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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Manner Titian, Oil on Canvas Sleeping Cupid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Manner of Titian (Tiziano Vecelli - Italian, 1485-1576) An Oil on Canvas "Sleeping Cupid" within a gilt and black decorated gesso frame. A label on reve...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
18th Century Holy Family Engraving Mathias Oesterreich After Carlo Lotti Framed
Located in Dayton, OH
The Holy Family by Matthias Oesterreich after Carlo Lotti.
Matthias was a German Old Masters artist who lived 1716 - 1778.
Measures: 20.25” x 2...
Category
Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century Austrian Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting by Franz Xaver Hornöck
By Franz Xaver Hornöck
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-brown, green antique Austrian Baroque oil on canvas painting by Franz Xaver Hornöck in a hand crafted original black, partly gilded wooden frame, in good condition. The vinta...
Category
Austrian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
18th Century French Antique Gilded Wall Glass Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique rectangular mirror inscribed in a Pinewood, gilded frame adorned with water leaves and pearl friezes, in good condition. The mirror is consisting its original mirror glass...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Large Flemish 17th-18th Century Baroque Pictorial Tapestry "the Royal Garden"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large Flemish 17th-18th century baroque pictorial tapestry "The Royal Garden". The large tapestry depicting an allegorical park-scene of R...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures.
Italian, 18th century large painting in oil on canvas is from the school of Giovan...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
French Gold Leaf Framed Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
This French Gold Leaf Framed Painting is a timeless piece of art featuring an outdoor scenery by the shore, painted in the 18th century. This unique ar...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Gold Leaf Framed Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning 18th century French painting features a luxurious gold-leaf frame. The beautiful and detailed artwork showcases animals lounging in the fields, creating a tranquil scen...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century French Gilded Pinewood Wall Glass Mirror - Antique Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique rectangular mirror inscribed in a Pinewwood frame, gilded, the pediment formed by an openwork flower basket spilling sinuous gar...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Pine
Etching Mark Catesby, Anas Bahamensis 'the Ilathera Duck' Chrysanthemum &C T93
By Mark Catesby
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Etching Mark Catesby, Anas Bahamensis (The Ilathera Duck) Chrysanthemum &c T93.
Wonderful print by the “Founder of American Ornithology”, Mark Catesby, from his 18th century monumental Natural History, the first natural history of American flora and fauna. A later small edition etching original hand coloring. Plate imprint on the paper. Later frame, back unopened. This is one of the finest natural science prints...
Category
American Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Carved Wood and Polychromed Gold Gilded Mirror, 18th Century, Rococo
Located in North Miami, FL
A Palatial and Museum quality Italian 18th century Florentine Rococo gilt wood carved mirror frame. The ornately carved frame with scrolls and a...
Category
Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Gold French Louis XVI Gilded Wall Glass Mirror, Antique Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 18th Century, an antique Louis Seize period mirror in carved wood with gilded accents and foliage motifs, consisting its original mirror glass in good condition. Created in Fran...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
17th Century French Semis De Fleur De Lys Cast Iron Fireback, Mitre and Crozier
Located in Dallas, TX
First used about 450-500 years ago to reflect and disperse heat from a fire, firebacks were often cast with themes specific to the homeowner. Sometimes the iron would feature a familial coat of arms, or in the case of this 17th century semis de fleur de lys fireback, decorative motifs would represent the owner.
The rectangular fireback has an arched top and a thick multi-layered molding along all edges. In the center is a raised heraldic shield with multiple fleur de lys charges, arranged in a pattern known as semis. A crinkled ribbon transverses the top edge, beneath a papal mitre and crozier topped with a volute leaf, indicating that the original owner was possibly a member of the church, possibly even a bishop. The iron has developed a fascinating chalky gray patina and can still be used functionally in a traditional fireplace...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
18th Century Gold Swedish Gustavian Pair of Gilded Wood Wall Glass Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian pair of wall mirrors made of hand crafted gilded wood with its original mirrored glass, in good condition. The Scandinavian wall décor...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Mirror
English Charles II Silk Needlework with Figures and Animals
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an English Charles II silk needlework picture framed under glass with figures and animals in its border, and foliate decoration throu...
Category
English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
18th Century Rotterdam Dutch Delft Tiles Framed Pictures of Rearing Horses
By Delft
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Dutch Delft Manganese Tiles Pictures of Rearing Horses,
Rotterdam,
Circa 1780
The pair of framed manganese six-tile pictures each depict a...
Category
Dutch Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Delft
18th-19th Century Gold Swedish Gustavian Antique Gilded Pinewood Wall Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian rectangular wall mirror with its original mirror glass and blue color paint, made of handcrafted gilded Pinewood, in good condition. The wall decor ...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Gilded Barometer by Evangelista Torricelli
By Evangelista Torricelli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, large antique French Louis XVI period barometer, signed by Torricelli in gilded wood and of oval shape with original scientific illustrations, in good condition. The detailed wall décor piece is consisting its original glass. Framed with gilt foliate trim and important pediment. Minor fading, due to age. Wear consistent with age and use, circa 1750, France.
The Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Framed Pre-Columbian Woven Textile from Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique pre-Columbia textile panel from Chancay culture in Central coast of nowadays Peru. Chancay culture thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon circa AD. 1000-1470. The panel appears to be an intact shawl or head scarf, indicated by the overall integrity with the finished edges. It is a gauze-like linen/cotton open-square woven panel with supplemental embroidered horizontal bands that alternate between hooked diamond motifs and silhouettes of perched seabirds, one of the most favored animal forms in Chancay art. The color is quite vibrant with red contrasted by two shades of yellow on a darker brown background. The scarf such as this is thought to be associated with ceremonies and magic realm of death and burial practice. The textile is displayed on a dark line background under a newly made acrylic shadow box.
Reference: For reading on the bird motifs in Chancay textile art, see page 141-183 of the book "Ancient...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Textile, Linen
18th Century French Faience Birds Nevers Plate
By Nevers
Located in Austin, TX
18th Century French faience Nevers plate.
2 birds on the center with a flowers border.
Category
French Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
18th Century French Heraldry Motif Carved-Wood Wall Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved-wood panel from the 18th century. This antique wall decoration from France has a primarily rectangular shape, with raised carvi...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
J. Kip and L. Knyff 18th Century Engraving, Set of 4
By Johannes Kip
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Set of four antique copperplate engravings with hand coloring. "Britannia Illustrata," the publication in which these prints originally appeared, was one of the most important topogr...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century Gold French Gilded Wood Barometer, Antique Parisian Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare antique finely worked French barometer with lyre shaped crest thermometer above a large hexagonal framed barometer. The Parisian décor piece is m...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Chinese Pair 'Diptych' Reverse Glass Paintings of Port Life, Early 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of reverse glass paintings are truly one-of-a-Kind pieces. The scene has been beautifully rendered, with great attention paid to detail. These piece were created in China d...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paint
Rare Pair of Flemish 18th Century "Verre Églomisé" Reverse Glass Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare pair of Flemish 18th century "Verre Églomisé" Reverse Glass Paintings, each depicting riverfront scenes with figures, fishermen castles, co...
Category
Finnish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paint
18th C. Italian Architectural Carved, Faux-Marble Painted & Gilt Wood Plaque
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved and gilt wood wall plaque from the 18th century. This antique wall ornament from Italy is a nicely sized piece at roughly four ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export 18th Century Wallpaper Framed Panel
Located in Essex, MA
Wonderful color and patina. Perfect to fill a tall narrow space. This is a fragment from a larger panel. Framed.
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Framed 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Angel Head Wall Relief Sculpture
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Framed 18th century Italian gold leaf angel head 'putto' wall relief sculpture with burgundy velvet and adorned with rubies and garnets. There is ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Antique Asian Influenced Leather Hinged Screen with Nailhead Trim
Located in Asheville, NC
This beautiful wood and leather gold floral on red screen has an English style with an Asian influence. Stunning!
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Matthaus Seutter, Framed 1730 Color Engraving Map of "Belgium Fonderatum"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Label on verso. From Grosser Atlas. The name Belgium comes from the ancient designation "Gallis Belgica". Figural decoration upper left. M. Seutter was a famed German mapmaker in the...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
“Abundantia”, Oil on Panel, Attributed to Angelica 'Maria Anna' Kauffman
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold "Abundantia," an oil masterpiece on panel, often attributed to the accomplished artist Angelica (Maria Anna) Kauffman (Italian/English, 1741-1807). This remarkable work of art...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood, Silvered and Painted Decorative Wall Lyre
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a music room, den or office with this elegant and colorful antique wall mounted lyre. Crafted in Italy circa 1780, the large Classical Roman musical instrument featured two ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Pair French 18th-19th Century Chinoiserie Circle of Jean B. Pillement
By Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 18th-19th century whimsical rococo style chinoiserie oil on canvas, circle of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. (French, 1728-1808). One oil painting depicting an outdoor patio scene of a standing young mother, holding a fan, with her three young children playing with a horse-toy, a parrot and a cat, all surrounded by flowers, plants, trees, planters and flanked by a dragon fountain...
Category
French Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Italian 18th Century White Carrara Marble and Giltwood Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome Italian 18th century white Carrara marble and giltwood plaque. This finely carved white Carrara marble plaqu...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Marble
Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment Chancay Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two framed pre-Columbian textile fragments from Chancay culture (1000AD-1470AD) in nowadays Peru. Both panels are of a similar red background and possibly wove...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Textile, Wood
18th Century Grand Tour Classical Panel with Allegorical Inlaid Figures
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an absolutely incredible piece. Having 4 classical figures, each housed under arched forms with Corinthian columns accented by matching inlay. One of my favorite pieces comin...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Mahogany
18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century French Baroque Old Master painting oil on leather.
Old Master painting, French Baroque period 18th century oil on leather represents a lush imaginary landscape in ric...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Leather
Chinese Ming Dynasty 17th Century Glazed Terracotta Sancai Temple Roof Tile
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty period temple roof tile from the 17th century, with turquoise glaze, bird and flower motifs. Created in China during the Ming Dynasty which ruled from 1368 to ...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
Set of Three Antique Hand Colored Seashell Engravings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Historic set of three 18th century engravings hand painted in watercolor depicting seashell specimens in an early naturalist style. Presented u...
Category
German British Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Serpent & Galleon, Red Chalk on Paper in GiltWood Frame
Located in New York, NY
Serpent & Galleon, Ink on Paper, in an
18th Century GiltWood Frame.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
18th Century French Hand Carved Wood Stamp Stencil Block
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a office or study with this antique wood stamp stencil block. Created in France circa 1760, the decorative floral pattern stencil was used for printing fabric and wall paper...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Oak
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds,
Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,...
Category
French Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Late 18th C. Pair of French Brass Repoussé Wall Sconces, 35.25" Tall
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French pair of brass repoussé single-light wall sconces from the late 18th century. This antique pair of wall decorations from France, Circa ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Antique 1755 Copperplate Engraving Westminster Bridge Lambeth Survey of London
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hand colored riverscape / landscape copperplate engraving based on a painting by Jacob Maurer and engraved by Paul Fourdrinier - A View of Westminster Bridge from Lambeth, published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowe’s Survey of London. BIO: Paul Fourdrinier sometimes referred to as Peter or Pierre Fourdrinier, was an 18th Century engraver in England. Paul Fourdrinier, engraver and printseller, was born on 20 December 1698 in Groningen in the Netherlands, the son of Jacques Fourdrinier and his wife, Jeanne Theroude, Huguenot refugees from Dieppe, Normandy. He was a pupil of Bernard Picart at Amsterdam for six years, and came to England in 1720. He was employed in engraving portraits and book illustrations. He also engraved two works by Peter Monamy, marine paintings displayed in Vauxhall Gardens. The engravings were published in 1743, but may have been executed earlier. Starting in 1742 Fourdrinier produced a series of books consisting of numerous folding charts showing "The Succession of Colonels to all his Majesties Land Forces from their Rise to 1742", as well as many other details of British military and naval personnel. The 2004 edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography makes it clear that in the 19th century edition of the Dictionary of National Biography this engraver's works and career were assigned to two individuals, Peter (or Pierre) and Paul Fourdrinier. Peter/Pierre is now seen to be a fictitious individual resulting from an accidental misnaming of Paul. Paul Fourdrinier is mentioned as the engraver of some of the works listed above, and he has been identified with the Paul Fourdrinier who was of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, married to Susanna Grolleau, and who died in January or February 1758. The couple had at least five children, including a son Henry Fourdrinier, whose daughter, or granddaughter, Jemima Fourdrinier was the mother of Cardinal John Henry Newman...
Category
British Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Egyptian Figures Continental Oil on Canvas
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 19th Century Continental School Oil on canvas. One portrays Egyptian Figures at a table with Hieroglyphics, and the other one a flute player and a singer. The scenes are from a funerary banquet, from the Tomb of Nenkhef. Both are framed in matching silver gild...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
16th Century Pair of Italian Candlesticks of Cherubs
Located in North Miami, FL
This exquisite pair of 16th-century Italian candlesticks is a testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of the Renaissance era. Meticulously carved from wood and adorned with opule...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
An 18th Century Italian Hand-Painted Plaque, Decorative Wall Ornament
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian hand-painted wall plaque from the 18th century. This wall decoration from Italy has a half-octagon shape with longer flat section being at bottom-side of plaque. It has been hand-painted in a motif of horns, arrows, angels, and volutes. Primary coloring is gold and green with a black frame. There is a lovely old patina; a nice reflection of its age. This 18th century Italian wall plaque...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
17th Century Spanish Carved Walnut Door Panel
Located in Stamford, CT
A really gutsy and interesting early 17th century carved wood panel. If this kind of thing appeals to you, it does to me, than this is a compelling example of early carving and the p...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Italian Spolvero Print on Canvas with Fragments & Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian spolvero patterns printed onto canvas and adorned with 18th century Italian fragments and red fanthom quarts points.
Spolvero is an early method us...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Quartz
18th Century Dutch Delft Faience Floral Charger
Located in Pearland, TX
A large 18th-century Dutch Delft charger hand painted with a floral and foliate design in cobalt blue and white, circa 1750. This lovely large plate would be wonderful added to a col...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Delft, Faience
C. 1625 After Antoine de Pluvinel, "Henry IV, Mounted", Hand Colored Engraving
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 17th century, French hand colored equestrian engraving. After Antoine de Pluvinel (French, 1552-1620), "Henry IV, Mounted", figure 42 from "L'Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de Monter a Cheval", c. 1625, matted and framed under UF-3 plexiglass (blocks approx. 97% of UV) , gallery label verso. Figures from this publication have sold at Christie's. Those were not hand colored.
A highly detailed engraving with the French King Henry 1V the central figure. Mounted on horseback, Le Roy (the King) is watched by no less than 10 courtiers some of whom are mounted on horseback, all of which are named in the engraving.
Antoine de Pluvinel (1552, Crest, Dauphine - 24 August 1620) was the first of the French riding masters, and has had great influence on modern dressage. He wrote L’Instruction du Roy en L'exercice de Monter à Cheval ("instruction of the King in the art of riding"), was tutor to King Louis XIII, and is credited with the invention of using two pillars, as well as using shoulder-in to increase suppleness.
In 1594, Pluvinel founded the "Academie d'Equitation" near what is now Place des Pyramides. There, the French nobility was trained not only in horsemanship, but also in all the accomplishments (dancing, fashionable dressing, etc.) It can be said that Pluvinel's influence on the aristocracy lasted from the late 16th century to the 17th century. Richelieu, the future Prime Minister of King Louis XIII attended the Academie; so did William, Duke of Cavendish.
Pluvinel's book was published posthumously by the Flemish engraver Crispijn van de Passe II and the royal valet de chambre...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Boxwood, Paint, Paper
Oil Painting of a Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Depicting an Italian scene; likely 18th century. The painter is unknown but likely Flemish. The canvas is in good overall good condition, now mounted on a hardboard backing. The comp...
Category
Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
17th, 18th and 19th Century Group of Eight Russian and Greek Orthodox Icons
Located in North Miami, FL
A group of eight Russian and Greek Orthodox icons painted over gold leaf and gesso laid on a wooden board. These are mounted on a Lucite panel and ...
Category
Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Wall Glass Mirror, Scandinavian Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian wall mirror made of hand carved pinewood with its original mirrored glass, in good conditio...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of 18th Century American Federal Period Carved Fan Shaped Lintels
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful pair of fan shaped late 18th century American Federal period lintels or over doors with exquisitely detailed carving. The distressed painted surface adds a lot of character...
Category
American Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Flemish Brass Alms Plate
Located in Essex, MA
With shield in center surrounded by gadrooned and hammered decoration.
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe by Saverio Manetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe,
by Saverio Manetti
Circa 1776
A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time.
Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet)
Reference: Wikipedia
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...
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Italian Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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