18th Century Art

18th-century signs of the zodiac FLAMSTEED, John. Gemini London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and ...

Still Life With Bottles from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in 1770s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions, included a cream colored c...

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.

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Camelopardal & Auriga London, C. Nourse, 1753. Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by John Mynde, from the s...

Tetrao urogallus (Western capercaillie) also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species. John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured size 54 cm X 37 cm Good Condition This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished colour is from the esteemed John Gould’s "Birds of Great Britain...

Eyes is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. T...

Ears is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. 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.

Landscape is an etching realized by Pierre Quentin Chedel in 1755. Good conditions. Signed on Plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized f...

Countryside is an etching realized by Pierre-François Laurent in 18th Century. Good conditions. Signed in plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Apollon is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

—– Shining-leaved, Salvia formosa Plate 376 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

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...

Corn-flag Copper coloured, Gladiolus securiger Plate 383 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

Provenance: • Bought from Sicart in Lyon by the Marquis de Chennevières (1820 - 1899) - Chennevières Collection (stamped lower left - Lugt 2072) • Inscribed on the back of the mount "Salle 10/Delestre, 27 February 1899” • Sold in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot during the second Chennevières sale (4 to 7 April 1900, n°44) as François Boucher - number 44 (sold for 18 francs to Roblin) • Sold in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot, 4 and 5 March 1901, n°12 as François Boucher Bibliography: this drawing is cited by Chennevières in "Une collection de dessins d'artistes français" (chapter XVIII, page 24-25) and is number 1033 of the Catalogue de la Collection Chennevières compiled by Louis-Antoine Prat with the collaboration of Laurence Lhinares. This well-documented drawing was given to Boucher by the Marquis de Chennevières, one of the most important collectors of drawings at the end of the 19th century. While the landscape is reminiscent of Boucher's other landscape drawings, our drawing was probably modified at a later stage by the addition of the two figures in the right foreground and by the slight enhancement of the horizon line behind them. 1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency, and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre. As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics, and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him. On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale...

Temple from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco La Vega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the...

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...

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.

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.

Apollon is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Brunfelsia American, Brunfelsia americana Plate 393 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches

Hercule is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Pegasus London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus London, C. Nourse, 1753. Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by ...

The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”), an eight-volume volume of engravings of the finds fr...

Angels is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Hercule is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Venus is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Venus is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Venus is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Rare and remarkable set of eight 18th century paintings of birds on silk executed with egg tempera in a delicate yet colorful style. Interesting historica...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through con...

Letter of the Alphabet E from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Signed on the plate. Good condition...

Sacred Scene is an original watercolor, realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. There is The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension :32x31.5 ...

Letter of the Alphabet P, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...

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...

Animals Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Aniello Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching...

Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the ...

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...

Roman Temple Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. T...

Letter of the Alphabet D, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...

Oil Lamp With Pan and Silvanus Roman God from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditi...

Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century....

Seascape With Monument and Figures is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “L...

Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs...

Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the p...

Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the p...

Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the p...

Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the p...

Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the p...

Mars In His Chariot from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding and...

Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. The etchi...

Heracles in Combat With Centaur from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillus Paderni in the 18th C...

Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with some fol...

Letter of the Alphabet L, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century...

Letter of the Alphabet N, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...

Cernophores dancer with Basket, Plate, Crown from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillus Paderni in the 18th Century. Signed ...

Letter I is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...

Letter V is an etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Expose...