Old Master Engraving

A fierce battle scene with women warriors. (after Perino del Vaga) Engraving on oval-shaped light laid paper, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (260 x 274 mm), the full sheet, trimmed at the pl...

This attractive and interesting map of Bermuda by Henricus Hondius in 1633 is entitled "Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, Alias Barmudas". It is based on a survey of Richard Norwood in 161...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of Europe Drawn from the Best Authorities Assisted by the Most Improved Modern Charts and Maps." by E...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Correct Chart of All The Known World Laid down according to Mercator's Projection" by Emanuel Bowen. It was publis...

Keywords: Pieter Mortier, Amsterdam engraving, biblical prints, Genesis scenes, antique engraving set, Dutch Baroque prints, Noah flood engraving, Tower of Babel print, Abraham engra...

"Harbour Scene" is an engraving by Claude Gellee (Le Lorrain). The artist signed the piece in plate lower left. 7 3/4" x 9 5/8" art 18 1/8" x 20 1/4" frame Biography Claude Lorra...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Picris (Sunflower); Helmintia (Bristly Oxtongue)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 648) Portfolio: Histoire Na...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort)" (Hexandrie, Digynie, Plate 265) Portfolio: Histoire Naturel...

This richly engraved map of Rome and its environs entitled "Urbis Cum Vicis Seu Pagis Adiacentibus Dissertationi III De Aq et Aqueaed Veteris Promae Praemissa Authore Raph Fabretto G...

"Archiducatus Austriae inferioris" is a hand colored map of Austria created by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) and published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1728 shortly after his death. ...

This is a scarce 17th century beautifully hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Asia entitled “Exactissima Asiae Delineatio in Praecipuas Regiones Caerterasque Partes divisa et de...

An image from a 17th-century military drill manual depicting techniques for handling muskets and pikes. De Ghen II, Jacques / Jacob Wapenhandelinghe van Roers, Musquetten ende Spies...

This is a 17th century hand-colored map entitled "Insula Gaditana Isla de Cadiz" from Johannes (Joan) Blaeu's Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam in 1662. The map provides an excell...

This hand-colored copper-plate map of Sweden and adjacent portions of Scandinavia entitled "Regni Sueciae in Omnes suas Subjacentes Provincias accurate divisi Tabula Generalis" was c...

This colorful and detailed early 18th century copperplate map by John Cary entitled "A New Map of Persia from the Latest Authorities" was published in London in 1801. It depicts Pers...

This is an 18th century engraved portrait of "Edward Stanley" created by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815), after a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497- 1543) in the 16th centur...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "An Exact Chart of all the Countries through which Capt. Behring Travelled from Tobolski, Capital of Siberia to the Country...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "An Accurate Chart of The Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea's; with the Archipelago & Part of the Black Sea. Exhibiting all th...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of The Whole Russian Empire, As Contain'd Both In Europe and Asia, Drawn from Authentic Journals, Sur...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "An Accurate Map of the East Indies Exhibiting the Course of the European Trade both on the Continent and Islands" by Emanu...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by order of the Emperor. The whole bein...

An attractive hand-colored copperplate engraved 17th century map of Prussia entitled "Prussia Accurate Descripta a Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi", published in Amsterdam by Joannes Ja...

This is an early 17th century map entitled "Nova Famigerabilis Insulae Ac Ducatus Rugiae Desciptio" (Map of Rugen Island, Germany) by Gerard Mercator and Henricus and Joducus Hondiu...

This colorful and detailed 17th century hand-colored copperplate map by Frederick De Wit was published in Amsterdam between 1666 and 1760. The map depicts the Île-de-France, which is...

A searing, veiled political and religious allegory targeting the Spanish Inquisition and the persecution of Protestants in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War. Haarlem: Hen...

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

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 ...

Views of North African cities (Tunis, Algiers, and Jijel) alongside ethnographic descriptions of the "Peoples of Barbary." Paris: Châtelain, 1723. Copperplate engraving on cream la...

Artist: (after) Anthony van Dyck (Dutch, 1599-1641) Title: "Dominus Nicolaus Vander Borcht" Year: 1703 (first or second state of three) Medium: Original Engraving on laid paper Limi...

The title page from a popular Grant Tour publication featuring a cartouche with Fame and Winged Victory, and an allegory to artistic inspiration. Rome: 1618. Engraving on cream lai...

Artist: Francis Drake (English, 1696-1771) Title: "York, from near the Confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss" (Plate 20) Portfolio: Eboracum: or The History and Antiquities of the C...

Artist: Francis Drake (English, 1696-1771) Title: "William the Conqueror Giving a Charter to his Nephew Alan Earl of Britain" (Plate 12) Portfolio: Eboracum: or The History and Antiq...

A lovely, well-inked impression true to the "Little Master" style. Copper engraving on cream laid paper, 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches (64 x 45 mm), the full sheet. Thread margins. In very g...

Shackled Ottoman slaves prepare a communal meal in a military field camp. A superb impression from an important English collection. Rome: M. Scheap, 1645. Etching with engraving on...

Amsterdam: Francois Halma, circa 1700. Engraving on laid paper, 13 x 7 3/4 inches (350 x 197 mm); sheet 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (400 x 248 mm), full margins. In very good condition wi...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 698) Portfolio: His...

An image after the draftsman who accompanied Captain James Cook, R. N. on his second voyage of exploration to the South Pacific aboard the Resolution (1772–75). London: Hogg, Alexan...

An early impression from an exceptional English collection. Rome: M. Scheap, 1658. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (117 x 125 mm); sheet 5 x 6 1/8 inches (128 x...

Frankfurt: c1549. Engraving on laid paper, 7/8 x 5 3/8 (22 x 136 mm), thread margins. Fine impression. A fine first state (of 3) impression, with the collector's stamp of Pieter M.M....

Frankfurt: c1550. Engraving on laid paper, 1 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches (47 x 92 mm), thread margins. Ex-collection D.G. de Arozarena (Lugt 109) with his collector's mark in blue ink on ver...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Abolboda; Elodea (Waterweeds); Lepidosperma (Hoary Rapier-Sedge)" (Triandrie Monogynie, Plate 905) Portfoli...

"Ypres, Grand Ville Riche & Marchande" is an engraving and etching by Daniel Marot (le Vieux) (1661–1752). It depicts a view of the siege of the city of Ypres and its citadel on the...

Gheyn II, Jacques (Jacob) de (after Karel van Mander) c1590. Engraving on cream laid paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (150 x 108 mm), the full sheet. Narrow margins. In good condition wi...

Keywords: Leonardo da Vinci Battle of Anghiari, Edelinck engraving, Rubens drawing, Old Master print, 17th century engraving, Renaissance battle scene, antique horse battle, Florenti...

(after Anthonie Van Dyck) Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom...

Haarlem: 1582. Engraving on cream laid paper, 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (200 x 140 mm), the full sheet. Narrow margins. In excellent condition. With the collector's marks of J.H. Jurriaa...

Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "St. Martin's Abbey" (Plate 333) and "Lady's Chappel" (Plate 331) Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Ven...

"Veduta del Sepolcro della Famiglia Plauzia per la Strada Che Conduce da Roma a Tivoli vicino a Ponte Lugano" from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities), one of the most famous w...

Engraving on cream laid paper, 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 inches (138 x 87 mm), narrow margins. In good condition with minor edge wear including some small losses, notable at the upper left cor...

A magnificent simultaneous depiction of life and death, serving as an allegory for the seasonal cycle. From an esteemed Massachusetts collection. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, ...

The Death of Mireille is an etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized thr...

Herd is an original etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized through sho...

In The Forest is an etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized through short and deft strokes, a...

Horse Drivers is an etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized through sho...

The Farmers is an etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized through short and deft strokes, an ...

Haarlem: 1593. Engraving on cream laid paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark, 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (264 x 181 mm), the full sheet. Narrow margins. In very good condition with some...

KEYWORDS: Matthäus Merian II, Matthäus Merian the Younger, Theatrum Europaeum, 1652, Peace of Westphalia, Westfälischer Friede, Treaty of Westphalia, Thirty Years' War, Münster 1648,...

A an impression after Rembrandt's only state of this image. Paris: 1644. Etching and engraving on high quality buff wove paper 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (124 x 114 mm); sheet 12 5/8 x 1...

Hamburg: Lippmann, 1895. Copperplate engraving on cream wove paper with a deckle edge, 10 1/8 x 13 1/2 inches (256 x 342 mm), full margins. In generally good condition with some lig...

Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an unidentified ovoid purple ink stamp (not in Lugt), 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (247 x 326 mm), thread margins. Uniform age tone with scatt...