Grosvenor Prints

[King Ahasuerus & Queen Esther]
Guercino inv. Bartolozzi Sculp. [c.1790]
Etching printed in brown ink, platemark 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼") very large margins.
Two of the main personalities in the Book of Esther, one of the books of the Ketuvim ('Writings') of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament. Etching after a drawing by Guercino, by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. From a portfolio of eighty-two prints by Bartolozzi after drawings by Guercino in the Royal Collection.
Calabi and De Vesme 2143; for later state see ref. 21218.
[Ref: 44148] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Baby lying down on straw basket.]
Guercino inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London, Published Jany. 1. 1798, by Darling & Thompson Gt. Newport Street, and T. Simpson, St. Paul's Church Yard.
Etching. Plate 229 x 260mm. 9 x 10¼".
A baby lying on a straw bed inside a basket, his hands clasped on his stomach.
De V: ?
[Ref: 21217] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Bacchus Enfant.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Plate: 280 x 340mm (11 x 13¼"). Very large margins.
The infant Bacchus seated on a rock faces right towards a barrel of grapes and in two hands he holds a large bottle from which he drinks.
de Vesme: 2132 II of II.
[Ref: 39119] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Caput Incognitum.
Guescino da cento pinx. Printed by Dean & Munday.
London Published by A. Friedel Jan.y 1831 Cambridge House Kennington.
Lithograph on india, rare with large margins. 400 x 266mm. 15¾ x 10½".
An old man with beard, with left elbow on table and head on left hand; in his right he holds a rolled-up scroll, after Guercino (1591-1666), who was born in Cento, Italy.
[Ref: 24874] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

S.ta Cecilia.
il Guercino del.t. W.W. Ryland sc.t 1764
CR edidt.
Soft-ground etching printed in red, platemark 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"). Small margins; tears inside platemark; some conservation work. Messy.
St Cecilia, patron saint of music, sitting at a keyboard, reading a score held up by a cherub. Engraved from a drawing by Guercino now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The print was published in 'A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings', which included prints of works mostly in the collection of the art collector Charles Rogers (1711-84).
For Rogers' portrait frontispiece to the series, also by Ryland, see ref. 24435.
[Ref: 34848] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Circumcision.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. 320 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
The circumcision of Christ after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2169 [undescribed state].
[Ref: 21283] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Circumcision of Christ.]
[Guercino del.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t]
[n.d. c.1775.]
Etching and engraving. Scarce and fine Proof, faint outline of artist and engraver's names etched. Plate 578 x 364mm. 22¾ x 14¼".
The Circumcision of Christ; two priests, one sitting to the right and the other holding the infant Jesus. Three attendants behind them, while Christ looks to left, towards St Joseph, the Virgin and St Anne. A view of a castle viewed through an arch in the background.
From the Norman Blackburn Collection Collection N. Rapp. Tuer: 436.
[Ref: 18375] £420.00

Clio gesta canens, transactis Temposa reddit. In the Collection of Mr Reynolds.
il Guercino del.t. W.W. Ryland sc.t 1763.
CR [Charles Rogers] edid.t. [c.1763.]
Mezzotint with etching, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark; 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18") with large margins on 3 sides. Narrow top margin. Slightly time stained
Clio, the muse of History, sitting on a throne in the clouds, reading. One putto holds a hourglass, another a small book. From 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' by Charles Rogers. A Second edition was published by Boydell in 1778.
[Ref: 54168] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of Dido.
[After Guercino. Engraved by Sir Robert Strange.]
[n.d., c.1776.]
Engraving. Proof before letters impression. Very large margins. Tear in lower margin.
Dido lying on a wooden pyre having thrown herself on a sword, with men and women looking on, and Cupid, with a bow and arrow, flying away above. Ships are seen in the distance going to sea. From the series, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings... ', by Sir Robert Strange (1721 - 1792).
Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 40342] £360.00

Esther a Suppliant before Ahasuerus. From the painting of Jn.o Fra.s Barberini, call'd Guercino, in the Barberini Palace at Rome.
R. Strange Romæ delin.t. A.o 1762, Atque A.o 1767 Ære incidet.
Etching. Sheet 415 x 500mm (16¼ x 19¾"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
Esther, the Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus, pleading for her people.
[Ref: 45395] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Girl leaning against wall.]
[after Guercino,]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching printed in brown ink. Plate 274 x 323mm. 10¾ x 12¾". Uncut.
A young girl with a bonnet with floral attachment.
[Ref: 14602] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Gio, Francesco, Barbieri. detto il Guercino da Cento.
Guercino Pinsit. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1764.
Etching with engraving printed in brown ink, 320 x 265mm. 12½ x 10½". One patched hole to title area.
Self portrait of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), best known as Guercino or Il Guercino, painting a canvas at his easel. Guercino was an Italian Baroque painter from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna. Guercino is Italian for squinter, a nickname that was given to him because he was cross-eyed. He is especially noted for his many superb drawings. He is painting Amour in form of a little angel, who is holding a bow in his left hand and pulling the collar of a dog with his right.
Ex Collection of Maj. J. B. Talbot M.C.
[Ref: 13263] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A woman and her child, with two men.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. 225 x 155mm, 9 x 6". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2170 [undescribed state].
[Ref: 21286] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A woman and young girl.]
Guercino del. [F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. Initials lower right in image, maybe an artist's proof, 240 x 230mm, 9½ x 9". A fine impression with full margins.
After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2215, only state.
[Ref: 21511] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with a river.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. 215 x 425mm, 8½ x 16¾". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
Figures and a cluster of trees to riverbank in foreground; buildings in distance on far bank (left). After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2182.
[Ref: 21288] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with large fortification.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, first state before all letters. 195 x 245mm, 7¾ x 9¾". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
Soldiers with guns, carriage far left, and oxen pulling a laden cart to lower right foreground. After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2183.
[Ref: 21292] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Rocky landscape beside a lake.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper, first state before all letters. 190 x 275mm, 7½ x 10¾". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
Five figures walking towards the water, their backs to the viewer, partially obscured by a slope in the foreground terrain; two figures on far shore in distance. After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2184.
[Ref: 21290] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with large fortification.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink, 195 x 245mm, 7¾ x 9¾". A fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
Soldiers with guns, carriage far left, and oxen pulling a laden cart to lower right foreground. After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2183.
[Ref: 32559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with man on right drawing a ruin]
Guercino del. Basire fecit.
[published by John Boydell, 1764]
Etching printed in brown ink with very large margins; platemark 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Fine impression.
Landscape after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. A collection of original drawings by Guercino and other Italian masters were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III (they remain in the Royal Collection today). The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met engraver Francesco Bartolozzi in Italy and brought him to London in 1764 to engrave many of these drawings, alongside other engravers including (in this case) Joseph Basire. The plates were later published in two volumes by the Boydells as 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for various other plates from the same project see refs. 21271, 21268 etc.
[Ref: 34838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with two figures conversing]
Guercino del. Basire fecit.
[published by John Boydell, 1764]
Etching printed in brown ink with very large margins, platemark 225 x 295mm (8¾ x 11¾"). Fine impression; slight foxing to edges.
Landscape after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. A collection of original drawings by Guercino and other Italian masters were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III (they remain in the Royal Collection today). The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met engraver Francesco Bartolozzi in Italy and brought him to London in 1764 to engrave many of these drawings, alongside other engravers including (in this case) Joseph Basire. The plates were later published in two volumes by the Boydells as 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for various other plates from the same project see refs. 21271, 21268 etc.
[Ref: 34837] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with a river.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink, 215 x 425mm, 8½ x 16¾". Very large uncut margins; tears in outer margins. Uncut.
Figures and a cluster of trees to riverbank in foreground; buildings in distance on far bank (left). After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2182.
[Ref: 32558] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Deux Hommes, Dont L'un Joue de la Guitare et L'Autre Chante.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[J. & J. Boydell.] [n.d., c.1790s]
Etching, printed in brown ink, proof before letters. Plate: 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼"). Very large margins.
A scene containing a pair of men, the man on the left sings while the figure on the right plays the guitar.
de Vesme 2152, I of II.
[Ref: 39123] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Vision of St. Jerome.] Angelico quoties tuba perslatur...
Jo. Bap.t Pasqualinus del. et sculpsit Roma. [After Guercino.]
Jo: Jacomo de Rossi formis Romae 1648 alla Pace.
Engraving, with elaborate 17th century watermark. Sheet: 295 x 240mm (11½ x 9½''). Trimmed, damage and staining.
A biblical scene showing the vision of St Jerome. Engraved by Giovanni Battista Pasqualini and published by Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi.
[Ref: 49749] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1786 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24"). Some foxing to margins.
A young Joseph stands before Pharaoh and his mages.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64605] £420.00

[Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.]
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1786 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, proof before title, with scratched publication line. 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24"). Some foxing to margins.
A young Joseph stands before Pharaoh and his mages.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64606] £420.00

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jan.y 2.d 1797 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished, J. Whatman 1794 watermark, 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24"). Some foxing to margins.
A young Joseph stands before Pharaoh and his mages. A magnificent & fine impression.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64604] £650.00

Joseph's Brethren Bringing Him Presents. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Feb.y 2.d 1784 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24"). Small margins.
Joseph, moved to tears by seeing his youngest brother Benjamin, refuses the gifts of fruit and oil offered by his brothers. After Giovanni Andrea di Ferrari, not Guerchino. Republished in 1797.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64603] £420.00

Joseph's Brethren Bringing Him Presents. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jan.y 2.nd 1797 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24") Trimmed close to image at top, large margins elsewhere.
Joseph, moved to tears by seeing his youngest brother Benjamin, refusing the gifts of fruit and oil offered by his brothers. After Giovanni Andrea di Ferrari, not Guerchino, first published 1784. A fine example of colour printing.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64602] £650.00

Joseph Sold by his Brethren to the Ishmaelites. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 535 x 620mm (21 x 24½"). Small tear entering inscription area taped, some foxing to margins.
Joseph's brothers and the Ismaelites count out coins on a tree stump.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64608] £420.00

[Joseph Sold by his Brethren to the Ishmaelites. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.]
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title, 18th century watermark. 535 x 620mm (21 x 24½").
Joseph's brothers and the Ismaelites count out coins on a tree stump.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64609] £420.00

Joseph's Cup Found in Benjamin's Sack. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd April 1st. 1785 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24"), with large margins. Some spotting to margins and inscription area.
On their departure from Egypt, Joseph's brothers are stopped and searched. Pharaoh's servant pulls a golden cup from Benjamin's sack. A fine example of colour printing.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64601] £420.00

Joseph's Cup Found in Benjamin's Sack. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Guerchino Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publish'd April 1st. 1785 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 530 x 610mm (20¾ x 24"), with large margins. A few small tears in edges of margins.
On their departure from Egypt, Joseph's brothers are stopped and searched. Pharaoh's servant pulls a golden cup from Benjamin's sack. A magnificent & fine image.
Ex collections of Oettingen & the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64600] £650.00

King Ahasuerus & Queen Esther.
Guercino del. Bartolozzi Scu.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Etching, printed on J. Whatman paper. 235 x 299mm. 9¼ x 11¾". Marking lower left-hand corner.
Two of the main personalities in the Book of Esther, one of the books of the Ketuvim ('Writings') of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament.
De V: ?
[Ref: 21218] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Christ Child.] And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew, Chap 1 Verse 21.
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpx.
Pub.d by A.Poggi, S.t George's Row, Oct.r 15 1785, London.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾") large margins.
The Madonna suckling Christ, watched by an angel. One of a pair with a scene of Mary teaching Jesus to read.
[Ref: 41929] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna Reading a Book Held by a Cherub.]
Guercino inv. G. Vitalba scul. Londra 1764.
Etching, printed in brown ink. Plate: 280 x 370mm, (11 x 14½"). Very large margins.
A portrait of the Madonna who reads from a book held up to her by a cherub.
[Ref: 39412] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Holy Virgin teaching the Infant Jesus to read.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper, first state before all letters. Inked initials inside image on right, maybe an artist's proof. 255 x 285mm (10 x 11¼"). A very fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2167 [undescribed state].
[Ref: 21270] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[La Sainte Vierge, L'Enfant Jésus et Deux Anges.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Engraver To His Majesty sculp.
[J. & J. Boydell.] [n.d., c.1790s]
Stipple, printed in brown ink. Plate: 220 x 320mm, (8½ x 12½"). Very large margins.
The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud with Jesus, who plays with a necklace, upon her knee while two angels above them place a crown on the Virgin's head.
de Vesme: 2187, II of II.
[Ref: 39122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin Teaching Christ to Read.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c.1783.]
Stipple, proof before title, fine impression. Plate: 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼''). Small margins. Slight repairs to corners in margin.
A scene in which Mary teaches her son to read using a sheet of paper with the alphabet on it. This appeared in Boydells' 'Seventy-three prints...from the original drawings...in the Collection of His Majesty'
De Vesme 2189.II
[Ref: 48985] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin Mary with Jesus and two angels.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Engraver To His Majesty sculp.
[J. & J. Boydell., n.d., c.1790s]
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 220 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), with small margins. Thread margin at top. Few fly marks on left.
The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud with Jesus, who plays with a necklace, upon her knee while two angels above them place a crown on the Virgin's head.
de Vesme: 2187, II of II.
[Ref: 53319] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Man in a Waistcoat.]
[After Guercino.] Gius. Zocchi. Sc.
[n.d., c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink. Plate: 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Very large margins.
A half-length portrait in profile of a man wearing a waistcoat. After a drawing by Guercino in the Royal Collection.
[Ref: 39416] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Man teaching his pupils.]
Guercino del. R.D. sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching printed in brown ink. Plate 263 x 396mm. 10½ x 15½". Uncut.
A man in the centre holding a musical score the his choir of three boys around him singing.
[Ref: 14604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Profile of a Man with Spectacles Over his Ear.]
[After Guercino.] Gius. Zocchi sc.
[n.d., c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink. Plate: 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Very large margins.
A profile bust of man with a beard facing right, the man wears a pair of spectacles over one ear.
[Ref: 39411] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Penitent Magdalene.] Ill.mo Marchioni Hyppolito Gililio Apud S.D.N Greg. XV. P. Max ferrariens Legaro. Dum hec fenestissimi xpi Domini cedris, nostreq...
Jo: Bapt.a Pasqualinus felicierarem. Io. Fran.s Centen.s Inu.
Roma Superior licen.a 1622.
Engraving. Sheet: 420 x 355mm (16½ x 14''). Trimmed, damage in edges, staining.
A biblical scene showing a penitent Mary Magdalene praying and weeping, watched over by two angels, one holding a dagger and the other a crown of thorns. Engraved by Giovanni Battista Pasqualini (1595-1631) after and painting by Guercino in the Pinacoteca Vaticana. Dedicated to Ippolito Gilioli, Marchese di Serra.
[Ref: 49690] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Saint Matheu avec un Ange.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c. 1780.]
Etching. Plate: 450 x 340mm (17¾ x 13¼). Very large margins.
St Mathew the Evangelist sits turned toward an angel who indicates something written in the large book.
de Vesme: 2146.
[Ref: 39112] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegory of Peace] I Vo` Gridando Pace, Pace, Pace. Petrarca. L'Originale dipinto a fresco esiste in Cento nella Casa Tasfinari.
Gio: Francesco Barbieri detto il Guercino dip.se Francesco Rosaspina dis: e inc.
Pubblicato in Bologna da F. Rosaspina 1800.
Mixed-method engraving with small margins, paper watermarked. Plate 450 x 305mm (17¾ x 12"). Creasing to title area.
Allegorical female figure of Peace, seated setting fire to arms of war. Quotation from Petrarch below.
[Ref: 28781] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter.] Ill.o et R:do D et prono maxine colendo...
Io. Fran.s Cent.s Inv. Superioru Permiss. Io. Bapt.a Pasqualinus Cent. Delia. et Sculp.
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾''). Trimmed, staining.
A biblical scene showing Christ handing the keys to St. Peter. Engraved by Giovanni Battista Pasqalini.
[Ref: 49750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The burial of St. Petronilla and her apotheosis as she is received by Christ] S. Petronillae Virginis. Quae Flacci Nobilis Viri coniugium spernens [...]
I.: Fran.cus Barberi in Templo Vaticano pinx. Iac: Frey delin. Et incid. Rome 1731
Fine copper engraving with large margins, 630 x 360mm (24¾ x 14¼") to platemark. Central fold as issued.
Engraving from Guercino's 1623 painting now in the Museo Capitolino, Rome. This engraving is the same size as that executed by Nicholas Dorigny in 1700.
[Ref: 19710] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

An Angel of God revealing the Plans of Providence to S.t John in the Island of Patmos.
Guercino Pinx. W.m Dunkarton Jun.r sculp.
London Published by D.r Thornton June 1. 1809.
Mezzotint. Plate: 330 x 450mm (13 x 17¾"). Repaired tears in edges. Small margins
A religious scene showing St John pointing at the Bible held by an angel. One of a series of prints after old master paintings published by Dunkerton.
[Ref: 47575] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a middle-aged man in a hooded cloak (priest?).]
[after Guercino?] Guis. Zocchi sc.
[Italian/British, n.d., c.1800.]
Etching printed in brown ink on wove paper, proof?, 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Some light foxing; wide margins.
An intimate study of an man in profile a religious habit - possibly a monk, priest or penitent - after an old master drawing. Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767), draughtsman and etcher in Florence. Perhaps this is one of the series of plates registered in the BM under the title 'Luti collection', after drawings by Julio Romano, Michelangelo, Pietro Cortone, Titiano, Pietro Testa, Guercino, Rembrandt, Paolo Panini, Elsheimer, Benedetto Lutti. As well as by Zocchi, the plates were made by Bartolozzi and Zuccarelli. This seems to be a later impression, perhaps published in Britain.
See BM 1866,1114.694 to 734.
[Ref: 27220] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Filius Prodigus. 37.
Guercino da Cento pinxit. Dom. Cunego sculpsit Romae 1770.
Romae ex Tabula in Aedibus Lancellotti.
Engraving, very large margins. Plate 266 x 319mm (10½ x 12½"). Water staining to left and upper edge. Bit messy.
The return of the prodigal son. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 31013] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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