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1782189785Bologna: In the Institute os Science 1782. Hardcover. Very Good Cover has general wear Leather peeling corner/edge damage. Spine has damage to top/bottom. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning and foxing. Brown cloth boards with gilt highlights Black leather corners and spine. Gilt lettering and design elements on 5 raised band spine. xiii 3 341 pages 69 leaves of plates some folded : illustrations plans. Title vignette tail-pieces and plates engraved by Pio Panfili. In the Institute os Science hardcover
1787935P23Roma: Stamperia Pagliarini 1787. Vellum. Good Only. 8" by 5". Various. A scarce two volume edition collecting together the artistic writings of Neoclassical painter Anton Raphael Mengs. Complete in two volumes the scacer edition by Pagliarini who also published an edition in one volume.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. In Italian.The collected writings by the noted eighteenth century Neoclassical painter Anton Raphael Mengs.Mengs' writings were all on the theory of art and on the lives of eminent painters throughout history. This includes his 1762 'Reflections on Beauty and Taste in Painting' an influential treatise which inspired the artistic society of his day. His other writings includes 'Reflections on the Three Great Painters Raphael Correggio and Titian and on the Ancients' 'Practical Painting Lessons' 'Reflection on the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid' a selection of letters written to Antonio Ponz 'Dreams on Beauty' and more. As an artist Mengs painted many of the important figures of his day such as Charles IV of Spain Maria Luisa of Spain and Johann Joachim Winckelmann as well as striking religious and mythological scenes of figures such as Helios and St. John the Baptist. Including a life of Mengs by Jose Nicolas d'Azara edited by Carlo Fea.Collated complete. In the original vellum binding. Externally generally smart. Vellum is discoloured as is usual to see heavier to the spines. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Chip and lifting to the fore edge of the rear board of Volume I. Heavier patch of discolouration to the rear board of Volume II. A few small chips to the vellum mostly to the spines and joints. Hinges are tender. Front endpapers are detached and edge worn. Lacking the paper to the rear paste downs. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Dampstain to the first few pages of Volume I with amateur repairs from the half-tile to page xvi. Frontispiece and page xxix of Volume I are detached but present as if the half-title frontispiece and title of Volume II. Mark to the bottom edge of the first half of the text and final few pages of Volume II. Good Only Stamperia Pagliarini hardcover
17035770Rome: Gaetano Zenobi 1703. First edition. Octavo 23 cm; 114 2 pages. Vignette with arms of Pope Clement XI flanked by putti on title page. LACKS FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT. Decorated letters and ornaments in text. Bound in mottled calf weak at joints and worn at extremities. Early inscription abraded at base of title page. Pages lightly toned with occasional stains. References: Cicognara 2404; Anthony Blunt "Don Vincenzo Vittoria" in The Burlington Magazine 109:766 1967 31-32. <br /><br />The author was a Spanish engraver and printer who lived and worked in Rome for part of his life. The text is a defense of Raphael and others from some dismissive remarks made by Carlo Cesare Malvasia in his promotion of the Carracci and of the Bolognese school "La Felsina Pittrice" 1678. Vittoria wrote the material probably in Spanish while still living in Valencia. In the preface he apologizes for his Italian which "lacks purity." The significance of the book according to the art historian Anthony Blunt lies in the author's descriptions of several drawings by Raphael and his contemporaries which are either lost or known only in engraved copies. Condition noted. Gaetano Zenobi unknown
17035770Rome: Gaetano Zenobi 1703. First edition. The author was a Spanish engraver and printer who lived and worked in Rome for part of his life. The text is a defense of Raphael and others from some dismissive remarks made by Carlo Cesare Malvasia in his promotion of the Carracci and of the Bolognese school "La Felsina Pittrice" 1678. Vittoria wrote the material probably in Spanish while still living in Valencia. In the preface he apologizes for his Italian which "lacks purity." The significance of the book according to the art historian Anthony Blunt lies in the author's descriptions of several drawings by Raphael and his contemporaries which are either lost or known only in engraved copies. Condition noted. . Octavo 23 cm; 114 2 pages. Vignette with arms of Pope Clement XI flanked by putti on title page. LACKS FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT. Decorated letters and ornaments in text. Bound in mottled calf weak at joints and worn at extremities. Early inscription abraded at base of title page. Pages lightly toned with occasional stains. References: Cicognara 2404; Anthony Blunt "Don Vincenzo Vittoria" in The Burlington Magazine 109:766 1967 31-32. Gaetano Zenobi unknown books
1713M8173Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 123x175 mm 4.84x6.89 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Italy; unknown
1713M8143Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 115x172 mm 4.53x6.77 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps City Maps; Maps Mediterranean Islands; unknown
1713M8142Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 61x105 mm 2.40x4.13 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Italy Rome; unknown
1713M8174Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 85x131 mm 3.35x5.16 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Germany; unknown
1713M8135Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Northern Italy.<br><br>Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 120x170 mm 4.72x6.69 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276<br> Category: Maps Europe Italy; unknown
1713M8145Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Northern Italy<br><br>Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 117x175 mm 4.61x6.89 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Italy; unknown
1768P4456Rome c.1768. Very Good. Notes: A fine engraving of the Raphael fresco of the various great minds that made up the "School of Athens" during the mid 18th century. The interior scene shows Greek philosophers Plato left and Aristotle right in the center surrounded by groups of other philosophers and mathematicians. In the lower left foreground Pythagoras writes in a book; at right Euclid demonstrates a compass to four young men. The scene is framed by an arch with the inscription: "Raphael in aedibus santius vatica pinx nis". <br>Other figures that are believed to be represented are: <br>Zeno of Citium Epicurus Heraclitus the "weeping" philosopher Democritus the "laughing" philosopher Boethius Averroes Alcibiades Antisthenes Raphael Aeschines Socrates Michelangelo Diogenes of Sinope Plotinus Zoroaster Ptolemy and Protogenes. Image Size : 515x733 mm 20.28x28.86 Inches Platemark Size : 565x741 mm 22.24x29.17 Inches Paper Size : 618x860 mm 24.33x33.86 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Europe Italy; Architectural General; unknown
1795147391795. Engraving. Printed on laid paper. Collector mark bearing the initials E.O printed in blue ink on verso of sheet. Some rippling in the middle of image. Image size: 22 x 15 1/16 inches. An exceedingly rare self/family portrait by Raphael Morghen after a painting by Angelica Kauffman.<br/> <br/>Though the whereabouts of the original painting is not known this is clearly a self-portrait of Angelica Kauffman seated with what appear to be two grown children and a son-in-law. She holds what is perhaps a portrait of her second husband Francesco Zucchi who died in 1795. Her children would have to have been from her unhappy first marriage. There is no title but rather a text in French about how virtue is instilled in children. This impressive portrait was painted by the celebrated artist Angelica Kauffman and engraved by the renowned Italian printmaker Raphael Morghen. Kauffman was a child prodigy who executed her first commissioned work before the age of thirteen. As a child she traveled through Austria and Italy with her father the painter Joseph Kauffman. She assisted him by painting the backgrounds of his works but she quickly received her own commissions and established a reputation for herself as an accomplished painter. In 1766 she traveled to London where she painted portraits and decorative paintings. She was a close friend of Reynolds and was one of the first female members of the British Royal Academy. Goethe called her "the most accomplished woman in Europe". Raphael Morghen received his first artistic training from his father the accomplished engraver Filippo Morghen. Like Kauffman Morghen was also a child prodigy publishing his first engraving at the age of twelve. By the age of twenty he had established himself as one of the premiere engravers in Europe allowing him to garner countless commissions. He worked in Naples Rome and Florence and produced over two hundred and fifty prints during his prolific career.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. unknown books
1780374868Roma: Volpato et Morghen Sculp. et Vend 1780. Unbound. Good. Copperplate engraving. Measures approximately 12.5" x 11.25" to the plate mark. Engraved by the famous Italian printmakers Raphael Morghen and Giovanni Volpato after a painting by Pier Francesco Mola. This scene of an infant satyr raising a glass of wine filled to the brim illustrates a passage in the 6th elegy of Tibullus Book 3. Morghen a child prodigy and student of Volpato established himself as one of Europe's most famous engravers by the age of twenty. Old dampstain on the upper left corner that pervades only about an inch into the image a few small tears to the edges else good or better. Halsey 19. Volpato et Morghen Sculp. et Vend unknown
1713M8170Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 78x119 mm 3.07x4.69 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe France; unknown
1713M8156Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 86x132 mm 3.39x5.20 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Benelux; unknown
177627836Rome 1776. Large folio. 29 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches. 12 of 13 hand-coloured engraved plates each printed on two joined sheets by Ottaviani after Gaetano Savorelli and Pietro Camporesi. Interleaved with blanks. Bound without the engraved title soft vertical center crease light abrasions in the images some marginal chips and edge tears to a few plates. A very fine set with particularly fine contemporary hand-colouring of the second part of this great work which concentrates on the quadrants above the windows and doors in the Vatican Logge.<br/> <br/>The work was completed in three parts and depicts the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Logge on the main storey of the Vatican apartments. The remarkable prints the first to be carried out of the decoration of the Logge were probably planned as early as 1760 but were not executed until 1774 to 1776. The project was carried out by the painter Gaetano Savorelli the draughtsman Ludovico Teseo the architect Pietro Camporesi and the engravers Giovanni Ottaviani and Giovanni Volpato. The plates were remarkable not just for their size and magnificent colouring but also because of the influence they had on contemporary taste. The decision was made to borrow elements from Raphael's Vatican tapestries and insert them where the original frescoes were in too poor a state to be legible. The finished plates therefore represented an amalgam of design elements presented with a crisp freshness of colour that held enormous appeal and did much to stimulate taste in the neo-classical period.<br/> <br/>Raphael Invenit: Stame da Rafaello 1985 Ottaviani 18 21-33; cf. Brunet IV 1110; cf. Berlin Kat. 4068; Raphael: Reproduktions-graphik aus vier Jahrhunderten Coburg 1984 p.104. unknown books
1713M8166Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Haiti & Dominican Republic.<br>Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 105x141 mm 4.13x5.55 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps West Indies Dominican Republic / Haiti & Puerto Rico; unknown
17868168London: Published by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street 1786. Coloured mezzotint. In good condition with the exception of some faint soiling in upper margin. Bottom margin outside platemark is coated with white paint. Water stains on verso of sheet not noticeable on front of sheet. Image size: 14 3/4 x 17 inches. Plate size: 17 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 20 inches. A wonderful mezzotint after Rev. Matthew William Peters by one of the finest eighteenth century engravers.<br/> <br/> This charming print is engraved after a painting by Rev. Matthew William Peters and is a fascinating example of this period in British printmaking. Matthew Peters was trained in London under the portraitist Thomas Hudson. He quickly became a prominent member of the Society of Artists exhibiting portraits in oil and pastel and attracting a number of prominent aristocratic patrons including the Duke of Manchester the Marquess of Granby and Lord Grosvenor for whom he painted some of his most controversial pictures. Urged by his patrons Peters painted a series of quasi-erotic character studies of courtesans which at that time were quite unusual in Britain. These controversial pictures were eagerly reproduced by industrious printmaker/publishers such as Smith and caused a flurry of curious customers to hurry to London print-shops. Following his ordination in 1781 Peters quickly denounced his early erotic pictures as immoral. Upon being appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Royal Academy Peters expressed a profound regret "that he ever devoted his talents to such subjects". With this in mind this picture becomes extremely interesting. In this work Peters continues to observe and appreciate charming subjects in fancy costumes but eliminates the erotic overtones present in his earlier works. Instead he has chosen to depict an age-old moral subject fortune-telling an institution in western art since the Renaissance. This print which is expertly engraved by one of the finest eighteenth century printmakers is a fascinating view into a turbulent period in Peters' life when he struggled to produce images that would appeal to his viewers while remaining true to his moral beliefs.<br/> <br/> D'Oench Copper into Gold: Prints by John Raphael Smith 1751-1812 p. 224 No. 274; Smith Catalogue No. 135 & 136; Ackermann 1802 p. 9 described as companion prints; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits Ward 97 Smith 186; Frankau An 18th Century Artist and Engraver: John Raphael Smith 146. Published by J. R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street unknown
17868168London: Published by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street 1786. Coloured mezzotint. In good condition with the exception of some faint soiling in upper margin. Bottom margin outside platemark is coated with white paint. Water stains on verso of sheet not noticeable on front of sheet. Image size: 14 3/4 x 17 inches. Plate size: 17 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 20 inches. A wonderful mezzotint after Rev. Matthew William Peters by one of the finest eighteenth century engravers.<br/> <br/>This charming print is engraved after a painting by Rev. Matthew William Peters and is a fascinating example of this period in British printmaking. Matthew Peters was trained in London under the portraitist Thomas Hudson. He quickly became a prominent member of the Society of Artists exhibiting portraits in oil and pastel and attracting a number of prominent aristocratic patrons including the Duke of Manchester the Marquess of Granby and Lord Grosvenor for whom he painted some of his most controversial pictures. Urged by his patrons Peters painted a series of quasi-erotic character studies of courtesans which at that time were quite unusual in Britain. These controversial pictures were eagerly reproduced by industrious printmaker/publishers such as Smith and caused a flurry of curious customers to hurry to London print-shops. Following his ordination in 1781 Peters quickly denounced his early erotic pictures as immoral. Upon being appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Royal Academy Peters expressed a profound regret "that he ever devoted his talents to such subjects". With this in mind this picture becomes extremely interesting. In this work Peters continues to observe and appreciate charming subjects in fancy costumes but eliminates the erotic overtones present in his earlier works. Instead he has chosen to depict an age-old moral subject fortune-telling an institution in western art since the Renaissance. This print which is expertly engraved by one of the finest eighteenth century printmakers is a fascinating view into a turbulent period in Peters' life when he struggled to produce images that would appeal to his viewers while remaining true to his moral beliefs.<br/> <br/>D'Oench Copper into Gold: Prints by John Raphael Smith 1751-1812 p. 224 No. 274; Smith Catalogue No. 135 & 136; Ackermann 1802 p. 9 described as companion prints; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits Ward 97 Smith 186; Frankau An 18th Century Artist and Engraver: John Raphael Smith 146. Published by J. R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street unknown books
177420165Rome 1774. Copper engraving on two joined sheets by Ottaviani after drawings by Savorelli and Camporesi printed in light brown coloured ink with contemporary hand-colouring. Neat marginal restoration. A stunning plate from "Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano": with contemporary colouring of the highest quality from the golden age of the hand-coloured print. In the main panel the Lord appears to Isaac and tells him not to go down into Egypt but to stay in Gerara.<br/> <br/> A very fine image from the second part of a work titled "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" depicting the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Vatican. They were drawn by Gaetano Savorelli a Roman painter and draughtsman best known for his Raphael drawings and Pietro Camporesi a Roman architect who worked for Pope Clemens XIII and Pius VI on rooms for the Vatican Museum. The first to illustrate the famous frescoes these beautiful plates were probably planned as early as 1760 but were not executed until 1772 to 1776. The plate is remarkable not only as the first important visual record of Raphael's work but also for the quality of the hand-colouring - the work on this image is in our opinion some of the greatest to be produced in Europe during the whole of the eighteenth century: the golden age of the hand-coloured print. They were remarkable not just for their size and magnificent colouring but also because of the influence they had on contemporary taste. The decision was made to "borrow" elements from Raphael's Vatican tapestries and insert them where the original frescoes were in too poor a state to be legible. The finished plates therefore represented an amalgam of design elements presented with a crisp freshness of colour that held enormous appeal and did much to stimulate the taste for the "grotesque" in the Neo-classical period. A year after the death of his principal patron Julius II Raphael succeeded Donato Bramante in 1514 as the official Vatican architect. Having previously adorned the "Stanze" or chambers of Julius on the second floor of the papal apartments in the Vatican palace he was commissioned by Leo X in 1517 to decorate the adjacent Logge. He designed an elaborate cycle of ornamental frescoes for the room's ceiling vaults doors and auxiliary pillars which were executed by his assistants Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine. Twelve of the quadrilateral ceiling vaults were adorned with murals of familiar Old Testament scenes and one with a scene from the New Testament while the more decorative frescoes painted on the pilasters by Udine were covered with imaginative compositions of 'grotesque' motifs like foliage fruit and chimerical beasts.<br/> <br/> Cf. Brunet IV 1110 & 1111; cf. Berlin Katalog 4068 & 4066; "Raphael Invenit: Stampe da Rafaello" 1985 Ottaviano 22; cf. "Raphael: Reproduktions-graphik aus vier Jahrhunderten" Coburg 1984 104 & no. 245. unknown
177420165Rome 1774. Copper engraving on two joined sheets by Ottaviani after drawings by Savorelli and Camporesi printed in light brown coloured ink with contemporary hand-colouring. Neat marginal restoration. A stunning plate from "Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano": with contemporary colouring of the highest quality from the golden age of the hand-coloured print. In the main panel the Lord appears to Isaac and tells him not to go down into Egypt but to stay in Gerara.<br/> <br/>A very fine image from the second part of a work titled "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" depicting the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Vatican. They were drawn by Gaetano Savorelli a Roman painter and draughtsman best known for his Raphael drawings and Pietro Camporesi a Roman architect who worked for Pope Clemens XIII and Pius VI on rooms for the Vatican Museum. The first to illustrate the famous frescoes these beautiful plates were probably planned as early as 1760 but were not executed until 1772 to 1776. The plate is remarkable not only as the first important visual record of Raphael's work but also for the quality of the hand-colouring - the work on this image is in our opinion some of the greatest to be produced in Europe during the whole of the eighteenth century: the golden age of the hand-coloured print. They were remarkable not just for their size and magnificent colouring but also because of the influence they had on contemporary taste. The decision was made to "borrow" elements from Raphael's Vatican tapestries and insert them where the original frescoes were in too poor a state to be legible. The finished plates therefore represented an amalgam of design elements presented with a crisp freshness of colour that held enormous appeal and did much to stimulate the taste for the "grotesque" in the Neo-classical period. A year after the death of his principal patron Julius II Raphael succeeded Donato Bramante in 1514 as the official Vatican architect. Having previously adorned the "Stanze" or chambers of Julius on the second floor of the papal apartments in the Vatican palace he was commissioned by Leo X in 1517 to decorate the adjacent Logge. He designed an elaborate cycle of ornamental frescoes for the room's ceiling vaults doors and auxiliary pillars which were executed by his assistants Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine. Twelve of the quadrilateral ceiling vaults were adorned with murals of familiar Old Testament scenes and one with a scene from the New Testament while the more decorative frescoes painted on the pilasters by Udine were covered with imaginative compositions of 'grotesque' motifs like foliage fruit and chimerical beasts.<br/> <br/>Cf. Brunet IV 1110 & 1111; cf. Berlin "Kat". 4068 & 4066; "Raphael Invenit: Stampe da Rafaello" 1985 Ottaviano 22; cf. "Raphael: Reproduktions-graphik aus vier Jahrhunderten" Coburg 1984 104 & no. 245. unknown books
17777514London: Published by John Boydell Cheapside 1777. Mezzotint. State iii/iii with the engraved inscription in thick and thin cursive letters. In good condition apart from some overall light surface soiling and foxing. Occasional rubbed creases throughout image. Laid down onto cream wove backing paper. Image size: 13 1/16 x 10 15/16 inches. This charming portrait of the fashionable Catherine Schindlerin expertly illustrates Smith's superior technique and artistic ingenuity.<br/> <br/> Catherine Schinderlin was a German singer and actress who began her career in London in 1775 the year Reynolds did this portrait for the Duke and Duchess of Dorset. It shows the actress in the role of the "Coquette" from an as yet unidentified play or opera. A highly influential figure in the late eighteenth-century British art world John Raphael Smith was the most robust and prolific printmaker of his time. During his prodigious career Smith produced nearly 400 prints 130 of which were of his own design. The remainder reproduced paintings by such noted British artists as Joshua Reynolds George Romney and Joseph Wright of Derby. Smith was an incredibly astute businessman and soon became an impresario of the print-publishing trade. At the 1783 exhibition of the Society of Artists Smith exhibited his print of the Prince of Wales. This clever bit of marketing precipitated his appointment as the Prince of Wales' mezzotint engraver immediately making him even more desirable to an art market hungry for quality prints. D'Oench<br/> <br/> D'Oench Copper into Gold Prints by John Raphael Smith 88; Frankau An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver John Raphael Smith 306 iii/iii; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits 147 iii/iii; Russell English Mezzotint Portraits and their States 147; O'Donoghue Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits.in the British Museum 1; Lennox-Boyd & Stogdon state iii/iii. Published by John Boydell, Cheapside unknown
17777514London: Published by John Boydell Cheapside 1777. Mezzotint. State iii/iii with the engraved inscription in thick and thin cursive letters. In good condition apart from some overall light surface soiling and foxing. Occasional rubbed creases throughout image. Laid down onto cream wove backing paper. Image size: 13 1/16 x 10 15/16 inches. This charming portrait of the fashionable Catherine Schindlerin expertly illustrates Smith's superior technique and artistic ingenuity.<br/> <br/>Catherine Schinderlin was a German singer and actress who began her career in London in 1775 the year Reynolds did this portrait for the Duke and Duchess of Dorset. It shows the actress in the role of the "Coquette" from an as yet unidentified play or opera. A highly influential figure in the late eighteenth-century British art world John Raphael Smith was the most robust and prolific printmaker of his time. During his prodigious career Smith produced nearly 400 prints 130 of which were of his own design. The remainder were reproduced paintings by such noted British artists as Joshua Reynolds George Romney and Joseph Wright of Derby. Smith was an incredibly astute businessman and soon became an impresario of the print-publishing trade. At the 1783 exhibition of the Society of Artists Smith exhibited his print of the Prince of Wales. This clever bit of marketing precipitated his appointment as the Prince of Wales' mezzotint engraver immediately making him even more desirable to an art market hungry for quality prints. D'Oench<br/> <br/>D'Oench Copper into Gold Prints by John Raphael Smith 88; Frankau An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver John Raphael Smith 306 iii/iii; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits 147 iii/iii; Russell English Mezzotint Portraits and their States 147; O'Donoghue Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits.in the British Museum 1; Lennox-Boyd & Stogdon state iii/iii. Published by John Boydell, Cheapside unknown books
1782287287London: Boydell 1782. Second. hardcover. very good. Raphael. Illustrated with 106 engraved plates 45 in outline some foxing throughout. Tall folio recently rebound in 1/2 crimson morocco marbled boards. London: Printed for John Boydell 1782. Second edition. A very good copy in a fine binding.<br/> <br/> An elaborate artist's manual first published in 1759. It celebrates Raphael's cartoons purchased by William and Mary and then housed in their own gallery within Hampton Court. Ralph's book begins with 12 plates "of the Study of Geometrical Figures." These are followed by 4 plates of human bodies engraved as academic designs by B. Picart. The bulk of the book shows heads of figures from Raphael's cartoons. The plates each depict two heads which are shown in simple line drawings followed with a finished engraving of the same heads. This second edition contains one hundred and six plates as opposed to 75 plates in the first edition of 1759.<br/> <br/> Boydell unknown
1782287287London: Boydell 1782. Second. hardcover. very good. Raphael. Illustrated with 106 engraved plates 45 in outline some foxing throughout. Tall folio recently rebound in 1/2 crimson morocco marbled boards. London: Printed for John Boydell 1782. Second edition. A very good copy in a fine binding.<br/><br/> An elaborate artist's manual first published in 1759. It celebrates Raphael's cartoons purchased by William and Mary and then housed in their own gallery within Hampton Court. Ralph's book begins with 12 plates "of the Study of Geometrical Figures." These are followed by 4 plates of human bodies engraved as academic designs by B. Picart. The bulk of the book shows heads of figures from Raphael's cartoons. The plates each depict two heads which are shown in simple line drawings followed with a finished engraving of the same heads. This second edition contains one hundred and six plates as opposed to 75 plates in the first edition of 1759.<br/><br/> Boydell unknown books
