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PENCZ, Georg [c1500-1550].
Superbia (Pride).
1541.
copper engraving. 82 x 53 mm. initialed in the plate. A good but slightly worn impression on laid paper, trimmed on or just inside plate mark. Provenance: Dr. W. Schumacher (rubberstamp on verso). Only State. Pencz trained in the Nuremberg workshop of Albrecht Dürer whose lasting influence is evident in his work. Together with Hans Sebald Beham, Barthel Beham and others he was a member of the group of influential German printmakers known as the "Little Masters", whose engravings were characterized by their small size and delicate and intricate style. The present small engraving, from Pencz's series 'The Seven Deadly Sins', shows a finely dressed woman with peacock feather wings gazing into a mirror above the caption 'Superbia Omnes Despicio'. Pencz also became a distinguished portrait painter, and in 1550 was appointed court painter by Albert, Duke of Prussia, although he unfortunately died en route to his destination. Landau 97. Bartsch 98. Hollstein 108.
| $800 USD | Book Number: MP18 | Order / Enquire |
SANDBY, Thomas [1721-1798] (After).
Eight Views of Windsor Great Park. Published March the 2nd 1772 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
[London]: 1772..
13 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches (34.8 (plate mark) x 56.6 cm). 8 original hand-coloured etchings & engravings (side margins trimmed near or to borders, one affecting few millimetres of image & 3 with short tears & chips to edges). First issued in 1754, Sandby's eight views of Windsor Great Park were re-published with hand-colour by Boydell in 1772. The series includes eight prints entitled, The Lodge & Stables &c; The Lodge and Garden From the Great Lake; The Moat Island; View from the North side of the Virginia River, near the Manour Lodge; The Cascade and Grotto; The Great Bridge over the Virginia River; The Great Lake, near the Lodge; and The New Building on Shrubs Hill. The views were engraved by the artist's brother, Paul Sandby, Mason, Vivares, Rooker, Austin and Canot.
$11988 USD Book Number: sala14 Order / Enquire
SMYTH, Hervey [1734-1811] (after).
A View of Quebec from the Bason. Painted from the Drawing of Hery. Smith Esq. By Frances Swain. P. C. Canot Sculpt. London Printed for T. Bowles.F. Bakewell & H. Parker. Robt. Sayer.
London: [c1760's]..
13 x 17 1/2 inches (engraved surface; 33 x 44.2 cm). modern colour. engraving (upper corner of right margin restored, soiling, chips & tears to margins, two affecting small portion of engraved surface, backed on archival tissue). Bowles, Bakewell, Parker & Sayer issue of Smyth's A View of Quebec. This view of Quebec was drawn by Captain Smyth, the aide-de-camp to General Wolfe, and executed by Swain. The print shows Admiral Saunder's fleet in the St. Lawrence with Quebec in the distance. The keyed reference identifies the batteries and buildings, including the Governor's House, Jesuits College, Bishops Palace, Seminary, Hotel Dieu, Intendants Palace, Hospital &c. Jefferys, A Catalogue Of The Sigmund Samuel Collection, 377. de Volpi, Quebec, Plate 12. Toronto Public Library, Landmarks of Canada, 2083.
$2997 USD Book Number: sala17 Order / Enquire
VISSCHER, Cornelis [1629-1658].
Portrait of Dutch Mennonite School Master and Calligrapher Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol [1598-1662].
1658.
copper engraving. 293 x 233 mm. (sheet). signed & dated in the plate. A good dark impression on laid paper (trimmed just inside or at plate mark at top & sides & just outside plate mark at bottom, tear & repair to lower left corner with slight loss, traces of mounting on verso). Provenance: rubberstamp on verso of the Städtisches Museum of Leipzig.
| $350 USD | Book Number: MP21 | Order / Enquire |
VISSCHER, Cornelis [1629-1658].
Portrait of Pope Alexander VII [1599-1667].
1655-58.
copper engraving. 307 x 235 mm. (image) (313 x 238 mm. sheet). signed in the plate. A good dark impression on laid paper, trimmed just inside plate mark at top & sides & 4 cm outside plate mark at bottom. (2 neat short repaired tears at edges extending into image - no loss, mounting tape on verso on verso). Provenance: rubberstamps on verso of the Städtisches Museum Leipzig and Museum der Bildenen Kunste Leipzig. Numerous architectural and urban projects were undertaken in Rome under the direction of Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), who engaged the talents of leading architects Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pietro da Cortona, and Carlo Rainaldi among others to accomplish his vision. Among these were the church and piazza at Santa Maria della Pace, the Via del Corso, Piazza Colonna and associated buildings, the reworking of the Porta del Popolo, the Piazza del Popolo and Santa Maria del Popolo, the Piazza San Pietro, the Scala Regia and interior embellishments in the Vatican Palace and St. Peter's, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, part of the Palazzo del Quirinale, the obelisk and elephant in Piazza della Minerva, and the Palazzo Chigi. Hollstein 138.
| $350 USD | Book Number: MP20 | Order / Enquire |
WALLACE, William [Active 1824-1841] (After). SMILLIE, James [1807-1885] (Engraver).
[The Quebec Driving Club meeting at the Place d'Armes].
[Quebec?: c1826]..
8 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (22.1 x 38.5 cm). etching & aquatint (trimmed to borders, thus, loss of title & dedication, remnants of cellotape to upper edge & lower corners of verso, old backing on verso of print). First State "[of] undoubtedly the finest Canadian sleighing scene printed in Canada". (Allodi p. 51) Spendlove (p. 87) calls this etching "[a] print of considerable rarity". Engraved by James Smillie from a drawing by William Wallace of the 71st Light Infantry, this view shows the Quebec Driving Club enjoying a winter excursion in front of the Place d'Armes. Contrasting local figures are shown in the foreground riding a horse drawn sledge and a dog sled (initialled 'G.S.'). There are many interesting details, including street signs, buildings, the shop sign of his father, 'D Smillie & Sons', and Holy Trinity Church. Provenance: British American Bank Note Company Ltd (Allodi refers to two impressions in the 'B.A. Bank Note' collection). Allodi & Tovell, An Engraver's Pilgrimage James Smillie in Quebec, pp. 49-50, No. 32. Spendlove, The Face of Early Canada, pp. 87-88. Allodi, Printmaking in Canada, pp. 50-51 (second state illustrated). Villeneuve, Lord Dalhousie Patron And Collector, pp. 84-85 & No. 107. Harper, Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, pp. 290 & 320.
$3596 USD Book Number: sala19 Order / Enquire
ZWINGER, G[ustav] P[hilipp] [1779-1815].
Die Franzosen in Nürnberg als Mitarbeiter an der deutschen Freiheit, 1796 (Upper Border Title). Rechnung über die der Nürnberg durch die Franzosische Invasion erwassene Kosten und Schäden 1796 (Chart Explanation). G. P. Zwinger delin. J Kellner sc. G P Pech exc Norib.
[Nuremberg: c1796]..
18 x 17 3/4 inches (46.5 x 45.7 cm). engraving (horizontal & slanted creasing, few stains - three ink stains on verso with some show through on recto, few small holes to margins & one paper abrasion near upper left corner). This rare engraving depicts the costs and damages of the French invasion of Nuremberg in 1796. The corner vignettes show acts of pillage, rape and "En Cooperateur", of a French soldier includes two extracts from Horace's poetry
$2218 USD Book Number: sala18 Order / Enquire
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