Le Bouffon et les Deux Couples Amoureuses - Original Etching - 1514

1514

Prodigus is a beautiful black and white engraving on paper, made by Gerard de Jode around 1570. Title in Latin "Delitys fruitur veneris patrisque liei / Prodigus, the premiere mox miser ecce fame" on the plate on the lower margin and "MC" monogrammed on plate the lower left margin and inscription of the author on the plate on the lower right margin ( the name is partially readable). The parable of the son to the prodigy...

The menace from "The Life and Death of Saint Genoveva" is an original etching artwork on Ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1830s by Joseph Ritter von Führic also known as Josef Ritter von Führich (February 9, 1800 – March 13, 1876), was a Bohemian-Austrian painter of religious themes (Nazarenes) and historian. This series of etchings were based on " Ludwig Tieck’s play The Life and Death of Saint Genoveva". Good conditions except for minor decoloration stain. Joseph Ritter von Führich was a well-known fresco painter and draftsman, he was active in Rome with the Brotherhood of the Nazarene, the preference was a style of drawing that employed expressive outlines and clarity of detail reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer and Raphael. Führich illustrated many religious-themed books, such as an edition of Ludwig Tieck's play The Life and Death of Saint Genoveva (1799/1800), based on a medieval legend about betrayed innocence. The play in which Genoveva is unfairly accused of being unfaithful by her husband, a character likely based on the 13th-century Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria. Robert Schumann...

This etching is a reverse copy after Dürer's original (ca. 1495-1496), executed in 18th century. Dürer's monogram at the bottom centre. Provenance: Aglietti Gallery, 1969 Passepar...

Four engravings from 'Emblemi di Achille Bocchi', realized in 1555, are original Engravings. Dimension: 17 x 12,5 cm each. Four sheets from Achillis Bo...

Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Les trois docteurs, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 3.25 x 4 in. (8.26 x 10.16 cm), Printer: Amand Dur...

Artist: Lucas van Leyden, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1494 - 1533) - Le Tentation de Saint Antoine, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 8 x 6 in. (20.32 x 15.24 cm), Printer:...

Artist: Lucas van Leyden, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1494 - 1533) - Le repos en Egypte, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 7 x 5.75 in. (17.78 x 14.61 cm), Printer: Amand D...

Artist: Lucas van Leyden, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1494 - 1533) - Dalila coupant les Cheveux de Samson, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 12 x 8.5 in. (30.48 x 21.59 cm)...