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Johann Theodor de Bry

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Engraved panoramic print of a biblical scene with a well, camels, a procession of riders, and dancing figures in a hilly land

Eleazar and Rebecca

n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of Gerardus Mercator, a bearded man in a cap holding dividers over a globe, with decorative frame.

Portret van Gerardus Mercator

1597

Circular engraving of a golden age pastoral scene with reclining figures, a peacock, turkeys, a goat, and rabbits under oak t

Het Gouden Tijdperk

1608

Engraving of a winged figure of Fame blowing a trumpet beside a pedestal with a Greek inscription and laurel wreath.

Fame, plate 1 from Parnassus Biceps

1601

Engraving of three nude African men on a beach with a canoe and ship, with explanatory Dutch text below.

Tot slaaf gemaakte man, boer en visser uit Guinea

1602

Engraving of three standing men in distinct dress, with small figures and a Dutch text panel below, 1602.

Edelman, koopman en tolk uit Guinea

1602

Engraving of four African women in different dress and headwear, one carrying a child, with a palm tree and Dutch text below.

Vier vrouwen uit Guinea

1602

Etched print of a crowded marketplace with huts, lettered stalls, traders, and armed men near a shaded lodge.

Marktplaats in Cabo Corso, Guinea

1602

Engraving of three armed, nearly nude men in the foreground with a battle scene behind them and Dutch text below.

Rituelen van de bevolking van Guinea

1602

Engraving of a ritual scene with figures beside palm trees, cooking pots, a dog, and a crowd with spears; Dutch text below.

Drie krijgsmannen van de Goudkust

1602

Engraving of armed figures carrying out punishments with clubs under palm trees, with a Dutch text panel below.

Rechtspraak in Guinea

1602

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe seated at a desk with a quill, under an arched name inscrip

Portret van Nikolaus Selnecker

1597

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded scholar in a fur-trimmed robe, seated at a desk with a quill and inkwell.

Portret van Nikolaus Selnecker

1669

Engraving of a flower bouquet with irises and fritillaries in an ornate urn, with a bee and a spider in the background.

Polyptoton de Flore (The Variance of Flowers)

1600

Engraved decorative letter Y with cherubs, a parrot, hanging fruit, a lobster, a fish, and arrows and trumpets.

Letter Y

1595

Engraved decorative letter Z with a figure, satyr, owl, fruit, flowers, weapons and beetle in ornamental scrollwork.

Letter Z van zeloot

1595

Engraving of bathers around a tiered fountain under a colonnade, with dancers and a village church on the right.

Fontein der jeugd

1588

Engraving of a peasant egg dance with musicians, onlookers under trees, and a distant village with a church spire.

Eierdans

1596

Portret van Jean Jacques Boissard

1650

Engraved interior of a family praying before a meal at a table, with a cradle, chickens and a dog on a checkered floor.

Gebed voor de maaltijd

1596

Engraved portrait of Erasmus writing at a desk in an oval frame, surrounded by ornamental scrollwork, putti and a Latin inscr

Portret van Erasmus van Rotterdam

1597

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a cap, surrounded by floral and scroll border with Latin text.

Portret van Pierre Gautier-Chabot

1597

Engraved title page of an ornamental key pendant design, with scrolling foliage, winged figures, and mythical creatures aroun

Titelblad: Des Pendants de Cleffs pour les Femmes… /etlicherleij Schluesel geheng, fur die weiber…

1598

Engraved ornamental key handle design with cherubs, oval classical medallions, scrollwork, and a grotesque mask at the base.

Sleutelhaak met in het ovaal Cimon en Pero

1598

Engraved ornamental panel with Adam, Eve and Death in an oval medallion, surrounded by scrollwork and putti.

Sleutelhaak met in het ovaal de Dood met Adam en Eva

1598

Engraved key handle design with an oval medallion showing Adam and Eve, surrounded by scrollwork and floral ornament.

Sleutelhaak met in het ovaal Adam en Eva

1598

Engraved ornamental key design with a woman holding a severed head in an oval medallion, surrounded by scrollwork and putti.

Sleutelhaak met in het ovaal Judith met het hoofd van Holofernes

1598

Engraving of the figure Mnemosyne in a long draped gown and veil holding a vessel, with plants and flowers at her feet.

Mnemosyne, de moeder der Muzen

1601

Engraving of the muse Urania with laurel wreath, scroll and armillary sphere on a pedestal, with Latin inscriptions.

Urania

1601

Engraved ornament sheet with four knife sheath designs, a central laurel wreath with text, and a biblical scene in an oval.

Titelblad: Mansches de Coutiaus…./ Neuwe Messer hauben…

1584

Engraving of an elderly man praying at a table with his family beside a timber house, with a woman serving bread nearby.

Enoch and his family surrounding a meal table and holding their hands in a gesture of prayer; behind them is the open…

ca. 1580-1623

Engraving of a rider on a mule with men gathering coins beneath it, crowds around a stepped platform, Latin inscription below

Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding i…

1592-1614