Jean Daullé

Départ Pour La Pêche (Maison de Campagne des Environs de Naples) /// Old Masters

Circa: 1740

Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737) Title: "Vespera; Der Abend (Evening; The Evening)" Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day) Year: 1723 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23 Sheet size: 22.5" x 16.63" Image size: 17.38" x 13.63" Condition: Soft handling creases and folds to sheet. Some scattered foxmarks in left margin. Two small tears skillfully repaired from verso in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German. Biography: Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...

Artist: (after) Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (English, 1779-1844) Title: "Benevolent Cottagers" Year: 1816 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown...

Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Came, the Seat of the Hon. Lionel Damer" (Plate 48) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1796-1815 ...

Artist: (after) George Morland (English, 1763-1804) Title: "A Rustic Family" Portfolio: Original Sketches from Nature by Various Masters *Signed by Morland in the plate (printed sign...

Paris: Israël Henriet, c1680. Etching with engraving on cream laid paper, laid down to a cream laid paper matrix, 3 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (78 x 180 mm), the full sheet with thread marg...

Italian School, Harbor Scene, Oil on Canvas, 18th century, unsigned, wood frame. Image: 25.25" H x 30" W; frame: 29" H x 33.5" W.

Beautiful oil painting on canvas from the early 1700s depicting a Venetian landscape with port, figures and castle. The manufacture is Venetian and can be attributed to the school of Jacob De Heusch...

Thomas Wyck or Wijck (Bewerwyck 1616- Haarlem 1677) Signed lower left: TWyck (under the floating barrel) Mediterranean coastal view ca. 1660 Oil on canvas, 43 x 52 cm in frame ...