13 results filtered with: Sphinxes (Mythology)
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A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 756988i
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The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: 1 January 1821Reference: 18240i
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A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.Date: [1811?]Reference: 2499261i
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Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.
Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788.Date: 2 January 1786Reference: 20808i
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Three marble vases and a sarcophagus. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 757006i- Pictures
The statue of the River Nile in the Vatican. Engraving by C. Randon, 16--.
Date: [between 1660 and 1680?]Reference: 2928364i- Pictures
The statue of the River Nile in the Vatican. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1791, after L. Corazzari.
Corazzari, Ludovico.Date: 1791Reference: 31161i
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The holy family resting among animals in Egypt. Etching by B. Baron, 1724, after F. Solimena.
Solimena, Francesco, 1657-1747.Date: 1724Reference: 22379i- Pictures
The tribulations of investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812466iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
Allegory of etching: a sphinx with the tail of a scorpion scratches an etching plate with her claws. Etching and letterpress by F. Rops, 1875.
Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898.Date: 1875Reference: 3086022i
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A marble vase placed on a pedestal on top of a sarcophagus; and two other vases. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 757037i- Books
Oedipus and the Sphinx : the threshold myth from Sophocles through Freud to Cocteau / Almut-Barbara Renger ; translation by Duncan Alexander Smart and David Rice, with John T. Hamilton.
Renger, Almut-BarbaraDate: 2013
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A marble urn. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 756356i