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Death Cartouche

This etching attributed to Stefano della Bella measures 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches. Bella was an Italian painter and printmaker, studying in Rome under the patronage of the Medici Family.

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Christ Standing in the Clouds, Surrounded by a Glory of Angels

This rare artist proof by John Sartain, after Forli, was published by William Young Ottley in Loudon, Sept 1, 1826. It measures 14 x 12 inches and is on medium weight paper. The images for this engraving were part of a paintng in fresco formerly in the Vault of the Church of S.S. Apostoli at Rome; and now preserved in the Palace at Monte-Cavallo. This information is printed on the lower margin with a plate number on the upper margin.

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The Hunting Party

Wood engraving with accompanying text on both sides of the sheet, attributed to Jost Amman, unsigned, numbered 33 below the image, framed.

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The Great Mirror of Folly

This illustrative page from "The Great Mirror of Folly", 1720, was a volume of text with 76 engraved plates, documenting the international joint-stock scandal instigated by John Law. This great "Theater of Folly", representing the origin, progress, and downfall of the South Sea Bubble in France, England and Holland, is a collection of engraved plates with caricatures of the schemes of John Law and the Mississippi Company that lured clients to invest in establishing colonies in Louisiana and Canada with fatal results. Text below the image is in Dutch.

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Holy Family

Etching and aquatint, image size 10 x 11 inches, 1782, after Cavaliere D'Arpino, plate signed l.r. "Mulinari incif: 1782" and l.l. "Cav. D'Arpino inv:e del:". Information and coat of arms below image.