Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2

Luigi Vanvitelli
Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century

18th Century

About the Item

Letter of the Alphabet Q, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions with some folding. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”), an eight-volume volume of engravings of the finds from the excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Campania, Italy). It was published between 1757 and 1792 by the Regia Stamperia, and copies were delivered to selected recipients across Europe. Despite the title, the Antiquity of Herculaneum shows objects from all the excavations undertaken by the Bourbons in the Gulf of Naples. These include Pompeii, Stabia and two sites of Herculaneum: Resina and Portici. The Bourbon King Carlo appointed fifteen scholars creating a new “Herculaneum Academy” to study the artifacts and publish the results of the archaeological excavations of the sites.
  • Creator:
    Luigi Vanvitelli
  • Creation Year:
    18th Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 2.76 in (7 cm)Width: 2.96 in (7.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: T-1379991stDibs: LU650311841722

More From This Seller

View All
Ancient View of Cannes - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cannes is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the 19th Century. Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center. Titled in France on the lo...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Ancient View of Niort - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Niort is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the 19th Century. Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center. Titled in F...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 61 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Claud...
Category

1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Liber Veritatis - Original B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 190 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Clau...
Category

1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 98 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist L...
Category

1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Liber Veritatis - Original B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 191 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist ...
Category

1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

You May Also Like

Two Cavaliers (after Herman Swanevelt)
By Nicolaus Visscher
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper with a large foolscap watermark, 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 (150 x 200 mm), thread margins. In excellent condition with a light pencil inscription and an inventory num...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Beggar with a Wooden Leg
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on handmade wove paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (95 x 70 mm), thread margins. Third state (of five), likely printed early 19th century. In very good condition with light handlin...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Handmade Paper

Peasant Family on the Tramp – after Rembrandt van Rijn
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches (118 x 89 mm), thread margins. Laid down to a medium weight laid support, scattered nicks and corner wear. The top and bottom corner...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Sleeping Man
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb impression from an important mid-19th century collection. Etching on white laid paper with a partial crown and shield watermark, 4 x 2 7/8 inches (102 mm x 73 mm), margins....
Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Jan Six by Pierre François Basan, after Rembrandt
By (After) Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin laid paper laid down to mid-weight Japon paper, 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 inches (244 x 190 mm), narrow to thread margins. Lettered below the image in the lower right margin wit...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching, Handmade Paper

Jeux de boules - Near the City Gate
By Herman van Swanevelt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (175 x 275 mm), thin margins. Some minor surface soiling and paper tape residue in four areas along the top sheet edge, verso, othe...
Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Recently Viewed

View All