1820s Art

Costume di Castellone is an original watercolour on ivory-colored paper made by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Castellone", with an autograph ca...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Costume di Chieuti-Albanesi, 1820 c.a. Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand-titled "Costume di Chieuti-Albanesi", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Basili...

Watercolour on ivory colored and watermarked paper"J. Whatm Turkey M.", 1820 c.a. Beautiful watercolour representing a typical Italian scene of ordinary life in XIX century: people...

Veduta interna delle Sostruzioni dei Portici del tempio d'Ercole in Tivoli (...) is an original etching realized by Luigi Rossini. From the series “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)” it is an artist's proof with real technical virtuosity, with sharp details, representing the walkways under the portici of Hercules Temple in Tivoli. Signed on plate “Rossini dis. e inc.” lower-left corner, with indication of date and place “Roma, 1824”. In very good conditions. Luigi Rossini (1790 – 1857) Like Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Luigi Rossini was an architect and his etchings have the same tendency to emphasize the massive constructions of the Ancient Rome. He became famous thanks to his etchings representing Roman landscapes and antique monuments...

Veduta degli Avanzi della Villa di Domiziano da altri chiamata le Terme di Pompeo Magno Image dimensions: 46x60 cm. From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)” an a...

Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Titles: "Hedychium Glaucum" and "Zingiber Elatum" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn from Living Specime...

Interno del Pronao del Tempio d'Ercole nella città di Cora is an original etching by Luigi Rossini. From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma”(..), Rome, 1826 by L. Rossini, an artist's proof with sharp details, showing Cora’s Ruins. Signed on plate “Rossini dis. e inc.” lower-left corner, with date and place “Roma, 1825”. In very good condition. Image Dimensions: 45 x 57 cm Luigi Rossini (1790 – 1857) Like Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Luigi Rossini was an architect and his etchings have the same tendency to emphasize the massive constructions of the Ancient Rome. He became famous thanks to his etchings representing Roman landscapes and antique monuments...

Beautiful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Capracolla, realized by the Italian artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Capracolla" with a hand-...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Eugène VERBOECKHOVEN Warneton, 1798 – Schaerbeek, 1881 Oil on wood panel 42 x 33.5 cm (58 x 50 cm with the frame) Signed, dated and located lower right “EJ Verboeckhoven / 1826 / à G...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Two actors in a fight scene with lightning and thunderbolt is an original artwork realized in the 1820s by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Diptych. Two colors woodcut. Format: 2 x ...

Fishermen is a lithograph on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in 1824. Good conditions with slight foxing, The artwork is realized through perfect hatching and deft strokes, c...

Gioncataro is an amazing original artwork, watercolour on ivory-colored paper, realized by the talented artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Gioncataro" in pencil on the ...

Roman Views is an original etching realized by Agapito Franzetti in the 1820s. Signed on the plate. good conditions. Included a. Passepartout: 35 x25 cm...

“Agrippina Giovane” (The young Agrippina) is an original etching realized by A. Tofanelli and A. Mochetti. Image Dim: cm 48x33, Dim: cm 59x44; Passepartout Dim: cm 69 x 49. Precious Etching on copper: Hand-colored subject on black ink bottom. Designed by Agostino Tofanelli and engraved by Alessandro...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

“Tiberio con corona civica” (Tiberius with a civic crown) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Pietro Fontana (Caslano 1763 – Rome 1829),...

Sepolcro Regio o Consolare inciso nella rupe del Monte Albano, or nel Convento di Fr. Frances. ni di Palazzuolo is an original etching realized by Luigi Rossini. From the series “Le ...

I Moccoletti is a pleasant etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The artwork is unsigned, but it is part of the 20 plates engraved in...

Veduta Generale del Tempio della Sibilla, e Ponte della Cascata di Tivoli Image dimensions: 61x45 cm. From the series “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)” an artist's proof with...

Altra Veduta presa sotto il grand' Arco dell'interno dell'Emissario di Albano is an original etching belonging to the series "Le Antichità di contorni di Roma” (…)". Beautiful proof...

Real Life in London is an original couple of books written by William Combe (25 March 1742 – 19 June 1823) and illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson (13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) in 1821...

Map of south America, engraved by Franz Pluth (Czech, 1800-1871), from the book "Neueste Länder - und Völkerkunde, ein geographisches Lesebuch für alle Stände" by Linder, F. L. (Prag...

Briganti assetati is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1820. Etching and Watercolor technique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and some little...

Image dimensions: 33.7 x 48.6 cm. “Ara con tripode” (Ara with tripod) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Vincenzo Feoli, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Vincenzo Feoli incise in Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXVIII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. Original Title: Ara con Tripode di quindecemviri, e la corona...

“Baccanale con Bacco, Sileno, Fauni, e Menadi” is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, ...

Amazing watercolor on paper of the Costume di Carafagreci realized by the artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Carafagreci", with autograph notes in black ink ...

Beggars is an original Modern artwork realized in the first decades of the 19th Century by Dominique Vivant Denon (Chalon-sur-Saône, 1747 - Paris, 1825). ...

Napoléon à Montereau is an original artwork realized by Hippolyte Bellangé in 1828. Original lithograph on paper. Passepartout included (cm 32.5 x...

“Amore che scherzo, Statua” (Joking Eros, Statue) is a wonderful black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Gio Brunetti da Ravenna inc. Roma 1795”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher right corner “Tav. XXIX” and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints representing a precious piece of the Borghese collection, an Eros statue caressing a sparrow, is in excellent conditions with some light signs of the time (some little whormholes on the left margin beyond the marginal line of the matrix) but with fresh impression. Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were found and made available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Villa pianezza" with a caption "Provincia dell'Aquila nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the ...

Acquaiolo In Strada is an original watercolor on paper, realized in 1828, by an anonymous artist whose signature seems to be G.M. (hand-written in pencil on lower left corner) Good ...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Fine watercolour representing a female figure in traditional Italian costumes. Hand-signed on lower margin at the center (the signature...

“Testa quasi colossale di Lucio Vero” (Almost colossal head of Lucio Vero) is a wonderful black and white etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, 1837), after Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1754 - Venice, 1831), as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Teodoro Matteini del./ Pietro Fontana inc. Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXVI" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints representing a precious piece of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of the Roman Empero Lucio Vero, is in excellent conditions with a usual yellowing of the paper at the edges, some light signs of the time( some light thinning of paper along the margin do not affect the image) but with fresh impression. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior by Agasias (two plates), Greek gods and heroes and Roman famous historical figures; the last two plates represents antique Egyptian deities. There are plates representing ancient bas-reliefs, sarcophagi, of mythological subjects, the Borghese Vase, portrait busts, a vase on an altar, two statues of Amor; and two modern statues, by Bernini (the Apollo and Daphne, and the David). «Très bel ouvrage» writes Brunet, «Grand ouvrage, le seul qui mérite, parmi ceux sur la villa Borgese, de figurer dans le chapitre aux Galeries et Collections» Vinet said, looking at this plate. Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, 1837) The Italian artist and engraver, Pietro Fontana was active in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy. He started his career as a student of Raffaello Morghen...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX century. Good conditions with burnished margins and some stains. Very beautiful...

Watercolour on ivory colored stuck on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Tortorella", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Salerno" on...

Wonderful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Zaccanopoli made by Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled Costume di Zaccanopoli with autograph notes in black ink "P...

The original design for the top half was formally attributed to William Hogarth, according to the Met Museum, and published by John Bowles in 1728. The edition here has a second half...

La Corsa dei Cavalli is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes an...

Epinal Print Napoleonic Funeral Convoy is an original Hand-colored lithograph realized in 1821 by an Anonymous french artist. With the description on the lower. Titled at the top. ...

Portrait of Count Platoff is an original modern artwork realized in 1823 by Anonymous artist Original black and white lithograph on paper. Unreadib...

Hunter is an original Watercolor drawing on ivory colored stuck on paper, 1820 c.a. Not signed. This Artwork is attributed to Michela De Vito. Representing a man in typical Neapolit...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Beautiful watercolour representing a monk. Hand-titled black ink on lower margin. Excellent conditions. Michela De Vito In the XIX century, Michela De Vito native of Abruzzi, worked in Naples and became a famous artist. She was maybe the daughter or sister of Camillo de Vito...

Horse Race (original title: "La Corsa dei Cavalli") is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a r...

Temple of Mars is offset print artwork on paper, realized by G. Engelmann in 1826, the artwork is signed on the plate and dated. In very good condition. The artwork represents the roman landscape of the temple of Mars, The temple of Mars in the Circus was a temple of ancient Rome dedicated to Mars, located near the Circus Flaminio, in the IX Augustan region. the temple contained a colossal statue of...

Image dimensions: 18.5 x 15 cm. Couple of Sloths is an original black and white lithograph realized by an anonymous artist in 1828. Dated 1828 and titled Gemeines Faulthier. On t...

Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Craco" with a caption "Provincia di Basilicata nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. ...

Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Uomo del Paese di Carafa Greci" (Man of Carafa Greci town), with the caption "Provincia Contado di Molise". Hand-signed on lower-right m...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820.c.a.. Representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX century carrying some baskets. Good conditions with some minor stains. Very b...

Simulacro Di Diana is an original print realized by Giovanni Folo After Agostino Tofanelli. Original etching on copper. Hand-colored on black ink background. Designed by Agostino Tofanelli and engraved by Giovanni Foto (as printed on plate on lower right). Original title: Simulacro Di Diana detto volgarmente la ZIngarella Included frame: 60 x 50 cm From "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli.", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published in Rome, 1821. It deals with two volumes of engravings showing the main antique monuments or statues collected by the Prince Borghese in his Villa in Pincio Hill. Remarkable contemporary artists like Luigi Cunego, Gio. Batta Leonetti, Pietro Bettelini, Gio. Brunetti, Giovanni Ottaviani, Angelo Campanella, Pietro Fontana contributed. Drawings are, above all, by Agostino Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis, Teodoro Matteini. Giovanni Folo Veneto (Bassano, 1764 – Rome 1836) Giovanni Folo Veneto was an Italian engraver of the Neoclassic period, active in Italy. He studied with Giulio Golini and G.B. Mengardi in Venice. In 1781 he moved to Rome to study with Giovanni Volpato, but later he followed the style of the Volpato's pupil, Raffaello Morghen...

Planetary System - From Nuovo atlante di geografia universale is an original print realized in 1820 by Luigi Rossi. Original black and white etching. Prin...

Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Carafa" with a caption "Provincia di Calabria nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. H...

Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Marinajo del Molo" (Sailor of the pier), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions. Including an ivory colored cardboard p...

Costume dell'Isola di Procida is an enchanting watercolour on ivory colored paper made by the artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca., representing the Province of Naples. Hand-titled in...

This Costume di Procida is a colorful original watercolour on ivory-colored paper created by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Procida", with an aut...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Sorrento", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Napoli" on lower margin at the center. Representing ...

The original artwork Monaca della Sapienza is a beautiful watercolour on ivory-colored paper made by the virtuous artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Monaca della Sapien...