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Jacob de Gheyn II

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Vanitas still life with a skull in a niche, a tulip, coins, silver goblets and a glass sphere above.

Vanitas Still Life

1603

Still life painting of a glass vase of tulips, irises and roses in a dark arched niche, with a butterfly and moth.

Flowers in a Glass Flask

1612

Painting of nude Venus holding a red apple beside winged Cupid drawing a bow, with white doves on red drapery.

Venus and Cupid label QS:Lit,"Venere ed Amore

1605

Drawing of several nude seated figures and studies of limbs in chalk on grey paper.

Studies of a Naked Seated Boy

c. 1603

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff, framed by nude female figures, flowers, and a Latin inscription.

Carolus Clusius

1601

Pen and wash drawing of a soldier in a plumed hat blowing on his match cord while holding a musket with a rest pole.

A Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match

about 1597

Pen and ink drawing of a toad-like creature clutching coins, an allegory of greed by Jacques de Gheyn II.

Allegory of Avarice

about 1609

Engraved title page with a central oval of a figure carrying a beam in a winepress, flanked by cherubs and Latin inscriptions

Passion Set: Title Page

1596-98

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross past a city gate, with soldiers on horseback, a crowd, and seated women in the foregro

Passion Set: Christ Carrying the Cross

1596-98

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with men on ladders, grieving women below, and a crown of thorns on the ground.

Passion Set: Descent from the Cross

1596-98

Engraving of the risen Christ above an open tomb with angels, sleeping soldiers, and two women approaching with a jar.

Passion Set: The Resurrection

1596-98

Engraving of a plumed sergeant with a halberd gesturing toward soldiers marching across a hilly landscape.

Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolf II: Sergeant

1587

Engraving of a feathered-hat drummer with a large drum and drumstick, soldiers and a banner in the background.

Drummer

1587

Engraving of a bearded elderly man in a tall cap and robe, seated before stone columns and holding a staff.

Plate 2: Levi

c. 1589

Engraving of a muscular nude man in a plumed helmet holding a sword, with a fortified city behind him and Latin text below.

Plate 3: Simeon

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded crowned man with a star-topped scepter and a lion beside him, with Latin text below.

Plate 4: Judah

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded man in a fur hat holding a weighted line over a compass, with a harbor and smoking tower behind him.

Plate 5: Zabulun

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded man in a turban resting beside a donkey, with a distant rider and tree in the landscape.

Plate 6: Isaachar

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded warrior in a plumed helmet holding a spear, with a city and soldiers behind him and Latin text below.

Plate 8: Gad

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded man holding wheat over a basket of bread, with a tower and mountains behind him.

Plate 9: Asher

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded man in a turban holding the antlers of a deer's head, with rocky mountains behind him.

Plate 10: Naphtali

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded man in a turban holding a bow, with a fountain, tree, and crescent moon behind him.

Plate 11: Joseph

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded man in a plumed hat resting his arm on a chained wolf, with ruins and figures behind him.

Plate 12: Benjamin

c. 1589

Engraving of a bearded warrior in a plumed helmet holding a spear, with soldiers and a city wall behind him.

Gad, plate 8 from The Twelve Sons of Jacob

1589

Engraving of a muscular armored man with a sword and plumed helmet, seated before a walled city, with Latin text below.

Simeon, plate 3 from The Twelve Sons of Jacob

1589

Engraving of a bearded man seated with a wheat sheaf and bread basket, with a tower and mountains behind him.

Asher, plate 9 from The Twelve Sons of Jabob

1589

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded fisherman emptying eels from a wicker basket, with a sailing boat on the sea behind him.

The phlegmatic

1596

Line engraving of an older bearded man in a ruff collar within an oval frame, with a Latin inscription below.

Charles de l'Ecluse [Clusius]. Line engraving by W. Swanenburgh, 1609, after J. de Gheyn, 1601

A Soldier Loading a Musket, "Ramme in Your Pouder"

1596/98

The Soldier Carrying His Pike at the Slope

late 16th-early 17th century

Oval engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a pleated ruff collar, with inscriptions around the border.

Rutgaert Janszoon

1596

Engraved print of a plumed colonel in a ruff collar with a sword and baton, standing before a distant landscape.

Colonel, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II

1587