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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Frankfort, Germany entitled "Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, from their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Cologne, Germany in 1595.
This is an English translation of an excerpt from the original text in the atlas:
"Frankenberg or, according to others, Francoburgum, a town in Hesse. Charlemagne vested the town of Frankenberg with many freedoms and privileges, which it still enjoys to this day, and on account of its valiant and victorious soldiers awarded a signet, upon which there formerly appeared a golden castle with a tower, together with the letter F and a golden crown.
Frankenberg, seen here from the northeast, lies on a hill above the River Eder. The hillside is covered with fields neatly separated by bushes and fences. Soaring above the town is the massive Liebfrauenkirche, which was modelled on St Elizabeth's church in Marburg. The New Town was founded in 1335 at the foot of the hill (right) and merged with the Old Town as late as 1556. Frankenberg was founded by Conrad of Thuringia in 1233/34 to prevent the archbishops of Mainz from expanding their sphere of influence...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Cactus & Rose of Jericho Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Melocactos" (Turk's Cap Cactus or Mother-in-law's Cushion), "Rosa Hiericontea aperta" (Rose of Jericho Unfolded), "Rosa Hie...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
View of Castello dell'Acqua Felice - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1751
Located in Roma, IT
View of Castel of Acqua Felice is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1751.
Very precoius and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. I...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Zodiac Signs On Lamps - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Zodiac Signs On Lamps from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some cutti...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Veduta della Basilica di S. Paolo Fuor delle Mura - Etching
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid and watermarked paper (a double circles visible near the bell tower). 38 th Plate from the series " Views of Rome".
Signed on plate on lower-left margin "Piranesi F....
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Card Game: An Early 17th Century Engraving by A. Voet after Cornelis de Vos
By Alexander Voet
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century engraving entitled "The Card Game" by old master artist Alexander de Voet after a painting by Cornelis de Vos, created in 1632. The pain...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Africa: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map By Sanson and Jaillot
Located in Alamo, CA
This large original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Africa entitled "L'Afrique divisee suivant l'estendue de ses principales parties ou sont distingues les uns des autres, L...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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
$269 Sale Price
20% Off
Orbis Terrarum - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Antique Map - Orbis Terrarum is an antique map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring.
Good conditions with...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Carlo Oraty - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Carlo Oraty in the late 18th century.
Signed on the p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Amstelredam - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Amstelredam 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: carte...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Altra veduta della Chiesa di ... - Etching by G.B. Falda - Late 1600
Located in Roma, IT
Altra veduta della Chiesa di S. Ignatio de Papa della Compa di Giesu nel Rione della Pigna is an etching realized in the Late 17th Century by Giovan Battista Falda.
Good condition e...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia /// English Botanical Flower Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799)
Title: "Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia" (Vol. 7, Plate 233)
Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed
Year...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Clare College, Cambridge (aerial view) by David Loggan
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
Clare College, Cambridge
Engraving
36 x 42 cm
An eighteenth-century view of Clare College, Cambridge, engraved by David Loggan, the noted engraver, draugh...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Chauvesouris - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Chauvesouris is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good co...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
$190 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Theories of Planetary Motion: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Theoria Planetarum Primariorum In qua ipsorum motus in Copernican...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
King Henry VII /// Old Masters Royal Family British Portrait Face Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Vertue (English, 1684-1756)
Title: "King Henry VII"
Portfolio: The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History
*Issued u...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Le Tarsier - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Tarsier is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliè...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engravings of Sunflowers, Set of 4, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
A complete set of four hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of sunflowers from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in hand-made, parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Les Musiciens Ambulants (B119), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Les Musiciens Ambulants (B119), Year: 1878 (of original 1635), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5.5 x 4.75 in. (13.97 x...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Chiesa di Sant'Athanagio e Collegio della Natione de Greci - by G.B. Falda
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di Sant'Athanagio e Collegio della Natione de' Greci is a wonderful black and white etching on cream-colored paper realized in the second half of the XVII century by Giovanni Battista Falda.
Signed on plate on the lower left margin "Giò Batta Falda dis. et fece".
Title etched on plate at the center, with a urbanistic caption and a dedication to "Gio. Iacomo Rossi" on plate on the right corner of the lower margin.
In excellent conditions, except for the wavy paper. An ivory-colored cardboard passepartout is included (34 x 49 cm).
A beautiful urban landscape of Rome with full blacks and precise lines, to admire a disappeared view of the eternal city.
Giovanni Battista Falda (Valduggia, 1643 - Rome, 1678) was an Italian engraver, who documented architectures and urban planning in Rome in the second half of the seventeenth century. Born in the province of Vercelli, he soon showed a passion for drawing. He was thus placed in the workshop of a local painter, and then, at the age of 14, sent to Rome to stay at his uncle's, who spoke about him to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He also studied with Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. From De Rossi, the adolescent...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
"Katu-Belluren": A 17th Century Botanical Engraving by Hendrik van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraving of a vine spinach plant entitled "Katu-Belluren" by Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 46 from his 'Hortus Indicus M...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Forest - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"The Forest" is an original drawing in etching, realized by Jean Philippe Serrazin (1736-1793).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 21.9 x 27.6 ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Autre Kabassou - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Autre Kabassou is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et partic...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Jan Uytenbogaert (1606-84; The Goldweigher), Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Jan Uytenbogaert (1606-84; The Goldweigher), Year: Of Original 1639, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 9.5 x 8 inches, Si...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
29. Arctian, Castnia, Steirodon thoracicm
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
"Lilium Persicum" Ehret 18th Century Hand Colored Botanical Engraving
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Alamo, CA
A beautiful and important 18th century hand colored copperplate engraving of lillies which was most likely designed by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) and engraved by Johann Michae...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Jewish Bride, Fig B 341, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - The Jewish Bride, Fig B 341, Year: of Original: 1635, Medium: Etching, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), P...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Deer Horns - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Deer Horns is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard....
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
St. Paul's Cross
By James Stow
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 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving
Moscow /Moscovia Antique Map, Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg
Located in Roma, IT
Hand colored Etching from Civitates Orbis Terrarum. One of the first printed views of Moscow, and the first of Braun and Hogenberg,The table shows ...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Etching
'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of an unidentified woman, copying a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The identity of the sitter is a mystery: formerly, the portrait was believed to be of Catherine of Aragon, and the National Portrait Gallery in London identifies her as Queen Mary I...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Collegio di Propaganda Fide - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio di Propaganda Fide is an etching on paper of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for consumed margins and Foxings.
Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 - Rome, 1782) was an engraver, architect, and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761, Vasi published 10 volumes with 240 engravings of the monuments of Rome...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Vienna, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" - Etching - Old Master
Located in Roma, IT
Braun G., Hogenberg F., "Vienna", from the collection "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617. Image Dim: cm 15 x 47, Dim: cm 20 x 53.
Wonderful B/W Aquatint r...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Carcere ascura
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carcere ascura
Etching, 1743
Signed in the plate bottom left corner
From: Prima Parte, 1743
Second edition: 1750-1778
Watermark: R 37-39
A lifetime impression printed during Piranesi’s life, before the plates are moved to Paris by his sons in the 1790’s
This image foretells Piranesi's famous set, Carceri (Prisons) which is his next creative effort.
Condition: Horizontal crease midway in the sheet associated with the manufacture of the paper.
Visible watermark verso
Small printer crease in the bottom right below the caption plate.
Image size: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Reference: Robison 3 iii/VI
Piranesi In Rome: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive
"Although Piranesi studied architecture in Venice, he never was able to find work in the field other than a few jobs involving remodeling in Rome. While Piranesi was struggling to support his architectural endeavors upon his arrival in Rome in 1740, he spent a short period of time in the studio of master painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) in addition to his apprenticeship with Giuseppe Vasi. The first production of Piranesi’s early years in Rome and a culmination of his training under Vasi, Tiepolo, and his uncle, was the Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive (1743). The Prima Parte was a collection of twelve etchings of imaginary temples, palaces, ruins, and a prison. During this time, Piranesi was still developing the unique style of etching he is known for today, and as such the Prima Parte differs significantly in technique compared to later works. In the Frontispiece of the Prima Parte, Piranesi’s lines are definite and exact with very little flow to them, designed in the form of traditional etching. The detail is immaculate, and yet perspective of the piece is oddly simple and familiar to the viewer. Piranesi’s technique employs miniscule markings and lines, intricately woven together to create a stippling effect. The Prima Parte, described as “rigid” by art historian Jonathan Scott, came to be seen as a stark contrast to his later sketches, which were much lighter and freer. Influenced by the style of Tiepolo, which epitomized the lightness and brightness of the Rococo period, Piranesi adopted some of the more painterly techniques of the masters he apprenticed under. Piranesi made the medium of etching appear as though it was a sketch or a painting, hence a “freer” and more fluid design in his later works. For example, the frontispiece of the Prima Parte read as an etching to Piranesi’s audience, but in his later vedute, the style of etching almost appears to be made of brushstrokes. Moreover, at the same time Piranesi was working on the Prima Parte, he aided the artist Giambattista Nolli. There is a small section of Nolli’s map...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Player - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Player from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding due to the t...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Stabian Seaside Villa - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stabian Seaside Villa from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etchi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Furet - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Furet is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Couguar - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Couguar is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Le Grand.
Signed in plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande - View of the Port of Ripa Grande - 1753
Located in Roma, IT
G. B. Piranesi, Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande (View of the port of Ripa Grande)
Etching, Burin and Drypoint on fine watermarked paper (with lily watermarked). Signed on plate lower-right: “G.B. Piranesi Architetto fec.”.
2nd State/ VI (Hind 27)
Image Dim: cm 38.2 x 61.5, Dim: 53.3 x 77.3.
Good conditions, with some normal fold of paper at the center
From one of the most important series of etchings by G.B. Piranesi, ”Views of Rome drawn and etched by Giambattista Piranesi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter B - Etching by G. Mignani - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet B, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Mignani in the 18th centur...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge engraving by David Loggan
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Lemons "Limon Peretto": An Early 18th Century Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Limon Peretto" from his publication "Nurmbergische ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
St Peters Church at Rome /// "Vitruvius Britannicus" Architecture Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Colen Campbell (Scottish, 1676-1729)
Title: "St Peters Church at Rome" (Vol. 1, Plate 6)
Portfolio: Vitruvius Britannicus; or The British Architect, Containing the Plans, Ele...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio
Shunga: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Goat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shunga: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Goat
Color woodcut with gauffrage (embossing)
Unsigned (as usual)
Format: Shikishiban
Publisher: Privately produced
Unusually well preserved with the fugitive blue still intact
Image size: 5-1/8 x 5-3/4"
Sheet size: 5 3/8 x 6 1/4"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Isoda.
Isoda Koryūsai (礒田 湖龍斎, 1735–1790) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer and painter active from 1769 to 1790.
Life and career
Koryūsai was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of the clan and moved to Edo (modern Tokyo) where he settled near Ryōgoku Bridge in the Yagenbori area. He became a print designer there under the art name Haruhiro in 1769, at first making samurai-themed designs. The ukiyo-e print master Harunobu died in 1770, and about that time Koryūsai began making prints in a similar style of life in the pleasure districts.
Koryūsai was a prolific designer of individual prints and print series,[1] most of which appeared between 1769 and 1881.
In 1782, Koryūsai applied for and received the Buddhist honour hokkyō ("Bridge of the Law") from the imperial court and thereafter used the title as part of his signature. His output slowed from this time, though he continued to design prints until his death in 1790.
Works
Koryūsai created a total of 2,500 known designs, or an average of four a week. According to art historian Allen Hockley, "Koryūsai may ... have been the most productive artist of the eighteenth century".
The series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyō, 1776–1781) ran for 140 prints, the longest known ukiyo-e print series of beauties. He designed at least 350 hashira-e pillar prints, numerous kachō-e bird-and-flower prints, a great number of shunga erotic prints, and others. Ninety of his nikuhitsu-ga paintings are known, making him one of the most productive painters of the period.
Legacy
Despite Koryūsai's productivity and popularity—both in his time and amongst later collectors—his work has attracted little scholarship. The first ukiyo-e histories written in the West in the 19th century elevated certain artists as exemplars; Koryūsai's work came to be seen as too indebted to Harunobu, who died in 1770, and inferior to that of Kiyonaga, whose peak period came in the 1880s. An example is Woldemar von Seidlitz's Geschichte des japanischen Farbenholzschnittes ("History of Japanese colour prints", 1897), the most popular of the early ukiyo-e histories, which paints Koryūsai as a successor to Harunobu and a rival of Kiyonaga in the 1770s who slipped into mediocrity and imitation of his rival by the end of the decade.[5] Interest lay mainly in the details of Koryūsai's life—a samurai who received court honours was unusual in the proletarian world of ukiyo-e. In 2021, contemporary woodblock printmaker David Bull...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
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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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
The Hague - Le Fameux Vivier de la Haye - Etching by French Master 1700
Located in Roma, IT
The Hague - Le fameux Vivier de la Haye is an original print realized on peep-leaf in the 18th Century.
A beautiful watercolored etching (on copper plaque) sold at the time by Daumi...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Aquarius - Etching by Charles De la Haye - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Aquarius is an original etchingon paper realized by Charles De la Haye after Andrea Stech, in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower.
Good condit...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Utrecht, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum"
Located in Roma, IT
Braun G., Hogenberg F., Traiectum or Utrecht, from the collection Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617.
Very fine B/W aquatint showing a view of Utrecht, with...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Ancient Map-Poli Arctici (Map of the Poles)-Etching by Johannes Janssonius-1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Poli Arctici is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
The Map is a Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring.
Good conditions with slight foxing...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Queens' College, Cambridge, engraving by David Loggan
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634 - 1692)
Queens' College, Cambridge
Engraving
37 x 45 cm
An eighteenth-century view of Queens', Cambridge, engraved by David Loggan, the noted engraver, draughtsm...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
14. Sponge crab, Calappid, Lophozozymus octodentatus
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
Materials
Pigment
Le Roy Mene au Trone from Series Le Sacre de Louis XV 1722-1731
Located in Paonia, CO
Le Roy Mene au Trone from the Series Le Sacre de Louis XV (1722-1731 ) is an etching by French artist Charles Nicolas Cochin the Elder ( 1688-1754...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Forest Scene - Etching by Jacob Van Ruisdael - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Forest Scene is an etching on paper realized by Jacob Van Ruisdael in the 18th century.
Signed on plate.
Title on the lower center.
Good condition.
The artwork expressed poetical...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet A from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Roman Theater - Etching after Michelangelo Specchi - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Theater is an original etching on paper realized after Michelangelo Specchi, the engraver is anonymous.
Signed on the plate, lower left.
With the description on the lower.
T...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
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