Sacred Images
From Scripture, Legend & History
From Scripture, Legend & History
- Beham, The Expulsion from Paradise
- Sadeler, Jubal and His Musical Instruments
- Lodewyk , Hagar in the Wilderness
- Pencz, Lot and His Daughters
- Bos or Bossius, Jacob's Dream
- Tempesta , The Egyptians Drowning in the Red Sea
- Swanevelt , Balaam and the Ass
- van der Gouwen, Gideon's Battle with the Midianites
- van Leyden, David in Prayer
- Galle, Solomon Building the Temple
- Collaert, Solomon Bringing the Ark to the Temple
- Martin, The Dedication of the Temple
- Hollar, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
- Saenredam, The Prophet Ahijah Tearing His Cloak
- Hirschvogel, Elisha Raises the Son of the Shunemite Woman
- Collaert, The Triumph of Judith
- de Bruyn, Ezekiel's Vision
- de Bruyn, St. John the Baptist
- Maratta, The Visitation
- Sadeler, The Nativity
- Kirchner, The Journey of the Magi
- Goudt, The Flight into Egypt
- Mola, The Rest on the Flight into Egyp
- Callot, The Massacre of the Innocents
- Sadeler, The Temptation of Christ
- Altdorfer, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
- Collaert, July, with The Parable of the Good Shepherd
- Graf, The Cursing of the Fig Tree
- Collaert, October, with The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
- Wechtlin, Christ Before Caiaphas
- Romano, Ecce Homo
- Bolswert, Christ Crowned with Thorns
- Corinth, Kreuztragung
- Ostendorfer, Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin and St. John
- Sadeler , Lamentation of Three Angels (Corpus Christi)
- Forain, La Rencontre sous la Voƻte (1re planche)
- Forain, La Fraction du Pain
- Camuccini, Thomas Touching the Wound of the Risen Christ
- Master AG, The Death of the Virgin
- Anonymous Italian,The Man of Sorrows, Half Length
- Puccinelli , The Sudarium
- Aldegrever, Madonna and Child Seated on a Grassy Bank
- Cranach, The Martyrdoms of the 12 Apostles
- Durer, The Patron Saints of Austria
- Novelli, Saint Francis and Saint Dominic in the Clouds
- Lesueur & de Caylus, The Virgin and Child Appearing
- der Leeuw , The Martyrdom of St. Catherine
- de Leu, Solitudo sive Vitae Foeminarum Anachoritarum
- Anonymous Flemish, Humilis Animus (The Humble Heart)
- van Somer, Sister Marie-Jeanne-des-Anges
- Forain. L'Imploration devant la Grotte, Lourdes
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25. Johann Sadeler I (1550-1600) after Maarten de Vos (1532-1603) The Temptation of Christ |
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The Temptation of Christ
Engraving, 1582, Hollstein 189, The Illustrated Bartsch 179, LeBlanc 41, Wurzbach 83, 227 x 200 mm., from Four Scenes from the New Testament. Fine impression on laid paper, trimmed to the borderline and lacking the text below; ink stains on the reverse barely showing through at the upper left corner. An incredible image: Satan, from some legend or other, shown not only with bat's wings, but also a tail and a peg leg, as he gestures toward a vast landscape dotted with castles and villages and offers Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for his homage. The biblical reference is to Matthew 4.