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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak) /// Botanical Botany Plants Buffon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Mimufops (Mimusops); Ibricaria (Shingle Oak)" (Octandreie, Monogynie, Plate 300)
Portfolio: Histoire Nature...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Father Stefan Fridolin, "Schatzbehalter" (Treasury of the True Riches
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Father Stefan Fridolin, "Schatzbehalter" (Treasury of the True Riches of Salvation): The 30th Figure - Astrological Diagram with Scene of the Nativity
Woodcut, 1491
Unsigned, as issued
Published by Anton Koberger
Diagram has Zodiac signs on outer ring, planets in the lower registers, and Nativity in the center.
Condition: Very good for a 15h century woodcut, with the usual slight age stains
Sheet size: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Wogelmut was the teacher of Albrecht Durer and employed young Durer in many project of the last decade of the 15th century.
Michel Wolgemut Biography
Wolgemut trained with his father Valentin Wolgemut (who died in 1469 or 1470) and is thought to have been an assistant to Hans Pleydenwurff in Nuremberg. He worked with Gabriel Malesskircher in Munich early in 1471, leaving the city after unsuccessfully suing Malesskircher's daughter for breach of contract, claiming she had broken off their engagement. He then returned to his late father's workshop in Nuremberg, which his mother had maintained since Valentin's death.
In 1472 he married Pleydenwurff's widow and took over his workshop;[3] her son Wilhelm Pleydenwurff worked as an assistant, and from 1491 a partner, to Wolgemut. Some consider Wilhelm a finer artist than Wolgemut, however he died in January 1494, when he was probably still in his thirties. Wilhelm's oeuvre remains unclear, though works in various media have been attributed to him.
Woodcuts
Michael Wolgemut, Danse Macabre, 1493
Two large and copiously illustrated books have woodcuts supplied by Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff; both were printed and published by Germany's largest publisher, the Nuremberger Anton Koberger, who was also Dürer's godfather. The first is the Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichthumer des Heils (1491); the other is the Historia mundi, by Schedel (1493), usually known as the Nuremberg Chronicle...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Utagawa Hiroshige II -- The Beach at Takanawa
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Utagawa Hiroshige II
The Beach at Takanawa from Toto sanjurokkei 東都三十六景 (Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital), 1862
Woodblock
Oban
Signed Hiroshige ga and published by Sagamiya ...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Asia Declineatio: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map of Asia by Justus Danckerts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a scarce 17th century beautifully hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Asia entitled “Exactissima Asiae Delineatio in Praecipuas Regiones Caerterasque Partes divisa et de...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Veduta del Campidoglio di fianco
Located in New York, NY
Etching. Signed in the plate lower right. From the fourth state, of six, a late 18th / early 19th century impression; first Paris edition. From the Vedute di Rome series.
Overall...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Flowering Sweet William Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Caryophyllus Arborescens, b. Caryophyllus Barbatus". It is plate 327 i...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Posing Man - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Man is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing on the margins.
Signed in the plate.
The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMB...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus
Located in London, London
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Eridanus Orion Lepus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums " By Sakai Hōitsu
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Lithograph Measures 31.5 x 29 inches.
Good condition, slight crease (pictured on third image).
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bur Reed
Water Hemlock: A 17th-18th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Orobanche, Cicuta Maxima, Sparganium (Bur Reed, Water Hemlock, Broomrape) ", depicting a flowering Bur Reed, Water Hemlock, Broomrape plants 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 with wide margins. There us spotting and some discoloration, most prominently in the upper and lower margins. There is irregularity and some loss along the right paper edge. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring. The sheet measures 21.5" high and 17.25" 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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Second Tournament with the Tapestry of Samson and the Lion
By Lucas Cranach the Elder
Located in Chicago, IL
Watermark:
Bull's Head with Serpent and Cross (Briquet 1575, dated 1492 by Briquet)
Provenance:
Martin Folkes (Lugt 1034)
Reverend G. L. Blake (Lugt 1172)
Reference:
Bartsc...
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Northern Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Vatican Hallway designed by Raphael: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a drawing by Camporesi. It was the frontispiece for volume one of the rare and valuable...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Cliveden spring, Bucks, Thames, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cliveden Spring, Bucks'
Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series of a...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
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 Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Skeleton of a Deer - 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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Flowering Carnation Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Caryophyllus Anglicus flore". It is plate 326 in Weinmann's monumental pu...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
“Haughton in the County of Nottingham” (Near Newark Upon Trent)
By Johannes Kip
Located in Southampton, NY
An original hand colored engraving by Johannes 'Jan' Kip (1653-1722) of Haughton in the County of Nottinghamshire, one of the seats of Prince John Duke of ...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
$960 Sale Price
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
16th c. woodcut map - Tabula Asiae Vlll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1652)
ASIAE TABVLA Vlll 1540 (45)
Woodcut from Munster's edition of Geographia Universalis, Basel, Henri Petri. 1545 edit...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
$950 Sale Price
29% Off
Fountains of Rome
Located in Middletown, NY
A charming scene with romping dogs and spectators watching the cascading water play a trick on an unsuspecting man who is sprayed as he descends the steps, ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
The plan of St. Martin
s Church, St. Martin in the Fields
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Society of Antiqauries London, 1744. Engraving on buff wove paper with a large heraldic watermark with Strasbourg lily with a crown and shied and the letters LVG, 9 1/2 x 14 ...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Handmade Paper
A Flowering Cactus Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Cereus Erectus Altissimo Surinamensis (Cereus Cactus Plant)". It is plate...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
North and South America: An 18th Century Hand-colored Map by Johann Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 18th century hand-colored copperplate map of North and South America entitled "Totius Americae Septentrionalis Et Meridionalis Novissima Repraesentatio" was created by Johann Baptist Homann and published in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1710 and 1731. The map details cities, forts, mountains, forests and lakes, as well as districts. There is a decorative cartouche in the lower left which depicts a volcano, scenes representing the people in their native costumes, as well as animals and plants of the Americas. A village is seen in the background on the left. A second smaller decorative cartouche in the upper right includes text and a series of allegorical figures. A large portion if the north central and western portions of North America is left without detail, because the region was largely unexplored at the time this map was created. The map also shows "Terra Esonis Incognita", representing a mythical continuous land bridge from North America to Asia, a northwest passage. The map preceded the French and...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
L
once - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
L'once is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees cattle
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Bouvier (The Cowherd)" is an original etching by Claude Lorrain. It depicts a shepherd with a herd of cows. This etching is also in the collections of the Met and the Louvre. It ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Combat de Bellerophon contre la Chimere, from "Le Temple des Muses"
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Bellerophon fighting the Chimoera.
Beautiful plate with fresh impression and sharp details, from the volume “Le Temple de...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage
By John Webber
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Wolfdietrich - Original leaflet from Johann Prüss
Das Heldenbuch
Located in Soquel, CA
Original leaflet from Johann Prüss' 1479 printing of "Das Heldenbuch."
The Heldenbücher is the title given to a group of late medieval/early renaissance Germanic manuscripts primari...
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Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paint, Laid Paper, Woodcut
Architectura Curiosa Nova, Chalice Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'Chalice 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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Red Geranium: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Red Geraniums which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Geranium Anemones folio Af...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
A Chinese Watchman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
Located in Middletown, NY
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Carcere ascura
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carcere ascura
Etching, 1743
Signed in the plate bottom left corner
From: Prima Parte, 1743
Second edition: 1750-1778
Watermark: R 37-39
A lifetime impression printed during Piranesi’s life, before the plates are moved to Paris by his sons in the 1790’s
This image foretells Piranesi's famous set, Carceri (Prisons) which is his next creative effort.
Condition: Horizontal crease midway in the sheet associated with the manufacture of the paper.
Visible watermark verso
Small printer crease in the bottom right below the caption plate.
Image size: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Reference: Robison 3 iii/VI
Piranesi In Rome: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive
"Although Piranesi studied architecture in Venice, he never was able to find work in the field other than a few jobs involving remodeling in Rome. While Piranesi was struggling to support his architectural endeavors upon his arrival in Rome in 1740, he spent a short period of time in the studio of master painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) in addition to his apprenticeship with Giuseppe Vasi. The first production of Piranesi’s early years in Rome and a culmination of his training under Vasi, Tiepolo, and his uncle, was the Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive (1743). The Prima Parte was a collection of twelve etchings of imaginary temples, palaces, ruins, and a prison. During this time, Piranesi was still developing the unique style of etching he is known for today, and as such the Prima Parte differs significantly in technique compared to later works. In the Frontispiece of the Prima Parte, Piranesi’s lines are definite and exact with very little flow to them, designed in the form of traditional etching. The detail is immaculate, and yet perspective of the piece is oddly simple and familiar to the viewer. Piranesi’s technique employs miniscule markings and lines, intricately woven together to create a stippling effect. The Prima Parte, described as “rigid” by art historian Jonathan Scott, came to be seen as a stark contrast to his later sketches, which were much lighter and freer. Influenced by the style of Tiepolo, which epitomized the lightness and brightness of the Rococo period, Piranesi adopted some of the more painterly techniques of the masters he apprenticed under. Piranesi made the medium of etching appear as though it was a sketch or a painting, hence a “freer” and more fluid design in his later works. For example, the frontispiece of the Prima Parte read as an etching to Piranesi’s audience, but in his later vedute, the style of etching almost appears to be made of brushstrokes. Moreover, at the same time Piranesi was working on the Prima Parte, he aided the artist Giambattista Nolli. There is a small section of Nolli’s map...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars
their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: LIV, LV, LVI, & LVII.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Court wrestlers of the Sultan of Turkey-dressed for outdoors, resting and fighti
Located in Middletown, NY
Bruyn, Abraham de (after). Court wrestlers of the Sultan of Turkey-dressed for outdoors, resting and fighting. 1577. Engraving on hand made laid paper, 10 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (268 x 1...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Pierre-Auguste Renoir "La danse à la campagne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
"La danse à la campagne"
Conceived 1883
Soft ground Etching on paper
Image: 8-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches (21.9 x 13.3 cm) (plate)
Sheet size : 1...
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Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching
Le Cocuqar - 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.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Le Lagopede - Etching by Carl Guttenberg - 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.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
The So-Called Tempio della Tosse, Near Tivoli. Interior Upright
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The So-Called Tempio della Tosse, Near Tivoli. Interior Upright (Veduta interna del Tempio della Tosse)
"Temple of the Cough"
Etching, 1764
Signed in the plate
From: Vedute di Roma...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Elevations de Divers Especes de Dessus de Portes, Roubo French design engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Elevations de Divers Especes de Dessus de Portes'
French copper-line engraving by JB Bichard after Andre Jacob Roubo (1739–1791). 18th century laid watermarked paper.
From Roubo's...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
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...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
Caernarfon Castle, Wales. Paul Sandby C18th landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Caernarvon Castle'
Engraving by William Watts (1752-1851) after Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Scotland, ...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
La Panthere - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Panthere is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du R...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Map of Americas
Located in Houston, TX
Over 200 year old engraved map of Americas by Robert de Vaugondy from 1783. Original hand color. Shows North, Central and South Americas. Note the po...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Le Paysage a la Tour Carree Bartsch (B218), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Le Paysage a la Tour Carree Bartsch (B218), Year: 1878 (of original 1650), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 3.5 x 6.25 i...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Flowering Burning Bush: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Gas Plants or Burning Bush and Fraxinella, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitle...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Lemons "La parte interiore": An Early 18th C. Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "La parte interiore del Cedro di fio e Sugo doppio" ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
18th-century celestial - Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
Located in London, London
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas ...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula
Anser Delphinus
Located in London, London
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by ...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Africa Vetus": A 17th Century Hand-colored Map By Sanson
Located in Alamo, CA
This original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Africa entitled "Africa Vetus, Nicolai Sanson Christianiss Galliar Regis Geographi" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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