Bernard Picart Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Bernard Picart Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 25, 2026
Bernard, Jean Frederic — Bernard Picart (ill.) | The Religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Bernard, Jean Frederic — Bernard Picart (illustrator) The Religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world..., London: (I-III), Nicholas Prevost, 1731; (IV-VI), Claude du Bosc, 1735–1737 7 parts in 6 volumes (383 x 245 mm). Profusely illustrated; first 20 leaves, vol VI, with slight worming at top edge affecting only the blank upper margin, but overall a fresh copy. Uniformly bound in three-quarter calf over marbled boards; some boards loose or detached, worn. First English-language edition of the book that changed Europe. In the early 18th century, in the very first decades of the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment, two men produced a multi-volume work that made readers—in French, English, Dutch and German—see religion in a new way. Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was one of the most prolific and talented engravers of his age. Jean Frederic Bernard (1683-1744) was a French-language bookseller and publisher of Huguenot background based in Amsterdam. Together they prepared thousands of pages and hundreds of engravings that sought to capture the ritual and ceremonial life of all the known religions of the world. Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, or simply "Picart" as it was often subsequently known, broke with all the previous models. It attempted to present all religions, even those of the "idolatrous peoples," as even-handedly as possible. It argued for religious toleration by showing the ill effects of fanaticism, wherever it could be found, and by praising those religions, such as Islam, that offered toleration to others. At a time of widespread anti-Semitism, it offered one of the most sympathetic portraits then available of European Jewry. Its translation into English removed some of the more radical comments about religion found in the original French text, though the Dutch one did not, and these translations, along with an abridgment in German, meant that the book and especially Picart's images became the standard means of portraying many of the world's religions until well into the nineteenth century. REFERENCES Hunt, Jacob, and Mijnhardt, The Book that Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World (Cambridge: Harvard University Press), 2010 PROVENANCE Chauntry House Library, Newark, Nottinghamshire (ex libris on each front board) — John A. Irving (ex libris inside each front board)
Sotheby's
Jun. 24, 2026
Bernard Picart - Het verdrenken van Johan Willem Friso
Est: €20 - €50
Het verdrenken van Johan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje en Nassau &c. in ’t overvaaren vande Moerdyk den 14e July, 1711 Het verdrenken van Johan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje en Nassau &c. in ’t overvaaren vande Moerdyk den 14e July, 1711 Copper engravingSigned lower left of the plate: "B. Picart del. 1729". The print was included in Jean le Clerc's Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden, published by Zacharias Chatelain in Amsterdam in 1730 (part III, p. 697).
Hessink's
May. 30, 2026
Bernard Picart, France (1673-1733), Charles the Second, King of England, 1728, engraving on laid paper, 10 3/4"H x 7 1/2"W(sight), 15"H x 11 1/2"W(frame)
Est: $80 - $120
Bernard Picart France, (1673-1733) Charles the Second, King of England, 1728 engraving on laid paper Signed and titled in Dutch in the plate.
Ripley Auctions
May. 28, 2026
BERNARD PICARD, FRENCH 1673-1733, A GROUP OF THREE EQUESTRIAN WORKS: L' ITALIEN PLATES XV; LE DISPOS XL and LE PEGASE XLIX from D'EISENBERG L'ART DE MONTE A CHEVAL..., Hand-colored copper engraving, Sight: 8 x 10 1/4 in.
Est: $300 - $500
BERNARD PICARD FRENCH, 1673-1733 A GROUP OF THREE EQUESTRIAN WORKS: L' ITALIEN PLATES XV; LE DISPOS XL and LE PEGASE XLIX from D'EISENBERG L'ART DE MONTE A CHEVAL... Hand-colored copper engraving (3)
Potomack Company
Mar. 25, 2026
Bernard PICART
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Bernard PICART (Paris, 1673 - Amsterdam, 1733) L'affliction des Israélites Plume et encre grise, lavis gris, passé au stylet Signé et daté 'B. Picart f 1712.' en bas à gauche Annoté 'Rouw der Israëlrahen le Giben' au verso (Pliures) The affliction of the Israelites, pen and grey ink, grey wash, applied stylus, signed and dated, by B. Picart 12.8 x 8.46 in. 32.5 x 21.5 cm Provenance : Collection du baron Frederik Carel Theodoor van Isendoorn (1784-1865), à Blois van de Cannenborch, son cachet (L.1407) au verso ; Collection particulière, Ile-de-France Ce dessin fut interprété en taille-douce par le graveur d'origine hollandaise Quirijn Fonbonne qui travailla avec Bernard Picart à Amsterdam. Une épreuve de cette estampe se trouve à Amsterdam au Rijksmuseum 1. Notre dessin et la gravure qui s'y rapporte s'inscrivent dans un projet éditorial plus vaste portant sur les figures de la Bible publié par l’éditeur G. Hoet à Amsterdam puis par Bernard Picart en 1720. L'inventaire du fonds français signale deux autres illustrations de Picart pour cet ouvrage l'un représentant Saül chez la pythonisse d'Endor et l'autre le prophète Daniel expliquant le songe au roi Nabuchodonosor 2. 1. Rijksmuseum, RP-P-1934-252 2. Edmond Pognon et Yves Bruand, Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Tome IX, p. 251, n° 1 à 3 Bernard PICART (Paris, 1673 - Amsterdam, 1733) 32.5 x 21.5 cm
Artcurial
Mar. 25, 2026
BERNARD PICARD (PARIS 1673-1733 AMSTERDAM). Saint François se jettant dans
Est: €800 - €1,200
BERNARD PICARD (PARIS 1673-1733 AMSTERDAM). Saint François se jettant dans le feu pour résister aux avances d'une jeune.... graphite, plume et encre brune, lavis brun, incisé pour transfert12 x 7,3 cm (4 ¾ x 2 7/8 in.).
Christie's
Feb. 28, 2026
PICART BERNARD (1673-1733)
Est: €30 - €100
Pandora's box
Campo & Campo
Feb. 26, 2026
Asia.- Picart (Bernard) Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, vol.2 only, engraved plates, some double-page, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, Amsterdam, J.F.Bernard, 1728 & a ...
Est: £300 - £400
Asia.- Picart (Bernard) Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, vol.2 only, 3 parts in 1, first edition, half-title, title in red & black with engraved vignette, 58 engraved plates, 7 double-page, occasional light browning but plates clean, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, new volume number label, a little rubbed, Amsterdam, J.F.Bernard, 1728 § Bruyn (Cornelis de) A New...Translation...of...Travels into Moscovy, Persia, and divers parts of the East-Indies, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 31 plates, 17 folding, title soiled & stained and frayed at edges (laid down), large folding plate of Astrakan torn along plate-mark and repaired, light soiling and browning, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, J.Warcus, 1759, folio; sold not subject to return (2) ⁂ The first includes many plates of China and Japan and a few of Persia and Africa.
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 11, 2026
Le Temple des Muses, Bernard Picart – Chatelain, Amsterdam 1733
Est: €1,000 - €2,500
The Netherlands, 1733. Monumental edition Le Temple des Muses, printed in Amsterdam by Zacharie Chatelain, with sixty (LX) copper engravings after designs by Bernard Picart and other masters. Full leather binding with richly gold-stamped title and vignettes on the back, with eight ribs. The prints depict mythical scenes from Greek and Roman antiquity, accompanied by explanatory texts that indicate the allegorical meaning of the fables and mythological stories.
Hessink's
Jan. 23, 2026
Bernard Picart. Three Equestrian Engravings
Est: $400 - $600
(French, 1673-1733) Three hand colored engravings, "Le Bijoux," "Le Vigoureux," and "L'Aimable," after Le Baron d'Eisenberg, sight size of each: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in., framed sizes: 18 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
Alex Cooper
Jan. 22, 2026
BERNARD PICART Paris, France (1673) / Amsterdam, Netherlands (1733) "The Perilous Enterprise of Eleazar"
Est: €30 - €40
Illuminated engraving Titled in the plate at the bottom "Plate 92 XLVIII". Later edition Measurements: Image: 29 x 18 cm
Ansorena
Dec. 06, 2025
4 Bernard Picart (French, 1673-1733) etchings
Est: $100 - $200
Various Subjects 4 etchings, ca. 1720's. 13 1/2 x 8" ea.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Nov. 29, 2025
Picart, Bernard 1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam
Est: -
Picart, Bernard 1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam Le concert Champêtre. Öl/Lwd./doubl., 90 x 147 cm. Literatur: Watteau et la Fête, tent cat Musee des Beaux Arts Valenciennes, 2004, S. 212 und 271. Exposition de tableau de Maitres de la Galerie Jean Lupu, 1990, S. 46,47, Nr. 21. Erworben Nagel, Stuttgart, 130.000,- DM (Zuschlag).
Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus
Nov. 17, 2025
Attribué à Bernard PICART (1673-1733) Mise en croix dans le gout de Luca Cambiaso
Est: €800 - €1,200
Attribué à Bernard PICART (1673-1733) Mise en croix dans le gout de Luca Cambiaso Plume et encre brune sur traits de crayon noir, lavis brun H. 26,5 cm - L. 37 cm DB Doublé sur un montage ancien, pliures, taches
De Baecque & Associés
Oct. 18, 2025
Print, Bernard Picart
Est: $100 - $200
Bernard Picart (French, 1673-1733) After Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609), "The Birth of Venus," hand-colored engraving, overall (with frame): 15"h x 17.5"w
Clars Auctions
Oct. 07, 2025
Picard, Bernard: Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Picard, Bernard. Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Nouvelle édition. 4 Teile in 2 Bänden. Mit 4 gestochenen Kopfvignetten und 264 teils Kupfertafeln. 39 x 24,5 cm. Halbleder d. Z. (Pergament-Deckelbezüge und Vorsätze erneuert). Amsterdam und Paris, La Porte, 1783. Vgl. Brunet I, 1742f. Ebert 3919f. Graesse II, 104. Wolfstieg 33381. Ackermann, Geh. Wiss. 1268f. Caillet 8644f. Cohen/R. 134ff. Fürst III, 99. Hiler 708. Lipperheide Oc 24f. Nicht bei Colas. – Zweite Auflage der zuerst 1723 bis 1745 in elf Bänden erschienenen ausführlichen Beschreibung der religiösen Gebräuche bei Juden, Christen und Muslimen sowie bei verschiedenenen asiatischen und amerikanischen Völkern, der Band IV behandelt das Thema Aberglauben. Ein "Illustrationswerk ersten Ranges! Religionswissenschaftlich und kulturgeschichtlich sehr interessant" (Ackermann). "Ouvrage très recherché du plus interêt documentaire et artistique... très copieusement illustré" (Caillet). – Titel von Band I und Titel sowie Vortitel von Band III lose. Sonst nur gering fleckig und insgesamt wohlerhalten.
Bassenge Auctions
Oct. 01, 2025
BERNARD PICART Paris, France (1673) / Amsterdam, Netherlands (1733) "The dangerous enterprise of Eleazar"
Est: €75 - €100
Illuminated engraving Titled on the plate at the bottom "Plate 92 XLVIII". Later period edition Measurements: Print: Measurements: 29 x 18 cm
Ansorena
Jul. 15, 2025
PICART, Bernard (1673-1733). Impostures Innocentes, ou Recueil d'Estampes d'après Divers Peintres Illustres. Amsterdam: Picart, 1734.
Est: €300 - €500
First edition of this posthumous collection of engravings by Bernard Picart, offering a wide selection of reproductions of important paintings and drawings, including works by Raphael, Poussin, and Rembrandt. The volume includes a detailed catalogue of Picart's entire print production, meticulously compiled by his widow, distinguishing the works engraved, designed, or executed under his supervision, whether after his own or others' inventions. The edition is completed by an in-depth biography of the artist, considered essential for the study of his oeuvre. Folio, (410 x 265mm). With 70 copper-engraved plates numbered 1-67 and A-L, three of which are folding, portrait of the author and engraved title-page printed in red and black (some browning). Bound in contemporary calf, richly decorated in gilt (spine worn). (1)
Wannenes Art Auctions
Jul. 12, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Japanese Wedding Ceremony / Japanese Funeral Ceremony, 1727,
Est: €300 - €400
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): "Ceremonie Nuptiale du Japon / Ceremonie Funebre du Japon" Two scenes Japanese wedding ritual and funeral ceremony, 1727, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: lower left signed: "B. Picart el. et sculp dir 1727". At the upper part numbered in the printing plate: "57 | Tom VII. N. 40". Date: 1727 Keywords: Japanese culture; ritual; festivals; peoples; ethnology, 18th century, Baroque, Travel, Japan, Size: Paper: 39,8 cm x 46,0 cm (15,7 x 18,1 in), Plate: 32,3 cm x 42,0 cm (12,7 x 16,5 in), Depiction: 31,3 cm x 41,3 cm (12,3 x 16,3 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 29, 2025
B. PICART (*1673) after SAINT-JEAN (17th), Portrait of Jean de La Bruyère, Copper engraving
Est: €90 - €150
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam) after de Saint-Jean (17th century): Portrait des Schriftstellers Jean de La Bruyère (1639 - 1669), 17th century, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Date: 17th century Description: Frontispiz zu: La Bruyère, Jean de: Les Caractères de Théophraste, Tradu du Grec, avec les caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle. Keywords: before 18th century, Baroque, Portraits, France, Size: Paper: 15,5 cm x 9,2 cm (6,1 x 3,6 in), Plate: 13,9 cm x 8,4 cm (5,5 x 3,3 in), Depiction: 13,3 cm x 7,9 cm (5,2 x 3,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 19, 2025
Picard, Bernard (Paris, Amsterdam 1673-1733)
Est: €80 - €96
Le grand sacrifice des canadiens à Quitci-Manitou où le grand esprit Kupferstich. In der Platte dat. 1723. 31×20 cm. R. (56452)
Leo Spik
Jun. 18, 2025
PICART, BERNARD (1673-1733). CONVOLUTE OF 71 PRINTS ON 38 LVS,
Est: €800 - €1,600
var. sizes, 19th/ early 20th cent. calf, folio. Part of backstrip lacking, joints split but good holding on cords, covers a bit worn/ chafed along extremities. With 3 bookplates on upper pastedown: (1) Edmond Foulc (1826-1916), number 426 in the auction catalogue of his collection: Catalogue d'une très importante collection de livres d'architecture, receuils d'ornements (...) (Paris, A. Besombes 1914). (2) Robert de Billy (1869-1953, French ambassador and author of a work on Proust). (3) Daniel Appia. Comprises a.o.: (1-7). Premier des magnifiques carosses de monseigneur le Duc d'Ossuna ambassadeur de (...) Philippe V. pour la Paix faits pour l'entrée publique de son Excellence a Utrecht M.D.C.C.XIII. Amst., B. Picart, 1714, engr. title and 6 plates (1x double-p.). Title evenly browned, first and 2nd plate foxed. The description in the Foulc auction catalogue, apart from listing the above series, also provides pinpoint information on the other prints in the convolute: "Vignettes, fleurons, cul-de-lampe et figures pour illustrer les Oeuvres de Fontenelle. 1728. (Tirage à part des vignettes et fleurons. 4 gr. planches seulement au lieu de 6). 63 p." (63 ills. incl. 4 (of 6) full-p. plates). "Une planche: Ira cedit, favet dum hymen Amori."
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Portrait of the Earl of Athlone, 1729, Copper engraving
Est: €120 - €200
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): Portrait of Godert, Earl of Athlone with Allonge Wig, 1729, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Middle left signed in the printing plate: "B. Picart sculp. dir. 1729.". Lower middle inscribed in the printing plate: "GODERT GRAAF VAN ATHLONE, VELDTMARSCHALK GENERAAL DER VEREE= NIGDE NEDERLANDEN &c. &c. &c.". Date: 1729 Person: Earl Godert 1. de Ginkell, Athlone (1644 Utrecht - 1703 Utrecht) Keywords: Portrait of a ruler, man, wig, armour, 18th century, Baroque, Portraits, Netherlands, Size: Paper: 27,8 cm x 19,7 cm (10,9 x 7,8 in), Plate: 26,5 cm x 18,0 cm (10,4 x 7,1 in), Depiction: 24,6 cm x 17,0 cm (9,7 x 6,7 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), The Inca sun festival Inti Raymi, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): Der Tag des großen Sonnenfestes, "Maniere d'alumer le FEU SACRE chez les PERUVIENS" - "On the first day of the great FEAST of the SUN, the YNCAS presents him with a vase of liquor and invites him to drink", Buchillustration, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Signed "B. Piscart del." below the lower image on the left; numbered "83" above the image within the printing plate; inscribed "Tom. VII. No. 30." Date: 1723 Description: Page from the book published in 1723 by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam): "Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart". The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. The French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam) studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Architecture, France, Size: Laid paper: 40,0 cm x 24,5 cm (15,7 x 9,6 in), Plate: 34,3 cm x 22,3 cm (13,5 x 8,8 in), Depiction: 14,5 cm x 20,0 cm (5,7 x 7,9 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Sacrifice of a Black Lamb, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): "Sacrifice of a Black Lamb", "Feast in Honour of the Sun", Die Opferung eines schwarzen Lammes, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Watermark: Undeterminable watermark Date: Inscription: Signed and dated on the left below the lower depiction "B. Picart invenit 1723."; numbered "84" above the upper depiction within the plate and inscribed "Tom. VI No. 31.". Each titled below the image "Sacrifice d'un Agneau noir le jour de la grand Fête du Soleil", "Festin à l'honneur du Soleil le jour du grand Ramy." Page from the book by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam) published in 1723: Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart. The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. The French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam) studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Date: 1723 Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Animals, France, Size: Laid paper: 39,9 cm x 24,5 cm (15,7 x 9,6 in), Plate: 33,3 cm x 21,8 cm (13,1 x 8,6 in), Depiction: 15,0 cm x 20,9 cm (5,9 x 8,2 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), The ceremonial worship of the sun, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): The staging of the ceremonial worship of the sun among the Incas, "L'YNCAS consacre son VAZE au SOLEIL" - "L'YNCAS vient recevoir les OFRANDES que ses SUJETS font au SOLEIL", book illustration, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Signed "B. Piscart del." below the lower image on the left, inscribed "Tom VII. No. 29", numbered "82" above the upper image. Date: 1723 Description: Page from the book published in 1723 by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam): "Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart". The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. The French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam) studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Religious, France, Size: Laid paper: 40,0 cm x 24,5 cm (15,7 x 9,6 in), Depiction: 14,5 cm x 20,0 cm (5,7 x 7,9 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Marriage of the Indians of Panama, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): "Heirat der Indianer von Panama", "Marriage of the Indians of Panama - Parents & Friends Clearing the Land for the Newlyweds", Buchillustration, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Signed on the left below the lower image. Date: 1723 Description: Page from the book published in 1723 by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam): "Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart". The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. The French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam) studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Religious, France, Size: Laid paper: 38,7 cm x 23,0 cm (15,2 x 9,1 in), Depiction: 15,0 cm x 20,7 cm (5,9 x 8,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Sacrifice of a Black Lamb, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): "Sacrifice of a Black Lamb", "Feast in Honour of the Sun", Die Opferung eines schwarzen Lammes, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Signed on the left below the lower depiction "B. Picart, del. Each titled below the image "Sacrifice d'un Agneau noir le jour de la grand Fête du Soleil", "Festin à l'honneur du Soleil le jour du grand Ramy." Page from the 1723 book by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam): Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart. The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. The French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam) studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Date: 1723 Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Animals, France, Size: Laid paper: 38,7 cm x 22,8 cm (15,2 x 9 in), Depiction: 14,8 cm x 20,8 cm (5,8 x 8,2 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 15, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), The blood marriage of the Incas, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): The blood marriage of the Incas, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Signed on the left below the lower depiction "B. Picart del. Each titled below the illustration "MANIERE dont L'yncas marié ceux de son SANG.", "On COUPE les CHEVEUX, et on donne un NOM aux FILS de L'YNCAS." With illustrations of great artistic quality by the French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam). He studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Date: 1723 Description: Page from the book published in 1723 by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam): "Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart" The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. It depicts the blood marriage of the Incas and the ceremony of naming a child by cutting its hair. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Costumes, France, Size: Laid paper: 38,7 cm x 22,8 cm (15,2 x 9 in), Depiction: 15,0 cm x 20,5 cm (5,9 x 8,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 11, 2025
Picart Bernard (1673-1733) Impostures Innocentes ou Recueil D’Estampes... Amsterdam, chez la veuve de Bernard Picart, 1734
Est: €400 - €600
In-folio. Rilegatura coeva in piena pelle. Bell’esemplare marginoso. Raccolta di 67 tavole più altre fuori numerazione
Cambi Casa d'Aste
Jun. 05, 2025
Bernard PICARD (1673-1733)
Est: €20 - €40
Bernard PICARD (1673-1733) Silène, Vénus et Cupidon Gravure en noir Dimensions à vue : 33,5 x 24 cm
HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
Jun. 01, 2025
Bernard Picart, Engraving on Paper from History of The Conquest of Florida
Est: $200 - $800
Original 18th-century engraving by Bernard Picart, published in the French edition of Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride (History of the Conquest of Florida), Volume II. This framed double-plate illustration includes two scenes: the upper panel depicts Floridian widows petitioning their king for aid after the loss of their husbands in war, flanked by hermaphrodites assigned to care for the ill and bury the dead; the lower panel shows the widows casting their hair upon the graves of their spouses in an act of mourning. The engravings are finely executed in Picart's signature style, rich in narrative and expressive linework. Bernard Picart was a prominent French engraver renowned for his book illustrations, particularly in historical, mythological, and religious works. A master of expressive figures and detailed settings, he played a key role in Enlightenment publishing, including the influential Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. His engravings combined artistic elegance with ethnographic curiosity, exemplified in this visual interpretation of Garcilaso de la Vega's colonial chronicle. Presented in a double-matted black decorative frame. Artist: Bernard Picart (France, 1673-1733) Issued: c. 1730 Dimensions: 14"L x 18.75"H Country of Origin: France
Lion and Unicorn
May. 23, 2025
Picart, Bernard (1673-1733). "Les ceremonies des petites messes representées en trente cinq figures (...)".
Est: €50 - €70
Picart, Bernard (1673-1733). "Les ceremonies des petites messes representées en trente cinq figures (...)". Four etched lvs. after Sebastien LE CLERC, each w. 9 scenes (1x title and 8 scenes), 38,5x20,5 cm. = From A. MOUBACH, Naaukeurige beschryving der uitwendige godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt (The Hague, 1727). AND 14 other large bible prints, partly after the same and C. HOET.
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May. 21, 2025
BERNARD PICART: IMPOSTURES INNOCENTES
Est: -
Bernard Picart Impostures innocentes ou recueil d'estampes d'apres divers peintres illustres, tels que Rafael, le Guide, Carlo Maratti, le Poussin, Rembrandr, &c. Gravées à leur imitation, & selon le gout particulier de chacun d'eux, & accompagnées d'un Discours sur le Préjugés de certains Curieux touchant la Gravure. Par Bernard Picart, dessinateur et graveur: avec son eloge historique, et le catalogue de ses ouvrages Amsterdam, la veuve de Bernad Picart, 1734 Gestochenes Frontispiz, gestochener Titel, 34 pp., 78 Kupferstiche auf 67 Tafeln, stockfleckig, leimschattig; roter Halbledereinband, goldgeprägtes Rückenschild mit dem Monogramm "AS" Albert Sachsen-Teschen, leicht beschmutzt und berieben, 2° (42 x 26 cm); Das Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Herzog Albert von Sachsen-Teschen (Moritzbrug 1738 - Wien 1822). "Die unschätzbare Bibliothek ... wurde, da nicht ausdrücklich im Fidei-Kommißinventar als Bestandteil der Kunstsammlung, was sie natürlich faktisch war, angeführt, den privaten Erben im Jahre 1820 übergeben und von diesen bis 1935 völlig zerstreut" (Katalog 200 Jahre Albertina, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, 1969, S. 137); Barbara Dossi, Albertina / Sammlungsgeschichte und Meisterwerke, 1998, Abbildungen S. 24, 42. Geschäftsauflösung Wolfdietrich Hassfurther Brunet, IV, 630
Im Kinsky
Apr. 19, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Sultana Asseki or Sultan Queen, 1741, Copper engraving
Est: €300 - €400
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): The Sultana Asseki or Sultana Queen, interior scene, 1741, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "B. Picart sculp. dir. ". Lower middle inscribed in the printing plate: "La Sultane Asseki, ou Sultane Reine.". Date: 1741 Description: The depiction shows the first wife of the Ottoman sultan in an interior decorated with carpets and curtains. She is dressed in precious robes and stands to the side in front of her lady-in-waiting, who has prepared tea on a side table. Source: Antoine Banier (1673 Dallet-1741 Paris) Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, 1741 | Book, Science Keywords: Sultan, Queen, Orient, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman, Ermine, Carpets, Tea, 18th century, Baroque, People, France, Size: Paper: 43,5 cm x 26,6 cm (17,1 x 10,5 in), Plate: 32,5 cm x 21,5 cm (12,8 x 8,5 in)
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Les Danaides - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the myth of the Danaids, "condemned to fill bored vessels with water". Plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del. 1730" engraved under the frame, on the lower left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual yellowing of the margins and a minor stain on the left margin.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Telephe Guéri - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the myth of Telephus and his healing. Plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del. 1730" engraved under the frame, on the lower left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual yellowing of the margins and a minor stain on the left margin.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Combat de Bellerophon Contre la Chimere - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Bellerophon fighting the Chimoera. Beautiful plate with fresh impression and sharp details, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del. 1731" engraved under the frame, on the lower left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some light foxings on margins and some vertical folds on the left margin in correspondence of the binding. The engraved image is in perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - La Mort d'Hercule - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Deluge. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del. 1730" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In excellent conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some visible foxing on the right margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions. Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in 1742 in French by Zacharias Chatelain. The engravings had captions in four languages: French, English, German, and Dutch.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Tithon - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Tithonus. Beautiful plate with very fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del." under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some light vertical folds on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxing on the margins, and a little rip on the higher-right margin. Overall the engraved image is in perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Oenée - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Œnée, "the king of Calydon, having neglected Diana in a sacrifice, is punished for his impiety" as the capture reports. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del.1731" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In excellent conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some light vertical folds on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxings on the margins. Overall the engraved image is in perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Meleagre et Atalante - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Meleager presenting the boar's head to Atalanta. Superb plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del." under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In excellent conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some light vertical folds on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxings on the margins. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Clytie - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Clytia, changed into a sunflower. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del.1731" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In excellent conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some light vertical folds on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxings on the higher margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Leucothoé et Apollon - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing "Leucothoe seduced by Apollo in the shape of Eurynome", as the capture reports. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del.1731" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some ink minor stain on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxings on the lower margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Deucalion et Pyrrha - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Grrek myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha, "repeopling the World by throwing some stones behind them, as the capture reports. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del. 1731" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In excellent conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some visible stains on the right margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions.
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Apr. 15, 2025
Picart Bernard - Le Déluge - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Est: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Deluge. Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del. 1730" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In excellent conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some visible foxing on the right margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions. Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in 1742 in French by Zacharias Chatelain. The engravings had captions in four languages: French, English, German, and Dutch.
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Mar. 22, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), Whitsun in the Netherlands, 1732, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): Whitsun and Epiphany in the Netherlands, 1732, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "B. Picart invenit. et del.". lower left dated: "1732". Date: 1732 Description: Three genre-like scenes of traditional church festivals in the Netherlands. Multi-figured scenes with figures in traditional costumes typical of the time and place. Keywords: Pentecost, Epiphany, Church, Christianity, Epiphany, Three Kings, Wise Men from the East, 18th century, Classicism, Religious, Netherlands, Size: Paper: 33,5 cm x 22,5 cm (13,2 x 8,9 in), Plate: 32,8 cm x 22,0 cm (12,9 x 8,7 in)
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Mar. 22, 2025
B. PICART (1673-1733), The blood marriage of the Incas, 1723, Copper engraving
Est: €75 - €125
Bernard Picart (1673 Parus - 1733 Amsterdam): The blood marriage of the Incas, 1723, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Watermark: Undeterminable watermark Date: Inscription: Signed on the left below the lower depiction "B. Picart del. Each titled below the image "MANIERE dont L'yncas marié ceux de son SANG.", "On COUPE les CHEVEUX, et on donne un NOM aux FILS de L'YNCAS.". Numbered "85" above the upper illustration, inscribed on the right below the lower illustration "Tom. VII. No. 33." With illustrations of great artistic quality by the French engraver and book illustrator Bernard Picart (1673 Paris - 1733 Amsterdam). He studied drawing at the Académie Royale; in 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked mainly as an engraver. Date: 1723 Description: Page from the book published in 1723 by the French author and publisher Jean Frédéric Bernard (1680 Velaux, Provence - 1744 Amsterdam): "Cérémonies et coûtumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde représentés par des figures dessinées par Bernard Picart". The seven-volume folio edition on the ceremonies and cultic expressions of all known religions was a bestseller of the Age of Enlightenment despite its high price. It was above all Bernard Picart's illustrations, which were popular with the public, that gave the work its special significance. It depicts the blood marriage of the Incas and the ceremony of naming a child by cutting its hair. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Costumes, France, Size: Laid paper: 40,0 cm x 23,5 cm (15,7 x 9,3 in), Depiction: 14,8 cm x 20,4 cm (5,8 x 8 in)
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