Francesco Saverio Manetti also spelt Xaviero or Xaverio Manetti (12 November 1723 – 12 November 1785) was an Italian physician, botanist and ornithologist. Among his works is the treatise on birds, Ornithologia methodice digesta or Storia naturale degli uccelli (1776). The plant genus Manettia was named in his honour by Carl Linnaeus. Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange. Engraving was an unusual profession for women in Florence during the period.
Eagle /// Antique Ornithology Bird Saverio Manetti Italian Watercolor Engraving
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785) Title: "Eagle" (Plate V - 5) Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds) Year: 1767-1776 Medium: Original Han...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
$10,000
Set of 4 Framed Antique Hand-Painted Engravings by Saverio Manetti
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4, Italian, circa 1750, original strike, hand-colored avian engravings from the Natural History of Birds by Saverio Manetti. Printed on laid paper. New custom double matting ...
Wood, Paint, Paper
Set of 4 Framed Antique Hand-Painted Avian Engravings by Saverio Manetti
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4, Italian, circa 1750, original strike, hand-colored avian engravings from the Natural History of Birds by Saverio Manetti. Printed on laid paper, with self-matting, in later...
Paint, Paper
Scientific Illustrations of Birds by Saverio Manetti, Hand-Painted Intaglio - A
By Saverio Manetti
Located in New York, NY
These six intaglio illustrations come from "Storia naturale degli uccelli" ("Natural History of Birds), a book written by the Italian ornithologist Francesco Saverio Manetti (1723-17...
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Sparrowhawk /// Antique Ornithology Bird Saverio Manetti Italian Watercolor Art
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785) Title: "Sparrowhawk" (Plate XXI - 21) Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds) Year: 1767-1776 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), Florence, Italy Sheet size: 17.88" x 14.07" Platemark size: 13.69" x 11.69" Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 241; Fine Bird Books page 120; McGill/Wood, page 450; Nissen IVB No. 588 Condition: A few small minor areas of discoloration in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors Rare Notes: Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Comes from Manetti's monumental five volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", (1767-1776), which consists of 600 hand-colored engravings. Unidentified watermark in center of sheet. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below. Manetti's extraordinary "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776 was commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. It is a massive 5 book volume set of 600 hand-colored engraved plates of birds. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Manetti. Manetti created the drawings almost exclusively from real specimens, beginning with the extensive collection of Marquis Giovanni Gerini, an affluent Florentine Senator. Manetti saw the work was published in parts of 12 plates, issued every two months or so, most plates dedicated to a prominent member of the Italian nobility and gentry. Printed on handmade watermarked laid paper and published by heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), between 1767-1776 in Florence, Italy. It took 10 years to complete and at its time, was one of the largest surveys of ornithology attempted and the finest set of bird books to ever be created. Biography: Francesco Saverio Manetti...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Antique Bird Print of a Peacock by Manetti, 'circa 1770'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Pavone della China maschio - Pavo Sinensis mas'. Beautiful copper engraving of a peacock. This print originates from 'Storia naturale degli Uccelli' by Sav...
Paper
$1,650
H 15.75 in W 13.75 in D 1 in
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Hi...
Watercolor, Engraving
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 39; Unidentified tree with moth, caterpillar and pupa. The Netherlands: 1705....
Watercolor, Engraving
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 6; Thistle and Moths. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in w...
Watercolor, Engraving
$1,600
H 16.375 in W 19.125 in
17th century etching animal print sketch ram sheep black and white signed
By Karel Dujardin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Rams Looking Down & To Their Left" is an original etching by Karel DuJardin. DuJardin completed many delicate etchings of rams. 3 3/4" x 7 3/4" art 16 3/8" x 19 1/2" frame Du Jardin was a master of various genres of painting, including refined and tranquil Italianising landscapes, monumental historical paintings and superb portraits of the aristocracy. Unlike the majority of his contemporaries, Karel du Jardin (b. Amsterdam 1626, d. Venice 1678) was a talented painter in not one, but many different genres. He is especially famous for his small-scale landscapes, such as the charming Italian landscape with a woman milking a goa" (1652) from the Rijksmuseum's collection. Du Jardin depicted both sun-filled Italianate scenes and Dutch farmyards with pigs and sheep. He also painted a range of elegant portraits of aristocrats and merchants. His self-portrait (1662) on copper is one of the most fascinating 17th-century portraits of a Dutch artist. Du Jardin's spectacular large-scale historical pieces, represented is the show by the impressive Conversion of Saint Pau" (1662) from the collection of the National Gallery of London, are among his most remarkable achievements; he often chose themes that were only rarely depicted by other Dutch painters of the period. During his own lifetime Du Jardin was praised by poets and writers, particularly for his attention to detail and elegant painting technique. As Cornelis de Bie, the artist’s biographer, wrote in 1661: "the surety of the brush at his finger and such sharpe clarity […] that the eye thereon doth linger." Du Jardin's valuable paintings were mainly purchased by rich individuals with an eye for elegance, but were also commissioned by prominent institutions such as the Amsterdam 'Spinhuis' (a women's prison), for whom he painted a vast group portrait of the prison-governors. Karel du Jardin was an artist who liked to travel. He lived for a time in Lyon and in Paris, and sailed with Joan Reynst, Heer van Drakestein, by ship via England, Portugal and Spain to Tangier and Algiers, where they met Michiel de Ruyter...
Etching
$3,850
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper
By Francisco Goya
Located in Soquel, CA
"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper 5th or 8th edition print of "Que pico de Oro" from the Los Caprichos with burnished aquatints, drypoints etchi...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Laid Paper
$772Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 18 in D 0.5 in
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving "Three Herons" from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Bird...
Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Three 18th century hand colored engravings of parrot specimens as depicted by Peter Brown, an artist and naturalist, working in London England. Originally published in 1776 in a foli...
Paper
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Cocoa plant, caterpillar, ..., Plate 26, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 26; Cocoa plant, caterpillar, pupa, and butterflies. The Netherlands: 1705. En...
Watercolor, Engraving
A Standing Leap at a Gate
By James Seymour
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752) A Standing Leap at a Gate Mezzotint with hand colouring Image size 10 x 14 in Framed size 16 1/2 x 20 in James Seymour was an English artist renowned for h...
Mezzotint
"Sandwich Tern' Antique Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sandwich Tern' Antique Hand Colored Lithograph Delicately rendered naturalist drawing of a sandwich tern from the 1903 edition of "A History of British Birds" by F.O. Morris. This...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Two Goats, from "Daphnis & Chloe"
By Aristide Maillol
Located in Middletown, NY
Woodcut on hand made laid paper with the publisher's watermark designed by the artist, full margins. From the special suite of 53 woodcut illustrations which were laid in loose to t...
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut
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H 19.3 in W 15.36 in D 1.58 in
Pair of Engravings With Hand-colored Ducks by Saverio Manetti 18th Century
By Saverio Manetti, Violante Vanni
Located in Milano, MI
Set of 2 hand-colored avian engravings, Italian, c. 1770, with figures of wild ducks, the mallard and the cicada, taken from Xavier Manetti's Natural History of Birds. They are on v...
Wood, Paper
Heron
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original hand-colored engraving on watermarked laid paper by Italian artist Saverio Manetti (1723-1785) titled "Heron", 1767-1776. Plate CDXXXII - 432. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Edition size unknown, presumed small. Comes from Manetti's monumental 5 book volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776, which consists of 600 hand-colored prints, miniature and life-size prints, made from engraved plates. Unidentified watermark in very center of sheet. Comes with its accompanying information sheet. Provenance: private collection - Haarlem, Netherlands. Sheet size: 17.63" x 13.63". Platemark size (irregular margins): 13.75" x 10.75". Small area of light undulation upper right. In otherwise excellent condition with strong colors. Rare. Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds...
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving
Grebe
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original hand-colored engraving on watermarked laid paper by Italian artist Saverio Manetti (1723-1785) titled "Grebe", 1767-1776. Plate DXIX - 519. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Edition size unknown, presumed small. Comes from Manetti's monumental 5 book volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776, which consists of 600 hand-colored prints, miniature and life-size prints, made from engraved plates. Unidentified watermark in very center of sheet. Provenance: private collection - Haarlem, Netherlands. Sheet size (irregular margins): 17.63" x 13.63". Platemark size: 13.63" x 10.88". In excellent condition with strong colors. Rare. Grebes are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes. Grebes are widely distributed birds of freshwater, with some species also occurring in marine habitats during migration and winter. Some flightless species have occurred as well, most notable where they reside in stable lakes. Manetti's extraordinary "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776 was commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. It is a massive 5 book volume set...
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper
Heron
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original hand-colored engraving on watermarked laid paper by Italian artist Saverio Manetti (1723-1785) titled "Heron", 1767-1776. Plate CDXXX - 430. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Edition size unknown, presumed small. Comes from Manetti's monumental 5 book volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776, which consists of 600 hand-colored prints, miniature and life-size prints, made from engraved plates. Unidentified watermark in very center of sheet. Provenance: private collection - Haarlem, Netherlands. Sheet size: 17.63" x 13.63". Platemark size: 13.63" x 10.63". Some faint foxmarks in center. In otherwise excellent condition with strong colors. Rare. Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds...
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper
A Group of Six Birds of Prey.
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, London
MANETTI, Saverio. A Group of Six Birds of Prey. [Giuseppe Vanni, Florence, 1776]. Hand-coloured etchings, with engraving. Saverio Manetti (1723-1785...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Two Parrots
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, London
Two hand-coloured etchings, with engraving. Original colour. Very good condition with strong, fresh colour and full margins. [Published: Giuseppe Vanni, Florence, 1776]. "Storia na...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Group of 6 Colored Etchings of Birds
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Houston, TX
A group of six originally hand-colored engraving from Saverio Manetti's work "Storia naturale degli Uccelli" or "A Natural History of Birds". The prints were drawn and etched by Violante Vanni and Lorenzo Lorenzi with the text penned by Saverio Manetti. The work was published in Florence, Italy between 1767 and 1776 by F. Mouck, C. Cambiagi, and Giuseppe Vanni. --- "Storia naturale degli Uccelli" was 'larger, better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous book on birds', notable for its lively posturing of the specimens which seem to reflect 'the habits and mannerisms of contemporary Italian society'. It is "one of the half-dozen or so Great Bird Books in the collector's sense" --- Each bird engraving shows remarkable personality and detail, many of the birds often taking on an almost human personality type. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. --- This beautiful plate comes from "Storia naturale degli uccelli", of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767, and [based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini], it was completed ten years later. Available Etchings: #531 DXXXI #155 CLV #273 CCLXXIII #276 CCLXVI #529 DXXIX #147 CXLVII Dimensions Without Frame: H 14 in. x W 11.25 in. Artist Biography: Francesco Saverio Manetti was an Italian physician, botanist and ornithologist who served as president of the Botanical Society of Florence, as well director of the Florentine Botanical...
Engraving, Etching
A Group of Six Parrots
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, London
A Group of Six hand-coloured etchings, with engraving. Original colour. Very good condition with strong, fresh colour and full margins. [Published: Giuseppe Vanni, Florence]. "Sto...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
A Group of Six Owls
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, London
A Group of Six hand-coloured etchings, with engraving. Original colour. Very good condition with strong, fresh colour and full margins. [Published: Giuseppe Vanni, Florence]. "Sto...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
MANETTI & LORENZI & VANNI. A Group of Six Owls
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, London
A Group of Six hand-coloured etchings, with engraving. Original colour. Very good condition with strong, fresh colour and full margins. [[Giuseppe Vanni, Florence, 1776] Storia natu...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
A Group of Nine Parrots.
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, GB
Hand-coloured etchings, with engraving. Original colour. Very good condition with strong, fresh colour and full margins. Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 41.5cm by 49.5cm. Sto...
Etching
A Group of Six Owls.
By Saverio Manetti
Located in London, GB
Hand-coloured etching, with engraving. Original colour. Very good condition with strong, fresh colour and full margins. Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 41.5 by 49.5 cm. Stor...
Etching