Bernard Picart

Hercule et le Taureau, from "Le Temple des Muses" by B. Picart

1742

Ruega por Ella is an original etching realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. The plate is part of ...

View of the Cave known as Bergantino is an etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762. Very precious and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. C...

Ruins of an Ancient Tomb is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762. Image dimensions: 41.5x56 cm Very precoius and rare lifetime spec...

Landscape is included two original etching on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the 18° century. The State of preservation is good, except for some diffused foxing. The art...

Portrait of Man is a beautiful etching realized by an Anonymous artist active in the 18th century. Titled on the lower center "Giovanni Paisiello", wit...

Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on...

This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta dello scavo del Foro Trajano" was created by Luigi Rossini and included in his publication "Le Antichita Romane" (The Rome of Antiquity), published in Rome in 1823. It depicts the historical victory column of Trajan standing amidst the rubble of broken columns that remain around it. The etching is presented in a black wood frame with a light brown outer mat and a dark brown inner mat. There are several frame abrasions. The print and mats are in very good condition. The print is framed and matted in the identical style as the another etching of an ancient Roman landmark, the Piazza Navona, which is also listed on 1stdibs, see item # LU117326144172. The pair would make an attractive display grouping of Roman architecture. A discount is available for purchase of the pair of prints. Luigi Rossini (1790-1857) like his predecessors, Giovanni Piranesi (1720–1778) and Giuseppi Vasi (1710-1782), was an architect and artist. Like Piranesi and Vasi, he wanted to glorify the architecture of ancient Rome, which he felt was deteriorating and needed to be documented. Several of the ruins he illustrated have, in fact, since disappeared leaving only his images as a record of their appearance. His images of the grand edifices of the city dramatically depict the power and glory...

Etching on handmade laid paper with a large, indiscernible heraldic watermark, , trimmed inside platemark. Several light spots of foxing along right edge, verso, one area of light th...

Market Day. 1889. Etching and drypoint. Wisselingh 42. 7 5/8 x 5 13/16 (sheet 8 3/8 x 6 3/8). Edition 100. Printed on cream laid paper. Mat burn and toning ...

FRANCISCO de GOYA y LUCIENTES (1746 -1828) OBSEQUIO á el MAESTRO (‘A gift for the master’) Plate 47 from the 1st edition of Los Caprichos (Blas, ...

"Nohubo remedio" (There was no remedy) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper Bold 3rd or 4th edition, circa 1868-1878, with burnished aquatints, drypoints etching, and engravings by Franc...

Deuchar, David, (after van Ostade). Little Girl Playing with a Baby in its Mother's Arms; Mother with Two Children. Edinburgh: c 1800. Etching on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inch...