Pastoral and Urban Ruins

Artworks depicting serene landscapes with ruins, focusing on architecture and nature, capturing historical moments in a variety of etched styles.

Le Colisée. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), ruins with oxen in a plain (attached to n ° 186 in the Dutuit catalog) (title main). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

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Le Colisée. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

The Baths of Caracalla (Bartsch 55) Herman van Swanevelt (1600-1655). The baths of Caracalla (Bartsch 55). Etching. 1653. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Ruins of Rome: The Baths of Caracalla, 1639. Bartholomeus Breenberg (Dutch, 1599-1657). Etching; sheet: 10.5 x 6.6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.); platemark: 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.).

Landscape with ruins and bridge over running water; Landscapes with ruins and fantasy architecture and figures in antique and exotic pregnancy. Landscape with ruins and bridge over running water. On the right a group of women in the shade. Print from a series of landscapes with ruins and fantasy architecture.

Environs of Venice -7. Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729. 1743. D. A. F. (Davide Antonio Fossati), 1708-1780. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Genre scene among the ruins on the river GAJ, C.B., Monogramist C. M.

Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva Medica., No. 25 from Le Antichita Romane. Artist: Luigi Rossini, Italian, 1790-1857

Textile (France); cotton

Ruins of a temple, anonymous, after Willem van Nielandt (II), 1594 - 1685 print A ruin of a temple surrounded by Zuilen in a landscape. In the foreground two figures and a dog on the road and two sitting figures. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes to prints by Willem van Nieulandt. This series is a copy of the series, which Claes Jansz Visscher made to Van Nieulandt. paper etching landscape with ruins

The Grotto of the Nymph Egeria. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 18.5 x 27.8 cm (7 5/16 x 10 15/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT.

Heuvelland with a derelict wall and a gate, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), After Antoine Perelle, 1640 - 1670 print Rolling landscape with a dilapidated wall and a gate in an arc. In the foreground four monks and a country road with a walker. The print is part of a series of twelve landscapes. Amsterdam paper etching landscape with ruins. monk(s), friar(s)

A road with ruins on both sides. On the left, a signboard hangs on the wall. In front are the silhouettes of travelers, one on horseback. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes after a print series by Willem van Nieulandt, Road between ruins Roman ruins and coastal landscapes (series 1) (series title), Willem van Nieulandt (II), print maker: anonymous, publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Amsterdam, 1618, paper, etching, h 100 mm × w 159 mm

The Two Cows Near the River,Tivoli. Artist: Jan Both, Dutch, 1618-1652

Veduta dellavanzo del Castello, che prendendo una porzione dell Acqua Giulia (View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia), from Vedute di Roma. Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Ex-Libris Edwin Edwards , Coats of arms, Greyhounds, Houses, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Architectural scene with trees and clouds. Printed in mauve on tan background. Signed MAADER SCULP., France, 1818, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

'Composition with a Statue of Minerva'. From the Album No 2 "Souveni d'Italie". 1785 - 1787. Dimensions: 26,4x38,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean François Thomas de Thomon.

Vue d'un temple... dédié à Diane from Differentes vues dessiné d'après nature... dans les environs de Rome et de Naples 18th century Adélaide Allou French. Vue d'un temple... dédié à Diane from Differentes vues dessiné d'après nature... dans les environs de Rome et de Naples. Differentes vues dessiné d'après nature... dans les environs de Rome et de Naples. Adélaide Allou (French, active 1776-1800). 18th century. Etching. Pierre François Basan (French, Paris 1723-1797 Paris ()). Prints

Louis XIV (king of France), Paris, Swanevelt, Herman van, Twelve landscapes, Distributing bread to the poor, verso lower left - stamped, In front of a classical ruin with domes and a coffered ceiling, two women distribute bread to several figures. In the foreground rest some figures and lie a few broken columns., print, prints, height 186 mm, width 278 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1604 - 1655, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1655, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, French, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Ruin of a tower, anonymous, after Willem van Nieulandt (II), 1594 - 1685 print In a landscape there is a overgrown ruin with a tower and a staircase. There are buildings on the right. In the foreground two shepherds with their cattle. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes to prints by Willem van Nieulandt. This series is a copy of the series, which Claes Jansz Visscher made to Van Nieulandt. paper etching landscape with ruins

Farmer Greeting a Roadside Shrine of the Madonna, plate one from Die zwei grossen Landschaften mit den Betsäulen. Johann Christoph Erhard; German, 1795-1822. Date: 1817. Dimensions: 101 × 131 mm (image). Etching on white paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman with child at a gate, Maria Vos, 1834 - 1886 print A woman with a child walks in front of a gate. Above the gate, the tops of the trees behind it rise. A flight of birds in the air. Netherlands paper etching gate, entrance

Farmer at a ruin, Jan van de Velde (II) (Rejected Attribution), After Matthijs Bril, 1652 print A man, leaning on a stick, with a ruin, in which two conversing figures. Behind it a setting sun. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving landscape with ruins. dusk, evening twilight. sunset

Landscape with ancient ruins of buildings and statues, draughtsman: Giovanni Paolo Pannini, (possibly), draughtsman: anonymous, Marco Ricci, (possibly), 1701 - 1765, paper, pen, brush, h 227 mm × w 344 mm

Road along the river with figures and two antique columns, Giuliano Giampiccoli, after Marco Ricci, 1739 - 1740 print Venice paper etching river

Antique ruins at a river, Anonymous, After Esaias van de Velde, 1617 print paper etching landscape with ruins

Pejzaż - Nella Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli. Reinhart, Johann Christian (1761-1847), graphic artist

Arcadian landscape with shepherds at a sculpture colonnade, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1713 - 1775 print paper etching Pastoral, Arcadian Scenes

Figures in a textile workshop at work. .

Veduta dellavanzo del Castello, che prendendo una porzione dellAcqua Giulia … (View of the Remains of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia …), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome). Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Ruins Next to a Pool in a Wooded Landscape. Artist: After George Barret, the elder (Irish, Dublin 1732-1784 Paddington, London). Dimensions: Plate: 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (27.7 x 37.8 cm)Sheet: 12 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (31.5 x 47 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Published in: London. Series/Portfolio: Imitations of Modern Drawings. Date: 1784-88. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lazarillo Stealing Grapes from the Poor Blind Beggar. Artist: Thomas Wijck (Dutch, Beverwijck, near Haarlem 1616-1677 Haarlem). Dimensions: 13.2 x 11.9 cm. Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Doetechum, Johannes or Lucas van, Roman ruins, 1561, View of ruins, possibly the Baths of Caracalla, verso - stamped, View of Roman ruins. Possibly these are the ruins of the Baths of Emperor Caracalla. Two soldiers, travelers and two men with a dog are walking along a road., print, prints, height 230 mm, width 322 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1561 - 1561, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1518 - 1570-03-10, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Landscape with ruins, Nicolas Perelle, 1613 - 1695 print paper etching landscape with ruins

Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz., Amsterdam, Gronsveld, Johannes, Landscapes with shepherds and cattle, Landscape with ruin and cattle, verso lower left - stamped, Landscape with ruin and rock by the water. In the foreground a woman milking a cow sitting among cattle. On the right shepherds and cows wading in the water. Second print from a series of six with landscapes with shepherds and cattle., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 146 mm, width 197 mm, 1645 - 1728-03-17, print maker, printmaker, 1679 - 1728, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1620 - 1683-02-18, intermediary draughtsman

Nieulandt, Willem van (II), Roman ruins and coastal landscapes (series 2), Nymphaeum in Rome, recto center top outside the plate edge - handwritten, The ruins of the nymphaeum, also known as the temple of Minerva Medica, in Rome. On the right a road with some travelers. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes after prints by Willem van Nieulandt. This series is a copy of the series that Claes Jansz Visscher after Van Nieulandt made., print, prints, verso - stamped, 33, height 101 mm, width 155 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1584 - 1635, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1594 - 1685, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker

Graphitic pencil and brown pen drawing by Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg depicting Daniel in the lions pit under rock bridges with a bull attacked by a lion, enhanced with white wash.

Les Mourants sur le Bord des Rouges (The Dying on the Edge of the Road), from Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 16 1633 Jacques Callot French. Les Mourants sur le Bord des Rouges (The Dying on the Edge of the Road), from Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 16. Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1633. Etching; second state of three (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Krajobraz z antycznym grobowcem. Reinhart, Johann Christian (1761-1847), graphic artist

A view of the ancient temple of Minerva Medica at Rome; built by Augustus Caesar, 1769. Vivarès, François, 1709-1780, etcher. 1769 Temple of Minerva Medica The print depicts the overgrown ruins of a domed building on the left and a house to the right, in the distance. In the foreground to the left, a figure sits on an architectural fragment which he gestures to, while a man approaches him on foot. The man points back to a woman who follows with a basket on her head. On the right, a sculpted figure wearing a laurel wreath stands on a pedestal. Several other figures are visible in the field before the ruined building. The inscription indicates that the image was drawn by the artist Giovanni Battista Busiri after a painting by Thomas Smith. The print forms part of series originally printed in 1746 and later republished by John Boydell, John Bowles and Henry Parker in 1769. See BM. Bears Pecci-Blunt's collector's mark, in black ink, on the verso in the lower center. Imprint: London, J. Boy

Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802-1828, British, Ruines de Chateau d'Arlay, 1827. Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with gray chine collé.

A ferry with figures and a cart with draft animals on the water near a stone bridge and a ruin with a tower. On the right on the bank two figures. Seventh print from part two of a series of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of twelve prints each., Ferry near a bridge and a ruin Landscapes (series title) Amenissimae aliquot requculae (series title), print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), Jan van de Velde (II), Northern Netherlands, 1616, paper, etching, h 135 mm × w 200 mm

Liber Studiorum: Plate 32, Caernarvon Castle, N. Wales, 1838. John Sell Cotman (British, 1782-1842). Softground etching, from a bound volume containing 48 plates; sheet: 49.5 x 32 cm (19 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.); platemark: 18.8 x 12.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 in.).

Colosseum, with carriage; Colosseum Ad Vivum Romae; Roman ruins. Face in the ruins of the Colosseum in Rome. With in the middle figures and a coach with horses. Perspective dotted lines connect the buildings with the foreground and the horizon. Reading: Horizon (Legal) and: Base (Bottom right). At the top: C.LXXXVIX. Print from a series of six with representations from Roman ruins.

Close up view of the Castle of the Moors near Sintra 1840 Clementine de Brelaz Sintra (Cintra) is a summer resort near Lisbon on the 'Portuguese Riviera' that historically has been frequented by the royal family and the nobility. Much of the architecture is in the neo-Renaissance style built in the nineteenth century.This is from a collection of picturesque views of Sintra by the lithographer and sometime painter Clementine de Brelaz. She was born in Lisbon in 1811, and migrated to Switzerland, as a Protestant convert. According to Carl Brun (Schweizerisches Künstler Lexikon), Brelaz was taught in Geneva by the Swiss landscape painter Alexandre Calame (1810-64), presumably during the 1830s. The series of plates are from a set of 18 with a title ‘Coquis de Cintra: Dessines d’apres et lithographies par CNE B.’, Lisbon, Litografia de Manuel Luis, 1840.. Close up view of the Castle of the Moors near Sintra. Clementine de Brelaz (Portuguese, 1811-1892). 1840. Lithograph on chine collé on a

Cityscape with fishing port and meregent boat, Richard Adam, 1654 - c. 1693 print Cityscape with fishing port and boats. In the foreground a mooring boat with ironed sailing. Amsterdam paper etching prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city. harbour

Design for Fountain with a Couple, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Georg Siegmond Roesch, Nicolas Jean-Baptiste de Poilly, French, 1712-after 1758, Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper, 1745, ornament, Print, Print

Northern Netherlands, Sorious, Isaac, Series of thirteen illustrations of the villages and castles in the province of Utrecht destroyed by the French in 1672, 't Huys vande Heer vande Weert, House of the Lord of Weert, destroyed by the French in 1672, The ruins of the house of the Lord of Weert. Fifth print in a series of thirteen images of the villages and castles in the province of Utrecht destroyed by the French in 1672., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 155 mm, width 256 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1672 - 1676, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings

Temple of Venus or Diana near Baia, 1624 - 1650 The remains of the temple of Venus or Diana near Baia, located on the coast. In the foreground different figures and a few boats. In the lower margin three lines of text in Italian. The print is part of an album. Prague paper engraving / etching the bathroom The remains of the temple of Venus or Diana near Baia, located on the coast. In the foreground different figures and a few boats. In the lower margin three lines of text in Italian. The print is part of an album. Prague paper engraving / etching the bathroom

Christ and the Woman of Samaria, Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, Engraved by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773-1835, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1819, Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 3/8 inches (29.2 × 44.1 cm), Plate: 8 1/8 × 11 3/8 inches (20.6 × 28.9 cm), and Image: 7 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.1 × 26.4 cm), arch, Bible, building, bush, Christ explaining his doctrine to women and children, city, gate, landscape, man, New Testament, pointing, preaching, public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion, religious and mythological subject, road, ruins, stone, talking, the woman of Samaria (John 4:4-42), tree, water well, woman, Asia, Israel, Samaria

This 1783 etching associated with Richard Saint-Non depicts views of southern Italy, showing landscapes, architecture, and regional settings.

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Vuë des restes de la celle du temple du Neptune (View of the remains of the cella of the temple of Neptune), from Différentes vuesde Pesto, Etching, platemark: 47.7 × 67.7 cm (18 3/4 × 26 5/8 in.), Italian, 18th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Landscape with Ruin, Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, After Willem Roelofs (I), 1826 - 1886 print In a hilly landscape with a ruin of a castle, an elegant dressed lady and gentleman walk. With ornamental frame. Print Maker: Amsterdampublisher: Zaltbommel paper etching landscape with ruins - II - ideal landscapes

Canaletto, The Market at Dolo, c 1735 1746 The Market at Dolo

'Composition with a Statue of the Apollo Lyceus'. From the Album No 2 "Souveni d'Italie". 1785 - 1787. Dimensions: 26,4x38,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean François Thomas de Thomon.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), Parte di Foro di Nerva, 1748, etching on laid paper

. A rocky landscape with a river in the foreground where women were doing. A water mill in the background. The fifth print of an eight-language series with bohemian landscapes.

Face in the garden of the house Zijdebalen on the Vecht in Utrecht with the Dwarslaan leading to the playhouse, from the northwest. Left in the foreground a vase with a mythological representation and left behind the entrance of the Berceau to the mineralgrot. On the right an allegorical sculpture group in an arbor.

Ruin of the Church of Our Lady with the Tombstones of Genevieve and the Count Palatine Siegfried in the Mosel Valley near Andernach, from Collection of Memorable Medieval Buildings in Germany 1821 Germany. Part of a large Italian artist family recently settled in Munich, Domenico Quaglio was active in Germany for his entire career. Like his father, he initially made his living as a theater scenery painter for the Munich court, and he was even named court painter for architectural scenery by age 21. Leaving Munich to make topographical paintings of sites throughout the country, he was also an adherent of lithography, a relatively new printmaking technique invented in Munich in 1798.Quaglio traveled throughout Central Europe, recording images of churches and castles as prints. Amidst the ruins in this scene are the tombstones of Saint Genevieve and her husband, Siegfried, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Genevieve was wrongly accused of adultery and forced to live in a forest for several yea

Ruin of a castle, in the foreground two figures near a water basin., Ruin, print maker: Anthonie van den Bos, intermediary draughtsman: Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Netherlands, 1778 - 1838, paper, etching, h 120 mm × w 72 mm

Remains of a room belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778); published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/59). Date: 1774. Dimensions: 436 x 576 mm (image); 445 x 587 mm (plate); 513 x 653 mm (sheet). Etching on heavy ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Parte interna di una darsena. , Theatrical productions, Sets Architectural elements, Allen A. Brown Collection

Landscape with cattle and ruin, draughtsman: Jan van Ravenswaay, 1823, paper, brush, h 208 mm × w 268 mm

Plate 4: remains of a classical monument to right surmounted by a mask and tablet, a figure sitting on the porch, four figures on a staircase to left, four milestones below, from 'Les soirées de Rome' 1763 Hubert Robert French. Plate 4: remains of a classical monument to right surmounted by a mask and tablet, a figure sitting on the porch, four figures on a staircase to left, four milestones below, from 'Les soirées de Rome' 399278

Title page of the cycle `Ruinarum Varii Prospectus Ruriumque Aliquot Delineationes` featuring Milvius pons. Galle, Theodor (1571-1633), graphic artist, Galle, Philips (1537-1612), graphic artist, Cleve, Hendrick van, III (ca 1525-1589), draughtsman, cartoonist

Thermen from Diocletian in Rome, Etienne Dupérac, 1575 View of the remains of the Thermen of Diocletian in Rome. Caption in Italian. Print is part of an album. maker: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstadItaly paper engraving / etching Thermen from Diocletianus View of the remains of the Thermen of Diocletian in Rome. Caption in Italian. Print is part of an album. maker: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstadItaly paper engraving / etching Thermen from Diocletianus

Landscape with wall and bass reliefs, Cavalier Cosse, 1650 - 1700 drawing paper brush piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Jean-Baptiste Marie Huets drawing shows a landscape with buildings and cattle drinking, made with black stone chalk.

Cascade in the gardens of the villa d'Este in Tivoli; Veduta della Cascata Sotto l'Organo Nel Piano del Giardino; Le Fontane del Giardino Estense in Tivoli; Fountains in the gardens of Villa d'Este in Tivoli. Cascade with the fountain with hydraulic organ above that. Numbered at the bottom right: 21. The print is part of an album.

Jesus descending to limbo Andrea mantegna (1431-1506). Jesus descending to limbo - B5. Engraving.

Landscape with a woman who collects the axis of Phocion, Etienne Baudet, After Pierre Monier, After Nicolas Poussin, 1684 print Numbered in the bottom right: 3. Paris paper etching / engraving an old woman gathers the ashes of Phocion. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. armorial bearing, heraldry

Toledo. Artist: Charles Adams Platt (American, New York 1861-1933). Dimensions: plate: 6 1/2 x 4 11/16 in. (16.5 x 11.9 cm)sheet: 11 x 7 1/8 in. (27.9 x 18.1 cm). Date: 1885. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Classic ruins in a cave. Two shepherds and a shepherdess with a dog are located in a cave at classical ruins.

View of the remains of the Colosseum in Rome, Giovanni Battista Pittoni (I), Afteronymus Cock, 1561 print View of the remains of the Colosseum in Rome. Title in Latin at the top left. Numbered at the top right: IIII. paper etching ruin of a building ~ architecture. landscape with ruins. theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances Colosseum

Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Anonymous, After Willem van Nieulandt (II), 1618 print The pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, for that a man on a donkey and a walker. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes after a press series by Willem van Nieulandt. Amsterdam paper etching landscape with ruins Rome

Face in antique ruins, Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Possible), 1610 - 1657 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush

Raising ofLazarus. Artist: Jean-Pierre Norblin, French, 1745-1830

A 1550 etching by Hieronymus Cock depicting Emperor Diocletian, showing figure and historical context in detailed composition.

SPEED, JACQUES CALLOT, 1624 - 1625 print Christ, bound by a pillar, is beaten by three men with branch forests. This print is part of the press series 'De Kleine Passie', consisting of 12 scenes from the suffering story. Nancy paper etching flagellation by soldiers, Christ usually tied to a column (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1)

Graftombe of the three Gebroeders Curiazi in Albano; Sepolcro De Tre Fratelli Curazj in Albano; Archaeological finds in and around Rome; Le Antichità Romane. View of the tomb of the three Gebroeders Curiazi in Albano. Title and text in undermarge. Numbered above: Tom. III. / X.

L'Escalier (The Curving Stair) 1778-79 Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French Admired for his impromptu sketches of daily life in Paris, Saint-Aubin produced one of the liveliest and most insightful records of ancien-régime France. This charming vignette captures an elegant young woman, accompanied by a small boy and a dog, as she lifts the hem of her skirt and prepares to ascend a curving stone stair to a sunlit park.. L'Escalier (The Curving Stair). Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724-1780 Paris). 1778-79. Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, watercolor, and touches of gouache, on off-white laid paper. Drawings

Veduta interna di una delle tre sale sepolcrali credute della Famiglia di Augusto , Archaeological sites, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.. The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection

Dungeon with sawbuck; Dungeons; Invenzioni Capric di Carceri All Acqua Forte. Face in a monumental space, a dungeon, with a sawbill in the foreground.

Etching by Hans Lautensack from the mid-16th century depicting Tobias and the angel near the Danube at Grein, showing figures, river, and landscape.

Expired monument with female figure, Johann Franz Ermels (Der ältere), 1651 - 1693 print paper etching landscape with ruins. surface decorations ~ architecture. monument, statue Rome

Women at a well, Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne (II), 1714 print At a well, two women pour water into jugs. Behind this well is a second, shallow well, which is overgrown and broken. System on the noble of a deepened life from which one can constantly draw on and the unfair of a superficial life that stands still. Haarlem paper etching / engraving well. container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase

Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, Anonymous, After Willem van Nieulandt (II), 1594 - 1685 print The pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, for that a man on a donkey and a walker. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes to prints by Willem van Nieulandt. This series is a copy of the series, which Claes Jansz Visscher made to Van Nieulandt. paper etching landscape with ruins Rome

Ruin of a temple at Pozzuoli, 1680 View of the ruins at Pozzuoli. On the right the remains of a round temple. In the foreground a few stepped down riders and a dog. In the lower margin three lines of text in Italian. The print is part of an album. after print by: Praagpublisher: Rome paper engraving Pozzuoli View of the ruins at Pozzuoli. On the right the remains of a round temple. In the foreground a few stepped down riders and a dog. In the lower margin three lines of text in Italian. The print is part of an album. after print by: Praagpublisher: Rome paper engraving Pozzuoli

Graftombe on Via Cassia; Veduta di un sepolcro Fuori di Porta del Popolo Sull 'Antica via Cassia, Cinque Miglia Lontano da Roma; Chiamato da Volgo: Il Sepolcro di Nerone (...); Archaeological finds in and around Rome; Le Antichità Romane. View of the remains of a graftombe called Via Cassia (called Tomb of Nero), five miles outside of Rome. Title and text in undermarge. Numbered above: Tom. III. / XIV.

Graftombe Aan de Via Appia Antica Bij Albano, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764 print View of the remains of a tomb (on print Tombe van de Horatii and the Curiatii) on the Via Appia Antica at Albano. Title on block at the bottom right. Numbered in the top left: V. Rome paper etching grave, tomb. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. landscape with ruins. ruin of a building ~ architecture Albano. Via Appia Antica

Fontein with pigeons in the gardens of Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Giovanni Battista Falda, 1653 - 1691 Fountain with figures in the foreground that bathe in the basin. Numbered below: 25. The print is part of an album. print maker: Italyafter own design by: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching Villa Doria Pamphili. Rome Fountain with figures in the foreground that bathe in the basin. Numbered below: 25. The print is part of an album. print maker: Italyafter own design by: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching Villa Doria Pamphili. Rome

View of a ruin with figures on a staircase and at a fountain, Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1752 - 1782 print Numbered below: 3. A grid has been drawn in pencil over the entire performance. Paris paper. pencil etching ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.

Peep-Show Print, Engraving and brush and wash on paper, Peep-show print, Europe, mid-18th century, Print, Print

Figures at a gate in a landscape; Landscapes; Amenissimae Aliquot Requculae. Figures at a gate in a landscape. Title print of the first part A series of sixty prints with landscapes, spread over five parts of each twelve prints.

Fountain with garden vase, Pieter van den Berge (Possible), 1687 - 1744 print There is a fountain in a landscape with a large garden vase on it. Behind it two figures with dogs. Amsterdam paper etching garden vase. garden fountain

SFINX VAN GIZEH and the entrance of the Pyramid of Memphis, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Dominique Vivant Denon (Baron), 1803 - 1805 print Two images on one plate; above figures at the Sphinx of Gizh; Under the entrance of the Pyramid of Memphis in Egypt. At the top right: pl.xv. Amsterdam paper etching sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa). pyramid (historical grave form) Egypt. Gizeh

Monumental Entry. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis Gabriel Moreau.

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