Old Masters Figurative Prints
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
El Vergponzoso (The Shamefaced One)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
El Vergponzoso (The Shamefaced One)
etching & aquatint, 1799
Unsigned (as are all Goya etchings)
From: Los Caprichos, Plate 54
From the First Edition, printed 1799, on laid paper
Ref...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Ba...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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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.
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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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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Apollo, plate 11 from the series of The Gods in Niches
Located in Middletown, NY
by Jacopo Caraglio (after Rosso Fiorentino)
Rome: Carlo Losi, 1526. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches, 215 x 110 mm), thread margins. In very good condition with a...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Beggar man and woman coming from behind a bank – after Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper laid down to a wove paper support, 4 x 2 5/8 inches (101 x 67 mm) (sheet). In good condition with scattered light areas of discoloration. Printed early 19...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Etching
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife
Located in Middletown, NY
Sadeler, Aegidius II, after Bartholomeus Spranger
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller
Engraving on hand made laid paper wit...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Bellos Consejos (Wonderful Advice)
Located in Chicago, IL
An impression from the 1st edition published in 1799, the only edition published during Goya's lifetime.
References: Los Caprichos Plate 15; Delteil 52; Harris 50 III.1
Prado ...
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18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta della Basilica di S. Lorenzo fuor della mura" (Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls), published in Rome in 1750 in Piranesi's Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), This etching depicts the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, which is a Roman Catholic papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one of the five "papal basilicas". It was built as a shrine to the martyred Roman deacon St. Lawrence.
This Piranesi etching is held by many museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum, The British Museum, The National Gallery of Art, The Yale University Art Gallery, and The Harvard Museum of Art.
This magnificent etching is presented in a brown-colored wood frame and a tan French...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Appearance - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Appearance is a black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754) in 1750s.
Good condition.
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Roman Colosseum: A Framed 18th Century Etching of the Interior by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta dell'interno dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo" (View of the interior of the Flavian Amph...
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1760s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Golden Calf - Nuremberg Chronicle, (528 Years Old)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, 1493
THE GOLDEN CALF (THE CALF OF GOD) 1493
Woodcut. from "Liber Chronicarum." Printed by Anton Koberger text by Hartmann Sc...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Heracles in Combat With Centaur - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
VEDUTA DI PONTE NUOVO, Antonio Cardon - Print on paper with frame, modern
Located in Napoli, IT
Hand-colored print of the engraving by Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon of the original painting by Gabriele Ricciardelli. Edizioni Pontevecchio. Lily logo and a brush with the words...
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1970s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Color
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins by James Bretherton after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Bretherton, James (After Rembrandt van Rijn).
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins.
London: c 1775.
Etching on light cream laid paper, 4 3/4...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
The Windmill by François Vivares, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 7/8 inches (202 x 149 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Adhered at each corner to a small sheet of archival laid paper. Horizontal edge loss at the ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
La Grande Fortune, Old Masters Etching by Amand Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Amand-Durand, French (1831 - 1905) after Albrecht Dürer, German (1471 - 1528)
Title: La Grande Fortune
Year: 1873 (original circa 1502)
Medium: Heliogravure on thin l...
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
The Garden of Love (after Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640]
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Garden of Love (after Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640])
Woodcut diptych, c. 1633-1636
Each of the two sheets is signed in the plate lower right
A posthumous impression with tiny wor...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
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Equity and Diversity
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Let’s come together
Let’s learn to love one another
Learn to love your brother
Learn to love your sister
Love your neighbor
One eye can’t see
One ear doesn’t hear
One hand can’t cla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
El Vergponzoso (The Shamefaced One)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
El Vergponzoso (The Shamefaced One)
etching & aquatint, 1799
Unsigned (as are all Goya etchings)
From: Los Caprichos, Plate 54
From the First Edition, printed 1799, on laid paper
Ref...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
The Crucifixion (Christ on the Cross) /// Jesus after Albrecht Dürer Old Masters
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Lambrecht Hopfer (German, Active c. 1525-1550)
Title: "The Crucifixion (Christ on the Cross)"
Portfolio: (after) The Engraved Passion
*Issued unsigned, though monogram signed by Hopfer in the plate (printed signature) lower right
Circa: 1530 (second state of three, published c. 1690)
Medium: Original Etching on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: The Hopfer family, Augsburg, Germany; (David Funck, Nuremberg, Germany)
Publisher: The Hopfer family, Augsburg, Germany; (David Funck, Nuremberg, Germany)
Reference: Bartsch No. VIII.527.12; Hollstein No. 12.II
Framing: Recently framed, the sheet is floated over, and top-matted with a 100% cotton fabric rag mat from Holland in a wood moulding and Museum glass
Framed size: 14.88" x 13.88"
Sheet size: 5.5" x 3.63"
Condition: Trimmed to platemark. A few tiny professional repairs: at elbow of Jesus's right arm and the inside thigh of Jesus. Some light skinning upper right corner and lower right area. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Green Bay, WI; acquired from Sotheby's, New York, NY in c. 2015. The artist Lambrecht Hopfer's printed monogram signature "LH" lower right. The printer/publisher David Funck's (plate) number "182" lower right. This etching is after Albrecht Dürer’s 1511 engraving "The Crucifixion (Christ on the Cross)", ("Dürer-Katalog" - Meder No. 13, page 73). Printed in black from an iron plate. The image depicts Christ on the cross at center, the Virgin at left, two Maries behind her, St. John standing at right, a Roman solider behind him. It is after the eleventh plate of Dürer's sixteen plates from his 1507-1513 "The Engraved Passion" series, ("Dürer-Katalog" - Meder No. 3-18, page 70-74).
"The print was originally designed without the number engraved in the lower margin (First state: Lambrecht Hopfer, c. 1530). The Hopfers' descendant David Funck (Nuremberg, 1642–1705) acquired over two hundred of their original iron plates, engraved numbers into them, and re-printed them around 1686-1700. The "182" indicates that "The Crucifixion" was the 182nd print in Funck’s series (Second state: David Funck, c. 1686-1700). About a century later, 92 of these plates were acquired by Carl Wilhelm Silberberg in Frankfurt and printed for the third and final time in the book "Opera Hopferiana", of which "The Crucifixion" was the 90th print (Third state: Carl Wilhelm Silberberg for "Opera Hopferiana", 1802)". - Elizabeth Upper, Cambridge University Library, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Biography:
Lambrecht (Lambert) Hopfer (Active c. 1525-1550) was a German Old Masters printmaker. He was the brother of Hieronymus Hopfer (Active c. 1520-1530) and son of Daniel Hopfer...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Laid Paper
La Grande Fortune, Old Masters Etching by Amand Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Amand-Durand, French (1831 - 1905) after Albrecht Dürer, German (1471 - 1528)
Title: La Grande Fortune
Year: 1873 (original circa 1502)
Medium: Heliogravure on thin l...
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
El Caballo Raptor - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
El caballo raptor - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828).
The artwork is the plate n. 1...
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Aquatint, Etching
Que se la Llevaron! - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
Que se la Llevaron! is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya in 1799, from Los Caprichos series.
The artwork is the plate 8 (as printed on plate on the higher right margin) from the series Los Caprichos, first edition.
Good conditions.
Los Caprichos.
Put on sale the 6 February 1799, at the end of the last carnival of the century, Los Caprichos, first Goya’s printed...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Canal with a large Boat and Bridge – after Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Heliogravure on cream laid paper, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches (80 x118 mm), thread margins. In good condition with a soft vertical crease and minor uniform toning. Printed early 19th centur...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Photogravure
William James Smith - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
William James Smith is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late e...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
The Trajan's Column - Offset by G.B. Piranesi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful reproduction of one of the most celebrated Piranesi's masterpieces, realized in a limited edition of a few hundreds in 1990s.
The Trajan's Column is the last remaining n...
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1990s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Young man looking down to right, fr Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on tissue thin laid paper. 4 3/8 x 3 1/16 inches (110 x 78 mm), trimmed at plate mark. A very good, well inked impression. Only known state. Adhered at all four corners to ar...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Tissue Paper, Etching
Testa Quasi Colossale di Marco Aurelio - Etching by P. Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
“Testa quasi colossale di Marco Aurelio” (Almost colossal head of Marco Aurelio) is a beautiful black and white burin on paper, realized by the Italian artist Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, 1837), after Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1754 - Venice, 1831), as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Teodoro Matteini delineò./ Pietro Fontana incise a bollino Roma”.
This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXV" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821.
This old master’s original prints shows a precious piece of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of the Roman philosopher and writer and one of the "good Roman Emperor" (according to Edward Gibbon) Marco Aurelio, represented in neoclassical style and with the traditional iconography with a thick hair and a long beard.
In excellent conditions with a usual yellowing of the paper on the lower margin and some light signs of the time with an imperceptible weaving of the paper on the lower right corner, this wonderful burin preserved his fresh impression.
Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani
This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved.
The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi.
The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior by Agasias (two plates), Greek gods and heroes and Roman famous historical figures; the last two plates represents antique Egyptian deities. There are plates representing ancient bas-reliefs, sarcophagi, of mythological subjects, the Borghese Vase, portrait busts, a vase on an altar, two statues of Amor; and two modern statues, by Bernini (the Apollo and Daphne, and the David).
«Très bel ouvrage» writes Brunet, «Grand ouvrage, le seul qui mérite, parmi ceux sur la villa Borgese, de figurer dans le chapitre aux Galeries et Collections» Vinet said, looking at this plate.
Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, 1837)
The Italian artist and engraver, Pietro Fontana was active in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy. He started his career as a student of Raffaello Morghen...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Billy in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditi...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Marble Vase: 18th C. Piranesi Etching Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole
Located in Alamo, CA
"Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole. Le Teste dei Giovenchi mostrano di reggere it pesante Festone composto di Frutti Fiori Grans ed use. Il tuto Necefsario all Vita Umana. Il Restante degl...
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1760s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Limon Lavrae: A 17th C. Hand-colored Engraving of Lemon Anatomy by G. Ferrari
By Giovanni Battista Ferrari
Located in Alamo, CA
This 17th century hand-colored engraving of a lemon entitled "Limon Lavrae", plate 219 from Giovanni Baptista Ferrari's publication "Hesperides, sive, De Malorum Aureorum Cultura Etu...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Aurora sive Tempus Matutinum; Der Wohl und Übel angewandte Morgen /// Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737)
Title: "Aurora sive Tempus Matutinum; Der Wohl und Übel angewandte Morgen (Dawn or Morning Time; The Morning Used for Better or For Worse)"
Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)
Year: 1723
Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany
Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany
Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23
Sheet size: 22.57" x 16.38"
Image size: 17.75" x 14"
Condition: Soft handling creases, folds, and scattered faint areas of discoloration to sheet. Three tears skillfully repaired from verso. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German.
Biography:
Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...
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1720s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Letter B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter B 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”)...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ruins of the Roman Baths of Belisarius: A 19th C. Etching by Luigi Rossini
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta degl' Avanzi delle Torri di Belisario Dalla parte che guarda l' Interno della Città, vicino a Porta S. Giovanni, A. Mura Aureliane" (...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Meridies; Der Mittag (Noon; The Midday) /// Johann Daniel Preissler Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737)
Title: "Meridies; Der Mittag (Noon; The Midday)"
Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)
Year: 1723
Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany
Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany
Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23
Sheet size: 22.5" x 16.32"
Image size: 18.13" x 14.32"
Condition: Soft handling creases and folds to sheet. A few light areas of staining and scattered small areas of discoloration in margins. Two small tears skillfully repaired from verso in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German.
Biography:
Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...
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1720s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Hadrian's Mausoleum, Castel S. Angelo: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta del Mausoleo d'Elio Adriana ora chiamato Castello S. Angelo nella parte opposta alla Facciata de...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Vespera; Der Abend (Evening; The Evening) /// Johann Daniel Preissler Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737)
Title: "Vespera; Der Abend (Evening; The Evening)"
Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)
Year: 1723
Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany
Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany
Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23
Sheet size: 22.5" x 16.63"
Image size: 17.38" x 13.63"
Condition: Soft handling creases and folds to sheet. Some scattered foxmarks in left margin. Two small tears skillfully repaired from verso in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German.
Biography:
Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...
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1720s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Jesus Christ Expirant sur la Croix etching by Amand-Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Amand-Durand, French (1831 - 1905) after Albrecht Dürer, German (1471 - 1528)
Title: Jesus Christ Expirant sur la Croix
Year: 1873
Medium: Heliogravure on wove paper
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Death Holds an Audience - Etching by G.B. Tiepolo - 1785
Located in Roma, IT
Death holds an audience is an etching realized by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1785.
Death, an old nun with a veiled head leafs through a large book and holds an audience. In front of ...
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Church of St. Costanza, Rome: An 18th Century Piranesi Architectural Etching
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century Giovanni Battista Piranesi etching entitled: "Veduta interna del Sepocro di Santa Costanza, fabbricat...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Capital letter "G" - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good condition, except for some stains alo...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Extraña devoción! - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Extrana Devocion is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810.
Original Etching on paper.
The artwork belongs to the famous series "Los Desa...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Grotesque Figures - Etching by Pierre Firens- 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grotesque Figures is an original etching realized by Pierre Firens in the early 17th century
It represents two grotesque figures in 17th century clothing.
Pierre Firens (1580-1636/...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Last Supper, from The Passion of Christ
By Hendrick Goltzius
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (203 x 137 mm), trimmed at the platemark. A fine impression with a Coat of Arms watermark. Second state, after the addition of the Frederick de Witt...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
A Wild Boar, and a Bear, from Animalium Quadrupedum
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching in brownish black ink on J. Whatman watermarked cream laid paper. 7x12 1/4 inches (177 x 312 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 36/75 in pencil, lower margin. In...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Engraving
Two Soldiers - Etching by G.B. Tiepolo - 1795
Located in Roma, IT
Two soldiers is an etching realized by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1785.
Sheet 23 x 30 cm.
Good impressions on paper, with wide margins.
Reference: D...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Bearded man in turban and fur
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (120 x 95 mm), wide margins. Scattered light surface soiling, unevenly trimmed wide margins, all consistent with age. Likely printed...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 Dutch
Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants
New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt) 153, state 4/9
Bartsch 279, state 4/6
Printed by Remb...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
The Passengers - Original Etching by A. M. de Ghuy - 1775
Located in Roma, IT
The Passenger is an original artwork realized by Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy in 1775.
Original etching on paper. Titled on the lower margin at the center. The artwork is glued on ca...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
BATHOS / Tail PIece
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM HOGRATH (1767- 1764)
THE BATHOS / Tail Piece 1764 (Paulson 1989: 216 I/I Paulson 1965/70: 216 I/I)
Engraving Plate 12 7/8 x 13 3/8, sheet 17 ¾ x 18 ¾ Designed & Engrav’d by Wm Hogarth at left and Published according to Act of Parliam’t March 3, 1764 at right. Good condition on thick laid paper Small bit of tape on the left & right sheet edges small stan lower sheet edge all on recto.
This Hogarth’s last print is fascinating as it is prophacy about death.
Various institutions have interesting commentaries - to wit:
Chicago Art Institute: Hogarth created The Bathos toward the end of his life. It is considered one of the bleakest artworks of the 18th century because it depicts the Apocalypse without an afterlife. The Angel of Death even collapses in exhaustion after having destroyed the world. In his hand is an execution decree and around him lies a mass of broken objects.
Princeton: Hogarth’s last print, The Bathos,….. is filled with all manner of images denoting the end of life as we know it. Entry no. 216 in Ronald Paulson’s catalogue raisonne Hogarth’s Graphic Works, 3rd revised edition says “This print is the culmination of such pessimistic images . . . . [taking] his general composition, the configuration of objects, and some of the particular items, from Dürer’s engraving, Melancholia; but he also recalls Salvator Rosa’s Democritus in Meditation (which derives from Dürer’s print) with a scroll at the bottom of the etching: ‘Democritus the mocker of all things, confounded by the ending of All Things’ (Antal, p.168).”
Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art): Hogarth intended this engraving to serve as the tailpiece to bound volumes of his collected engravings and, appropriately, it proved to be his last engraving. Father Time has died and his last will and testament has been witnessed by the three Fates. He is surrounded by a landscape of death, decay, and ruin. Hogarth aimed this print at dealers in “dark” Old Masters paintings who promoted the idea that ruins evoked sublime feelings in viewers—a sentiment, Hogarth wrote, that was reducing the world to ruin.
British Caricature...
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1760s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Standing Men - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Men is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
OBSEQUIO á el MAESTRO (‘A gift for the master’)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCISCO de GOYA y LUCIENTES (1746 -1828)
OBSEQUIO á el MAESTRO (‘A gift for the master’) Plate 47 from the 1st edition of Los Caprichos (Blas, ...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Aquatint, Etching
Ancient Roman Temple Architecture: An 18th Century Framed Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta del Tempio detto della Tosse su la Via Tiburtina, un miglio vicino a Tivoli" (View of the so-called Tem...
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1760s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Cernophores Dancer with Basket, Plat - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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 ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol) by James Bretherton, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on heavy cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (96 x 83 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with some minor surface soiling.
[Björklund's second state ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Sujets d’histoire et de Mythologie - Original Etching by P.-L. Parizeau - 1771
By Philippe-Louis Parizeau
Located in Roma, IT
Sujets d’histoire et de Mythologie is an etching made by the French draftsman and engraver Philippe-Louis Parizeau (Paris, 1740 – 1801), also known for realizing the first prints au ...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Peasant Family on the Tramp – after Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches (118 x 89 mm), thread margins. Laid down to a medium weight laid support, scattered nicks and corner wear. The top and bottom corner...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Piazza Navona in Rome: A Framed Original 18th Century Etching by Barbault
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo" was created by Jean Barbault (1718-1762) after a painting by...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Giovanni Piranesi Etching of Ancient Roman Architecture, 18th Century
Located in Alamo, CA
"Veduta del Sepolcro della Famiglia Plauzia per la Strada Che Conduce da Roma a Tivoli vicino a Ponte Lugano" from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities), one of the most famous works by Piranesi. "Antichita" illustrates the tombs along the Appian Way...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Engraving, Drypoint
The Academy of Plato Plato and His Disciples
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Academy of Plato
Plato and His Disciples
Etching and drypoint
c. 1662, printed c. 1710
Signed in the plate lower left
Inscribed lower left: 'In villa ab Academo attributa sua[m]...
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1660s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Fabricius (Ponte Cestio) Bridge : Framed 18th C. Piranesi Architectural Etching
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Dimostransi nella Tav. presente la Pianta, ed Elevazione del Ponte, oggi detto Quattro Capi egli è antichissimo, e chiamavasi Fabrizio da L. Fabrizio Presid. delle Strade, che lo fabbrico' nel fine della Repubblica. "(The Plan and Elevation of the Bridge, today called Quattro Capi. The architect is very ancient, and was called Fabrizio da L. Fabrizio Presid. delle Strade, who built it at the end of the Republic). This is plate 18 in volume 4 of Piranesi's "Le antichita romane opera di Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano" (Roman antiquities by Giambatista Piranesi Venetian architect). It was published in Rome in 1756-1757.
This etching depicts the plan and elevation of the bridge now called the Ponte dei Quattoro Capi or Ponte Cestio (Bridge of the Four Heads), which in antiquity was called the Bridge of Fabricius after L. Fabricius, the Superintendant of the Streets who built it at the end of the Republic, around 62 BC. It was also been known in the Middle Ages as ‘Ponte Giudeo’ (Bridge of the Jews). The bridge crossed from the left bank or northeast side of the Tiber River to Tiber Island...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Organ Grinder
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper with a large heraldic watermark which is partially trimmed, 4 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches (105 x 84 mm), margins trimmed but preserving the signature in the lower...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Column of Trajan in Rome: A Framed Original 19th C. Etching by Luigi Rossini
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta dello scavo del Foro Trajano" was created by Luigi Rossini and included in his publication "Le Antichita Romane" (The Rome of Antiquity), published in Rome in 1823. It depicts the historical victory column of Trajan standing amidst the rubble of broken columns that remain around it.
The etching is presented in a black wood frame with a light brown outer mat and a dark brown inner mat. There are several frame abrasions. The print and mats are in very good condition. The frame measures 27" high, 29.07" wide and 0.5" deep. The print is framed and matted in the identical style as the another etching of an ancient Roman landmark, the Piazza Navona, which is also listed on 1stdibs, see item # LU117326144172. The pair would make an attractive display grouping of Roman architecture. A discount is available for purchase of the pair of prints.
Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) like his predecessors, Giovanni Piranesi (1720–1778) and Giuseppi Vasi (1710-1782), was an architect and artist. Like Piranesi and Vasi, he wanted to glorify the architecture of ancient Rome, which he felt was deteriorating and needed to be documented. Several of the ruins he illustrated have, in fact, since disappeared leaving only his images as a record of their appearance. His images of the grand edifices of the city dramatically depict the power and glory...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ crucified between the two thieves: oval plate, 1648
Located in Torino, IT
Christ crucified between the two thieves: oval plate, 1648
Original Etching.
Bibliography: Bartsch, 79; Hind 173; Biörlund, 41-2; White & Boon, B79. (mm. 163x131).
Wonderful evidence...
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1640s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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