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Cornelis Cort

171 works

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Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table in a colonnaded hall, servants and foot washing in backgroun

Laatste avondmaal

1578

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a church tower, village houses, rocky outcrop and distant hills under a hatched sky.

Italian Landscape

16th century

Red-toned engraving of allegorical musicians playing harpsichord, lute and wind instruments, with a Latin inscription below.

Music from The Seven Liberal Arts

1565

Engraving of Adam and Eve mourning the dead Abel beside a fire, with a lion and lamb and God in clouds above.

Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel

1561

Engraving of sleeping Hercules swarmed by tiny pygmies, with a winged figure and gods on clouds above.

Hercules besieged by Pygmies

1562-63

Engraving of allegorical figures on clouds above a studio where a seated painter watches a radiant woman and artisans work.

The Lament of the Art of Painting

1579

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and ruff collar, inscribed with the name Hubertus Goltzius.

Portret van Hubert Goltzius

1576

Engraving of a holy family scene with a seated woman, an infant, an older couple, a fruit bowl and a wooden cage.

Heilige Familie met Elisabet en Johannes de Doper

1550

Engraving of Prometheus chained to rocks while an eagle attacks him, with a serpent and clouds in the background.

Prometheus Chained to the Rocks of Caucasus

1560

Engraving of the stoning of Saint Stephen before a city gate, with Christ and God in clouds above and a crowd throwing stones

Steniging van de H. Stefanus

1576

Circular engraving of a crowd of gods and figures in clouds around a radiant center, one bearded god holding a trident.

Bijeenkomst van goden op de Olympus

1565

Engraved battle scene with war elephants, archers in towers, soldiers and horsemen fighting, and fallen men and horses in the

Slag bij Zama tussen Scipio en Hannibal

1567

Engraving of a battle with war elephants, chariots, horsemen and fallen soldiers under a night sky.

Slag bij Zama tussen Scipio en Hannibal, bij nacht

1567

Engraving of an allegorical scene of Calumny with chained figures, a winged figure, nude youths and a decorative border.

Laster van Apelles

1602

Engraved allegorical scene with nude figures, a seated tyrant and bound man, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Laster van Apelles

1572

Engraved family tree of the Medici with oval portrait medallions, crowns, coats of arms and allegorical scenes below.

Stamboom van de familie Medici

1569

Pen and wash drawing of Roman ruins with fluted columns, an inscribed entablature and arches, by Cornelis Cort, 1566.

Gezicht op het Forum van Nerva

1566

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, bound and presented to a crowd beneath a colonnade with soldiers and an official.

Christus aan het volk getoond (Ecce Homo)

1572

Engraving of galleys and a three-masted ship at sea beneath clouds, with a sun chariot and horses falling through the sky.

Twee galeien achter een driemaster, in de lucht de val van Phaëthon

1561

Engraving of three seated women spinning thread, the Fates, in a tiled room, with a Latin caption below.

Drie schikgodinnen

1561

Engraving of a bearded man reading among rocks beside a lion, under large twisted trees, with mountains in the distance.

Landschap met lezende Hieronymus

1565

Engraving of a penitent woman with flowing hair gazing upward beside a book, skull and urn, with a landscape behind her.

De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

1566

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt with Mary on a donkey, Joseph with a staff, angels in trees and ruined arches behind.

Vlucht naar Egypte

1571

Engraving of the Holy Family resting under a drape in a tree, with Joseph holding a sprig and a donkey behind him.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1576

Engraving of the Holy Family with young John the Baptist, a bird and a cat in an interior, by Cornelis Cort, 1577.

Heilige Familie met Johannes de Doper en kat (La Madonna del Gatto)

1577

Engraving of a seated woman, an elderly man picking cherries, a child with a branch, and a donkey in a landscape.

Rust op de terugtocht uit Egypte

1575

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and young John the Baptist, figures under an arch with a landscape behind.

Heilige Familie met Anna en Johannes de Doper als kind

1570

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and John the Baptist in an arched interior with a seated Joseph.

Heilige Familie met Anna en Johannes de Doper

1602

Engraving of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, with a high priest, the infant, Mary, Joseph and candles.

Presentatie van Christus in de tempel

1568

Engraving of a martyr on a gridiron over flames, surrounded by soldiers, with angels and clouds above.

Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

1571

Engraving of Saint Jerome reading on a rock beside a lion, hourglass and skull, under gnarled trees and a distant landscape.

St Jerome reading in the desert

1565

Engraving of a birth scene with a woman in bed, attendants, a newborn held up, a cradle, and a Latin inscription above.

Geboorte van Esau en Jakob

1563