18th Century Art

Moses Harris ( British 1731-1785) The Aurelian, A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies – Plate IX Hand-Colored Engraving 17.88 x 11.00 very good condition Plate IX fro...

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche). Color lithograph, 1898. 600x488 mm; 23 5/8x19 1/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 200. With the second printed signature in the stone, lower left. Printed by Auguste Clot, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. A very good impression of this important lithograph with strong colors. Renoir (1841-1919) was, along with Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, a founder of the Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs and a key organizer of the 1870s Impressionist exhibitions. He is best known for his renditions of the sensuous and monumental bathing nudes that he produced from the 1880s onward, many of which were inspired by the works of Titian, Rubens, and 18th-century French painters such as Boucher and Fragonard. Like many of his contemporaries, Renoir embraced printmaking as a medium that allowed for more freedom of expression and experimentation. Ambroise Vollard, the eminent Parisian dealer and publisher, and Auguste Clot, the famed lithography printer, were both extremely instrumental in Renoir's foray into printmaking. They greatly encouraged and facilitated his practice of the medium. Vollard met Renoir during the height of Renoir's career and saw the opportunity for lithography to help disseminate the artist's ever popular work, and Clot worked closely with Renoir to masterfully capture the delicate quality of his pastels in color lithography. Renoir began producing lithographs and etchings in the late 1880s and created an oeuvre over the following two decades consisting of 25 etchings and 29 lithographs, many of them commissioned for various albums or books. His most famous prints reproduce popular compositions he had established in earlier paintings. The current lot is based on an 1893 oil and pastel painting which represents the artist Berthe Morisot's daughter pinning a flower on her cousin's hat. The same subject was reproduced in a series of etchings by Renoir...

Original engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann from "Phytanthosa Iconographia." Ratisbon, 1737-1745. This plate: No. 113 Ananas Folio Latiore. Mezzotint engraving printed in color and...

Original engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann from "Phytanthosa Iconographia." Ratisbon, 1737-1745. This plate: N. 304 Caranna.[Palm Tree]. Mezzotint engraving printed in color and f...

Court Portrait Of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl Of Leicester (1532-1588) English School Oil On Panel Large antique portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st ea...

This large superb British Old Master horse portrait oil painting is by noted artist John Boultbee. Painted circa 1790, the composition is a beautif...

Set of 4 double-page mezzotint engravings, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Published: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer, Regensburg, 1737]. An attractive collection of fine plates...

There are so many details to fall in love with in this 18th-century painting depicting an Italianate landscape, for example, the delicately painted figures having a conversation and ...

The Flagellation of Christ Italian, 18th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 15 x 14 inches Canvas : 12 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good conditio...

Venetian painter (18th century) - Sketch for Venus and Chronos. 59 x 43 cm without frame, 70 x 54 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame...

Francesco Fontebasso (Venice 1707 - Venice 1769) - Sketch for Venus and Vulcan. 53 x 35 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame. - The painting is certainly attributed t...

Portrait of a Gentleman, William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon of Ardagh c.1695-1710 Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) This sumptuous portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, was ...

Portrait of William III Of England, 18th Century circle of SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723) Large circa 1700 portrait of King William III on horseback, oil on canvas. Excellent qual...

Portrait of Mrs Emma Burward, 19th Century by Sir JOHN HOPPNER (1758-1810) Large 18th century portrait of Mrs Emma Burward, oil on canvas by Sir John Hoppner. Excellent quality and...

Family Devotion with Cherubs French School, 18th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 29 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition, old re...

Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799) Title: "Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia" (Vol. 7, Plate 233) Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed Year...

The Fortified Harbour French School, circa 1700's oil on canvas, framed in antique carved gilt wood frame Framed: 21.5 x 28.5 inches Canvas : 15 x 22 inches Provenance: private colle...

Signed and dated indistinctly under the mount. Presented in a gilt frame and wash-line mount. On paper.

18th century painting Cavalry Oil on wood panel 16 x 21.5 cm

Signed to the lower left. Presented in a gilt frame with foliate detailing. On paper.

A charming watercolor Baroque architectural study. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and wash line mount. On Laid paper.

Follower of Adriaen Coorte (1665-1707) 18th Century Still Life c1795 A sumptuous still life painting depicting peaches, grapes, plums, exotic birds and butterflies in the style of ...

Delicate depiction of Mary with the Christ Child in bright colours against a suggested architectural backdrop with a green background. The painting has been executed on porcelain and...

Benjamin Robert Haydon 1786 - 1846 Sketch of Three Figures Pen and ink on paper, Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (25 x 20 cm) Acid Free mount Provenance Private Collection Collecti...

A fine antique bronze figural group of Bacchantes by Claude Michel (Clodion) ( 1738– 1814). The bronze depicts a pair of bacchantes, the female followers of Bacchus the Roman god of ...

John Francis Sartorius (1775-1831) A Gentleman shooting in a landscape with a horse and spaniels Oil on canvas Canvas Size 11 1/2 x 16 in Framed...

French School of the 18th Century Portrait of a gentleman Pastel on paper 25 x 18 cm Framed : 49 x 32 cm The mounting of this work is marked "Attribué à Saint Aubin", which means t...

Etching realized in 1840 by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783) after Adam Elscheimer (1578-1610). Published by Demonchy. Image dimension: 20.6x25.7 Good condition.

Lithograph on laid paper realized by Heckel in 1927. Signed and dated in pencil lower right. Hand numbered 11/20 lower left. Provenance: Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell, Private Col...

John Francis Sartorius Still life of hanging Quail Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 14 x 12 in Framed Size - 18 1/2 x 16 in John Francis Sartorius w...

Elaborate Floral Arrangement French artist, 18th Century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 27 x 34 inches Canvas: 22 x 29 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very...

‘Fire and Moonlight’ by Abraham Pether FSA (1752–1812). The painting – which depicts an extensive moonlit view across the City of London with a cottage on fire in the foreground – w...

Artist: Jean Berain (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) Title: "Untitled" (Plate 35) Portfolio: Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain (Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain) Circa: 1711 (Firs...

A very interesting 18th century French Old Master oil on panel depicting figures in a cave. Excellent quality painting, very similar to the work of Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789)...

Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist Italian artist, 18th century, after the earlier painting by Raphael oil on wood panel, framed in an Empire, gilt moulded frame Framed: 23 ...

White Carrara marble medallion depicting the profile of the Roman emperor Tiberius, Roman workshop, 18th century. Objects prized during the Grand Tour, they enriched the curio cabine...

White Carrara marble medallion depicting the profile of the Roman emperor Galba, Roman workshop, 18th century.  Objects prized during the Grand Tour, they enriched the "cabinet de cu...

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha after the painting by his father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (see photo) Etching, c. 1780 Signature: unsigned Watermark: Letter A (similar to Bromberg 4...

A Cart Race Hand colored etching & aquatint, 1788 Signed in the plate (see photo) Published by William Hollande, London Inscribed in the plate with title, artist's name and publication line 'Rowlandson. 1788./ London. Pubd 1789 by Wm Holland No 50. Oxford Street.' Reference: M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) British Museum Satires 7607 Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 260, Grego II.392 Provenance: Chris Beetles Ltd., London (label), 2003 Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (label) Fursten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Lugt 2715a, verso (see photo) Condition: Excellent Printed on 18th century laid paper Archival framing by Chris Beetles Ltd., London Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35 The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314 Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286 Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10 Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the church... Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35 The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314 Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286 Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10 Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the clouds of dust which they have raised, with a row of gabled houses (right) inscribed 'St Giles', terminating in a church spire (left), and probably representing Broad St. Giles. The occupants of the carts are Irish costermongers typical of St. Giles. The foremost horse gallops, urged on by the shouts of a standing man brandishing a club. The other occupants, two women and a man, cheer derisively the next cart, whose horse has fallen, one woman falling from it head-first, another lies on the ground. The driver lashes the horse furiously. The third cart, of heavier construction, is starting. The horses are partly obscured by the clouds of dust, but denizens watch from casement windows and a door. Two ragged urchins (right) cheer the race; a dog barks. "It was said that the amount of copper Thomas Rowlandson etched would sheathe the British Navy. An inveterate gambler, for much of his life Rowlandson had to produce a flood of his comic prints to stay ahead of financial losses.A wealthy uncle and aunt raised Rowlandson after his textile-merchant father went bankrupt. His career developed quickly. He entered London's Royal Academy Schools in 1772, visited Paris in 1774, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1775, and won a silver medal in 1777. He left school in 1778 to set up in business. Rowlandson's depictions of life in Georgian England exposed human foibles and vanity with sympathy and rollicking humor. During the 1780s he consolidated the delicate style he used for his coarse subjects. He worked mainly in ink and watercolor, his rhythmic compositions, flowing line, and relaxed elegance inspired by French Rococo art...

Text on the reverse refers to Chr. Jac. Drackenbergh, who should be sitter here: Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg (1626 (Disputed) - 1772) was a Norwegian sailor who, according to his...

La Baiser Envoye is a splendid etching realized around the mid-XVIII century in France by the engraver Augustin de Saint-Aubin (Paris, 1736 – 1807), belonging to an important dynasty...

Amazing works of the genre scene, dates to the late 18th century. After the famous French artist Francois Boucher, who was the court painter to King Louis XV. It is in its origina...

Antique oil on canvas of a Russian or Polish nobleman, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1637. There is much controversy about this painting, currently housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and has previously been owned by such luminaries as Catherine the Great and Andrew Mellon. It has been referred to as both a Polish and Russian nobleman, the sitter wears a Russian sable hat...

Artist: (after) George Morland (English, 1763-1804) Title: "A Rustic Family" Portfolio: Original Sketches from Nature by Various Masters *Signed by Morland in the plate (printed sign...

Sacra Famiglia is a print artwork on paper in the late 18th century by an Anonymous Artist. Etching on paper Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins

Three Figures in a Landscape Continental School, late 18th century after the earlier painting by Murillo oil on canvas, framed Framed: 31.5 x 35 inches Canvas: 26 x 36.5 inches Prove...

Artist: James Sowerby (English, 1757-1822) Title: "Glaucium Violaccum (Violet Horned-Poppy)" (Vol. 3, Plate 201) Portfolio: English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants Year: 1794 (First edition) Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on cream wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: J. Davis...

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755) circle of - Hunting scene with greyhounds. 21 x 27 cm without frame, 26 x 32 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on panel, in a car...

Charles-André van Loo (Nice 1705 - Paris 1765) circle of - Allegory of the Comedy. 54 x 83 cm without frame, 70.5 x 99.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved ...

Pin prick watercolour. Antique watercolour painting with pin pricking of a street vendor in double-sided glassed frame. Signed Babette Baronne Roth. Germany, 1785, Dimension: 14....

Johann Baptist Drechsler (Vienna 1756 - 1811) Signature and date - barely legible - bottom right Joh Drechsler f. 1789 Still Life with Flowers Oil on canvas (67 x 54 cm. - In period frame 85 x 71 cm.) The elegant canvas we are proposing is a rare autograph gem by the Viennese Johann Baptist Drechsler (Vienna 1756-1811), signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner, executed when the painter was already an established artist. It is a splendid floral composition, transporting us into a delicate and contemplative atmosphere, in which to be inebriated by the colours of flowering nature, with the vase filled with botanical varieties, including roses, rhododendrons, carnations, daisies and more sought-after flowers such as the beautiful elevated speronella. The material, animated by a vivid light, acquires a particular softness, delicate and virtuosic in the definition of the reflections of the vase and the transparencies of the petals. Inspired by the Flemish Baroque style, he drew inspiration in particular from the Dutch floral painting...

Red chalk on cream wove paper 10 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (256 x 212 mm), top margin slightly trimmed. One ¼-inch vertical edge tear at center-left top margin (unobtrusive). Two spots of l...

Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...

Two minor villains from "Medley of Tales of Revenge" square off, as performed at the Kiri theatre, Tokyo, in May of 1794. Toyko: Tsutaya Juzaburo, 1794. Woodblock (nishiki-e) with ...

Artist: Colen Campbell (Scottish, 1676-1729) Titles: "Plan of the Principal Floor of Wilberry House" (Vol. 1, Plate 51) and "Wilberry House in the County of Wilt" (Vol. 1, Plate 52) ...

Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.46 is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and engr...

George Morland (1763 London - 1804 Brighton). Sheltering from the Storm. Oil on canvas, relined, 37.5 x 29.5 cm (visible size), 53.5 x 45.5 cm (...

Large 18th century French painting depicting a Moonlit Mediterranean harbour scene This beautiful high quality painting was part of the collection of Count Bobrinskoy (Bobrinski). T...