Giovanni Battista Piranesi, “Urns, stelae, and cinerary vases of marble …,” 1756

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)

“Urns, stelae, and cinerary vases of marble at the Villa Corsini, outside Porta San Pancrazio” (also known as “Urne, cippi, et vasi cenerari di marmo nella Villa Corsini fuori di Porta S. Pancrazio”), 1756.

Plate LVII (57) from the second of four volumes in the series “Le Antichità Romane”, published in Rome. 

This etching was printed from two plates—an upper image plate and a text plate—on heavy laid paper, dated to the early 1760s. It features a watermark with a fleur-de-lys within a double circle, possibly surmounted by the letter “B” (see Wilton-Ely, p. 1161, cat. no. 33). The centrefold from publication, has been flattened and reinforced on the verso with a strip of archival washi paper for stability.

Size: 

- Sheet: 52.19 x 75.9 cm

- Plate mark (image): 40 x 62.1 cm

- Plate mark (text): 5 x 63 cm

Plate lettering:

Within the image borderline, in the plate: 

- Upper left: “Tom. II.”

- Centre: “URNE, CIPPI, ET VASI CENERAR[I] DI MARMO NELLA VILLA CORSI[N]I FUORI DI PORTA S. PANCRAZIO”

- Upper right: “LVII”

Below the image borderline, in seven lines of Italian:

- “Tutti questi sepolcrali Monumenti … come abbiamo indicato altrove. Piranesi Architetto dis. ed Inc.”

Reference:

Wilton-Ely 414 (John Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, vol. I, San Francisco, Alan Wofsy, 1994, p. 466, cat. no. 414).

Condition:

A richly inked, well-printed impression with wide margins, as published. The large sheet is in excellent (near-pristine) condition, with the centrefold flattened and reinforced on the verso with a strip of archival washi paper for added stability.

Price & Shipping:

AU$664 (approx. US$433.48 / €373.27 / £329.59), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this breathtakingly strong and impressive etching by Piranesi, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will be happy to send a PayPal invoice to facilitate an easy purchase.

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Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, “Resting Cupid”, c. 1770, after Charles-André van Loo

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (1731–1797)— leader of the “Abbeville” school of engravers

“Resting Cupid” (aka “Amor steht an einen Felsen gelehnt”; “L'Amour debout”), c. 1770 (1746–1797), after Charles-André van Loo (aka Carle Vanloo; Carle Van Loo; Charles Wanloo) (1705–1765).

Note that Robert Strange (aka Sir Robert Strange) (1721–1792) executed a very similar plate; see: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1842-0806-334.

Etching with engraving on heavy laid paper with narrow margins.

Size: (sheet) 39 x 27.4cm; (platemark); 38.6 x 27.1cm; (image borderline) 32.5 x 24.5cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Carolus Vanloo Èques pinxit.”; (centre) “Qu'il est malin! qui'il a d'appas!/ Ah! que n'inspire t'il des flames éternelles!// Les Roses naissent sous ses pas;/ Quel dommage qu'il ait des aîles./ [How clever he is! How charming he is!/ Ah! Why doesn't he inspire eternal flames!// Roses bloom beneath his feet;/ What a pity he has wings] Pesselier./ Gravé d'après le Tableau de Carle Vanloo Ecuier, tiré du Cabinet de son Altesse/ Royale Mgr le Prince Henry de Prusse, Frere du Roy.” [Engraved from the painting by Carle Vanloo Ecuier, taken from the Cabinet of His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia, Brother of the King.]; (right) Beauvarlet sculpsit.”

IFF 131

The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-0811-1231.  

Condition: a well-printed impression trimmed with a narrow/thread margin around the platemark. Beyond a closed tear in the upper margin and upper right, the sheet is in a very good condition for its age with no holes, folds or significant stains.

Price & Shipping: AU$327 (approx. US$213.82/ €183.93/ £162.32), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this finely executed engraving, please contact me directly at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will happily send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment process easy.

Jacob van Meurs, “Isfahan”, c. 1672

Jacob van Meurs (aka Jacob de Meurs) (c. 1618–1679) or an associate printmaker

“Isfahan”, c. 1672, illustration in Olfert Dapper's (1636–1689) “Beschrijving des koningrycks van Persie...” (Description of the kingdom of Persia...), published in Amsterdam by Jacob van Meurs. Archive.org provides an online view of the plate in the featured publication: https://archive.org/details/asiaofnaukeurige00dapp/page/n505/mode/2up.

Engraving on fine laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 30.3 x 36.2 cm; (image borderline) 28.8 x 35.8 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (upper left) a legend of portrayed sites lettered alphabetically from “a” to “q”; (upper centre) “ISFAHAN”.

This historically important engraving depicts Isfahan, one of Iran’s major cities. At the time this print was executed, Isfahan was not only the capital of the Safavid Empire (1598 to 1722), but it was also so prosperous and culturally significant that it earned the Persian nickname, "Nesf-e Jahan" (Half of the World).

Condition: a richly inked, well-printed impression. The sheet is trimmed slightly unevenly (possibly as published) and has been archivally laid onto a millennium-quality washi paper support sheet to flatten the published centrefold, ensure stability, and provide wide margins.

Price & Shipping: AU$347 (approx. US$226.90 / €195.18/ £172.26), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

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Conrad Faber von Kreuznach, title page to “The Third Part of Roman Histories,” 1530

Conrad Faber von Kreuznach (aka Konrad Faber von Creuznach; [formerly] “Master of the Holzhausen Portraits”) (1495–1558)

Title page to “The Third Part of Roman Histories” (aka “Das dritt thenl der Römischen historien”), 1500, woodcut illustration with German text (recto and verso), published in 1533 in Mainz in the German edition of the Roman Historian, Livy’s (aka Titus Livius) (59/64 BC–17 AD) “Römische Historien” (Roman Histories), published by Johannes Schoeffer (c1475–1531), and translated from Latin by Bernhard Schöfferlin (c1436–1501) and Ivo Wittich (1456–1507) with contributions by Nicolaus Carbach (aka Nicolaum Carbachium) (1485–c1534) and Jakob Micyllus (aka Jacobum Micyllum) (1503–1558).

Woodcut with letterpress German text recto and verso on fine laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 30.7 x 18.4 cm; (image borderline) 22.5.5 x 14.5 cm.

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) lifetime impression (based on the quality of the printed line showing very little wear to the printing plate). The sheet is in an excellent condition for its considerable age with no tears, folds, or significant stains.

I am selling this superb and very rare title page leaf with a Renaissance period woodcut for AU$308 in total (approximately US$201.47, EUR 172.9 or GBP 153.23), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this large woodcut of extraordinary quality—note that the image is very likely to be a composite of four image plates and a centre text plate—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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