Judith placing the head of Holofernes on a tray held by an attendant, with the body of Holofernes on a canopied bed

Ogni cosa vince l'oro

Agostino Carracci

The soldier kissing the woman's hand (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)

Wenceslaus Hollar, Related author John Ogilby, Aesop

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 3

William Hogarth, Related author Gautier de Coste de La Calprenède

The Invitation

Attributed to Anonymous, French, 18th century

Jael hammering a tent peg into the temple of the sleeping Sisera, to the right a servant hides behind a curtain; from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting by Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Pietro Monaco, After Giovanni Battista Pittoni, Pietro Monaco

Amnon Violating Tamar, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever

Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham, who sits at the foot of a bed, from "The Story of Abraham"

Georg Pencz

Amnon Violating Tamar

Heinrich Aldegrever

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 6: The Story of Cupid and Psyche

William Hogarth, Related author Charles Gildon, Related author Lucius Madaurensis Apuleius

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Heinrich Aldegrever

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, from "The Story of Joseph"

Georg Pencz

Tarquin and Lucretia

Cornelis Cort, After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)