Heroic Classical History

Engravings illustrating famous tales from classical mythology and Roman history, showcasing dramatic scenes with detailed characters.

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Milan, Titian, Scaramuccia, Luigi Pellegrino, Christ Crowned with Thorns, verso - stamped, Christ seated in the center with the crown of thorns on his head. Around him five men beating him with sticks., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 541 mm, width 361 mm, Italian, 1616-12-03 - 1680-08-03, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1680, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Victory creates the coat of arms of Scipione Borghese. A Personification of Victory (Victoria) creates the coat of arms of Scipione Borghese. The Roman emperor Trajan is right and in the background the column of Trajanus in Rome.

. Odysseus, with a helmet on the head, receives aeolus the bag with turn. In this way Odysseus will not be bothered.

History of Achilles: Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes prints, works on paper

Artist: Etienne Picart, French, 1632-1721, Les martyrs…, Engraving, sheet: 49 × 63.7 cm (19 5/16 × 25 1/16in.), French, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Men on audience, Battista Franco, 1520 - 1561 print View in a palace hall with a man, sitting in front of an image of the Wine god Bacchus. For the man a group of four men on audience and a dog. Italy paper etching / engraving audition; ruler giving audience

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Weerdt, Adriaan de, Galle, Philips, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Geschiedenis van Ruth, De Historie van Ruth, Boaz kopen het land van Ruth en Naomi, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Boaz receives the sandal at the city gate from a man who, like Boaz, has the right to buy the land from Ruth and Naomi. With this, the man shows that he is not asserting his right. A group of city elders witnesses the purchase and Boaz' promise to marry Ruth. Below the scene is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Ruth 4:4. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 132, height 216 mm, width 272 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1510 - 1590, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04

Alexander, son of Herod, is bound to his consort Glasyra, Jan Luyken, 1704 print Amsterdam paper etching prisoner with hands bound (+ variant)

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Milan, Titian, Scaramuccia, Luigi Pellegrino, Christ Crowned with Thorns, verso - stamped, Christ seated in the center with the crown of thorns on his head. Around him five men beating him with sticks., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 541 mm, width 361 mm, Italian, 1616-12-03 - 1680-08-03, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1680, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Fall and the Redemption of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ, Ecce Homo, Pontius Pilate shows the scourged Christ to the Jewish people. The print is part of a thirty-part series of prints about the Fall and Christ's Passion., print, prints, width 196 mm, height, 245 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1548 - 1548, paper, papier, etching, etsen, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman

Odimuff by Solomon.

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Parable of the wise and foolish virgins, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 103, height 118 mm, width 154 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Italy, Raphael, Po, Pietro del, Adoration of the Shepherds, verso - stamped, The Holy Family sits before a ruined building, surrounded by shepherds and angels adoring the Christ Child., print, prent, prints, height 445 mm, width 599 mm, Italian, 1610 - 1692-07-22, print maker, prentmaker, 1620 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07

Amsterdam, Visscher, Nicolaes (II), Nicolaes (I), Claes Jansz. (II), Rubens, Peter Paul, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Royaalbijbel, Femineas dirimit, regis prudentia lites, utraq dum prolem tendit habere suam, Judgment of Solomon, verso - stamped, King Solomon sits on his throne and passes judgment. In front of the throne are the two women who both claim the motherhood of the living child. The dead child lies on the ground. Solomon gives the order to divide the living baby in two to determine who is the mother of the child. A man draws his sword and grabs the child by the ankle. The real mother begs to let the child live. Below the depiction the title in Latin, four four-line verses in Dutch and a reference to the Bible text in 1 Kings. 3:16., print, prent, prints, height 403 mm, width 512 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1630 - 1652, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1580 - 1633-03-25, after print by, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, afte

Alexander, son of Herod, is bound to his consort Glasyra, Jan Luyken, 1704 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing prisoner with hands bound (+ variant)

Vatican City, Paulus V, Italy, Stefanoni, Pietro, Carracci, Annibale, Brizio, Francesco, Reni, Guido, Saint Roch distributes his wealth among the poor, verso bottom center - handwritten in brown ink, In a courtyard, on the left on a dais, Saint Roch stands. He gives coins to a crowd standing before him. In the center, a man with a violin and on the left a sick man lying on a cart., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, 6, 1. - 33., height 287 mm, width 454 mm, Italian, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process), plate tone, 1574 - 1623, Work conception, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1589 - 1627, publisher, uitgever, 1552 - 1621, grantor van privilege

A deceased monarch is carried on a stretcher into or out of a Roman building. A deceased monarch is carried on a stretcher into or out of a Roman building., print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, (mentioned on object), Romeyn de Hooghe, Netherlands, 1672, paper, etching, h 117 mm × w 129 mm

Invitation to the sick and poor, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1610 - 1676 print The King's Messenger invites all the sick and arms of the city to come to the king's wedding festival. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a six -part series about the parable of a wedding party. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving / etching those that are invited to the royal wedding-feast excuse themselves

Hercules leads man past personifications from virtues to temple for eternal fame, J. Danoot, After Erasmus Quellinus (II), 1649 print Hercules leads a man past personifications from virtues to temple for eternal fame. The man, a ruler, wears a harness and tramples his feet a many -headed dragon, he holds a club in his hand. Virtues are standing with attributes on pedestals along a path that leads up to a temple where David waits with the head of Goliath and other Biblical heroes and Minerva sits on a throne. Inscription on the Frisian of the Temple Sic Itur Ad Astra. The symbolism refers to the content of the edition in which the author makes recommendations for a ruler, a prince, to show the right political leadership with the help of virtues. Brussels paper engraving (Story of) Hercules (Heracles). The Seven Virtues (symbolized). Honor, Glory; "Ampiezza della glory, 'Gloria', 'Glory of Prencipa,' Gloria and honor, 'Honore', 'Sublimatí della glory' (Ripa)

Astyanax taken from Andromache 1700-39 Louis Desplaces. Astyanax taken from Andromache. After Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (French, Rouen 1644-1717 Paris). 1700-39. Engraving. Prints

Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), The Dutch Maiden reports on the victory, 1781, verso - stamped, Allegory of the Battle of Doggersbank between the Dutch and British fleets on 5 August 1781. The Dutch Maiden reports to the seated female personification of the World about the victory in the battle., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 186 mm, width 111 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1782 - 1782, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Paul cures a cripple at Lystra, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 110 mm × w 158 mm

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Haarlem, Galle, Philips, History of Peter and John, Peter and John among their pupils, verso - stamped, After their release, Peter and John return to their disciples and tell them what has happened. Peter and John are standing in the middle, around them men are sitting in groups on the ground., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 200 mm, width 245 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1558 - 1558, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574, after

The Incredulity of Thomas. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Sébastien Le Clerc I.

Alexander and Aristobulus account for Emperor Augustus.

Fortune teller; Genre scenes. In the middle of farmers, a reminded fortune teller reads the hand of a richly dressed woman. The fortune teller looks to a farmer's chest that breasts her child. A woman in a cooking pot stirs right at a wall.

Antwerpen, Jode, Gerard de, Vos, Maerten de, Wierix, Antonie (II), Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, Life and passion of Christ, Christ before Herod, Antwerp, King Herod questions Christ, but he does not answer him. Herod and his soldiers then mock Christ. They dress him in a fine robe. Below the depiction is a four-line verse in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, album page, prints, height 205 mm, width 125 mm, South Netherlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, 1585 - 1585, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Southern Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Plague of the sores, verso - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 55, height 116 mm, width 151 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

Decapitation of two kings commissioned by a Roman emperor, Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 print From his throne, a Roman emperor instructs a executioner to behead a blindfolded king. The head of the second king is already cut off on the ground. In addition to the emperor, a begging man is stopped by a number of soldiers. This print illustrates the second part of the basic principle of Roman politics included by Vergilius: "Parcere Subiectis, Sed Debellare Superbos" (Vergilius, Aeneis 6.853). According to this principle, the subjects would be saved, but those who persisted were stubbornly destroyed. Pendant of a print about the first part of this rule. Amsterdam paper etching violent death by beheading. emperor

Amor with shield and helmet from Mars. Amor flies to the right with the shield and helmet of Mars in his hands.

Judiciary Van Graaf Willem III The good thing about the ball yoke in South Holland.

Lost son broke his wealth, Pietro Testa, c. 1621 - 1650 print The lost son on the right on a bed, surrounded by women. On the left a sculpture with two saters and a chained monkey on the ground. In the background, servants and a fountain. Rome paper etching the prodigal son in the midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony, usually in a brothel or inn. monkeys, apes

Etching by Nicolas Chaperon from 1649 depicting Solomon delivering judgment, showing figures, gestures, and courtroom or domestic setting.

Elisha Kirkall,English, (c. 1682-1742), The Boasting Traveler, metalcut

Laocoon and his Sons wrestling with two Snakes, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669, Italian, 1765, Engraving, boys, Classical, father, figure study, Greek, hero, Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice, legend, snakes, sons, strangling, twins

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, History of David and Abigail, Of Saul, David, and Abigael, Abigail asks David for forgiveness, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Abigail kneels before David, offers him the food and asks his forgiveness for the behavior of her husband Nabal, who refused David food. Behind David are his fellow warriors. Behind Abigail are her servants with the pack donkeys with food. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Sam. 25. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, 149, height 198 mm, width 257 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04

Allegory with soldiers and the coat of arms of the Medicis, Claude Mellan, After Antonio Circignani, 1624 - 1636 print Rome paper engraving the soldier; the soldier's life. armorial bearing, heraldry

Peter and Johannes among their students, Philips Galle, Hieronymus Cock, 1558

This drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicts Christ before Herod using pen and brush in brown with gray washes over black chalk, emphasizing figures, gestures, and composition.

A drawing by Josef Abel, ca. 1810, depicting the conviction scene of Vestalin Julia from Gaspare Spontini's opera 'La Vestale,' executed with dark brown pen, gray brush, and white highlights.

A black chalk drawing by François Verdier depicting Apollo entrusting Asklepius to Chiron, with gray wash and white chalk highlights, supplemented on both sides.

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Hans (I), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Geschiedenis van Ester, Van Ahasueros en de Coninginne Esther, Coronation of Esther, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Esther is crowned queen on the left by King Ahasuerus. In the foreground three men are watching, probably the middle man is Esther's foster father Mordecai, who asks how Esther is doing. In the background Esther is seen being led to the king. Below the representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Est. 2:17. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 284, height 205 mm, width 289 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04

Circumcision in the Temple before 1577 Attributed to Hans Speckaert Netherlandish. Circumcision in the Temple. Attributed to Hans Speckaert (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1540-1577 Rome). before 1577. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of black chalk, heightened with white. Drawings

Hooghe, Romeyn de, Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Cartoon on the Schouwburg fight, ca. 1685, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the mismanagement of J. Pluimer and G. Bidloo, who of 1679 to 1681 regents, and from 1681 to 1687 tenants of the Schouwburg. Pluimer is drinking with a goblet of drink in his hand, in the foreground the personification of the Amsterdam Schouwburg is robbed of her clothes (by G. Bidloo or Pieter de la Croix). The audience with donkey ears walks through the dilapidated arch to the theatre but is chased away by Apollo, in the background Mount Parnassus. On the left the city maiden of Amsterdam and a mourning personification of the Amsterdam Schouwburg., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, Cartoon on the mismanagement of Joan Pluimer and Govert Bidloo, who were regents from 1679 to 1681, and tenants of the Amsterdam Schouwburg from 1681 to 1687. In the middle stands Pluimer with a feather on his head, a goblet of drink in his hand

Judith Addressing the Elders of Bethulia, plate three from The Story of Judith and Holofernes. Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612); after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574). Date: 1564. Dimensions: 202 x 248 mm (image); 204 x 250 mm (plate); 233 x 284 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Northern Netherlands, Haen, Willem de, Leiden during the siege and relief, 1574, Mortalitas, Deaths from disease and plague among the people of Leiden, during the siege of Leiden, 1574. Interior with a group of Leiden men and women dying of exhaustion, hunger and disease. A coffin is being carried away in the middle. In sculpted frame with herms on either side., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 165 mm, width 260 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1612 - 1614, first quarter 17th century, first quarter 17th century century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Moses Brought to Pharoah's Daughter. Artist: After William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 9/16 x 3 1/4 in. (6.5 x 8.3 cm). Engraver: Dent (British, active ca. 1800). Date: ca. 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Esther before Ahasuerus, Jean Pesne, After Nicolas Poussin, 1643 - 1700 print France paper etching / engraving Esther swoons on the shoulder of one of her maids (Esther 15:7)

Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, Middelburg, Venne, Jan Pietersz. of the, Northern Netherlands, Delff, Willem Jacobsz., Image of the miserable state of the Netherlands, under the cruel tyranny of the Duke of Alba, Delineatio deplorati status Belgy sub immensa tyrannide Albani ducis, Ferdinandi a Toledo, Tyranny of Alva, ca. 1569, Allegory of the tyranny of the Duke of Alva in the Netherlands, ca. 1569. On the left Alva on his throne in a palace, assisted by Granvelle (with bellows) and members of the Council of Blood, he is crowned by the devil. Before him kneel in chains the 17 personifications of the provinces of the Netherlands, on the right the mute members of the States General. A window in the middle shows Margaret of Parma fishing for riches in a pool of blood, behind that the beheading of Egmond and Horne in Brussels in 1568. On the left and right scenes of torture and executions. In the caption a verse of 4 columns of 4 lines each and the legend AO in Dutch. Incomplet

Etching by Augustin Hirschvogel from 1548 depicting Christ presented to the people (Ecce Homo), with detailed figures and expressive composition.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli ca. 1520 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian Like many of Bandinelli's projects, his commission to paint two large frescoes for the church of San Lorenzo in Florence came to nothing. However, his patron was so impressed by his drawing for the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence that he granted him the Knighthood of Saint Peter. In order to spread the fame of this admired design, Bandinelli hired Marcantonio to engrave it. Bandinelli is said to have complained to the pope of Marcantonio's failings. However, when Clement VII compared the drawing and the print, he concluded that the engraver had corrected many of Bandinelli's errors.. The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli 345726

Rome, Testa, Pietro, L' Historia Del Figliolo prodigo, Story of the Prodigal Son, Prodigal Son Squanders His Wealth, verso - stamped, The prodigal son on the right on a bed, surrounded by women. On the left a sculpture with two satyrs and on the ground a chained monkey. In the background servants and a fountain., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 205 mm, width 297 mm, Italian, 1612 - 1650, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1650, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plaattoon, Work conception, after own design by

Fable The Boasting Traveler 1773-1828 England. Woodcut on paper . Thomas Bewick

Wounded Antiochus after His Fall Dictating His Will. Nöel Hallé (France, Paris, 1711-1781). France, 1738. Prints; etchings. Etching

Man and Woman Being Martyred, Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590-1646, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, lined, Vertical rectangle. Figures of a man and woman tied to a stake together, awaiting execution. A crowd of men passing by has gathered to leer and point. Firewood lies in the foreground; buildings of the city piazza are in the background., Italy, 1590-1646, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Jozef explains the dreams of the Pharaoh, Caspar Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Galle, Philips, Parable of the prodigal son, The return of the prodigal son, The prodigal son returns home and is welcomed with open arms by his father. The servants dress him in beautiful clothes on the right. An explanatory text in Latin below the image. ... from an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 207 mm, width 250 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1562 - 1562, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher

Pietro Testa, The Prodigal Son: The Return Home, 1644-50, etching on laid paper.

Pest on the island of Aegina, Matthijs Pool, After P. Mignard, 1696 - 1727 print An Athe's company led by Cephalus visits Aegina. In the air Diana that spreads the plague on the island. Everywhere there are men, women and children who collapse with the disease. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the island of Aegina is stricken with pestilence

Italy, Romano, Giulio, Mantuana, Diana, Generosity of Scipio, verso - stamped, Scipio the Elder returns a captured virgin to her betrothed who kneels before him. Latin text in a cartouche at lower left., print, prints, height 210 mm, width 254 mm, Italian, 1547 - 1612, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1612, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, 1499 - 1546-01-11, after a painting by

Bathsheba in the Bath, 1549. Cornelis Massys (Flemish, 1510/11-1556/57). Engraving;

Alva is ahead of the Spanish blood council, 1567, 1728 - 1730 print Session of the Council of Strokes, nicknamed the Blood Council, sitting by the Duke of Alva on a throne with the court rod in hand, 1567. In an open court, Alva sits on a throne behind a large table on which its counselors. A man kneels before the council. A man is beheaded in the back right. Northern Netherlands paper etching violent death by beheading. court session (court of justice)

Judgment of Solomo, Giovanni Lanfranco, After Rafaël, 1607 print King Solomon sits on his throne and velt a judgment about a dispute between two prostitutes who both had a child. The child who dies lies on the ground for Solomon, the child who is still alive and claimed by both mothers, is held by a man with a sword. This man is instructed by Solomon to share the child in two, but this goes the real mother too far, she begs him to let her child live. paper etching the judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28)

Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Keulen, Scenes from the life of the apostle Paul, Conversion of the Philippian jailer, verso under - stamped, In the foreground the jailer tries of Philippi to commit suicide when he notices that the prison doors are open. He fears that the prisoners will have escaped. However, the apostle Paul and his companion Silas have remained in the cell. Paul then converts the jailer. In the background, the condemnation of Paul and Silas. With a Latin caption with a Bible passage from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 23). The first print of a four-part series., print, prints, height 252 mm, width 205 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1580, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Made 1520-1525 Italy. Engraving in black on paper . Marcantonio Raimondi

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Bie, Jacques de, Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Events in and around the temple, Widow's Coin, In the temple on the left in the foreground sits Christ, who points out a veiled poor widow to two of his disciples. Richly dressed people walk up to the offering box to throw a lot of money into it. The widow has thrown in only two coins, but according to Christ that is more than the rich do, because she has given out of her poverty. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mark 12:41. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 207 mm, width 257 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1643, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1581 - 1650, after print by, South Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); After Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, Gaiole in Chianti 1493-1560 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 16 15/16 × 22 5/8 in. (43.1 × 57.5 cm). Date: ca. 1520.Like many of Bandinelli's projects, his commission to paint two large frescoes for the church of San Lorenzo in Florence came to nothing. However, his patron was so impressed by his drawing for the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence that he granted him the Knighthood of Saint Peter. In order to spread the fame of this admired design, Bandinelli hired Marcantonio to engrave it. Bandinelli is said to have complained to the pope of Marcantonio's failings. However, when Clement VII compared the drawing and the print, he concluded that the engraver had corrected many of Bandinelli's errors. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

unknown, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Rubens, Peter Paul, The Judgment of Solomon, Solomon orders a soldier to kill the living child, the child's real mother reacts in shock and tries to stop the soldier., print, prints, height 444 mm, width 513 mm, South Netherlandish, 1580 - 1633-03-25, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1633, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Southern Netherlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, Ghisi, Giorgio, The School of Athens (right part), verso - stamped, The fresco 'The School of Athens' by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Apostolic palace in the Vatican. It shows a school of philosophers or agora where famous Greek philosophers and scholars, such as Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, are standing in groups talking. It is a depiction of philosophy and its rational search for Truth., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 514 mm, width 411 mm, Italian, 1520 - 1582-12-15, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1582, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Italy, Amigoni, Jacopo, Bortolozzi, Venice, Volpato, Giovanni, Representations after paintings by Amigoni, The departure of Rebecca, verso - stamped, Rebecca says goodbye to her family before she leaves for Canaan to marry Isaac. Reference to Bible text in Latin in the lower margin., print, prints, height 437 mm, width 531 mm, Italian, 1740 - 1803, print maker, printmaker, 1743 - 1803, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1685 - 1752

Joseph explains the dreams of the pharaoh, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 106 mm × w 154 mm

Achilles and the daughters of Lycomedes () (in box with 43 drawings), Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes, ie Achilles on Scyros: when presents are brought Achilles snatches up the weapons and thus betrays his identity, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1775, paper, ink, pencil, brush, h 181 mm × w 197 mm

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Jode, Gerard de, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Galle, Philips, Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, History of Daniel, Bel and the dragon, Daniel scatters ashes on the temple floor, To prove that not the image of the god Call the food eats, but the priests, Daniel scatters ashes on the floor of the temple. King Cyrus has the door of the temple sealed, so that no one can enter unnoticed and eat the food. In the foreground two jesters. Below the representation an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 202 mm, width 248 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1565, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), North Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05,

Return of the scouts from Canaan, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 109 mm × w 157 mm

Leiden, Eyk, Pieter van der, Amsterdam, Schouten, Petrus, Groot en Zoon, Gerrit de, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Title page for: Thomas Salmon, Contemporary history or The sequel to the General history, 1768, Contemporary history of Portugal, Man writing a letter under the watchful eye of clergy, verso - stamped, A man writes a letter under the watchful eye of Catholic clergy. In the foreground five putti with coats of arms., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 172 mm, width 128 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1768, paper, papier, etching, etchingsen, graveren (drukprocedé), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, Nederlands

Plague of darkness, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, h 111 mm × w 160 mm

Adoration of the shepherds, draughtsman: anonymous, Low Countries, 1550 - 1599, paper, pen, brush, h 201 mm × w 314 mm

The Mocking of the Prisoners ca. 1540 (republished 1605) Giorgio Ghisi Italian. The Mocking of the Prisoners 367471

Trojans caught Sinon; ECCE trading Manibus Vinctum Post Terga Sinonem; Wanderings of Aeneas; L'ENEA Vagante Pitture Dei Caracci.A Trojan soldier, seen on the back, the caught Sinon attracts his hair. A group of Trojan soldiers behind Sinon. In the background the troy horse. Links King priam that points to Aeneas with his scepter. Numbered: I.

Daniel feeds the dragon; History of Daniel, bell and the dragon. King Cyrus asks Daniel to worship the dragon like God. Daniel refuses this and asks permission to kill the dragon without the use of weapons. It feeds the dragon with cooking of tar, greasy and bones that open the dragon inside. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

. Two daughters of King Kekrops, Herse and Agraulos, have opened the basket that Athena had entrusted to their sister Pandrosos. From the basket, which is on its side, the child crawling Erichthonius, with a snake tail as abdomen. This sight floats Herse and Agraulos to madness. Pandrosos watches surprised. The print is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical representations.

Drawing (Netherlands); After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605)

Godolia killed by Ismael.

Judgment of Solomo, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Frans Floris (I), 1556 print Solomon sits on his throne and orders one of his soldiers to cut the disputed child in two. To the left of the throne, one of the mothers begs for grace and proves that she is the real mother. The other mother (right) sits next to a dead child, who was hers. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Antwerppublisher: AntwerpSouthern Netherlands paper engraving / etching the judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28)

Nebuchadnezzar in wonder about the presence of four young people in the fiery oven, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1564 drawing On the right the king is under a canopy, behind him a group of courtiers; Two other men on the left. For the king, servants killed by the intense heat of the oven (Daniel 3: 24). Design for a print. paper. ink pen to his astonishment King Nebuchadnezzar sees four men (one of them usually represented as an angel) in the furnace; the king commands them to come forth

Men on audience, Battista Franco, 1520 - 1561 print View in a palace hall with a man, sitting in front of an image of the Wine god Bacchus. For the man a group of four men on audience and a dog. paper etching / engraving audition; ruler giving audience

Venice, Campen, Jacobus van, Titian, Lefebvre, Valentin, Opera Selectiora, Madonna with the Christ Child before Saints, recto - manuscript in black ink, Mary sits on a dais under columns with the Christ Child on her lap. At her feet stands Peter with an open book. Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anthony of Padua stand to the left of the Christ Child. Jacopo and Benedetto Pesaro are kneeling in adoration in the foreground. Two putti are erecting a cross on a cloud. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints after paintings by Titian and Veronese., print, prints, verso - stamped, 30, width 289 mm, height, 539 mm, 1642, print maker, printmaker, 1682 - 1682, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Italian, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Queen of Seba states Solomon with riddles; Les Plat-Fonds Ou Les Tableaux des Galleries / ceilings or gallery pieces. Solomon on his throne receives the Queen of Seba with her effect. Under the rectangular representation a fresh in Latin from 1 could. 10: 1.

Doornenkroning, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush the crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3)

Two senators speak against the conquered kings; Scenes from Roman history. Two senators speak against the conquered kings

Bedreigingen voor de Nederlanden. Allegorieën Nederlandse Opstand (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Intermediary draughtsman: Joachim Wtewael. Dating: 1613. Measurements: h 189 mm × w 243 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Seneca preparing his own death: he begs his wife to temper her grief. Etching by J.F.P. Peyron, ca. 1773.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Junius, Hadrianus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Amsterdam, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, History of Joash and Queen Athaliah, Joash presented to the army, On a platform in the temple the high priest introduces King Joash to the royal guard. The men swear allegiance to the king. At the back right, spears and shields are handed out. At the bottom in the margin a verse in Latin about the representation. Print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 189 mm, width 245 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1569, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Sacrifice on the altar of Apollo, in or before 1571 print A priest kneels with a torch to ignite the fire on the altar for an image of Apollo. There are two sacrificial animals in front of the image, a large bird flies above. A group of people, including the King of Troy and his wife, watch. Under the show is a rule of text in Latin, numbered on the right: 6. The print is part of a series of prints about the Trojan War. paper engraving sacrifice to Jupiter and Apollo: a snake swallows a nest of eight young birds and their mother; the augur Calchas explains the portent

Triumph of Bacchus.

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Broeck, Crispijn van den, Collaert, Hans (I), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Parable of the Prodigal Son, Of the Lost Sheep, Penninck, and Lost Sone, Return of the Prodigal Son, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, The prodigal son returns home and falls into his father's arms. On the left, the fatted calf is being slaughtered and on the left in the background a feast is being given to celebrate the return of the prodigal son. Below the scene a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luke 15:20. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, 94, bottom right - handwritten in brown ink, 5, height 190 mm, width 270 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1524 - 1591, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publish

The power of wisdom: Solomon gives the order that a child should be cut in half to stop two women fighting over it. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.

The Sacrifice at Lystra. Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Flemish, 1502 - 1550)

'Massacre of the Innocents'. Italy, Late 1610s - early 1620s. Dimensions: 30,1x42,7 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Turchi, Alessandro (Alessandro Veronese, L'Orbetto) (attributed).

Leiden, Haestens, Henrick Lodewijcxsoon van, Amsterdam, Sichem, Christoffel van, Wtewael, Joachim, Swanenburg, Willem Isaacsz. van, Thronus Justitiae, Daniël tegen Vertrouwen van Susanna, verso - stamped, Two elders who have been appointed as judges over the people harass Susanna, in the background, while she is taking her bath. They accuse her of adultery. On the left, the two lead her before a judge, who is sitting on a throne on the right, and falsely accuse her, demanding that she be sentenced to death. Susanna looks up and prays to God that He knows what really happened and that they are falsely accusing her. The young Daniel in the middle shouts loudly that he is not guilty of Susanna's blood. Daniel is then allowed to question the elders to expose the false testimony of the two. Below the image are two four-line verses in Latin and a reference to the Bible text in Dan. 13., print, prints, height 290 mm, width 391 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1580-01-29 - 1612-05-31, print maker, printm

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Francken, Ambrosius (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus, Historia Davidis et Saulis, History of David and Saul, David spares Saul's life, David steals King Saul's spear and water jug, while the king and his subjects are sleeping in a tent camp. In the background, David shows Saul the spear and the jug to show that he could have killed Saul, but spared his life. Below the scene is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Sam. 26. Print is part of an album., print, album page, prints, height 207 mm, width 291 mm, Work conception, 1544 - 1618-10-16, after a design by, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Dutch, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

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