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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Dreamy Landscape - Etching by Pierre-Edme Babel - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dreamy landscape is an etching realized by Pierre-Edme Babel in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Etching
Portrait - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and stain.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
...
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Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Etching
Angels - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Angels is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755”
The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Etching
Dreamy Landscape - Etching by Pierre-Edme Babel - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dreamy landscape is an etching realized by Pierre-Edme Babel in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
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Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Etching
The Muses - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Muses is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in the plate.
The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755”
The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Rubens - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Rubens is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing and a stain on the right margin.
The artwork is depicted ...
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Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Etching
Gathering - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gathering is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Dreamy Landscape - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dreamy landscape is an etching realized by Pierre-Edme Babel in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Figure - Etching by Nicolas-Dauphin de Beauvais - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicolas-Dauphin de Beauvais in the 18th Century.
Good conditions with foxing.
Signed on plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait After Michelangelo - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Michelangelo is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching wa...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Dreamy landscape - Etching by Pierre-Edme Babel - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dreamy landscape is an etching realized by Pierre-Edme Babel in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Nil - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Nil is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in the 18th Century.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Pyramid - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pyramid is an etching realized by Jérôme Charles Bellicard in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Passage - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Passage is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Old Master French Noblemen Engraving by Crispin de Passe
Located in Larchmont, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670)
Untitled (French Noblemen on Horseback), c. 1620-1660
Engraving
Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.
Inscribed in p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
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Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Study of Horse - Plate 80 - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Horse - Plate 80 is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confi...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Dreamy Landscape - Etching by Pierre-Edme Babel - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dreamy landscape is an etching realized by Pierre-Edme Babel in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portraits after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Th...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Crispin de Passe Engraving of the Grand Écuyer (Squire) of France
Located in Larchmont, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670)
Grand Écuyer de France or Grand Squire of France, c. 1620-1660
Engraving
Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.
Crisp...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Duchess of St. Albans: A 17th C. Portrait After a Kneller Painting
By (After) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraved mezzotint portrait of the Duchess of St. Albans by John Smith, after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. It was published in London by John Boydell in 1694.
The Duchess of St. Albans (1642-1712) was a woman named Diana de Vere. She was born in 1642, the daughter of Aubrey de Vere, the 20th Earl of Oxford. In 1662, she married Charles Beauclerk, the illegitimate son of King Charles II and his mistress, Nell Gwyn. As a result of her marriage, Diana became the Duchess of St. Albans, and she and Charles had several children together. Diana was known for her beauty and charm, and she was a prominent figure in the court of King Charles II. Despite her husband's illegitimate birth, Diana was highly respected in the royal court and was known for her intelligence and wit. She was a patron of the arts and supported many artists and writers of the time. Diana lived through a tumultuous period of English history, including the Great Fire of London and the Glorious Revolution, which saw King James II replaced by William of Orange. She died in 1712 at the age of 70 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Descendants of Diana and her husband, who was an illegitimate son of King Charles II, include Diana, Princess of Wales and her son William, Duke of Cambridge.
An author wrote of her: "The line of Vere, so long renown’d in arms,
Concludes with luster in St. Albans’s charms;
Her conquering eyes have made their race complete,
It rose in valor, and in beauty set."
This striking mezzotint engraving depicts Diana, Duchess of St Albans in a three-quarter length pose, standing, wearing loose flowing dress and a wrap. She has a very serene, calm appearance as she is looking straight at the viewer. There is a landscape of trees in the background. The print is adhered in the corners to an archival backing, which is itself adhered in the upper corners to a larger backing. The print is trimmed to just beyond the plate mark. There are areas of discoloration in the margins and in the inscription area, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. The sheet measures 14.5" high and 10" wide. This mezzotint is held by multiple museums and institutions, including The British Museum, The National Portrait Gallery London, The Fine Arts Museum of Boston, The Lewis Walpole Library at Yale, The Yale Center for British Art, The Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge and The National Galleries of Scotland. The original Kneller painting is part of the British Royal Collection Trust and hangs in the King's Private Dining Room at Hampton Court Palace.
Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) was a leading portrait painter of his time, particularly renowned for his depictions of the British aristocracy and royalty. He was born in Lübeck, Germany, and trained in Amsterdam under the painter Ferdinand Bol...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Parmigiani Amica: An 18th Century Engraving and Etching by Strange After Mazzola
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraving and etching entitled "Parmigiani Amica" by Robert Strange after a painting by Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino, who lived during the Renaissance period. It was published in London in 1774. As the inscription states, the painting was in the collection of the King of Naples at the time the engraving was made. The engraving depicts a half-length portrait of a young woman, known as Parmigiani's Amica (meaning "female friend" in Italian). She is depicted wearing a simple but elegant dress with a low-cut neckline, which reveals her delicate features and graceful neck. Her hair is arranged in a simple yet stylish manner. She is turning to the right to look lovingly at her infant, which she is holding with her right arm. She is touching the baby's mouth with her left hand. The background of the engraving is plain and unadorned, allowing the viewer to focus entirely on the subject of the portrait. The result is a beautiful and timeless image that captures the essence of Renaissance portraiture.
The engraving is printed on watermarked paper. The sheet measures 16.25" high and 12' wide. The sheet is adhered to paper in its upper corners and it has been removed from the paper in its lower corners. There is some mild discoloration and some wrinkling in the margins, including the lower inscription area, and a small dark spot in the upper margin, which may represent a drop of ink occuring at the time of printing. These issues do not involve the image, which is in very good condition. The print is held by several museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The British Museum in London, The Royal Museums of the UK, The British National Trust...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
The Earl of Montbar, famous French horseman, Crispin de Passe Engraving
Located in Larchmont, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670)
Caesar August de Bellegarde Conte de Montbar Marquis de Termes grand Ecuyer de France, c. 1660
Engraving
Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Fr...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
N. Lambert Seigneur de Thorigny: 17th C. Engraved Portrait After Largillière
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraving entitled "Messire Nicolas Lambert Seigneur de Thorigny, Conseiller du Roy" by Pierre Drevet after a painting by Noicolas de Largillière, published in Paris in 1698. This portrait depicts a three-quarter length view of Nicolas Lambert de Thorigny, who is dressed in elaborate robes and collar of a wealthy Parisian nobleman of the time. He is seated directed to the left and looking directly at the viewer. He is holding an inscribed note in his right hand. A magnificent billowing curtain is in the background. Lambert's coat of arms is shown in the center of the lower inscription area. In the inscription area is lettered with title, production detail: "Nic. Largilliere pinxit" and "Petr. Drevet sculpsit", and publication detail: "Se vend a Paris chez Drevet rüe du Foin au coin du College de Maître Gervais".
Nicolas Lambert, Seigneur de Thorigny (1600-1664), was a French nobleman and military commander who lived in the 17th century. He served in the French army during the Thirty Years' War, a conflict that took place from 1618 to 1648 and involved many European powers. Lambert fought in several battles during the war and rose to the rank of colonel. After the war, Lambert returned to France and became involved in politics. He served as a member of the Estates General, a legislative body that advised the king, and as a governor of several provinces. He was a counsellor and confidant of King Louis XIV. He had the title of Président de la Chambre des Comptes. He also became a member of the French Academy of Sciences, a prestigious institution that promotes scientific research and scholarship. Lambert was known for his military expertise, his intelligence, and his commitment to public service. He iInherited the Hôtel Lambert in Paris from his brother Jean Baptiste in 1644 and hired some of the most prominent artists of the time, including Charles Le Brun to decorate and furnish the building.
This beautiful old master engraving was created with impressive detailed technique. It is printed on laid, chain-linked paper. The sheet measures 18.5" high and 13.38" wide. The sheet is adhered to an archival backing paper at the top. There is a faint horizontal center fold and mild discoloration in the inscription area and in the upper margin on the right, with mild wrinkling here. The print is otherwise in very good condition, considering its age. This engraving is so rare, that no comparable prints could be identified for sale online. It is currently only listed in museum collections, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The British Museum, The Louvre, The Riksmuseum, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The Fitzwilliam Museum at the U. of Cambridge, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard Art Museums, The Finnish National Museum, The Philadelphia Museum. It is shown in the Metropolitan Museum's Cataloque of French paintings entitled: "French Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, published in 2018, page 36. The page is included in the photos.
Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) was a French portrait painter who achieved great success and acclaim during the late Baroque and Rococo periods. He was born in Paris and trained under the painter Antoine Goubeau. He studied in Antwerp and London before returning to France. While in England he was a favorite painter of King Charles II and King James II of England...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Engraving
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas After Gerard Metsu, Portrait Of A Lady, Etching
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite 18th-century engraving by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783) is after a portrait by Dutch artist Gerard Metsu (1629-1667). It formed part of Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun’s 'Galerie des Peintres Flamands, Hollandais et Allemands; Ouvrage enrichi de Deux Cent Planches graves d'apres les meilleurs Tableaux de ces Maitres'.
Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun is considered one of the most influential art dealers in European history. His publication, Galerie des Peintres Flamands etc, illuminated the darkened corners of Dutch and Flemish art while also building acclaim for known luminaries, such as Gerard Metsu. Via the ‘Galerie’, Le Brun mentions Vermeer for the first time and sets the great Dutch master on a path to notoriety. He also unearthed several of Rembrandt’s followers, such as Ferdinand Bol...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
Self Portrait with Saskia
Located in New York, NY
A very good, dark and evenly-printed impression of this etching with strong contrasts. Biörklund's second state (of 3); Usticke's third state (e) (of 6), with the vertical scratch th...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Bearded man in turban and fur
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (120 x 95 mm), wide margins. Scattered light surface soiling, unevenly trimmed wide margins, all consistent with age. Likely printed...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Johannes Wesselius Portrait: An 18th Century Engraving/Etching by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraved and etched portrait of Johannes Wesselius by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard. It depicts a half-height image of Wesselius...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Sir. John Powell, Knight: Early 18th C. Engraved Portrait After William Sherwin
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century portrait of Sir John Powell entitled "The Honorable Sr. John Powell, Knight. one of the Justices of her Majesties' Court of Common Pleas. Ano. D 1711". It was engraved and published by John King in London in 1711, after an earlier work by William Sherwin. The engraving depicts a bust length portrait of Powell wearing an elaborate fir-trimmed robe and collar. The portrait is encompassed in an ornate oval frame, sitting on a pedestal with an impressive coat-of-arms below.
This engraved portrait is printed on laid, chain-linked watermarked cream-colored paper The sheet measures 15.25" high and 11.38" wide. It is adhered to an archival thick card at the upper corners, There is a 1/8" tear at the lower edge of the sheet, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. This engraving is held by museums and institutions, including the British Museum and the Harvard University Art Museum.
Sir John Powell (1632-1696) was an English lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the King's Bench from 1683 until his death. He was born in Glamorganshire, Wales, and studied at Jesus College, Oxford, before being called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1656. Powell was known for his staunch support of the monarchy and the Church of England, and he played a prominent role in the trial of the Whig leader Lord William Russell in 1683, which resulted in Russell's execution for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate King Charles II. Powell was also involved in the trials of several other prominent Whig politicians, including Algernon Sidney and Titus Oates. In addition to his work as a judge, Powell was also a member of Parliament for various constituencies throughout his career, and he served as Solicitor General and Attorney General for Wales under King James II. However, he opposed James's efforts to promote Catholicism and supported the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which led to James's overthrow and the installation of William and Mary as joint monarchs.
Powell was known for his intellectual rigor and his legal expertise, and he authored several influential legal treatises during his lifetime. He was widely respected by his peers and by the legal community as a whole, and his legacy as a jurist and judge continues to be celebrated today.
William Sherwin (1645-1709) was an English engraver who worked during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and is known for his high-quality engravings of various subjects, including portraits, landscapes, and architectural views. Sherwin was trained as an engraver and worked as an apprentice to the renowned engraver Robert White. After completing his training, he went on to establish his own studio in London, where he produced a significant body of work over the course of his career. One of Sherwin's most famous works is his engraving of the portrait of John Locke...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland: Mezzotint After a Painting by J. Reynolds
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century mezzotint portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy by Richard Houston after a painting by Joshua Reynolds, published in London by Robert Sayer in 1763. It is a rare, full length portrait of Elizabeth, who was known as Lady Betty. Lady Betty stands, facing to the right, holding her coronet, and wearing her peeress’s ermine and velvet robes over a brocade dress. In the background are a column, a billowing drape, and the grounds of Alnwick Castle...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Marquis de Marigny: An 18th C. Wille Engraved Portrait after a Tocque Painting
By Louis Tocqué
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a mid 18th century engraved portrait of Abel François Poisson de Vandières, Marquis de Marigny by Jean Georges Wille after a painting by Louis Tocque...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, mezzotint portrait print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672 - 1733) was a Swiss traveller naturalist and geologist. His best known scientific works are his paleontological 'Lithographia Helvetica' (1726) and his 'Physica Sacra...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Ancient Roman Landscape - Etching by Various Authors - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Landscape from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Satyr - ìEtching by Various Authors - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Satyr from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum" , is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
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Etching
Portrait of Carlos de Colonna, Marques de la Espinar
By Paulus Pontius
Located in Middletown, NY
(after Anthonie Van Dyck) Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression.
__________Flemish painter and engraver Paulus Pontius was born in Antwerp in 1603, and it was in this city that his full life would unfold. At the young age of 13, he was apprenticed to the still life painter Osias Beert, and subsequently to Lucas Vosterman, who was heavily associated with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens. Vosterman trained Pontius in the skill of engraving, which he took to immediately, finding he had great skill at recreating paintings. Pontius was able to capture the minutiae of light and shadow found on the canvas, and mastered the ability to accurately render the subtleties of brushwork in this alternate media. His success as an engraver cemented his role in the workshop of Rubens, and in 1624, when Vosterman found himself at odds with Rubens, and left Antwerp for England, Pontius assumed his role as foremost engraver in the workshop. It was in this year that Pontius took up lodgings in Rubens's home, and continued to live there until 1631, when courtship and marriage (the first of three) brought him away. After the death of Rubens in 1640, Pontius embarked on a very successful career engraving reproductions of master works by artists including Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter van Avont, Abraham van Diepenbeeck...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German 1497-1543). King Henry VIII of England.
By (After) Hans Holbein The Younger
Located in Sydney, NSW
Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German 1497-1543).
Title: King Henry VIII of England. Limited Edition of 100.
Medium: Giclée Fine Art Print on Ilford Galerie Textured Cotton Rag 310gsm paper.
Sheet Size: Height 52.7 cm x Width 42 cm.
About: Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg Germany in 1497, a painter and printer working in the Northern Renaissance style. Considered one of the pre-eminent portrait painters of the 16th century
In 1526 Holbein travelled to England and quickly build a reputation as a fine portraitist. He then spent four years in Basel returning to England in 1532 to work for Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Peasant with a Crooked Back
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on on laid paper, adhered along left sheet edge to archival wove paper. A rich inking impression in very good condition. From the Picart Edition of 1710.
- Ex-collection Fer...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Louis XI, Roi de France
By Jean Morin
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching, engraving and stippling on cream laid paper with an indiscernible watermark in the sheet center, 11 15/16 x 8 3/16 inches (302 x 207 mm), trimmed at the plate mark. A very g...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
The Spectacle Seller
By Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the pl...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Laid Paper, Etching
Landscape - Etching by Sarah Green - 1793
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original color etching realized by Sarah Green in 1793.
The print represents a landscape in a well-balanced composition.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Rembrandt Etching Framed
Located in New York, NY
Original Self-Portrait Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Etching on paper
2 ⅛ x 1 ¾ inches unframed (5.4102 x 4.445 cm)
14 ⅛ x 12 ½ inches framed (35.8902 x 31.75 cm)
Description:
Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the most celebrated Dutch painters of all time, and rose to prominence in the 17th century for his characteristic use of light and contrast to convey emotion and mood. Much of his artistic practice consisted of history paintings, portraits, and self-portraits, with his rich oil paintings...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Marquard Freher, aged forty-nine
By Aegidius Sadeler
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German 1497-1543), King Henry VIII
Located in Sydney, NSW
Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German 1497-1543).
Title: King Henry VIII of England. Limited Edition of 25.
Medium: Fine Art High Definition Fusion Metal Print.
Edition: Limited Edition of 25 Prints
Image Size: Height 35.6 cm x Width 28 cm.
Framed Size: Height 44.7 cm x Width 37 cm.
About: Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg Germany in 1497, a painter and printer working in the Northern Renaissance style. Considered one of the pre-eminent portrait painters of the 16th century
In 1526 Holbein travelled to England and quickly build a reputation as a fine portraitist. He then spent four years in Basel returning to England in 1532 to work for Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Metal
Bartolozzi After Thomas Lawrence - 1792 Stipple Engraving, Miss Elizabeth Farren
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine stipple engraving of Elizabeth, Countess of Derby. She stands in a blue taffeta cloak with fur trim, in a verdant landscape. The artist and en...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Study of a Head
Located in Middletown, NY
By Wenceslaus Hollar, after Jan Van Bylert (Biler)
Etching on cream laid paper, 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 inches (87 x 70 mm), thread margins. Lacking the inscription in the plate; "Felix Bil...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper
Union - Whom --- Has Join'd, Let No Man put Asunder!
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper. 6 3/4 X 9 5/8 inches (170 x 244 mm), margins trimmed, image intact. Rubbing in the lower left image area obscuring the publishing information (which reads Published by Mm. Darchery, St. James Street March 11, 1783), scattered light foxing, corner loss, top left corner, well outside of image area. "SMP" collector's stamp in red ink on the verso (not in Lugt), and the name "Renier" and the initials "AR" in black ink on the verso. Colors are extremely fresh. Impressions of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the British Museum, and the Yale Center for British Art.
Ex-Collection of Anne & Ferdinand Gabriel (F.G.) Renier, reknowned for their inspriational collection of children's books and works on paper, now housed in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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The devil officiates at the wedding of Tory Lord North, and Charles James Fox, the Whig statesman whose career spanned almost four decades in Parliament. The satirical scene is the signing of the Fox-North coalition, which was a short-lived partnership the two formed while combining forces in the House of Commons to oust then Prime Minister William Petty, Earl of Shelburne. Fox had fallen out of favor with the Irish born Shelburne, also a Whig, whose ministry remained in power just long enough to see the American War of Independence...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
To Drink in Excess
By Cornelis Visscher
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, full margins. Trimmed at the plate mark. Scattered light caramel colored areas of discoloration in the sheet corners, light skinning on the verso at the ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper
Jean Racine Portrait: 17th C. Engraving by Edelinck in Perrault's Les Hommes
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century portrait engraving of Jean-Baptiste Racine by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707), published in Charles Perrault's 'Les Hommes Illustres' in Paris in 1696. Jean Racine (1639-1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille. Racine's works were primarily tragedies. He wrote Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther for young readers. His writing is renowned for its elegance, purity, speed, and fury. The American poet Robert Lowell described his style as a "diamond-edge" and the "glory of its hard, electric rage". Racine's works often displayed his psychological insight, the passion of his characters, and the stark reality of his plots and stage descriptions. In 1672, he was elected to the Académie Française, and two years later he achieved the title of "treasurer of France", and later the honorary title of an "ordinary gentleman of the king" to King Louis XIV, and subsequently a secretary of the king .
This beautiful engraved portrait is printed on chain-linked, laid paper with wide margins. The sheet measures 17.13" high by 10.75" wide. There is a small spot in the lower margin and a few tiny faint spots in the margins, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. The original descriptive text pages, 81 & 82, are included.
Provenance: This engraving was owned by Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Baron Harberton and the Viscount Harberton (1723-1798). He was an Irish politician, who represented County Kildare in the Irish House...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Mago of Carthage, Roman bust, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Magone Cartaginese' (Magone of Carthage)
Copper-line engraving by Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici.
Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from 'Musei Capitolini', a series of engravings showing the sculpture of the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
Mago I, also known as Magon, was the king of the Ancient Carthage...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Valentine Green after Catherine Read - 1768 Mezzotint, Lord Newbattle & Lady Kar
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th Century mezzotint, showing Lord William Newbottle and his sister, Lady Elisabeth Kar, as children, holding a dove. This mezzotint, by Valentine Green (1739-1813) is after the original painting by Catherine Read (1723-1778). The print has been attractively presented in a 19th Century Hogarth...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
The Puppet Man, 1960. E. A
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The Puppet Man, 1960. By Alexander Calder. Handwriting by artist "EA" down left.
Image size: 42.25 x 19 in.
Frame size: 50.25 x 27 in.
Silver Frame
Ha...
Category
Abstract Geometric 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
