Mid-18th Century Art

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.

Garden's Flowers is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen. In good condition. Not signed. Passepartout included ( 48.8 x 33.8 cm). The artwork represents a Garden's...

Original engraving, hand-colored at the time of publication, after the work of George Edwards from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel" by Johann Michael Seligma...

Franz Edmund Weirotter (1730-1771), Paysages (Landscapes), 1759, complete set of 6 (5 are illustrated on this site), [signed in the plates lower right Weirotter sc, and also signed a...

Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785) Title: "Sparrowhawk" (Plate XXI - 21) Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds) Year: 1767-1776 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), Florence, Italy Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 241; Fine Bird Books page 120; McGill/Wood, page 450; Nissen IVB No. 588 Sheet size: 17.88" x 14.07" Platemark size: 13.69" x 11.69" Condition: A few small minor areas of discoloration in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors Rare Notes: Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Comes from Manetti's monumental five volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", (1767-1776), which consists of 600 hand-colored engravings. Unidentified watermark in center of sheet. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below. Manetti's extraordinary "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776 was commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. It is a massive 5 book volume set of 600 hand-colored engraved plates of birds. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Manetti. Manetti created the drawings almost exclusively from real specimens, beginning with the extensive collection of Marquis Giovanni Gerini, an affluent Florentine Senator. Manetti saw the work was published in parts of 12 plates, issued every two months or so, most plates dedicated to a prominent member of the Italian nobility and gentry. Printed on handmade watermarked laid paper and published by heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), between 1767-1776 in Florence, Italy. It took 10 years to complete and at its time, was one of the largest surveys of ornithology attempted and the finest set of bird books to ever be created. Biography: Francesco Saverio Manetti...

Carcere d'Invenzione is an original Modern Artwork realized by Giovan Battista Piranesi (Mogliano Veneto, 1720 - Rome, 1778). Original Etchin...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....

Animal Figures of Ancient Rome, from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good condi...

Route du Carosse de Bordeaux, part de Paris tous les Mardis a 11 matin. a et pafse 1765 is a comprehensive map with two routes through the wine country of France starting in Paris going south...

Artist: George Edwards (English, 1694-1773) Title: "Set of Two Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by George Edwards" Portfolio: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some O...

Artist: Francis Drake (English, 1696-1771) Title: "William the Conqueror Giving a Charter to his Nephew Alan Earl of Britain" (Plate 12) Portfolio: Eboracum: or The History and Antiquities of the City of York Year: 1736 (First edition) Medium: Original Engraving on watermarked light laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: William Bowyer...

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...

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...

Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good con...

China ink and watercolour on paper. Hand dated. Good condition except for some foxing.

Painting done in oil on canvas. The figure of Magdalene is depicted here, in keeping with tradition, with long red hair; with a gesture of sorrowful dedication she fixes her gaze on ...

Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good con...

Girl is a china ink drawing realized b Jan Peter Verdussen in the mid-18th Century. Good condition except for some missing parts in the lower left and right edges.

Obelisco Egizio (The Egyptian Obelisk in the Piazza di S. Giovanni), erected by Pope Sixtus V, is a wonderful black and white etching on fine laid and watermarked paper (with a lily inside a double circle, watermark n. 3 according to Hind) realized by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Signed on plate on the lower right margin "Piranesi Architetto fec." and with the address and price at lower left. Hind 53, second state of five. A lifetime Roman impression, before the Paris editions. Excellent condition, with central fold, as issued, visible only on the left margin. From one of the most important series of etchings by G.B. Piranesi, Views of Rome drawn and etched by Giambattista Piranesi...

Anatomy Studies Muscles after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through ...

Surgical Instruments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...

Surgical Instruments is part of the Suite Institutiones Chirurgicae by Lorenz Heister. Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work belongs to the Latin edition...

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...

Image dimensions: 39.8x60.4 cm. Sepolcro de’ tre fratelli Curazj in Albano (Tomb of the three brothers Curazj in Albano) is a wonderful etching on thick laid paper with watermark (a...

This exceptional mid-18th century etching by Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Piranesi (b. 1720-1778) is titled “Veduta della Gran Curia Innocenziana” (“View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio”). It is from Piranesi’s Vedute di Roma...

Surgical Instruments is part of the Suite Institutiones Chirurgicae by Lorenz Heister. Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work belongs to the Latin edition...

Surgical Instruments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...

The Study of Hand after Bouchardon is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Surgical Treatments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work bel...

Human Anatomy from the Suite Institutiones Chirurgicae by Lorenz Heister.Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work belongs to the Latin edition of the famous...

Surgical Treatements is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...

Surgical Instruments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...

The Painting is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized ...

Surgical Treatements is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...

Surgical Instruments is part of the Suite Institutiones Chirurgicae by Lorenz Heister. Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work belongs to the Latin edition...

Surgical Instruments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...

The Ornament 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) - M...

Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. In ...

Charles III, King of Spain is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni in the 1760s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ...

Antique English painting from the second half of the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting genre scene with characters of good pictorial quality. Large size and impact pain...

The Ornament 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) - M...

The Study of Hand after Bouchardon is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Old British Empire Map is an artwork realized around 1760 by Karl Spruner. Original hand-colored print. Good conditions except for yellowing of pa...

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

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident s...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident s...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

Hands and Feet is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. 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.

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

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...

Landscape is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was rea...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident s...

The Battle of Fontenoy is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Portraits after Giulio Romano is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etch...

The Passage is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

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

Black and white etching on wire rod paper. Illustration from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. In good conditions, except for a usual yellowing of the margin, a light vertical fold on the right margin and a little rip along this fold on the lower right margin, some minor stains and two imperceptible holes on the higher margin. This was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in 1742 in French by Zacharias Chatelain. The engravings had captions in four languages: French, English, German, and Dutch. The artists involved were Michel de Marolles, Bernard Picart,Jacques Favereau, Abraham van Diepenbeeck...

Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the myth of Telephus and his healing. Plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses...

(Mazell, Peter). THE COMMON BUZZARD after Charles Collins. Engraving with hand-coloring, c. 1766. A plate from The British Zoology, London 1777. Titled in the plate, top, and with th...

The Bairan, or the Easter of the Muhannadan Etching, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate XIV Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34 Inte...