Antique Animal Print of Various Dogs, 'c.1720'

Tab LXIX: This antique print shows various dog breeds. This print originates from: 'Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupetibus Libri I' by John Johnston, published...

Antique print of various animals; Lupus, Wolff (Wolf) - Vulpes, Fuchs (Fox) - Zilio Hyaena (Hyena). This print originates from 'Historiae Naturalis (..)' by John Johnston, published by Matthias Merian in 1657. Artists and Engravers: John Johnston (or Johnstone, 1603-1675) was a descendant of a Scottish...

Original antique print of various marsupial species including mice, rat, opossum and others. This print originates from 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder' by F.J. Bertuch. Published, circa 1800.

Eleven Hounds – Reversed 17th-Century Etching After Wenceslaus Hollar, c.1646 This fine 17th-century etching depicts a group of eleven hounds in various resting and alert poses, ren...

Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). Not signed. In excellent conditions. Including a crea...

Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). Not signed. In good conditions. Including a cream-colored cardboard passepartout, 34 x 50 cm. An exciting original print, with all the dignity of a mythological or epic story, represented with an incredible balance of black and white, light and shadow, and a typical Baroque dynamism. Antonio Tempesta, also known as Il Tempestino (Florence, 1555 - Rome, 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver of the early Baroque period. Antonio Tempesta trained in the culture of late Mannerism, with a naturalistic but also calligraphic taste, acquired from the frequentation of Giovanni Stradano, with whom he collaborated in the decoration of Palazzo Vecchio. Moving to Rome in 1573, he worked for Pope Gregory XIII, frescoing some maps of Rome in the Vatican, including the famous Map of Rome (1593). In the pontifical capital, he worked for many noble families and for important cardinals, such as Alessandro Farnese and Scipione Borghese. His works are in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, at the villa in Caprarola, in Tivoli. He returned to Florence for a brief stay, where he collaborated with Alessandro Allori...

Wildlife is an etching realized by Jean Le Pautre in 18th Century. Good conditions. Signed on plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

An 18th Century animal study. Accompanied with period letters from the draftsman whom intended to sell these works as reference materials to sculptors in Augsburg. C1750, Germany. ...