Jan Lievens Mercury and Argus ca. 1625-26 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Jan Lievens after Rembrandt Diana (detail of painting, Diana at the Bath) ca. 1631 etching British Museum |
Jan Lievens Night Scene with Hurdy-Gurdy Player ca. 1630 etching British Museum |
Jan Lievens Philosopher with an Hourglass before 1674 woodcut Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
from Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find,
But each man's secret standard in his mind,
That casting weight pride adds to emptiness,
This, who can gratify? for who can guess?
– Alexander Pope (1734)
Pieter Claesz Soutman after Peter Paul Rubens Consecration of the Bishop of Noyon (with scene of Pentecost above) ca. 1640 etching Art Institute of Chicago |
Jean Lepautre after François Perrier Acis and Galatea before 1682 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Jean Lepautre Two Men studying Antique Statue on Plinth before 1682 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Jean Lepautre Académie (with model posed as Hercules) before 1682 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Johannes Kip after Leonard Knyff Hampton Court Palace (from Britannia Illustrata) 1707 etching and engraving Art Institute of Chicago |
Stefano Mulinari after Gaspare Celio Wrestlers ca. 1774 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Stefano Mulinari after Parmigianino Two studies of a Youth in Profile ca. 1774 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Giovanni Fabbri Standing Figure with Proportions (after drawing then attributed to Michelangelo) before 1777 etching British Museum |
Lovis Corinth David and Goliath 1923 etching British Museum |
Lovis Corinth The Crucifixion 1916 lithograph British Museum |
Lovis Corinth Charlotte (Portrait of the Artist's Wife) 1919 drypoint British Museum |