A set of Biblical prints after the Dutch painter and engraver Gerard Hoet

c.1700

Antique set of twelve Chinese pith paintings depicting butterflies Chinese, 19th Century Panel: Height 19cm, width 28cm Frame: Height 35cm, width 43.5cm, depth 1.5cm This superb set...

Set of Antique Chinese pith paintings depicting tea production Chinese, 19th Century Panel: Height 21cm, width 33cm Frame: Height 37cm, ...

Plates of Old Testament is a wonderful black and white set of prints realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) in the XVII century. The ten plates depicting scenes of the Old testament WITH Inscriprions on plates They are mounted on a cardboard passepartout and in a gilded frame. Antonio Tempesta, also known as Il Tempestino (Florence, 1555 - Rome, 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver of the early Baroque period. Antonio Tempesta trained in the culture of late Mannerism, with a naturalistic but also calligraphic taste, acquired from the frequentation of Giovanni Stradano, with whom he collaborated in the decoration of Palazzo Vecchio. Moving to Rome in 1573, he worked for Pope Gregory XIII, frescoing some maps of Rome in the Vatican, including the famous Map of Rome (1593). In the pontifical capital, he worked for many noble families and for important cardinals, such as Alessandro Farnese and Scipione Borghese. His works are in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, at the villa in Caprarola, in Tivoli. He returned to Florence for a brief stay, where he collaborated with Alessandro Allori...

Biblia Epistolae is a beautiful lithograph on paper, realized by an unknown artist signed "Virginie D.B." in the inscription on lower left margin. Other inscriptions refer to the gui...