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Hospice de San Bernard From the Aosta Side 18th Century Engraving

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 3677 Views alpine, landscape, swiss, switzerland

Hospice du S. Bernard du Cote du Val D’Aost. Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around 1780. Dimensions: Sheet

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Johann Jacob Wehrli – Swiss Teacher, Director of School for the Poor at Hofwil

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 2625 Views pedagogy, portrait, school, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait, teachers, teaching

Johann Jacob Wehrli (1790 Thurgau – 1855 Andwil) Famous socially engaged Swiss teacher who served as the director of the

20th Century Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Swiss Personalities Switzerland Woodcut

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi – Woodblock Print by Leopold Waechtler

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 2659 Views Pestalozzi, portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi surrounded by Children Two color woodblock engraving of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi by the German artist Leopold Wächtler (1896

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Albert Gallatin – The Genevan Who Became A Famous American Statesman

April 13, 2018August 28, 2022 WCL 2188 Views portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Portrait of Albert Gallatin, the Genevan Who Became the Longest Serving Secretary of the Treasury in U.S. History.

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss History Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Guillaume-Henri Dufour (General Dufour) – First President of the ICRC

April 13, 2018May 24, 2020 WCL 4120 Views portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Guillaume-Henri Dufour (September 15, 1787 – July 14, 1875) Famous Swiss General and topographer who after serving as the head

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Portrait of Johannes Schulthess, Zurich Theologian and Publisher

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 2073 Views portrait, Schulthess, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Portrait of Johannes Schulthess Theologian and Publisher (1744-1810) Lithograph Texts: ” Dem Verfechter des Lichts, Johannes Schulthess Dr. Theol. –

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Portrait of Leonhard Holzhalf (1553-1617) Zurich Buergermeister and Businessman

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 1896 Views portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

1679 Portrait of Leonhard Holzhalb by Conrad Meyer Original Copperplate Engraving Leonhard Holzhalb (1553-1617) was a Zürich Businessman who became

16thCentury Antique Prints Bedroom Dining Room

Goltzius – Juno, Queen of the Gods – Old Master Engraving

April 12, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 3828 Views goltzius, mannerist, renaissance

JUNO The ancient Roman goddess Juno (Latin: IVNO) was a daughter of Saturn and the wife of Jupiter. She is the equivalent

16thCentury Antique Prints Bedroom Dining Room

Hendrik Goltzius – Ceres, Goddess of the Harvest – Old Master Engraving

April 12, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 6310 Views goltzius, mannerist, renaissance

The Goddess Ceres Ceres is the ancient Roman goddess of agriculture, grain crops, feritility and motherhood. The text below engraving

18th Century Antique Prints British Caricatures

William Hogarth – “The Bruiser” Antique Engraving

April 11, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 2901 Views bear, caricature, dog, william hogarth

This wonderful work by William Hogarth represents the quarrel between two great 18th century satirists. Hogarth depicts British poet and

19th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Egyptian

Two Antique Botanical Engravings, Iris and other Flowers

April 11, 2018May 6, 2018 WCL 2430 Views botanical, floral, flowers, iris

Pair of hand-colored botanical engravings, french matted and beautifully framed in antique gilt frames. Early 19th Century. Pink Marguerite daisies

17thCentury Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Dining Room

Daniel Rabel – Theatrum Florae – Three Tulips

April 11, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 3612 Views botanical, daniel rabel, floral, flowers, rabel, tulips

Tulips pl. 11 Rare original hand-colored copper engraving from the botanical book “Theatrum Florae” published in Paris circa 1625. Daniel

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants

Sir John Hill Antique Botanical Engraving from the 1757 Work “Eden”

April 11, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 2121 Views botanical, floral, flowers

Botanical Engraving by Sir John Hill Handcolored Botanical Copperplate Engraving Plate 5 from “Eden: Or a Complete Body of Gardening”

Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Swiss

Sir John Hill – Antique Botanical Engraving from the 1757 Work Eden

April 11, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 2001 Views botanical, floral, flowers

Botanical Engraving by Sir John Hill Handcolored Botanical Copperplate Engraving Plate 4 from “Eden: Or a Complete Body of Gardening”

19th Century Botanical / Plants Dining Room Drawing Fine Art Swiss

Medlar Branch – Original 1886 Sketch by Louis Curtat

April 5, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 3165 Views Louis Curtat, medlar, neflier

Beautiful original drawing of a branch of the Common Medlar (French: Neflier) executed by the artist in 1886 just after

19th Century 20th Century Art Nouveau / Jugendstil Bedroom Drawing Nudes Swiss Watercolor

Original Art Nouveau Book Title Drawing – Female Nude – Les Vertiges (SOLD)

April 2, 2018June 28, 2020 WCL 3370 Views

Beautiful original art nouveau period ink and watercolor of a nude in a landscape for a book entitled “Les Vertiges.”

20th Century Animals Bedroom Expressionist French Country Kitchen Watercolor

Three Rabbits in a Hutch – 1942 Watercolor Signed V.A.

April 1, 2018 WCL 2576 Views animals, rabbit, rabbits

Elegant watercolor of three little white rabbits in a hutch. Beautiful soft pastel colors. The work is signed V.A. and

20th Century Bedroom Drawing

Two Women in a Room – Signed T.S.

February 19, 2018 WCL 2870 Views female nude, nude

Wonderful evocative drawing of two women in a room. One sleeps nude on a bed, the other, looks out a

20th Century Art Nouveau / Jugendstil Bedroom Fantastic Swiss Symbolist / Surrealist Woodcut

Oscar Weiss – Symbolist 1917 New Year’s Card with Giant and Cherubs

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 WCL 2348 Views Oscar Weiss

Oscar Weiss 1882-1965 New Year’s Woodcut by Swiss artist and graphic designer Oscar Weiss who is well known for his

20th Century Dining Room Etching / Eau-forte / Aquatint Expressionist Fine Art Kitchen Portraits Swiss

Woman at a Table by Swiss Artist Gustav Stettler

February 19, 2018 WCL 2448 Views Gustav Stettler

Gustav Stettler Woman at a Table A woman with a somber expression sits at a nearly bare table. Engraved during

19th Century Christianity Folk Art Mexico Oil Paintings Primitive / Naive

La Mano Poderosa – Hand of God – Small Retablo Religious Painting

February 19, 2018 WCL 4820 Views ex voto, folk art, retablo

The All-Powerful Hand symbolizes the wounded hand of the crucified Christ. On the fingertips are representations of the Holy Family. We do