The Communion of the Lutherans in the Minorite Church in Augsburg, Germany, 1730

Title: Holy Week and Candlemas Rites – Rare 1734 Engraving of Catholic Liturgical Scenes Description: This rare and finely engraved 18th-century print presents six distinct Roman Ca...

This copper engraving, titled "Mode of Baptism, Practised at Rhineburg in Germany", was created around 1790 and engraved for "Portlock's New Collection of Voyages and Travels." The...

Antique print titled 'Afbeelding van den Predikstoel, in de Nieuwe-Kerke'. Old print depicting the preacher's pulpit of a Church in Amsterdam (Nieuwe Kerk). This print originates fro...

Antique print titled 'Boelinger- of Otters-Choor in de Nieuwe Kerke'. This print depicts a church interior in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from ' Amsterdam, In Z...

Etching on paper, realized after Jan Schoreel, depicting the central group from the celebrated late-Gothic altarpiece in the parish church of Obervellach, Carinthia. Executed by the ...

Wonderful image after Rembrandt Fine Steel engraving. Published by Blackie & Sons London. C.1850 Unframed.

Jan Goeree (Middelburg 1670 – Amsterdam 1731) Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (c. 1724) Red chalk for the architecture, pen and black ink, grey wash on paper Composition reversed in preparation for engraving 25 × 17.5 cm Watermark: Hunting horn, Churchill 318 (dated 1724) Unsigned Provenance Private collection, France Context & Attribution Trained in the studio of Gérard de Lairesse, Jan Goeree was among the finest Dutch engravers of the early eighteenth century, celebrated for his architectural views of Amsterdam. This drawing is a preparatory study for an engraving of the same subject now preserved in a major public collection. The final print—slightly larger—closely follows the reversed composition of this sheet. Subject In the center of the Gothic nave, five bearers carry a catafalque toward a freshly dug grave—a tribute to the naval heroes often buried in the Nieuwe Kerk. This funerary motif, familiar from Dutch painting (e.g. Emanuel de Witte, 1657), evokes the vanitas theme and the transience of earthly life. Technical Analysis Goeree’s use of red chalk for the architecture and ink for the figures reveals his working method: the chalk lines could be used to produce a counterproof restoring the correct orientation of the architecture, while the inked figures remained adjustable before the design was transferred to the copper plate. Place within the Oeuvre Drawings of church...

Lucien SIMON At the Church : Prayers with Candle Stick, 1897 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMAT...