COLLECTION OF FOUR 19TH CENTURY NEOCLASSICAL HANDCOLORED PRINTS DEPICTING MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES,17th/18th/19th Centuries. Group of four Dutch, English, Italian and French matted, of the period handcolored engravings with handcoloring, consisting of Fabulosa Brachmanum, an 18th Century handcolored engraving with old color from Athanasisus Kirchers' Tooneel van China, published 1668 in Amsterdam, by Johann Waesberger and Elizius Weyerstraet, successors of renowned cartographer Jan Jansson, measuring 14 3/4" high x 9 3/4" wide. (#65059.1); Flora, a 17th Century handcolored engraving from Richard Bloome's The Gentleman's Recreation, published London, 1686, measuring 14 1/2" high x 10 1/8" wide. (#55448.1); an Italian handcolored engraving titled Palmo Napoletano, depicting Phaedra and her Nurse, measuring 15 1/8" high x 11 1/8" wide. (#65068.1), along with a French aquatint titled Muse No. 1, depicting a woman playing a harp, measuring 16 1/8" high x 11" wide. (#49707.1) Estimate $200-300
From the Collection of The Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC.
In good condition with no tears, nice color and impression. Minor toning associated with age.The Kircher print having areas of foxing, not extending into the image.
