Graphiken – 18. Jahrhundert – Antiquariat

A triumphal arch for Charles VI

Johann Maximilian von Welsch
(Kronach 1671 - 1745 Mainz)

Design of an ephemeral triumphal arch for a Royal entry of Charles VI.
EUR 15.000,-

Signed drawing by one of the most employed baroque architects in Austria

MARTINELLI, Anton Erhard (Vienna 1684 - 1747 Vienna). Signed Architectural drawing of a castle or palais. Brown ink and grey wash. 445 x285 mm
EUR 5500,-

18th century design for a Baldachin by Filippo Vasconi

VASCONI, Filippo (1688 - 1730) - Design for a baldachin. Italian School. 18th century. Sheet: 284 x 207 mm; pen, brown ink and watercolor.
EUR 950,-

Rare 18th century map of Paris

HOMANN, Johann Baptist- Prospect und Grundriss der Weltberühmten Königliche Haupt Stadt Paris samt ihrem Schloß, Universitat und allen herumligenden Vorstadten. Nuremberg, c. 1720. Rare original old-colored engraved map. Size: ca. 62,5 x 54 cm.
EUR 950,-

Unique copy of an 18th century zoological broadside depicting a shipworm

Jean Rousset de Missy (1686-1762) [after] - Wahre Abbildung und Grösse eines von denen in Holland sich befinden Würmern, welche in den West-Frießländischen See-Dämmen unsäglichen Schaden verursachet, und alles Holtzwerck auch Schiffe durchbohren und durchfressen. (Deutschland, c. 1733) - The only known copy of this broadside about the shipworm (Teredo Navalis).
EUR 1.250,-

Highly important, newly discovered oil sketch by Francois Boucher

BOUCHER, Francois - Les Richesses (Psyche Displaying Her Treasures to Her Sisters). (c.1740-1741). Oil sketch on canvas; stretched onto original wooden frame; size: 240 x 412 mm. Framed.
EUR 65.000,-

Mauro Antonio Tesi (1730 - 1766) - Design for a corner of a ceiling painting with two putti. Pen, brown ink and watercolor; mounted; 222 x 221mm.
EUR 1400,-

Mauro Antonio Tesi (1730 - 1766) - Design for a corner of a ceiling painting. Pen, brown ink and brown wash on paper; mounted; 196 x 258mm.
EUR 1400,-

Geographical board game from the 18th century

Moithey, Murille-Antoine (1732-1805) - La Reacreation Europeenne ou Jeu des princes de l'Europe. Paris, Crepy, 1770.
Very rare geographic board game (game of goose) with 61 playing fields. Each field shows a map of a European region, including Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Ireland, Iceland, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Crete, Norway, Parma, Modena, Genova, Piemonte, Mantova, Venezia (Venice), Savoy, Tuscany etc.
EUR 1450,-

French school, 18th century - Design for an illusionistic ceiling painting. Pen, black ink with watercolor; 298 x 243 mm.
EUR 1200,-

Visiting cards from the 18th century

Album with visiting-cards from the 1780's -- Contemporary Boards. Gr-8°. With 202 mounted visiting cards.
EUR 6500,-

Italian, Bolognese School, 18th century - Design for a corner of a ceiling painting. Stencil, pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 209 x 212mm.
EUR 650,-

Italian School, 18th century - Design for a stage set: An Italian piazza. Sheet: 380 x 490 mm; Image: 337 x 420 mm; lead stencil, pen, black ink and watercolor on paper.
EUR 950,-

Giovanni Antonio Torricelli (1719 - 1811) - Design for a corner of a ceiling painting. Stencil, pen, brown ink, grey and yellow wash; mounted; 246 x 163mm.
EUR 1250,-

Palindrome drawing

France (?), 18th century - (Topsy-turvy drawing). Sheet: 198 x 165 mm; Image: 183 x 157 mm; Pen, ink and grey wash on paper.
EUR 1200,-

18th century scientific watercolor drawings of butterflies and insects

Müller, Johann Jacob (1743 - nach 1802)) - 595 aquarellierte Federzeichnungen von Schmetterlingen, deren Raupen und anderen Insekten auf 92 Blatt. Hanau, c.1778-1780
Original Vorzeichnungen zu Bergsträßers Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg und J.L. Christ's Hymenoptera.
EUR 45.000,-