Military Broadside, Quemque suae rapiunt, Recruiting Soldiers, Infantry

Dance of Death Broadside Todtentanz Einblattdruck Meyer, Conrad 1618-1689 Stirb, eh du sterbst, dass nicht verderbst [Der Todesengel zwischen Laste...

Fine folio including early and finely executed portraits of Renaissance artists by Joachim von Sandrart. Included are portraits of: Mino da Fiesole; Giuliano da Sangallo; Domenico Puligo; Andrea da Fiesole, and Properzia de' Rossi. The latter is of particular historical significance in that Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490 Bologna – 1530 Bologna) was a ground-breaking female Italian Renaissance sculptor, the only woman to receive a biography in Vasari's Lives of the Artists. According to Vasari, she taught herself to carve by working with peach-stones. At the end of her life, she was sought out by the Pope Clement VII, who unfortunately found her dead. Sometimes referred to as the “German Vasari,” Joachim von Sandrart, born in Frankfurt, trained first as a printmaker, notably in Nuremberg, and in Prague with Aegidius Sadeler. He then studied painting from 1625 on, originally in the studio of Gerrit van Honthorst...

Antique print titled 'Dritte Vorstellung'. Old military print published by 'Militarischen Gesellschaft in Zurich'. This society published a series of prints ma...

Antique print titled ‘Fantassin Italien, XVe Siecle.’ Original antique print of an infantry soldier, Italy, 15th century. This print originates from 'Costumes historiques de femmes d...