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[Two Putti wrestling, while two putti try to stop them]
Fine print made by Bernardo Daddi (1512 - 1570) and published by Antonio Lafreri. Two Putti wrestling, while two putti try to stop them, and a small dog bites one on the ...
Date: Venice, 1550
Niche in the form of a cartouche.
A lavishly decorated etching by the famous brothers Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum, after Cornelis II de vriendt or better known as Cornelis FLORIS (1514 - 1572 or 1575)....
Date: Antwerp, 1556
Temperance (Temperantia) from The Virtues.
Very decorative engraving by Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp) after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels). The print was published by Hi...
Date: Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, 1580
Virulus marinus. Cete (Whale and whaling scene)
Whale and whaling scene, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 1. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert pla...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Glaucus, Cantharus, Salpa, Rarus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Glaucus, Cantharus, Salpa, Rarus. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 12. The engraving is copi...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Faber piscis, Asellus minor, Conger, Alburinus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Faber piscis, Asellus minor, Conger, Alburinus. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 14. The eng...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Gladius piscis, Galeus piscis, Araneus, Mugil. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Gladius piscis, Galeus piscis, Araneus, Mugil. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 15. The engr...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 5
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tresrenomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou ...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Eadem Aurantia Dimidiata.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Tabula IV sequitur Farnesiana Posticus.
Ornamental representation of Temple St. Mariae in Rome by Petrus Aquila (1650-1692), after Annibale Carracci. Inscribed in the plate. "Petrus Aquila delin at sculp. ...
Date: Rome, 1660
Piazza e tempio di Santa Maria della Rotonda gia l'Antico Pantheon.
Monumental engraving showing the Pantheon in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Fountain in front, adjacent buildings and carriages and people ...
Date: Rome, 1693
La Basilica Vaticana consacrata al Principe de gli Apostoli . . .
Monumental engraving showing the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, in its setting, with below a coat of arms with dedication to Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi. Obili...
Date: Rome, 1693
Prospetto dell'anfiteatro Flavio . . . / Prospetto di Tutto l'Anfiteatro intiero . . . / Pianta dell' divisa nelli suoi / Spaccato, e veduta interiore dell' Anfiteatro.
Monumental engraving showing the Colloseum in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Engraved and drawn by Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729), an engra...
Date: Rome, 1703
Réjouissances du Peuple près de la Pyramide d'Illumination, élévée sur l'Esplanade de la Porte de Mars et Distribution de Vivres, fontaines de Vin , sous les Ordres de Mrs. Du Conseil de la Ville, à Reims le 27 Aoust 1765.
Engraved by Varin after Moreau Jr. The print shows a lightning spectacle held in Reims on 27 August 1765.
Date: Paris, 1771
Chirurgie, plate XII
Showing medical chair and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it...
Date: Paris 1779
Filius Deperditus cum Patre Bona Dividens = El Hijo Prodigo Reparte los Bienes con el Padre.
Decorative so called optical print copied after George Balthasar Probst print showing a group of figures around table at left and around open trunk at right, in large hal...
Date: Italy, ca. 1780
Dutchman and a Maruyama prostitute.
An explicit scene of a Dutchman and a Maruyama prostitute, featuring a gray-bearded westerner coupling with a courtesan. The woman protests that she doesn't understand wh...
Date: Late Edo, 1790
Le Curieux.
A risqué but delightful French engraving produced in the late eighteenth century. It is simply titled The Curious, and shows a young lady lying on her side on a divan, w...
Date: Paris, ca. 1790
Mufle de veau. Antirrhinum majus L.
Bouquet of Common Snapdragons, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessiné...
Date: Paris, c.1800
La vaccine aux prises avec la Faculté.
Rare satirical print on the controversy over vaccination: a cow at left charges at a donkey dressed in academic dress. The plate was deposited on 8 July 1801 by Argaud de...
Date: Paris, July 1801
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[Butterflies]
Plate CXXIV from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Jablo...
Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806
Hundeliebhaberey.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Grimafsirter Tanz.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Modesucht.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Vogel Liebhaberey.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Frefser.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Schmetterlingsfang.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Liebeserklärung.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Säufer.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
Zerstreuung.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Date: Wien, 1818
La Curiosite punie, aventure hydrauli-comique et vraie.
A charming and delightful hand colored etching in the grand French style of the early nineteenth century from "Musee Grotesque No. 20" : La Curiosite punie, ave...
Date: Paris, ca. 1816-1820
Oursins.
Decorative plate of a sea urchin, engraved by Boquet. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled...
Date: Paris, 1822
Oursins.
Showing sand dollars, sea urchin, etc. engraved by Macret. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he tra...
Date: Paris, 1822
Astéries.
Decorative engraving of a star fish, engraved by Boquet. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he trave...
Date: Paris, 1822
Hommards.
Decorative engraving of a lobster, by Tresca. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled to Egyp...
Date: Paris, 1822
Astéries.
Decorative engraving of star fishes, by Macret and Leleu. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he trav...
Date: Paris, 1822
Secours à donner aux noyés.
Broad sheet etchings with two vignettes and extensive descriptive text about how to rescue a flooded person.Composed by François Chaussier and etched by L. Baltard. Fra...
Date: Paris, ca. 1825
Notice sur la Rage.
Broad sheet etchings each with two vignettes and extensive descriptive text about rabies. Composed by François Chaussier and etched by L. Baltard. Francois Chaussier (17...
Date: Paris, ca. 1825
Secours pour les enfants qui naissent sans donner signe de vie.
Broadsheets etchings with two vignettes and extensive descriptive text about child born without sign of life.Composed by François Chaussier and etched by L. Baltard. Fra...
Date: Paris, ca. 1825
Caricature anti-cholérique La peur du mal donne le mal de la peur. (pl 1)
Caricature on hypochondria and protective measures against cholera. An overweight man seated in a chair surrounded by pitchers and bowls. In 1832, there was a devastating...
Date: Paris, ca. 1830