The Beheading of the King of England; Enthauptung des Königs in England
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Middletown, NY
An illustration to Theatrum Europaeum, a journal on the history of the German-speaking lands by Matthäus Merian, published between 1633 and 1738.
Laid Paper, Engraving
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
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
$575
An Antique Engraved View of "Romelborg", Sweden in the 17th C. by Erik Dahlberg
By Erik Dahlberg
Located in Alamo, CA
Dahlberg's direct source of inspiration was the topographical views issued by the Swiss artist and publisher Matthäus Merian. In 1661 Dahlberg was granted a royal privilege enabling ...
Laid Paper, Engraving
An Antique Engraved View of "Waterfalls in Smoland", Sweden by Erik Dahlberg
By Erik Dahlberg
Located in Alamo, CA
Dahlberg's direct source of inspiration was the topographical views issued by the Swiss artist and publisher Matthäus Merian. In 1661 Dahlberg was granted a royal privilege enabling ...
Laid Paper, Engraving
$325
An Antique Engraved View of Waterfalls in Sweden in the 17th C. by Erik Dahlberg
By Erik Dahlberg
Located in Alamo, CA
Dahlberg's direct source of inspiration was the topographical views issued by the Swiss artist and publisher Matthäus Merian. In 1661 Dahlberg was granted a royal privilege enabling ...
Laid Paper, Engraving
$575
An Antique Engraved View of Copper Mining in Sweden in the 17th C. by Dahlberg
By Erik Dahlberg
Located in Alamo, CA
Dahlberg's direct source of inspiration was the topographical views issued by the Swiss artist and publisher Matthäus Merian. In 1661 Dahlberg was granted a royal privilege enabling ...
Laid Paper, 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
Moths with Pupa on Holly
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Matthaus Merian would then inherit de Bry’s publishing house which included various copper plates engraved with maps and natural history subjects.
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 23.25 in W 19.25 in
Plate 15. Watermelon on the Vine with Arcahia Moth.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Matthaus Merian would then inherit de Bry’s publishing house which included various copper plates engraved with maps and natural history subjects.
Watercolor, Engraving
Plate IX. Palissade. (Butterfly)
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Matthaus Merian would then inherit de Bry’s publishing house which included various copper plates engraved with maps and natural history subjects.
"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
Squash
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
White Grapes.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Matthaus Merian would then inherit de Bry’s publishing house which included various copper plates engraved with maps and natural history subjects.
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexiglass, R...
Purple Grapes.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Matthaus Merian would then inherit de Bry’s publishing house which included various copper plates engraved with maps and natural history subjects.
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexig...
CCXLIV. Red Lily
By Johann Theodor De Bry
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Quite an accomplishment! His son-in-law, Matthaus Merian revised many of DeBry's earlier works, sometimes printing them in larger paper sized editions.
Engraving
CCXLI. Lily
By Johann Theodor De Bry
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Quite an accomplishment! His son-in-law, Matthaus Merian revised many of DeBry's earlier works, sometimes printing them in larger paper sized editions.
Engraving
CCXL. Red Lily
By Johann Theodor De Bry
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Quite an accomplishment! His son-in-law, Matthaus Merian revised many of DeBry's earlier works, sometimes printing them in larger paper sized editions.
Engraving
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
Unavailable
H 10.83 in W 6.86 in
Hollyhocks with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 10.44 in W 6.23 in
Mint with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 8.59 in W 6.07 in
Silver and White Poplar by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 7.72 in W 6.23 in
Black Willow with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 7.84 in W 6.38 in
Catnip and Catswort - insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 10.24 in W 6.11 in
Fig tree with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 7.68 in W 6.26 in
Jerusalem Cross with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 7.6 in W 6.62 in
Greater Burdock with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 7.01 in W 5.71 in
Gorgeous rose with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 10.44 in W 6.23 in
Musk flower with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 8.47 in W 6.54 in
Gooseberry blossom and insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 10.71 in W 6.23 in
Melissa and Balm with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Unavailable
H 7.6 in W 6.58 in
Hazel and Corylus with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Her biological father was the engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, and when he died, Merian's mother married Jacob Marrel.
Engraving, Etching
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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