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Period: 18th Century
BUCHOZ. A Group of Four Tulips
BUCHOZ. A Group of Four Tulips

BUCHOZ. A Group of Four Tulips

Located in London, London

A Group of 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of tulips, in matching silver leaf frames. Dimensions: 34.6cm by 48.5cm. A fine group of these rare flower plates, the complete volume of 40 being part of Le Jardin d'Eden, which was intended as the supplement to the Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, first published in 1776. [Paris 1781] The second half of the eighteenth century saw a boom in natural history publications in France fuelled by such works as Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. The accession of Louis XVI in 1774 was followed by a relaxation in the regulation of the book trade making it easier for authors to publish their own works. No other writer was to take such copious advantage of these two developments as Pierre-Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807), a French physician, lawyer and naturalist. His works are characterised by the beauty of the illustrations, and their rarity owing to the small size of the print runs. The final tulip plate...

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Naturalistic 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving, Paper

Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century

Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century

By Filippo de Grado

Located in Roma, IT

Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”), an eight-volume volume of engravings of the finds from the excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Campania, Italy). It was published between 1757 and 1792 by the Regia Stamperia, and copies were delivered to selected recipients across Europe. Despite the title, the Antiquity of Herculaneum shows objects from all the excavations undertaken by the Bourbons in the Gulf of Naples. These include Pompeii, Stabia and two sites of Herculaneum: Resina and Portici. The Bourbon King Carlo appointed fifteen scholars creating a new “Herculaneum Academy” to study the artifacts and publish the results of the archaeological excavations of the sites. The engravings are of high quality and the accompanying text shows a large scholarship. They were realized by 25 prominent artists involved by the King to prepare drawings and engravings on the finds, among which we can find Giovanni Elia Morghen, Carlo Nolli, Luigi Vanvitelli, and Giovanni Battista Casanova. The “Antiquities” was designed more to amaze readers with the quality of the objects in the collection of the King of Naples than to be used in research., following and increasing the interest of 18th-century society for the classical culture and Art in particular. Through the exaltation of the classical concept of proportions and harmony, the book was of inspiration to the neoclassical movement in Europe, giving artists and decorators access to a huge shop of Hellenistic motifs.Oil Lamp With Animals...

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Old Masters 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Giovanni Battista Casanova - 18th Century

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Giovanni Battista Casanova - 18th Century

By Giovanni Battista Casanova

Located in Roma, IT

Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Giovanni Battista Casanova (1735-1810). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original tit...

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Old Masters 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Still Life - Etching by Carlo Cataneo - 18th Century

Still Life - Etching by Carlo Cataneo - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Still Life from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with folding, due to the tim...

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Old Masters 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Oil Lamp  With Medusa, Cupid - Etching by Francesco Giomignani - 18th Century

Oil Lamp With Medusa, Cupid - Etching by Francesco Giomignani - 18th Century

By Francesco Giomignani

Located in Roma, IT

Oil Lamp With Medusa, Cupid and Poseidon from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Giomignani in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good c...

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Old Masters 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Oil Lamp - Etching - 18th Century

Oil Lamp - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions with some cuts on margi...

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Old Masters 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art

Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art

By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound)" (Didynamie, Gymospermie, Plate 508) Portfolio: Histoire N...

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Old Masters 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia /// English Botanical Flower Engraving
Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia /// English Botanical Flower Engraving

Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia /// English Botanical Flower Engraving

By William Curtis

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799) Title: "Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia" (Vol. 7, Plate 233) Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed Year...

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Victorian 18th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio