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The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

Charles Patin. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht.

Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.

Daniel Defoe. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1706, after himself.

Saint Paul: his shipwreck on Malta. Engraving by M. Vandergucht after G. Freman.

The Virgin, reading a scroll on a prie-dieu, is visited by the announcing angel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht.

The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.

Melchizedek blesses Abraham and gives him bread and wine; Abraham's Hebrew soldiers return victorious over the four invading kings. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

George Wilson. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1721, after E. Knight.

Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.

The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches, engraving by Benard, 1779, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645.

Human arterial system. Engraving by Campbell, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.

John Radcliffe. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1716, after Sir G. Kneller, 1710.

Anatomy improv'd and illustrated with regard to the uses thereof in designing: not only laid down from an examen of the bones and muscles of the human body, but also demonstrated and exemplified from the most celebrated antique statues in Rome. Exhibited in a great number of copper plates, with all the figures in various views / Intended originally for y use of the Royal French Academy of Painting and Sculpture. And carried on under the care and inspection of Charles Errard director of the same in Rome. The dissections made by Doc[to]r Ber[nardin]o Genga ... The explanations and indexes added by ... John Maria Lancissi ... First published at Rome by Dom di Rossi and now reengraven ... And republish'd by John Senex. A work of great use to painters, sculptors, statuaries and all others studious in the noble art of designing.

James Drake. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1717, after T. Forster.

Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.

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Michael Vandergucht

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Images by Michael Vandergucht

Works from the collections

John Radcliffe. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1716, after Sir G. Kneller, 1710.

James Drake. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1717, after T. Forster.

Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.

The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.

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Michael Vandergucht

Images from the collections

Images by Michael Vandergucht

Works from the collections

John Radcliffe. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1716, after Sir G. Kneller, 1710.

James Drake. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, 1717, after T. Forster.

Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.

The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.

Frequent collaborators

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