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Theodor de Bry, An Angel Trampling a Skeleton, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry

German · 1528–1598 · Printmaker

Theodore de Bry was a Walloon engraver, goldsmith, editor and publisher, famous for his depictions of early European expeditions to the Americas. The Catholic authorities… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Theodor de Bry, Pride and Folly (Orgueille et Follie) (Hollstein 178), 1558, Engraving on laid paper backed with japon, trimmed to or just within the platemarkPride and Folly (Orgueille et Follie) (Hollstein 178)Bonhams · $1,536≈ £1,260≈ €1,492Sign up to see
  2. Theodor de Bry, Occidentalis Americae partis' (Map of Florida and the West Indies), copper engraving on laid paperOccidentalis Americae partis' (Map of Florida and the West Indies)Toovey's · £900≈ $1,145≈ €1,044Sign up to see
  3. Theodor de Bry, Americae Pars Magis Cognita' (Map of America), monochrome engravingAmericae Pars Magis Cognita' (Map of America)Toovey's · £650≈ $935≈ €822Sign up to see

Theodor de Bry’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Theodor de Bry, Pride and Folly (Orgueille et Follie) (Hollstein 178), 1558, Engraving on laid paper backed with japon, trimmed to or just within the platemark
Pride and Folly (Orgueille et Follie) (Hollstein 178), 1558
Bonhams · Jan 17, 2025
$1,536Sign up free to see
Theodor de Bry, Occidentalis Americae partis' (Map of Florida and the West Indies), copper engraving on laid paper
Occidentalis Americae partis' (Map of Florida and the West Indies)
Toovey's · Aug 9, 2023
£900Sign up free to see
The Chief Applied to by Women Whose Husbands Have Died in the War or by Disease,?from A Brief Narration of Europeans in Florida, 1591
Brunk Auctions · May 15, 2020
$250Sign up free to see
Theodor de Bry, Americae Pars Magis Cognita' (Map of America), monochrome engraving
Americae Pars Magis Cognita' (Map of America)
Toovey's · Apr 20, 2016
£650Sign up free to see
Theodor de Bry, Ankunft der Spanier in Amerika, 1590, Kupferstiche aus "Amerika"
Ankunft der Spanier in Amerika, 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Sep 20, 2008
€70Sign up free to see
Theodor de Bry, Benzo cum comitibus, premente fame, Wohl 1594, Kupferstich
Benzo cum comitibus, premente fame, Wohl 1594
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Sep 20, 2008
€120Sign up free to see
Theodor de Bry, Commander of Madness (Duke of Alva) | Commander of Wisdom (William I of Orange), lot of two engravings of a series of four designs for richly decorated plates. Engraving
Commander of Madness (Duke of Alva) | Commander of Wisdom (William I of Orange)
Bertolami Fine Art · Feb 20, 2024
Theodor de Bry, Colloquvivum benzonis cvm cacico quodam in Nicaragua, de Christianorum moribus, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Colloquvivum benzonis cvm cacico quodam in Nicaragua, de Christianorum moribus, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, In di Hispanis aurum fitientibus, aurum lique factum infundunt, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
In di Hispanis aurum fitientibus, aurum lique factum infundunt, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, De expeditione à Barbaris fulcepta, cui me focium faciunt, & de us que in itinere acciderunt, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
De expeditione à Barbaris fulcepta, cui me focium faciunt, & de us que in itinere acciderunt, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Alia denuo nauis à Lufitanis ad flatum meum explorandum mittitur, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Alia denuo nauis à Lufitanis ad flatum meum explorandum mittitur, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, De armis & telis Barbarorum, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
De armis & telis Barbarorum, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Americae, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Americae, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Mancipium quoddam me apud Barbaros..., Um 1590, "
Mancipium quoddam me apud Barbaros..., Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Quomodo captiuos in reditu suo tractarint, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Quomodo captiuos in reditu suo tractarint, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Jeppipo Wasu Regulus ager cum suis domum reuertitur, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Jeppipo Wasu Regulus ager cum suis domum reuertitur, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Petrus alvaradus, absente cortesio mexicanos sua festa celebrantes strictis gladijs caedunt..., Um 1590, "... atque monilia, quibus erant ornati, detrrahunt"
Petrus alvaradus, absente cortesio mexicanos sua festa celebrantes strictis gladijs caedunt..., Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Americae, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Americae, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, De ys que acciderunt in reditu post comestum illud mancipium, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
De ys que acciderunt in reditu post comestum illud mancipium, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006
Theodor de Bry, Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590, Holzschnitt auf Bütten
Historia Nauigationis, Um 1590
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · Mar 18, 2006

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Theodor de Bry, An Angel Trampling a Skeleton, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler
An Angel Trampling a Skeleton, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler1580–1600 · Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …
Theodor de Bry, The Good Shepherd, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler
The Good Shepherd, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler1580–1600 · Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …
Theodor de Bry, Portrait of the Duke of Alva, from a Series of Tazza Designs
Portrait of the Duke of Alva, from a Series of Tazza Designsca. 1588 · Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …
Theodor de Bry, Charitas and the Acts of Charity, from a Series of Tazza Designs
Charitas and the Acts of Charity, from a Series of Tazza Designsca. 1588 · Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …
Theodor de Bry, Pride and Folly, from a Series of Tazza Designs
Pride and Folly, from a Series of Tazza Designsca. 1588 · Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …
Theodor de Bry, Portrait of William I of Orange, from a Series of Tazza Designs
Portrait of William I of Orange, from a Series of Tazza Designsca. 1588 · Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …
Theodor de Bry, Ornament for Knife Handle
Ornament for Knife Handleengraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Ornament for Knife Handle
Ornament for Knife Handleengraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Ornament for Knife Handle
Ornament for Knife Handleengraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Ornament for Knife Handle
Ornament for Knife Handleengraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Ornament for Knife Handle
Ornament for Knife Handleengraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Ornament for Knife Handle
Ornament for Knife Handleengraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Vrouw bereidt de doding van een gevangene voor
Vrouw bereidt de doding van een gevangene voor1538 - 1592
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
Theodor de Bry, Portret van Sigismund Feyerabend
Portret van Sigismund Feyerabend1595 - 1598
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
Theodor de Bry, Attack of the Portuguese and the Tupiniquins against the Tupinambás' huts
Attack of the Portuguese and the Tupiniquins against the Tupinambás' huts1592
Museu do Açude ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museu do Açude
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil
Cenas de Antropofagia no Brasil1596
Brasiliana Itaú Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brasiliana Itaú Collection
Theodor de Bry, The Seven Works of Charity
The Seven Works of Charity1588 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)
Theodor de Bry, Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie)
Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie)c. 1588 · Engraving in black with brush and black wash on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club — public domain …

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