Schelte a Bolswert, a very distinguished engraver

Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...

, was the younger brother of Boetius Adam a Bolswert

Boetius à Bolswert

Boetius à Bolswert was a renowned copper-plate engraving engraver of Friesland origin. In his time the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens called forth new endeavours by engravers to imitate or reproduce the breadth, density of mass and dynamic illumination of those works...

, and was born at the town of Bolswert

Bolsward

Bolsward is a city in Súdwest Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward is just short of a population of 10,000.- History :The town is founded on three artificial dwelling hills, of which the first was built some time before Christ....

, in Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

, in 1586. He settled with his brother at Antwerp, where he became one of the most celebrated engravers of his country. He died there in 1659. The plates of this excellent artist are worked entirely with the graver

Burin

Burin from the French burin meaning "cold chisel" has two specialised meanings for types of tools in English, one meaning a steel cutting tool which is the essential tool of engraving, and the other, in archaeology, meaning a special type of lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which was probably...

, and it does not appear that he made any use of the point

Drypoint

Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point. Traditionally the plate was copper, but now acetate, zinc, or plexiglas are also commonly used...

. He engraved many plates after the most eminent of the Flemish masters

Flemish painting

Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century. Flanders delivered the leading painters in Northern Europe and attracted many promising young painters from neighbouring countries. These painters were invited to work at foreign courts and had a Europe-wide influence...

, but he has particularly distinguished himself by the admirable performances he has left us, after some of the finest pictures of Rubens and Van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...

, which he represented with a judgment and ability that give them more effect than can well be expected in a print, and appear to exhibit the very character and colour of the paintings. It was not unusual for Rubens to retouch his proofs, in the progress of the plates, with chalk or with the pencil, which corrections, attended to by the engraver, contributed not a little to the characteristic expression we find in his prints; proofs of this description are to be met with in the portfolios of the curious. He engraved with equal success historical subjects, huntings, landscapes, and portraits; and the number of his prints is very considerable. His plates are generally signed with his name. The following are his principal prints, of which we have given rather a detailed list:

Various subjects, mostly after his own designs

• The Infant Jesus and St. John
  John the Baptist
  John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
  
   playing with a Lamb.
• The Virgin Mary, and Infant Jesus
  Madonna (art)
  Images of the Madonna and the Madonna and Child or Virgin and Child are pictorial or sculptured representations of Mary, Mother of Jesus, either alone, or more frequently, with the infant Jesus. These images are central icons of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity where Mary remains...
  
   sleeping.
• The Virgin giving suck to the Infant.
• The Virgin Mary, with her hands folded on her Breast.
• The Virgin Mary with the Infant in the clouds, with Angels and Cherubim
  Cherub
  A cherub is a type of spiritual being mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and cited later on in the Christian biblical canons, usually associated with the presence of God...
  
  .
• The Infant Jesus caressing the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph
  Saint Joseph
  Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
  
   holding a Pear.
• Twelve half-length figures of Saints.
• Twelve other half-length figures of Saints, beginning with St. Peter
  Saint Peter
  Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
  
  .
• A Hermit
  Hermit
  A hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...
  
   kneeling before a Crucifix
  Crucifix
  A crucifix is an independent image of Jesus on the cross with a representation of Jesus' body, referred to in English as the corpus , as distinct from a cross with no body....
  
  .
• Mater Dolorosa
  Our Lady of Sorrows
  Our Lady of Sorrows , the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows , and Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is referred to in relation to sorrows in her life...
  
  .
• Jesus Christ triumphing over Death.
• St. Barbe
  Sarbel and Barbe
  Saints Sarbel and Barbe, or Sarbelius and Barbea, are early 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Sarbel was a high priest at Edessa in Mesopotamia; Barbe was his sister. They were tortured and killed for converting to Christianity under...
  
  , Martyr.
• St. Stanislaus Koska
  Stanislaus Kostka
  Stanisław Kostka S.J. was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus. In the Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus Kostka....
  
  , kneeling before an Altar
  Altar
  An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship...
  
  .
• St. Francis Borgia
  Francis Borgia
  Saint Francis Borgia, 4th duke of Gandía, 3rd Father General of the Jesuit Order, Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish Jesuit and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670.-Early life:He was born Francesco Borgia de Candia d'Aragon within the Duchy of Gandía,...
  
  .
• St. Alfonso Rodriguez
  Alphonsus Rodriguez
  Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint. He was a native of Segovia. He is sometimes confused with Fr...
  
  .
• Robert Bellarmin
  Robert Bellarmine
  Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation...
  
  , of the Society of Jesus
  Society of Jesus
  The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
  
  .
• Leonard Lessius
  Leonardus Lessius
  Leonardus Lessius was a Jesuit moral theologian and a pioneer in business ethics.-Life:...
  
  ; another Jesuit.
• An emblematical subject of Prince Ferdinand; inscribed In te spes reclinata recumbit.
• Two plates of a Thesis; dedicated to Sigismund, King of Poland
  Sigismund III Vasa
  Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599...
  
  .
• Six plates, with the Frontispiece
  Book frontispiece
  A frontispiece is a decorative illustration facing a book's title page. The frontispiece is the verso opposite the recto title page. Elaborate engraved frontispieces were in frequent use, especially in Bibles and in scholarly books, and many are masterpieces of engraving...
  
  , for the Académie de I'Espée; by Thibault
  Gérard Thibault d'Anvers
  Gérard Thibault d'Anvers was a Dutch fencing master and author of the 1630 rapier manual Academie de l'Espée...
  
  . 1628.
• The Dispute between the Gras and the Meagre; B. A. Bolswert inv.

Various subjects, after different Flemish masters

• The Death of a Saint, and that of a Sinner; after Diepenbeeck
  Abraham van Diepenbeeck
  Abraham van Diepenbeeck was an erudite and accomplished Dutch painter of the Flemish School.-Biography:...
  
  .
• The Dead Christ on the Knees of the Virgin Mary; after the same.
• The Crucifixion of the Three Jesuits at Japan; after the same.
• The Crucifixion; Jac. Jordans
  Jacob Jordaens
  Jacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their...
  
   inv. et pinx.; the best impressions are before the cum Privilegio Regis.
• Mercury
  Mercury (mythology)
  Mercury was a messenger who wore winged sandals, and a god of trade, the son of Maia Maiestas and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is related to the Latin word merx , mercari , and merces...
  
   and Argus; after the same; the good impressions are before the address of Blooteling; fine.
• The infant Jupiter
  Jupiter (mythology)
  In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter or Jove is the king of the gods, and the god of the sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon....
  
  ; after the same; fine.
• Pan playing on a Flute; afterr the same; fine.
• A Concert; entitled Soo Doude songen, soo pepen de Jongen; after the same.
• Pan holding a Basket of Fruit, and Ceres
  Ceres (mythology)
  In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres"...
  
   crowned with Corn, and a Man sounding a Horn; after the same; very scarce.
• The Salutation; after Gerard Zegers
  Gerard Seghers
  Gerard Seghers , also Zegers, was a Flemish Baroque painter and one of the leading Caravaggisti in the Southern Netherlands.-Biography:...
  
  .
• The Return of the Holy Family out of Egypt
  Flight into Egypt
  The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew , in which Joseph fled to Egypt with his wife Mary and infant son Jesus after a visit by Magi because they learn that King Herod intends to kill the infants of that area...
  
  ; after the same.
• The Virgin appearing to St. Ignatius
  Ignatius of Loyola
  Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
  
  , who is kneeling; after the same.
• St. Francis Xavier
  Francis Xavier
  Francis Xavier, born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He was a student of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits, dedicated at Montmartre in 1534...
  
  , tempted by the Devil; after the same.
• Peter denying Christ; after the same; very fine.
• Abraham sacrificing Isaac
  Binding of Isaac
  The Binding of Isaac Akedah or Akeidat Yitzchak in Hebrew and Dhabih in Arabic, is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Mount Moriah...
  
  ; after Theoodor Rombouts
  Theodoor Rombouts
  Theodoor Rombouts was a Flemish Baroque painter specializing in Caravaggesque genre scenes of card players and musicians.-Biography:...
  
  .
• A Concert; after the same.
• The Virgin with the Infant Jesus holding a Globe; after Erasmus Quellinus
  Erasmus Quellinus II
  Erasmus Quellinus II was a Flemish Baroque painter specializing in architectural perspective studies. He worked in the studio of Peter Paul Rubens.-Biography:He was born in Antwerp as the son of Erasmus Quellinus I and Elisabeth van Uden...
  
  .
• The Communion of St. Rosa; after the same.
• The Triumph of the Archduke Leopold William, Governor of the Netherlands
  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria was an Austrian military commander, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1647 to 1656, and a patron of the arts.-Biography:...
  
  , 1653; four sheets; after the same.

Portraits, etc., after Van Dyck

• Andries van Ertvelt
  Andries van Eertvelt
  -Biography:He became a master in the Guild of St. Luke in 1609. He is registered in Genua from 1628–1630, where he lived with Cornelis de Wael. In 1630 he returned to Antwerp....
  
  , painter of Antwerp.
• Martin Pepin
  Maarten Pepyn
  Maarten Pepyn was a Flemish Baroque painter.-Biography:It is unknown who taught him how to paint, but he became a master of Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1600. The following year he married Maria Huybrechts. Together they had five children, of whom a son and a daughter became painters...
  
  , painter.
• Adriaan Brouwer
  Adriaen Brouwer
  Adriaen Brouwer was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.-Biography:...
  
  , painter.
• Jean Baptiste Barbe
  Jean-Baptiste Barbé
  Jean-Baptiste Barbé, a Flemish engraver, was born at Antwerp in 1578. In 1595 he entered the studio of Philippe Galle, and in 1610 he was received as a master into the Guild of St. Luke. He soon afterwards went to Italy to improve himself in drawing, which may account for his being more correct in...
  
  , engraver. (pictured)
• Justus Lipsius
  Justus Lipsius
  Justus Lipsius was a Southern-Netherlandish philologist and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. The most famous of these is De Constantia...
  
  , historiographer.
• Albert, Prince of Aremberg.
• Mary Ruthven, wife of Van Dyck.
• Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Orleans.
• Willem de Vos
  Willem de Vos (painter)
  Willem de Vos was a Flemish Baroque painter from Antwerp.-Biography:He was a nephew of the painter Marten de Vos and his students included Justus Sustermans. His portrait was engraved by Anthony van Dyck for his iconography series. He is mentioned in Cornelis de Bie's book of artists as Guiliam de...
  
  , painter. (pictured)
• Sebastiaan Vranck
  Sebastian Vrancx
  Sebastian Vranckx was a Flemish Baroque painter and etcher of the Antwerp school.-Biography:...
  
  , painter.
• Maria mater Dei
  Mary (mother of Jesus)
  Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...
  
  .
• The Holy Family
  Holy Family
  The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph.The Feast of the Holy Family is a liturgical celebration in the Roman Catholic Church in honor of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his foster father, Saint Joseph, as a family...
  
  , with an Angel holding a Crown.
• The Virgin and the Infant Christ on her Knoe, with a Female Saint holding a Palm.
• The Holy Family, with the Infant sleeping in the Arms of the Virgin.
• The Holy Family in a landscape, with several Angels.
• Christ crowned with Thorns
  Crown of Thorns
  In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was woven of thorn branches and placed on Jesus Christ before his crucifixion...
  
  ; very fine.
• The Elevation of the Cross
  Elevation of the Holy Cross
  The Elevation of the Holy Cross is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on September 14. It is one of the two feast days which is held as a strict fast...
  
  .
• The Crucifixion
  Crucifixion of Jesus
  The crucifixion of Jesus and his ensuing death is an event that occurred during the 1st century AD. Jesus, who Christians believe is the Son of God as well as the Messiah, was arrested, tried, and sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally executed on a cross...
  
  , a grand composition, with two Men on horseback, and a figure presenting the Sponge to Christ. On the other side, the Virgin Mary and St. John standing, and Mary Magdalene
  Mary Magdalene
  Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
  
   kneeling and embracing the Cross. This is considered one of the most beautiful engravings by Bolswert. In the first impressions, which are very scarce, the hand of St. John is not seen on the shoulder of the Virgin: in the second impressions, the hand of St. John rests on the Virgin's shoulder, and the name of Van Dyck is changed from the left to the right hand comer of the plate. In the last impressions the hand was erased, probably to give them the appearance of first impressions, but the trick is easily discovered by the superiority of the first in point of clearness and colour.

Subjects after Rubens

• The Brazen Serpent
  Nehushtan
  The Nehushtan , in the Hebrew Bible, was a sacred object in the form of a snake of brass upon a pole.The priestly source of the Torah says that Moses used a 'fiery serpent' to cure the Israelites from snakebites...
  
  ; the best impressions are those which have the word Antwerpiae at the right hand corner, without the name of G. Hendrix.
• The Marriage of the Virgin
  Marriage of the Virgin
  The Marriage of the Virgin is the subject in Christian art depicting the marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The marriage is not mentioned in the canonical Gospels but is covered in several apocryphal sources, and later redactions, notably the 14th century compilation the Golden Legend...
  
  ; the best impressions have the name of Hendrix, without the word Antwerpiae.
• The Annunciation
  Annunciation
  The Annunciation, also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary, that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus the Son of God. Gabriel told Mary to name her...
  
  ; the best impressions are those with the address of M. van den Enden.
• The Nativity
  Nativity of Jesus in art
  The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and...
  
  ; the best impressions have the same address.
• The Adoration of the Magi
  Adoration of the Magi (Rubens)
  Peter Paul Rubens painted The Adoration of the Magi more often than any other episode from the life of Christ. The adoration of the Magi offered the Counter-Reformation artist the chance to depict the richest worldly panoply, rich textiles, exotic turbans and other incidents, with a range of human...
  
  ; the same.
• The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt: the same.
• The Feast of Herod
  Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist is a holy day observed by various Christian churches which follow liturgical traditions...
  
  , with Herodias presenting the Head of St. John to her Mother.
• The Executioner giving the Head of St. John to Herodias.
• The miraculous Draught of Fishes; in three plates.
• Christ crucified between the Thieves; G. Hendrix exc.
• The Crucifixion, a Soldier on horseback piercing the side of Our Saviour; dated 1631; extremely fine.
• The Crucifixion, with the city of Jerusalem in the distance; M. van den Enden exc.
• The Dead Christ in the Lap of the Virgin Mary, with. St. Francis; the same subject is engraved by Pontius.
• The Resurrection
  Resurrection of Jesus
  The Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus states that Jesus returned to bodily life on the third day following his death by crucifixion. It is a key element of Christian faith and theology and part of the Nicene Creed: "On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures"...
  
  ; M. van den Enden excudit.
• The Ascension; the same.
• The Four Evangelists
  Four Evangelists
  In Christian tradition the Four Evangelists are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors attributed with the creation of the four Gospel accounts in the New Testament that bear the following titles:*Gospel according to Matthew*Gospel according to Mark...
  
  .
• The Fathers of the Church
  Church Fathers
  The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were early and influential theologians, eminent Christian teachers and great bishops. Their scholarly works were used as a precedent for centuries to come...
  
  ; Nic. Lauwers exc.
• The Destruction of Idolatry
  Idolatry
  Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god, or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard to created forms other than God. In all the Abrahamic religions idolatry is strongly forbidden, although...
  
  ; in two sheets; the same.
• The Triumph of the Church; in two sheets; the same.
• The Immaculate Conception
  Immaculate Conception
  The Immaculate Conception of Mary is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, according to which the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin. It is one of the four dogmata in Roman Catholic Mariology...
  
  ; Ant. Bon. Enfant exc.
• The Assumption; arched; M. van den Enden exc.
• The Assumption, with one of the Disciples lifting the Stone of the Sepulchre
  Tomb
  A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes...
  
  ; M. van den Enden ; the impressions with the address of G. Hendrix are posterior, and those with the name of C. van Merlen are retouched.
• The Infant Jesus embracing the Virgin Mary; M. van den Enden exc.
• The Virgin Mary holding a Globe, and the Infant Jesus holding a Sceptre.
• The Holy Family, vrith the Infant Jesus and St. John caressing a Lamb.
• The Holy Family, with a Parrot on a Pillar; A. Bonenfant exc.
• St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier; the first impressions are before the name of Rubens.
• The Education of the Virgin by St. Anne
  Saint Anne
  Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...
  
  ; the best impressions are without the name of Hendrix.
• St. Cecilia
  Saint Cecilia
  Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians and Church music because as she was dying she sang to God. It is also written that as the musicians played at her wedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord". St. Cecilia was an only child. Her feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic, Anglican,...
  
  ; very fine.
• St. Theresa
  Teresa of Ávila
  Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
  
   at the Feet of Christ, interceding for the Souls in Purgatory
  Purgatory
  Purgatory is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which, it is believed, the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for Heaven...
  
  ; M. van den Enden exc.
• The Continence of Scipio
  Scipio Africanus
  Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , also known as Scipio Africanus and Scipio the Elder, was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic...
  
  ; the best impressions are before the address of G. Hendrix.
• Silenus
  Silenus
  In Greek mythology, Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.-Evolution of the character:The original Silenus resembled a folklore man of the forest with the ears of a horse and sometimes also the tail and legs of a horse...
  
  , drunk, supported by a Satyr
  Satyr
  In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus — "satyresses" were a late invention of poets — that roamed the woods and mountains. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing....
  
  , with another figure; the best impressions are those with the name of Bolswert only, without the address.
• A Peasant Dance, Gillis Hendricx excudit.

Landscapes and huntings

• A set of six 'large landscapes' after Rubens
  • Philemon and Baucis
    Baucis and Philemon
    In Ovid's moralizing fable , which stands on the periphery of Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Baucis and Philemon were an old married couple in the region of Tyana, which Ovid places in Phrygia, and the only ones in their town to welcome disguised gods Zeus and Hermes , thus embodying the...
    
     (Ovid
    Ovid
    Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
    
    ) - grand landscape deluged by a torrent.
  • Shipwreck of AEneas
    Aeneas
    Aeneas , in Greco-Roman mythology, was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin, once removed. The journey of Aeneas from Troy , which led to the founding a hamlet south of...
    
     (Virgil
    Virgil
    Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
    
    ) - grand landscape, sea-coast, beacon and a shipwreck.
  • Shipwreck of St Paul at Malta. - landscape with rainbow.
  • The Calydonian Boar Hunt, with Atalanta
    Atalanta
    Atalanta is a character in Greek mythology.-Legend:Atalanta was the daughter of Iasus , a Boeotian or an Arcadian princess . She is often described as a goddess. Apollodorus is the only one who gives an account of Atalanta’s birth and upbringing...
    
     and Meleager
    Meleager
    In Greek mythology, Meleager was a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer....
    
     in a grand woody landscape.
  • A view near Mechlin
    Mechelen
    Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
    
    , with Haymakers and a Waggon, and figures driving Cattle.
  • Return of the Prodigal Son
    Parable of the Prodigal Son
    The Prodigal Son, also known as the Lost Son and the Prodigal Father, is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to the Gospel of Luke a father extravagantly gives his sons their inheritance before he dies...
    
    - including a stable with horses and cows.
• A set of twenty 'smaller landscapes'.
• A set of twelve Huntings of different animals, of which one is a Lion Hunt, with figures on horseback; very spirited and fine.