Isaac Collection (page 18)

Amphion, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Amphion, 1615. Amphion and Zethus (also Zethos), in ancient Greek mythology, were the twin sons of Zeus by Antiope. They are important characters in one of the two founding myths of the city of

Menecee, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Menecee, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Memnon, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Memnon, 1615. In Greek mythology, Memnon was an Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos, he brought an army to Troys defense and was killed by Achilles in retribution for killing Antilochus

Fables, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Fables, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Amor, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Amor, 1615. In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido) is the god of erotic love. He is equated with the Greek god Eros. Another of his Latin names is Amor

Marsh, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Marsh, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Bosporus or Bosphorus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Bosporus or Bosphorus, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Cupidons, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Cupidons, 1615. In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido) is the god of erotic love. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs

The Hours or Days, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Hours or Days, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Dodona, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Dodona, 1615. Dodona in Epirus, northwestern Greece, was a prehistoric oracle devoted to the Greek god Zeus and the Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione

Weaver, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Weaver, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

La Naissance, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
La Naissance, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Les Etreines, (Gift), 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Les Etreines, (Gift), 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Venus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Venus, 1615. Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love and beauty, but originally a vegetation goddess and patroness of gardens and vineyards

La Nourriture, (Food), 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
La Nourriture, (Food), 1615. In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race of creatures composed part human and part horse. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates

Hippolytus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Hippolytus, 1615. In Greek mythology, Hippolytus (Greek for loose horse) was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte. He was identified with the Roman forest god Virbius

Ariadne, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Ariadne, 1615. Ariadne, in Greek mythology, was daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae. She is associated both with the battle of Theseus and the Minotaur; and with the god Dionysus

Pelops and Hippodamia, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Pelops and Hippodamia, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Pentheus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Pentheus, 1615. In Greek mythology, Pentheus was a king of Thebes, son of the Echion and Agave. Pentheus was pulled down and torn limb from limb by his own mother and other Bacchae in their frenzy

Satyrs, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Satyrs, 1615. In Greek mythology, satyrs are young humans, possibly with horse ears, that roamed the woods and mountains, and were the companions of Pan and Dionysus

Midas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Midas, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Olympus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Olympus, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Semele, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Semele, 1615. In Greek mythology, Semele, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his two parallel origin myths

The Fisherman, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Fisherman, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Thiodamas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Thiodamas, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Pasiphae, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Pasiphae, 1615. Wife of King Minos of Crete. When the gods sent Minos a beautiful white bull, he did not sacrifice it as he should have done

Title page of Les Images Des Deux Philostrates, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Title page of Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates. 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs

Pan, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Pan, 1615. Pan is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their flocks: paein means to pasture. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat

Thessalie, (Thessaly), 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Thessalie, (Thessaly), 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

The Birth, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Birth, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Pelops, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Pelops, 1615. In Greek mythology, Pelops was a son of Tantalus and Dione. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris

Atlas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Atlas, 1615. In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris

The Burial of Abdere, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Burial of Abdere, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Antigone, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Antigone, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Tyrrhenians, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Tyrrhenians, 1615. The Tyrrhenians or Tyrsenians is an exonym used by Greek authors to refer to a non-Greek people. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates

Phorbas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Phorbas, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Palestre, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Palestre, 1615. The palestre was, in ancient Greece, the place where the physical fight and the other exercises were practised

Hercules, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Hercules, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Themistocles, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Themistocles, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Les Isles, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Les Isles, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Cyclops, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Cyclops, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Palemon, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Palemon, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Perseus rescuing Andromeda, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Perseus rescuing Andromeda, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1638. Artist: Govaert Flinck
Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1638. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac, 1587. To test the commitment of Abraham, God commanded him to make a human sacrifice of his son, Isaac

Isaac Judaeus, physician to the rulers of Tunisia, 9th-10th century (1493). Isaac Judaeus (c855-c955) was one of the first whose works were translated from Arabic to Latin

James Gregory, 17th century Scottish mathematician and astronomer. In 1663 Gregory (1638-1675) published Optica Promota describing his design for a reflecting telescope

Title page of Elias Ashmoles Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 1652. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this book. Ashmole (1619-1692)

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"Isaac: A Multifaceted Figure in History" Sir Isaac Newton, the renowned English mathematician, is widely celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to science. His profound discoveries in physics and astronomy revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. In a captivating portrait by Freeman, we catch a glimpse of Sir Isaac Newton's intellectual prowess and enigmatic persona from the 19th century. This depiction showcases his brilliance as an artist beautifully captures his essence. However, let us not forget another notable figure named Isaac – the SINGER SEWING MACHINE. With its intricate design and precision, it embodies innovation just like Sir Isaac Newton did centuries ago. Moving away from machines and back to history, we delve into Prestwich Asylum in Lancashire where Sir Isaac Newton's legacy lives on. The institution bears his name as a tribute to this remarkable mathematician who forever changed our perception of the universe. Speaking of tributes, one cannot ignore Johnson V Perrins' masterpiece depicting Abraham sacrificing Isaac at the Gate of Paradise door of the Baptistry of San Giovanni. This powerful artwork immortalizes their story with great intensity. Shifting gears once again, we encounter an intriguing portrait by Isaac Oliver I showcasing Arabella Stewart from the 16th century. Through this painting, we witness how art transcends time as it captures her beauty for eternity. And what better way to understand someone than through their own words? In a letter dated 20th June 1682 addressed to William Briggs, Sir Issac Newton reveals glimpses of his brilliant mind that continue to inspire generations even today. But amidst all these serious discussions about science and art lies "Dick Dock or The Lobster and Crab, " a whimsical piece from 1806 that reminds us not to take life too seriously – much like enjoying good company while sipping beer in a pub with friends.