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The man on the crook next to Mary may be Simeon. Behind him a woman brings two doves as a gift to the temple. A man holds a golden statue on the altar; it is composed of a nude reclining on the forehead of a horned monster. A cherub embraces a dog in the foreground

Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour and gum arabic ; border 36.5 x 61.5 cm

The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Foreground left, the Virgin's sewing basket containing scissors and thread. Right, the Archangel shows the sole of his foot to the viewer

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

Naturalist's library.

Naturalist's library. Ornithology

Naturalist's library. Ornithology. Gallinaceous birds

xv, [17]-228 pages, [2] leaves, [5]-20 pages, 30 color preliminary leaves : frontispiece (portrait), add. engr. t.page, illustrations ; (8vo)

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

Bible. N.T. Luke 1.26-35. The attitudes and postures of the Virgin and the angel vary significantly in different represenations of the Annunciation. The Virgin's hand is usually active; sometimes she is intently studying, sometimes she is in a gesture of surprise. She may be glorified, or on the other hand she may kneel. Then the angel varies in relation to her: he might kneel before her. After the Council of Trent, the angel was set in the air, "reacting against the excessive 'familiarity' of religious art of the 15th century" (L. Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, Presses Universitaires de France : Paris, 1957, vol. 2, book 2, pp. 178-187, particularly p. 182)
The angel Gabriel folds his arms; Mary lifts her veil

1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 40.2 x 27.3 cm

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 12.2 x 20.8 cm

A dove. Coloured engraving.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 3.13-17; Mark 1.9-13; Luke 3.21-22. John 1.29-32. Jesus leaves his sandals on the bank

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 25 x 28 cm

The baptism of Christ; two angels bear witness, the crowd points and the holy spirit descends. Engraving by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

The device is a paraphrase of Matthew 10.16 "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Thomas Crenius, loc. cit, cites "Frideric. Taubmannus: "Simplicitas astu bene fermentata triumphat." as being a hexameter paraphrase of Matthew 10.16, 'Estote prudentes, sicut serpentes, & simplices, sicut columbae'. Taubmann was one of the commentators in this edition of Plautus

A laurel branch and a palm branch occupied by a snake and a dove; representing success when cunning (the snake) is allied to simplicity (the dove). Woodcut and letterpress, 1621.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 3.13-17; Mark 1.9-13; Luke 3.21-22. John 1.29-32. John the Baptist carries a flag attached to his reed cross. It reads: "Ecce agnus dei". John has his eyes turned up towards the light of the Holy Spirit. Two priests, Pharisees or Sadducees, watch the scene from top-left

1 print : lithograph ; image 32.9 x 43.8 cm

The baptism of Christ. Lithograph by M. Fanoli, 1849, after G. Jäger.

Lennep claims that this image is related to a text by the ancient alchemist Zosimos of Panoplis, who writes: "These old sages voluntarily dismembered themselves and boiled the pieces until a perfect decoction took place, in order to change their feeble old age into a state of force and vigour". The image here also has Christian resonances of baptism and resurrection. In alchemy the dove represented the volatile spirit of putrefying matter (Lennep, p. 122)

Splendor solis

1 painting : watercolour ; image 36.9 x 25.3 cm.

A Christ-like figure seated in a boiling vat while a man works a bellows beneath it; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life. Watercolour painting.

1 print : etching ; platemark 21 x 29.7 cm

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The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

A dove. Coloured engraving.

The baptism of Christ; two angels bear witness, the crowd points and the holy spirit descends. Engraving by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

A laurel branch and a palm branch occupied by a snake and a dove; representing success when cunning (the snake) is allied to simplicity (the dove). Woodcut and letterpress, 1621.

The baptism of Christ. Lithograph by M. Fanoli, 1849, after G. Jäger.

A Christ-like figure seated in a boiling vat while a man works a bellows beneath it; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life. Watercolour painting.

Birds on a farm: cockerels, hens, chicks and doves. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

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The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

A dove. Coloured engraving.

The baptism of Christ; two angels bear witness, the crowd points and the holy spirit descends. Engraving by F. Keller after J.F. Overbeck.

A laurel branch and a palm branch occupied by a snake and a dove; representing success when cunning (the snake) is allied to simplicity (the dove). Woodcut and letterpress, 1621.

The baptism of Christ. Lithograph by M. Fanoli, 1849, after G. Jäger.

A Christ-like figure seated in a boiling vat while a man works a bellows beneath it; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life. Watercolour painting.

Birds on a farm: cockerels, hens, chicks and doves. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

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