Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

1673 Chickens, Poultry, Nicolas Robert, folio etching in hand colour

About the Item

Coc Gallus Poulle Gallina Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Paris, F. Pilly, (1673). Sheet: 36.5 x 24 cm Nissen, IVB 787; Ronsil 2599; see Bradley Martin 1837. Rare first edition of this splendid series of 31 engravings of birds by Nicolas Robert. Fine impression. Hand coloured. Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) was a French miniaturist and engraver. He was born in Langres and died in Paris.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.38 in (36.5 cm)Width: 9.45 in (24 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    Late 17th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1673
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Norwich, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU7031231737812
More From This SellerView All
  • 1673 Turkey, Poultry, Nicolas Robert, Folio Etching in Hand Color
    Located in Norwich, GB
    Gibber Coc dinde Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Pa...
    Category

    Antique 1670s French Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • 1673 Merganser Ducks, Nicolas Robert Large Folio Etching in Hand Colour
    Located in Norwich, GB
    Fiber ales Bieure Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Paris, F. Pilly, (1673). ...
    Category

    Antique Late 17th Century French Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • 1673 Geese, Nicolas Robert (B.1614), Ornithology, Large Folio Etching
    Located in Norwich, GB
    Anser; Oye. Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Paris, F. Pilly, (1673). Sheet: 36.5 x 24 cm. Later hand color. Nissen, IVB 787; Ronsil 2599; see Bradley Martin 1837. 17th century ornithological engraving...
    Category

    Antique Late 17th Century French Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • Vulture, Bird of Prey, Nicolas Robert, Folio Etching
    Located in Norwich, GB
    Vultur, Vautour Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Par...
    Category

    Antique 1780s French Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • Chest, Organs, Bierkowski, Holbein, Imperial Folio, Hand Colour
    Located in Norwich, GB
    From the rare deluxe series. Designed by Frick and lithographed in stone by Holbein. Beautiful original hand colour. Measures: 50.5 x 39 cm Issued in: Anatomisch-chirurgische Abbildungen nebst Darstellung und Beschreibung der chirurgischen Operationen nach den Methoden von v. Graefe, Kluge und Rust Bierkowski gained his medical doctorate in Leipzig in 1829, after the publication of this major work. In 1831 he became professor of surgery at the medical faculty of Krakow. Bierkowski took on the leadership of the military field hospital...
    Category

    Antique 1630s German Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • 1777 Ornament, mythology, M. Pergolesi, large folio, original hand colour
    Located in Norwich, GB
    Exquisite hand coloured copper engraving after M. Pergolesi. Issued for his scarce series ‘Designs for Various Ornaments’ Design for interior panel comprising of grotesque ornament. Published 1777-1784. Mounted under pars-partout with decorative gilt strip. Overall size 69.7 x 44.5 cm Artist and publisher: Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760–died 1801) Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon) Artist: After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727–1785 Hammersmith (active London)) Reference Thieme/Becker XXVI, 412. A fine original hand coloured copperplate from this attractive series of neo-classical designs by Pergolesi, a prolific Italian designer, painter and engraver of antique ornaments who came to England in 1760 at the invitation of Robert and James Adam. In 1777 he began issuing suites of engravings of designs for ceilings, panels, friezes, furniture and other ornaments. Some fifty of these plates had appeared by March 1785 when publication was suspended for six years, probably due to the death in 1786 of his patron, Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century English Georgian Prints

    Materials

    Paper

You May Also Like
  • Fine 17th Century Italian Etching by Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673
    By Salvator Rosa
    Located in Vero Beach, FL
    Salvator Rosa, the Italian Baroque painter was also a significant etcher and printmaker. Rosa’s is series of small prints of soldiers was very popular and influential. This etching i...
    Category

    Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • Nicolas de Larmessin Etching, Habit de Ceinturier
    Located in Montreal, Quebec
    Nicolas de Larmessin Etching – Habit de Ceinturier. 20th century print. Nicolas de Larmessin (1640-1725) was an enormously creative and productive artist. Nicolas was part of a long...
    Category

    20th Century French Renaissance Prints

    Materials

    Wood, Paper

  • Nicolas de Larmessin Etching, Habit de Tabletier
    Located in Montreal, Quebec
    Nicolas de Larmessin Etching – Habit de Tabletier. 20th century print. Nicolas de Larmessin (1640-1725) was an enormously creative and productive artist. Nicolas was part of a long ...
    Category

    20th Century French Renaissance Prints

    Materials

    Wood, Paper

  • Nicolas Robert " Floral Composition " Engraving 19th Century
    Located in Beuzevillette, FR
    Charming engraving representing a floral composition signed by Nicolas Robert. This floral composition is made from poppies, St John's wort and hedge bindweed. This set of flowers of the fields...
    Category

    Antique 18th Century French Picture Frames

    Materials

    Paper

  • Cultural Encounter in New Mexico, Copper Engraving Published in 1673
    Located in Langweer, NL
    This original copper engraving hails from Arnoldus Montanus' seminal work, "Die Unbekannte Neue Welt oder Beschreibung des Welt-teils Amerika und des Sud-Landes," a comprehensive dep...
    Category

    Antique 1670s Prints

    Materials

    Paper

  • Victorian Hand Colored Lithograph in Original Frame, Large Rare Folio
    Located in Vero Beach, FL
    19th century Victorian hand colored lithograph in original frame. Large and rare folio Beautiful original hand colored print of four girls titled, “God i...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century English Victorian Prints

    Materials

    Wood, Paper

Recently Viewed

View All