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Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae.
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae [Work of Praxiteles, Work of Fidias]. With the Lafreri's imprint and date. Published in the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The ...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546
Equitum in Quirinali, aversa parte, marmorei colossi Romae; absolutissima Praxitelis et Fidiae manu.
Back view of the Dioscuri (or horse tamers, or Alexander and Bucephalus), formerly attributed to Pheidias and Praxiteles, with two figures nearby, one seated on a stone, ...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1550
Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior…
The print features the Pantheon in Rome, broken away to show the interior. Complete title : " Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior pars ex antiquo romano...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1553
![Amphitheatri Veronen[sis] diligens et accurata delineatio…](/uploads/cache/49136-250x250.jpg)
Amphitheatri Veronen[sis] diligens et accurata delineatio…
The print features the Amphitheater of Verona, it comes from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence). Example of the first state of...
- $900 / ≈ €777
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1560
Castello Sancto Angelo di Roma.
The print features the Castello Sant' Angelo in Rome, bound in an album, perhaps from the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae." Copper engraving and published by A...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573
![Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.](/uploads/cache/49142-250x250.jpg)
Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.
Naval engagement set inside an arena, spectators in the stands attending the event; reclining river god and nymphs in the lower part. From "Speculum Romanae Magnific...
Date: Rome, ca. 1575
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
![Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28](/uploads/cache/47690-250x250.jpg)
Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28
A superb example of this illustration showing a blind Isaac blessing Jacob. Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegan...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur. Joan 10.
A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ exp...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque Efficitur foelix a genitore suo Gene[sis]](/uploads/cache/48558-250x250.jpg)
Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque Efficitur foelix a genitore suo Gene[sis]
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. A blind Isaac is blessing Jacob.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum hist...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
Multa bona opera ostendi vobis ex Patre meo : propter quod eorum lapidatis me. Joan 10.
A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ in ...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
Oui ex vobis sine peccato est primus in allam Joan 8.
A superb example of this illustration from the New Testament showing Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (often called Pericope Adulterae[a] for short) is a passage (pe...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,](/uploads/cache/47695-250x250.jpg)
Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph Runs from Potiphar's Wife.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum his...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]](/uploads/cache/47694-250x250.jpg)
Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]
A superb example of this illustration showing Ruth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sac...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Vincula dura Joseph pro falso crimine perfert. Sed deus a falsa hunc suspicione leuat. Gene[sis] 40](/uploads/cache/47693-250x250.jpg)
Vincula dura Joseph pro falso crimine perfert. Sed deus a falsa hunc suspicione leuat. Gene[sis] 40
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph in Jail.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris t...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
Sic inter dumos, pregrandi corpore cerus. - In pecus extrorquent dumeta per auia, acuto.
This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Sic per secta repens venator consista dumis - Torquet et undosos anates, Fusicasp palustres
This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Sic leporem in laqueos agitnat per aperta fugacem - Gramina, siq canes rapidi sua terga sequutur
This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Sic capiunt Ibices iaculo, sic cuspide ferri, / Vel canibus, duro aut flammantis turbinis ictu.
A fine early illustration of capturing a mountain goat hunt. In the left foreground, a group of hunters rest, three dead mountain goats lying beside them; to the right, a...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Piscantur tevetes sinuato in gargite pices.
This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts.
A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by Johann Sadeler I after M. de Vos.
Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1600
![Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.](/uploads/cache/38548-250x250.jpg)
Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.
Engraved news-sheet with text in German and French. Pictorial reportage on the failed assassination attempt on King Henri IV of France by Jean Châtel (here identified as...
Date: Cologne, ca. 1600
Capitolii sciographia ex ipso exemplari Michaelis Angeli Bonaroti a Stephano Duperac Parisiensi accurate delineata…
View of the Roman Capitol as re-designed by Michelangelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", first published in 1569, this example edited by Giovanni Orlan...
Date: Rome, Orlandi, 1602
![Se rapita lasciai verdure et fiori, regina hor godo, et piene anco le mani, lieta ne tengo di piu grati odori [Flora].](/uploads/cache/image-250x250.png)
Se rapita lasciai verdure et fiori, regina hor godo, et piene anco le mani, lieta ne tengo di piu grati odori [Flora].
The print, figuring Flora, was printed by Giovanni Orlandi in1602 from a copperplate originally engraved for the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", with the im...
Date: Rome, 1602
![Palatii farnesii Romae… duarum Herculis statuarum icones [Farnese Palace Interior].](/uploads/cache/49258-250x250.jpg)
Palatii farnesii Romae… duarum Herculis statuarum icones [Farnese Palace Interior].
The print, depicting the interior of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, was printed by Giovanni Orlandi in1602 from a copperplate originally engraved for the "Speculum Ro...
Date: Rome, 1585-1602
![[Naval battle].](/uploads/cache/49259-250x250.jpg)
[Naval battle].
The engraving was printed by Giovanni Orlandi in1602 from a copperplate originally engraved for the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", with the imprints of Duc...
Date: Rome, 1585-1602
Insula Tiberina.
View of the Tiber Island depicted as a ship, showing the Temple of Aesculapius, the obelisk and other monuments. Printed by Giovanni Orlandi in1602 from a copperplate or...
Date: Rome, 1585-1602
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
![Figure 38 troisieme partie. [Hors riding]](/uploads/cache/14164-250x250.jpg)
Figure 38 troisieme partie. [Hors riding]
This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...
Date: Paris, 1629
![Figure 27 deuxieme partie a gauche.. [Hors riding].](/uploads/cache/14160-250x250.jpg)
Figure 27 deuxieme partie a gauche.. [Hors riding].
This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...
Date: Paris, 1629
Landschaft mit Wasserfall und Schublade.
Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a wide landscape with mountains ,rocks and a waterfall. Several people among withc a drawer at right. Lar...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630
Blick auf eine Waldlandschaft mit reisenden Männern und einem Dorf in der Ferne.
Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a view of a forest landscape with men traveling and a village in the distance. Large print edited by Jere...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630
Saba Aethiopum Regina venit ad Salomonem, cum magnis Opibus aromatum, Auri, ac Gemmarum. ( Plate 47)
Very nice etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating the visit of the Queen of Sheba at her visit ...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Saba Aethiopum Regina venit ad Salomonem, cum magnis Opibus aromatum, Auri, ac Gemmarum. ( Plate 47)
Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating the visit of the Queen of Sheba.From the first Par...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Concepit Heua & peperit Cain fratremg eius Abel. . . . (Plate 8)
Very nice etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating Cain and Abel, a scene from Genesis IV.From t...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Cataractae coeli apertoe funt: Et aguae proealuerunt super terram comfumptag Est omnis caro . . . (Plate 10)
Very nice etching by Nicolas Chapron, and after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating the moment when God said to Noah "Go...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Eleazar sacerdos, et Iosue Rex sorte dividunt in Haereditatem Filiis Israel universam Terram ( Plate 49)
Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating Eleazar and Joshua to divide Canaan among the trib...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Svbacta Syria, tvlit David arma avrea, et detvlit ea in Jervsalem. ( Plate 43)
Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating David's conquest of Syria, during which he took th...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Vidit David de Solario Domus regiae Bethsabeam . . . ( Plate 44)
Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating King David looking at Bathsheba bathing.From the f...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Sacerdos cornu olei unxit Salomonem omnisque clamauit. . . . ( Plate 45)
Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating a priest anointing Solomon with oil.From the first...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
Afbeeldinghe vande: arck. met. Noe. en. het. vee. daer. bij.
Engraving by Jan van Londerseel (Antwerpen 1570 - Rotterdam 1624) and published by Claes Jansz. Visscher. Large engraving showing the ark of Noah. Noah, his three sons, t...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650
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Vues du port de Llivourne. (set of 6 prints)
Sought-after complete suite of 6 engravings by S[tefano] Della Bella [1610-1664]. in a second state (of 2).Della Bella was born in Florence in 1610, and studied the art ...
Date: 1654-1655
Veue de la ville, et fauxbourg de Salins…
Showing the town of Salins, a commune with salt works (Salines) in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. With a key (1-15) in ...
- $700 / ≈ €604
Date: Paris, ca. 1680
Abbild des sehr kleinen Männleins auß der Schweitz Hans Worrenberg genant, ist lang zwei Fuß und sieben zoll, alt 36 Jahr wie zu Hamburg Anno 1687 im Majo und Junio gesehen worden.
Engraving showing Hans Worrenberg, a dwarf of Switzerland at an age of 36 in the year of 1687. Worrenberg was actor and active in Hamburg 1687 and London 1688. The engrav...
Date: Hamburg, ca.1689
La boulangerie de la Trappe. 9
Print showing the bakery in Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of the Trappists, their manual act...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Menuiserie de la Trappe. 10
Print showing the carpentry of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of the Trappists, their manual ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Travail des mains. 11
Print showing the manual labor of the religious of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the lif...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Cuisine de la Trappe. 12
Print showing the kitchen of the religious of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Lessive de la Trappe. 15
Print showing the laundry of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of the Trappists, th...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Vendange des religieux. 14
Print showing the vendange by the religious of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Rappresentazione della regatta solenne fatta in Venezia sopra il Canal Grande nel di IIII. marzo M.D. CCIX.
Signed in the lower right corner “Joseph Baronus incid. Vene.s” and in the lower left corner “Luca Carlevaris.” It depicts the regatta held in honour of the secon...
Date: Venice, 1709
![[Two dogs]](/uploads/cache/47484-250x250.jpg)
[Two dogs]
Print representing two dogs. Number 12 in the lower right corner. From a series of prints showing various dogs.Disciple of Georg Philipp Rugendas I in Augsburg, Johann El...
Date: Augsbourg 1728
Changer à droite - Changieren rechts - Variatio ad dextram.
Copper engraving from "Neue Reit Schul vorstellend einen vollkommenen Reuter in allen Lectionen". Disciple of Georg Philipp Rugendas I in Augsburg, Johann Elias...
Date: Augsburg, 1734
Aedis Divi Rocchi facies rudis…
The Campo San Rocco. Title centred in the lower margin; “Mich. Marieschi del.t et inci.t” at the right corner of the cartouche. From the series "Magnificentiores...
Date: Venice, c. 1742
![De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]](/uploads/cache/46782-250x250.jpg)
De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]
A lovely eighteenth-century print of an old man who has "fear on all sides." He is seen fully dressed holding a chest (of money / personal effects?) whilst clut...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, ca 1750
Pars Canalis Magni De Extendens A Laeva…
The Cannaregio on the Grand Canal, with the Ghetto in the background, seen from the Riva di Biasio. From the series "Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum...
Date: Venice, after 1757
A minore D: Marci Area Dalmatarum ripam.
A minore D: Marci Area Dalmatarum ripam". View of the Riva degli Schiavoni from the east including the Palazzo Ducale in the foreground. Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto su...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
Pons Rivoalti ad Occidentem, cum Aedibus Publicis utrique Lateri adjectis.
Pons Rivoalti ad Occidentem, cum Aedibus Publicis utrique Lateri adjectis."From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). 1st state. Publ...
Date: Venice, 1763
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus.
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus". View of piazza San Marco, the church of San Geminiano at the far end, figures and market stalls in t...
Date: Venice, 1763
Pons Rivoalti, utriumqque Ripae, et Aedes ad Orientem.
Pons Rivoalti, utriumqque Ripae, et Aedes ad Orientem." From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). 1st state. Published by Lodovico F...
Date: Venice, 1763
Prospectus Plateae et Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi prope Pontem Rivi alti.
Prospectus Plateae et Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi prope Pontem Rivi alti". The Church of San Giacomo di Rialto, at right Palazzo dei Dieci and the bridge of Rialto.From ...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur.
Bucentaurus et Nundinae Venetae in die Ascensionis". The Doge leaving for the Lido on the Bucintoro on Ascension Day.From the series of 12 views entitled Feste Ducal...
Date: Venice, c. 1766
Habita a Serenissimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci ad populum allocutione…
Habita a Serenissimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci ad populum allocutione, ab eoque Dux salutatus, Armamentariorum humeris in sella gestatoria cum duobus proxime consanguineis...
Date: Venice, c. 1766-1770
Ecclesae R.R.M.M. Ord. Servorum (vulgo Cappuccine) super ripam dictam Fondamente Nuove Prospectus litora versus.
Ecclesae [sic] R.R.M.M. Ord. Servorum (vulgo Cappuccine) super ripam dictam Fondamente Nuove Prospectus litora versus". Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto supra Pontem vulgo ...
Date: Venice, c. 1778
MARS Rejouissances du Papeguay. Les Triomphes d'un conquerant
Etching published by Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805) with address of rue St.Jacques au Globe. He is also known for his output of wall maps and atlases.
Date: Paris, 1782
S. Georgii Majoris Ecclesiae prospectus.
S. Georgii Majoris Ecclesiae prospectus". S. Giorgio with the church and quay in sharp perspective.From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of ...
Date: Venice, ca. 1791
Prospectus novi Circi pro Nundinis in Solemnitate Ascensionis Venetiis in Foro maximo.
After a painting by Francesco Guardi, preserved at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, the engraving depicts the wooden scenographic structure created in 1776 by Maccar...
Date: Venice, after 1791
Veduta della Magnifica REGATA seguita in Venezia li 2. Aprile 1791 alla quale intervennero li Augusti Viaggiator.
Decorative engraving of a Venice regatta on the Grand Canal, by Teodoro Viero (1740-1819) after a paining by Canaletto.The tradition of Venetian origin of the race is lin...
Date: Venice, c. 1791
Prise de la ville de Venise le 3 floréal an 5.
Capture of the City of Venice on 3 Floréal, Year V", engraved by Pierre-Adrien Le Beau after Thomas-Charles Naudet. Deposited at the Bibliothèque nationale.During ...
Date: Paris, chez Jean, c. 1798
Yokohama Shokan Furansujin umanori no zu. (Picture of a French lady on horse of a trading company in Yokohama)
A Frenchman and a French lady from the Trading Company in Yokohama, design by Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) and published by Daikokuya Heikichi and engraved by Hori Take....
- $1350 / ≈ €1165
Date: Yokohama, ca. 1861
Tōkyō Takanawa fūryō no zu' 東京高輪風凉図 (A View of Takanawa in Tokyo)
Woodblock print designed by Toyohara Kunichika and published by Yorozuya Magohei. Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) was a Ukiyoe painter. Also referred to as Kachoro, Ichios...
- $1500 / ≈ €1295
Date: Yokohama, (Meiji 3) 1870