Melchior’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Venus & Cupid
possibly Melchior Heinrich (German, active 1595) or Hans Rottenhammer (German, c. 1564-1625) or Christoph Gartner (German, c. 1575-1623)

Woman with Staff and Phrygian Cap
Heinrich Anton Melchior German, 1771-1796

Susanna Surprised by the Elders, from The Story of Susanna
Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-c.1560

La Rixe (The Brawl)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) Charles Auguste Taunay (French, 1769-1824)

View of the Port of St.Paul, Paris
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)

The Last Words of Jean Jacques Rousseau
Heinrich Guttenberg (German, 1749-1818) after Jean Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814)

Panel of Ornament with Two Nude Boys Standing on the Legs of a Satyr
Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-c.1560

Composite Sword
Blade by Melchior Diefstetter German, Munich, Au c. 1520-1555/1556

Landscape
Heinrich Campendonk German, 1889–1957

Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach, Prise Enhiver (View of Schild-Wald Bach, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes des la Suisse )
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Caspar Wolff (Swiss 1735-1798)

A Nightmare
Melchior Bocksberger German, c. 1530/35-1587

From Brittany
Heinrich Campendonk German, 1889-1957

Christ in the Storm
Heinrich Jansen (Danish, 1625–1667)

Portrait of Ismail, Ambassador of the Persian Shah Tahmasp I, Standing
Melchior Lorck Danish, 1526/27-after 1588

Le Tambourin (The Tambourin)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (French, 1755-1830)

Italian Landscape
Attributed to Heinrich Reinhold (German, 1788–1825)

Lust, from Virtues and Vices
Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-c.1560

Les Dernieres Paroles de J.J. Roseau (The Last Words of J.J. Rosseau)
Heinrich Guttenberg (German, 1749-1818) after Jean Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814)

Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve
Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-c. 1560

Bathsheba at the Bath
Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-c.1560