157 results
- Pictures
- Online
A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 25699i- Pictures
A man tempted by Cupid to rape a sleeping woman renounces the act out of respect. Etching by Louis Desplaces after Paolo Caliari, il Veronese.
Veronese, 1528-1588.Date: [1742]Reference: 3046785iPart of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France.- Pictures
- Online
Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.Reference: 26099i- Pictures
- Online
A young man returning from the hunt; representing the season spring. Engraving after Joachim von Sandrart I, ca. 1700.
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688.Date: [1700?]Reference: 727924i- Pictures
King Louis XII stands before Reason who condemns luxury. Lithograph by E. Guichard, 184-.
Date: [1840?]Reference: 3042882i- Pictures
Hercules choosing between glory and pleasure. Etching by J. Frey after a design attributed to C. Maratta.
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2496717i- Pictures
- Online
A naked man is sitting on a box containing masks and leans on a globe, above him a winged figure blowing the trumpet is surrounded by sleeping, fighting, copulating, masturbating and hard working figures; representing a dream. Engraving by F. van der Steen after N. van Hoey after Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.Date: 1658Reference: 38974i- Pictures
- Online
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
- Online
Christ on a triumphal chariot with saints, martyrs, sibyls and other figures; representing the triumph of faith (?). Engraving by S. Pomarede after G.A. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
Pitati, Bonifacio de', 1487-1553.Date: 1770Reference: 10696i- Pictures
- Online
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
Time rescues Truth from Envy and Discord. Engraving by G. Audran after N. Poussin.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: [1680?]Reference: 2472611i- Pictures
Three people personifying native understanding, memory and indecisive will. Engraving by Cl. Mellan, 1626, after S. Vouet.
Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.Date: 1626Reference: 31092i- Pictures
- Online
A lake, a cottage and ruins: country people are resting and enjoying the noontime with the sun-dial pointing at XII; representing midday. Etching by P.C Canot and C. Norton after J. Pillement.
Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808.Date: Dec.r 26 1759Reference: 39060i- Pictures
- Online
Men mooring their boats on a quayside in moonlight; representing night. Etching by P.C. Canot after Jean Pillement.
Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808.Date: June 26 1760Reference: 39061i- Pictures
- Online
Death and three fates on an ox-drawn carriage; historical figures die on the ground beneath; representing the triumph of death. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
Pitati, Bonifacio de', 1487-1553.Date: 1748Reference: 26234i- Pictures
A procession of historical figures accompanying a car on which Time sits measuring the globe; representing the triumph of Time. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
Pitati, Bonifacio de', 1487-1553.Date: 1748Reference: 26230i- Pictures
- Online
Young women representing poetry and drawing, with examples of sculpture, literature, music, painting, and objets d'art. Wood engraving by H. Linton after A. Lumley.
Lumley, Arthur, approximately 1837-1912.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 578893i- Pictures
A man and a woman representing the fine arts contemplate a tablet etched with symbols of etching. Etching by F.N. Chifflart, 187-.
Chifflart, François Nicolas, 1825-1901.Date: [between 1870 and 1879?]Reference: 2499306i- Pictures
- Online
A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26944i- Pictures
King Henri IV looks at a portrait of his future wife, Marie de' Medici. Engraving by J. Audran, 170-, after J.B. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1700 and 1709]Reference: 3063500iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Pictures
- Online
A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a portrait of the newly appointed Stadholder, William III Prince of Orange (subsequently William III King of England). Engraving, ca. 1672.
Date: [1672?]Reference: 587475i- Pictures
Minerva with attributes of war and the arts. Engraving by or after A. Bosse.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 2853648i- Pictures
Fortune flies over the globe dropping coins and jewels out of a purse, accompanied by Cupid. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1778, after Guido Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: [1778]Reference: 3044034i- Pictures
Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: 1718Reference: 23945i- Pictures
Cybele, accompanied by Bacchus and Ceres, is carried on a chariot drawn by lions, surrounded by ancillary deities and followers; representing the element earth. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1721, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: [1721]Reference: 3069786i