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The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State)
By Adriaen van Ostade
Located in Chicago, IL
The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State), 1654
Etching
266 x 113 mm.; 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches
Watermark:
Fleur-de-lys in a Crowned Shield
References:
Godefroy 44 III/VI
Hollstein 44 III/VI
Pelletier, Adrian van Ostade...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat, (3rd state)
By Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Located in Chicago, IL
Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat, (3rd state), 1645-50
Etching on laid paper
152 x 184 mm.; 6 x 7 1/4 inches
References:
Bellini 45
Bartsch 52
Note...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
The Holy Family
By Fra Bonaventura Bisi
Located in Chicago, IL
The Holy Family, 1634
Etching after Parmigianino (Parma 1503 - 1540 Casal Maggiore)
305 x 230 mm.; 12 x 9 inches
References:
Nagler Monogrammisten II...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait du Prince de Phalsbourg
By Jacques Callot
Located in Chicago, IL
Watermark:
Lion and Star (Lieure 38)
References:
Lieure No. 505
Notes:
An early impression of the only state of this major work.
According to Lieure (Jacques Callot: Catalogue de l...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Farnese Hercules
By Jacob Bos
Located in Chicago, IL
448 x 315 mm.; 17 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches
Watermark:
Eagle, close to Briquet 207 (Rome 1573-76)
Notes:
Bos was born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in southern Netherlands (in French, the city’s name is “Bois-le-Duc”), and was active in Rome for a number of years from circa 1549 onward. His works were influenced by Marcantonio Raimondi (near Bologna 1480 – died between 1527 and 1534: see our no. 11).
The inspiration for this magnificent and extremely rare engraving was the famous so-called Farnese Hercules...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Nude Prints
Materials
Engraving
Hieronymus Schurstab (1st state)
By Hans Lautensack
Located in Chicago, IL
Etching
195 x 295 mm.; 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Exhibited:
Old Master Prints & Drawings: 1450 - 1850, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, December 1999: no. 21.
Reference:
Hollstein 68 I/II
No...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
L'Armoire (2nd State)
By Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in Chicago, IL
The Armoire
Etching
340 x 469 mm.; 13 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Reference:
Inventaire 18e siècle 9: 289-90, No. 22
Wildenstein 1956, cat. No. 23, State II/IV
Regency to Empire, 1...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Street in Szentendre
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed lower right
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Black Mountain
By Albert Zavaro
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil on canvas
88.9 x 130.1 cm.; 35 x 51 1/4 inches
Signed, lower right
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Approaching Storm: Horsemen on Normandy Beach
By Albert Zavaro
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil on canvas
60.3 x 73 cm.; 23 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trapping the Bird (Attraper l'Oiseau)
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed lower right
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Christ and the Little Saint John Playing with the Lamb (2nd State)
By Christoffel Jegher
Located in Chicago, IL
Woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp)
337 x 451 mm.; 13 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches
Provenance:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Duplicate stamp on verso...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Défaite de la cavalerie Turque (1st State)
By Jacques Callot
Located in Chicago, IL
Defeat of the Turkish Cavalry (1st State)
From: The Life of Ferdinando de'Medici
Engraving
224 x 300 mm.; 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches
Reference:
Lieure No. 154
Meaume No. 541
Ru...
Category
17th Century Baroque More Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Giant Wheel (Carceri IX), (2nd State)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a second state impression from three states.
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Interior Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
View of the Tiber with Country Landscape
By Jan Dirksz Both
Located in Chicago, IL
Etching on paper with Schriftband watermark.
Reference: Bartsch 7 III/IV (from VI).
A very fine, early impression. Printed with the name of the artist, but before the addition...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
The Temptation of Christ by the Devil (2nd State)
By Christoffel Jegher
Located in Chicago, IL
Woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)
Reference:
Le Blanc 6
Hollstein 6 II/III
Notes:
1. A very fine impression of the 2nd state (of three) of this majo...
Category
17th Century Baroque More Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of E.D.
By Jacques Villon
Located in Chicago, IL
This impression is signed and numbered 24/25. The references for this work are: Auberty & Perussaux 191 and Ginestet & Pouillon E. 277.
This is one of Jacques Villon’s great 1913...
Category
1910s Cubist Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint
The Weight Lifter (L'Homme aux halteres)
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Chicago, IL
The work is signed on the lower right by Gromaire. One of Gromaire's favorite subjects were men "of the people,” whether they worked in the fields or at sea, were construction worke...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
The Second Tournament with the Tapestry of Samson and the Lion
By Lucas Cranach the Elder
Located in Chicago, IL
Watermark:
Bull's Head with Serpent and Cross (Briquet 1575, dated 1492 by Briquet)
Provenance:
Martin Folkes (Lugt 1034)
Reverend G. L. Blake (Lugt 1172)
Reference:
Bartsc...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Northern Renaissance More Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bellos Consejos (Wonderful Advice)
By Francisco Goya
Located in Chicago, IL
An impression from the 1st edition published in 1799, the only edition published during Goya's lifetime.
References: Los Caprichos Plate 15; Delteil 52; Harris 50 III.1
Prado ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Fleur (Flower)
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed lower right.
Paul Guiramand, painter, sculptor and lithographer, was born in 1926 in Saint-Quentin in northern France. In 1943, Guiramand entered the École des Beaux-Arts. ...
Category
1970s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Charcoal, Spray Paint, Watercolor
Rotterdam
By Albert Lebourg
Located in Chicago, IL
Albert Lebourg participated in the fourth and fifth Impressionist Exhibitions of 1879 and 1880. The first of these exhibitions included: Caillebotte, Cassatt, Degas, Lebourg, Monet ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Femme au Lys (Woman with Lily)
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Chicago, IL
This lithograph comes from an edition of 110, it is signed and numbered.
Paul Guiramand, painter, sculptor and lithographer, was born in 1926 in Saint-Quentin in northern France. I...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Cheval Bleu (The Blue Horse)
By Albert Zavaro
Located in Chicago, IL
Edition of 110, signed and numbered lower right
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Figuier d'Antibes
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Chicago, IL
This lithograph comes from an edition of 120 and it is signed and numbered.
Guiramand’s works all have one element in common: the artist’s extraordinary sensitivity and ability to a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Basilica of Constantine
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine impression of the 3rd State, still with the address and price which were eliminated in the following 4th state. The presence of the address and price confirms that this ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
