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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Bacchus.]](jpegs/65400.jpg)
[Bacchus.]
Van Dalen Pinx [After Cornelis van Dalen II.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Bacchus, ancient Greco-Roman god of wine and festivity, his hair decorated with vine leaves, holding a glass.
[Ref: 65400] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dalen Pinx [After Cornelis van Dalen II.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Bacchus, ancient Greco-Roman god of wine and festivity, his hair decorated with vine leaves, holding a glass.
[Ref: 65400] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Bachus.
Van Dyk pinx. B.Lens fe. I.Beckett.
Printed & Sold by John King at the Globe in the Poultrey London. [n.d, c.1680.]
Scarce mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain in upper right corner.
The infant Bacchus rides on the back of a leopard which is led by a naked amoretto, another supports Bacchus and a third stands at the back drinking from a jug. Bacchus is the Roman God of agruculture, wine and festivity.
State ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dyk pinx. B.Lens fe. I.Beckett.
Printed & Sold by John King at the Globe in the Poultrey London. [n.d, c.1680.]
Scarce mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain in upper right corner.
The infant Bacchus rides on the back of a leopard which is led by a naked amoretto, another supports Bacchus and a third stands at the back drinking from a jug. Bacchus is the Roman God of agruculture, wine and festivity.
State ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cornaline antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Eliz Cheron L.H. delin et Sculp. Cum Privilegio Regis.
Grand.r de la Pierre [n.d., c.1710.]
Engraving, 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A naked man and women stand together, their bodies partially covered with draped robes. Published in Cheron's, 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648-1711) was a French painter and engraver who received her training from her father, Henri Chéron, an enamel painter, miniaturist, and engraver. Coming from an artistic family, her brother, Louis Chéron (1655-1725), was also a painter, illustrator, and art teacher. At the age of 22, in 1670, she became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture as a portrait painter, supported by the renowned artist Charles Le Brun (1619-90). She was the fourth woman to be admitted to the academy.
[Ref: 65286] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz Cheron L.H. delin et Sculp. Cum Privilegio Regis.
Grand.r de la Pierre [n.d., c.1710.]
Engraving, 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A naked man and women stand together, their bodies partially covered with draped robes. Published in Cheron's, 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648-1711) was a French painter and engraver who received her training from her father, Henri Chéron, an enamel painter, miniaturist, and engraver. Coming from an artistic family, her brother, Louis Chéron (1655-1725), was also a painter, illustrator, and art teacher. At the age of 22, in 1670, she became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture as a portrait painter, supported by the renowned artist Charles Le Brun (1619-90). She was the fourth woman to be admitted to the academy.
[Ref: 65286] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid & Pshiche. [Cupid & Pysche.]
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Alessandro Turchi, called Veronses.] J.Smith ex. Alex Veronese pinxit.
[n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Some creasing.
Cupid lies on a bed, his eyes shut. Behind him is the figure of Psyche, in her right hand she carries a lamp and he left hand is outstretched to the right.
ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 343 ii of iii.
[Ref: 65534] £320.00
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Alessandro Turchi, called Veronses.] J.Smith ex. Alex Veronese pinxit.
[n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Some creasing.
Cupid lies on a bed, his eyes shut. Behind him is the figure of Psyche, in her right hand she carries a lamp and he left hand is outstretched to the right.
ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 343 ii of iii.
[Ref: 65534] £320.00
Cupid and Psyches.
An: van Dyke Eques pinx. B Lens fe.
[E Cooper ex:] [n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 10") on 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate. Creases. Abrasion in Cupid's leg. Staining.
Psyche lays naked and asleep on the ground with a small open box in her hand. Cupid runs towards her with a bow in his right hand and his left arm outstretched.
State iii of iv with Cooper's excudit imperfectly erased. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
An: van Dyke Eques pinx. B Lens fe.
[E Cooper ex:] [n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 10") on 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate. Creases. Abrasion in Cupid's leg. Staining.
Psyche lays naked and asleep on the ground with a small open box in her hand. Cupid runs towards her with a bow in his right hand and his left arm outstretched.
State iii of iv with Cooper's excudit imperfectly erased. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid and Psicah.
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Paolo Caliar, called Veronese.]
[n.d, c.1680.] Sold by J.Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street.
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 10"), large margins.
Pysche sits in the centre, her eyes closed, behind her is the figure of Cupid, who looks down upon her.
ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65537] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett after Paolo Caliar, called Veronese.]
[n.d, c.1680.] Sold by J.Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street.
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 10"), large margins.
Pysche sits in the centre, her eyes closed, behind her is the figure of Cupid, who looks down upon her.
ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65537] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Galen contemplating the skeleton of a robber.]](jpegs/65361.jpg)
[Galen contemplating the skeleton of a robber.]
[Etched by Gerard van der Gucht.]
[n.d., 1733.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 385 x 245mm (15½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A man in toga and sandals looks down on a skeleton on the ground under a cliff. The frontispiece from 'Osteographia, Or The Anatomy Of The Bones. By William Cheselden Surgeon To Her Majesty; F.R.S. Surgeon To St. Thomas's Hospital, And Member Of The Royal Academy Of Surgery At Paris'.
[Ref: 65361] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Gerard van der Gucht.]
[n.d., 1733.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 385 x 245mm (15½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A man in toga and sandals looks down on a skeleton on the ground under a cliff. The frontispiece from 'Osteographia, Or The Anatomy Of The Bones. By William Cheselden Surgeon To Her Majesty; F.R.S. Surgeon To St. Thomas's Hospital, And Member Of The Royal Academy Of Surgery At Paris'.
[Ref: 65361] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Hector, Andromaque, et Astianax leur fils. Topase du Cabinet de Mr Crozat.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C.Simonneau maj. Sculp. C.P.R.
1711.
Engraving, 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
The heads of the Trojan hero Hector, his wife Andromache and son Astyanax (Scamandrius), drawn by Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648 - 1711) from an engraved topaz gem in the collection of Pierre Crozat, published in her 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Her study for the print, in red chalk with pen and brown ink, is in the British Museum.
[Ref: 65280] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C.Simonneau maj. Sculp. C.P.R.
1711.
Engraving, 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
The heads of the Trojan hero Hector, his wife Andromache and son Astyanax (Scamandrius), drawn by Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648 - 1711) from an engraved topaz gem in the collection of Pierre Crozat, published in her 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Her study for the print, in red chalk with pen and brown ink, is in the British Museum.
[Ref: 65280] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Judgement of Paris.
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00
Julie fille d'Auguste. Cornaline blanche du Cabinet du Roi.
Ma. Ursula de la Croix delineavit. C.Simonneau maj. sculp.
1713. Grandeur de la Pierre.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"), large margins.
Portrait of Julia the Elder (39 BC - AD 14), known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia, was the daughter and only biological child of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and his second wife, Scribonia. Published in Cheron's, 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Ursula de la Croix (fl. 1705-20) was a French gem engraver, most notably known for her work on engraved gemstones during the early 18th century, particularly creating detailed portraits of mythological figures on precious stones like carnelian and onyx, often associated with the "Cabinet du Roi" (the King's collection) in France. Sister of Anne (q.v) with whom she collaborated; both were pupils of Sophie Elisabeth Chéron, their aunt.
[Ref: 65288] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Ma. Ursula de la Croix delineavit. C.Simonneau maj. sculp.
1713. Grandeur de la Pierre.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"), large margins.
Portrait of Julia the Elder (39 BC - AD 14), known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia, was the daughter and only biological child of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and his second wife, Scribonia. Published in Cheron's, 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Ursula de la Croix (fl. 1705-20) was a French gem engraver, most notably known for her work on engraved gemstones during the early 18th century, particularly creating detailed portraits of mythological figures on precious stones like carnelian and onyx, often associated with the "Cabinet du Roi" (the King's collection) in France. Sister of Anne (q.v) with whom she collaborated; both were pupils of Sophie Elisabeth Chéron, their aunt.
[Ref: 65288] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[The suicide of Lucretia] Lucrese Roma.](jpegs/65341.jpg)
[The suicide of Lucretia] Lucrese Roma.
Raphael d'hurbin pinxit. JVS [monogram of Jan van Somer].
[n.d., c.1680.]
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed into image, mounted in album paper.
Lucretia is shown about to stab herself after her rape by Tarquin, an act that led to the fall of the Roman monarchy. A reversed copy, with alterations, of the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii. Hollstein 39.
[Ref: 65341] £360.00
Raphael d'hurbin pinxit. JVS [monogram of Jan van Somer].
[n.d., c.1680.]
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed into image, mounted in album paper.
Lucretia is shown about to stab herself after her rape by Tarquin, an act that led to the fall of the Roman monarchy. A reversed copy, with alterations, of the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii. Hollstein 39.
[Ref: 65341] £360.00
Tarquin & Lucretia.
W De Rÿck pinx. J. Smith fec et ex.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Very fine and scarce mezzotint. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The Rape of Lucretia, with Tarquin kneeling above a naked Lucretia, knife in hand. According to Roman tradition the Rape of Lucretia precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65528] £360.00
W De Rÿck pinx. J. Smith fec et ex.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Very fine and scarce mezzotint. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The Rape of Lucretia, with Tarquin kneeling above a naked Lucretia, knife in hand. According to Roman tradition the Rape of Lucretia precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65528] £360.00
![[Dionysus and Semele.]](jpegs/65307.jpg)
[Dionysus and Semele.]
B: Lens F.
[n.d., c.1700.] Sold by W.Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge.
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), large margins. Crease across upper image and small tear in upper margins into plate.
Semele sitting under a tree on the right, holding a bunch of grapes and looking at a satyr which leans over the tree trunk, smiling at the infant Bacchus who stands by his mother's knee.
[Ref: 65307] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
B: Lens F.
[n.d., c.1700.] Sold by W.Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge.
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), large margins. Crease across upper image and small tear in upper margins into plate.
Semele sitting under a tree on the right, holding a bunch of grapes and looking at a satyr which leans over the tree trunk, smiling at the infant Bacchus who stands by his mother's knee.
[Ref: 65307] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
La Pace. In Nicolo.
P.S.B. I [Pietro Santo Bartoli] Nel Tesoro di S.Alt. il Duca Odescalchi.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼).
Portrait of a winged woman, wearing a robe, beside her feet is a snake. Engraved by Pietro Santo Bartoli (1635-1700) illustrating the gemstones in the collection of the Duke Odescalchi.
[Ref: 65285] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
P.S.B. I [Pietro Santo Bartoli] Nel Tesoro di S.Alt. il Duca Odescalchi.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼).
Portrait of a winged woman, wearing a robe, beside her feet is a snake. Engraved by Pietro Santo Bartoli (1635-1700) illustrating the gemstones in the collection of the Duke Odescalchi.
[Ref: 65285] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Ptolomée Auletes. Amethiste du Cabinet de Madame.
Ursula de la Croix delin et sculpsit aquâ forth.
Grandeur de la Pierre. [n.d., c.1715.]
Engraving, 145 x 105mm (5¾ x 4¼"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Portrait of Ptolemy XII Aulte, or Neos Dionysus, king and pharaoh of Egypt of the Lagidal dynasty from 80 to 58 and from 55 to 51 BC. J.C. Ursula de la Croix (fl. 1705-20) was a French gem engraver, most notably known for her work on engraved gemstones during the early 18th century, particularly creating detailed portraits of mythological figures on precious stones like carnelian and onyx, often associated with the "Cabinet du Roi" (the King's collection) in France. Sister of Anne (q.v) with whom she collaborated; both were pupils of Sophie Elisabeth Chéron, their aunt. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648 - 1711) from an engraved amethyst gem in the collection of the Queen published in her 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'.
[Ref: 65282] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Ursula de la Croix delin et sculpsit aquâ forth.
Grandeur de la Pierre. [n.d., c.1715.]
Engraving, 145 x 105mm (5¾ x 4¼"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Portrait of Ptolemy XII Aulte, or Neos Dionysus, king and pharaoh of Egypt of the Lagidal dynasty from 80 to 58 and from 55 to 51 BC. J.C. Ursula de la Croix (fl. 1705-20) was a French gem engraver, most notably known for her work on engraved gemstones during the early 18th century, particularly creating detailed portraits of mythological figures on precious stones like carnelian and onyx, often associated with the "Cabinet du Roi" (the King's collection) in France. Sister of Anne (q.v) with whom she collaborated; both were pupils of Sophie Elisabeth Chéron, their aunt. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648 - 1711) from an engraved amethyst gem in the collection of the Queen published in her 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'.
[Ref: 65282] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Premier Tableau. L'Ambarquement des Grecs après la prise de Troye. Hist. de l'Acad. des Bell. Lettr. t. XXVII, p.34.
Dessiné et fravé par le Lorrain.
[n.d., 1757.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Original binding folds.
A view of the Greeks sacking Troy, slighting the walls, and carrying away captives. A 19-point key highlights the important features of the scene.
[Ref: 65565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et fravé par le Lorrain.
[n.d., 1757.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Original binding folds.
A view of the Greeks sacking Troy, slighting the walls, and carrying away captives. A 19-point key highlights the important features of the scene.
[Ref: 65565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)