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Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B.West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint, 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Nicks and repaired tears on large margins.
Medical interest. Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd Whitman: 171
[Ref: 60336]   £490.00  
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Apollo.
Apollo.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
Published Mar 25th. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. 305 x 225mm (12 x 8¾") very large margins. A little faint spotting. Slight creasing.
A profile portrait of Apollo as a young man. An early example: the following year the plate appeared in "A collection of prints, after the sketches and drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by M.r Richard Earlom'', with the publicated date changed to 1789 (as per BM example.
See BM: 1861,0518.377. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60301]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Bacchant.
A Bacchant.
F: Bartolozzi Inv.t et Sculp.t.
Mango Exc.t. Pub.d Nov.r 23 1778 as the Act Directs by the Proprieter N.o Bentinck Street near Berwick Street, Soho.
Stipple printed in sanguine, plate 245 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"), with large margins. Very slight paper toning.
A bare breasted priestess of the God of Wine, Bacchus, lifts a bowl as if to drink.
De Vesme 368 II of III. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60283]   £350.00  
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[Bacchus.]
[Bacchus.] ALT, 20. LAT, 18. unc:
Van Dalen Pinx. v. Prenner inc.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper, slight creasing.
A head and shoulders portrait of Bacchus wearing a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking glass. From a painting by Jan van Dalen (fl. 1632-70), painted 1648, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Accession Number GG_1687). 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: 60155]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Bias of Priene.] Bias weinet, indem er jemanden zum Tode verurtheilet. Bias, capitis aliquem damnans, lacrymatur. vid. Srobaeus sermone 44.
[Bias of Priene.] Bias weinet, indem er jemanden zum Tode verurtheilet. Bias, capitis aliquem damnans, lacrymatur. vid. Srobaeus sermone 44. Praenobilissimo Dicasterio Civitatis primariae Gedanensis.
A Stech. inv. 1685. D.D.G. humillimus Servus Matth. Deisch fec. Ged. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 420mm (9¾ x 16½"), large margins. Stain top right.
Bias weeps while condemning someone to death. Bias of Priene (6th century BC) was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, renouned for his probity. An illustration of a tapestry after Andrzej Stech (1635-97) that once belonged to the bench of judges in the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland. The story comes from 'Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers' by Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century AD).
[Ref: 60188]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hannibal] Vision misteriosa di Annibale, avanti il suo famoso passagio sull Apli. per scenndere nell'Italia.
[Hannibal] Vision misteriosa di Annibale, avanti il suo famoso passagio sull Apli. per scenndere nell'Italia. Rollin 1st. Rom. T.V.
Pinelli inve inc. in Roma 1818.
Etching. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"). Tear in top margin.
In Hannibal's vision he sees a giant serpent as a winged Mercury leading him to Italy. Mercury tells Hannibal that in the same way the serpent lays waste to mountians, Hannibal will lay waste to Italy. Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) is best known for his images of contemporary Romans, many of which were incorporated into Luigi Rossini's Views of Rome. He has taken inspiration from 'Storia Antica E Romana Di Carlo Rollin'.
[Ref: 60241]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Hebe
Hebe for this cup, This nectard cup, the sweet assurance gives, Of present, and the pledge of future bliss. Vide Miltons Comus.
F: Bartolozzi Inv.t. R.t Marcuard Pupil of W: Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Mango Excud.t. Publish'd as the Act Directs April 22, 1778, by the Propreitor N: 9 Bentinck Street near Berwick Street Soho.
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"), with very large margins. Mint.
Bust portrait of a young woman representing Hebe, goddess of healing, youth and beauty, holding a cup aloft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60284]   £420.00  
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[Six mezzotint portraits after Gérard de Lairesse.]
[Six mezzotint portraits after Gérard de Lairesse.] [Two Roman soldiers] [&] [baby's head] [two Roman soldiers] [&] Pietas. [&] [child with bird and dog] [&] [crying girl.]
[Two Roman plates] AB f; [Pietas] G. lairesse pinxit. A Blooteling f et ex; [child] Lairesse in. A. Blooteling ex; [crying girl] G. Lairesse Pinx. A. Blooteling F. et Ex.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Six scarce mezzotints on one sheet, 18th century watermark. Largest 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Old ink mss. in margin.
A collection of plates after Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) by Abrham Blooteling (1640-1690), a Dutch mezzotinter who came to London in the 1670s, helping to introduced the technique to England.
BM 1902,1011.254; 1929,1112.2.99; 1902,1011.255; 1929,1112.2.101; 1929,1112.2.102; & 2010,7081.143.
[Ref: 60186]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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Nymphs after Bathing.
Nymphs after Bathing.
G.B Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan.y 15.th 1783 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Fine stipple printed in sanguine, plate 260 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Some very light foxing. Mint.
In a landscape, two beautiful nymphs arrange their hair after bathing in a stream.
De Vesme 467. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60288]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Semiramis.
Semiramis.
C. Monnet, del.t. Picot, Excud.t.
London. Pub.d Oct.r 10. 1777, by V.M. Picot. N.o 471, Strand.
Fine stipple in sanguine, plate 250 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Small margins.
A representation of the semi-legendary Semiramis; head and shoulders portrait looking down wearing a headress.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60275]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Roman Vestal's Trial of Chastity.
The Roman Vestal's Trial of Chastity.
[W.M. Craig del.][R. Cooper sculp.]
[Published & Sold Nov.r 1. 1807, by Edw.d Orme, 59. Bond Street, London.]
Rare stipple with etching, sheet 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate losing artist, engraver and publisher's names.
A Vestal priestess, Tuccia, standing in front of a shrine, holds out in front of her a pan full of water, which leaks through the bottom. Two women watch from the shrine. The Vestal Virgin Tuccia was accused of having breached her vow of chastity, but she proved her innocence by carrying water in a sieve. This apparent miracle saved her life.
[Ref: 60339]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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