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  • Saint John the Evangelist. Line engraving by A. Collaert after M. de Vos.
  • The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • A woman plays music to a stag; God condemns Adam and Eve to exile; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • The first day of Creation: God, borne by a cloud, divides the light from the darkness. Line engraving by T. de Leu after M. de Vos.
  • Lot's wife looks back at the flames pouring from Heaven upon Sodom; Lot and his daughters go on ahead. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos, 1583.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
  • Saint James the Less. Engraving by A. Collaert after M. de Vos.
  • The knowledge of good and evil, and the consequences of that knowledge, with Adam and Eve and the serpent. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.
  • A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • A female figure book keeping; representing arithmetic. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • A tortoise climbs up a female figure as she reaches out to a bird; in the background Adam and Eve are chased from Eden by the archangel Michael with his sword; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • A woman looking into a hand-mirror; in the background God shows Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • A female figure with wings and a globe; representing astronomy. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • Apollo riding the chariot of the Sun across the heavens. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • Diana (Artemis) riding the chariot of the moon across the heavens. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • A female figure playing a stringed instrument; representing music. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • Plague, war and famine. Engraving by Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by P. Cool after M. de Vos.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
  • Saint Simon. Engraving after M. de Vos.
  • The Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch kneeling and praying in a chapel by the Danube; fields and houses in the background. Engraving after M. de Vos, 16--.
  • The angel showing Saint John the heavenly Jerusalem. Engraving by A. Caprioli after M. de Vos.
  • Saint Bridget of Sweden. Line engraving after M. de Vos.
  • Patients being tended and treated by nurses and physicians on a hospital ward. Line engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos.
  • Saint Patroclus. Engraving after M. de Vos.
  • A woman holding a string instrument looking down on a score, next to which other instruments are lying, in the background a nocturnal concert; representing Music. Engraving after M. de Vos.
  • Saint Christopher. Engraving by G.B. Vrints, 1586, after H. Wierix after M. de Vos.
  • Fallen angels with animalized characteristics tumble from heaven under the sword of Michael. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.