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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Veduta in Prospettiva d'un Antico Vaso Cinerario di Marmo
Located in Roma, IT
The same urn, in perspective
Beautiful artist proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, showing a precious urn. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details, signed on pl...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest sheep figures sky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shepherd and Shepherdess Conversing in a Landscape (Berger et Bergere Conversant)" is an etching by Claude Gellee (Le Lorrain). This etching is in the collections of the Metropolita...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Portrait of Anton Maria Zanetti - Etching by Joannes de Plano -Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anton Maria Zanetti is a beautiful original etching and burin on laid paper, realized by the Spanish artist Joannes de Plano (active in 1770-1780), as the inscription reports aroind the oval portrait.
Below image, at left the inscription: Anton: Mariae Zanetti se ipsum delineavit; below image, at right: Joannes de Plano sculpsit; below image, at center: Anton Mariae Zanetti Alexandr: f: / Artis Pictoriae, at Linguae Graecae peritiss: / Per XLII annos a publ: D. Marci Bibliotheca benemerenti / Hic dormit in Domino / Ano LXXIII Aetatis suae...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Earl of Montbar, famous French horseman, Crispin de Passe Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670)
Caesar August de Bellegarde Conte de Montbar Marquis de Termes grand Ecuyer de France, c. 1660
Engraving
Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
Fr...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Egyptian Figure - Etching Hand Colored by L. Pizzi After A. Tofanelli
Located in Roma, IT
“Idolo Egizio” - Image Dim: cm 48 x 33, Dim: cm 59 x 44.
Precious Etching on copper: Hand-colored subject on black ink bottom. Designed by Agostino Tofanelli and engraved by Luigi ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Prague and Egra, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" - 1572-1617
Located in Roma, IT
Braun G. & Hogenberg F., Praga, Egra, from the collection Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617. Image dimensions: 39.5 x 47.5 cm. Dimensions: 41 x 52.5 cm.
Wo...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Petit Maitre - Original Etching and Pastel by L-M Bonnet - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Petit Maitre (The Small Master) is an engraving made by the Parisian artist Louis-Marin Bonnet and realized in the second half of 1700 in Paris.
Inside the matrix, the title is engraved on the lower center, whilst “A Paris, chez Bonnet rue St. Jacques” appears on the lower right. The state of preservation is somewhat good, except for fungal foxing spread on the left margin and some stains, of which one is more visible on the higher left of the image. The higher, lower, and left margins are fringed and present tiny tears.
Louis-Marin Bonnet lived from 1736 to 1793 in Paris. He was a painter and engraver, and as such he invented one of the first color-printing methods with many matrices, with a pastel-like effect. In 1769, he published a treatise titled Le Pastel en gravure inventé, et execute par Louis Bonnet...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Pastel, Etching
The Internal Organs - From "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" - by A. Vesalio - 1642
Located in Roma, IT
The internal organs is an ancient original etching Table no. 36 of the popular "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" by Andrea Vesalio, in the 1642 edition by Nicolaus Fontanus (Fontayn), Am...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th-century celestial - Cetus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Cetus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that ti...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
'Bacchus' — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Bacchus', engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. Engraving by Gabbugiani, after the original by Giovan...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
35. Common hyacinth, Common tiger, moth
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Pigment
Versailles : The Fountains of Apollo - Original etching, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Rigaud (c. 1671/91-1754)
Versailles : The Fountains of Apollo
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 56.5 cm (14.9 x 22.2 inch)
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums " By Sakai Hōitsu
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Lithograph Measures 31.5 x 29 inches.
Good condition, slight crease (pictured on third image).
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
University Church of St Mary, Oxford by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, University of Oxford
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of the University Church, engraved by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan, the noted engraver, draughtsman, and painter. St Mary's was the first building of the University of Oxford and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings. Its eccentric Baroque porch, designed by Nicholas Stone, faces the High Street, and it boasts a spire which is claimed by some church historians to be one of the most beautiful in England. Radcliffe Square lies to the north and to the east is Catte Street. The 13th-century tower is open to the public and provides magnificent views across the heart of the historic university city, especially Radcliffe Square, the Radcliffe Camera...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Milk-vetch Montpelier, Astragalus monspessulanus Plate 375
Located in Columbia, MO
Milk-vetch Montpelier, Astragalus monspessulanus Plate 375
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Les deux tures coifffes d’un turban avec une aigrette (The turban with crest)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les deux tures coifffes d’un turban avec une aigrette
(The two headdresses of a turban with a crest)
Etching, 1618
From: Varie Figure (16 plates)
Condition: Trimmed withing the plate...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave, Year: Of Original 1639, Medium: Etching, Size: 10.5 in. x 8....
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Column of Marcus Aurelius
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine impression with the address of the artist (Autore, Strada Felice) and the price (Paoli 2 1/2) as well as Hind Watermark no.3 (Fleur-de-lys-in-a-Double-Circle), all correspondi...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Pierre-Auguste Renoir "La danse à la campagne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
"La danse à la campagne"
Conceived 1883
Soft ground Etching on paper
Image: 8-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches (21.9 x 13.3 cm) (plate)
Sheet size : 1...
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Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Etching
18th-century celestial - Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Gouache
Set of Four Gourds
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 double-page mezzotint engravings, printed in colour and finished by hand.
[Published: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer, Regensburg, 1737].
An attractive collection of fine plates...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
Virgin and Child on a Crescent
By Lucas van Leyden
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lucas Van Leyden (1494-1533)
Virgin and Child on a Crescent
Engraving, 1523
120x77 mm; 4 ¾ x 3 1/8 inches, thread margins
frame : 16 x 11 in.
Note : very good, dark clean impressi...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Craggula Tree, Crassula cotyledon Plate 384
Located in Columbia, MO
Craggula Tree, Crassula cotyledon Plate 384
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Southwark Cathedral engraving c. 1753 for Stow's Survey of London
Located in London, GB
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Eridanus Orion Lepus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
The Bohemians
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Callot (1592-1635), The Bohemians, the set of four etchings touched with burin, 1621. Reference: Lieure 374 (second state of four); Lieure 375-77 (second state of two). In ve...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engravings of Fruit in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Champignon de la France, a French antique mushroom engraving, 1791
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Le Bolet Bisannuel' & 'Le Bolet Coriace'
A French copper-line engraving with original printed colouring of mushrooms by Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard (1742-1793).
From Bulliard's 'Histoire des Champignons de la France', a series of engravings describing the mushrooms of France, published in Paris in 1791. This series of engravings are 'probably the first botanical work completely colour-printed without retouching by hand' (Great Flower Books...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Accent en Rose
Located in Manchester, GB
Wassily Kandinsky, Accent en Rose, 1926/2021
Image size: 26 × 21 cm
Framed size: 38 × 32 cm
‘Accent on rose’ was produced by Wassily Kandinsky in 1926 whilst he was working at a r...
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Contemporary 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Giclée
Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak) /// Botanical Botany Plants Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak)" (Octandreie, Monogynie, Plate 300)
Portfolio: Histoire Nature...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Van Ostade, Le Gourmet en compagnie, c.1664
Located in Torino, IT
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE, Haarlem 1610 - 1684
Le Gourmet en compagnie, 1664 c.a
Original etching and drypoint, signed in plate at lower left.
Bibliography: Godefroy 50 VII/XII. (mm. 219x2...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Carte Particuliere Des Coste De Bretagne qui Comprend Morlaix
Located in Paonia, CO
Carte Particuliere Des Costes De Bretagne qui Comprend Morlaix, Saint Paul de Leon, les Sept Isles, et L’Isle. Faite par ordre Exprez Du Roy de France is from the collection of ch...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Singers
Located in Chicago, IL
The Singers (4th State), 1667
Etching printed with tone
240 x 190 mm.; 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Provenance:
W. Benoni White (Lugt 2592)
Karl Herweg (not in Lugt)
References:
Godefroy 19 IV/VII
Hollstein 19 IV/VII
Pelletier, Georgia Museum of Art, 1994: nos. 46 and 47
Notes:
A very fine impression of the rare 4th state (of seven) of this major Van Ostade.
Godefroy illustrates differences between this 4th state and the following 5th state. In the latter state, there are several “escaped lines”, going obliquely from left to right, directly above the central post. These lines are not visible in the 4th state.
Ostade was one of the most important of the printmakers within the Rembrandt circle. His prints, avoiding religious subjects, depicted beggars, peasants and artisans. Combining great artistic sensitivity with thorough mastery of the medium of etching, Ostade etchings present a unique artistic panorama of life in seventeenth-century Holland.
Pelletier (S. William Pelletier, Adrian Van Ostade...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
------- Pyramidal, ------- Pyramidalis Plate 366
Located in Columbia, MO
—–---Pyramidal, -------Pyramidalis Plate 366
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Presse Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.8
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No. 8 is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and eng...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Honden Jagen Op Een Beer (Hounds Hunting a Bear) /// Old Masters Dogs Landscape
By Abraham Hondius
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Abraham Hondius (Dutch, c.1625-1691)
Title: "Honden Jagen Op Een Beer (Hounds Hunting a Bear)"
*Signed and dated by Hondius in the plate (print...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Laid Paper, Intaglio
The Oriental and his wife - Etching after Albrecht Durer - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
This etching is a reverse copy after Dürer's original (ca. 1495-1496), executed in 18th century.
Dürer's monogram at the bottom centre.
Provenance: Aglietti Gallery, 1969
Passepar...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Map of Oxfordshire coloured 18th century engraving by Thomas Kitchin
Located in London, GB
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Bodleian Library, Oxford University by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)
The Bodleian Library, Oxford
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of the bea...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Aurelian, A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies Plate XLII
By Moses Harris
Located in Paonia, CO
Moses Harris ( British 1731-1785 )
The Aurelian, A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies
Plate XLII 1778 edition
hand colored edition
17.88 x 11.00
good condition
Pla...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Rustics of Japan – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A Method of Riding as Practised by the Rustics of Japan.
One plate from A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have been remarkable from the earlies...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Ostrich, Porcupine and Hedgehog Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving with later hand-coloring from "Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historia...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
$875 Sale Price
27% Off
Citrus and Apricots
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Citrus and Apricots
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plate, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Mezzotint
18th Century Native Floridians Etching
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 18th century etching of native Floridians probably used for a book. Very good condition for its age. Etching measures 7 1/2 inches high by 5 3/4 inches wide. The beautiful custom...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Etching
Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort)" (Hexandrie, Digynie, Plate 265)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturel...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
THORNTON. Group of Carnations
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, 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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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engraving of Fruit in a Decalcomania Frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
THORNTON. The Roses
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and Doctor of Medicine, practicing at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the Sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle and others as painters; Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Earlom and John Landseer. Most of the images were painted by Peter Charles Henderson and Philip Reinagle.
These botanical illustrations are unique as they were the first flower prints with landscape backgrounds, depicting the natural habitat of the plant. The life-size flowers stand out dramatically and the whole effect is startlingly modern. Thornton's announced intention was to make this work the most magnificent tribute ever paid to the famous Swedish botanist Linnaeus by illustrating his Sexual System with the finest possible prints. All these were engraved on a larger scale than anything which had hitherto appeared and then were printed in colour, an expensive and uncommon method in England at this time. A brilliant effect.
This rare and celebrated plate of the Roses...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving
David Loggan Botanic Gardens Oxford Engraving 1675
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Botanic Gardens, Oxford
Engraving, later colouring
41x50cm
Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studyi...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
17th century etching black and white figurative landscape cityscape buildings
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Figures Outside the Monastery" is an original etching by Jan Frans van Bloemen. It depicts people on the path to a church.
7" x 10 1/4" art
19 1/4" x 22 5/8" frame
Jan Frans van Bloemen (baptized 12 May 1662 - buried 13 June 1749) was a Flemish landscape painter mainly active in Rome. Here he was able to establish himself as the leading painter of views (vedute) of the Roman countryside depicted in the aesthetic of the classical landscape tradition.
Van Bloemen predominantly painted classical landscapes, taking his inspiration from the Roman Campagna. His landscapes, with their recession through a series of planes, soft, warm lightning and classical and religious subject matter, drew on the examples of artists such as Claude Lorrain and Gaspard Dughet. His paintings are exquisitely imbued with that "difficult-to-define pastoral ambience" which helped to make him such a great painter in the eyes of his contemporaries. The technique and subjects of the work of Jan Frans van Bloemen are also related to painters such as Jan Asselijn, Thomas Wyck...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th Century Map Engraving - Mechlin, or Malines
Located in Corsham, GB
A map of Mechelen, known as Malines in French and Mechlin in English, a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. A birds-eye view plan of th...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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Lincoln College, Oxford engraving by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)
Lincoln College, Oxford
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of Lincoln, engr...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Four Groups of Nine Grotesque Masks
By Alò Giovannoli
Located in London, GB
4 Groups of 9 plates of Grotesque Masks.
[Published: Venanzio Monaldini, Rome, 1781].
Rare and strong impressions of etchings of grotesque masks, after...
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce .View of the Remains of the Peristyle of the House of Nero,
Etching, 1756
Signed in the plate (see photo)
From: Le Antichità Roma...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Head of Camel - Etching by Stefano Della Bella - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family is an etching by Rembrandt Camel head is an etching by Stefano Della Bella executed in 17th century.
Monogrammed “SDB fec.”
Plate 8,1x8,5...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Oxford from the East engraving by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)
Oxford from the East
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of Oxford from the east, engraved by Pieter van de...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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