Allan Ramsay was born in Edinburgh on October 13, 1713. His father, also named Allan Ramsay, was a poet and playwright, best known as the author of The Gentle Shepherd published in 1725. Like many of the most prestigious portraitists of his age, the young Ramsay studied at the St. Martin’s Lane Academy in London, as well as trained in the studio of Swedish painter Hans Hysing. In 1736, Ramsay travelled to Italy for the first time, working at the French Academy in Rome under the instruction of Francesco Imperiali before moving to Naples, where he worked in the studio of Francesco Solimena. Invigorated by his experience under the Italian-baroque masters on the continent, Ramsay returned to Britain in 1738 and set up his own portrait practice in Covent Garden. His work swiftly gained in popularity and he soon attained an impressive list of clients, including the Duke of Bridgewater, Sir Robert Walpole, the Lord Chancellor Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke and Dr. Richard Mead. As well as expanding his list of clients in London, Ramsay also retained his contacts in his native Edinburgh, where he continued to maintain a studio. His work proved particularly popular amongst the Scottish nobility and he received a number of important commissions from figures such as the Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Buccleuch. Ramsay visited Italy for a second time from 1754–57, and it was on his return to London in 1757 that he received his first commission from Lord Bute, tutor to the Prince of Wales, to paint the heir to the throne. In 1761, Ramsay was chosen to paint the Prince, now George III and his wife Queen Charlotte in full state coronation robes. The works were a great success and Ramsay was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King in March 1767 and subsequently spent much of his time producing copies of his coronation portraits and other works for the royal family. Ramsay’s career in painting was halted by an injury to his arm, which he sustained from a fall from a ladder in 1773. A close friend of Dr. Johnson and David Hume correspondent of the likes of Voltaire and Rousseau, Ramsay spent his later years following his intellectual and literary pursuits until his death on August 10, 1784, in Dover.
Nude Female Figure after Salvator Rosa - Etching by Allan Ramsay - 18th Century
By Allan Ramsay
Located in Roma, IT
Nude female figure is a print realized by Scottish artist Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) after Salvator Rosa, in the late 18th century. Etching on paper. Good conditions, with foxing on ...
Etching
$1,200
H 31 in W 37.6 in
Four Figures and a Head, on Giant Phallus by Claes Oldenburg erotic nude scene
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of joy and come-hither coquettishness. T...
Etching
$1,125
H 37.75 in W 41.75 in
Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of ecstasy and repose. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown. The composition is based on the drawing: Clinical Study, Towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comic Style, 1965, ball-point pen on paper, 20 x 40 in. / 60 x 101.6 cm. *This print was etched in six gorgeous inks, each in an edition of ten: take your pick of color!* Oldenburg had an interest in imaginary monuments: he famously conceptualized works such as “Ball”, an unbuilt monument conceived of in 1967 which imagined two ballcocks – the round mechanism in a toilet tank...
Etching
$1,000
H 4.25 in W 3.25 in
"Nude Woman" Howard Daum, Modernist, Female Nude, Black and White, Elegant
By Howard Daum
Located in New York, NY
Howard Daum Nude Woman, 1945 Signed and dated in pencil in the margin Etching on paper Plate 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches Sheet 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches The artist Ashby Gallery, New York Carl ...
Paper, Etching
$1,125
H 37.75 in W 41.75 in
Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of ecstasy and repose. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown. The composition is based on the drawing: Clinical Study, Towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comic Style...
Etching
$3,713
H 22.5 in W 26.5 in D 1 in
Reclining Figure: Piranesi Background II Etching, Signed Artist Proof
By Henry Moore
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on Rives paper. Hand signed lower right by Henry Moore. Hand numbered V/X lower left, one of ten artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 50. Sheet size 17.25 x 21 inch...
Paper, Etching
$2,851
H 23.94 in W 28.35 in
Femme au grand nez, en raccourci, sur un lit - Pablo Picasso, Modern Art, Nude
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso (after) Femme au grand nez, en raccourci, sur un lit (Woman with big nose) Etching on BFK Rives paper Posthumously published in 1978, printed before 1975 Plate 139 from...
Etching
Images, suite of 4 etchings.
By Guillaume Azoulay
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a suite of of 4 etchings titled "image" c.1980 is by noted Maroccan artist Guillaume Azoulay, born 1949. Each etchings is individually signed, titled and numbered 84/300 in p...
Etching
$1,838
H 24 in W 20 in D 1 in
Seated Figure Etching on Paper, Hand Signed, Framed, 1979, 49/50
By Henry Moore
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on paper. Hand signed lower right by Henry Moore. Hand numbered 49/50 lower left. Sheet size 18.5 x 15 inches. Image size 8.625 x 6.5 inches. Frame size: approx. 24 x 2...
Paper, Etching
Shakespeare & Company
By Alessandro Nastasio
Located in Middletown, NY
Milan: c1970. Aquatint in colors on white wove paper with an unknown watermark, 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (495 x 317 mm); sheet 20 x 24 1/4 inches (508 x 615 mm), full margins. Signed,...
Aquatint
Monica Nude with Matisse
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this etching and aquatint. Signed 75/75 in pencil by Wesselmann.
Aquatint, Etching
$1,741
H 12.6 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
By André Derain
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...
Etching
Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
Nude Woman Crowning Herself with Flowers (Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs) from the Vollard Suite (Suite Vollard) - published by A. Vollard, Paris - printed by Lacourière, Paris - ...
Etching