Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Dutch, 1653-1722
Johannes "Jan" Kip (1652/53 in Amsterdam - 1722 in Westminster) was a Dutch draftsman, engraver and print dealer. Together with Leonard Knyff, he made a speciality of engraved views of English country houses.
Kip was a pupil of Bastiaen Stopendaal (1636–1707), from 1668 to 1670, before setting up on his own; his earliest dated engravings are from 1672. In April 1680, at the age of 27, he married Elisabeth Breda in Amsterdam. After producing works for the court of William of Orange in Amsterdam, Kip followed William and Mary to London and settled in St. John Street in Farringdon, where he conducted a thriving printselling business. He also worked for various London publishers producing engravings after such artists as Francis Barlow (c. 1626–1704) and Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630–1700), largely for book illustrations. He made several engraved plates for Awnsham
John Churchill's "A Collection of Voyages
Travels" (first published 1704). He signed the African scenes in volume V of the 1732 edition as "J. Kip".
His most important works were the large fold-out folio illustrations for "Britannia Illustrata", 1708; for the 65 folio plates he engraved for the antiquary Sir Robert Atkyns, "The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire", 1712 (1st edition); and for "Le Nouveau Théâtre de la Grande Bretagne ou description exacte des palais de la Reine, et des Maisons les plus considerables des des Seigneurs
des Gentilshommes de la Grande Bretagne", 1715, an extended reprint in collaboration with other artists.
The linked careers of Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff made a specialty of engraved views of English country houses, represented in detail from the bird's-eye view, a pictorial convention for topography. Their major work was "Britannia Illustrata: Or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces, as Also of the Principal seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain, Curiously Engraven on 80 Copper Plates", London (1707, published in the winter of 1708–9). The volume is among the most important English topographical publications of the 18th century. Architecture is rendered with care, and the settings of parterres and radiating avenues driven through woods or planted across fields, garden paths, gates and toolsheds are illustrated in detail. The images are staffed with figures and horses, coaches pulling into forecourts, water-craft on rivers, in line with the traditions of the Low Countries. Some of the plates are in the Siennese "map perspective".to
1
1
Height
to
Width
to
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
378
247
237
85
Creator: Johannes Kip
J. Kip and L. Knyff 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings, Set of 4
By Johannes Kip
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
Set of four antique hand-colored engravings. "Britannia Illustrata," the publication in which these prints originally appeared, was one of the most important topographical works of t...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Related Items
18th Century Pair of English Engravings
Located in Dallas, TX
Superb pair of 18th century English engravings.
Category
18th Century English Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Hand colored Engraving of a Bowhead Whale and other Marine Life
Located in Langweer, NL
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus 1, short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis 2 and porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 3. Source unknown, to be deter...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$325 Sale Price
20% Off
H 7.76 in W 10.01 in D 0.02 in
18th-century Johann Weinmann Engravings of Grapes, Set of Four
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Downingtown, PA
Johann Weinmann engravings of grapes,
Set of Four,
Circa 1740
Johann Weinmann engravings of grapes, each engraved by Seuter (S to the lower ri...
Category
1740s German Georgian Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th century Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch- A Pair
By Marcus Elieser Bloch
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch,
A pair,
circa 1780.
A fine pair of prints of fish by Marcus Bloch with decoupage frame.
Dimensions: 13 3/4 inches x 20 inches wide....
Category
18th Century German Georgian Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century Engraving Sneed Park, the Seat of Joseph Jackson Esquire.
By Johannes Kip
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century Engraving Sneed Park, the Seat of Joseph Jackson Esquire.
Hand colored engraving, “Sneed Park, the seat of Joseph Jackson Esquire. Illustration from the second volume o...
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18.25 in W 22 in D 1.25 in
18th Century Set of Ten Hand-Colored Illustrations of Minerals by Joseph Buchoz
By Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Located in Haarlem, NL
Complete set of ten paper hand-colored illustrations from Premiere Centurie de Planches Enluminees et Non Enluminees (Decade 6 Regne Mineral) by Pierre Joseph Buchoz, Paris and Amste...
Category
18th Century French Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$2,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 13.59 in W 9.45 in D 0.08 in
Hand Colored Copper Engraving "Ingleby Mannor" by Johannes Kip
By Johannes Kip
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand colored copper engraving "Ingleby Mannor the Seat of the Honble. Sr. Wm. Foulis Bartt.," by Johannes Kip. From Kip's most significan...
Category
Early 1700s English Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
18th Century French Hand Colored Etching of an Elephant Skeleton
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautifully rendered etching with hand coloring depicting the skeleton of an elephant on a pedestal. A live elephant, foliage and huts in the background. French, 18th century by Georges Le Clerc...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of 18th Century Hand-Colored Armorial Engravings
Located in Buchanan, MI
Pair of 18th century hand-colored armorial engravings in giltwood frames.
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
Three 18th/19th C. Hand-Colored Engravings of Monkeys Matted and Framed Together
Located in Nantucket, MA
Three 18th / 19th century hand-colored engravings of monkeys matted and framed in a single frame.
Sight size 6"H x 4"W each.
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$495
H 11.5 in W 19 in D 1 in
Set Of Two Neoclassical Style Framed Hand-colored 18th C. Engravings
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptionally custom framed set of two hand-colored 18th C. engravings on paper. The hand-colored prints depict architectural interior scenes, marked Nic Vanni Rom Reg. delin lowe...
Category
18th Century Neoclassical Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$1,895 / set
H 29.75 in W 25.88 in D 1.63 in
Hand Colored Engraving of Margaret of Valois, a French Princess, 1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'MARGUERITE DE FRANCE' Original antique print of Margaret of Valois a French Princess.
Margaret of Valois (French: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615) was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre, then also Queen of France at her husband's 1589 accession to the latter throne as Henry IV.
Margaret was the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici and the sister of kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. Her union with the king of Navarre...
Category
Early 20th Century French Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$274
H 13.19 in W 9.85 in D 0.02 in
Previously Available Items
Set of Four Copperplate Engravings Inscribed and Finely Framed, Leonard Knyff
By Johannes Kip
Located in Manhasset, NY
Set of four copperplate engravings inscribed and finely framed and matted by Judy Cormier. All four views under plexiglass several inscribed on the lower left J Kp Delin et Sculp. The set after Leonard Knyff Britannia. Published in London 1707 and incredibly framed by this highly regarded interior designer Cormier this fresh to the market set...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Renaissance Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
H 26 in W 25.5 in D 1.25 in
Set of Eight Copperplate Engravings Inscribed and Finely Framed, Leonard Knyff
By Johannes Kip
Located in Manhasset, NY
Set of eight copperplate engravings inscribed and finely framed and matted by Judy Cormier. All eight views under plexiglass several inscribed on the lower feft J Kp Delin et Sculp. The set after Leonard Knyff Britannia. Published in London 1707 and incredibly framed by this highly regarded interior designer Cormier this fresh to the market set...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Renaissance Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
H 26 in W 25.5 in D 1.25 in
2 Pair of Finely Rendered English Johannes Kip Topographical Engravings
By Johannes Kip
Located in San Francisco, CA
2 pair of finely rendered and rare English Johannes Kip hand-colored topographical engravings of English country manor houses; each large and finely detailed engraving of some of Eng...
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Johannes Kip Decorative Art
Johannes Kip decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Johannes Kip decorative art are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of paper and are designed with extraordinary care. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative art by Rembrandt van Rijn, Wedgwood, and Thomas Rowlandson. Prices for Johannes Kip decorative art can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $4,200 and can go as high as $4,200, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,200.