A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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Das Bretspiel. [Board games.]
J: E: Nilson, inv: et excud: Aug: Vind: [Augsburg, Germany, c.1750.]
Rare etching with small margins, ceramic design?, 190 x 290mm. 7½ x 11½". Margins a little trimmed. Two creases to lower left corner.
Two groups of figures in fashionable contemporary costume arranged around gaming tables, playing draughts and backgammon; the composition features a view of landscaped grounds, the whole almost completely framed by ornate scrollwork and foliage. From a book of designs or ornament prints; numbered '3' upper right. By Johann Esaias Nilson (1721 - 1788), ornamental designer and printmaker, called 'the German Watteau'.
[Ref: 27808] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J: E: Nilson, inv: et excud: Aug: Vind: [Augsburg, Germany, c.1750.]
Rare etching with small margins, ceramic design?, 190 x 290mm. 7½ x 11½". Margins a little trimmed. Two creases to lower left corner.
Two groups of figures in fashionable contemporary costume arranged around gaming tables, playing draughts and backgammon; the composition features a view of landscaped grounds, the whole almost completely framed by ornate scrollwork and foliage. From a book of designs or ornament prints; numbered '3' upper right. By Johann Esaias Nilson (1721 - 1788), ornamental designer and printmaker, called 'the German Watteau'.
[Ref: 27808] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Catherina Alexiewna. Rossorum Imperiatrix. Nata Princeps Anhalt: Servest: nata d. 2 Mai 1729.
J:E: Nilson, inv: Sculps: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d., c.1770.]
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796), in profile, set in a roundel in an architectural capriccio, with the Three Graces paying tribute. Catherine II ruled Russia between 1762 and 1796, the longest rule by a female monarch in Russia's history.
[Ref: 37903] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J:E: Nilson, inv: Sculps: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d., c.1770.]
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796), in profile, set in a roundel in an architectural capriccio, with the Three Graces paying tribute. Catherine II ruled Russia between 1762 and 1796, the longest rule by a female monarch in Russia's history.
[Ref: 37903] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Elisabeth I. Russorum Imperatrix nata 1709 d. 20 Dec.
Fait par J.E. Nilson, se vend à Augsbourg chez l'Auteur. et à Paris chez Rosselin Rue St. Jaques a l'Autel Saumur
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 220 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Small margins. Very slight staining at top off image.
Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death. She led Russia into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) and the Seven Years' War (1756-63), and spent vast amounts of money on archectural projects in and around St Petersburg. Part of a series of portraits of European monarchs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 37099] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fait par J.E. Nilson, se vend à Augsbourg chez l'Auteur. et à Paris chez Rosselin Rue St. Jaques a l'Autel Saumur
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 220 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Small margins. Very slight staining at top off image.
Elizaveta Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death. She led Russia into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) and the Seven Years' War (1756-63), and spent vast amounts of money on archectural projects in and around St Petersburg. Part of a series of portraits of European monarchs by Johann Esaias Nilson (1721-88), 'the German Watteau'. Nilson was part of a family of artists and established himself as the leading Augsburg artist of his day, whose influence extended across publishing, art academies, a role as court painter, and the decorative arts (especially ceramics).
[Ref: 37099] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fredericus Rex Bor. E.B.
J. E. Nilson fec. et excud. A. V.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engaving, 18th century watermark, plate 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"), large margins. Large stains on top margin, going into the plate. Repaired wormhole, some creases.
Bust portrait of Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-1786), in an oval decorated with crown, bay and oak leaves above. Coat of arms, bay and oak leaves below the oval with two putti underneath.
[Ref: 58907] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. E. Nilson fec. et excud. A. V.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engaving, 18th century watermark, plate 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"), large margins. Large stains on top margin, going into the plate. Repaired wormhole, some creases.
Bust portrait of Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-1786), in an oval decorated with crown, bay and oak leaves above. Coat of arms, bay and oak leaves below the oval with two putti underneath.
[Ref: 58907] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius II. Magn: Brit: Franc: et Hibern: Rex. Dux Brunsv: et Luneb et Elector nat. d. 10 gbr. 1682.
Inventé et grave par J.E. Nilson.
Se vend a Augsbourg chez L'Auteur et à Paris chez Rosselin rue S.t Jacques a l'hotel Saumur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼''), with large margins. Staining on left bottom.
A portrait of George II (1683-1760) who ruled Great Britain from 1727.
[Ref: 48646] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et grave par J.E. Nilson.
Se vend a Augsbourg chez L'Auteur et à Paris chez Rosselin rue S.t Jacques a l'hotel Saumur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼''), with large margins. Staining on left bottom.
A portrait of George II (1683-1760) who ruled Great Britain from 1727.
[Ref: 48646] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)