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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF WINGED EROS RIDING A DOLPHIN, 2ND CENTURY AD
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze figure of a young Eros, caught in the pose of riding a dolphin.
Attractive green patina, some fingers and right foot are broken. Separately worked left wing is missing. Right ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell, 17th Century
attributed Robert WALKER (1607-1658)
Large 17th Century portrait of General Henry Ireton, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition Civil War portrait...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Elizabeth Collins, George III 1767 Sampler
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful 1767 sampler depicting the alphabet and floral motif. Signed and dated. Presented in a dark wooden frame. On cotton.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Tapestry
A Promenade to a Rout on a fair Evening
By Isaac Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Allen & West, 1797.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 8 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (213 x 270 mm), wide margins. Scattered toning, mat tone, and dog-e...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves" 1653, is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Arma...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Pieta, 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Pieta, 16th Century
circle of Quinten MASSYS (1466-1530)
Large 16th Century Netherlandish Old Master depiction of the Pieta, oil on oak panel. Large scene of the Virgin mother embracing the body of Christ in her arms. Presented in a large antique arched wooden frame. Stable surface condition and good panel condition/stability for its age. Some overpainting in the veil, hands and background as a result of over cleaning. Similar to the works of painter Van Cleeve...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Fine and Rare Early Barbers Pole, Early 18th Century, English School
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare early barbers pole in original polychrome paint finish. Turned in one piece.
A decorative and original piece of folk art. The white was for bandages, red for blood an...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood
Portrait Of William Yorke (1609-1666), 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of William Yorke (1609-1666), 17th Century
circle of Edward Bower (fl. 1635 – 1667)
Fine large 17th Century English Master portrait of William...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Penitent Magdalene, 17th Century circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Penitent Magdalene, 17th Century
circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Large 17th century Italian old Master depiction of the Penitent Magdalene, oil on ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio Of Sir Peter Lely - Portrait Of Lady Francklin Of Bedfordshire
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Lady Francklin of Bedfordshire, 17th Century
Studio of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Fine 17th Century English portrait of Lady Fr...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian artist - 18th/19th century figure drawing - St. Sebastian
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist (18th-19th century) - Study for a St. Sebastian.
28 x 22 cm. 50 x 35 cm with passepartout.
Ink and pencil drawing on paper, without frame.
Condition report: Good st...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait Of Lady Margaret Hasting, as a Shepherdess 18th Century CHARLES JERVAS
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Lady Margaret Hasting, posing as a Shepherdess 18th Century
CHARLES JERVAS (1675-1739)
Large 18th Century portrait of Lady Margaret Hasting, oil on canvas, by Charles J...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Thai Bell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A bronze Thai Bell from the Dongson Culture (1000 BC-200 AD). The work is unsigned.
Category
Tribal 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Bronze
James Basire after Guercino - Framed 18th Century Etching, Study of Janus
Located in Corsham, GB
Original etching. 'Janus' the Roman Two-Faced God of Duality Beginnings and Endings. Signed in plate. Well presented in a white card mount and gilt-effect frame. On paper.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Woman in Fantasy Costume (pair)
Located in New York, NY
The pair consists of the present work and an engraving after it by the hand of Giles DeMarteau (Liège 1722 – 1776 Paris) titled Woman in Fantasy Costume, after Jean Baptiste Le Prince, and measuring, 10 ⅜ x 8 ⅝ inches (26.5 x 22 cm).
DeMarteau's engraving is inscribed at the bottom:
Le Prince inv. del. / Demarteau sc. / A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur du Roi, rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Engraving
Landscape with Merchants Arranging the Goods - Oil Paint - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas attributed to Philipp Peter Roos Rosa da Tivoli, realized in the late 17th Century in Italy.
Large work with very fine workmanship, in particular in the creation of an...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
By Philipp Peter Roos, Roman countryside with herds
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Milan, IT
Philipp Peter Roos, known as Rosa da Tivoli (Sankt Goar, August 30, 1657 - Rome, January 17, 1706)
Pair of landscapes of the Roman countryside with catkins
(2) Oil on canvas, 22 x ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'Isle de France: A Hand-colored 17th Century Map by De Wit
Located in Alamo, CA
This colorful and detailed 17th century hand-colored copperplate map by Frederick De Wit was published in Amsterdam between 1666 and 1760. The map depicts the Île-de-France, which is one of the ancient provinces of France. Paris is located in the center of the map, with Versailles to the southwest The map extends from Rouen in the west to Reims in the east. The area around Paris, the Véxin Français, was the original domain of the king of France. Other areas were ruled by French feudal lords. For example, the Véxin Normand area was the domain of the Duke of Normandy...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
The Reed Offered to Christ - Etching by Anthonis van Dick - 1631 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper realized in 1631 ca.
Signed in the plate.
Good impression with margins around the plate.
Diffused foxin on sheet.
Ref. Hollstein 20.
Good condition.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Lemons "Cedro Ditela Multiforme": An 18th C. Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer entitled "Cedro a Ditela o Multiforme" from his publication "Nurmbergische He...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Peasants Playing Bowls Outside an Inn, 17th Century Oil on Oak Old Master
Located in London, GB
Studio of David Teniers the Younger
1610 - 1690
Peasants Playing Bowls Outside an Inn
Oil on oak cradled panel, signed
Image size: 16 ½ x 22 ½ inches
Gilt s...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Flemish School--Girl in Chair-1631- Renaissance
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite oil painting on wood, created by an unknown Flemish artist in 1594, depicts a young girl seated in a chair. The artwork is in very good condition, though some modest r...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Ascension day in Venice by Louis de Caullery (1582-1621) 17th c. Flemish school
Located in PARIS, FR
Ascension Day in Venice
17th century Antwerp School
Louis de Caullery (1582-1621)
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: h. 12.8 in, w. 23.03 in (h. 32,5 cm, w. 58,5 c...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oak, Oil
Baroque Italian master - 17/18th century figure sculpture - The Virgin
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Madonna praying - Italy, 17th-18th century.
35 x 20 x h 65 cm.
Entirely in carved, lacquered and painted wood. Some missing parts and color lo...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Important 17' Century Mythological Painting Diana and Actaeon Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Fascinating mythological story of Diana and Actaeon can be found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Very important provenance from a royal collection. Fabulous finely carved gilt wood coeval frame .
Giovanni Battista Viola...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century portrait oil painting of a boy
By Robert Byng
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Robert Byng
British, (1666-1720)
Portrait of a Boy
Oil on canvas
Image size: 28.5 inches x 23.5 inches
Size including frame: 34.5 inches x 29.5 inches
A fine half-length ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Still Life with Flowers Painting, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the early 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a fabulous still life with flowers and a view in the background (right) of excellent pictorial q...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Il tempio del Sole
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on hand made cream laid paper, 2 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (72 x158 mm), 1/4 inch margins. In very good condition with minor edge wear. Adhered with adhesive along the left top shee...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
From Paolo Veronese, Allegory of Strength and Wisdom
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Milan, IT
Follower of Paolo Veronese (Verona, 1528 - Venice, 1588)
Allegory of wisdom and strength
Oil on canvas, 48 x 36.5 cm
Picture frame, 61 x 48 cm
The Allegory of Wisdom and Strength...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
49. White guava, Manduca sexta
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Pigment
An Inland View; in Atooi ( Hawaii ) 1784 Captain Cook engraving by John Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
An Inland View in Atooi ( Hawaii ) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. This engraving depicts ...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of a Girl, 18th Century Oil Old Master
By George Knapton
Located in London, GB
George Knapton
1698-1778
Portrait of a Girl
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20 x 18 inches
Original giltwood frame
This beautiful half length portrait of a young woman, turned to left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a pink, white lace-embroidered, dress, in her hair a pink bonnet trimmed with lace to match her dress.
The depiction of a young girl epitomises child portraiture of the late eighteenth century, in which painters such as William Beechey, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough had begun to discover and express the true character of children, in contrast to the stiff, miniature-adults of previous generations.
The Artist
Knapton was born in Lymington, one of four sons of James Knapton. He was apprenticed to Jonathan Richardson from 1715 to 1722, and in 1720 was a founding subscriber to the academy of St. Martin's Lane established by Louis Chéron...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kabuki Actor in Blue Kimono - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor in Blue Kimono - Original Woodblock Print
Original woodblock print depicting a Kabuki actor in a blue kimono by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). The actor holds u...
Category
Edo 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pietro Fancelli (Italian 1764 - 1850)
bio details attached to the frame
'St. Anne & The Virgin'
ink with watercolor wash on paper, framed
framed: 22 x 16 inches
image: 11 x 6.5 inche...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait Of Gertrude Durnford, Lady Alston (1731-1807), 18th Century
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Gertrude Durnford, Lady Alston (1731-1807), 18th Century
Studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
Large 18th Century English portrait ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romantic Light 18th Century Dutch Oil Pastoral Scene Bergers Cattle by River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape
Dutch painter, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in antique frame
framed: 22 x 25 inches
canvas: 18.5 x 22 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
Condition...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
"Lilium Persicum" Ehret 18th Century Hand Colored Botanical Engraving
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Alamo, CA
A beautiful and important 18th century hand colored copperplate engraving of lillies which was most likely designed by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) and engraved by Johann Michae...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Christ Mary Magdalene Banquet Luti 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Benedetto Luti (Florence, 1666 - Rome, 1724)
Christ and Mary Magdalene at the banquet of the rich Pharisee Simon
Oil on canvas (73 x 46 cm. - Framed 93 x 67 cm.)
During a ba...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Saturia
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
In celebration of the Year of the Rabbit, Hunt Slonem’s iconic muse is revisited in timeless powder-coated aluminum. Each edition is signed, numbered, and comes with a certificate of...
Category
Contemporary 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Powder Coating
Portrait of an infamous thief
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating image of a well-known theif robbing a merchant of goods held atop her head.
Paris: circa 1670.
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (17...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
A Framed 18th C. Piranesi Etching of an Ancient Marble Vase from Hadrian's Villa
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Vaso antico di Marmo adornato di eccellenti Sculture si nella parte anteriere che nell' opposta, le ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Early 18th-Century Flemish School, Christ On The Cross With Mary Magdalene
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 18th-century Flemish oil painting depicts Christ on the cross with a sorrowful Mary Magdalene and Jerusalem beyond.
Head bloodied by a crown of thorns, arms taut and wrac...
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Coronation Of The Virgin, 17th Century
By Guido Reni
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Coronation Of The Virgin, 17th Century
After Guido RENI (1575-1642)
Fine Huge 17th Century Italian School Old Master depiction of the co...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Palazzo Colonna di Sciarra - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Colonna di Sciarra is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for consumed ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
John Flamsteed, astronomer, 18th century portrait engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Flamsteed'
Copper-line engraving by Joseph Baker after T Gibson. 1790.
John Flamsteed FRS (1646 - 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. He catalogued ov...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
The Dethroning / Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and grayish ink wash on bluish wove paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (177 x 265 mm) (matrix). Scattered surface soiling, adhesive residue, dog-eared corners, and scattered edge tears along left margin, outside of image area. Paper is braced on the verso with two pages from a mid 19th century book with illustrations by C.Perrin. One image depicts a scene of a group of soldiers representing the Holy Roman Empire...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite
L'Armoire (2nd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
The Armoire
Etching
340 x 469 mm.; 13 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Reference:
Inventaire 18e siècle 9: 289-90, No. 22
Wildenstein 1956, cat. No. 23, State II/IV
Regency to Empire, 1...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: CI; CII; CIII & CIV.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724) Nova Anglia. Septentrionali Americæ implantat
Located in Bristol, CT
Map Sz: 18 3/4"H x 22 5/8"W
Frame Sz: 27 1/2"H x 31"W
Nuremberg: Homann Heirs, [circa 1740]. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour.
A highly fascinating and attractive ma...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper
Portrait Of A Zampogna Player, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Zampogna Player, 18th Century
Circa 1770 Italian School Oil On Canvas
Fine Large 18th Century Italian School portrait of a young gentleman holding a Zampogna, oil o...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French pipe organ design, late 18th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Elevation Geometralle d'Un Buffet D'Orgue d'Une Nouvelle Decoration'
Copper-line engraving. C1770.
380mm by 420mm (platemark) 460mm by 560mm (sheet)
From Roubo's 'L'Art du Menui...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
'Child and Seeing Hands' — after the artist's 1948 Surrealist masterwork
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hans Bellmer, 'Child and Seeing Hands', photogravure and engraving, edition 9, 1970. Flahutez 4-9. Signed by the artist and numbered '41/90' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impress...
Category
Surrealist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving, Photogravure
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Image size: 13 x 17 1/2 inches (33 x 44.5 cm)
Mounted and framed
This original pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the original sketch for one of the heads depicted in Frye's collection 'Twelve Mezzotint Prints' of 1760 and it can be assumed that this pastel work was created earlier of this same year.
Two versions of the print, created from this original work, are currently held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frye's evocative figures, although presumably based on living models, exceed the conventions of portraiture, and also function as character studies. The man shown here - dressed in the fashionable 'Turkish' manner - turns with parted lips as if poised to speak, while raising the elegant fingers in one hand in a rhetorical gesture. His long eyelashes and smoothly rendered wrinkles and dimples are hallmarks of Frye's refined style.
The Artist
Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764.
Frye was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1710; in his youth he went to London to practice as an artist. His earliest works are a pair of pastel portraits of boys...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
The Introduction, French School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
In this charming scene a maid appears bashful as she is introduced by her mother to the shepherd’s son.
Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
"A Dance in Otaheite" (Tahiti), Engraving from Captain Cook's 3rd Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Alamo, CA
"A Dance in Otaheite" (Tahiti) is an engraving created by William Sharp (1749-1824), from a drawing by John Webber (1752-1793), who was the artist on Captain James Cook's 3rd and final voyage of discovery. It is a plate in the atlas of "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere", the official British Admirality sanctioned journal published upon completion of the voyage in London in 1784 by Strahan & Cadell.
Two women and two men wearing ceremonial costumes, performing a dance outdoors standing on a mat. Three men are playing the drums in the background, in front of a thatched roof building. An audience of men are sitting on both sides of the stage. By the time Webber arrived in Tahiti, 'south sea' imagery had become familiar. Webber gave concentrated attention to dance. He had the opportunity to distinguish the Tahitian dance from the more formalized dancing of Tonga. Whereas they seem to have called to mind the more formal dances of antiquity, the Tahitian dancing aroused memories of peasant and folk dancing.
This engraving is professionally framed in Koa wood. Koa wood is legendary in Hawaii. Not only is this amazing wood native to Hawaii, but it is known for the deep rich colors and varied grain pattern. Koa has an honored heritage in Hawaii and is highly revered and sacred. The word “koa” means “warrior” in Hawaiian. The warriors of King Kamehameha the Great, created canoes and weapons from a wood plentiful on the Big Island of Hawaii. This wood became synonymous with the warriors themselves, and it became known as koa.
The print is in excellent condition.
There are three other engravings listed from the official journal of Captain Cook's 3rd voyage available that are presented in identical Koa wood frames and double mats (LU117324682432, LU117324684052, LU117324684062). They would make a wonderful grouping for a display of 2, 3 or 4 prints. A discount is available for a grouping depending on the number of items included.
Hawaii was discovered by Captain Cook during this voyage. Hawaii was originally called The Sandwich Islands in honor of The Earl of Sandwich...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Frontispiece with stepped fountain.
Located in Middletown, NY
Dujardin, Karel. Frontispiece with stepped fountain; a stone wall with water spout pouring water into a rectilinear basin, from which a second spout pour...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
Still Life Of A Book Featuring A "Monastic Ode", 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Of A Book Featuring A "Monastic Ode", 18th Century
English School - Unique Still Life - Signed W. J.
Fine large 18th Century English still life study of an opened book l...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Saint Barbara France 16/17th Century Sculpture Wood Religious Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
High relief panel depicting 'Saint Barbara'
Southern France, 16th-17th century
Polychrome carved wood with traces of gilding
64 x 32 cm.
(good condition, with minor missing and cra...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood, Wood Panel
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