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Pablo Picasso Signed Mid-Century Etching Print Pour Roby (L’Age de Soleil), 1968
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original etching by famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso titled "Pour Roby" (from L’Age de Soleil). This minimalistic portrait by Picasso features thin lines that outline a...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Pair 18th Century Framed Italian Etchings of Churches in Rome by Guiseppe Vasi
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th century Italian architectural etchings of churches in Rome by Guiseppe Vasi (1710-1782) from "Raccolta Delle Più Belle Veduta Antiche...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Italian Contemporary Roman Vase Black Gold Print with Mirror Wood Frame 1 of 2
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed Ancient Roman Vase print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and enhanced with a square frame made of mirrors and gilded with gouache and burnished with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

The Encounter, 1944 Lithograph by Maurits Cornelis Escher
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The Encounter, 1944 Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) Print size: 13.5 by 18.5 inches (34.2 by 47 cm) Frame size: 23.25 x 27.5 inches (59 by 70 cm) From the catalogue raison...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Modern Etched Prints

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Set of Twenty Framed 19th Century French Portrait Etchings
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic set of twenty 19th century framed etchings of Roman and Greek emperors, statesmen, and philosophers including Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Cicero, Marcus Brutus...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Etched Prints

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Pablo Picasso Signed Limited Edition Etching Jeux de Gladiateurs Series 347:168
Located in Studio City, CA
An engaging work titled "Jeux de Gladiateurs" by famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The etching was created in 1968. It is hand signed in pencil by Picasso and numbered 33/50, lowe...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Paper

Italian Contemporary Roman Vase Black Gold Print with Mirror Wood Frame 2 of 2
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed Ancient Roman Vase print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and enhanced with a square frame made of mirrors and gilded with gouache and burnished with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

'The Neophyte', Large Signed Etching by Gustave Doré, 19th Century Antique Print
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique print entitled ‘the neophyte (first experience of the monastery)’ by Gustave Dore, 1832 -1883 A captivating, somewhat creepy and darkly humorous take on someone’s first day r...
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19th Century European Gothic Antique Etched Prints

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Paper, Glass

Cellarius Andreas Pair of Celestial Maps 18th Century from Harmonia Macrocosmica
By Andreas Cellarius
Located in Milano, MI
Cellarius Andreas Pair of 18th Century Watercolor Celestial Maps within gilt frames, titled Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex Hypothesi Aratea in Plano Expre...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Etched Prints

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Paper, Giltwood

Louis Icart Framed Etching of Female Beauty in Peacock Lingerie on Bearskin 1926
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Etching by Louis Icart (1888-1950) depicting "La robe de Chine" (Silk Robe), a lovely blonde female in peacock lingerie draped over a polar bearskin rug. ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Etched Prints

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Wood, Paper

Etching portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1961, by Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963)
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Etching portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, 1961, by Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963). Villon was born Gaston Emil Duchamp (brother of famed Marcel, Suzanne & Raymond Duchamp). Rimbaud was...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Etched Prints

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Paper

CARTIER Jacques " Panther on the prowl " Art Deco Lithograph, France Circa 1930s
Located in leucate, FR
CARTIER Jacques. (1907-2001) Art Deco LITHOGRAPH color on paper, depicting "a panther on the lookout". Signature Jacques Cartier lower right. In its original frame (the glass is c...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Etched Prints

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Paper

Jose Luis Cuevas Aquatint "Lo Feo De Este Mundo II" 1969 Homage To Quevado
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas 1934-2017, Mexican Title: Lo Feo De Este Mundo II (The Ugliness of This World II) From the Homenaje a Quevado Series, 1969 Signed in graphite, Cuevas, low...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Expressionist Etched Prints

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Paper

Italian Contemporary Print of Ancient Profile with Mirror and Gold Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed ancient profile print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and enhanced with a square frame made of mirrors and gilded with gouache and burnished with a s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

Italian Contemporary Print of Ancient Profile with Mirror and Gold Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed ancient profile print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and enhanced with a square frame made of mirrors and gilded with gouache and burnished with a s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

“Dinosaure” by Le Corbusier
Located in Berlin, BE
"Dinosaure" by Le Corbusier. Signed in pencil and numbered 2/100.⁠ ⁠ Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887 – 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, ...
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1940s French Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Paper

Pair of Engravings With Hand-colored Ducks by Saverio Manetti 18th Century
Located in Milano, MI
Set of 2 hand-colored avian engravings, Italian, c. 1770, with figures of wild ducks, the mallard and the cicada, taken from Xavier Manetti's Natural History of Birds. They are on v...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Etched Prints

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Wood, Paper

Set of Four Grand Tour Etchings Italian Architectural Views Remondini circa 1770
Located in Milano, MI
A late-18th century Italian hand-colored copper engravings, original Italian etchings by Remondini, from Bassano dating back to 1770 circa. The set of four etchings...
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Late 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Etched Prints

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Wood, Paper

circa 1820 White Rose, Folio Stone Lithograph by Burggraaf with Hand Colour
Located in Norwich, GB
Exceedingly rare. No other example found worldwide. Rose Blanche - Witte Roos Measures: Large Folio: 33.5 x 27.2 cm Lithographed by Guillaume Philidor Van den Burggraaff (b. 1790) and published in Brussels before his move to Paris. Likely incunabula of stone lithography. During the first years of the 19th...
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Early 19th Century Belgian Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Four Antique Victorian Ornithological Prints by John Gould England, C.1875
Located in London, GB
John Gould September 1804 – February 1881 Published by Thomas Rymer Jones / Dr Brehm, Cassells Book of Birds, volume III London C.1875. A set of four lithograph prints of parrots...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

1813 Joh. W. Von Goethe & Alex. Von Humboldt; Comparative View of Mountains
Located in Norwich, GB
Esquisse des principales hauteurs des deux continens dressée par Mr. de Göthe,... d'après l'ouvrage de Mr. de Humboldt, publié en 1807 sous le titre d'Essai sur la géographie des plantes Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Cartographer Using information from: Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859) 32 x 27 cm on a leaf measuring 47 x 55 cm. Extremely rare example of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s comparative chart to depict the relative height of mountains, thus defining a cartographic style that would flourish throughout the remainder of the 19th century. This map is extremely scarce. It was issued and sold independently in Paris, 1813. Beginning in 1805, Goethe gave lectures on natural sciences to a group of Weimar women on Wednesday mornings. The audience included the Duchess Luise, Schiller's widow Charlotte and her sister Caroline von Wolzogen. Here Goethe used his image of heights on April 1, 1807 for the first time. A copy was sent to Alexander von Humboldt...
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1810s Biedermeier Antique Etched Prints

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Italian Contemporary Roman Vase Black Gold Big Print w/ Mirror Wood Frame 2 of 2
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed Ancient Roman Vase BIG print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and enhanced with a square frame made of mirrors and gilded with gouache and burnished w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

James Coignard Large Carborundum Etching
Located in Long Island City, NY
Carborundum Etching with collage by James Coignard ( France 1925-2008). Signed and numbered 2/75. Framed . Dimension with out frame 29" x 23".
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1980s French Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Paper

Neoclassical Etching A Roman Corinthian Capital by Francesco Piranesi
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical Etching of a architectural cornice and a Corithian capital by Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758 - 1810). Architectural Etching on paper...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Alphonse Legros Etching " Portrait of Sir Edward John Poynter"
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Original Victorian etching in period frame by Alphonse Legros of the artist Edward J Poynter.. Legros and Poynter were good friends with each other and James Mcneil Whistler was a m...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Etched Prints

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Parchment Paper

Cornelis Botke Signed Limited Ed. California Artist Etching Print Road to Bodega
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, serene rural image by Dutch-born American/Californian painter, etcher, and artist Cornelis Botke (1887-1954) titled "Road to Bodega (sometimes referred to as On The Road...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Etched Prints

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Paper, Wood

Saverio Manetti Anatra Selvatica Italian Etching Acquarellata a Mano ca 1770
Located in Milano, MI
Saverio Manetti Salvatica Duck Or Cicalona Circa 1770 Saverio Manetti's table describing the Salvatica Duck, also known in Tuscany as Cicalona or Canapiglia Male, is an important ill...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Etched Prints

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Paper, Wood

Mark Catesby Framed Etching 1754, Vol. 2 Pl. 46, The Copper-bellied Snake
Located in Savannah, GA
"Mark Catesby (1683 – 1749) was an English self-taught artist and explorer who created one of the first folios examining the flora and fauna of North America. Catesby traveled to the...
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1750s English Other Antique Etched Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Italian Contemporary Print of Ancient Profile with Round Gold Wooden Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed botanical print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and with a round golden gouache frame burnished wiyh stone. Each print is entirely printed in Italy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

Antique Religious Print 'The Holy Family', Swedish Hand Coloured Etching, 1890
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Framed Religious Print A Swedish production after the original 1868 painting by Franz Ittenbach (1813-1879). Depicting Mary and Joseph tendin...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Etching by Norman Ackroyd 'Near Low Mill, Farndale' A.P.
Located in London, GB
Framed etching on paper Signed and titled in pencil Artists Proof Image size: 200 x 300 mm Born in Leeds in 1938, Norman Ackroyd RA CBE (1938 – 2024) studied at Leeds College of Ar...
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1990s English Etched Prints

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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...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Etched Prints

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Wood, Paper

Three Etchings of Gentlewomen by Wensceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful trio of etchings of gentlewomen by Wenceslau Hollar, who was born in Prague in 1607 and died in London in 1677. The largest, A Woman of Holland, is inscribed on the upper...
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Art Deco Etching a Toureg by Paul Jouve
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco etching depecting a Camel and its rider by french Artist Paul Jouve entitled Touareg. Signature: P. Jouve
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Etched Prints

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Paper

Italian Contemporary Print of Ancient Profile with Round Gold Wooden Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
One of two etching printed botanical print with gold leaf background hand-gilded and with a round golden gouache frame burnished wiyh stone. Each print is entirely printed in Italy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Etched Prints

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Gold Leaf

Nicolas Mordvinoff Images of Love Relief Etchings 100/100
By Nicolas Mordvinoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nicolas Mordvinoff Images of love relief etchings 100/100 with forward by Leo Russel with all the permutations of "Love" including Homoerotic images...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Paper

Mayumi Oda “Spring Rain” Etching
Located in Oakland, CA
Beautiful original etching by well listed Japanese-American artist, Mayumi Oda c1980s, titled "Spring Rain". Small edition of 30. Original japanese frame. Signed in pencil by artist....
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1980s American Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Paper

Scene from Cloister Vaults in the Raphael Loggias, Vatican, No. I
Located in Kastrup, DK
Giovanni Ottaviani (Italy, 1735-1808) Title: Scene from Cloister Vaults in the Raphael Loggias, Vatican. No. I Large, exquisitely hand-coloured etching from the series Loggie di Raf...
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Late 18th Century Italian Other Antique Etched Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Pablo Picasso Signed Mid-Century Etching Print Pour Roby (L’Age de Soleil), 1968
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original etching by famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso titled "Pour Roby" (from L’Age de Soleil). This minimalistic portrait by Picasso features thin lines that outline a...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Paper

Pair French 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings of Pipe Smokers
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of hand colored engravings by Jacques Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur, 1797 Paris publication, 'Costumes de Different Pays', (Costumes of Different Countries). This pair depicting two...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Carroll Dunham Colored Etching IV, Signed & Numbered
Located in Pasadena, CA
Carroll Dunham is a well-listed American artist whose prolific work jumps between abstraction, figuration, pop, surrealism and cartoon. This colored etching, created in the 1990's is...
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1990s American Post-Modern Etched Prints

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Paint, Paper

Folio Gruninger Woodcut Leaf from Virgil’s Aeneid, Trojan Horse
By Albrecht Dürer
Located in Norwich, GB
Opera Vergiliana docte et familiariter exposita (Aeneis Vergiliana cum... commentariis). (Lyon: Jacques Sacon for Cyriacus Hochperg, 20 August and 2 December 1517). Measures: 29.8...
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16th Century French Antique Etched Prints

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Circus II (Space Man), c. 1950, Letterio Calapai
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Letterio Calapai (1901-1993) Circus II (Space Man), c. 1950 Image: 8.7/8″ (22.5 cm) by 6″ (15.2 cm) Edition: 24/50, with full margins Signed: In pencil, lower right margin, L. Calapa...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Etched Prints

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1673 Chickens, Poultry, Nicolas Robert, folio etching in hand colour
Located in Norwich, GB
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 nature...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Giovanni Piranesi's "The Temple Of Hercules" Engraving, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Temple of Hercules Is the only surviving sacred structure in ancient Rome that was made of Greek marble. Located in on the eastern bank of Tiber, it is one of the oldest extant buildings in the city. Giovanni Piranesi memorialized this structure in his famed monumental etchings. This large black and white print...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Anton Schutz Signed New York City Cityscape Skyline Etching The New Wall Street
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, attractive, and striking image of the New York City skyline and towering classic buildings by German artist Anton Schutz. Schutz was commissioned by The New York Times ...
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Early 20th Century North American Modern Etched Prints

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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-1664, Young Man, Etching Circa 1640
By Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an original etching by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, circa 1640, of a Young Man Looking Down to the Right. It is the only known state and belongs to the series known as 'Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress'. Signed (in monogram) in the plate in the upper right 'G Castiglione Genovese.' In a delicate gilt/black frame. Frame dimensions 12.75" by 8.75". Certificate of Authenticity. In this work, Castiglione offers us an exquisite portrait of a young man. This small etching shows all the hallmarks of Castiglione's style: incredibly detailed etching marks that result in a wonderful play of light and shadow. The angle of the head and the lively floating feather in the young man's hat show us a figure in movement, pausing to look at something the viewer can only guess at. That such a small collection lines and cross-hatchings can evoke so much is a testament to Castiglione's genius. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette. Castiglione was a brilliant draftsman and pioneered the development of the oil sketch (often using a mixture of mediums) as a finished work. He is credited with having invented the monotype in 1648, the only printmaking technique to be an Italian invention, making over twenty over the succeeding years. His most popular and influential prints were a series of exotic heads, mostly of vaguely Oriental males, but also of women. From Bartch/Bellini: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was profoundly influenced by foreigners. He first studied with local artists in his native Genoa, absorbing not only Tuscan Mannerism and Caravaggism but also the style of Peter Paul Rubens, who had worked in Genoa. From 1621, Castiglione also worked in Anthony van Dyck's Genoa studio. Early on, he was attracted to Flemish animal painting. Though he painted portraits, historical pieces and landscapes, Castiglione excelled in rural scenes with animals and influenced Italy's animal painting specialists. By 1634, Castiglione was in Rome, where he remained for about ten years. After returning to Genoa for a time, he worked for the Mantuan court in 1648, which had also employed Rubens. There Castiglione picked up the freedom of touch he saw in Domenico Fetti's paintings. One of the first Italians to appreciate Rembrandt van...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Etched Prints

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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). ...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

Giovanni Antonio Canal 'Canaletto' Etching of Prato Della, Venice, 1697-1768
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Lovely etching on paper in back ink by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto). Measurements: 22" x 15" Hand-numbered in pencil at the bottom right with the number 6. Part of a co...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Etched Prints

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Folio portraits of artists, Carravagiom Raphael, Sarto, Penni et al.
By Giovanni Battista Falda
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine folio including early and finely executed portraits of Renaissance artists by Joachim von Sandrart. Included are portraits of: Antonio da Correggio; Rosso Fiorentino; Gianfrancesco Penni; Polidoro da Caravaggio...
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1670s Italian Baroque Antique Etched Prints

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Brice Marden Set of 4 Etching Tiles, 1979
By Brice Marden
Located in Toledo, OH
Brice Marden tile set of 4, Circa 1979. Four framed Etchings with Aquatint on Somerset Satin Paper. All tiles are signed and numbered from an edition of 50 published by Parasol Press, LTD, New York. The Art has been vetted by 1st Dibbs...
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Late 20th Century Minimalist Etched Prints

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Satin, Paper

Bernhard E. Rhone Oxidized Metal Etching
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Rhone Oxidized Metal Etching c.1970s, Canada. Rhone, a German born artist began experimenting with metal oxidation and acid etching in the late 1960s to create a body of wor...
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1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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Metal

Charles Eyck - Etching - Factory Eindhoven
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product description: Both the beginning and the end of Charles Eyck's life (1897 - 1983) took place in the Dutch province of Limburg. In his life he produced paintings, sculptures, b...
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1940s Dutch Vintage Etched Prints

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Folio Portraits of Artists, Puligo, Fiesole, Rossi, Gallo, Cosimo
By Giovanni Battista Falda
Located in Norwich, GB
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...
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1670s Italian Baroque Antique Etched Prints

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Paper

James Jacques Joseph Tissot "Soirée d'été" 'Summer Evening' Etching & Dry Point
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century etching and drypoint Titled "Soirée d'été" (Summer Evening) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) depicting Mrs. Kathleen Newton resting on a lounge chair. Signed and dated (l/l): J.J. Tissot, 1881 in the plate. Under the mat, the front of the sheet inscribed in pencil with a '1' in a circle, the verso of the sheet with old price inscription "450-" in pencil. Circa: 1881-1882. Measures: Plate Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Plate Width: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm) Sheet Height: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm) Sheet Width: 20 5/8 inches (52.4 cm) Frame Height: 19 inches (48.3 cm) Frame Width: 24 1/2 inches (62.2 cm) Frame Depth: 1 1/8 inches (2.9 cm) Literature: Wentworth 56. Note: Tissot's from 1881 is said to depict his lover, the Irish divorcee Mrs. Kathleen Newton, resting on a lounge chair. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, California Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. Jacques Tissot was born in the city of Nantes in France and spent his early childhood there. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot; he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English. In 1856 or 1857, Tissot travelled to Paris to pursue an education in art. While staying with a friend of his mother, painter Elie Delaunay, Tissot enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. Both were successful Lyonnaise painters who moved to Paris to study under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Lamothe provided the majority of Tissot's studio education, and the young artist studied on his own by copying works at the Louvre, as did most other artists of the time in their early years. Around this time, Tissot also made the acquaintance of the American James McNeill Whistler, and French painters Edgar Degas (who had also been a student of Lamothe and a friend of Delaunay), and Édouard Manet. In 1859, Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time. He showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence in his work of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp earlier that same year. Other influences include the works of the German painters Peter Von Cornelius and Moritz Retzsch. After Tissot had first exhibited at the Salon and before he had been awarded a medal, the French government paid 5,000 francs for his depiction of The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite in 1860, with the painting being exhibited at the Salon the following year, together with a portrait and other paintings. Émile Péreire supplied Tissot's painting Walk in the Snow for the 1862 international exhibition in London; the next year three paintings by Tissot were displayed at the London gallery of Ernest Gambart. In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits. During this period, Tissot gained high critical acclaim, and quickly became a success as an artist. Like contemporaries such as Alfred Stevens and Claude Monet, Tissot also explored Japonisme, including Japanese objects and costumes in his pictures and expressing style influence. Degas painted a portrait of Tissot from these years (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), in which he is sitting below a Japanese screen hanging on the wall. Still on Top, 1873 Tissot fought in the Franco-Prussian War as part of the improvised defense of Paris, joining two companies of the Garde Nationale and later as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 painting La Partie Carrée (The Foursome) evoked the period of the French revolution. Either because of the radical political associations related to the Paris Commune (which he was believed to have joined mostly to protect his own belongings rather than for shared ideology), or because of better opportunities, he left Paris for London in 1871. During this period, Seymour Haden helped him to learn etching techniques. Having already worked as a caricaturist for Thomas Gibson Bowles, the owner of the magazine Vanity Fair, as well as exhibited at the Royal Academy, Tissot arrived with established social and artistic connections in London. Tissot used...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Etched Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Young Prince George of Wales Portrait Lithograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic framed lithograph of a young Prince George of Wales portrait. This item is in its original frame. Great addition to your classic inspired interiors.
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Early 20th Century British Other Etched Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

18th C. Set of 3 Etchings of Harbor Scenes in Gilt Frames
By Pieter Schenk the Elder, Pierre Mortier
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of three antique Dutch engravings and etchings from the 18th Century. This set has been professionally framed in newer gilt frames and feature acid-free paper to protect these...
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18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Etched Prints

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Paper, Boxwood, Paint

Robert Motherwell Signed Limited Edition Large Aquatint Etching Blackened Sun
Located in Studio City, CA
A breathtaking, large in scope and scale, rivetting work by American abstract expressionist painter, and master printmaker Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). This aquatint/lift ground ...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Etched Prints

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