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Achille Reconnu par Ulysse.
Achille Reconnu par Ulysse. Du Cabinet de M.gr Le Duc de Praslin. Grandeur de 42. Pouces sur 32.
Peint pas D. Teniers dans le Goût de Rubens. Gravé à l'Eau-forte par Martini et terminé par J. Ph. le Bas 1772.
A Paris ches le Bas Graveur Pensionnaire du Roi, Conseiller en son Académie de Peinture &c. rue de la Harpe. No.78 de l'Oeuvre de Teniers.
Engraving. Plate: 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½"), with large margins Marks in top margin.
A classical scene showing Ulysses discovering the young Achilles hidden amongst the women. Ulysses is sent to find Achilles as a prophecy stated that Troy will not fall without him, however Achilles' mother, discovering that he would die should he go to war, hid him amongst the women of the house by dressing him as a girl. The scene shows Achilles betraying himself by being the only 'girl' to be interested in the weapons concealed amongst the gifts presented to the group by Ulysses.
[Ref: 47565]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Aeneas saving his father from the burning of Troy.]
[Aeneas saving his father from the burning of Troy.]
P.P. Rubens Pinx. v. Prenner del. et incid.
[n.d., 1728.]
Engraving on two plates. Outside plate 265 x 320mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins. Uncut.
A scene of the Fall of Troy, with a separate plate for the decorative, frame-like printed border, published in the 'Theatrum Artis Pictoriae', a series of reproductions of the Imperial Gallery of Paintings in Vienna. The attribution to Rubens is doubtful. Aeneas carries his elderly father Anchises from the burning city, accompanied by Aeneas' wife Creusa, who died in the escape attempt, and small son Ascanius.
[Ref: 59913]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Aeneas takes leave of Dido.]
[Aeneas takes leave of Dido.]
Le Potre Invent et fecit.
Le Blond avec Privil [Paris, n.d., c.1660.]
Etching. 240 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed to plate, split in centre fold.
Aeneas takes leave of his lover, Queen Dido, at a quay in Carthage as his men load his ship.
[Ref: 61406]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Eneas carrying his Father Anchyses from the Ruins of Troy.
Eneas carrying his Father Anchyses from the Ruins of Troy. From the Original Picture, Painted by Jacopo Robusti commonly called Tintoretto, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Size of the Picture, 1' 0" by 1' 4" in height.
Tintoretto pinx.t R. Earlom delin.t & Sculpsit
John Boydell excudit London 1767
Mezzotint with etching, 330 x 230mm. 13 x 9". Large margins; creasing through centre
Aeneas carrying his father away from Troy before beginning the journey that will lead to the foundation of Rome. Illustration to an episode featuring in Virgil's 'The Aeneid'. From "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in five volumes produced in 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 artists, engravers and patrons, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14885]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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In vaine the learned do their knowledge boast, Witt is not allways gain'd, by reading most, Women do oft those hights of Glory reach, Which even the scooles, have wanted power to teach. 20.
In vaine the learned do their knowledge boast, Witt is not allways gain'd, by reading most, Women do oft those hights of Glory reach, Which even the scooles, have wanted power to teach. 20.
Tho: Dudley. fec.
[n.d. c.1679.]
A very rare etching. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Cut and laid; tear to upper left corner.
Aesop interpreting to the Samians the portent of the eagle and the public ring; Xanthus presenting Aesop to the rulers of Samos who are seated at a table on a raised platform; in the background buildings, above which flies the eagle with the ring in its beak. Plate 20, one of thirty-two illustrations to the 2nd edition of 1687 of Barlow's Aesop, showing scenes from the life of Aesop.
[Ref: 31068]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Age of Bronze.]
[Age of Bronze.] Ætas Ænea.
Anto Temp. Flor.
[n.d., c.1599.]
Engraving. 17th century watermark; Sheet: 225 x 335mm (9 x 13''). Trimmed, time stained. Very slight tear left corner.
In the foreground a group of men build a wall and chop wood, while women do laundry. In the distance groups of animals graze or are used in the building work. By Antonio Tempesta after Nicolas van Aelst.
[Ref: 48024]   £350.00  
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[Alexander the Great pardons the family of Darius]
[Alexander the Great pardons the family of Darius] Il est d'un roy de se vaincre soy mesme / Alexandre, ayant vaincu Darius pres la ville d'Isse entre dans une tente ou étoient la Mere la femme et les filles de Darius [...]
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran excudit
Se vend à Paris chez B. et J. Audran rue et faubourg St. Jaque vis a vis la rue St. Dominique. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"), with very large margins. Paper time stained.
After defeating Darius in the battle of Issus (333 BC), Alexander found Darius' family (who he had left behind when fleeing the battlefield). One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun now in the Louvre.
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45146]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexander Visiting the Tomb of Achilles.
Alexander Visiting the Tomb of Achilles. 'From the Original Picture of the same size, Painted by Filippo Lauri; In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire
Filippo Lauri Pinxit. John Boydell excudit 1769. S.J. Ravenet sculpsit.
Published Augt. 1st. 1769, by Jno. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving, 510 x 385mm. 20 x 15¼".
Alexander The Great (356 - 323 BC), ruler of Macedon who conquered a huge empire, standing at the foot of a ruined obelisk, his arms outstretched in awe as he looks up at the tomb of Achilles to right. His soldiers stand around him in attitudes of wonder. Elaborate crest featuring deer and putti below image. Numbered 'Vol:II. No.39.' lower left. After Filippo Lauri (1623 - 1694).
[Ref: 11776]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexandre étant tombé malada et ayant receu avis de Parmenion, que Philippe son medecin…ne s auroient même en concevoir le soupçon dans les autres.
Alexandre étant tombé malada et ayant receu avis de Parmenion, que Philippe son medecin…ne s auroient même en concevoir le soupçon dans les autres. A Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'orleans.
Se vend à Paris avec privil. du Roy au Palais du Luxembourg ou le dit Audran demeure. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Benoist Audran.
[n.d. c.1711.]
Copper engraving. Plate 411 x 368mm. 16¼ x 14½". Some creasing.
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was King of Macedon and is remembered for uniting the states of Greece. He managed to conquer Persia, Egypt and a number of other kingdoms up to the borders of India. He died of a sudden fever, as depicted here on his death bed, at the palace of Nebuchadnezzarr II of Babylon. Engraved in reverse from the painting by Le Sueur now in the National Gallery, London.
IFF 12: ii. BM: X,8.61.
[Ref: 17326]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexandre le Grand avalle la medecine, au mesme temps quil fit lire a son medecin  la lettre, qui le taxoit d'empoisonnement.
Alexandre le Grand avalle la medecine, au mesme temps quil fit lire a son medecin la lettre, qui le taxoit d'empoisonnement.
J. Le Potre in. et Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson Catherine Street Strand [n.d., c.1732].
Engraving. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Narrow margins.
The famous scene of Alexander the Great drinking a potion prepared by Philip of Acarnania, despite being warned by Parmenion that his physician had been bribed by Darius III to poison him, showing his trust in his friend. The scene is presented within an elaborate baroque architectural surround. In 1732 Samuel Sympson advertised for sale a volume of '164 different designs of the celebrated Master Le Potre' [Jean Lepautre] ... The said Mr Sympson having purchased the plates from France, the prints will be sold at a very low rate'. Sympson moved to Maiden Lane soon afterwards.
[Ref: 57715]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Il Est D'un Roy de se Vaincre Soy Mesme Sui Victoria Indicat Regem.
Il Est D'un Roy de se Vaincre Soy Mesme Sui Victoria Indicat Regem.
Car. le Brun pinxit. Audran excudit.
Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran rue et faubourg S.t Jaque vis a vis la rue S.t Dominique. [n.d., c.1675.]
Engraving, rich impression. Plate: 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼''). Small margins. Small repaired tear in title left.
A classical scene showing Alexander the Great and Hephaeston being greeted by the Queens of Persia outside Darius's tent. From a series of plates after Charles le Brun's 'Battles of Alexander'.
[Ref: 49662]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Antiochus and Stratonice.
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)
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[La malade d'Antiochus.]
[La malade d'Antiochus.]
Peint par Lairesse. Dessiné par Desenne. Gravé par Baquoy.
[n.d. c.1816.]
Proof before title & publication line, engraving, 335 x 485mm (13¼ x 19"), with very large margins. Repaired tears to margins. Some surface dirt.
Seleucus giving up his wife for his son: classic interior with prince Antiochus I Soter lying ill on a canopied bed at right, his father Seleucus I pointing in despair at the crown and sceptre on a table at centre, his father's wife Stratonice standing by, the doctor Eristratos seen standing behind. Antiochus I Soter (c. 324/3 – 261 BC) was struck down by a mysterious illness. Erasistratus (c. 304 – c. 250 BC), Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria, realised that the illness of Antiochus was lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice (c. 320 BC - 254 BC), by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Seleucus I Nicator (c. 358 – 281 BC) gave up his young wife to save his son and in 294 BC Antiochus married his stepmother.
[Ref: 60618]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Aphrodite.]
[Aphrodite.]
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Aphrodite, with Cupid at her feet. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49684]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Death of Archimedes] Mentre Siracusa era in predaa al saccheggio, un soldato di Marcello, avendo trovato Archimede occupato nei suoi studi,
[Death of Archimedes] Mentre Siracusa era in predaa al saccheggio, un soldato di Marcello, avendo trovato Archimede occupato nei suoi studi, irratato dalle sue fredde risposte, l'uccide. Rollin 1st. Rom. T.VI.
Pinelli inv. e inc.
In Roma 1819.
Etching. 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"), with large margins.
A Roman soldier commands Archimedes to come and meet Gerneral Marcellus, but he declines, as he is too busy working on a problem. Enraged, the soldier kills Archimedes with his sword. On the right an assembly of scientific items and charts. From Pinelli's series of 100 plates illustrating the the history of Republican Rome, as told in Charles Rollin's 'Istoria Romana'.
[Ref: 62146]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Arte Misia. Wenzel Anton, des H:R:R: Fürsten von Kaunitz, Grafen von Rittberg Ihrer K: und K: K: A: M: M: Obrist Hof=und Staats=Kanzler, Protector der K: K: Zeichnung un Kupferstecherakademie.
Arte Misia. Wenzel Anton, des H:R:R: Fürsten von Kaunitz, Grafen von Rittberg Ihrer K: und K: K: A: M: M: Obrist Hof=und Staats=Kanzler, Protector der K: K: Zeichnung un Kupferstecherakademie.
Gemalt von der Frau Iherbouche. Geschaben von Joh: Veit Kauperz in Gratz 1771.
Für seinem Aufnahm in die K: K: Zeichnung und Kuppstecherakademie in Wien. Das Urbild befindet sich in dem Bildersaale Schon erwehnter K: K: Akademie, hat in der höche 2. und in der Breite 3. Schuch. Gewidmet von seinem unterthänigst=gehorsamsten Diener Joh: Veit Kauperz Mitgliede der Königl: Akademis der Schönen Künste in Florenz.
Very fine mezzotint. Plate 372 x 437mm (14¾ x 17¼").
A naked woman reclining on a couch, being attended to by her bare-breasted servant maid. Artemisia holds a chalice into which are poured the ashes of her husband Mausolus. Artemisia II of Caria (d.350BC).
In the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
[Ref: 27961]   £420.00  
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[Bacchus and Ariadne.]
[Bacchus and Ariadne.]
[B. Cipriani Delin.t F. Bartolozzi Fecit.]
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Bond Street.]
Stipple and etching, very scarce. 203 x 209mm. 8 x 8¼". Slight foxing.
Bacchus and Ariadne naked seated under a tent embracing and holding cups. A satyr pouring water on the left, with a putti asleep on the right, young child lying on the back of a tiger in the foreground.
De Vesme: 375; ii/vi. See 20572 for late state.
[Ref: 20573]   £340.00  
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[Bacchus Enfant.]
[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)
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[Badende meisjes - Bathing Girls.]
[Badende meisjes - Bathing Girls.]
S. Klapmutz. 1768.
Etching. Sheet 150 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Two young women among ruins at a river. With the ink stamp of the Rijksmuseum, overstamped with 'Dubbel R.P.K'. The version they chose to keep is indexed as 'RP-P-1895-A-18742'.
[Ref: 52971]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Date Obolum Belisario
Date Obolum Belisario Ex Vandyki ad humanam formam Tabula in Ædibus Præclarissimi Richard Boyle Comitis Burlingtoniæ &c Periscelidis Equitis Bonarum Artium in Patria Restauratoris.
Vandyke Pinxit. J. Goupy Delineavit. G. Scotin perfecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving Sheet 545 x 585mm (21½ x 23"). Trimmed to plate, laid on old canvas.
''Give an obolus to Belisarius''. General Flavius Belisarius (505-565), hero of the Byzantine Roman Empire, blinded and left to beg on the streets of Rome The apocryphal story of how Emperor Justinian I, jealous of his most able general's popularity, had him accused of treason and blinded. When one of his veterans found Belisarius and gathered his former comrades around him, Justinian was forced to issue a pardon.
[Ref: 54050]   £280.00  
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Belisarius.
Belisarius. From the Original painting of Salvator Rosa, in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble the Lord Viscount Townshend. Sold at the Golden Head in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Salvator Rosa Pinx.t. Rob.tus Strange delin.t et Sculp.t London.
[n.d., c.1757].
Engraving with small margins, laid on 18th century card. Platemark: 507 x 353mm (19¾ x 14").
General Flavius Belisarius (505 - 565) was a Byzantine general and leading military figure. He led imperial armies against the Sasanian empire (Persia), the Vandal kingdom of North Africa, the Ostrogothic regime of Italy, and the barbarian tribes encroaching upon Constantinople. According to legend, Justinian, jealous of his popularity, later had him blinded and forced to beg before pardoning him because of public outrage. At the time the print was made, the picture was the proud centerpiece of the Belisarius Chamber of Lord Townshend at Raynham Hall, Norfolk, where it was singled out for praise by Horace Walpole.
[Ref: 32606]   £260.00   (£312.00 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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Jeu de Boule, Ou IV.e Vûë de Flandre. 26
Jeu de Boule, Ou IV.e Vûë de Flandre. 26
D. Teniers pinx. Le Bas Sculp.
a Paris chez J.P. Le Bas graveur du Roy, rüe de la Harpe vis a vis la rüe Percée 1742.
Etching. 365 x 460mm (14½ x 18"). Narrow margins, worm holes filled.
A group of boys play boule in a village.
[Ref: 45786]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Putti Blowing Bubbles.]
[Putti Blowing Bubbles.]
[After Hendrik Goltzius.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼''). Small margins
A scene, probably by Capt. Baillie, showing a putti blowing bubbles from a long pipe. A reverse copy of a 1594 engraving by Henrik Goltzius.
[Ref: 48015]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Caesar putting away Pompeia, receives Calphurnia as his Wife. César repudie Pompeia, et recoit Calpurnia coimme sa femme.
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)
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[Classical Scene.]
[Classical Scene.]
[n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint with etching. Plate 213 x 161mm. 8½ x 6¼". Trimmed within the platemark to the left, no damage to the image.
Possibly the muse Terpsichore introducing a young woman to a possible suitor, educated and well-dressed. It was believed that the muses would help inspire people to do their best.
[Ref: 14941]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Cleopatra stung by an Adder.
Cleopatra stung by an Adder.
Clark Pin.t & Sculp.t.
Publish'd March 25, 1796, by John & Josiah Boydell, N.º 90 Cheapside.
Stipple. 365 x 280mm (14¼ x 11), large margins.
An oval portrait of Egyptian queen Cleopatra with the snake biting her arm.
Rare: the only reference to the print we can find is in the 1803 Boydell catalogue.
[Ref: 62360]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cleopatra.
[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)
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Cleopatra.
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)
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[Cleopatra, adorning the Tomb of Mark Anthony.]
[Cleopatra, adorning the Tomb of Mark Anthony.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t Thomas Burke fecit.
Publish'd July 25th 1772, by W.W. Ryland, London.
Mezzotint, scratch letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Very large margins.
Cleopatra laying a garland of flowers across the end of the tomb of Mark Anthony, leaning forward mournfully from right, while a woman kneels holding up flowers for her and a boy stands to left holding a torch which lights the scene.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38211]   £360.00  
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Cleopatra and her Attendants Assisting to Arm Antony.
Cleopatra and her Attendants Assisting to Arm Antony. Vide Shakspeare's Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra, Act IV. Sc. 4.
Wm. Martin, Historic Painter to His Majesty Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
Engraved from the Original Picture 12 feet by 9 (presented by the Artist &) placed in the Exchange of Liverpool. Published for the Proprietor August 11th. 1804, by Wm. Martin, Windsor Castle, and H. Macklin, 39 Fleet Street, London.
Stipple and etching, 510 x 635mm. 20 x 25". Tatty, torn and chipped margins, missing left margin.
A luxurious interior with Mark Antony standing in front of a pillar, one arm around Cleopatra, who comes forward from her throne, helping to arrange his sword belt. Women on the left bring forward his shield and helmet, a man bends to fasten his sandals; Egyptian courtiers watch from behind Cleopatra's throne and Roman soldiers wait outside in the background to left. Dedication to the Borough of Liverpool below title. After William Martin (1753 - c. 1831).
[Ref: 12769]   £320.00  
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Cornaline Antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Cornaline Antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue. Grand.r de la Pierre.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin et Sculp.
Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving. Plate 127 x 102mm. 5 x 4". Large margins.
Two classical figures both with nude torso; a woman greeting her military man who stands holding a spear and wearing a helmet, whilst she rests her left foot on the decapitated head of another man. Plate 20 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25084]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Three Sibyls]
[Three Sibyls] Vates Sibyllinae
[Basel, c.1588]
Woodcut with letterpress, sheet 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8").
Three sibyls, or prophetesses. Sheet from a Latin edition of Sebastian Munster's important sixteenth century geographical work 'Cosmography'.
[Ref: 42478]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Time clipping Cupid's Wings.
Time clipping Cupid's Wings.
London [n.d. c.1790]
Mezzotint, fine impression. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and each edge lined with paper mount. Some markings along the top edge.
A scene depicting Time, an old winged man, taking clippers to the young Cupid's wings, who tries to struggle out of his grasp. The personified image of Time has its roots in the Greek association of time ('chronos') with Cronos, their god of agriculture, which is why he is often depicted with a scythe, as here. It is possible that Van Dyck's arresting characterisation of Time derives from Brozino's depiction of Time in 'Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time', who somewhat sinisterly gazes upon the ambiguous scene of Cupid and Venus. Possibly Van Dyck's scene asserts with more force that time is fleeting to the detriment of love. In a mezzotint portrait of James McAdell by Richard Earlom (after a drawing by McArdell), McArdell holds a scraper in his hand over a copper plate before him of 'Time clipping Cupid's Wings' (1771).
[Ref: 54097]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cupid] Qu’il est malin! Qu’il a d’appas! Ah! Que n’inspire t-‘il des flames éternelles! Les Roses naissent-sous ses pas; Quel dommage qu’il ait des aîles. Pesselier.
[Cupid] Qu’il est malin! Qu’il a d’appas! Ah! Que n’inspire t-‘il des flames éternelles! Les Roses naissent-sous ses pas; Quel dommage qu’il ait des aîles. Pesselier. Dedié à Mr. Descamps Professeur de l’Academie de Dessein, et Associé à celle des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen; Par son très humble Serviteur Robert Strange.
Carolus Vanloo Eques pinx.t Robertus Strange sculp.
Gravé d’après le Tableau de Carle Vanloo Ecuier, tire du Cabinet de Mr. Le Noir [n.d. c.1750].
Engraving. 385 x 270mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with large margins.
Cupid standing and leaning back against a rocky seat, his left hand on his bow, his quiver at his feet, smiling towards with viewer, with a cloak over his arm. A rose-bush on the right; rock face behind and a view of a trees and a valley in the background to left. This is believed to be Robert Strange's first engraving.
[Ref: 59162]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cupid] Qu’il est malin! Qu’il a d’appas! Ah! Que n’inspire t-‘il des flames éternelles! Les Roses naissent-sous ses pas; Quel dommage qu’il ait des aîles. Pesselier.
[Cupid] Qu’il est malin! Qu’il a d’appas! Ah! Que n’inspire t-‘il des flames éternelles! Les Roses naissent-sous ses pas; Quel dommage qu’il ait des aîles. Pesselier. Dedié à Mr. Descamps Professeur de l’Academie de Dessein, et Associé à celle des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen; Par son très humble Serviteur Robert Strange.
Carolus Vanloo Eques pinx.t Robertus Strange sculp.
Gravé d’après le Tableau de Carle Vanloo Ecuier, tire du Cabinet de Mr. Le Noir [n.d. c.1750].
Engraving. 385 x 270mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with wide margins. Water stain lower left of margin.
Cupid standing and leaning back against a rocky seat, his left hand on his bow, his quiver at his feet, smiling towards with viewer, with a cloak over his arm. A rose-bush on the right; rock face behind and a view of a trees and a valley in the background to left. This is believed to be Robert Strange's first engraving.
[Ref: 31260]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[The exposition of Cyrus.]
[The exposition of Cyrus.]
Castiglione Pinxt. Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep 1st. 1781 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 370 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"). Framed in 19th century ebonized frame with period gilt slip. Unexamined out of the frame, but appears to be laid on board with central crease.
Cyrus, the greatest King of Persia, was abandoned as a baby in the wilderness due to a prophecy that frightened his grandfather. Woodland scene with a naked young boy lying on a cloth in the foreground, guarded by dogs; to right, a herdsman and a woman, presumably Mithridates and his wife Cyno, surprised at the sight; to left, a curved stone frieze of soldiers, surmounted by a crown and a naked child holding up a shield; to right, a boy looking on from behind Mithridates' sheep; fields and cattle in the background at centre. 'The Houghton Gallery', a set of 162 prints reproducing paintings from the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton. The project was initiated by John Boydell after it had become increasingly likely that the collection formed by Robert Walpole at Hougthon would have to be sold (the paintings were eventually sold to Catherine of Russia in 1778 and are now part of the Hermitage's collections). The plates were published from 1774 to 1788, when they were gathered in two volumes (first volume of 62 plates, with 60 numbered plates, a frontispiece and a title-page; second volume of 71 plates, with 69 numbered plates, a frontispiece and a title-page).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 15318]   £420.00  
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The Exposition of Cyrus.
The Exposition of Cyrus. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Castiglione Pinxit. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1.st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 285 x 370mm (11¼ x 14½"). Trimmed close to plate at top.
A shepherd and his wife are surprised to find a naked young boy lying on a cloth sucking on a dog. Cyrus's grandfather, alarmed by a prophecy that his grandson would dethrone him, gave orders to cast the baby into the wilderness. Rescued by a shepherd and his wife, Cyrus returns to fulfil the prophecy in 559 BC, becoming king of Persia and creating the first Persian Empire.
See Ref: 15318 in frame.
[Ref: 61629]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The Finding of Cyrus.
The Finding of Cyrus. From the Original Picture, Painted by Benedetto Castiglione, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Orford, at Houghton: To whom this Plate is most, Humbly Dedicated, by his Lordship's Most Obliged, and Most Obedient Servant, John Boydell.
Benadetto Castiglione pinxit. E. Edwards delin.t. John Boydell Sculpsit & excudit.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London; Jan.y 1st. 1767.
Fine engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"), with large margins.
A shepherd and his wife finding the infant Cyrus being suckled by a dog. Cyrus's grandfather, alarmed by a prophecy that his grandson would dethrone him, gave orders to cast the baby into the wilderness. Rescued by a shepherd and his wife, Cyrus returns to fulfil the prophecy in 559 BC, becoming king of Persia and creating the first Persian Empire. This plate was engraved from a painting in the collection of Robert Walpole at Houghton in Norfolk and subsequently sold to Catherine the Great of Russia. It is now residing in the Hermitage, as 'Childhood of King Cyrus', attributed to Antonio Maria Vassallo rather than Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 53470]   £320.00  
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The Destruction of Jerusalem.
The Destruction of Jerusalem.
Painted by E. Lambert. Engraved by G.S. Sanders.
[London, Published July 12, 1836, by the Proprietor, 14, Dalston Rise, Near Hackney, and to be had of Mess,,rs Ackermann & Co. 96, Strand.]
Rare mezzotint with engraving, proof before publication line. 315 x 420mm (12½ x 16½").
The Romans rampage through Jerusalem at night, the defenders firing down from balconies. In a gap in the clouds the silhouettes of the Roman gods can be seen in the moonlight.
[Ref: 55635]   £380.00  
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Didoos Dood. Boertig in Hollandsche kleedy afgebeeld. Onnoozle Dido sterft, van haar Galant verlaaten…Och, Vrouwtjes! wacht u wel voor de ontrouw van de Mans. L.P
Didoos Dood. Boertig in Hollandsche kleedy afgebeeld. Onnoozle Dido sterft, van haar Galant verlaaten…Och, Vrouwtjes! wacht u wel voor de ontrouw van de Mans. L.P La Mort de Didon, Representée en burlesque, à la Hollandoise. La pauvre Didon meurt: son Amant l’abandonne...Mesdames! gardez-vous des pièges des Galants. H.J.R.
C. Troost inv. S. Fokke del. et fec.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Etching and engraving with very large margins. Plate 375 x 272mm (14¾ x 10¾").
Dido's death; the queen lying on a pyre, dressed in peasant clothes. A fantastic Dutch Burlesque. From a series of thirty-one unnumbered plates after Cornelis Troost. The series was begun in 1754 with three prints by Punt and Tanjé; between 1757 and 1764 twenty-nine plates were added, engraved by Jan Punt, Pieter Tanjé, Jacobus Houbraken, Pelletier, Simon Fokke, Radigues and Muys.
[Ref: 30049]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Diogenes.
Diogenes. Intuitus Puerum concaua bibentem manu...
Eques Carolus Maratti invent. Andreas Procacinus sculp.
Cum privil. Sum: Pont et regis Christ.mi. [n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 380 x 235mm (15 x 9¼''). Trimmed, mounted into album sheet. Staining.
A scene showing Diogenese watching a young man drinking directly from a stream, causing him to cast aside his last possession, a cup which lies discarded on the ground.
[Ref: 49755]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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The Distressed Mother.
The Distressed Mother.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
London: Published as the Act directs 1 March 1785 by W. Byrne No 79 Titchfield Street.
Stipple. 215 x 225mm (8½ x 8¾"). Small margins
Shows Mother & child escaping a fire in ancient Rome. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85).
Calabi & de Vesme 1324.
[Ref: 53315]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Distressed Mother.
The Distressed Mother.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
London: Published as the Act directs 1 March 1785 by W. Byrne No 79 Titchfield Street.
Stipple printed in sepia, platemark 215 x 225mm (8½ x 8¾"), with very large margins
Shows Mother & child escaping a fire in ancient Rome. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton 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. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 1324.
[Ref: 43137]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mercury Delivering the Enfant Bacchus.]
[Mercury Delivering the Enfant Bacchus.] All' Ill.mo Sig.re Sig.re Pron Colmo Il Sig.r Marchese Nicolo Maria Pallauicino...
Eques Carol Maratti inv. Andreas Procaccini sculp.
Cum Privil. Sum. pont et Regis Christianissimi. [n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet: 310 x 430mm (12 x 17''). Trimmed, repaired tear, light staining.
A classical scene showing Mercury delivering the infant Bacchus to a group of women, in the background the house from which the child has been saved from the flames. Engraved by Andrea Procaccini after Carlo Maratti.
[Ref: 49747]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Epaminondas.
Epaminondas.
B. West pinx. P. Bernard Sclp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Fine engraving. Sheet 575 x 440mm (22¾ x 17¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A French engraving of Benjamin West's 'The Death of Epaminondas', painted for George III in 1773. It shows the Theban general, wounded at the Battle of Mantinea (362 BC), sitting outside his tent, right hand on a spear-point in his side, as his physician is about to draw it out, knowing that it will kill him.
[Ref: 53903]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Erasistratus the Physician discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice.
Erasistratus the Physician discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice.
Painted by B. West, Hist.l Painter to his Majesty. Engrav'd by Geo.g Graham.
Publish'd June 24, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall London.
Stipple and etching. Plate 323 x 391mm (12¾ x 15½"). Some creasing. Backed. Repaired hole in title area.
King Seleucus sits in a melancholy pose, supporting the head of his son Antiochus who lies in bed, attended by his physician; the patient looks towards Stratonice, who stands at the foot of the bed with four female attendants; a further four onlookers stand solemnly at the right behind a table with crown and staff. Engraving after the 1772 painting by Benjamin West (Birmingham Museum of Art).
[Ref: 29954]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Filial Piety.] Per illustri ac Reverendissimo Domino D. Carolo Van den Bosch... Corn: van Caulkcken.
[Filial Piety.] Per illustri ac Reverendissimo Domino D. Carolo Van den Bosch... Corn: van Caulkcken.
Petrus P. Rubberns pinxit. [Engraved by Caukercken.]
Gaspar de Hollander excudit Antwerpiæ. van Merlen excudit. [n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 360 x 425mm (14¼ x 16¾"), with wide margins.
A story told by Roman historian Valerius Maximus (c.AD 50): Cimon, sentenced to starve to death in prison, is suckled by his daughter Pero. The judges, when hearing of this act of filial piety, pardoned Cimon. This plate was engraved and first published by Cornelis van Caukercken c.1655. The plate was then published by Gaspar de Hollander in the 1660s, followed by the van Merlen family (Theodore II & his son Cornelis.
See Ref: 53956 for different publication.
[Ref: 53909]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Filial Piety.
Filial Piety. Dedicated to his Excellency Count Dezbodko Privy Councillor of her Imperial Majesty the Empress of the Russias &c. &c.
From a beautiful Copy in Crayons by S de Koster, after the Original by Hereyns of Meddin, in the Possession of I. Thiorais Esq.r. Engraved by James Daniell.
London, Published May 23rd 1796 by J. Brydon at his Print & Looking Glass Warehouse, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint. 665 x 510mm (16¼ x 20"). Repaired tears in borders.
A story told by Roman historian Valerius Maximus (c.AD 50): Cimon, sentenced to stave to death in prison, is suckled by his daughter Pero. The judges, when hearing of this act of filial piety, pardoned Cimon.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49974]   £480.00  
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Perillistriac Reverendissimo Domino D. Caralo Vanden Bosch [...].
Perillistriac Reverendissimo Domino D. Caralo Vanden Bosch [...]. Discite quit sit amor, lactat pia gnata parentem [...]
Petrus P. Rubbens pinxit. / Gasper de Hollander excudit Antuerpia / Gallayo ex.
Antwerp [n.d. c.1600].
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 425mm (14 x 16¾") large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on the right side. Vertical crease down centre. Top right corner slightly creased.
A scene depicting Pero secretly breastfeeding her imprisoned father. Recounted by historian Valerius Maximus as a story of great pietas, Pero secretly breastfeeds her father Cimon after he is incarcerated and sentenced to death by starvation.
See Ref: 53909 for different publisher.
[Ref: 53956]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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