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
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
Les Dernieres Paroles de J.J. Roseau (The Last Words of J.J. Rosseau)
Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve
Heinrich Aldegrever German, 1502-c. 1560
Bathsheba at the Bath