Etching. Image measures 4" x 5 1/4". This etching of a cow is from an edition of Nicolaes Berchem's "Animalia," sometimes known as "A Man's Sketchbook." Like other artists of the Dutch Golden Age, during which realistic landscape painting flourished, Berchem made these series of etchings to hone his skills in rendering animals. This image, printed in the mid-17th century, shows a cow in full profile, standing in a somewhat barren landscape. It is in good condition with no chips..... More

Etching. Image measures 4" x 5 1/4". This etching of a shepherd and his dog is the title page from an edition of Nicolaes Berchem's "Animalia," sometimes known as "A Man's Sketchbook." Like other artists of the Dutch Golden Age, during which realistic landscape painting flourished, Berchem made these series of etchings to hone his skills in rendering animals. This etching, printed in the mid-17th century, features a shepherd reclining on a rock while his dog stands guard toward the..... More

New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1850. Color lithograph. 13 1/2 x 19 inches framed. Print is in a beautiful 19th century 1 1/2 inch gold frame with old glass. The Old Stone House building is a reconstruction of the 1699 Vechte-Cortelyou House on land taken from the Lenape as early as 1639. Located in Washington Park, on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn, it marks the place where the original Dutch farmstead stood and the culminating engagement of..... More

London: 1770. Print. Etching. Image measures 14 1/4" x 11 1/2" Striking portrait of Count Hendrik van den Bergh, a Dutch soldier who fought for the Spanish Habsburgs in the Eighty Years War. He was the son of Willem IV van den Bergh, and Maria of Nassau, the sister of William the Silent. He served in the Spanish military where he rose to second-in-command under Albert and Isabella, before defecting to the Stadthouder's forces in 1632. The engraving was made..... More

Amsterdam: Christiann Sepp. Engraving. with hand coloring. 20.5 x 14.25 inches. Shows some light toning at edges. In very good condition. From Nozeman and Sepp's "Nederlandsche vogelen," published in Amsterdam between 1770-1829. This five volume compendium described the birds of the Netherlands. Cornelius Nozeman, (1721-1786) a Dutch minister and an ornithologist. More