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[Engraving portrait of Johann Von Schonenburgh]

Engraved portrait of German Catholic Archbishop Johann Von Schonenburgh, circa 1500-1600. The plate has the portrait framed by ornate scroll work including the face of a cherub, pears and ribbons. The description directly under the portrait reads "Religion and Wisdom".

Date: [1500..1600]

[Pastoral French landscape etching and engraving]

Pastoral French etching and engraving of a landscape showing a small herd of cattle wadding through a stream that cuts through a hilly landscape with many trees. Two small figures appear conversing on the bank of the stream with a lone individual on a horse. The print is attributed to French designer and printmaker Adam Perelle and was published in Paris by Pierre Mariette.

Date: [1500..1700]

Creator: Perelle, Adam & Mariette, Pierre

{{Jeane Dixon Collection}} UNTA_AR0850-001-01-004

Engraving print for the title page of a printing of the classical Iconies Variae circa 1675. The plate was designed, engraved and published by Flemish printer Jan Galle (1600-1675). Text includes both Greek and Latin.

Date: 1675

Creator: Galle, Jan; Galle, Jan & Galle, Jan

["Maximillion de Bethune" engraving print]

Portrait engraving of the French politician Maximillion de Bethune, circa 1650. The image is attributed to designer P.P. Rubens and shows a portrait in an oval frame above a paragraph of descriptive text.

Date: 1650

Creator: Rubens, P. P.

[Dutch etching "Laden Asses"]

Etching by Dutch printmaker Theodorus van Kessell as part of his series in collaboration with designer Jan van den Hecke the Elder "Alcune Animali" in 1654. The print, "Laden Asses", shows two saddled donkeys resting in an open field with a small village/ farm in the distance.

Date: 1654

Creator: Van Den Hecke The Elder, Jan & Van Kessell, Theodorus

Location: 51.221340 4.405149

[Etching and engraving print "Porcie" from the portfolio "Galerie des Femmes fortes"]

Etching and engraving of the historical female figure "Porcie" wearing roman style robes published in 1647 as part of the series "Galerie des Femmes fortes". The image is paired with descriptive French text that reads "Porcie at the edge of the burning coals, to go after her husband: and by the boldness and novelty of her death, equal to the reputation of Cato and the glory of Brutus."

Date: 1647

Creator: Rousselet, Gilles; Bosse, Abraham; Mariette, Pierre & Vignon, Claude

[Intaglio print from a type printed book of a city scape "Citta Di Varsavia"]

Etching and engraving print on page 332 of an unknown book printed in Italian showing the city of Warsaw Poland from the east overlooking the Vistula river. The image shows what is now "Warsaw Old Town" with the tall steepled building being the Archcathedral of St John's.

Date: [1500..1780]

Location: 52.239243 21.046904

[Etcing and engraving "Puer parvulus minabiteos"]

French religious etching and engraving titled "Puer Parvulus Minabiteos" (The Boy Threatened Them), which depictsa woman and three children in a field with a herd of wolfs, lions, and tigers among sheep and cattle. The main child, the baby Jesus, appears with a shepherds crook leading the flock.

Date: [1695..1800]

Creator: Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714 & Lacroix, S. F. (Silvestre François), 1765-1843

[Etching and engraving of the burial shrine of Odeschalco]

Etching and engraving of the Italian noble family Odeschalcos burial shrine printed circa 1800. The print is attributed to designer Leopoldo Buzi and printmaker Giovannia Acquaroni. The print show a line etching of the shrine with Latin text on its front at the top of a stone platform with stairs flanked by two statues of Roman muses. The image is paired with descriptive Italian text below the printed image.

Date: 1800

Creator: Buzi, Leopoldo & Acquaroni, Giovannia

[Engraving of a woman holding a cross by Vitali]

Italian engraving print of a woman holding a cross possibly the catholic female saint Margaret of Antioch. The print was a collaboration between painter Guidus Reni and was translated and printed by Pietro Marco Vitali in Rome in 1782. The image is accompanied by descriptive Italian text.

Date: 1782~

Creator: Reni, Guidus & Vitali, Pietro Marco

[Etching and engraving "David Tenier's House"]

Etching and engraving of "David Tenier's House" published on August 15, 1757. The design was attribute to Dutch miniaturist David Eniers the Younger (1610-1690) and was printed by English printmaker Thomas Major (1720-1799). The image shows a large manor house on the right edge of a river bank with a bridge arching over the river. A group of three fisherman are gathered on the shore in the foreground communicating the scale of the rest of the scene to the viewer.

Date: August 15, 1757

Creator: Major, Thomas & Eniers the Younger, David

[Etching of a man with coins]

Etching "Portrait of Man", designed Guercino Da Cento and printed by Austrian printmaker Adam Bartsch, in 1782. The print shows a man illustrated with loose and energetic lines standing and pointing at coins resting on a table.

Date: 1782

Creator: Da Cento, Guercino & Bartsch, Adam