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Lot 122: 3 Piranesi Classical Architectural Etchings, Roman Architecture

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The first three (3) plates from Giovanni Battista Piranesi's (Italian, 1720-1778) Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans), 1758-61, originally published 1761. 1st item: Studies of the Substructure of the Capitoline Hill, Plate I. Plate: 13 7/8" H x 10 3/8" W. Sheet: 22 1/2" H x […]

Lot 121: 2 Old Master Drawings, attb. to Cornelis van Dalen & Circle of George Barret

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1st item: Attributed to Cornelis van Dalen I (Netherlands, 1602-1665), drawing of the head of an old man in black and white chalk on gray laid paper with partial watermark, upper right. Inscribed on verso is "aus nachlass Bergers/ xxx Likerpal/ von Dalen fec.," with WSK collector's mark of Wilhelm Konig (Vienna, 1880-1955), Austrian economist […]

Lot 120: Albrecht Durer Woodcut, Christ Before Herod

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Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528), "Christ before Herod" from the "Small Passion," circa 1511, woodcut on laid paper, depicting Christ being brought before the ruler Herod Antipas after his arrest. Artist monogram and date 1509 lower left, in image. Stamp en verso of paper backing for Whitehead & Mangan Rare Prints, New York, with label dating […]

Lot 119: William Blake Engraving, Job's Despair, c. 1825

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William Blake (England, 1757-1827) engraving on wove India paper, with the word Proof engraved in the plate, lower right, from the series "Illustrations of the Book of Job," circa 1825. With text and imagery from Job 3:1-4, depicting Job raising his arms while surrounded by kneeling figures with bowed heads. Housed under plexiglass and in […]

Lot 118: Continental School O/C Painting, Christ's Nativity With Angels

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Old Master style, likely Italian or French School, oil on canvas religious painting depicting the Nativity, with the infant Christ-child lying in a manger surrounded by The Holy Family, kings, shepherds, and animals. The clouds open to reveal a choir of angels and putti hovering in the heavens above, with barn architectural details and landscape […]

Lot 117: Italian School 19th C. Painting, The Angel of the Annunciation

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Italian School 19th century oil on canvas painting, "The Angel of the Annunciation," depicting a winged angel, possibly Archangel Gabriel, holding a bouquet of lilies, a symbol of the Virgin Mother's purity at the time of her conception with the Christ child, rendered with dramatic tenebrism. Inscribed in Italian en verso of canvas "F. Furini […]

Lot 116: After Tiepolo, Italian School O/B Painting, Christ Falls Beneath the Cross

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Italian school oil on canvas religious painting, laid down on panel, depicting a scene on the road to Calvary from the Passion of Christ in which Christ falls for the third time beneath the cross while carrying it to His Crucifixion. He is depicted surrounded by disciples, Roman soldiers (including one on horseback), and observers, […]

Lot 115: Fan Leaf Design after Guido Reni, Aurora

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Pencil and watercolor fan design drawing on very thin vellum with image after the Guido Reni (Italy, 1575-1642) original ceiling fresco "The Triumph of Apollo led by the Aurora" from the garden house adjacent to the Palazzo Rosigliosi in Rome, Italy. In this design, the image depicts the chariot flying over a European pastoral landscape […]

Lot 114: Portrait Painting of a European Nobleman, Full Length

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Continental school, possibly Spanish, oil on canvas life-sized portrait of a nobleman depicted standing full length in an interior setting against a draped background and red carpet. The subject has grey hair and facial hair and is attired in an ermine-trimmed embroidered short cloak or cape emblazoned with a red Crusaders or Templar cross, an […]

Lot 113: Continental School 18th Cent. O/C Portrait of Mrs. Siddons

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Continental School, late 18th – early 19th century oil on canvas portrait painting depicting Sarah Siddons, the renowned Welsh actress known for her roles in tragedies, most notably as the Shakespearean Lady Macbeth. The sitter is depicted in profile with her back to the viewer, with plaited hair and headscarf wrapped in pearls, wearing a […]