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Léon Davent

165 works

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Engraving of a helmeted woman seated among shields, a sword, a spear and armor, gesturing upward.

Bellona Seated on her Trophies

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of the god Mars reclining with a plumed helmet, spear, and armor and weapons trophies beside him.

Mars seated on his Trophies

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of Hercules fighting armored warriors aboard a ship, with swords raised and a mast and shields in the background.

Hercules Fighting Aboard The Argonauts' Ship

ca. 1542-45

Engraving of armored warriors on horseback fighting over a nude body while mourning women kneel at left.

Achilles Removing Patroclus' Body From the Battle

ca. 1547

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a draped bed, with a horned bearded figure and a bird with spread wings nearby.

Jupiter and Antiope

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a warrior taming a rearing horse before a crowd and a classical temple facade.

Alexander Mastering Bucephalus

ca. 1540-45

Oval engraving of a nude woman standing before a bearded man while armored soldiers and a child gather in an arched room.

Timocleia Before Alexander

ca. 1540-45

Engraving of the Virgin in a glory of angels, with cherubs, musician angels and clouds filling the composition.

The Apostles looking at Christ and the Virgin in a Glory of Angels (top left plate)

1546

Engraving of Christ with outstretched arms among winged angels and cherub heads in clouds.

The Apostles Looking at Christ and the Virgin in a Glory of Angels (top right plate)

1546

Engraving of bearded apostles in draped robes gazing upward with raised arms, set against hatched sky.

The Apostles Looking at Christ and the Virgin in a Glory of Angels (bottom left plate)

1546

Engraving of bearded apostles leaning on a parapet, gazing upward with raised arms, one holding a key.

The Apostles Looking at Christ and the Virgin in a Glory of Angels (bottom right plate)

1546

Engraving of a seated woman with two children, a man holding a serpent-entwined chalice, and onlookers behind.

Sacred Conversation

ca. 1550-56

Engraving of bearded men in turbans searching sacks on a camel beside donkeys, a tree and an ornate urn in a landscape.

Search through the baggage of Joseph's brothers

ca. 1540-56

Engraving of bearded men gathered around a kneeling camel by a well, with an ornate vase, trees, and a distant caravan.

Men Gathered Around a Camel

mid-16th century

Engraving of draped women around a flaming altar with carved supports, one playing pipes, one seated at right.

A Sacrifice

1540-56

Engraving of a standing nude woman with hand at her neck, beside a draped curtain and wooden bench.

Standing Nude Woman

1540-56

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a furnace workshop, with Venus and putti attending a cauldron in the foregr

Venus in Vulcan's Forge

1546-47

Engraving of a Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves, scrolled volutes, rosettes, and an ornate carved top.

Capital of Composite Order, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

mid-16th century

Engraving of Adonis's death: a wounded youth lies among grieving figures beneath trees, with a hunter and hounds at right.

Death of Adonis

1540-56

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

ca. 1545

Engraving of Mary Magdalene carried heavenward on clouds by winged angels, with rays of light above a rocky mountain.

Mary Magdalene Carried to Heaven

mid-16th century

Engraving of Mars and Venus at a banquet table, served by winged Cupid and female attendants, with ornate urns and putti.

Mars and Venus Being Served at Table by Cupid

1540-56

Engraving of a mounted warrior beside armored men weighing a sword on scales before classical columns.

Brennus throwing his sword on the scales before Camillus

1540-56

Engraving of bearded Jupiter enthroned with an eagle, surrounded by classical figures, trees and cherubs, with Latin text bel

Jupiter on his Throne

1547

Engraving in an oval frame of a young man on horseback spearing a wild boar, with hounds, hunters and a classical building be

Young Man Hunting a Wild Boar, from "Three Prints on Hunting and Fishing"

1547

Engraving of nymphs in boats pursuing a stag through a river beside a town and forest, with dogs on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Pursuing a Stag, from "Three Prints on Hunting and Fishing"

1547

Engraving of fishermen in boats and on a riverbank hauling nets, with a village and tower in the distance.

Fishing Scene

1547

Semicircular engraving of a woman with an urn beside a large eagle and a dragon among clouds, in dense line work.

Jupiters adelaar brengt Psyche water van de Styx

1540

Engraved battle scene with warriors, shields, a nude female rider on a rearing horse, and fallen soldiers.

Battle of Amazons

1547

Engraving of Christ in Limbo with a cross-topped staff, nude figures, and winged demons in a stone-arched underworld.

Christ in Limbo

1546-47

Oval engraving of an allegorical seated woman with sword and scales, a globe, and chained figures below.

Justice, frontispiece from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

ca. 1550-55

Engraving of a crowd and robed figures before a seated crowned woman surrounded by coins, jugs and a chest.

Avarice

ca. 1550-55