Pl. 94 Antique Print of French 17th Century Decoration by Racinet, circa 1880

Antique print titled 'France XVIIth Cent - France XVIIe, Siecle - Frankreich XVIItes Jahr'. Chromolithograph of French 17th century costumes. Thi...

Antique print titled 'France XVIIth Cent - France XVIIe, Siecle - Frankreich XVIItes Jahr'. Chromolithograph of French 17th century scenes. This print originates from 'Le Costume His...

A beautiful pair of burin engravings depicting "Saint Bernardo degli Uberti" and "Saint Hilary of Poitiers" two of the patron saints of the city included in the base of the cupola ( dome ) of Parma cathedral frescoed by Antonio Allegri known as Correggio (Correggio, August 1489-Correggio 5 March 1534) between 1524 and 1530. Admirable work by the great master in which his genius as a forerunner of the Baroque is fully seen. In 1642 Giovanni Battista Vanni etched a series of fifteen plates from Correggio's frescoes. Giovanni Battista Vanni was born in Pisa around 1599; he studied successively under Jacopo da Empoli, Aurelio Lomi, and Matteo Rosselli, and then became a disciple of Cristofano Allori. He is better known as an engraver than as a painter. From 1624 to 1632, he lived in Rome, then returning to Florence after visiting Venice. In addition to the series of prints...

Great image of a Rook Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Alexander Francis Lydon. Original color Publi...