Antique Religion Engraving Illustrating Vatican Frescos Painted by Raphael, 1850

Antique print titled 'Mercurius uocalis Deus ex Louis mandato Deos omnes ad concionem conuocat de Cupidinis ac Psyches coniugio sententiam laturi'. Mercury descending to earth can be seen in a red waving coat. Garlands with flowers and fruits frame the picture. Winged figures, a lion and birds are to the right and left of Mercury. Above a wall ledge are two arched windows framed by garlands. This print originates from a series of twelve plates engraved by Nicolas Dorigny after a fresco by Raphael which can be found in Villa Farnesina. The Villa Farnesina is a Renaissance suburban villa in the Via della Lungara, in the district of Trastevere in Rome, central Italy. The villa was built for Agostino Chigi, a rich Sienese banker and the treasurer of Pope Julius II. Chigi also commissioned the fresco decoration of the villa by artists such as Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo...

Large antique print with two religious engravings. The upper image depicts the pillar of fire and smoke. The lower image depicts Moses descending from Mount Sinai. This print originates from a work illustrating the complete series of Vatican frescos painted...

Large antique print with two religious engravings. The upper image depicts the The Meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek. The lower image depicts God's Covenant with Abraham. This print originates from a work illustrating the complete series of Vatican frescos painted...

Large antique print with two religious engravings. The upper image depicts the Lord appearing to Isaac. The lower image depicts the Abimelech catching sight of Isaac and Rebekah embr...

Antique print titled 'Trolling for Jack'. Original antique print illustrating trolling (fishing) for jack. This print originates from 'The Illustrated London News' published 1850.

Antique print titled 'Sniggling for Eels'. Original antique print illustrating sniggling (fishing) for eels. This print originates from 'The Illustrated London News' published 1850.

Wonderful image after Raphael Fine Steel engraving. Published C.1850 Unframed.

Wonderful image after Raphael Fine Steel engraving. Published C.1850 Unframed.

Great image after Raphael Fine steel engraving Published by Fisher circa 1850 Unframed.

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...

Sixteen framed line engravings depicting various noble figures from the 15th thru 17th centuries. Published by Wm. Richardson, York House, No. 31 Strand...

Great image of a fern presented in a distressed antique lime-washed pine frame. Lithograph with original color. Published, C.1850 Free shipping.