18th Century and Earlier Art
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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Wildlife - Etching by Jean Lepautre - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Wildlife is an etching realized by Jean Le Pautre in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed on plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
The Ocean - Etching by Pierre Quentin Chedel - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Ocean is an etching realized by Pierre Quentin Chedel in 1755.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was realized for the anatomy stu...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Countryside - Etching by Pierre-François Laurent - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Countryside is an etching realized by Pierre-François Laurent in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
17th Century Holy Family Italian School Madonna and Child Oil on Canvas Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
Examining with interest this "Sacred Scene" from the end of the 1500s/beginning of the 17th century (oil painting on canvas, 32 x 26 cm without frame and 40 x 33 cm with frame) repre...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
A Wooded Landscape With Riders, Attributed to Pieter Gysels, Oil on Copper
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pieter Gysels, also known as Peeter Gijsels, was a renowned Flemish painter who lived from 1621 to 1690/91. He was known for his landscapes, which often depicted idyllic scenes from nature, and his works are highly sought after by Old Master collectors. We are proud to offer a newly discovered pair of landscapes attributed to him; this one called "A Wooded Landscape With Riders"
This stunning painting captures the beauty of a serene summer day in the countryside. In the foreground, we see a couple riding on horsebacks, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. The horses seems to be trotting gently, and the riders are relaxed, taking in the natural splendour around them. In the distance, we see several other figures, perhaps farmers or peasants, doing their daily tasks. We also see a small stream flowing through the landscape, with several small houses. And in the background, we see a beautiful wooded area with tall trees reaching up towards the sky.
The attention to detail in this painting is truly remarkable. Gysels use of vibrant colours evoke the warmth and beauty and he skillfully captured the play of light on the landscape, creating a sense of depth and atmosphere. The detailing of the cottages, the colors, the use of big-leafed plants in the foreground, and the figure types are typical of his signature style.
"A Wooded Landscape With Riders" is painted on copper, which gives the painting a unique luminosity and depth. The use of copper as a support for paintings was popular in the seventeenth century.
We also have one more painting called "Wooded Landscape With an Elegant Company...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Copper
Penitent Mary Magdelane c1750 Oil on Copper
Located in Holywell, GB
A finely painted picture, possibly of the penitent Mary Magdelane, painted in oil on to a copper plate and dating to c1750.
Condition
Two old touch ins, tiny chip to the forehead...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Landscape - Original Etching by Adam Pérelle - 18th Century
By Adam Perelle
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an etching realized by Adam Pérelle in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed on Plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
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 folding and foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident s...
Category
Contemporary 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
Circle of Cornelius Johnson
Circa 1620’s
Portrait of a Officer
Oil on canvas
Image size: 28 x 24 inches
Period style hand made frame
Provenance
Private European Estate
This striking portrait dates to around 1620, as you can see from the images of the sash the detail is very high. The sash is decorated with gold thread and would have cost a small fortune at the time. Sashes were originally developed for a military function (making officers more visible for their men during combat), but soon became a primarily male fashion...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Guadalupana
Located in MADRID, ES
Mexican 18 century virgin of Guadalupe .
Oil on canvas.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas
Paire d'appliques Régence
Located in ROUEN, FR
Paire d'appliques Régence en bronze doré à 2 bras de lumières de forme mouvementée. Joli décor rocaille à motifs feuillagés et fleuris. Ep.XVIIIè. H.43 L.22.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Watercolor by Samuel Phillips Jackson, RWS
By Samuel Phillips Jackson
Located in Larchmont, NY
Samuel Phillips Jackson R.W.S. (British, 1830-1904)
Untitled Landscape, 18th century
Watercolor on Paper
Sight size: 8 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.
Framed: 17 1/2 x 22 in.
Signed lower left: S.P. Jackson R.W.S.
Samuel Phillips Jackson was born in the city of Bristol in September 1830, the son of the equally eminent watercolourist Samuel Jackson...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Italian Veneto Baroque Religious Figurative Painting 17th century oil paper wood
Located in Florence, IT
This small painting (oil on paper attached on a wood panel, 18 x 12.5) represents Saint Jerome, dressed up as a cardinal, sitting outside, in reference to his experience as a peniten...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
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 ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Table Cabaret En Acajou Sculpté Louis XV
Located in ROUEN, FR
Table Cabaret En Acajou Sculpté et mouluré de motifs floraux asymétriques ouvrant par un tiroir en ceinture. Pieds cambrés. Travail de port de l'époque Louis XV. H. 70 cm x L. 83 cm ...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Mahogany
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....
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Daniel De CONING (1660-1727) Portrait of a Cotswold Gentleman
Located in Holywell, GB
A magnificent portrait of Henry Izod aged 67 in 1726, unsigned, but attributed verso to De Coning. Presented in a delightful frame probably the original. Th...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano: 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a drawing by Camporesi. It was the frontispiece for volume one of the rare and valuable...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Satyre - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Satyre 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 for the ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
An Allegory Of War, 17th Century Workshop Of Carlo CIGNANI (1628-1719)
By Carlo Cignani
Located in Blackwater, GB
An Allegory Of War, 17th Century
Workshop Of Carlo CIGNANI (1628-1719)
Large 17th Century Italian Old Master Allegory Of War, oil on canvas from the workshop of Carlo Cignani. Excellent quality and condition scene of armed putti fighting among each other to take the top mantle as they combat for power. Unique work exceptionally well executed and typical of the artists work from the period. Presented in a hand carved antique carved gilt...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Simon-Mathurin Lantara (Circle of), Seaside Landscape
Located in Paris, FR
18th century French school in the manner of Simon-Mathurin Lantara. Seaside landscape with a vaporous and fine tone and a great lightness of touch. O...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait after Domenichino - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Domenichino is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
signed on plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is anetching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions.
Signed in plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The etching was real...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Forum - Etching by Jérôme Charles Bellicard - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Forum is an etching realized by Jérôme Charles Bellicard in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
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.
...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Art
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Virgin and child
Located in MADRID, ES
Venetian oil on panel end of 15 century
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood Panel
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Ba...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Paint Oil on canvas Landscape Italy Art18th Century Capriccio Architectural
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Nicola Viso
(active in Naples in the first half of the 18th century)
Architectural capriccio with temple in ruins and scene of the rest of the Holy Family
...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
After the Hunt, Jan Josef Horemans the Younger, Antwerp 1714 – 1790, Flemish
By Jan Josef Horemans the Younger
Located in Bruges, BE
After the Hunt
Jan Josef Horemans the Younger
Antwerp 1714 – 1790
Flemish School
Signature: Attributed to Jan Josef the Younger Horemans
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Size incl...
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Group of Six Hyacinths
Located in London, GB
BUCHOZ, Pierre Joseph
A Group of Six Hyacinths. Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Jacinthes, qu'on monte aux Curieux dans les Jardins des Fleuristes d’Harlem.
Paris, T...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Engraving
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 ...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Art
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 Art
Materials
Etching
View of Pisaro, Italy: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of View of Pezaro (Pisaro), Italy entitled "Pisaurum vulgo Pezaro" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, from their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Augsberg, Germany in 1575.
The map depicts a view of Pesaro, Italy from the west looking over the town to the Adriatic Sea. The River Foglia flows into the Adriatic in the foreground. The only identifiable building is the cathedral of San Domenico, which rises above the other roofs with its tall spire. Two women, dressed in styles of the 16th century are in conversation on a hill in the foreground on the left. Pesaro is in the province of Pesaro and Urbino and lies on the Adriatic and east of Florence. The city, which was founded by the Etruscans and named Pisaurum by the Romans, belonged from AD 754 onwards to the Papal States, and after 1285 was controlled by the princely families of Malatesta, Sforza and della Rovere. Today it is the capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino and has a population of about 92,000. Pesaro's most famous resident, composer Gioacchino Rossini, was born here in 1792.
The following is an English translation of an excerpt from Braun's description of the city: "We believe that the astonishingly short life of the inhabitants of Pesaro comes not only from the insalubrious air, but also from the great quantity of delectable and delicious fruits which they consume to excess. For this causes the production in their bodies of evil humours, which then lead to incurably fatal diseases. The area around the city is most charming and well planted with vineyards, fig trees, olive trees and other fruit-bearing trees."
References: Van der Krogt 4, 3369, state 1; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
French Neoclassical Design engraving for Braziers
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. C1768.
Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, Nouvelle Iconologie Historique in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
17th century Flemish Italian Old Master - The baptism of Christ - Religious
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish old Master painting
The present painting is truly a little jewel with its vibrant colours and skilful brushwork. It depicts the Baptism of Christ, a depiction of a tale filled with hope and positivity, it is a very fine example of Malo's talent.
We would like to thank Anna Orlando for her assistance in cataloguing this painting. A copy of her entry on this painting will be given to the buyer.
She writes about the present painting: The painting illustrated here, unpublished, refers to Vincenzo (Vincent) Malò, a Flemish artist active in Italy and in particular in Genoa in the first half of the seventeenth century, by now well known. The critics who started studying him in the sixties of the last century recognized the initial confusion of our painter with Vincenzo Alemanno (1595-1675); many documents subsequently traced both in the Genoese and Roman archives have partially specified his biographical details, but certainly his identity. Son of a certain Nicola, Vincent trained in Antwerp with David Teniers the Elder and then with Rubens, he was intermittently enrolled in the painters' guild, between 1623 and 1634. It is unlikely that he first arrived in Genoa in 1625 , when the city was at war against the Savoys, and it is entirely probable that his stay in Italy fell between 1634 and the year of his death, documented in Rome in 1644. It were about ten fertile years, also thanks to the lessons from Rubens who had taught him to paint speedily...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Mid 16th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel
Image size: 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (31.75 x 22.25 cm)
Period style hand made frame
This is a portrait of Thomas Cranmer (1489 - 1556). Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Henry VIII and launched the English Reformation. Few people have played so important a part in shaping the course of English history or had a more profound influence on England's language and literature than Thomas Cranmer.
At the bottom of the painting Cranmer's name and title is inscribed. At the centre there is also Cranmer's coat of arms, the left half is the arms that all archbishops of Canterbury adopt and it has been enjoin to his own family arms...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Landscape - Etching by Adam Pérelle - 18th Century
By Adam Perelle
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an etching realized by Adam Pérelle in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
Signed in Plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
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 Art
Materials
Etching
A L'Image Notre Dame - Woodcut by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
A L'Image Notre Dame is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print 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
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Woodcut
Axiom - Etching by Francesco Mazzoni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Axiom is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Mazzoni in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate. Included a Passepartout: 45 x 30.5 cm
Francesco Mazzoni ( 1738-1989).
...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
16th century Italian carved wood sculpture - Saint Mauritius - Gilded Painted re
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden sculpture - San Mauro. Italy, 16th century.
54 x 30 x h 110cm.
Entirely in carved and painted wood with traces of polychromy and gilding.
- Work inscribed on the bas...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
17th Century Dutch engraving by Pieter Nolpe of a man on skates carrying a baske
By Pieter Nolpe
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pieter Nolpe (Dutch, 1613-1653) after Pieter Jansz Quast
Man on skates carrying a basket, from a set of twenty four Peasants and Beggars
engraving
7.3/4 x 6.1/4 in. (19.7 x 16 cm.)
P...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
French Neoclassical design for a Pulpit, engraving after Delafosse
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. C1768.
Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
The Resurrection of Christ, polychrome wood carved sculpture. German Rococo.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Certified by Rosario Coppel in Spain.
The Resurrection of Christ
Polychrome wood
43 cm high (38 cm from head to feet)
Base: 10 x 10 cm
"The diagonal composition, the posture, the s...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
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...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers
By Aegidius Sadeler II
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Aegidius Sadeler
(Flemish, 1570–1629)
Romantic woodland scene with traveler and his laden mule passing by a seated figure resting on the roadside
• 16th, possibly early 17th century
• Copper plate engraving on laid paper with circular watermark
• Trimmed sheet, ca. 17 x 21 cm
• No bothersome stains, damages or restorations
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Aegidius Sadeler also known as Aegidius Sadeler II was a prolific Flemish engraver who was principally active at the Prague court of Rudolf II.
The scene engraved is after an image created by Roelant Savery (1576 - 1639). also known as Roeland(t) Maertensz Saverij, was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter.
The print was published by the Sadeler family member Marco Sadeler...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Engraving
A landscape drawing by Claude Lorrain, with a preliminary sketch on the verso
Located in PARIS, FR
This study presents a typical Roman countryside landscape: an ancient mausoleum in front of which a cart is passing by followed by two peasants. If the technique (a pen drawing on graphite lines, completed with a wash of brown and grey inks) and the signature inevitably evoke the art of Lorrain, we find on the verso of this drawing additional evidences that lead us to consider this unpublished drawing as a work by the master.
The motif of the mausoleum has been taken up in pen on the verso in a technique that can be found in several other drawings by Lorrain. There is also a study of three characters, which can be considered as preparatory to Lorrain’s painting entitled The Port of Ostia with the Embarkation of Saint Paula, leading us to claim this attribution with a dating of around 1629.
1. Claude Lorrain or the perfection of classical landscape in Rome in the 17th century
Claude Gellée was born in 1600 in Chamagne in Lorraine. Orphaned at the age of twelve, he spent a year with his brother in Freiburg, where the latter was a woodcarver. Claude Gellée then probably arrived in Rome in 1613, where he joined the workshop of Agostino Tassi (1580 - 1644) in 1617. Between 1619 and 1620 he studied for two years in Naples in the workshop of Goffredi Wals (who was himself a former pupil of Tassi).
In 1625 he returned to Lorraine for two years where he worked alongside Claude Deruet. He then returned to Rome, a city he never left for the rest of his life (except for short trips to the surrounding countryside).
From 1627 to 1650 he lived in Via Margutta. From 1635 onwards he became a renowned painter and commissions started to pour in. Considered during his lifetime as the most accomplished of the classical landscape painters, his reputation never faded.
Between 1629 and 1635 Le Lorrain often went to the Roman countryside to draw with his friend Joachim von Sandrart (1606 - 1686). He became a member of the Academy of Saint Luke in 1633, while being closely acquainted with the Bentvueghels, this guild which brought together the young Nordic painters active in Rome. In 1643 he joined the Congregation of the Virtuosi. In 1650 he moved to Via Paolina where he lived until his death.
Little is known of his intimate life. He seems to have had a daughter, Agnes, from an ancillary love affair. In 1657/ 1658 she moved in with him. Stricken with gout in 1663, he died in 1682.
2. Description of the drawing; the technique of nature studies
Two peasants are walking behind a horse-drawn cart on a road that winds through ancient tombs. While a rectangular tomb with a columned facade can be seen in the distance, the cart passes an important ancient building. It has a circular shape and its partially ruined façade is decorated with columns. The start of a second floor can...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Pen, Graphite
Portrait of a Naval Officer, English School 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 1/2 x 24 inches (75 x 61 cm)
Period gilt frame
This is a notable half length portrait of a navel officer, holding a telescope. He stands wearing a blue ...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Art
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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Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
