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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Date

1 July 1786

Reference

25991i

A bare-breasted woman, girt with fruits, flanked by putti standing in in cornucopias. Engraving by J. Th. De Bry, ca. 1580-1600.

Date

1580-1600

Reference

25864i

A winged woman holding a lyre and a book; representing poetry. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Reference

25699i

A woman representing astrology or philosophy. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Reference

25694i

A woman with measuring instruments; representing geometry. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Reference

25882i

A woman representing truth sits in a chemical laboratory and points at the source of a ray of light, representing philosophy. Engraving by Crabb, 1817, after G.M. Brighty.

Date

30 July 1817

Reference

26216i

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

Date

1849

Reference

26215i

A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Reference

25698i

Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

Reference

25770i

Part of

Septem artes liberales

A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 1544.

Date

1544

Reference

25916i

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.

Date

1565

Reference

25661i

A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.

Reference

25795i

Part of

Septem artes liberales

A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Date

1560-1569

Reference

25856i

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

Reference

25905i

Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Date

1565

Reference

25650i

Two women and two rams at a sacrifice. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Date

1560

Reference

25862i

A female figure resting her arm on a globe; representing geography. Stipple engraving.

Reference

25967i

The head of a woman flanked by old and crooked men. Etching by C.M.Metz after M. Buonarroti.

Reference

34487i

A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

Date

1563

Reference

26264i

A woman with a Bible resting on the clouds; representing theology. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Reference

25700i

Der enteignete Mythos : eine feministische Revision der Archetypenlehre C. G. Jungs und Erich Neumanns / Gerda Weiler.

Date

1991

A woman holding the caduceus and a bunch of keys; representing dialectic. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Date

1560

Reference

25884i

A female figure among astronomical apparatus: representing astronomy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.

Date

1773

Reference

25683i

A female figure resting on an anchor with a bird perched on her hand; representing hope. Etching by M. Küssell, late 17th century, after J.W. Baur.

Date

1600-1699

Reference

27270i

A man conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic, in the foreground, in the background a female figure representing the world observes a man of the new school of chemistry who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle: a representation of the historical transition between alchemy and chemistry. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.

Date

27 July 1805

Reference

25676i