(After) Francois Boucher

"The Toilette of Venus"

19th Century

Black and white figurative nude linocut by contemporary artist Karin Broker. The work features a central headless female nude figure surrounded by stereotypically "girl" icons such a...

Black and white abstract outline drawing depicting nude female. Framed and matted in a carved wooden silver metallic frame. Signed by artist on the bo...

Etching from the series titled "A Harlots Progress" by William Hogarth. The series consists of six paintings and engravings. The story is about a woman named M. Hackabout who arrived in London and started working as a prostitute. The third plate is of her getting arrest for her choice in profession. The series is a satirical story that emphasizes the dangers of being a prostitute and the health risks that come from it. In 18th century engraving, the detail of the black mole on women and men's face is a symbol of the deadly venereal disease, syphilis. In this plate, Hackabout has already contracted the disease and that is why the black dot is visible on her forehead as well as her madam's. In 1828, William Innell Clement published Harlot's Progress in columns on a single page of his newspaper Bell's Life in London #330. The detail with the cross seen in earlier reproductions of the engraving. Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 16.5 in. Artist Biography: William Hogarth ( 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", perhaps best known to be his moral series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A...

Etching of a seascape with a boat house and boats. The peice is titled, signed, dated, and editioned in pencil by the artist. The etching is framed in a wooden frame with a white mat...

Pablo Picasso Le Peintre et son Modèle IV (B. 1141; Ba. 1139) Aquatint and drypoint, 1963, signed in pencil, numbered 19/50 (total edition includes 15 artist's proofs), printed by C...

A Woman and a Horse is a Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian artist Alfredo Brasioli (Verona, 1935 - Rome, 2016). Original Etching on paper. Hand-signed in pe...

Aretusa No.4 is an original etching artwork realized in 1971 by Emilio Greco. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated. Numbered, edition 12/90. Image Dimensions: 49 x 35 cm. In...

Figure is a black and white etching realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the 1970s. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right margin: Gattamelata . Numbered on the lower left ma...