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- Title
- The Farnese Hercules
- Artist
- Jacob Bos
- Physical Description
- This engraving reproduces a colossal marble sculpture of Hercules leaning upon his club, which is draped with a lion skin. Bos carefully records the powerful musculature of the figure and sets the statue within a niche.
- Artist Life Dates
- active c.1520-c.1580
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1562
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.17
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Venus and Cupid
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Physical Description
- This black and white print shows a nude woman and young boy with wings within an oval shape.The woman is lounging on a draped surface and has her arm around the boy. He is facing toward her and pushing an arrow against her left breast. Other smaller scenes surround these figures including, a woman in a chariot drawn by swans; a man and a woman conversing in a forest; two figures in a landscape scene and two birds nestled together. Outside the oval in the corners of the work are hearts, flaming arrows and roses . At the bottom is Latin lettering.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1596
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.17
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Empedocles
- Artist
- René Boyvin
- Physical Description
- A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun's rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1525-1598
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1539-1540
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.189
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Saint Sebastian
- Artist
- Master B of the Die
- Artist Life Dates
- active ca. 1530
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.154
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Corselet Bearers
- Artist
- Giulio Campagnola
- Physical Description
- This print shows a procession of men walking from right to left across the foregound of the picture.They are dressed in short tunics and have laurel wreaths on their heads and some have swords.Some carry poles on which there are breast plates and helmets and some are holding litters piled with furniture, vessels and cups. There is an elephant that is partially shown at the far left.The background area is blank.
- There are traces of additional diagonal hatching marks that had been added at a later date; those lines have been removed.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca.1482-1515
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1498
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.534
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Calumny of Apelles
- Artist
- Girolamo Mocetto
- Artist Life Dates
- circa 1458-1531
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1505-1507; printed 1540s
- Accession Number
- 1968/1.122
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Madonna by the Wall
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A young woman, dressed in long robes with her veil drawn over her head, sits next to a wall holding an infant in her lap. She is turned slightly to her right and gazes sweetly upon the child who twists to face the viewer and holds an apple in his left hand. A stream meanders through the landscape of trees and city walls behind them.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1514
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.95
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Crouching Venus
- Artist
- Marcantonio Raimondi
- Physical Description
- A nude woman is seen in profile crouching and turning her head toward the viewer. She is backed up against a short pedestal or wal, on top of which a winged cupid bends towards the woman. On the right side is a slender tree, and behind the figures is an expansive landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1475-before 1534
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1505-1506
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.289
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- St. Jerome in His Study
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- This engraving depicts a comfortable domestic interior. An old bearded man sits poring over a book at table in the back of the room. A lion and dog rest on the floor in the foreground. Various other objects appear around the room, including a skull, books, slippers, a crucifix, and a pair of scissors.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1514
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.1
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Adam and Eve Bemoaning the Death of Abel; No. 6 from the Series of 6 Prints 'The
- Artist
- Lucas Van Leyden
- Artist Life Dates
- 1494-1533
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1529
- Accession Number
- 1952/1.89
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Coat of Arms with the Cock
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A composition with a heraldic motif: a rooster standing on top of a helmet with visor and throat guard, below which is a sheld or other carving with a rampant lion. Surrounding on either side is vigorous foliage (acanthus leaves).
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
- Century
- Early 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1503
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.34
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Milkmaid
- Artist
- Lucas Van Leyden
- Physical Description
- This engraving is horizontally oriented. The length of a cow (with its head to the left and its tail to the right) is the focal point, taking up about a third of the image. At the cow’s head on the left, a barefooted man with a hat leans on a pole and rests his arm on a tree trunk. Behind the man is another cow with horns and he is standing in front of a building. The ground is rocky and a fence made of thin tree trunks runs along the background. At the cow’s tail on the right, is a peasant woman with bare feet. Her head is covered with a cloth and she labors to carry a heavy wooden milk bucket. Several trees and another cow are behind her. A small plaque on the ground in the foreground contains an inscription.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1494-1533
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1510
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.160
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Cook and his Wife
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- Two figures dominate the image with little reference to setting other than a low horizon line and some pebbles in the lower left. A man stands tothe lelft wearing simple tradesman's clothes; in his right hand he holds a ladle and another cooking implement. A knife in its sheath hangs at his waist. On his left shoulder stands a bird wtih wings open that is facing the man. To the right is a woman with a headdress and veil and cloak wrapped over one shoulder and in front of her.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1496-1497
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.93
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Magic Picture: Zémire et Azor
- Artist
- François Voyez
- Artist Life Dates
- 1746-1805
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1772
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.195
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Peasant and His Wife at Market
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A couple stand in a very dense and congested space, a broken wall behind them. The woman on the left holds a rooster by the feet and is looking at her husband, on the right, who has his hand extended and his holding a money bagin is left hand. At their feet is a stoppered jar and a basket full of eggs.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1519
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.16
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Descent into Limbo
- Artist
- Zoan Andrea
- Artist Life Dates
- active c.1475-c.1519
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475-1480
- Accession Number
- 1979/1.159
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Devotion of Little St. John the Baptist [Les hommages du petit saint Jean] from a suite of nine scenes of the life of the Virgin
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- The Virgin Mary seated with an infant on her lap. She is surrounded by angels and two saints on either side. To her left, the little St. John the Baptist looks up to her. There is a puti above sprinkling something in the air. Drapes pushed back on either side.
- Century
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.542
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Boaz and the Elders. from the Story from Ruth in Gerard de Jode's "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A group of men in an outdoor setting of a stone structure all seated having a conversation. Towards the one side you can see two houses in the distance. The men are all wearing cloaks.
- Century
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.534
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Pallas (one of a set of three with Venus and Juno)
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1596
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.83
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Combat of Romans and Dacians (after a relief on the Arch of Constantine, Rome)
- Artist
- Nicolas Beatrizet
- Physical Description
- This engraving reproduces a relief sculpture from the second century CE of Roman soldiers under Emperor Trajan conquering the Dacians in what is today Romania. The sculpture was later removed from its original monument built to honor Trajan and incorporated into the Arch of Constantine, erected in Rome by the emperor Constantine between 312 and 315.
- The relief depicts mounted Roman soldiers, dressed in their characteristic armor and helmets, surging to the left and right from the center of the scene. A group of soldiers sounding horns stands in their midst. The Romans' vanquished Dacian foes lie trampled beneath the horses' hooves.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1515 - after 1565
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1553
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.41
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- William of Orange
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1558-1616
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.44
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000