Photos: Allegorical Iconography

Short photographic selection

 
 


1 - Heinrick Ulrick (Nurnberg, approx. 1572 - 1621)
      The Jester
      Etching


2 - Albrecht Dürer  (Nurnberg, 1471 - 1528)
      Whell of Fortune
      Xilography, 1494


3 - Giovan Battista Bonacina (Milan - Rome, active 1631 - 1659)
      Game of Fortune
      Etching


4 - Virgil Solis (Nurnberg, 1514 - 1562)
      Samson and the lion
      Xilography


5 - Jacob Matham (Haarlem, 1571 - 1631)
      Fortitude
      Etching


6 - Jean Pesne (Rouen, 1623 - Paris, 1700)
      The marriage of the Virgin
      Etching


7 - Hendrick Goltzius (Veulo, 1558 - Haarlem, 1617)
      The fall of Phaeton
      Etching


8 - Carlo Lasinio (Treviso, 1759 - Pisa, 1838)
      The Last Judgement and l’Enfer
      Etching


9 - Adriaen Collaert (Antwerp, 1520 - approx. 1570)
      The Celestial Jerusalem
      Etching


10. Michael Wohlgemut (Nurnberg, 1434 - 1519)
        Christ in Majesty
        Xilography