The Queen of Great Britain arriving in Portsmouth 25 May 1662 & The Arrival in L
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Middletown, NY
The images are two from a series of seven by Dirk Stoop, depicting the journey of Catharina of Braganza from Lisbon to England. Matthäus Merian the Elder (22 September 1593 - 19 Jun...
Laid Paper, Engraving
The Beheading of the King of England; Enthauptung des Königs in England
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Middletown, NY
With two coats of arms and German inscription above. Matthäus Merian the Elder (22 September 1593 - 19 June 1650) was a Swiss engraver born in Basel.
Laid Paper, Engraving
Papaya and Moth Metamorphosis: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Maria Merian
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Alamo, CA
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Maria Sibylla Merian was the daughter of Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593—1650), a famous German-Swiss painter, engraver and publisher.
Engraving
Chateau de Verneuil
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving with hand coloring and heightening in watercolor on two leaves of expertly conjoined handmade laid paper, one leaf with a large watermark a feathered dragon, 7 1/4 x 11 1/4...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Tab. LI. 'Leonea' 'Leo'
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper
Unavailable
H 19.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.5 in
Tab. LIV. Lynx, Tigris, Panthera
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper
"Melon"
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Engraving, Watercolor
Beans
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Engraving, Watercolor
Walnut
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Engraving, Watercolor
Squash
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Engraving, Watercolor
Untitled - A street scene with the sun setting.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Made by an anonymous engraver after Matthaeus Merian. Matthaus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) learned the art of copper engraving in Zurich.
Engraving
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H 15.25 in W 19.94 in D 0.63 in
St. Peter's Square in Basel: 17th Century Engraving by Matthäus Merian
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Alamo, CA
Peter's Platz in Basel) is a 17th century engraving by the old master engraver Matthäus Merian the Elder. It was published as plate 37 in Merian's "Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae, e...
Engraving
Typus Orbis Terrarum, Antique Map 1667
By Matthäus Merian the Younger
Located in Soquel, CA
Matthäus Merian the Younger, the son of Matthäus the Elder was a Swiss portrait and historical painter, pupil of van Dyck, worked throughout Europe.
Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Rag Paper
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H 19.5 in W 23 in D 0.75 in
Guienne et Gascogne (Hand-Colored Map of French Provinces)
Located in Soquel, CA
He was the son and pupil of engraver Matthaus Merian (the elder), and, after his father's death, ran the publishing house with his brother Matthaus Merian (the younger).
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Lithograph
Lobster
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving
Red Wall Flower
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Engraving, Watercolor
Lobster
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving
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H 27.5 in W 21.5 in D 1.25 in
Tab. Lxxx Locusta Marina (Turtle) et. al.
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving
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H 27.5 in W 21.5 in D 1.25 in
Tab V. Cancer Marinus Krab (Crab) et al
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving
Tab. L. Leo
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Laid Paper, Rag Paper
"Acorns"
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
.MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Engraving, Watercolor
Shallots Vegetables
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Watercolor, Engraving
Turnips Vegetables
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Watercolor, Engraving
Der Schwimmende Swimming Pond House Spa
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Watercolor, Engraving
Squash Arch Vegetables
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Watercolor, Engraving
Elephas Tab. IX (Indian Elephant)
By Matthäus Merian the Younger
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Engraving
Elephas Tab. VII (Indian Elephant)
By Matthäus Merian the Younger
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650) MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Younger (1621 – 1687) Theatrum universale omnium Animalium.
Engraving
$63,327Sale Price|23% Off
H 31.89 in W 25.6 in
Perseus and Andromeda Oil Painting on Canvas, Old Masters, Circa 1726
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Carle Vanloo (Nice 1705 – Paris 1765) Perseus and Andromeda Oil on canvas. H. 081; W. 065. Alongside François Boucher (1703-1770) and Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), Carle Vanlo...
Canvas, Oil
Unavailable|$9,099
H 41.34 in W 35.83 in
Winter Landscape Utrecht Saftleven 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Herman Saftleven the Elder (Rotterdam 1609 - Utrecht 1685) workshop Winter Landscape with the City of Utrecht Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm. - framed 105 x 91 cm. The painting depicts a...
Oil
$5,355
H 30.71 in W 25.6 in D 0.79 in
18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform.
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$7,250
H 16 in W 22 in
17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
Canvas, Oil
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Limestone
$1,166Sale Price|44% Off
H 23.04 in W 19.49 in
Roman painter - 18th century Bambocciante landscape with travel scenes
Located in Varmo, IT
Roman painter (18th century) - Landscape with Wayfarers. 43.5 x 34.5 cm (without frame) - 58.5 x 49.5 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in carved and gilded wooden frame (not signed)...
Canvas, Oil
Orientale
By Henri Fantin-Latour
Located in New York, NY
Signed, lower right: Fantin Provenance: Gustave Tempelaere (1840–1904), Paris; possibly by descent to his son: Julien Tempelaere (1876–1961) and with F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris, prob...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$102,435
H 42.92 in W 58.27 in D 2.76 in
Large Oil Painting by C. Delort Entitled ‘The Wedding, Fontainebleau’
By Charles Edouard Edmond Delort
Located in London, GB
Large oil painting by C. Delort entitled ‘The Wedding, Fontainebleau’ French, Late 19th Century Canvas: Height 90cm, width 130cm Frame: Height 109cm, width 148cm, depth 7cm This s...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
20. Curious shells
By Maria Sibylla Merian
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...
Pigment
$2,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.5 in W 28.5 in
17th Century Flemish Old Master Dancing Figures Musicians Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancing Figures Flemish School, 17th century oil on on canvas, framed framed: 21.5 x 28.5 inches canvas : 16.5 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good...
Oil
$4,152Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 9 in
17th Dutch Golden Age Old Master Oil on Wood Panel Mythological Nude in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Figures in Woodland Glade Dutch School, late 17th century oil on wood panel, unframed panel: 11 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: minor surface sc...
Oil
$4,889Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.75 in W 10 in
Circa 1500 Italian Renaissance Oil Painting on Copper St. Francis of Assisi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St. Francis of Assisi Italian School, circa 1500 oil paint on copper, unframed copper: 6.75 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, Loire Valley, France condition: for a work tha...
Copper
$65,700
H 38 in W 52 in D 3 in
Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in Queens, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885. Masterfully painted, this artwork dep...
Oil
37. Branching larkspur, Peaseblossom moth
By Maria Sibylla Merian
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...
Pigment
$197,927
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,800
H 20.48 in W 23.63 in D 1.58 in
Mythological scene, study for the Prize of Rome 1864, French academism, Homer
Located in Norwich, GB
This rare mythological scene depicting the Greek author Homer on the island of Scyros. You will notice the Trojan War being fought in the background. Our painting, dating from 1864...
Canvas, Oil
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