Pre 20th Century Fine Art Archive

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A selection of engravings, etchings, lithographs and a few drawings, primarily from the 17th to 19th centuries. Some of these prints reproduced the works of renowned artists, while others were produced only as prints. For our archives of later works of fine art, see Art: Art Nouveau to Modernism.

The Renaissance

16th to 19th Century Prints of Renaissance Art
Raphael, The Judgment of Solomon

Raphael
Judgment of Solomon
Rome: 1690

St. Margaret, Virgin and Martyr

Raphael
St. Margaret
Paris: 1900

Pair of Classical Gods in Chariots by Raphael

Raphael
Classical Gods in Chariots
Paris: 2nd Q. 19th C.

Wedding of Cupid and Psyche

Raphael
Wedding of Cupid and Psyche
Dominico de Rossi, Rome: 1693
9 engravings, uncolored

The Baroque Period

17th Century Baroque Prints
18th and 19th C. Prints of Baroque Art
Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver

Rembrandt
Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver
London: 1791
Mezzotint

Eight Academic Male Nude Studies

Academic Male Nude Studies
Continental: Early 18th C.
Mezzotints

Charles Le Brun, The Seasons

Charles Le Brun
The Seasons
Paris: Late 17th C.
Engravings

Guercino

Guercino
Self-Portrait
London: c. 1800
Etching with stipple engraving

The Cyclops at Their Forge

Luca Giordano
The Cyclops at Their Forge
J. & J. Boydell, London: 1788
Mezzotint, uncolored

Vincenzo Coronelli, Gli Argonauti [The Argonauts]

V. Coronelli
The Argonauts
Venice: 1695
Hand-colored engraving

Prometheus

Prometheus Bound
Late 18th C.
Stipple engraving

Age of Enlightenment

18th Century Prints & Art
Venetian Views

Canaletto
Venetian Views, 1751

Print of Antique Vase

Hamilton's Vases
Naples: 1766-67

Eton College Charter

John Pine
Eton College Charter
Hand-colored engraving
London: 1749

18th Century Lady

Pair of 18th C. Ladies
English School

Minerva Instructing Cherubs

Continental School
Minerva Instructing Cherubs
Preparatory sketch
18th C.

Neoclassical Period

Late 18th and Early 19th Century Prints & Art
The Parting of Abelard and Eloisa

Angelica Kauffmann
The Parting of Abelard and Eloisa
1803

Venus Presenting Helen To Paris

Angelica Kauffmann
Venus Presenting Helen To Paris
London: 1781

Angelica Kauffmann Papirius Pratextatus

Angelica Kauffmann
Papirius Pratextatus Discloses Secrets
London: 1780

H. Banbury, Love and Honour

H. Bunbury/
F. Bartolozzi
Love and Honour
London: 1785
Stipple engraving

Shylock and Portia, The Merchant of Venice

James Millar
Shylock & Portia
The Merchant of Venice

England: 1785
Sepia stipple engraving

Cartouche Classical Design

Cartouche Classical Design
Continental: 18th C.
Conte crayon

Chatillon Apollo known as Adonis

H.G. Chatillon
Apollon dit L'Adonis
France: 1818 and 1829
A drawing and an engraving

George Washington

After Canova
George Washington Statue
Early 19th C.
Engraving

Hippocrates Refusing Gift

Hippocrates Refusing Gift from Alexander
1816

Renaldo arresting the aim of Almida to prevent her purpose of Suicide, Plate 115

Robert Sayer
Renaldo
London: 1787
Mezzotint

Caleb and Axa, his daughter

Singleton
Caleb et Axa sa Fille

c. 1800

The Education of Achilles

Regnault
The Education of Achilles
Early 19th C.

Prudon Neoclassical Allegories of Artist and Model as Children

Prud'hon
Neoclassical Allegories
Paris: 1804
Color aquatints

England and Ireland Allegorical Prints

J. Smith
Richard Corbould
England & Ireland Allegorical Prints
London: 1810-12
Pair of hand-colored stipple engravings

Victorian Period

Mid and Late 19th Century Prints & Art
20th Century Prints & Art in the Victorian Style
Pair of Studies of a Classical Sculpture

Pair of Studies of a Classical Sculpture
1860

Barse Print

George Randolph Barse, Jr.
Allegorical Figures
1890

Feathers Watercolor

Feathers
2nd Half 19th C.
Watercolor

William Harnett Trompe L'Oeil

William Harnett
Trompe L'Oeil
c. 1890s
Chromolithograph

The Voyage of Life

Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life
New York: 1850
Engraving

prints pre 20th C.

Félix Bracquemonde
Eaux-fortes Modernes Frontispiece
Paris: 1865
Etching

Allegorical Print with Globe

Virtus or Roma
Continental:
Late 19th C.
Chromolithograph

For Sale

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