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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Le Loup - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". Good conditions with slight foxing.
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching

La Roussette - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Roussette is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good co...
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The Death of Hercules from The Temple of the Muses — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Death of Hercules' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate, lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb, rich...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Beheading of the King of England; Enthauptung des Königs in England
Located in Middletown, NY
The execution of Charles I (1600-1649) at Whitehall, January 30th 1649, in front of the Banqueting House. The executioner holding the head of Charles up to the crowd below. Engravin...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized in the 18th century. Signed on the ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching

A Framed 18th C. Piranesi Etching of an Ancient Marble Vase from Hadrian s Villa
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Vaso antico di Marmo adornato di eccellenti Sculture si nella parte anteriere che nell' opposta, le ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta della Basilica di S. Lorenzo fuor della mura" (Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls), published in Rome in 1750 in Piranesi's Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), This etching depicts the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, which is a Roman Catholic papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one of the five "papal basilicas". It was built as a shrine to the martyred Roman deacon St. Lawrence. This Piranesi etching is held by many museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum, The British Museum, The National Gallery of Art, The Yale University Art Gallery, and The Harvard Museum of Art. This magnificent etching is presented in a brown-colored wood frame and a tan French...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Limon Lavrae: A 17th C. Hand-colored Engraving of Lemon Anatomy by G. Ferrari
By Giovanni Battista Ferrari
Located in Alamo, CA
This 17th century hand-colored engraving of a lemon entitled "Limon Lavrae", plate 219 from Giovanni Baptista Ferrari's publication "Hesperides, sive, De Malorum Aureorum Cultura Etu...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Rest on the flight into Egypt - Etching by Simome Cantarini - 1640 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Rest on the flight into Egypt is an etching by Simone Cantarini executed around 1640. Cantarini also made a painting with the same subject now at the Louvre Museum.     The dimension...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Niccolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate....
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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The Last Supper, from The Passion of Christ
By Hendrick Goltzius
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (203 x 137 mm), trimmed at the platemark. A fine impression with a Coat of Arms watermark. Second state, after the addition of the Frederick de Witt...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

The Academy of Plato Plato and His Disciples
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Academy of Plato Plato and His Disciples Etching and drypoint c. 1662, printed c. 1710 Signed in the plate lower left Inscribed lower left: 'In villa ab Academo attributa sua[m]...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Spectacle Seller
By Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the pl...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

The Small Horse by Albrecht Dürer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 German The Small Horse Dated in the plate on upper center; monogrammed in the plate lower center: AD Meder state a Copperplate engraving on laid paper “W...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Harbour with a Round Tower
Located in Middletown, NY
1641. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches (128 x 195 mm), narrow margins. Printed 19th century on a remainder which has a partially trimmed, printed image of a Virgi...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Etching

Tolosa (Toulouse); Leaf LXXI from Hartmann Schedel s Nuremberg Chronicle
Located in Middletown, NY
Woodcut on laid paper, 8 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches (212 x 233 mm), the full sheet. In excellent condition with text and portraits of Empedocles, Sapho, Zeuxis and others on the verso, as is...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut

"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper 5th or 8th edition print of "Que pico de Oro" from the Los Caprichos with burnished aquatints, drypoints etchi...
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Northern Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Laid Paper

Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving of Flowering Tulip Wild Garlic Plants
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Tulipa viridiscoloris, Fritillaria iuncifolns, Allium Vrsinum" depicting flowering tulip, fritillary and wild garlic plants fro...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Zebras - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Zebra is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good condition...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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A Satyr and a Ram Clashin - Etching by Marco Gatti - 16th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Marco Gatti in 16th Century, as part of "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae".  Published by Antonio Salamanca. The works depicts a dramatic mythological confrontat...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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View of the Capitoline Hill - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1775
Located in Roma, IT
View of the Capitoline Hill is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1775. Very precious and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. II ...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Cuncta Sequuntur Opes - Etching by Otto van Veen - Early 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Engraving on paper from Amorum Emblemata / emblematic series after Ovid. Circular emblematic engraving illustrating the moralizing theme Cuncta sequuntur opes, accompanied by Latin ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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12 images on 6 sheets from Nuova raccolta delle vedute moderne di Roma
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: 1795. Each an engraving with extensive hand coloring on laid paper, some with a partial heraldic watermark, each 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches (165 x 120 mm); (sheet) 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching after Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized after a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plat...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Deangelig after Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signe...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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The City of Gand, Capital of the... - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna. Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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Architectura Curiosa Nova, Sunburst Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'SunBurst Garden Fountain', antique copperplate engraving, 1664, from the book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova'. A fine, richly inked...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Le Petit - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Petit is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good condit...
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A Slave Flayed, Peruvians Desolation during a Sun Eclipse - by G. Pivati
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. A Slave flayed by the Enemies, Peruvians desolation during an Eclipse of the Sun is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianf...
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Mars driven away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva
By Agostino Carracci
Located in Middletown, NY
Agostino CARRACCI, after Jacopo TINTORETTO Sapientia Martem depellente Pax et Abundantia cogaudent; Mars driven away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva Engraving on handmade laid ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut

Chateau de Verneuil
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving with hand coloring and heightening in watercolor on two leaves of expertly conjoined handmade laid paper, one leaf with a large watermark a feathered dragon, 7 1/4 x 11 1/4...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Beggar man and woman coming from behind a bank – after Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper laid down to a wove paper support, 4 x 2 5/8 inches (101 x 67 mm) (sheet). In good condition with scattered light areas of discoloration. Printed early 19...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

The South West Prospect of London – English School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A stunning 18th century optical view of London from the Thames. London: 1760. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper with a large circular wate...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

The Quacksalver
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper. 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch margins. In good condition with a band of minor discoloration along top and bottom sheet edge verso. One circular 1.5 inch- sized ar...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

Bellos Consejos (Wonderful Advice)
Located in Chicago, IL
An impression from the 1st edition published in 1799, the only edition published during Goya's lifetime. References: Los Caprichos Plate 15; Delteil 52; Harris 50 III.1 Prado ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Tu que no puedes - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
Tu que no puedes from "Los Caprichos" is an original artwork realized by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. The work is an etching and aquat...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Angels - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Angels is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing and aged margins. Signed in the plate. The etching was ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Buffle - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". Good conditions with slight foxing.
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Adrian Collaert Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Miraculous Draught of Fish
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Rovine del Tempio de Castori nella città di Cora - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40.6x56.8. Belongs to the Collection "Antiquities of Cori, described and etched by Giovambat Piranesi", and printed in 1764. Beautiful first roman edition/1st state ...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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The Arrest of Marie Antoinette - Etching by J. B. Verite-Late-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrest of Marie Antoinette is a rare etching realized by Jean Baptiste Verite in the Late-18th Century. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Fresh Gathered Peas: An 18th C. Engraving From the Series The Cries of London
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a beautifully framed engraving, printed in colors with additional hand coloring, from the famous "Cries of London" series, depicting the lives and professions of the common p...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Bearded man in turban and fur
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (120 x 95 mm), wide margins. Scattered light surface soiling, unevenly trimmed wide margins, all consistent with age. Likely printed...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage
Located in Paonia, CO
 A Human Sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite (Tahiti)  1784 by John Webber is from the  First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Temptation of St. Anthony
By Hendrik Goltzius
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Temptation of Saint Anthony an etching in the manner of Hendrik Goltzius. Goltzius was born near Viersen in Bracht or Millebrecht, a village then in the Duchy of Julich, now in the ...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Crucifixion
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jean Pichore workshop, 1500-1541 Crucifixion Metal cut engraving printed on vellum with vintage hand coloring c. 1500-1541 Miniature (image) size: 4 3/4 x 3 1/8" Including decorated ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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BATHOS / Tail PIece
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM HOGRATH (1767- 1764) THE BATHOS / Tail Piece 1764 (Paulson 1989: 216 I/I Paulson 1965/70: 216 I/I) Engraving Plate 12 7/8 x 13 3/8, sheet 17 ¾ x 18 ¾ Designed & Engrav’d by Wm Hogarth at left and Published according to Act of Parliam’t March 3, 1764 at right. Good condition on thick laid paper Small bit of tape on the left & right sheet edges small stan lower sheet edge all on recto. This Hogarth’s last print is fascinating as it is prophacy about death. Various institutions have interesting commentaries - to wit: Chicago Art Institute: Hogarth created The Bathos toward the end of his life. It is considered one of the bleakest artworks of the 18th century because it depicts the Apocalypse without an afterlife. The Angel of Death even collapses in exhaustion after having destroyed the world. In his hand is an execution decree and around him lies a mass of broken objects. Princeton: Hogarth’s last print, The Bathos,….. is filled with all manner of images denoting the end of life as we know it. Entry no. 216 in Ronald Paulson’s catalogue raisonne Hogarth’s Graphic Works, 3rd revised edition says “This print is the culmination of such pessimistic images . . . . [taking] his general composition, the configuration of objects, and some of the particular items, from Dürer’s engraving, Melancholia; but he also recalls Salvator Rosa’s Democritus in Meditation (which derives from Dürer’s print) with a scroll at the bottom of the etching: ‘Democritus the mocker of all things, confounded by the ending of All Things’ (Antal, p.168).” Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art): Hogarth intended this engraving to serve as the tailpiece to bound volumes of his collected engravings and, appropriately, it proved to be his last engraving. Father Time has died and his last will and testament has been witnessed by the three Fates. He is surrounded by a landscape of death, decay, and ruin. Hogarth aimed this print at dealers in “dark” Old Masters paintings who promoted the idea that ruins evoked sublime feelings in viewers—a sentiment, Hogarth wrote, that was reducing the world to ruin. British Caricature...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Battle Scene - Original Etching Hand Watercolored After Antonio Simonini - 1760
By Luigi Guidotti
Located in Roma, IT
Scena di Battaglia (Battle Scene) is a wonderful hand-watered etching, made in 1760 by Luigi Guidotti ( Bologna, 1751 -1800 c.a), after Francesco Antonio Simonini. On lower margin u...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Etching

Sneezewort, Poppy, Strawflower: 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Ptarmica Vulgaris (Sneezewort), Papaver Spinosum (Mexican Poppy), Chrysocame Peregrina (Seaside Strawflower)", depicting flowering Sneezewort, Mexican Poppy and Seaside Strawberry plants respectively from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper. The left margin is thinner than the others and the left edge is somewhat irregular where the engraving was previously bound in the original publication. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring. The sheet measures 20" high and 16.38" wide. Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Skeleton of a Walrus - Etching by Jean C. Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized in 1771. It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". Good conditions with slight foxing.
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching

Dei Praestitis Signumexaere — 18th Century Classical Italian Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, 'Dei Praestitis Signumexaere' (God's Providence Signumexaere), engraving, 1734, edition unknown. Signed 'Dom. Campiglia del.' in the plate, lower left. E...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Quartet No. 1
By Eugene Larkin
Located in Kansas City, MO
Eugene Larkin Quartet No. 1 Woodcut in two colors Signed and titled by hand Size: 20 x 29.5 inches COA provided Eugene Larkin (1921-2010) The late Eugene Larkin was an artist who worked in the Twin Cities area for many years and needs little introduction. His works have been shown, collected and appreciated by numerous galleries, museums and collectors throughout the United States. Larkin was influential both as an artist and as a teacher. He taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design between 1954 and 1969, where he was head of printmaking and Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts. From 1969-1991 he was a professor in the Design Department at the University of Minnesota. Eugene Larkin, a lithographer, teacher and artist who left behind scores of works, some of them in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. He was considered an early promoter of lithography education, Larkin introduced it into arts programs while teaching at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota. He held a prominent place in the art world through decades of working and teaching in Minneapolis. His work depicted a wide range of subjects, from musicians to nature, including a series of woodcuts based on William Blake's ""Songs of Innocence and Experience." Larkin also wrote a textbook, ""Design: The Search for Unity."" It was his work with lithography, an 18th-century printmaking process, for which he was best known. His last local exhibit was a retrospective at The University of Minnesota Weisman Museum in 2005. ""Sometimes I start the artistic process from a literary source - Adam and Eve, the Egyptian nature gods, or classical Greek themes but sometimes I start from nature. Trees have always been a favorite subject. I see trees as people, as vertical objects...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Queen of Great Britain arriving in Portsmouth 25 May 1662 The Arrival in L
Located in Middletown, NY
Two images of Queen Catharina of Braganza; one before her marriage to King Charles II, the other after, as Queen of Great Britian. Engraved by Matthiäus Merian, father of Maria Sybli...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Framed Rubbing of 1550 Brass Monument in Grote Kerk Church, Breda, Netherlands
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an engraving of a tomb monument rubbing that has been highlighted with gold color on a dark grey to black background. The rubbing is of a brass plaque on a stone slab. It has...
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Northern Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Architecture: Framed Original 18th C. Etching by G. Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
"A sua Eccellenza il Signor Henry Hope Cav. Scozzese Amatore delle Belle Arti from "Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, Ed Ornamenti Antichi", (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ancient ornaments) is an etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published in 1778. It depicts stone caryatids...
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Saint Simon, from Christ and the Apostles
By Ludolf Ludwig Businck
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper, printed from three blocks in black, olive-green, and yellow ochre, 8 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (207 x 157 mm), thread margins. Some scattered light discoloration throughout, lightly backed with laid paper, however the sheet retains translucence when viewed through raking light. Trimmed at or near the margin. Archivally sound small repaired corner tear, upper right, with a very minor (1/4 inch) vertical edge split in the center top margin, above the figure's head. All condition issues are consistent with age, and present an exceptionally good example of this truly remarkable work. With the collector's stamp of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, last King of Poland (1797-1854), Dresden, on the right corner, recto (Lugt 971). This work likely appeared in a well-known posthumous sale of Friedrich August II's private collection, which was handled by C.G. Boerner, and took place in Leipzig, on May 7-9, 1928, presumably this print was presented as lot 1551. [Stechow 16] Ludolph Busïnck was born at Hann, Germany around 1590. By about 1620 he was actively working as a printmaker in Paris, collaborating with publisher and celebrated cartographer Melchoir Tavernier. Busïnck may have studied printmaking in the Netherlands, evidenced by the influence of Dutch printmaker Hendrick Goltzius we see in the bold woodcuts he produced in France. Busïnck was the first printmaker to create chiaroscuro woodcuts in France, a technique originated by German artist Hans Burgkmair...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Jean Baptist Marie Huet Three Cherubs, Restrike from Musee du Louvre
By Jean Baptist Marie Huet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite piece, titled Three Cherubs, is a lithographic reproduction from La Calcographie du Louvre, printed on fine Lana paper. The artwork captures the whimsical charm of che...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Etching

Architectura Curiosa Nova, Dragon Fish Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'Dragon Fish Garden Fountain', antique copperplate engraving, 1664, from the book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova'. A fine, richly in...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Johann Weinmann: set of 12 mezzotint engravings in decalcomania frames
Located in Richmond, GB
Price is for the set of 12 framed engravings. Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made pa...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Mezzotint