Sartoni Antique Prints

    Member of ANZAAB - Australia

    Antique Prints Australiana Botanical Art & Prints Maps New Zealand Tasmaniana

Sartoni Prints was established by Jader Sartoni in Paris in 2004, continuing his family's history as book and print dealers in both Paris and Italy, from early 1920s. Situated near Hôtel Drouot auction house, Jader specialised in old master and decorative prints, maps, drawings - extending to Japanese prints and tribal art . Now based in Brisbane, Sartoni Antique Prints also continues to maintain a presence in Europe.

Contact Information
Phone: +0411 735 773
Website: https://sartoniantiqueprints.com/

Highlights
“CARTE DE LA NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE”
$2750
“CARTE DE LA NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE” 1824 Cartographer: LOUIS CLAUDE DE SAULCES DE FREYCINET (1779-1841) COPPER ENGRAVING DESCRIPTION: Rare updated version of Freycinet’s seminal map of Australia which was first issued in 1807 in a larger format in the accounts of the French expedition under the command of Nicholas Baudin. Freycinet was the cartographer for the expedition and his map of Australia was the first to show a complete coastline of the Continent before Matthew Flinders’s chart which was issued in 1814 due to his imprisonment on Mauritius Island by the French...
View More
“NYMPHEE”
$1450
Artist: ROBERTO MATTA (Santiago 1911- Civitavecchia 2002), Chilean artist. Title: “NYMPHEE” 1979 ETCHING & AQUATINT PRINTED IN COLOUR DESCRIPTION: "Nymphee" is a colourful Roberto Matta large etching from his portfolio “Requiem pour la Fin des Temps”. Signed and numbered in pencil with the publisher blind-stamps: “George Visat” lower right and “Galleria dell’Incisione Milano” lower left. NOTE: Original etching and aquatint printed in colour on wove paper “ARCHES". Signed in pencil by the artist. Numbered 58/100 lower left; limited edition of 100.
View More
“ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL WITH SYDNEY HARBOUR IN THE BACKGROUND"
$1650
LEON WILLIAM HANSON    [signed R. PARSONS, pseudonym of] (Australian 1918-2011) 1950s OIL ON CANVAS ON BOARD - DESCRIPTION: Panoramic view of Sydney Harbour with a detailed depiction of St. Mary's Cathedral, with Archibald Fountain lower left. The street in front of the cathedral is animated with people, vehicles and a tramway; a ferry is navigating in the Harbour. Interesting depiction of this historical part of Sydney and the Harbour. Printed description at the back, ending with: "Gift of Marcel Chicoteau to Sister Frances O'Donogue". Marcel Chicoteau, French art historian and archae...
View More
"THE CARD PLAYERS AND DEATH"
$4800
JAN LIEVENS (Leyden 1607- Amsterdam 1674) - Dutch school "THE CARD PLAYERS AND DEATH" c.1638 ETCHING In Lievens "Fighting Card Players and Death", two men come to blows over a game. One threatens his opponent with a knife, overturning the gaming board in the process, while the other seizes a jug and retaliates. Death, wearing an ivy crown and waving a bone as a club, joins the fray, grabs the man with the knife by the shirt, and prepares to strike him. While themes related to life's brevity and the elusiveness of worldly possessions occur in seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painting...
View More
"PHYSIQUE" [PHYSICS]
$650
From: “TABLEAUX ACCOMPLIS DE TOUS LES ARTS LIBÉRAUX” contenans brièvement et clerement par... - 1587 - CHRISTOPHE DE SAVIGNY (Savigny[?] 1530- c.1587) WOODCUT Christophe de Savigny's "Tableaux accomplis de tous les arts libéraux"; one of the sixteen full-page woodcuts representing diagrams of all liberal arts. Very decorative diagram, in colourful oval ornamental border, consisting of words linked together which explain the liberal art in question. Very Rare. Original woodcut printed on thin French laid paper with watermark: "Hand",Published in Paris by Gourmont frères in 1587, First Edition.
View More
”VEDUTA DEL PONTE MOLLE SUL TEVERE DUE MIGLIA LONTAN DA ROMA" [THE PONTE MOLLE]
$2850
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720-Roma 1778), Italian school. ”VEDUTA DEL PONTE MOLLE SUL TEVERE DUE MIGLIA LONTAN DA ROMA", 1762. ETCHING Original etching from the "Vedute di Roma". This superb etching depicts the historic Ponte Milvio, known in Piranesi's day as the Ponte Molle, spanning the River Tiber just north of Rome. One of the most celebrated crossings into the city since antiquity, the bridge is presented not merely as a topographical landmark... NOTE: Life-time Rome edition on thick Roman laid paper. First state of four, with address and price; Hind, 64 [i/iv].
View More
”XANSI" Imperii Sinarvm Provincia Secvnda.
$1500
”XANSI" Imperii Sinarvm Provincia Secvnda. 1655 Cartographer: JOAN BLAEU (Alkmaar 1596- Amsterdam 1673) COPPER ENGRAVING Very decorative map of the second Chinese province 'Xansi', with the typical high decorative title cartouche and the ornated mileage scale. The map itself covers the province Xansi, the centre of the map shows the cities Fuencheu, Taiyven, Che, Leao, Pingyang, Lugan, Hoaiking and many other smaller cities and place names. The upper left portion of the map is ornated with an impressive 'Great Wall'. Published in Blaeu's "NOVUS ATLAS SINENSIS" Ref: Koeman II, map 8422:2.
View More
“THE FLUTE-PLAYER” - (het Uylenspiegeltje)
$36000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN [REMBRAND] (Leyden 1606-Amsterdam 1669), Dutch school. “THE FLUTE-PLAYER” (het Uylenspiegeltje), 1642. ETCHING AND DRYPOINT A young couple resting beside a stream, the man playing flute with an owl perched on his shoulder, the girl making a flower garland at left. Shepherds do more than their fair share of walking, but their lives also provide ample opportunity for relaxation. It represents an amorous situation and Rembrandt played a transparent game.. Fourth state of four, without the face among the branches. Barstch 188, Hollstein Dutch 144, New Hollstein 211
View More
"INDIA ORIENTALIS" cum Adjacentibus Insulis Nova Delineatione ob oculos posita.
$2250
c.1742 MATTHAÜS SEUTTER (Augsburg 1678- 1757) COPPER ENGRAVING The map extends from China, Japan and Persia in the North and in the south stretching from The Maldives east to Northern Australia. Of note, Australia continues to be attached to Nova Guinea, albeit with some hesitation, as the image extends outside the inner neat-line to convey this information - even though 20+ names are confidently engraved around Northern Australia Coastline. Original contemporary hand-colouring. From: "Atlas Novus", published in Augsburg, c.1742. Ref: Norwich; M&B; Tooley.
View More