Old Masters Art

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière Tome III, Plate VI, page 202 Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate etching and engraving on laid paper Plate ma...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tome III – Pl. 9, p. 228 This finely engraved copperplate presents a comprehensive anatomical study of the head and brain, integrating muscul...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tome III – Pl. 10, p. 234 This copperplate engraving presents a systematic anatomical study of the human brain through multiple cranial secti...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. III – Pl. II, p. 234 This copperplate engraving presents a detailed anatomical study of the human brain and its principal internal struc...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. III – Pl. XII, p. 242 This copperplate engraving presents a detailed anatomical study of the organ of hearing, with particular emphasis ...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Tom. III – Pl. 13, p. 246 This copperplate engraving presents a comparative anatomical study of the auditory apparatus, combining sectional ...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, 1771 Edition, Tom. III – Pl. 16, p. 266 This finely executed copperplate engraving presents a detailed anatomical study of the posterior abdo...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. III Pl. XVII, p. 266 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This highly detailed copper engraving presents a complex anatomical study of the pe...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. VIII Pl. LII, p. 396 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This finely executed copper engraving presents a comprehensive anatomical study of ...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Tom. VIII, Pl. XXXV, p.244. This refined copper engraving presents a detailed anatomical study of the male reproductive organs of a quadrupe...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. VIII Pl. LI, p. 396 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This finely engraved anatomical plate presents a detailed study of the intestinal tr...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Pl. XXXIII, p. 280 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This elaborate copper engraving combines anatomical dissection with external zoological re...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Copper engraving, 1771 edition This finely detailed copper engraving presents an anatomical study of the stomach and renal structures of a q...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. VIII. Pl. XXXVII, p. 332 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This finely executed copper engraving presents a detailed anatomical study of t...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière, Tom. VIII Pl. XXXVIII, p. 332 Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copper engraving on laid paper Approx. 24.5 × 19.5 cm ...

From: Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Tom. VIII, Plate XIII (Pl. XIII, p. 154) Copperplate engraving on laid paper with visible chain lin...

This framed original 18th century etching is entitled "Fregio antico di marmo con Ippogrifi, nel cortile del palazzo della Valle" (Ancient Marble Frieze with Hippogriffs in the Courtyard of The Palace of the Valley). The etching is by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published in Rome in 1778. It is from Piranesi's monumental work "Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, Ed Ornamenti Antichi", (Vases, candelabra, grave stones...

La Fuite is an original print in etching technique on ivory paper, realized by Marcel Roux, a French engraver and sculptor, after J.F. Millet (French Pain...

Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees (B232), Year: 1878 (of original 1648), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5 x 6...

Hastings Castle from the beach oil William Edward Webb A fine 19th century oil on canvas painting depicting Hastings Castle from the beach with fishermen and boats housed in a git ...

This etching, representing Glaucus and Scylla, is an 18th century copy after Salvator Rosa (ca. 1661). Signed lower right “S.Rosa” The state of preservation is very good. Foxings d...

An early 18th century hand colored engraving of a scene of the city of Venice, Italy entitled "Palazzo Lin, a. S. Samuele sopra il Canal Grande". It depicts Venetian architecture, wa...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1767–1771 – Tom. V, Pl. XXV (p. 300): Le Mâtin Copper engraving depicting Le Mâtin (mastiff-type dog) in profile, set within a courtyard scene. The anima...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. III (p. 48) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition depicting detailed anatomical studies of reproductive organs in two views. The upp...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. V (p. 48) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition illustrating comparative anatomical studies of the reproductive organs. The upper fi...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. VII (p. 48) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition illustrating the male urogenital system in detailed anatomical views. The plate pr...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXII (p. 258) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition illustrating detailed anatomical studies, including a dissected organ with label...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXXV (p. 342) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition depicting anatomical studies of the male genital organs and a quadruped skeleton...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXXIII (p. 332) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition, depicting detailed anatomical studies of the male reproductive system, includ...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXXII (p. 332) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition illustrating anatomical studies of the male genital organs, shown in multiple d...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXXVII (p. 360) Fine copper engraving from the 1771 edition, illustrating anatomical studies of the male reproductive organs, includi...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXX (p. 360) Fine copper engraving from the 1771 edition, depicting anatomical studies of the male reproductive organs, including bla...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXIX (p. 298) Fine copper engraving from the 1771 edition, illustrating detailed anatomical studies of the urinary bladder and adjace...

Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXVII (p. 298) Copper engraving depicting the male urinary and reproductive system, including bladder, prostate, urethra and testes, s...

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Tome III, Plate III, page 110 Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper (approx. 24.5 × 19...

CHILD -Watercolorl on paper cm.51x41 signed lower left by Alfonso Grassi, Italy. Wooden frame with passeportout cm.94x73

Esta no lo es menos 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 D...

Tempio della Fortuna is an original etching hand watercolored of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions and aged...

Rest on the flight into Egypt is an etching by Simone Cantarini executed around 1640. Cantarini also made a painting with the same subject now at the Louvre Museum.     The dimension...

Seminario di S. Pietro in Vaticano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditi...

Chiesa di S.Niccolo de' Perfetti is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except for con...

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...

Benedetto Luti (Florence, Italy, 1666 - Rome, Italy, 1724) Title: Head of a Girl Medium: Oil pastel on canvas Dimensions: without frame 28 x 23.5 cm - with frame 38.5 x 33.5 cm Origi...

No quiren 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 Desastres de la Guerra" realized during the years of the Independence Spanish War, published in 1863 and representing the horrors and the despair of the War. Signature appears upside down in the lower right corner. Titled on the lower central margin "No Quiren" (Not Even Them). Numbered on the lower left corner. Etching N. 9. Very good conditions. A Napoleonic soldier...

Estan Calientes is an original artwork realized by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. The plate is part of the Third Edition of "Los Caprichos" that was published in 1868 by the Calcografia Nacional for the Real Academia. Full edition includes 80 original plates. Plate N. 13. Numbered on the upper corner. Titled on the lower central margin "Estan Calientes" (They feel warm). Excellent conditions. It seems that Goya first...

Two Girls  is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching after Rembrandt by Charles Amand-Durand. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th...

Artist: (after) Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (English, 1779-1844) Title: "Benevolent Cottagers" Year: 1816 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown...

This is an 18th century engraved and etched portrait of Johannes Wesselius by Jacobus Houbraken after a painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard. It depicts a half-height image of Wesselius...

"The Heidelberg Tun" is a 17th century engraving by an unknown artist. It depicts a famous huge ornamental wine cask that resided in the wine cellar of Heidelberg Castle. The cask shown here, built in 1664, is the second of four Heidelberg Tuns; the first was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, between 1618 and 1648. This cask was built in 1664 when Karl Ludwig ordered Heidelberg cellar master...

An original hand colored copperplate engraved map entitled in Latin "Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus cum terris adjacentibus", published in Amsterdam in 1640 i...

Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized in the 18th century. Signed on the ...

This is an etched portrait of a pensive woman wearing a detailed cloth head scarf by George Woolliscroft Rhead (1854-1920). It may be entitled "A Fisher Wife", but this can not be co...

Colored silkscreen print on paper with mahogany wood frame

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...

Exodus 2 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Sisto Badalocchio. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout in...

This is a 17th century portrait engraving of Saint Vincent de Paul by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707) after a painting by Simon Francois (1606-1671), published in Charles Perrault's 'Les Hommes Illustres' in Paris in 1696. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) was a French Catholic...

"Le Temps, Apollon, et les Saisons (Time, Apollo, and the Seasons)" is an etching by Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain). This etching is the Fifth state (A). This state is also in collections in Paris (BN, L, PP) and Washington; Mannocci cat. no. 43. The inscription reads: "Apollo in atto di obedire al tempo. La Primavera a cominciare il ballo. Lestate no manca del suo calore. L'aurunno colsuo licore / Seguita. Linvernno tiene la sua staggione, Claudio Gillee inven.Fec.Roma 1662 con licenza de super." A powerful example of Claude's staging of landscape in the classical manner is the etching "Time, Apollo, and the Seasons," done in 1662 after Poussin's painting of 1624-1636, "Dance to the Music of Time...

Flowers - Oil on canvas cm.70x90, Luigi Degli Espositi, Italy, 2002 Gold leaf gilded wooden frame available on request

This is a framed 16th century map and city view of Canterbury, England entitled "Cantuarbury" by Braun & Hogenburg, from their famous landmark atlas of city views 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' (Atlas of the Cities of the World), which was first published in Cologne, Germany in 1572. The map of Canterbury was first published in 1588. It depicts a detailed birdseye view of the completely walled and fortified city of Canterbury, with its cathedral the most prominent feature. The coat of arms of England, Canterbury, and the Archbishop of Canterbury are included. This beautifully hand-colored map is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a beaded inner trim and a paprika-colored mat that highlights details in the map. The frame measures 18.75" high by 22.25" wide by 0.875" deep. There is a central vertical fold, as issued. The map is in excellent condition. Braun and Hogenberg's 'The Civitates Orbis Terrarum' was the second atlas of maps ever published and the first atlas of cities and towns of the world. It is one of the most important books published in the 16th century. Most of the maps in the atlas were engraved by Franz Hogenberg and the text, with its descriptions of the history and additional factual information of the cities, was written by a team of writers and edited by Georg Braun. The work contained 546 bird-eye views and map views of cities and towns from all over the world. It gave graphic representation of the main features of the illustrated cities and towns, including the buildings and streets. Although the ordinary buildings are stylized, the principal buildings are reproduced from actual drawings created on location. The principal landmarks and streets can still be recognized today. In addition, the maps often include the heraldic arms of the city, the nature of the surrounding countryside, the important rivers, streams and harbors, even depicting stone bridges, wooden pontoons, flat-bottomed ferries, ships and working boats, wharves and jetties, as well as land-based activities, including horsemen, pedestrians, wagons, coaches, and palanquins. Small vignettes are often included which illustrate the trade, occupations and habits of the local inhabitants, such as agriculture, paper-making and textiles, as well as local forms of punishment, such as gibbets, wheels, floggings etc. Large figures dressed in their local costume are often presented out of proportion in the foreground. The aim of the authors was to give as much information as possible in a pleasing visual form. They succeeded in creating maps that were both informative and decorative works of art. The atlas is a wonderful glimpse of life in medieval Europe. Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic...

This is a hand-colored 18th century map of the Meissen region of Germany, entitled "Geographischer Entwurff Derer Aemmter Meissen als Creys-Procuratur-Schul-und Stiffts-Ammt benebst ...