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Period: 17th Century
Theodoor Galle Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Jesus on the Cross
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and search for 'Collaert' - or message us as they may not all have been uploaded yet. Theodoor Galle (1571 – 1633) after Maerten de Vos (1532 - 1603) Jesus on the Cross...
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Realist 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Adrian Collaert 17th Century The Temptation of Christ Engraving Martin de Vos
Located in London, GB
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Adrian Collaert 17th Century Engraving Wedding at Cana Martin de Vos
Located in London, GB
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Adrian Collaert Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving: The Daemons and the Pigs
Located in London, GB
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Head of a Laughing Peasant
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on white laid paper, 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (41 x 38 mm), thread margins. In excellent condition with a light pencil inscription on the verso. [Hollstein 6]
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

The New Testament /// Old Masters Biblical Religious Engraving Dutch Angel Art
By Michael Burghers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Michael Burghers (Dutch, c.1647/1648-1727) Title: "The New Testament" Portfolio: Holy Bible *Signed by Burghers in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1680 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving with recent Hand-Color on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Baskett, London?, UK Publisher: Moses Pitt, Peter Parker, and Thomas Guy, London?, UK Sheet size (irregular margins): 17.25" x 10.5" Image size: 14.75" x 9.5" Condition: Uneven trimming and light edgewear in margins. One small tear entering image lower right which has been skillfully repaired with added backing paper with archival tape from verso. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Cotswolds, UK. Comes from the 1685 "Holy Bible" portfolio. John Baskett was deemed printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, for Great Britain and to the University of Oxford. Large unidentified watermark within center of sheet. There is an example of this work in the permanent collection of the British Museum in London, UK. In the foreground, John the Evangelist, holding a pen and writing...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving, Etching, Laid Paper, Intaglio

Fountains of Rome; Fontana e castello dell'Acqua
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discol...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from The Passion of Christ
By Hendrick Goltzius
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream wove paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (203 x 137 mm), narrow to thread margins. First state (of 2). A fine impression with archival paper adhered at left top and bottom cor...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Arrest of Christ, Engraving, a. Karel van Mander, p. by Gheyn, Passion of Chris
Located in Greven, DE
The arrest of Christ; Judas embraces Christ as a group of soldiers apprehend Him; Christ places His hand on the fearful Malchus who sits on the ground holding a lamp; Peter grips his sword; one of the soldiers holds up a flaming torch; after Karel van Mander The scene is out of a set of 13 engravings "Passion of Christ" Engraving Published by: Jacques de Gheyn...
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Northern Renaissance 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Mother Seated in an Inn
Located in New York, NY
Cornelis Bega (1631/2-1664), The Mother Seated in an Inn, etching, circa 1660-64. Reference: Hollstein 31, a later impression, second state (of 2). In good condition, trimmed outside...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bronze Urns with Citrus Trees, 2 prints
Located in Middletown, NY
Pair of reproductive prints after Jean le Pautre’s engravings after Claude Ballin, 1670s, heightened with gouache and gold, on Fabriano wove paper, a deckle edge at bottom. 22 x 14 3...
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French School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

The Queen of Great Britain arriving in Portsmouth 25 May 1662 & The Arrival in L
Located in Middletown, NY
Two images of Queen Catharina of Braganza; one before her marriage to King Charles II, the other after, as Queen of Great Britian. Engraved by Matthiäus Merian, father of Maria Sybli...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

The Plank Bridge – Landschap met een bruggetje van planken
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin cream laid paper with a partial "M" or "W" watermark, 5 x 5 15/16 inches (126 x 150 mm), thread margins. Inscribed in the plate in the upper-right: “Antoni Waterlo fe...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching, Laid Paper

Pair 17th Century Medical Anatomy Engravings by Francesco Valesio
Located in Rochester, NY
Two anatomical copper engravings by Francesco Valesio. From De humani corporis fabrica libri decem Evangelista Deuchino, On laid paper. 17th Century # nude male figure
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper

Landscape with a Bridge and Fishermen - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century) Landscape with a Bridge and Fishermen Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by G...
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Academic 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves" 1653, is an etching on paper After Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669, plate engraved By French renown engraver Charles Arma...
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Realist 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Sleeping Man
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb impression from an important mid-19th century collection. Etching on white laid paper with a partial crown and shield watermark, 4 x 2 7/8 inches (102 mm x 73 mm), margins....
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

Two botanical prints after Cornelisi Bloemaert & Vincenzo Leonardi
Located in Middletown, NY
Two botanical prints after Cornelis Bloemaert & Vincenzo Leonardi "Lemon", from Hesperides. Reproductive print on thick C.M. Fabriano cotton wove paper; and Pierre Joseph Buchot (17...
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French School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving

Besler Autumn Snowflake and Meadow Saffron Flowers: 17th C. Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Leucoium bulbosum autumnale tenufolium (Autumn Snowflake); Colchicum vulgare Polyanthos; Colchicum biflorum; Colchicum vulgare album; C...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Cistusflore Albo, Balaustium Flore Minori Romanum, Cotinus", depicting flowering Pomegranate, Rock Rose...
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Academic 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Il tempio del Sole
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on hand made cream laid paper, 2 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (72 x158 mm), 1/4 inch margins. In very good condition with minor edge wear. Adhered with adhesive along the left top shee...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

Christ and the Samaritan - Etching after Annibale Carracci -17th
By Annibale Carracci
Located in Roma, IT
Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well is anold master artwork realized in 17th Century. Black and white etching. This artwork was realized after a painting by Annibale Carracci . Printed by Jacob Jordaens...
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Modern 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State), 1654 Etching 266 x 113 mm.; 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in a Crowned Shield References: Godefroy 44 III/VI Hollstein 44 III/VI Pelletier, Adrian van Ostade...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Profile of an Oriental Man - Etching - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of an oriental man is an artwork realized in 17th Century, after HARMENSZ VAN RIJN REMBRANDT, (1606 Leiden - 1669 Amsterdam) Etching on paper. 13 x 12 cm. Slightly stained, heavily trimmed. The motif shows reminiscences of similar motifs of Rembrandt, as well as of Salomon Koninck...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Reed Offered to Christ - Etching by Anthonis van Dick - 1631 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper realized in 1631 ca. Signed in the plate. Good impression with margins around the plate. Diffused foxin on sheet. Ref. Hollstein 20.  Good condition.
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Modern 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Frontispiece with stepped fountain.
Located in Middletown, NY
Dujardin, Karel. Frontispiece with stepped fountain; a stone wall with water spout pouring water into a rectilinear basin, from which a second spout pour...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper

The Peasant Settling His Debt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin, cream laid paper 4 x 3 5/8 inches (100 x 90 mm), with narrow margins, trimmed inside the platemark. Adhesive residue at the top right and left corners, and archival ...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Harbour with a Round Tower
Located in Middletown, NY
1641. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches (128 x 195 mm), narrow margins. Printed 19th century on a remainder which has a partially trimmed, printed image of a Virgi...
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French School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Etching

Academie de l’Espee Tabula XXI by Girard Thibault 17thc fencing engraving
Located in Paonia, CO
Hand colored original engraving from the Academie de l’Espee ( full title can be translated as Academy of the Sword: wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of a mysterious circle the theory and practice of the true and heretofore unknown secrets of handling arms on foot and horseback ) by Girard Thibault...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Five (5) city views, 17th Century French School by Winckler and others
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: c1675. Five engravings: "Une Autre Partie du Palais Villa Mene a Gene" Engraving with hand-coloring, circa 1760-1790, on laid paper, with a Letters watermark (WA....), publis...
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French School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Beggar with a Wooden Leg
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on handmade wove paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (95 x 70 mm), thread margins. Third state (of five), likely printed early 19th century. In very good condition with light handlin...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching, Handmade Paper

Portrait of Carlos de Colonna, Marques de la Espinar
By Paulus Pontius
Located in Middletown, NY
(after Anthonie Van Dyck) Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression. __________Flemish painter and engraver Paulus Pontius was born in Antwerp in 1603, and it was in this city that his full life would unfold. At the young age of 13, he was apprenticed to the still life painter Osias Beert, and subsequently to Lucas Vosterman, who was heavily associated with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens. Vosterman trained Pontius in the skill of engraving, which he took to immediately, finding he had great skill at recreating paintings. Pontius was able to capture the minutiae of light and shadow found on the canvas, and mastered the ability to accurately render the subtleties of brushwork in this alternate media. His success as an engraver cemented his role in the workshop of Rubens, and in 1624, when Vosterman found himself at odds with Rubens, and left Antwerp for England, Pontius assumed his role as foremost engraver in the workshop. It was in this year that Pontius took up lodgings in Rubens's home, and continued to live there until 1631, when courtship and marriage (the first of three) brought him away. After the death of Rubens in 1640, Pontius embarked on a very successful career engraving reproductions of master works by artists including Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter van Avont, Abraham van Diepenbeeck...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Besler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Caryophyllus Maior Sylve Strisvarie Gatus" (Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers) from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This engraving is presented in a silver and gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and three elaborate cream-colored French mats...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Old man with a long beard and cap - After Rembrandt, copy
By Ferdinand Bol
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, 3 x 2 1/4 inches (76 x 57 mm), margins. In very good condition with some minor losses at the extreme lower right corner. Pencil inscriptions on the ver...
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Flemish School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper

The Mountstuart Coat of Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
London: T. Spilsbury & Son, 1790. Engraving on light-weight wove paper, 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (950 x 145 mm), full margins at top and sides of sheet, lower portion of sheet trimmed. ...
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Italian School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Architectura Curiosa Nova, Sunburst Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'SunBurst Garden Fountain', antique copperplate engraving, 1664, from the book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova'. A fine, richly inked...
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Realist 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

St. Paul's Cross
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Robert Wilkinson, c1620 Engraving on thin Japon paper,16 1/8 x 11 3/4 iches (408 x 297 mm), narrow margins. In good condition with some age-related toning and edge wear, including two small horizontal tears which appear at the right and left center sheet edges. There is a vertical edge tear on the the lower sheet edge which is expertly repaired with a tab of paper tape mounted to the verso, and a soft horizontal fold, as issued. Plate created circa 1620, however printed later, likely early 19th century. Dr. John King preaching at St. Paul's Cross for James I, his Queen, Charles Prince of Wales...
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English School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

Two Cavaliers (after Herman Swanevelt)
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper with a large foolscap watermark, 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 (150 x 200 mm), thread margins. In excellent condition with a light pencil inscription and an inventory num...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

Epirus Albania - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Epirus Albania is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664). Good conditions. From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: ca...
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Modern 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Aranzo Gigante Verrucoso & Limon di Fior Doppio, 4 prints
Located in Middletown, NY
Joseph de Montalegre (after) Aranzo Gigante Verrucoso & Limon di Fior Doppio, 4 prints 1702-1725. Four (4) reproductive prints with handcoloring on thick C.M. Fabriano cotton wove ...
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French School 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Study of a Head
Located in Middletown, NY
By Wenceslaus Hollar, after Jan Van Bylert (Biler) Etching on cream laid paper, 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 inches (87 x 70 mm), thread margins. Lacking the inscription in the plate; "Felix Bil...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

L'annonciation
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s "Annunciation" is an etching created from the original plate and issued as a restrike by the Louvre Museum collection in Paris. The piece pre...
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Renaissance 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Farmers enjoying a barn dance with a violinist and a bagpiper.
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper mounted to a cream laid paper support, 9 x 12 7/8 inches (230 x 327 mm), thread margins. Three small areas of light skinning with one extremely small hole...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching, Laid Paper

Moscovie dite autrement... - Etching by Pierre Duval - 1676
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on copper with colored borders. Image dimension: 40x50.8 cm. Unusual map of European Russia extending from the Gulf of Finland south to just before the Black Sea and the Ca...
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Modern 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Penisola dell'India... - Etching by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola - 1683
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola, and published by Giacomo dé Rossi in 1683. It is part of the Series "Mercurio Geografico or Geographical Guide to All Parts of the W...
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Modern 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water, rocky outcrop ... hilltop
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on light, fibrous, laid Japon paper, 5 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (132 x 158 mm), full margins. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, very minor printing creases (innate), and one s...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Etching

17th Century Dutch engraving 'Mein Greit; Mein Greit'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Julius Goltzius (Dutch c.1550-1595) Mein Greit; Mein Greit Engraving 6.5/8 x 11.3/8 in. (16.8 x 29 cm.) (measured to slip edge) Christie’s have suggested this impression is from the ...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Spectacle Seller
By Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the pl...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Cainus fratri necem molitur (Cain kills his brother), Plate I Battles from Old T
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Nicolas van Aelst, 1613. Engraving on cream laid paper with a foolscap watermark, 8 x 11 1/4 inches (203 x 282 mm), thread margins. Scattered expert repairs including minor pu...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Adrian Collaert Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Mary Washes Jesus' Feet
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
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Realist 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Landscape with a Sailboat and Fishermen - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century) Landscape with a Sailboat and Fishermen Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by...
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Academic 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Landscape with Fishermen - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century) Landscape with Fishermen Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by Gabriel, the f...
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Academic 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Building a Ship - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century) Building a Ship Original Engraving Signed in the plate On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by Gabriel, the father, an...
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Academic 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Carolus de Mallery, by Lucas Vorsetman the Elder after van Dyck
Located in Middletown, NY
An exalted portrait of fellow Flemish engraver and publisher Karel van Mallery. Lucas Vorsterman the Elder (after Anthony van Dyck). Carolus de Mallery, from Icones Principum Viror...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Bacchanal
By Giovanni Andrea Podestà
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bacchanal Etching, 1649 Inscribed in the square left: "Magnificentis/simo Principi/Paolo lorda/no. II Bracci/ani Duci/Aud. P.DDD/1640; Inscribed on right: Rome apud Franciscsum Saluucium Condition: Usual centerfolds from paper manufacture Plate: 10 3/8 x 15 1/2" Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2"; References: Bartsch XX.4 Sopher Plate 145 An impression of this image is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art, Washington An exceptionally rich impression in excellent condition. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Putti as Allegory of Music Giovanni Andrea Podestà or Giovanni Andrea Podesta (1608 - c. 1674) was an Italian painter and engraver who was principally active in Rome. His principal subject matter is children playing in landscapes with classical objects. His works show the influence of Poussin's Arcadian landscapes and bacchanals, which were ultimately derived from Titian's bacchanals. Life Giovanni Andrea Podestà was born in Genoa. He was formed in Genoa with Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari and Domenico Fiasella according to the information provided by the contemporary Genoese biographer Raffaele Soprani. He is also recorded as an apprentice of Giovanni Battista Paggi in 1627. His presence is documented from in 1634 in Rome where he made drawings after the statues and ancient reliefs at the famous Giustiniani collection. These were subsequently engraved for publication in the 'Galleria Giustiniani'. The artist's career ran a course similar to that of the young Domenico Fiasella. In Rome his art evolved in contact with the works of Poussin, Andrea di Leone, Pietro Testa...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient View of Windsor - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Vindesorium (Windsor) is an old master artwork realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg in the Late 17th Century, as part of the famous Series "Civitates Orbis Te...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Saint Simon, from Christ and the Apostles
By Ludolf Ludwig Businck
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper, printed from three blocks in black, olive-green, and yellow ochre, 8 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (207 x 157 mm), thread margins. Some scattered light discoloration throughout, lightly backed with laid paper, however the sheet retains translucence when viewed through raking light. Trimmed at or near the margin. Archivally sound small repaired corner tear, upper right, with a very minor (1/4 inch) vertical edge split in the center top margin, above the figure's head. All condition issues are consistent with age, and present an exceptionally good example of this truly remarkable work. With the collector's stamp of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, last King of Poland (1797-1854), Dresden, on the right corner, recto (Lugt 971). This work likely appeared in a well-known posthumous sale of Friedrich August II's private collection, which was handled by C.G. Boerner, and took place in Leipzig, on May 7-9, 1928, presumably this print was presented as lot 1551. [Stechow 16] Ludolph Busïnck was born at Hann, Germany around 1590. By about 1620 he was actively working as a printmaker in Paris, collaborating with publisher and celebrated cartographer Melchoir Tavernier. Busïnck may have studied printmaking in the Netherlands, evidenced by the influence of Dutch printmaker Hendrick Goltzius we see in the bold woodcuts he produced in France. Busïnck was the first printmaker to create chiaroscuro woodcuts in France, a technique originated by German artist Hans Burgkmair...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Portrait of Marquard Freher, aged forty-nine
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center ...
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Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving

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