18th Century and Earlier Art
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Gray
Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
De Italia Florentia. (Florence, Italy)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Sebastian Munster (1488-1552)
Cosmographia
Basel, 1579 ca
Woodcut. Later Hand-Color.
Munster's Cosmographia was one of the most influential wo...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Silk, Rag Paper, Plexiglass, Handmade Paper,...
The Narrow-Leaved Kalmia (Mountain Laurel)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
A...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Aquatint, Watercolor, Mezzotint, Engraving
The Kitchen Garden 507 (Root Vegetables)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN.
Phytanthoza Iconographia….
Published by Raisbonae.
Regensburg, 1735-47.
Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret.
Mezzotint engrav...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
T-III. Vaso Antico
Located in Florham Park, NJ
CARLOS ANTONINI
Manuale di Vari Ornamenti
Rome, 1781-1790
Engraving.
100 Illustrations.
Late eighteenth century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Raphael's Loggia. Plate VII Pilaster Top Priced as a pair with Pilaster Bottom
Located in Florham Park, NJ
RAPHAEL.
Raffaello Sanzio d’Urbino.
(1483 – 1520)
Delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano.
Gateano Savorelli, artist. (1732- 1791)
Ludovico Teseo, draughtsman. (1731-1782)
Pietr...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Engraving
Oracoli....
By Jacopo Guarana
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JACOPO GUARANA. (1720 – 1808).
“Oracoli auguri, aruspici, sibille, indovini della religione pagna.”
Venice, 1792.
Engraving with modern hand-coloring.
12” x 14.5” unframed.
...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Plexiglass, Laid Paper, Ink, Archival Tape, Archival Paper
"Enfans antiques au Capitol." (Putti with Swans)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Giovanni Volpato (1738-1803)
Raffaelle Morghen (1758-1833)
Principi del Disegno
Roma, 1786
Engravings
Woven Paper
16.25” x 21.75 Unframed”
The principles of design have bee...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Ink, Plexiglass
Typus Aspectuum.... (Astrological Planetary Aspects)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ANDREAS CELLARIUS. (1596-1665)
HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA.
(Celestial Atlas of Harmony).
Published by Gerad Valk and Pieter Schenck.
Amsterdam, 1708.
...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
"Enfans Antiques au Capitol." (Putti with Wigs/Masks)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Giovanni Volpato (1738-1803)
Raffaelle Morghen (1758-1833)
Principi del Disegno
Roma, 1786
Engravings
Woven Paper
16.25” x 21.75 Unframed”
The principles of design have bee...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Ink, Plexiglass
ITALIAN MEDIEVAL CAPITAL, 12th/13th Century
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN MEDIEVAL CAPITAL
Italy, 12th/13th Century
marble
19 x 23 x 23 cm
7 1/2 x 9 x 9 in
total height 31 cm (12 1/4 in)
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Marble
Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Handmade Paper
Pair Of Tang Dynasty Horses
Located in New Orleans, LA
This pair of rare earthenware horses hails from the powerful Tang Dynasty of China. The dynasty reigned for nearly 300 years between the 7th and 10th centuries CE, and oversaw a cult...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Earthenware
Mainland Greece & Islands: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "An Accurate Map of the Morea Together with the Neighboring Countries in Greece; also the Islands in the Archipelago and Ae...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
The Anglers
Located in New York, NY
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)
The Anglers
etching, circa 1647-53, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of the rare third/ fourth state (of seven), printing with a light plate tone, with traces of burr on the bridge and elsewhere and fine wiping marks, with narrow margins, in very good condition. References: Bartsch, Hollstein, Godefroy 26, plate 113 x 166 mm., sheet 116 x 169 mm.
Provenance:
Richard Fisher...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Shepherds in a Landscape
Located in New York, NY
GIULIO CAMPAGNOLA (CIRCA 1482-1516) AND DOMENICO CAMPAGNOLA (CIRCA 1500-1564)
Shepherds in a Landscape
engraving, circa 1515-1518, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine, richly tonal and atmospheric impression of this rare print, small to thread margins above and below, trimmed to the subject at left, the right edge of the subject skillfully made-up with pen and ink
Sheet 140 x 260 mm.
Provenance
With R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California.
Acquired from the above on 1 July 1982; then by descent to the present owner.
The fascinating composition of this rare early engraving...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Venus and Vulcan at the Forge
Located in New York, NY
GIORGIO GHISI (1520-1582) AFTER PERINO DEL VAGA (1501-1547)
Venus and Vulcan at the Forge
engraving, mid-1550s, on laid paper, proprietary watermark P. PRICARD in a Shield with Flowe...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Approach To The Battle of Cape Finisterre 1747
By Peter Monamy
Located in Blackwater, GB
Approach To The Battle of Cape Finisterre 1747
by PETER MONAMY (1681-1749)
Large 18th Century British Royal Navy scene of the approach to the Battle Of Cape Finisterre, 1747, oil ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Joha...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
Rural Nightscape With Goats Mixed Technique On Cardboard 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Mixed technique on paper, applied on cardboard. Italian school. The name of Londonio is proposed on the back: the delicate piece certainly recalls the subject and manner of the work ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Attributed to Cornelius de Neve, Portrait of John, Lord Belasyse
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Cornelius de Neve (circa 1612-1678)
Portrait of John, Lord Belasyse (1614-1689)
Oil on canvas; held in a period style carved polished wood frame.
Dimensions refer to framed size.
Cornelius de Neve, was born in Antwerp, possibly training under the Dutchman Mierveldt and settling in London by 1627. It has been suggested he possibly associated with Van Dyck, though his works show a strong debt to painting in England prior to his arrival, particularly John de Critz...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century English School Watercolour - Rustic Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
A rustic landscape featuring figures sat on a riverbank and two cows drinking from the shallow water. Presented glazed in a silk mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. On l...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor
Saints Simon and Matthew
Located in New York, NY
ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM
ca. 144045 Bocholt 1503
Saints Simon and Matthew
engraving; 212 x 142 mm
Geisberg 249; Lehrs and Hollstein 298 first state (of two)
WATERMARK
quartered coat ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Wildlife drawing of crow by enlightened british painter
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) was a British artist best known for his paintings of birds, many of which were used as book illustrations. He was given a commission to paint a gilded...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Wildlife painting of sitting owl by british Enlightenment painter
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) was a British artist best known for his paintings of birds, many of which were used as book illustrations. He was given a commission to paint a gilded pheasant in 1745. He was employed by Thomas Pennant to paint pictures of birds...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Follower of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer – Still Life Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Follower of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (12 January 1636 – 20 February 1699)
Still Life Oil on Canvas in Later Giltwood Frame
Dimensions refer to size of frame.
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Raising of Lazarus, Small Plate
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper.
Signed and dated in the plate lower left Rembrandt f. 1642.
A fine 18th century impression of Bartsch and New Hollstein’s secon...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
"A View of the Royal Palace of Windsor": An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving
By Nathaniel Parr
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful hand-colored engraving and etching entitled "A View of the Royal Palace of Windsor, Vue du Palais Royal de Windsor a vingt un miles de Londres" is by Nathaniel Parr (1...
Category
Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Flowering Iris Plants: A Basilius Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Iris latifolia violaceo colore maior; Iris latifolia vulgaris coerulea; Iris latifolia maior variegata (Tall Bearded Garden Iris and Flag Iris) plants from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This beautiful hand-colored engraving is printed on thick laid chain-linked paper. There is latin text on the verso. There is pinpoint hole in the periphery on the right and another on the left. There is a very faint vertically oriented crease on the right, related to the process of drying the paper during its production, which is common with original Besler engravings...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Romanticism
By Clementine
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on canvas abstract painting
Category
Abstract Expressionist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Christ and His Disciples Harvesting on the Sabbath
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraving after David Vinckboons (Malines 1576-1629 Amsterdam), executed by Jan van Londerseel (Antwerp c. 1570-1624/25 Rotterdam)
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Landscape with the Prophets Ahias and Jerobeam
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraving after David Vinckboons (Malines 1576-1629 Amsterdam), executed by James Van Londerseel (Antwerp c. 1570 - 1624/25 Rotterdam)
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Davide Vincitore di Golia - Original Etching 1530 by M. Raimondi 1530 ca.
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Roma, IT
Burin, Monogram on plate at the centre lower. Outstanding Proof representing the myth of David winner on Goliath. In perfect condition, except a light sign of renovation left-higher, over the marginal line of impression. Very rare.
Including passepartout, cm 60x 40.
Marcantonio Raimondi...
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18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
La circoncision dans l'étable - Original Etching by Rembrandt - 1654
Located in Roma, IT
Rembrandt van Rijn (1696-1669), La circoncision dans l’étable, 1654
Etching on watermarked paper.
Beautiful artist’s proof, signed and dated in plate higher-left : “Rembrandt 1654”...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
The Fishermen, Large Oil Painting on Canvas by Louvre Copyist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Fisherman"
After French 18th Century School
oil painting on canvas, late 20th century
from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stamped verso
canvas: 73 x 53 cm (28.75 x 21 inches) unframed.
provenance: the atelier Dagher, Paris
Very fine quality large scale oil painting after the 18th century Renaissance painting by 18th French Century School , "The Fishermen".
The painting itself dates to the late 20th century and is an original work by the world famous studio in Paris, the "Atelier Dagher". The Atelier Dagher have for 35 years been faithfully painting Old Masters copies and are one of the few artists to be authorised by the Louvre and Orsay Museums in Paris to paint in situ.
Mr Amal Dagher, the senior member of the family of painters, is often present in front of his easel in the Louvre Museum to paint in the way of a genuine Great Master painting...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NYC Police Work
Located in Westwood, NJ
Leonard Freed is considered one of the most prolific and timely photojournalists of his generation. Born in Brooklyn, he traveled to Europe for the first time in 1952, where he disc...
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18th Century and Earlier Art
Les Grandes Miseres de la Guerre
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Les Grandes Miseres de la Guerre, etchings, 1633, the complete set of 18. Lieure 1339-56, the frontispiece third state (of 3), th...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Le Defile a Pied (Parade on Foot)
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Le Defile a Pied (Parade on Foot), etching, 1627, from the Combat a la Barriere (Combat at the Barriere). Lieure 583, probably first state of 2. In very g...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Défaite de la cavalerie Turque (1st State)
Located in Chicago, IL
Defeat of the Turkish Cavalry (1st State)
From: The Life of Ferdinando de'Medici
Engraving
224 x 300 mm.; 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches
Reference:
Lieure No. 154
Meaume No. 541
Ru...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Pl. LIII. Fig.1. Le Turbot. Fig. 2. L'Orbis. Fif. 3. La Mole.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Denis Diderot (1713-1784
Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1713-1783)
Histoire Naturelle…
Recueil de Planches, Sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux
et les Arts Mechaniques, avec Leur Expl...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
The Second Tournament with the Tapestry of Samson and the Lion
Located in Chicago, IL
Watermark:
Bull's Head with Serpent and Cross (Briquet 1575, dated 1492 by Briquet)
Provenance:
Martin Folkes (Lugt 1034)
Reverend G. L. Blake (Lugt 1172)
Reference:
Bartsc...
Category
Northern Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Woodcut
Tulipa Polyanthos
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
The Artist’s Mother seated at a table, looking right: Three quarter length
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching printed in black ink on laid paper bearing a “Foolscap with Five-Pointed Collar” watermark (Ash/Fletcher 19.I.b; Hinterding 2006 I.a.a).
Signed in the plate with ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
The Death of the Virgin
Located in San Francisco, CA
A strong, dark 18th century impression of Bartsch's third and final state. Similar to that found in an impression of the same state in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Ar...
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