Grosvenor Prints

[The Remorse of the Apostle Peter?] ALT, 21. LAT, 28. unc.
Guido Reni Pinx. v. Prenner incit.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 225mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60154] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Aurora. Painted in a Ceiling of the Rospigliosi Palace at Rome. To the R.t Honb.le Lord Visc.t Mount Stuart Baron Cardiff this Plate is Dedicated. Here the gay Morn resides in radiant Bow'rs,/ Here keeps her Revels with the dancing Hours;/ Here Phoebus rising in the'Oetherial way,/ Thro' Heavn's bright Portals pours the beamy Day.
Guido pinxt: W. Baillie sculpt:
Publish'd 14th Sept.r 1786
Stipple engraving, 230 x 320mm. 9 x 12½". Later issue c.1800. Slight foxing in margins
Engraving of Guido Reni's famous Aurora fresco, in the Palazzo Rospigliosi-Pallavicini, Rome. The fresco depicts Apollo in his chariot, preceded by dawn (Aurora) bringing light to the world. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.

[Ref: 12234] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Circumcision. From the Original Picture painted by Guido Reni in the collection of Sir Peter Leicester ... / ... most obedient humble servant. J. Boydell]
Guido Rheni Pinxit / Fr. Aliamet Sculpsit 1765
[Size of the Picture 23 1/4 in by 29 3/4 in height / Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London, May 1st 1765]
Copper engraving, platemark 515 x 390mm (20¼ x 15¼"). Proof impression; title in early ms in lower margin. Very large margins; uncut.
The circumcision of Christ, with numerous figures observing. Engraving from the painting by Bolognese artist Guido Reni (1575-1642), one of his final works (1638-9), which still remains in the church for which it was painted, San Martino in Siena. From "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a large series of engravings in five volumes published by John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and patrons, which played an important part in developing print culture in the 18th century.
[Ref: 38581] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Cleopatra. E Tabula Guidonis Reni, in Pinacotheca Domini De Montriblou armigeri conservata.]
[Guido Reni Pinx.t. R. Strange delin.t et sculp.t 1777.]
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving., rare proof before all letters. 520 x 350mm (20½ x 14¼"). Thread margins.
Cleopatra clasping the asp to her bosom. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 52078] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Cleopatra. E Tabula Guidonis Reni, in Pinacotheca Domini De Montriblou armigeri conservata.
Guido Reni Pinx.t. R. Strange delin.t et sculp.t 1777.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 520 x 350mm (20½ x 14¼"), large margins.
Cleopatra clasping the asp to her bosom. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 46554] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Sleeping Cupid.]
Guido Rheni, Pinx.t. Anna Louisa Lane, Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A classical scene showing the figure of cupid sleeping in a pastoral landscape.
[Ref: 46214] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Hymen burning Cupid's Arrows.] Musicen Seu Platonicam legum Harmonicum de Cupidine triumphantem Alexandro Leopoldo A. A. Augusti. N. Fratri. Apollini Palatino Prorectori Imperi.
Guido Reni pinx. Joseph Longhi sc. 1794.
Rare engraving, 370 x 490mm. 14½ x 19¼". Wide margins.
Allegorical scene in which Hymen, the god of marriage ceremonies, burns the arrows of Cupid, who stands bound and blindfolded. Musical instruments to right. Engraved by the Milan engraver Giuseppe Longhi (1766-1831) from a subject painted twice by the Mannerist painter Guido Reni (1575-1642). One canvas is now in Dijon (Musée des Beaux-Arts), and the darker copy in Genoa (Palazzo Spinola) is called Sacred and Profane Love.
BM:1854,0211.17
[Ref: 23726] £360.00

Cupid in the Island of Cyprus. The Original Picture by Guido Rheni, from which this Print is taken, is in the Collection of Lord Scarsdale. Size of the Picture 2F. 10I by 3F. 10I in length. Vol. II. No.14.
Carol Fauccii Sculp.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, March 21st. 1763.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 241 x 352mm (9½ x 13¾"). Very large margins.
Cupid resting in the grass in the foreground, with bow and arrow under his wing. Above a classical monument, a dove pulled chariot takes Venus? through the clouds. Cypriot interest.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38260] £360.00

Cupido Dormiens. Ex picta Tabula Guidonis Reni, quae apud virum eximium Laurentium Dundas Baronettum adservatur. Cupid Sleeping. From a painting of Guido Reni, in the Collection of Sir Laurence Dundas Bar.t. [Along right-hand plate edge:] XXII.
Guido Reni Pinxit. Rob.t Strange delin.t et Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1766.]
Copper engraving. Plate 376 x 439mm. 14¾ x 17¼". Small tear upper left-hand margin.
Cupid asleep on a couch, his chin on his hand, the elbow propped on a cushion on the right, with a curtain above to right and a view of a landscape with a castle in the background to left. Listed among the engravings in Strange's catalogue of his collection of paintings and drawings after paintings.
for a reduced stipple version of the same image see ref. 26589
[Ref: 19734] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Cupid Sleeping.] Qu'il possede de Charmes / Dans son Sommeil! / Qu'il causera de larmes / A son Réveil.
Guido Reni Pinxit. Vendramini scu.t.
[n.d., 1780.]
Stipple. Sheet 135 x 140mm, 5¼ x 5½". Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
Cupid asleep on a couch, his chin on his hand, the elbow propped on a cushion on the right, with a curtain above to right.
probably derived from Robert Strange's engraving of the same image, for which see ref. 19734
[Ref: 26589] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et Sanctum nomen ejus. Luc. Cap. J.
Ex Tabula Guidi Reni asservata in aedibus Marchionis de Angelis.
Iacobus Frey delineavit et incidit Romae sup.pm. [n.d. c.1722.]
Engraving, very large margins. Plate 578 x 355mm (22¾ x 14"). Tears into margins. Crease as normal. Bit dusty.
The Disputa, the six Fathers of the Church seated around a table, debating; on a cloud above, the Virgin and two angels. After the painting then in the collection of the Marchese de Angelis, and now in the Hermitage via the Walpole collection at Houghton.
[Ref: 31273] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Flight into Egypt.]
G. R. In. L. Lolius. s.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Etching. Sheet: 305 x 240mm (12 x 9½''). Trimmed, creasing and staining.
A biblical scene showing Mary, the infant Jesus and Joseph on their journey into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod. An etching by Lorenzo Loli (1612-1691) after artist Guido Reni (1575-1642).
[Ref: 49656] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Fortuna. E Tabula Guidonis Reni, in Pinacotheca Roberti Strange conservata.
Guido Reni Pinx.t. R. Strange sculpsit.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 520 x 350mm (20½ x 14¼"), large margins.
Fortune flies over the globe dropping coins and jewels from a purse, with Chance, a winged putto, trying to restrain her by pulling on her hair. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 46548] £360.00

[Archangel Gabriel] . From the Painting of Guido Rheni in the Possession of Charles Chauncey M.D.
Guido Reni Pinx.t. R. Strange delineavit et Sculp. Londini.
Sold at the Golden Head, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden London [n.d., 1790].
Engraving. 295 x 205mm (11½ x 8"), with very wide margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of the Archangel Gabriel, showing the top edges of his wing and his gloriole. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 53925] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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[Saint Jerome in the Wilderness.]
[after Guido Reni, c.1600-1640]
Etching, sheet 210 x 135mm (8¼ x 5¼"). Stained; glued to backing sheet, trimmed.
Contemporary impression of an etching of St Jerome without the lion usually accompanying him, by Baroque artist Guido Reni (1575-1642).
see BM U,3.167
[Ref: 32549] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

S: Giovanni Battista.
Guido Reni dip: Guis: Calendi inc:
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple with etching. Sheet size: 295 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside plate. Slight stain on left.
Saint John the Baptist preaching to the multitude in the wilderness, seated full-length in animal skins with cross, pointing upwards; after Guido Reni.
[Ref: 36565] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

St Jean Baptiste dans le Desert. Dédié a son Excellence Monseigneur Le Comte de Fuentés; Ministre Plenipotentiaire de sa Majesté Catholique auprès de sa Majesté très Chrétienne. d'Après le Tableau Original du Guide, du Cabinet de M.r L'Abbé Reynoird. Par son très Humble et très Obeissant Serviteur Molés.
Se Vend à Paris chez Lacombe Libraire rue Christine. C.L.R. [c. 1800's]
Etching with engraving. 565 x 380mm (22¼ x 15"), with large margins. Some spotting and creasing in margins. Uncut.
St John the Baptist in the wilderness, seated with lamb and cross, pointing upwards. Engraved by Pedro Pascual Moles after Guido Reni.
[Ref: 57877] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Josephi Pudicitia. Joseph and Potipar's Wife. From the Painting of Guido Rheni ,in the Baroni Palace at Naples.
R. Strange Neapoli delin.t A.º 1769 ære incidit Londini.
[n.d., 1790].
Engraving. 395 x 490mm (15½ x 19¼), with wide margins.
Joseph rejects the advances of the wife of Potipar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard and Joseph's master. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 53924] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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Jupiter and Europa. From the Original Picture by Guido Reni, In the Collection of Robert Udny Esqr. Size of the Picture 3F, 3I, by 4F, 0 in height. Vol. II. No.44.
G. Reni pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit.
Published May 1st. 1771, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple and etching in red ink; paper watermarked. Plate 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12"). Very large margins.
A young woman embracing a bull, decorated with floral garlands.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38185] £380.00

Ritratto di Laschari filosefo Greco, di Guido Reni, in Casa Pamfilj Doria, in Roma. 19.
[Paolo Fidanza.]
[n.d. c.1785.]
Engraving and etching, very fine with large margins. Plate 255 x 184mm. 10 x 7¼".
From "Recueil de têtes choisies de personnages illustres dans les lettres et dans les armes éxactement dessinées et gravées de la grandeur des originaux par Paul Fidanza peintre romain d'apres les peintures de Raphaël d'Urbin et autres grands maîtres existantes au Vatican et dans plusieurs galeries de Rome".
[Ref: 26598] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Liberality and Modesty. From the Original Painting of Guido Rheni in the Collection of Henry Furnese Esq.r.
Guido Rheni pinx.t. Rome. Rob.t. Strange delin.t et sculp.t Londini.
Sold by Rob.t Strange Engraver, at the Golden Head, in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. 1755. [1790.]
Engraving. 510 x 345mm (20 x 13"), large margins.
The female allegorical figure of Liberality passes a plate of jewels to Modesty, a winged cherub flying above. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni. Shortly after this engraving, the painting was sold to the first Earl Spencer who hung it in the Great Room at Spencer House, where it remained until it was sold by Raine Spencer, step-mother of the Princess of Wales.
[Ref: 46531] £320.00

Loth. 36.
Guido Reni pinxit. Dom. Cunego sculpsit Romae 1771.
Romae ex Tabula in Aedibus Lancellotti.
Engraving. 266 x 322mm (10½ x 12¾"), with wide margins.
Lot and his daughters, one holding an elaborate urn. 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: 31003] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Lucretia.
Guido Renus pinxit N. Dupuis. Gall. Sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [c. 1757.]
Engraving, plate 485 x 325mm (19 x 12¾") very large margins. Central crease.
Lucretia wearing a dress exposing her breast and wrapped in bedding, kneels on the edge of her bed, with dagger in right hand and its sheath on the floor, looking upwards about to kill herself. According to Roman tradition Lucretia was a noblewoman, daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin) and subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
[Ref: 56574] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[The Holy Virgin of the Annunciation.] From the Painting of Guido Rheni, in the Possession of Charles Chauncy M.D.
Guido Rheni Pinx.t. R. Strange delineavit et sculp.t Londini.
Sold at the Golden Head, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. [Robert Strange, n.d., 1790.]
Engraving. 300 x 205mm (12 x 8"), large margins. Manuscript numeral above platemark.
From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni.
[Ref: 46529] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Offspring of Love. From a Painting by Guido Reni, in the Possession of Rob.t Strange.
Guido Reni Pinxit. Rob.us. Strange delineavit et Sculpsit.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 385 x 440mm (15¼ x 17¼), large margins.
The Virgin Mary praying over the sleeping infant, who lies on a large cushion with a tassel. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
BM U,3.116, 'Possibly one of the prints found in the possession of Robert Dighton', the caricaturist that plundered the Museum's print collection.
[Ref: 46542] £360.00

[The Holy Virgin and Infant Jesus] [In His Majesty's Collection]
[Guido pinxot. Gondolfi del.t. Gondolfi & Bartolozzi sculp.nt]
Etching and engraving with large margins, platemark 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Rare proof before letters.
Virgin and child after the painting by Guido Reni (1575-1642) in the Royal Collection (currently hanging in Hampton Court Palace). According to de Vesme, the painting was acquired by George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Bologna, and Dalton had the painting engraved by G. Gandolfi in 1770 before engaging the more esteemed Bartolozzi to retouch the plate. The Royal Collection, however, state that inventories record the painting as having been bought by George III himself.
De Vesme 135 i/ii
[Ref: 36930] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Offspring of Love. From a Painting by Guido Reni, in the Possession of Rob.t Strange.]
[Guido Reni Pinxit. Rob.us. Strange delineavit et Sculpsit.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 380 x 440mm (15 x 17¼"), with very large margins. Uncut.
The Virgin Mary contemplating the infant Jesus who sleeps on a large cushion with a tassel, her hands joined in prayer. After Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 40341] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus. From the Original Picture, of the same Size, Painted by Guido Reni; In the Collection of the Right Honourable Lord Grosvenor: To whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated by the Lordship's most obliged & most abedt. Humble Servant. J. Boydell.
Guido Reni Pinxt. J. Mortimer delint, S.F. Ravenet Sculpsit.
No. 25 under. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell. Engraver in Cheapside London; November 1765.
Engraving 535 x 425mm, 21 x 17inches. Large paper.
"The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-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 both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14557] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Magdalen. From a Painting by Guido Reni, in the Barbarini Palace at Rome.
R. Strange Romæ delin.t. A.º 1762 Atque Londini A.º 1773 Ære incidit.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 500 x 345mm (19¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Mary Magdalene in contemplation, one hand resting on a skull, in the grotto of St Baume where she lived for thirty years in penance, living frugally on root vegetables. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 46545] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Magdeleine.
Peint par le Guide. Gravé par Frédéric Lignon. 1818. Imprimé par Durand.
A Parism chez l'Auteur, rue des Fossés St Germain des Prés, N:o 28.
Engraving. 420 x 300mm (16½ x 11¾") very large margins. Slight foxing.
Mary Magdalene, hands crossed across her chest, looking up, after Guido Reni.
[Ref: 57957] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Magdalen] Miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam Misericordiam tuam. To Her Roal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, this Plate is humbly inscribed, By Her Roal Highness's much obliged and most obedient humble Servant Rob.t Strange. From the Original Painting of Guido Rheni in the Collection of Roger Harenc Esq.r.
Guidus Reni Pinxit Romæ. Robertus Strange delineavit et Sculpsit Londini.
Sold by the Author next door to Parliament Street Coffee-house, Westminster London. according to Act of Parliament 1753 [-1790].
Engraving. 500 x 345mm (19¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Mary Magdalene, repentant, looking up tearfully as she pulls the pearls from her hair, a vase of ointment and an open book on the table in front of her. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 53923] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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[Mary Magdalene.] Mary Hath Chosen that Good Part, Which Shall Not be Taken From Her. Luke 10. v. 43. Now when Jesus was risen early, the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. That Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. From the original Picture in the Possession of Sir Simon H. Clarke Bar.t.
Guido Pinx.t. Sharpe Sculp.t.
London, Published by Will.m Sharp, 16 May, 1822.
Etching with engraving on chine collé. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins. Fold on left plate mark.
Mary Magdalene with a halo, looking up.
[Ref: 57941] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Painting and Design. From the Original Picture Painted by Guido Reni; In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chiswick. Size of the Picture 2F. 9I. by 2F. 11I in Length. Frontispiece to Vol: the 1.st.
Guido Reni Pinx.t. S.F. Ravenet Sculpsit.
Published March 25.th. 1769, by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. Sheet: 400 x 430mm (15¾ x 17"). Trimmed.
An allegorical depiction of Painting and Design, the male figure of Design holds a drawing implement while the female figure representing Painting holds a paint palette and brushes.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38325] £320.00

Painting and Design. From the Original Picture Painted by Guido Reni; In the Collection ofhis Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick.
Guido Reni Ponxt. S. F. Ravenet Sculpsit.
Frontispiece to Vol: the 1st. Size of Picture 2F.9I by 2F 11I. In Length. Published March 25th 1769 J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.
A very fine copper engraving 405 x 430mm 17¾ x 17inches.
"The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14404] £450.00

[The Penitant Peter.]
Guido R. [Reni]. F. Piloty del:
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), large margins.
An early tinted lithograph, a portrait of St Peter weeping, after Guido Reni. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60948] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

From a Picture by Guido Rheni [&] From a Picture by Elisabetta Sironi in the Collection of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Cremorn
Drawn by Anna Louisa Lane. Engraved by Blackberd.
Published as the Act directs May 21 1795 by the Proprietor No 13 Church Street Soho
Rare pair of stipple engravings, each platemark 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), very large margins.
Pair of bust portraits engraved after pictures by Italian artists Guido Reni and Elisabetta Sirani. The intermediary draughtsman, Anna Louisa Lane (1778-1995, fl.) was probably the elder sister of the gem engraver William Lane, from whose address she exhibited miniatures.
[Ref: 41283] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Guido Rhenus. Excelloit en granded ordonances, d'un esprit abondant: ses inventions sont assez cognues par les estampes, qu'on voit de sa main faictes, en eau fort. le iour de sa nativite, a ete, a Boloigne 1574; et mourut en l'an 1642.
Guid. Rhenus pinxit.
I. Meyssens fecit et excudit. [n.d. c.1655.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 114mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Guido Reni (1575-1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. He worked all over Italy from Bologna to the Vatican in Rome, and into Spain and Germany. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24523] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Les Couseuses.]
[After Guido Reni. Engraved by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet.]
[n.d., c.1774.]
Engraving. Proof before letters impresson. Platemark: 445 x 560mm (17½ x 22").
Seven women sitting in an interior, sewing, two other women standing on each side of the room. After Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 40343] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sibilla. From a Picture in the Collection of his Imperial Majesty at Vienna.
Guido Reni pinxt. M. Benedetti Sculp.
Pubd. 1st. June 1796 by M. Benedetti No.8, Queen Charlotte Row New Road.
Stipple and etching. Plate 272 x 208mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Small margins.
A woman dressed in a loose gown and cloak around her right arm, her hair loose under a striped turban with a jewel at the centre of her forehead, sitting with her cheek against her right hand, the elbow resting on a cushion, reading a book propped open on her knee, with a curtain behind. The Persian Sibyl reading a book in her turban; the Sibyl was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle. The word Sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Persian Sibyl is said to have foretold the exploits of Alexander of Macedon.
See Ref: 13963 for trimmed to image and title.
[Ref: 52414] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Venus attired by the Graces. From the Painting of Guido Reni, 9 feet 6 inches high, by 7 feet wide, in the Royal Palace of Kensington.
Guido Reni Pinx.t. Robertus Strange delin.t et sculp.t Londini. 1759.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 515 x 380mm (20¼ x 15"), large margins.
Venus sits as the Graces fasten a bracelet around her wrist, tie her sandal straps and place a tiara in her hair. Cupid leans on her thigh. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case 'The Toilet of Venus', now in the National Gallery, attributed to Guido Reni and his studio.
National Gallery: NG90, 'Reni designed the picture and executed parts of it (at least the figure of Venus)'.
[Ref: 46537] £320.00

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