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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Set of 10 Antique Horse Riding Prints
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 10 antique horse riding prints. Published circa 1680.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Rare Antique Print of the Catching of a Snake By Europeans in Asia, 1672
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of several figures trying to catch a snake. This print originates from 'Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het mach...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXV' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXV: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows medical instruments / devices for childbirth like a forceps. This print originates from 'Encycl...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Welcoming of the Dutch Ambassador near Peking, China
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ' The Welcoming dor by the Lipu half an hower without the Towne Pecking / Welkomst door de Lipu een half uur buijten / Pecking'. A depiction of the welcoming of ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of various Insects including the Nun Moth & Common House Mosquito
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of various insects. Nun moth, Lymantria monacha, caterpillar 1, moth, 2,3, and Phalaena bombyx monacha 1,2,3, and common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, 4,5, he...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Fort of Kollam, Kerala, India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plan de la Forteresse de Coylan, Grondtekening der Fortresse Coylan'. Floor plan of the fort of Kollam, Kerala, on India's Malabar Coast...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Map of Coiba Island, Panama, South America, C.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de la partie orientale de l'Isle de Quibo'. Map of the eastside of Coiba Island (Quibo), Panama, showing the shoreline around Port de Dames indicating soft s...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Tarantula and Dancing Figures by Middleton 'c.1780'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The tarantula, with the method of curing those stung by it, which is effected by music and dancing'. Antique print of the wolf spider...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the East India House in Amsterdam, Holland, 1693
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Oost-Indisch-Huys'. Original antique print of the East India House in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Beschry...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Henry Prince of Wales Son of K. James I'. Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales KG (19 February 1594 – 6 November 1612), was the eldest son and heir apparent of James VI...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XVII' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XVII: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows the medical procedure called trepanning and surgical instruments used for trepanning or ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Beautiful Tuscan Ceramic Plate 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Tuscan Ceramic Plate 17th Century
with a deepened centre, painted with a biblical scene, landscape and architecture, glazed on the underside, described and marked.
Diamete...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Porcelain
Old Engraving of Lord Nawasichan, Governor of Rajmahal, Jharkhand State in India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Heer Nawasichan Gouverneur van Ragimahal'. Old print of the lord Nawasichan, governor of Rajmahal. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the VOC's lands.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning and some foxing. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1726
Overall size: 21 x 33.5 cm.
Image size: 17.5 x 14 cm.
Antique prints have long been appreciated for both their aesthetic and investment value. They were the product of engraved, etched or lithographed plates. These plates were handmade out of wood or metal, which required an incredible level of skill, patience and craftsmanship. Whether you have a house with Victorian furniture or more contemporary decor an old engraving...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Hottentots in South Africa, C.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Homme et Femme Hottentots'. Old print showing Hottentots, nowadays called Khoikhoi. This print originates from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
Ar...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Anatomy Print of Various Organs, 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique anatomy print of various organs including intestines, pancreas, liver, spleen and more. This print originates from 'De Ontleedkundige Pla...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print with a View of the City of Eger 'Cheb' by Münster '1554'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Egrana civitas olim de imperio Romanorum (..)'. Important early view of the walled town of Eger, or Cheb, in the Czech Republic, including the city's coat of ar...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Isabella Clara Eugenia, One of the Most Powerful Women in 16th and 17th-Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Isabella Clara Eugenia (..)'. Old portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia. This print originates from 'Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print with Charts of Hemispheres by Scherer, c.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Various antique charts of hemispheres illustrating the positioning of the earth. Printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710).
Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 5 Antique Prints of Various Furniture by Benard 'c.1785'
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of five antique prints of various furniture. Published by Benard after Radel, circa 1785.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher
Located in Miami, FL
Antique engraving prints, make a great gift!
Fine crisp impression of great rarity; it is particularly unusual to find a 18th century color engraving print of this quality and condi...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Eurasian Wren by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Motacilla, Troglodytes'. This print depicts the Eurasian Wren with nest and eggs (Dutch: winterkoning). The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren. It was once lumped with Troglodytes hiemalis of eastern North America and Troglodytes pacificus of western North America as the winter wren...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Rare Engraving of NY Celebrations by the Moors Muslims in Bengal, India, 1708
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Diversche Feesten van de Moren - Als die van het Nieuwe Jaar.' View of several celebrations by the Moors/ Muslims like the New Year celebration., January 1664. Bengal, part of present day Bangladesh and India. This very scarse attractive original old antique print / plate / etching / engraving originates from: 'Wouter Schoutens, Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien ...' (Wouter Schoutens travels into the East Indies), 2nd. edition, published by Andries van Damme, Amsterdam, 1708.
Artists and Engravers: Wouter Schouten (1638-1704) joined the Dutch VOC...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Henry Chichele After a Window at All Souls College '1772'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Henri: Chicele Fundator'. Portrait of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury; full length, facing to right, in full episcopal attire, mitre and robes, holding crosier; set in a gothic niche; image taken from an ancient window in All Souls College...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
17th Century Italian Carved Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
A distinguished 17th Century Italian carved wooden panel, showcasing the artistry and craftsmanship of the Baroque period. The panel is meticulously carved with an intricate design f...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Walnut
Antique Print of a Japanese Wedding Ceremony
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Iapanische traugeprauge - Ceremonie van haer Trouwen'. View of a Japanese wedding ceremony. This print originates from 'Denckwürdig...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'George Villiers Duke of Buckingham'. Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628).
Artists and Engrav...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Color Engraving Print by Pieter F.H. Bruegel, Titled En Preparation
Located in Miami, FL
Original 18th century color engraving print by renowned artist Pe. F.H. Bruegel.
A fine crisp impression of great rarity; it is particularly unusual to find color engravings of this...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Ruins Landscape Attributed to Bartolomeo Pedon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Attributed to Bartolomeo Pedon (Italian 1665-1732)
"Ruins", circa 1700
Oil on canvas
69.5" x 52" inches framed
61" x 43.5" inches unframed
Pedon was born in October 1665. In 1716, he became part of the Fraglia, a guild of Venetian painters. He lived the lifestyle of a Bohemian and had a strong taste for poetry. Pedon spent most of his career as a painter in Padua, in the Monastery of San Benedetto, and died in February 1733.
The present painting, attributed to Pedon, relies on the late Seicento landscape culture of Northern Italy. The artist was clearly influenced by painters like Johann...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Canvas
Antique Print of Westerbeek Castle, The Hague in The Netherlands
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 't Huis te Westerbeek'. View on the castle of Westerbeek in The Hague. This print was used in: Jacob de Riemer’s: “Beschryving van ‘s-Graven-Hage…” Delft and Den...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Decorative Handcolored Engraving of the Molenbaix Estate in Belgium, 1696
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Molenbaix - Huys te Molenbaes'. Copper engraving of the estate of Molembaix, Walcheren. This print originates from 'Nieuwe Cronyk van Zeeland' by Mattheus Small...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Lewisham in Kent, England, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A View at Lewisham in Kent - Vue à Lewisham en Kent'. Original antique print with a view of Lewisham, England. This print originates from the series 'Twelve vie...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Nice Antique City View of the Lombard on The Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Banck van Leeningh'. View of the City Bank of Loan in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Also known as the Lombard, located on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal of Amsterda...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Map of Ambon Island in the Moluccas, Indonesia, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Ambon titled 'Carte Particuliere de l 'Isle Amboine'. Old map showing Ambon, in the Moluccas Islands, better known as the Spice Islands. Ambon was the headquarters of the...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Stunning Decorative Original Antique Print of various Raja Fish Species
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of illustrating several raja species. Raja, also known as raia, is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae containing 16 species. It includes the brown ray and many others. These rare hand colored copperplate engraving has been selected from a work entitled "Historia Naturalis”, published in Amsterdam in 1657 under the supervision of John Jonston. John Jonston (or Johnstone), a descendant of a Scottish family...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Beautiful, Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of Four Geese '1792'
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of four Geese, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
Antique Print of the Castle of the Shogun of Firando in Japan, 1669
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Kasteel van den Heer van Firando. Chateau du Seigneur de Firando.' View of the castle of the Shogun of Firando (now known as Hirado). A procession enters the ca...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 3 Colored Antique Prints of various Sea Shells and Molluscs
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of three antique prints of various sea shells and molluscs. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of William Charles Henry Friso of Orange, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, Prins van Oranje, Erfstadhouder der Vereenigde Nederlanden enz. enz. enz'. Portrait of William Charles Henry Friso of Orange.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
Located in Langweer, NL
Panoramic view of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Published by C. de Bruijn, circa 1700.
Cornelis de Bruijn (also spelled Cornelius de Bruyn,...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Stonecrop and Other Plants, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Orchis antropomorphos (..)'. Old botany print depicting white stonecrop and other plants. Originates from the first Dutch editon of an interesting travel accoun...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Map of The Frisian Cities Leeuwarden and Franeker in Friesland, 1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Lewardum Occidentlis Frisiae Opp: 1580, Franicher Nobiliu hominum, in Frisia Occidentali, ut plurimum saedes'.
This sheet contains two very detailed bird?s-ey...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Great Temple in Osaka, Japan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gotzenhaus ausserhalb Sackai - De Groote Tempel buyten Saccay'. View of the great Temple in Osaka. Includes key to the various locations. This print originates ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print Titled 'Penury', Depicting a Poor People's Eating Table, 1796
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Penury'. Depicting a table with, cutlery, pottery and little food. Made by J.M. Delattre after Peter Pasquin. Published in London, 1796. Penury is a synonym for...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Beautiful, Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of 3 Ducks and An Avocet (1792).
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 3 Ducks and an Avocet, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenti...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
17th Century Italian Architectural Fragment with Carnelian Pebbles and Raw Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian hand-painted ecclesiastical architectural element adorned with carnelian pebbles, gold-plated crystals, blue and yellow raw agate, and b...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Agate, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas Framed with Citrine Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a custom frame and citrine crystals.
Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Rock Crystal
Print of the Soetendale Estate, Between Grijps and Serooskerke in Zeeland, 1696
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Soetendale'. Copper engraving of the Soetendale estate, Walcheren region, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Nieuwe Cronyk van Zeeland' by Mattheus Sm...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Handcolored Print of the Watervliet Estate in East Flanders, Belgium, 1696
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Huys te Watervliet'. Copper engraving of the estate of Watervliet. This print originates from 'Nieuwe Cronyk van Zeeland' by Mattheus Smallegange.
Artists a...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Engraving of Tarantula Spiders from Crete, 1688
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'De Spinneweb Tarantula.' - This original antique print shows spiders of Crete. Dutch text on verso. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Portrait of John Thurloe, English Politician and Spymaster for Oliver Cromwell
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'John Thurlow, Secretary to Oliver Cromwell'. Old portrait of John Thurloe. John Thurloe (1616-1668) of Great Milton in Oxfordshire and of Lincoln's Inn, was ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of French Men Training Two Horses Near The Louvre, France, 1627
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print depicting two horses near the Louvre, France. Also depicted are a group of men, including Mr. LeGrand. This print originates from 'L'Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Spotted Nutcracker by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Caryocatactes'. This print depicts the Spotted Nutcracker (Caryocatactes - Nucifraga caryocatactes). The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcra...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Uncommon Old Map of Lapland to Russia and Denmark to Kazan in the South, 1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Noorderdeel van Europa, Bevattende Deenmarken, Noorwegen, Zweden, Lapland en het Grootste Gedeelte van Europeesch Rusland.'
This un...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Funeral Procession by Picart, circa 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print religion titled 'L'Exposision du Corps à la Porte du Logis' and 'L'Ôfrande du Pain et du Vin à la Messe des Morts'. The upper image depicts a funeral procession...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Engravings of 'Chinese' Priests and Beggars, circa 1728
Located in Langweer, NL
Early 18th century print showing a Catholic Priest, a Chinese Beggar-Priest, two Chinese Catholic Priests and a Chinese beggar with a deformed (pointe...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Punishment of a Butcher by Middleton 'c.1778'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Punishment of a Butcher of Grand Cairo for selling Stinking Meat (..)'. A scene of Butcher’s fate for selling rancid meat. Engraved for Middleton's 'Complet...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Anatomy Print of the Muscular System, 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique anatomy print of the muscular system. This print originates from 'De Ontleedkundige Plaaten van B. Eustachius' published by J.B. Elwe.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Io Changing into a Cow; Mercury Cuts off Argus's Head, 1733
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Io changée en Vache (..)'. This print depicts Io changing into a Cow: Mercury cutting off Argus's head. In Greek mythology, Io was a priestess of Hera in Argos,...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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