17th Century German

Antique map titled 'Alsatia Inferior'. Small original antique map of the Lower Alsace region, Germany. This map originates from 'Atlas minor Gerardi Mercatoris a I. Hondio plurimis a...

Antique map titled 'Basse Partie de la Basse Saxe ou sont les Duchés de Sleswick, Holsace, Meckelenbourg et Lauvenbourg (..)'. Original old map of northern Germany, including Schlesw...

Antique map titled 'Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio'. Original antique map of the region of Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Shows the area between Halle a. d. Saale, Aschersleben,...

Antique map titled 'Ducatus Luneburgensis (..)'. Map of the Duchy of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Published by J. Janssonius, circa 1664. Jan Janssonius (also known as Johann ...

Antique map titled 'Germania, Non ea tantum quae Rheno, Vistula, Danubio, mariqz Germanico Veteribus claudebatur; Sed tota illa continens quae hodie communiter Germanica lingua utitu...

Antique map titled 'Germaniae Veteris typus'. Very attractive map of ancient Germany. Published by G. Blaeu after A. Ortelius, circa 1630. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was a p...

A rare antique early 18th century carved walnut strongbox chest, dated and dedicated, Simmern, Germany 1737. This very fine antique box is incredibly stout and robust, made from sol...

Antique map titled 'Meklenburg Ducatus'. Attractive map of northern Germany, showing the area of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Published by J. Janssonius, circa 1630. Jan Janssonius (als...

Antique map titled 'Berge Ducatus Marck Comitatus'. Original antique map of the region of Lennep, Blankenburg and Dortmund, Germany. Published by Hondius, circa 1644.

Antique map titled 'Hassia Landgraviatus'. Map of the Hesse Region of Germany. This map originates from 'Atlas Maior Sive Cosmographia Blaviana, Qua Solvm, Salvm, Coelvm, Accvratissi...

Antique map covering the central part of Europe with Germany in the centre and the Netherlands in west. With one cartouche containing cherubs and coat of arms. Published in Amsterdam...

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (August 16, 1650 - December 9, 1718) was an important 17th century cartographer and globe maker based in Venice.

This antique map depicts a portion of southern Germany that included the historic regions of Bavaria, the Palatinate, Prussia-Brandenburg, the Rhineland and Saxony. Regensberg, Freis...

Antique plan titled 't Fort van Griet-Zyl in Oost-Vrieslant'. Plan of the fortress of Greetsiel, Germany. This print originates from 'Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae' by J. ...

Antique map title 'Archiepiscopatus Coloniensis ducatibus Iuliacensi et Montensi (..)'. Original map of Cologne with the duchies of Jülich and Berg, Spanish Geldern and the county of...

Antique map titled 'Nova Totius Germaniae Descriptio'. Uncommon map of the German Empire including the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Poland and the Ba...

Antique print titled 'Lubecca, Lübeck'. A bird's eye view of Lubeck, the northern German city in Schleswig-Holstein. This print originates from 'Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris'. Ar...

Antique map titled 'Oost end West Vrieslandts beschrijvinghe. Utriusque Frisiorum Regionis Noviss: Descriptio. 1568.' Detailed map of Friesland, the Netherlands. Includes a larger co...

A hand colored copper engraving from one of the greatest botanical picture books ever created, Hortus Eystettensis. Published in Eichstatt, Germany. Drawn from the gardens of Johann ...

Botanical hand-colored engraving after original oil on canvas by botanist Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1626), "Fructus Artischochi", pl. 25 from "Hortus Eystettensis" originally pub...

Antique map titled 'Comitatus Marchia et Ravensberg'. This map depicts two historical counties of the Holy Roman Empire: Marks and Ravensberg. Major cities, towns, mountains, and riv...

A detailed map of a region in eastern Germany. Cartouches depict coat of arms surrounded by cherubs. The map is fully engraved with towns, political boundaries, rivers and forests. P...

Detailed map of the Rhine and Moselle River regions and contigous parts of France and Germany, from one of the leading Dutch map makers of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries.

A very detailed map of central Europe, centered on Germany. It extends from Belgium and The Netherlands through Pomerania in the north, and from eastern France to Croatia in the sout...

A handsome Continental rectangular iron-bound bullion (or strong) box or coffer chest of patinated walnut from the Renaissance 17th century, featuring a paneled exterior with decorat...

The dramatic pose and composition of this piece, along with the sensuous treatment of the loose unkempt hair and the schematised swirl of heavenly cloud upon which it kneels are all ...

Very cool 17/18C vase The vase is extremely heavy for a small piece, there seems to be lead insade or something. Additional information: Material: Faience, Delft Type: Vase Region ...

Pair of chiseled candlesticks plated brass Germany, probably Nuremberg 17th century H 12 x (base diameter) 9,5 cm Very good conditions.

Carved sandstone busts of Caligula & Tiberius, 17th-18th century, Denmark.

TITLE Gerhard Coch, Peace of Westphalia & Hanseatic Diplomat Portrait, 1652 DESCRIPTION Original mid-17th-century portrait engraving of Gerhard Coch (1601–1660), German jurist, Br...

ARTIST / MAKER: Anonymous German engraver DATE: Circa mid-17th century ORIGIN: Germany MEDIUM: Copper engraving on laid paper DIMENSIONS: 19.8 × 32.5 cm (sheet) SUBJECT: Heinric...

The exceptionally fine engraved lines used to describe the faces, hair, costumes and backgrounds are characteristic of sophisticated German portrait engraving of the mid-17th century.

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Original Antique Woodcut of Peru and Quito from Gottfried's America, c.1655 Description: An original antique woodcut titled "Peru", published in the celebrated travel collection *Ne...

Jonstonus Friesian and Hungarian Horses Engraving, 1650 Description: Original antique copper engraving depicting two European horse breeds: the Friesian horse (“Equus Frisicus – Fri...

Jena (Ienae), Sumptibus Johannis Bielkii, 1695. Late 17th century medical work by Georg Wolfgang Wedel, a German physician and professor associated with the University of Jena.

Antique Print of the Tangut People in China by Athanasius Kircher, c.1660 This rare 17th-century engraving shows the traditional dress of the Tangut people in western China, as desc...

A narrow gilt liner can further enhance the seventeenth-century character of the engraving. Technique: Copperplate engraving Maker: Daniel Meisner and Eberhard Kieser, Frankfurt am...

Baroque Dressage Horse Training Scene, Georg Simon Winter, Hand Colored 1678 This original hand-colored copperplate engraving depicts an advanced dressage exercise from one of the m...

1678 Baroque Dressage Training Horse at the Pillar – Georg Simon Winter This original hand-coloured copperplate engraving depicts an advanced riding-school exercise from one of the ...

The subtle interplay of light and shadow enhances the dramatic character of the composition while emphasizing its strong decorative appeal. Executed in the late 17th or early 18th c...

Such works were popular in the mid-17th century, when European scientific inquiry and taxonomy were developing rapidly.

Andrea Doria Portrait, Atrium Heroicum Engraving, Augsburg, c.1602 This powerful engraved portrait depicts Andrea Doria (1466–1560), the celebrated Genoese admiral, condottiero, and...

Likely produced in the late 17th century, possibly by a publisher in Augsburg or Nuremberg, the engraving is a fine example of early modern battle cartography and propaganda.

Rivinus botanicals: Anonis, Hedysarum & Genista hispanica, Leipzig, 1690s Set of three late-17th/early-18th-century botanical copper engravings with period hand-colour, attributed t...

Rivinus botanicals: Lotus, Lathyrus & Hedysarum, Leipzig, 1690s Set of three late-17th/early-18th-century botanical copper engravings with period hand-colour, attributed to Augustus...

Rivinus botanicals: Natrix, Astragalus & Cytisus, Leipzig, 1690s (set of 3) Set of three late-17th/early-18th-century botanical copper engravings with period hand-colour, attributed...

Antique Engraving of Leeuwarden, Friesland with Peace and Justice, c.1625 Small, evocative city view of Leeuwarden, capital of Friesland, with the personifications of Peace and Just...

Rivinus botanicals: Cracca, Genista & Coronilla, Leipzig, 1690s (set of 3) Set of three late-17th/early-18th-century botanical copper engravings with period hand-colour, attributed ...

Rivinus botanicals: Cracca, Lotus lybica & Foenugracum, Leipzig, 1690s Set of three late-17th/early-18th-century botanical copper engravings with period hand-colour, attributed to A...

Antique print titled 'Underwaldia - Das Landt Underwalden'. View of the city of Unterwalden, the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, sout...

Light age toning and minor handling wear consistent with 17th-century paper. Some soft creasing visible, as expected for the period.

Superb offering dish in brass from the end of the 16th century/early 17th century circa 1600 from Nuremberg-Germany Very beautiful large offering dish with a rose sculpture in its ce...

A rare and visually compelling suite of three Renaissance-period engravings, likely originating from a Central European historical or dynastic publication produced in the late 16th o...

Antique print titled 'Stavern'. Panoramic view of the city of Stavoren, Friesland. This print originates from 'Topographia Germaniae Inferioris'. Artists and Engravers: Matthaus M...

Antique print titled 'Abbildung der Statt und Vestung Sovazchi, so von den Venetianern, durch den H. G. Lazaro Mocenigo, erobert und Demolirt worden den 18. May 1657'. Great battle s...

Hellas seu Graecia Universa is a finely detailed late-17th-century map of Greece and the Aegean world, issued by Philipp Cluver around 1697 (possibly 1694). The map was published in ...

Painting oil on canvas baroque period original black baroque frame. A painting made during the baroque period in its original frame. Subject lioness with her cubs.  

The panoramic composition offers a vivid visual record of the city’s skyline in the 17th century, dominated by the domes and minarets of mosques, palaces, and public buildings.

Title: 1616 Petrus Kaerius Map of Southern India and Ceylon – Narsinga et Ceylon This rare early 17th-century copper engraved map titled 'Narsinga et Ceylon' was created by Petrus K...