Early 1700s Wall Decorations

Still life of assorted birds. On canvas with chickens, pheasants and parrots.

Christ Healing the Sick and Preaching the Sermon on the Mount, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 This fine engraving, published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam around 1700, presents two strik...

Antique Biblical Engravings – The Transfiguration of Christ & Healing of a Possessed Boy, ca. 1700 This striking engraving sheet, published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam around 170...

John Nieuhoff Exotic Fish Prints Set of Five Hand-Colored Engravings c1704 This rare and attractive group of five hand-colored engravings depicts a diverse selection of exotic marin...

Title: Creation of the World to Abraham Sacrifice, Genesis Engravings, 1700 Description: This impressive set of six early-18th-century copper engravings forms part of a larger Genes...

Description: Antique map titled 'Erster Abriss der Stadt Jerusalem wie sie Furnemblich zur Zeit des Hernn Christi beschaffen (..).' Spectacular town plan...

Lighthouse at Plymouth – Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1707 This fine small-format copper engraving by Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733) depicts the famous lighthouse off the coast of Plymo...

A fine and large flemish 17th-18th century Baroque figural tapestry "A Royal Courtship" depicting an allegorical courting scene of a young princess meeting her prince at the watchful eye of a mesmerized queen standing behind her. A young girl supports the princess' dress train...

Acts of the Apostles – Six Biblical Scenes, Pieter Mortier Engravings, Amsterdam c.1700 This rare set of three large copper engravings, each containing two biblical scenes, was publ...

Antique map titled 'Byzondere Kaart van de Landen Daar de Apostelen Het Evangelium Gepredikt Hebben (..).' Highly decorative map of the eastern Mediterranean...

Antique print titled 'La Ville de Palimbang dans L’Ile de Sumatra.' A very decorative, impressive engraving of Palembang in Sumatra. Two views on one sheet. In the upper part the...

Christ Healing the Possessed and the Paralytic, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 This fine biblical engraving originates from Pieter Mortier’s illustrated Bible, published in Amsterdam arou...

Antique Biblical Engravings – Dance of Salome & Beheading of John the Baptist, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 This dramatic copperplate engraving, published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam...

Antique print titled 'Societatis Indiae Occident (..) - West Indisch Huys op Raapenburg (..)'. Despite the title suggesting this print is a view of the West-Indisch House in Amst...

The antique print titled 'Samojeedse vrouw - Samojeedse man' features the attire of a Samoyedic woman and man, representing the traditional clothing worn by these individuals. The Sa...

Description: Antique map of the world. Printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710). On this old engraving you can find California as an Island twice! Rare! Artists and Eng...

Originating in Brussels, Belgium, circa 1700, this silk and wool tapestry fragment depicts a visual meditation on the Divine Order of the Universe, which is a theological notion that...

Antique print titled 'Exundatio aquarum Nocuus sic plectitur ignis ab undis'. View of people and animals being rescued from the sea. This print originates from 'Ethica naturalis,...

Lepautre 1652-1716 was a French drawing artist and engraver,architect. He was appointed to the French royal design department headed by Mansart and later by Robert de Cotte in the la...

Feast in the House of Simon & Parable of the Sower, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by Pie...

A traditional Russian triptych of Christ and the Virgin of the Unfading Roses. The Mother of God and her son are shown wearing crowns and dressed in r...

Title: 'The departure of the Empirour Hockflieuw to the Emprial Court at Peking' with further description in Dutch. The Dutch man Pieter van Hoorn, his son...

Japanese six-panel screen: Women of the Court in the Garden. Edo period (circa 1700) painting of an early Kano school subject matter: nobility socializing in a coutryard garden. Deta...

Christ and Nicodemus by Night / Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 This fine engraved sheet presents two biblical scenes from the Gospel of John, p...

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Joseph Cycle, c.1700 This rare and decorative set consists of three early-18th-century biblical copper engravings, each sheet engrav...

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Apocalypse Cycle, c.1700 This rare and decorative set consists of three early-18th-century biblical copper engravings, each sheet en...

Antique print, titled: 'Majorinus Numida' Majorinus was a bishop of Carthage in dispute with Ceacilianus. He favored the so-called Donatist sect. Het died ca. 329 AD. The background to the controversy was the wave of persecutions of Christians by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. At that time some Church leaders - unwilling to endure torture or death and become martyrs - had been ready to take such acts as worshipping the gods of the old pantheon, considered idols by Christians, or surrendering church books and property to the imperial authorities. Such people became known as 'traditors' ("surrenderers"). One of these "traditors", named Caecilian, had returned to the fold of the Church once the persecutions ended, and was consecrated Bishop of Carthage and Primate of North Africa. Those of the faithful who refused to accept the authority of such a spiritual leader raised Majorinus as a rival bishop; however, Majorinus died shortly after being consecrated, and it fell to Donatus to take his place and continue the struggle. This rare print originates from: 'Historie der Kerken en Ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het Jaar onses Heeren 1688. Onzydig in 't Hoogduytsch beschreeven, door den Hoog-geleerden Heer Godfried Arnold, Voor deezen Hoog-Leeraar in de Historien tot Giesen. In het Neederduyts vertaald. Vercierd met verscheyde Koopere Plaaten door den Heer Romeyn de Hooghe.' (transl.: History of Churches and Heretics from the start of the New Testament until the year of our lord 1688 ...), by Godfried Arnold, Dutch edition published by Sebastiaan Petzold, Amsterdam 1701. This edition contains portraits of heretic figures, etched by the reknown Romeyn de Hooghe. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Romeyn de Hooghe' after an anonymous artist. Gottfried Arnold (pseud. Christophorus Irenaeus) was an important representative of the so-called radical Pietism, publicist, church historian and chants writer (so he was believed to have written the well-known Church song 'O Durchbrecher aller Bande'). Arnold studied theology in Wittenberg. From the Lutheran Orthodoxy he converted, through writings of Spener, to Pietism, associating later into a circle around the court preacher Sprögel, who was influenced by Jakok Böhm. Many medieval mystics were later re-issued by him. In addition he was clearly influenced by Grotius and the early enlightenment. His quest for the 'true' Christianity rightly brought him in the early Church. So he arranged an edition containing the sermons of the desert father Macarius. Arnold was a skilled patristicus, although he did not escape from the creation of an ideal image of the Christian life in the early Church, in his view a flowering time which ended with the reign of Constantine. His first study of the early Church ('Die erste Liebe der Gemeinen Jesu Christi') provided him a professor position in Gießen, a post which he soon left, disappointed by what he called the 'Ruhmsachtige Vernunftwesen des akademischen Lebens'. He continued as an individual scientist and he published books and poems. His main work is 'Unparteiischen Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie' (1699-1700), of which this is the Dutch translation. He adapts in this study the reformatory decay theory, where the censure lies no longer with Constantine, but the post-Apostolic time. The decay is temporarily lifted with the Reformation, but occurres again soon, so that even the contemporary institutional Protestantism lies under the fire of his criticism. On the other hand he favours the 'Church of the spirit' that existed in all times (invisible) and is characterised by avoiding the world and asceticism. Not the orthodoxy, but the subjectivity of religious man...

Creation of the World & Genesis Scenes, Mortier Amsterdam, circa 1700 Description: This striking pair of early 18th-century copper engravings forms part of a larger Genesis ser...

18th century French charcoal and crayon of a peasant carrying baskets from harvest, style of Jean-Antoine Watteau. Mounted in a hand painted recessed mat. The ebonized and gilt wood ...

By Johannes Van den Aveelen and engraved by Holmice. Six views of Swedish royal residences. Hand colored engravings. Framed and matted.

Biblical History Engravings – Joseph and Moses, Dutch Bible Series c.1700 This remarkable set of six original antique copper engravings forms part of a larger biblical narrative ser...

Antique Biblical Engravings – The Unforgiving Servant & Christ Blessing the Children, ca. 1700 This finely executed engraving sheet, published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam around ...

Adoration of the Magi & Flight into Egypt, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by Pieter Morti...

Antique Bible Print Set, Genesis & Exodus Scenes, Mortier c.1700 This attractive group of six original early-18th-century copper engravings forms part ...

The Apocalypse of Saint John – Twelve Visionary Scenes, Pieter Mortier, c.1700 This striking cycle of six large copper engravings (each plate with two scenes) illustrates the vision...

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Acts & Apocalypse, c.1700 This rare and decorative set consists of three early-18th-century biblical copper engravings, each sheet e...

Antique portrait titled 'Macedonius'. Portrait of Macedonius I. Macedonius (died after 360) was a Greek bishop of Constantinople from 342 up to 346, and from 351 until 360. He inspired the establishment of the Macedonians, a sect later declared heretical. This print originates from 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' by G. Arnold. Artists and Engravers: Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German...

Genesis Narrative Engravings Set – Mortier Amsterdam, Flood to Babel Scenes 1700 Description: This rare and visually compelling set of six early-18th-century biblical engravings was...

Botanical Engraving of Tithymalus Aiz Arbor from Caspar Commelin’s Work, 1706 This engraving is possibly a botanical illustration from Caspar Commelin's "Praeludia Botanica," publis...

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Genesis & Apocalypse, c.1700 This rare and decorative set consists of three early-18th-century biblical copper engravings, each shee...

Dutch Baroque Passion of Christ, 3 Double-Scene Engravings by Mortier ca 1700 This powerful Dutch Baroque set comprises three early-18th-century copper engravings, each sheet contai...

Military Procession with Spoils of War After Gerard de Lairesse Rossetti c1700 A large early 18th-century etching and engraving by Domenico Rossetti, after a composition by the cele...

Title: "The Station used by the great Mandaryns Staetsie der groote Mandarijns / The Station used by the great Mandaryns Staetsie der groote Mandarijns. 1665. The richly illustrat...

The Passion of Christ – Twelve Dramatic Scenes, Pieter Mortier Engravings, c.1700 Description: This powerful sequence of six large copper engravings (each plate containing two scene...

Acts of the Apostles – The Trials, Deliverance, and Witness of the Early Church Pieter Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1700 Description: This horizontal sequence brings together four larg...

Set of Three Double-Scene Biblical Copper Engravings, Pieter Mortier, ca 1700 This rare and decorative set consists of three early-18th-century biblical copper engravings, each shee...

Antique map titled 'Eigentliche Vorstellung der Statt Jerusalem und derselben umliegenden Gegenden zu Salomonis auch zu und kurtz nach Christi Zeiten.' Rare town plan...

Circa 1700 Lace Embroidered Picture. Worked in a variety of lace techniques. A central panel depicts a male head and shoulders. Geometric panels and bands surround the cental motif. ...

Massacre of the Innocents & Christ among the Doctors, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by P...

Miracles of Christ – Wedding at Cana & Cleansing of the Temple, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amst...

Evangelists Matthew and Mark, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by Pieter Mortier around 170...

Birth of John the Baptist & Angel Appearing to Joseph, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by ...

Antique Biblical Engravings – Christ Walking on Water & The Canaanite Woman, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 This impressive copperplate engraving, publishe...

Antique Biblical Engravings – Tribute to Caesar & Reading of the Law, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 This fine double engraving, published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam around 1700, illu...

Antique Biblical Engravings – Peter Finds the Coin in the Fish’s Mouth & Christ Foretells His Passion, ca. 1700 This elegant engraving sheet, published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterda...

Annunciation & Visitation, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by Pieter Mortier around 1700. ...

Presentation of Christ in the Temple & Prophetess Anna, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by...

Antique Biblical Engravings – The Rich Young Man & Christ Teaching at the Feast, 18th c. This fine antique engraving presents two significant episodes from the New Testament, execut...

John the Baptist Preaching & Baptism of Christ, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700 Original antique engraving from Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, published in Amsterdam by Pieter ...

This engraving is a botanical illustration possibly from Caspar Commelin's "Praeludia Botanica," published in 1703. It depicts the Aloe ferox, a species of African aloe, known for it...