Rodolphe Piguet, “L’attente”, 1904

Rodolphe Piguet (1840–1915)
“L’attente” (The Wait), 1904

Technical Details & Condition:
This original drypoint with dot roulette, executed with plate tone in brown ink on cream laid paper, retains full margins as published. The impression is notably strong and crisply rendered, with the sheet in pristine condition—free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Printed by Louis Fort (fl. c. 1904–1905) and published in Paris by Gauthier-Villars, this work appears as an original drypoint facing page 272 within the art periodical “Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne”, volume XVI (July–December 1904). For an online view of this publication and the print in its original context, see: https://archive.org/details/larevuedelartanc16pariuoft/page/n491/mode/2up.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 29.2 x 21.8 cm
• Platemark: 25 x 17.2 cm
• Image borderline: 22.5 x 16.3 cm

Plate Lettering:
• Within the image borderline at lower left: Monogram of Rodolphe Piguet's initials, “RP” (ligature)
• Lower left: “Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne”
• Lower centre: “L’ATTENTE/ Pointe-sèche originale de M. Rodolphe Piguet.”
• Lower right: “Imp. L. Fort, Paris.”

Price & Shipping:

AU$227 (approximately US$150.71 / €128.89 / £112.75), inclusive of worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this evocative drypoint—an intimate portrayal of the myriad intangible feelings that arise in moments of quiet waiting—I invite you to contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

From a personal perspective, the imagery hints that the knot-like bun of the woman’s hair and the fruit-bowl styled hat resting on her head may serve as visual metaphors for her inner turmoil—juxtaposing her outward appearance of patience with the fleeting, often unseen depths of her emotional state.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, “Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano”, c. 1748

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)
“Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano” (Tomb of the three Curiatii brothers in Albano), circa 1748

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching, engraving, and drypoint with plate tone on heavy wove paper, featuring generously wide margins. This impression was printed around 1870 from the original plate, bearing the seal of the Regia Calcografia (lettered “REGIA CALCOGRAFIA” and “Di ROMA,” with the central emblem of a crown surmounted by a cross) located on the lower-right corner.

This etching is plate 27 from the series “Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia” (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy).

The impression is strong and well-printed, showing no signs of wear to the printing plate. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free from tears, holes, folds, stains, or signs of handling.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 28.8 x 41.5 cm
• Platemark: 13.4 x 27.2 cm
• Image borderline: 13.3 x 26.8 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Upper right: “Tav. 27/ 374: b”
• Lower right: “SEPOLCRO DELLI TRE/ […?]16 FRATELLI CVRIATI/ […?] IN ALBANO/ PIRANESI F”

References:

• Wilton-Ely 131 (John Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, vol. I, San Francisco, Alan Wofsy, 1994, p. 173, cat. no. 131)
• Focillon 69
• Hind 27

Price & Shipping:

AU$298 (approximately US$198.10 / €170.23 / £148.82), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this somewhat eerie etching depicting figures working around an open sarcophagus—interestingly, although the title attributes the tomb to the legendary Roman Curiatii brothers at Albano, the actual location of their defeat by the Horatii was near the Fossa Cluilia, about five miles from Rome—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

This print has been sold

Matthaeus Merian, “Native Americans Hunting Deer: Bow and Arrow, Flames, and the Sea”, 1655

Matthaeus Merian (also known as Matthäus Merian I) (1593–1650), or possibly Theodoor de Bry (aka Théodore de Bry, Dietrich de Bry, and Dirk de Bry) (1528–1598)

“Native Americans Hunting Deer: Bow and Arrow, Flames, and the Sea”, 1655

For those wondering about the depiction of a man laying fish in the field on the lower right of the scene, the German text explains (in translation):
“When the soil is very meagre, they [the local inhabitants] fertilise it and make it fertile again with fish, which they guard for 14 nights and days so that the wolves do not come and carry away such fish unspoiled.”

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on fine laid paper with full margins and German letterpress text on recto and verso. This original book-leaf was published in Frankfurt am Main in 1655 by the Merian heirs within Johann Ludwig Gottfried’s “Newe Welt und Americanische Historien”. The etching appears on page numbered 157, and bears the title “Von Natur vnd Eygenfchafft der Newen Welt” (“Of the Nature and Property of the New World”).
See: https://archive.org/details/neweweltvndameri00gott/page/197/mode/1up

The etching is a strong, well-printed impression, showing no signs of wear to the printing plate. Aside from a small dot stain at the lower left, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 30.8 x 19.5 cm
• Platemark: 15.1 x 17.7 cm
• Inner image borderline: 14.8 x 17.3 cm

Price & Shipping:

AU$251 (approximately US$166.58 / €142.99 / £124.97), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this historically important and visually compelling etching documenting how native Americans hunted deer, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

This print has been sold

Johannes Janssonius, “Polus Arcticus: North Pole”, 1651

Johannes Janssonius (also known as Joannes Jansonius, Jan Jansson, and Jan Jansz) (1588–1664) or an engraver from his circle
“Polus Arcticus: North Pole”, 1651

This map features a decorative cartouche located at the upper right corner with the inscription “Septentrio Nalium Terrarum descript.” (“The Northern Lands described”). This inscription serves as the key to understanding the map, which depicts the Arctic region as it was known in the mid-1600s.

Notably, the map includes the mythical “Anian Fretum” (Straits of Anian) on the far right—a legendary strait believed to separate Asia and North America.

The map also reflects the common geographical understanding of its time: the North Pole is depicted as a central point surrounded by a vast landmass. This landmass is segmented into the following regions:

• “AME RICAE PARS” (North America) at the upper centre
• “GRON LANDT” (Greenland) on the left
• “ASIÆ PARS” (Asia) in the lower right
• “OCEANUS TARTARICUS” (Tartarian Ocean) to the right

Technical Details & Condition:

Engraved on fine laid paper with small margins and Latin letterpress text verso. Published in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius on page 23 of “Atlas Minor”—a smaller, more manageable format version of Gerard Mercator's atlas.

This is a strong and well-printed lifetime impression, showing no sign of wear to the printing plate. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Interestingly, Gerard Jollain produced a very similar engraving titled “Pole arctique ou terre du Septentrion” (Arctic pole or land of the North), published in Paris in his atlas “Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de L’Univers”. You can view it here: https://antique-maps.lt/product/1667-g-jollain-pole-arctique/.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 16.4 x 21.5 cm
• Platemark: 14.7 x 20.4 cm
• Inner image borderline: 14.3 x 20 cm

Price & Shipping:

AU$419 (approximately US$278.15 / €238.68 / £208.84), including worldwide express shipping.
Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you're interested in acquiring this exceptionally rare early engraved map of the North Pole, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.