Various Old Masters

Capital Letter - l Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s

1750s

Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by George Gorvel in the 19th Century. Black and white etching. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced compo...

"The Poet" is an original etching on paper, realized by Léopold Flameng. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Signed on the plate. The artwork represents beautiful poets in a tavern, the etching technique is used. Léopold Flameng (1831 - 1911): Léopold F. was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. He was born of French parents. He was a medallist at the Exposition Universelle (1878) and was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1898 . Known for his etchings of works by Jan van Eyck , Leonardo da Vinci , Rembrandt , Ingres and Delacroix , he illustrated several books on Paris and numerous literary works of classical and contemporary authors, including Boccaccio , Paul Scarron , Victor Hugo and François Coppée . He had numerous students, including his son, François Flameng...

Palace of the Chancellery is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower. Very good conditions ...

Pastoral Scene After Rembrandt is an original Etching realized in the Early 18th Century by Francesco Novelli (1767-1836). Signed on the plate. In good condition. The artwork is ...

Etching on cream wove paper. 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (159 x 94 mm), full margin. Signed in pencil lower center margin, from the edition of 111. A well inked impression with a minor cre...

Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper, full margins. Signed and numbered 59/75 in pencil, lower margin. Notations in pencil along the lower sheet edge, recto, well outside of ima...

Here for your consideration is a wonderful original etching on archival paper by the well known American artist, Ralph Fabri. Strong impression; signed in pencil by the artist lower right margin. Titled and dated bottom left of the sheet “1947-Americana”. Condition of the etching is excellent. Top corner of sheet and bottom right corner of sheet have tiny creases. Not visible, under the mat. Sheet size is 12 by 15 inches. Image size is 8 by 9.75 inches. Matted but not framed. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector. Painter and printmaker, commercial artist, writer, and teacher, Ralph Fabri was born Fabri Reszo in Hungary in 1894. He was educated in Budapest, first studying architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1912 to 1914. He then enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1918 with a Professor's Diploma (M.A.) "for teaching drawing, painting and geometry – including descriptive and projective geometry – in schools of higher education." Fabri arrived in New York City in 1921 and soon adopted the anglicized version of his name, Ralph Fabri. He began doing commercial design work and during the academic year of 1923/24 was enrolled as an evening student at the National Academy of Design. After becoming an American citizen in 1927, he traveled extensively in Europe. Upon returning to New York that same year, Fabri decided his financial situation was stable enough to allow him to focus his attention on fine art. During the Great Depression, Fabri's already inadequate portrait commissions and art sales further declined and he returned to commercial work. He established a workshop known as the Ralph Fabri Studios, that designed theatrical and movie sets, window displays, and retail interiors. But Fabri found the workshop dirty and distasteful, and eventually was able to concentrate on advertising work which could be done from home. The largest clients for his pen and ink drawings were The Stamp and Album Co. of America, Inc. (for which he designed covers for stamp albums and produced illustrations for envelopes housing sets of stamps sold to collectors), Geographica Map Co., and Joseph H. Cohen & Sons (for whom he designed and illustrated mail order catalogs). Another source of income during this period was the design and construction of an addition to "Iroki," Theodore Dreiser...

This etching is #2 out of an edition of 10