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A scholar pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 46343i- Pictures
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Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
Ribera, Jusepe de, 1591-1652.Reference: 22431i- Pictures
An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 35507i- Pictures
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A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Marie, 1714-1789.Date: 1759Reference: 26007i- Pictures
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An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25651i- Pictures
A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26893i- Pictures
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A mathematician draws a semi-circle while Minerva watches over him. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1591, after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: 1591Reference: 26097i- Pictures
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Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25650i- Pictures
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Hygieia stands before a pyramid engraved with the names of famous figures in the history of medicine. Etching by B. Hübner, 1777.
Date: 1777Reference: 26053i- Pictures
The young Jesus debates with the scholars. Etching by F. Severati after J.F. Overbeck, c. 1850.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Reference: 23552i- Pictures
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The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
Date: [1556]Reference: 26090i- Pictures
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The angel, announcing the birth of Christ, comes with a sceptre to the Virgin. Tinted lithograph by N.J. Strixner, 1821, after School of Meister Wilhelm.
Wilhelm, Meister, of Cologne, active 1360.Date: 1821Reference: 23976i- Pictures
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The Virgin, reading a scroll on a prie-dieu, is visited by the announcing angel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht.
Reference: 21703i- Pictures
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A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25661i- Pictures
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The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
Reference: 23977i- Pictures
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The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.
Weerdt, Adriaan de, 1510-1590.Reference: 21696i- Pictures
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The Annunciation to the Virgin, who reads from the Bible. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 21687i- Pictures
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The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
Reference: 25063i- Pictures
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Residents of Ephesus burn their books on the magic arts before Saint Paul. Engraving, 18th century, after J. Thornhill.
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734.Reference: 24888i- Pictures
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The young Christ lectures the doctors of the Temple. Engraving by E. Rouargue.
Reference: 22429i- Pictures
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A quadrangle designed for St Mary's Hall, Oxford. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1746.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756.Date: 1746Reference: 23603iPart of: Oxford almanacks- Pictures
The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
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