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Antiochus and Stratonice. From the Original Picture; In the Collection of the Right Honourable Lord Grosvenor. Size of the Picture 3'11" by 5'5" in length.
Pietro da Cortona pinxit. W.m Wynn Ryland Sculpsit.
Published Sept.r 1.st 1772, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Copper engraving, 440 x 550mm to platemark. 17¼ x 21½".
Representation of of the Greek doctor Eristatatus explaining the mysterious illness affecting Antiochus. Only Eristatus was able to understand that Antiochus was dying of love for his young stepmother Stratonice, whom his father had recently married. From volume two of "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in published in five volumes between the late 1760s and 1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell, who promoted the interests of artists, engravers and patrons, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14903] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona pinxit. W.m Wynn Ryland Sculpsit.
Published Sept.r 1.st 1772, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Copper engraving, 440 x 550mm to platemark. 17¼ x 21½".
Representation of of the Greek doctor Eristatatus explaining the mysterious illness affecting Antiochus. Only Eristatus was able to understand that Antiochus was dying of love for his young stepmother Stratonice, whom his father had recently married. From volume two of "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in published in five volumes between the late 1760s and 1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell, who promoted the interests of artists, engravers and patrons, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14903] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Birth of the Virgin. From the Original Picture Painted by Pietro da Cortona in the Collection of Robt. Cary Esqr. Size of the Picture 1F. 8½I by 2F. 5I in height. Vol. II. No.28.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxt. Joan: Baptista de Cipriani del. Carlo Fauccij Sculpt.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 489 x 342mm (19¼ x 13½"). Very large margins.
Birth of the virgin; after the painting from the Chiesa Nuova of Perugia (now Pinacoteca Perugia).
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38253] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona Pinxt. Joan: Baptista de Cipriani del. Carlo Fauccij Sculpt.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 489 x 342mm (19¼ x 13½"). Very large margins.
Birth of the virgin; after the painting from the Chiesa Nuova of Perugia (now Pinacoteca Perugia).
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38253] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Caesar putting away Pompeia, receives Calphurnia as his Wife. César repudie Pompeia, et recoit Calpurnia coimme sa femme. From the Original Painting of Pietro da Cortona, in the Gallery of the Hotel de Toulouse.
Pietro Beretinus Cortonensis Eques Pinxit. Robertus Strange delineavit et sculpt.
Sold at the Golden Head, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.
Lettered in English and French below the image. Engraving 505 x 392mm. 20 x 15½". Very large margins. Uncut
[Ref: 11332] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro Beretinus Cortonensis Eques Pinxit. Robertus Strange delineavit et sculpt.
Sold at the Golden Head, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.
Lettered in English and French below the image. Engraving 505 x 392mm. 20 x 15½". Very large margins. Uncut
[Ref: 11332] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Offering to Ceres]](jpegs/54013.jpg)
[Offering to Ceres]
Pietro Cortona fecit. / Gius. Zocchi. Sc.
[London, 1764.]
Etching, proof before title. 385 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"), with very wide margins. Uncut.
A representation of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, as a young woman wearing a garland of grain crops being offered crops, a pair of lions and a bull by a group of farmers. This is thought to be one of the 41 plates from the Luti Collection.
[Ref: 54013] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro Cortona fecit. / Gius. Zocchi. Sc.
[London, 1764.]
Etching, proof before title. 385 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"), with very wide margins. Uncut.
A representation of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, as a young woman wearing a garland of grain crops being offered crops, a pair of lions and a bull by a group of farmers. This is thought to be one of the 41 plates from the Luti Collection.
[Ref: 54013] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden. From the Original Picture Painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Orford, at Houghton.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. W.m Walker Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1766.
Engraving. Platemark: 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Very large margins.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turned away pointing to the right.
Ex: Collection of Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 39472] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. W.m Walker Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1766.
Engraving. Platemark: 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Very large margins.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turned away pointing to the right.
Ex: Collection of Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 39472] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden. In the Cabinet at the Houghton. Size of the Picture F1.I8. by F1.I9½ high.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t Murphy Sculpsit.
Published Jany 1st. 1781 by John Boydell Engraved in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate 507 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Trimmed close to the platemark.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turning away pointing to the right. Behind him two angels sit on the empty tomb.
BM: 1980,U.1388. CS: undescribed. Rubenstein: II.25.
[Ref: 16828] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t Murphy Sculpsit.
Published Jany 1st. 1781 by John Boydell Engraved in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate 507 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Trimmed close to the platemark.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turning away pointing to the right. Behind him two angels sit on the empty tomb.
BM: 1980,U.1388. CS: undescribed. Rubenstein: II.25.
[Ref: 16828] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Diana asleep beside a fountain.]](jpegs/6247.jpg)
[Diana asleep beside a fountain.]
G.Valck ex. Cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 300mm. Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
Derived from an engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert, after the lunette fresco painted by Pietro da Cortona in 1637 for the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6247] £330.00
G.Valck ex. Cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 300mm. Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
Derived from an engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert, after the lunette fresco painted by Pietro da Cortona in 1637 for the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6247] £330.00
Iacobus Albanus Ghibbesius, Poeta Laureatus Caesareus. Tot pro Ghibbesio certabunt regna, quot urbes Civem Moeoniden asseruere suum. Athanas: Kircherus H.C.P. An. Aetat. LV.
Eques Petr: Berrettinus Corton delin.
Alb. Clower incid. Romae. [n.d. c.1666.]
Engraving. 140 x 82mm. 5½ x 3¼". Trimmed; laid onto album sheet
James Alban Gibbes (1611-1677), was an English Catholic. He was son of William Gibbes who was physician to Henrietta Maria. He belonged to the Church of Rome and lived there, after having taken his degree at Oxford. He is noted for his learning and was made Lecturer on Rhetoric at Rome by Pope Alexander VII and in 1667 he was named Poet Laureate by Leopold of Germany. In 1668, eight volumes of poetry, mostly in latin, were published in Rome.
NPG: D30169.
[Ref: 25139] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Eques Petr: Berrettinus Corton delin.
Alb. Clower incid. Romae. [n.d. c.1666.]
Engraving. 140 x 82mm. 5½ x 3¼". Trimmed; laid onto album sheet
James Alban Gibbes (1611-1677), was an English Catholic. He was son of William Gibbes who was physician to Henrietta Maria. He belonged to the Church of Rome and lived there, after having taken his degree at Oxford. He is noted for his learning and was made Lecturer on Rhetoric at Rome by Pope Alexander VII and in 1667 he was named Poet Laureate by Leopold of Germany. In 1668, eight volumes of poetry, mostly in latin, were published in Rome.
NPG: D30169.
[Ref: 25139] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Judgment of Hercules, After an Original Drawing of Pietro da Cortona.
Pietro da Cortona. inu.et.del: / Gius. Zocchi. Sc:
[London, n.d. 1750-1767.]
Etching. 385 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with very wide margins. Some small tears along bottom edge. Creasing in top left corner. Uncut.
A scene depicting the Judgement of Hercules (or Hercules at the Crossroads). In Xenophon's account of the parable, the young hero is visited by Vice and Virtue, personified as women. They offer him the choice between a pleasant and easy life or one that is harsh but glorious, making their arguments respectively. The story gained popularity in the Renaissance period and remained a promint subject in neoclassical art.
[Ref: 54012] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona. inu.et.del: / Gius. Zocchi. Sc:
[London, n.d. 1750-1767.]
Etching. 385 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with very wide margins. Some small tears along bottom edge. Creasing in top left corner. Uncut.
A scene depicting the Judgement of Hercules (or Hercules at the Crossroads). In Xenophon's account of the parable, the young hero is visited by Vice and Virtue, personified as women. They offer him the choice between a pleasant and easy life or one that is harsh but glorious, making their arguments respectively. The story gained popularity in the Renaissance period and remained a promint subject in neoclassical art.
[Ref: 54012] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Agreement between Jacob and Laban. From the Original Picture, Painted by Pietro da Cortona; In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Size of the Picutre 5'10" by 6'3" in height.
Pietro da Cortona pinxit. Mathew Liart Sculpsit.
Published Feb. 1.st 1770, by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Copper engraving, 520 x 390mm to platemark. 20½ x 15¼.
Representation of the agreement between Jacob and Laban as narrated in the book of Genesis. Laban agreed to let Jacob marry his daughter Rachel, on the condition that Jacob worked for him for seven years. Engraved after the painting by Pietro da Cortona now in Holkham Hall, Norfolk. From "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in published in five volumes between the late 1760s and 1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell, who promoted the interests of artists, engravers and patrons, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14902] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona pinxit. Mathew Liart Sculpsit.
Published Feb. 1.st 1770, by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Copper engraving, 520 x 390mm to platemark. 20½ x 15¼.
Representation of the agreement between Jacob and Laban as narrated in the book of Genesis. Laban agreed to let Jacob marry his daughter Rachel, on the condition that Jacob worked for him for seven years. Engraved after the painting by Pietro da Cortona now in Holkham Hall, Norfolk. From "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in published in five volumes between the late 1760s and 1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell, who promoted the interests of artists, engravers and patrons, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14902] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Landscape] From an Original Drawing by Pietro da Cortona.](jpegs/41970.jpg)
[Landscape] From an Original Drawing by Pietro da Cortona.
Fra. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish'd by J.Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, March 21st 1793.
Engraving, 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Small margins. Slight crease top left.
After Pietro Berrettini of Cortona (1597-1669).
[Ref: 41970] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Fra. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish'd by J.Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, March 21st 1793.
Engraving, 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Small margins. Slight crease top left.
After Pietro Berrettini of Cortona (1597-1669).
[Ref: 41970] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Musick.
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
[Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.]
Stipple. Sheet 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 53692] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
[Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.]
Stipple. Sheet 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 53692] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Musick.
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"), with wide margins. Repaired tear & stain on left, entering plate but not image.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 52686] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"), with wide margins. Repaired tear & stain on left, entering plate but not image.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 52686] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Musick.
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"), large margins.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 62927] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"), large margins.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 62927] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Finding of Romulus and Remus. From the Original Painting of Pietro da Cortona in the Gallery of the Hôtel de Toulouse.
Petrus Beretinus Cortonensis Eques Pinxit. Robertus Strange delineavit et sculpt.
Sold at the Golden Head, in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. [Robert Strange, n.d., 1790.]
Engraving. 510 x 400mm (20 x 15¾"), with large margins. Some foxing in margins.
The shepherd Faustulus carries one of the twins to his wife, Acca Larentia, while the she-wolf suckles the other in the background. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Pietro da Cortona, now in the Louvre.
[Ref: 46533] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Beretinus Cortonensis Eques Pinxit. Robertus Strange delineavit et sculpt.
Sold at the Golden Head, in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. [Robert Strange, n.d., 1790.]
Engraving. 510 x 400mm (20 x 15¾"), with large margins. Some foxing in margins.
The shepherd Faustulus carries one of the twins to his wife, Acca Larentia, while the she-wolf suckles the other in the background. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Pietro da Cortona, now in the Louvre.
[Ref: 46533] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Shepherds Offering. From the Original Picture Painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of John Barnard Esqr. Size of the Picture 1F. 8½I by 2F. 5I in height. Vol. II. No.29.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxt. Joan: Baptista de Cipriani del: Carlo Fauccij Sculpt.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 489 x 342mm (19¼ x 13½"). Very large margins.
Shepherds offering a lamb to the Virgin Mary and the Christ child; an angel hovers overhead.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38252] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pietro da Cortona Pinxt. Joan: Baptista de Cipriani del: Carlo Fauccij Sculpt.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 489 x 342mm (19¼ x 13½"). Very large margins.
Shepherds offering a lamb to the Virgin Mary and the Christ child; an angel hovers overhead.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38252] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)