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  • Moses' people in exile in Egypt are compared to metals that are strengthened by being exposed to fire in a furnace without being consumed. Line engraving by C. Visscher after C. van Mander.
  • Ulisse Aldrovandi. Line engraving.
  • Two spectacle-shaped portraits of a politician and a statesman are arranged over a woman scattering valuables over a crowd with soldiers watching on. Outside the medaillon-shaped frame is a lake with frogs and a captured lion; representing a political message. Etching.
  • Joachim Camerarius. Line engraving by P. Galle.
  • Saint Camillus de Lellis rescuing lives and offering shelter from the flooding Tiber, Rome. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
  • Dissection of the pregnant uterus, showing the foetus at eight months, with the head positioned towards the vagina. Copperplate engraving by J.C. Bryer after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Advertisements for pharmaceutical products, sent through the post to physicians in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Prints, 1940s-1960s.
  • Advertisements for pharmaceutical products, sent through the post to physicians in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Prints, 1940s-1960s.
  • Adrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe]. Line engraving after P. Galle, 1572.
  • Cesare Cremonini. Line engraving.
  • An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
  • The execution of the eight surviving conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot in 1606 in London. Etching with engraving by C.J. Visscher.
  • A man directs the attention of a boy to a Latin inscription on a plinth stating that learning increases natural capability; representing education. Etching by D. Lizars, 1784.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • The dance of death: the abbot. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • The dance of death: the senator. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the lady. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The month September and the sign of Libra, represented by people gathering fruit from trees and the parable of the barren fig tree. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • Johannes Faulhaber. Line engraving by S. Furck and letterpress, 1630.
  • The dance of death: the duchess. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • Johann Philipp Eysel. Line engraving by J. G. Mentzel.
  • Simon Marius [Mayr]. Woodcut.
  • Johann Philipp Eysel. Line engraving by J. G. Mentzel.
  • The agony in the garden; the apostles slumber while the soldiers and priests approach. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1582, after M. de Vos.
  • The dance of death: the monk. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the countess. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • Jupiter casting thunderbolts from the sky. Engraving by M. Küsel after S. Vouet.
  • The agony in the garden. Colour woodcut by J.B. Jackson after J. Bassano.