81 in). Author: Attributed to Antoni Casanovas Torrents.

Caraglio, Gian Jacopo (1505-1565) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg Graphic arts 22,2x18,4 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Battle between Hercules and Centaurs

Two seated allegorical figures, draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg, Bernard Picart, 1703 - 1775, paper, counterproof, h 301 mm × w 474 mm

Anonymous (Circle of Parmigianino. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) / 'The Youthful St. John the Baptist'. XVIII century. Wash, White lead, Pencil, Grey-brown ink on blue paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Six Music-Making Figures. Artist: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, Viterbo ca. 1610-1662 Viterbo). Dimensions: 2-1/16 x 4-9/16 in. (5.3 x 11.6 cm). Date: 1610-62. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Amsterdam, Schenk, Pieter (II), Newly invented Chinese paintings drawn with great effort and given in print, by P. Schenk Jun, third part, Chinese hunting scenes, Landscape with the hunt for a tiger, verso - stamped, Two Chinese men on horseback hunting a tiger or panther., print, ornamental print, prints, height 161 mm, width 254 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1693-02-15 - 1775-01-14, print maker, printmaker, 1727 - 1775, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Drawing by Federico Zuccari depicting flying angels holding the coat of Christ, executed with redel traces in brown and violet laviert before 1579.

'Sermon of St John the Baptist'. Holland, 16th-17th century. Dimensions: 21x15 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT.

An illustration by Bernhard Rode showing a satyr tied to a tree with a broken jug, observed by forest farmers, created using brush and redtel in light brown tones.

Design for a ceiling with truth, time and love. Design for a ceiling with a decoration of time that truth leads to heaven, where it is absorbed by love.

Cupid and Psyche, Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620-21; 1632-34; 1635-41), undated, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/16 inches (24.9 × 33.5 cm) and Image: 9 9/16 × 13 1/8 inches (24.3 × 33.3 cm), arrows, beauty, bow, box, god, goddess, love, quiver, religious and mythological subject, rescue, river, sleeping, story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25), wife, wings

Two flying angels with a child by Domenico Maria Canuti, executed in feather with laved and whitewashed areas, dated between 1626 and 1684.

Sketch for a Painting: Abduction of a Child, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Pen and brown ink on paper, A figure with a small child flees in a classical landscape. At left, another figure crouches over a child. Two seraphs in the sky and a large setting sun. Ink framing line., Rome, Italy, 1825-1850, Drawing, Drawing

Pan and Syrinx, Theodorus van Kessel, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1630 - 1660 print Pan sits on a barrel against a rock and keeps the lily of a goat casual in his left hand. He is kept company by young Syrinx and three young saters. This print is part of a four -part series about mythological figures. paper engraving / etching (story of) Pan. attributes of Pan. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Orpheus enchants the animals with his play, Gerard ter Borch (i), c. 1626 - c. 1661 drawing Zwolle paper. ink. chalk brush / brush

Drawing by Domenico Mondo depicting the triumph of Hercules in Olympus, using chalk, black ink, brown brush, lavated and whitewashed.

Drawing (Italy)

Venus and Amor. Venus and Amor on a cloud party.

Two studies of a group of women, Joseph De Coster, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper brush

Cerera and Minerva; Götz, Sebastian (CA 1575-Post 1621); 1595 (1595-00-00-1595-00-00);

Ink and wash drawing by Raffaello Santi depicting the Annunciation to Maria on light brown primed paper, emphasizing figures, gestures, and composition.

Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, History of John the Baptist, Preaching of John the Baptist, John the Baptist, dressed in a camel's hair cloak, addresses the crowd and points to Christ, who is walking towards him on the left in the background. At John's feet is the lamb and a cross. Below the image is an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 198 mm, width 261 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1564 - 1564, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Adonis."" Poem by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) dedicated to Nicolas Fouquet and published in 1658. Venus discovering Adonis. Illustration by Francois Chauveau (1613-1676). Lithograph by Nordmann. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

Drawing for the decoration of the holiday gallery of the City Hall, 1852, the harvest

Vier Engelen, Pietro Sante Bartoli, After Giulio Romano, 1645 - 1700 print Four angels who personify arts and sciences: painting, sculpture, science and the art of writing. Title and Legend in Snobe. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching / engraving angels. the arts; artists

The Conversion of Saint Paul; Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, 1529 - 1566); Italy; 1558 , 1559 - 1566; Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, black chalk, and lead white heightening on blue paper; 26.2 x 39.5 cm (10 5,16 x 15 9,16 in.)

Terwesten, Augustinus (I), Doud, Decker, Paul (I), Hercules on clouds, recto lower right - stamped, print, prints, verso - stamped, height 266 mm, width 520 mm, 1677-12-27 - 1713-11-18, print maker, printmaker, 1687 - 1713, paper, papier, etching, etchings, after, after painting by, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-05-04 - 1711-01-21, intermediary draughtsman

Drawing (Italy)

Destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea, Andrea Andreani, After Titian, 1570 - 1623 print paper with his people safe on the shore, Moses raises his hands and causes the water to return; Pharaoh's army perishes in the water (Red Sea)

Artist: Claude Mellan, French, 1598-1688, Saint Mary Magdalen inPrayer, Pen and brush and black ink, blue and gray wash over traces of black chalk heightened with white, partially traced for transfer, 39.4 × 30.3 cm (15 1/2 × 11 15/16in.), French, 17thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

A rubber tempera drawing by the Master of the Satyr Family depicting the burial of a satyr, showing figures, gestures, and ritual composition.

Vulcanus, Vulcanus is sitting with a hammer in the foreground on the left. In the foreground on the right there is a naked figure on one knee. Floating in the air is a naked figure with large ears., (Story of) Vulcan (Hephaestus), Giuseppe Diamantini, Italy, 1631 - 1705, paper, etching, h 287 mm × w 218 mm

Clair-obscur woodcut by an anonymous artist depicting astronomy, created with two plates in the 16th century, illustrating celestial observation and instruments.

Bacchanale with Putti. Attributed to Enea Salmeggia; Italian, c. 1565-1626. Date: 1558-1562. Dimensions: 101 × 270 mm. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Feder and ink drawing by Gaetano Gandolfi showing a draft design for a fountain, using lavated strokes.

Print, Angel with Two Children in Her Arms, 1764; Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); After Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609); Italy; engraving in brown ink on white paper; Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-309

Anonymous (Copy Sarto, Andrea del (Andrea d'Agnolo)) / 'Procession of the Magi'. Ca. 1600. Pencil, Red chalk on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Aurora Riding in Her Chariot 1754-1817 Andrea Appiani Italian. Aurora Riding in Her Chariot 338105

Proverb illustration - Not everyone can get the fruit". Venne, Adriaen van de (1589-1662), painter

Stefano Torelli's drawing depicts Neptune controlling the winds from Vergil's Aeneid, showing figures, gesture, and mythological elements, executed in chalk and feather.

Hermes, Johann August Nahl The Younger, German, 1752 - 1825, Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499-1546, Lead pencil, pen and dark ink, brush and black and gray watercolors on paper, Drawing after a fresco devised by Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Te in Mantua. Hermes sitting in clouds and blowing a horn. The lower and part of the upper framing of the lunette are indicated., Germany, ca. 1781, Drawing, Drawing

Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast", 1735. Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, modertately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

God the Father Artist's working dates 1630-1725 France. Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over traces of red chalk, on tan laid paper . François Boitard

Vignette with Minerva Teaching, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. oil paint (paint) brush Minerva as patroness. art

Print made by John Bell, 1811-1895, British, Charon's Boat, between 1838 and 1850. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé.

A Turkish Procession; Erhard Schön (German, about 1491 - 1542); Germany; 1532; Pen and brown ink; 23.7 x 37 cm (9 5,16 x 14 9,16 in.)

Christ drives out the merchants, Leonaert Bramer, 1606 - 1674, draughtsman: Leonaert Bramer, 1606 - 1674, prepared paper, brush, h 252 mm × w 340 mm

The Prince and the Petitioner late 16th century Attributed to Vali Jan Images containing emaciated horses in Persian art have sufi or mystical connotations, symbolizing the ascetics conquest of worldly appetites and ego. Here, a young sufi kisses the hoof of a princes horse, an ironic gesture of the spiritually pure in the face of princely pride. Although the drawing has been inscribed with the name of Vali Jan, an artist who emigrated to the Ottoman court, it is based on an original from around 1535 that has been attributed to Sultan Muhammad, a master artist at the court of Shah Tahmasp (r. 1524-76).. The Prince and the Petitioner 450605

Italy, Fattori, Giovanni, Riposo di marinai, Resting figures on the coast, recto - blind embossing, Coastal landscape with two children in the foreground and three figures on a bench on the right., print, prent, prints, prenten, verso - stamped, height 148 mm, width 195 mm, 1825 - 1908-08-30, print maker, prentmaker, 1835 - 1908, paper, papier, etching, etchings

The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom, James Barry, 1741-1806, Irish, 1776, Engraving and aquatint , published state, Plate: 17 x 24 1/8in. (43.2 x 61.3cm) and Sheet: 18 x 25 1/8in. (45.7 x 63.8cm), religious and mythological subject

Three Youths in Prayer 1552-1577 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and pale brown wash, over black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper . Orazio Samacchini

hunt falconry hunters on horseback haunting a heron brush drawing by Riza Abbasi first half of the 17th century,

Allegory of autumn, Martinus Josephus Geeraerts, c. 1750

'Zeus and Semele'. France, Circa 1568. Dimensions: 28,5x41,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean le Jeune Cousin.

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