Subcategories
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Piranes, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Alba Longa. The tomb of the three Curati brothers. "Sepolcro delli trè fratelli Curiati in Albano". Orig. etching by Piranesi, 1748. With title cartouche with author''s name in lower right corner and plate number in upper right corner. 13:26,2 cm.
Piranes, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Umbria. Temple of Clitumnus. "Tempio di Clitumno tra Fuligno e Spoletti". Orig. etching by Piranesi, 1748. With etched title cartouche with author''s name in lower right corner and plate number in uper right corner. 13,5:26,7 cm.
Piranes, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Rome. Colosseum. "Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo in Roma". Orig. etching by Piranesi, 1748. With etched title, author''s name and plate number under the picture. 13,5:27 cm.
Lilliputians, dwarfs. Arnold van Westerhout (1651-1725), Elias Baeck (1679-1747). A baroque series of caricatures of Lilliputians / dwarfs. 11 orig. copperplate engravings. Engraved by Elias Baeck, called 'Heldenmuth'. Published by A. Schmidt in Augsburg, ca. 1720. Each engraving 18,5:28,5 cm.
Pencz, Georg (ca. 1500-1550). Gaius Mucius Scaevola puts his hand into the fire. Orig. copperplate engraving, ca. 1535-37. 11,1:7,8 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 1 mm.
Pencz, Georg (ca. 1500-1550). Salome with the head of John the Baptist. Orig. copperplate engraving, ca. 1533. 4,8:7,7 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 1-2 mm.
Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555, 1558 or 1561). Mercury ("Mercurius"). Orig. copperplate engraving, 1533. Typographically signed with a monogram 'AG' and dated at the bottom right. 9,7:6,5 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 2-3 mm.
Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-1550). Death of Queen Dido of Carthage ("Reginae Didonis Imago ..."). Orig. copperplate engraving, 1520. Typographically signed with the monogram 'HSP' and dated bottom right. 11,9:8,9 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 0,5-1 mm.
Altdorfer, Albrecht (1480-1538). "Pyramus and Thisbe". Orig. copperplate engraving, 1515-18. Typographically signed with a monogram 'AA' lower right. 6:4 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 0,5 mm.
Osnabrück. Hollar, Wenceslaus. "Osnabruga, vel Aureliopolis, a conditore suo Imperatore Aurelio illustris, sui Episcopi sedes, magnifica, et Vetustissima Urbs". Orig. copper-engraving, W. Hollar. Published by J. Janssonius in Amsterdam, 1657. With ornamental title-cartouche and a great cot-of-arms. 35:48 cm.