Old Master
1697 - 1764, English Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse Engraving, plate size 16 x 13 7/8 inches, after the self-portrait by William Hogarth, printed by James Heath, 1822.
1697 - 1764, English Hogarth With His Dog Trump Engraving, plate size 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 1795, engraving by Benjamin Smith after the self-portrait by William Hogarth, published by J & J Boydell, Cheapside, London.
1684-1756, British Samuel Scott Mezzotint, image size 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches, plate size 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, c.1730, after the painting by Thomas Hudson. Inscribed "T.Hudson pinx" l.l., "I. Faber fecit" l.r.
1684-1756, British Sir Godfrey Kneller Mezzotint, image size 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches, plate size 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches, 1735, plate signed "Se Ipse Pinx." l.l. and "I. Faber fecit 1735" l.r.
1471-1528, German Christ in Limbo Woodcut, image size 5 x 3 7/8 inches, from the "Small Passion Series," c. 1511, monogrammed in plate, l.r., lifetime impression. Durer, a well known artist of the Northern Renaissance, was greatly admired during his lifetime for his paintings, drawings and prints. He traveled to Italy twice, bringing inspiration from the Italian Renaissance to his hometown in Nuremberg, Germany. This print is from the "Small Passion Series" of 37 woodcuts which Durer created from about 1507-1510, and first published in 1511.
1586-1659, Flemish Stormy Landscape from "The Set of Small Landscapes" Engraving after Rubens, image size 11 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches, printed by Gilles Hendriks. Bolswert "was on friendly terms with Rubens, whose paintings he reproduced with unsurpassable mastership." (Wurzbach I, 137 f.)
1698-1756, English Madonna and Child with a Monk Engraving after a painting by Carlo Maratt, image size 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches, 1729
1570-1634, Flemish Young Nobleman Etching, image size 5 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches,1632
1640-1690, Dutch Tavern Scene Etching, image size 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches.
1610-1664, Italian Varie Figure Etching, image size 4 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, the title page from his "Varie Figure" series.
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