Winter Season European Auction Finds: Intaglio Prints

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The Winter European Auction scene is in full swing. If you love antique prints the way I do, then this is a perfect time to add some very nice 16th to 20th century intaglio prints to your collection. I have gone through and culled out a good many figurative works for your enjoyment. Enjoy.
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Paul Troger (1698-1762) Pieta

Hans Thoma (1839-1924) Garden of Eden

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) Pieta .. 1596

Cajetan Schweitzer (1844-1913) River God

Jan Saenredam (1565-1607)

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) The Roman Hero

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) Der Sturz des Ikarus

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) Calphurnius

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1618-1677) Silenus accompanied by Fauns and Satyrs

Georgio Ghisi (1520-1582) Frescoes of the Galerie d'Ulysse

Georgio Ghisi (1520-1582) Hercules with the Hydra

Ernesto Bazzaro (1859-1937) Nude Female

Ernesto Bazzaro (1859-1937) Female Nude

Georg Christoph Eimmart (1638-1705) Self Portrait supported by Putti

Dutch, 16th Century... Christ with the Cross in a niche

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) The so called "Despairing"

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) The Flag Waiver

Zacharias Dolendo (1561-1601) The Powers of the World

Oreste Costa (1851-1910) (Attrib.) Young St John the Baptist

Nicolas Chapron (1612-1656) The Drunken Silenus

Charles-Michael-Ange Challe (1718-1778) La Mort d'Hercule

Carlo Carlone (1686-1775) Academic Nude

Antonio Canova (1757-1822) Napolean as peace

Bruno Heroux for Alfred Probst (ca. 1920)

Hans Brosamer (1480-1552) The Judgement of Paris

Pierre Brebiette (1598-1650) The Holy Family with the infant St. John

Orazio Borgiano (1575-1616) The Lamentation of Christ

Jan de Bisschop ... Two Male Nudes

Philips Bile ... Tibris --- From The Series of Sea and River Gods.

Philips Bile ... Danubius

Philips Bile .... Scaldis

Philips Bile -- Tagus

Benvenuto Disertori (1887-1969) Apollo et La Fortuna (1930)

Sebad Beham --- Adam and Eve

Nicolas Beatrizet -- The River god Tiber

Ludwig von Hofmann (1861-1945): Badende Knaben (Repost)

This afternoon I was browsing through some of my past posts on this blog and I noticed that I did a not so fine job of stitching together the pieces of one of my favorite Ludwig von Hofmann works, Badende Knaben (Bathing Boys), so I decided to give it another try. I have managed to perfect a technique of blowing the originals up to large pixilated sizes so that my eyes can see where the original parts should be joined together rather than rely upon just guessing. The results are far better than past postings. There is a lot of movement in this pastel drawing even though the figures themselves are static in their surroundings.
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Ernst Bischoff-Culm (1870-1917): Male and Female Nudes - Intaglio Print

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I guess this is a 19th century male view of a frat party. A seller on eBay Germany listed this work by Ernst Bischoff-Culm (1870-1917) recently. The price is a bit out of my reach right now but I still like the action going on. Let's see: there's something here for everybody, girls holding hands with girls, guys holding hands with guys, guys and girls laughing, guys and girls holding hands, everybody doing the latest dance drunk on their feet, yup, that looks like a 19th century frat party to me! Anywho, Ernst Bischoff-Culm studied under Georg Knorr and Carl Steffeck at the Kunstakademie Konigsberg, later at the Kunstakademie Berlin under Hugo Vogel and Josef Scheurenberg.

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Rudolf Kaesbach (1873-1955): Nude Male Athlete with Ball - Bronze

Historia Auktionshaus, Berlin, DE. recently listed this beautiful bronze in their catalog. Rudolf Kaesbach is a well listed German artist. He studied at the Art Academy in Hanaus, Paris, and later in Brussels.
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Rudolf Henn (1880-1955) Nackter Jungling mit Spiegel (Nude Ephebe with Mirror) ca. 1900

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The Rudolf Henn bronze arrived from the German auction house this week. Unfortunately, there is some damage to the mirror frame which was not disclosed in the lot description. The moral of the story is, don't be a complete moron like me, ask for a complete condition report from the auction house before you blow big bucks on something. Fortunately, I have located a very competent art bronze master who, hopefully, if I can afford it, will reverse the damage and bring this beautiful work of art back up to its original condition. The base and figure itself is in pristine condition fortunately. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Enjoy.
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Jacob Maris (1837-1899): Academic Male Nude

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Portrait of the artist, Jacob Maris (1837-1899)

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An Auction seller listed this nice academic male nude on a European Auction site this morning. Jacob Maris (1837-1899) was a very well listed Dutch painter of landscapes, marine paintings, genre scenes, and figures. Maris came from a famous Dutch family of artists and was greatly influenced by his father, a painter in the Hague. Maris became a master of 19th century Dutch painting. At the age of 12, he became a student at the Academy of Art in the Hague. In 1865 he attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited at the Paris salon frequently.

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Here is just a sampling of Maris' large body of works:

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Hermann Volkerling (1875-1924):Standing Male Nude With Orb (Adam With His Apple?)

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Portrait of Hermann Volkerling (above)

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Last night at auction I bought an academic male nude by Hermann Volkerling (1875-1924). The figure is depicted from behind holding what the seller described as "an orb." Knowing what I do about the 19th century Art Academy I suspect that orb is an apple and the figure is a representation of the Biblical "Adam." That's just my opinion and not gospel delivered from above or below. I was unable to dig up much biographical information on Volkerling (don't forget the umlaut on the o) other than he was a painter, studied at the Academie in Wroclaw in the late 19th century, and under Carl Marr in Munich. I will probably send this one down to the conservation lab and have the damage to the varnish repaired and restored.

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Caption: Standing Male Nude with Orb (possibly depiction of Adam)

Artist: Hermann Volkerling (1875-1924)

Material: Oils on 19th century Artist Board

Dated: circa. 1900

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Here is another example of Volkerling's works:

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