Summer Sale: Contemporary Art, Old Masters & Luxury Collectibles

Antonio Mancini (1852 - 1930)

"Portrait of a young girl". Oil on canvas. Size 48x37 cm. Signed lower left A. Mancini. Framed. The portrait is presented in virtuosic, strongly pastose brushwork, close to Impressionism, conveying a shimmering atmosphere. The painter is one of the most important artists of Italian modernism. After praising his youth drawings by Domenico Morelli (1823-1901), he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples at the age of twelve. Already at the age of 18 he exhibited to great acclaim at the Salon du Paris. Mancini was a member of the Verismo movement. He went to France in 1877, where he met Édouard Manet (1832-1883) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917), later he was a close friend of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) in London. Provenance: Private Collection, Netherlands

The artwork is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Georg Matthäus Seutter (Augsburg, 1678–1756)

"Siciliae Regnum adjacente Insula Sardinia et maxima parte Regni Neapolitani". Augsburg, c. 1730. Copper engraving with original coloring. Size 500x590 mm (Sheet: 544x604). Decorative map including Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and a part of the kingdom of Naples, with a large and elaborate cartouche, and at the bottom corners two panels with views of Messina and Catania with Mount Etna in full eruption. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam.

The lot is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Piranesi, Giovanni (1720-1778)

"The temple of Antoninus and Faustina". Year 1758. From the series “Views of Rome”, Roman Edition with address and price. Etching on paper. Plate Size: 16 X 21 inch. Very good conditions. Print with strong contrasts. Framed. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam.

The lot is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Guiljelmus Blaeu (1571-1638)

"Coloured engraving Partie de L'Isle de France, representation of Vale Sivm Ducatus - Valois, 1671". Engraving XVII "Valesium ducatis. VALOIS". (Crépy-en-Valois 60, La Ferté Milon 02, Villers-Cotterêts 02, Meaux 77, La Ferté-sous Jouarre 77, Creil 60, Compiègne 60, Château-Thierry 02, La Fère en Tardenois 02) (41 x 52 cm) State A-. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam

The lot is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Magini, Giovanni (1555-1617)

"Map of North and South America". Year 1713. Copper-engraved map. Size 13.5x17.5 cm, on sheet with text measuring 29.3x20.5 cm. First appearing in Magini's 1596 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, based largely Ortelius with the characteristic bulge along the west coast of South America. The present example was published in Alphonse Lasor a Varea's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calami delineates" in 1713. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam.

The artwork is located in Amsterdam

Piranesi, Giovanni (1720-1778)

"Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella". Year 1762. From the series "Vedute di Roma", titled in the plate, signed Piranesi F. Size 45,5 x 63,7 cm, with broad margins along platemarks, roman edition. Hind 67 II (of V). Mounted, framed. Very good conditions. Print with strong contrasts. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam.

The lot is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg - Leodium / Liege - ca. 1575

Bird's-eye view of the historical city of Liège published by Braun-Hogenberg in the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Richly coloured example with three coats of arms in the upper and three text cartouches in the lower part, as well as key 1-64 lower right. - French text on verso. Size 33,2 x 48,1 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam

The lot is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Luciano Castelli (b. 1951)

"Torso". Three-dimensional (colour) serigraphy on triplex board and on acrylic film. Size 55 × 39 cm. Edition 14/15. Signed. In original folder. Unframed. Provenance: Private Collection, the Netherlands.

The artwork is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Eduard Ansen-Hofmann (1820-1904)

"Naked nymph on a rock in sea surf in the evening". Oil on canvas, and the like. li. sign. ''E.Ansen'', label on the reverse. Size 48 x 102 cm. Framed 58 x 112 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam.

The artwork is located in Amsterdam

John Speed (1522-1629)

"Map of Russia", printed in 1676 Sheet height: 16 3/4 inches. Sheet width: 22 inches. Etching with applied color, taken from a book, light stain and minor areas of discoloration. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam

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RUSSO-SWEDISH WAR - MARTIN LE JEUNE, Pierre-Denis (c.1663-1742; artist) and LARMESSIN, Nicolas Martin (engraver)

An 18th Century engraving by Nicolas Larmessin (1684-1755) "Battle of Poltava (1709)". A tergo stamp Collectio Czapsci. Size 52 x 71.5 cm. With Russian captions beneath. The Famous Battle of Poltava, June 1709 signed the defeat of the Swedish Army by the Czar Peter The Great. Condition Report: Fold. Scratches. Minor tears and stains. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam

The lot is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528)

"Winkler, Friedrichμ The drawings of Albrecht Dürer I-IV" 4 volumes with an introduction (vol. 1), a total of 949 ill. (parts of the catalogue) and 96 art plates with numerous ill. (appendices) as well as text. Berlin, Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1936-39. 4°. Gold embossed canvas. XXII pp/en plus 630 pp/nnss and XXIV/XXX/XXIV/XVIII plates. Vol. I: 1484-1502 (cat. nos. 1-267), vol. II: 1503-1510/11 (cat. nos. 268-511), vol. III: 1510-1520 (cat. nos. 512-743) and vol. IV: 1520-1528 (cat. nos. 744-949). Detailed index of drawings with most of the full-page illustrations (nnSS) and 196/162/124/148 SS of the catalog texts. Cover pages of Volume II with folding marks. Bindings partially slightly stained, back slightly bleached and especially slightly rubbed. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam

The lot is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands