Authentic Prints. Real History.

About Us

Our unique collection of prints, engravings, drawings and sketches begins with a passion for the antiquities spanning generations. My family has a long history of being art collectors and art dealers. It started with my great-grandfather from Trieste, who was a celebrated artist in the early 1900s. Painting was his trading but in those turbulent years, one day you would buy something you fancied and the next you would knock on the door of your wealthy friends and supporters with something to sell to survive, yes, but also to travel, to party, to promote your craft. Both my grandparents, artists at heart, bought and sold art for a living. My grandfather was the first to operate a shop in northern Italy, on the border with the South of France, specialised in atlases, maps, historical memorabilia and portraits. My mum followed suit with her own shop in Padua. Every month, we were either in France or England scouring the antique markets from Avignon to Montpellier, from London to Ardingly and once a year to New York and Boston. People from around the world would flock to her shop but also to her stands from the Mercante in fiera in Parma to Mantua to Venice, where she was the exhibitor. Within that world of European antiques, original prints, etchings and drawings represent a window into how previous centuries saw themselves and their world, but also how knowledge was documented and shared. With my mum well in her 80s, that legacy now travels south. Today, myself from Sydney and my sister from Italy, under the scrutinising eye of our 86yo mother, we continue what my grandparents began in Italy: sharing these rare, irreplaceable prints with collectors, interior decorators and art lovers who understand there is no substitute for originality. 

In an age of infinite digital reproduction and mass-produced posters and AI pseudo creations, there is something profound about holding an authentic etching in your hands—a work created centuries ago, hand-colored by artisans long departed, that has survived to reach you.

What We Offer

Every piece in our collection is genuinely unique. These are not reproductions, not modern facsimiles, but original etchings and engravings, many hand-colored by artisans in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Some are 200, 300, even 400 years old. They have survived in European archives and collections to reach your hands today.

Each work carries the marks of its age—foxing that speaks of centuries past, artist signatures and printer details, the particular patina that only genuine antiquity possesses. These imperfections are not flaws; they are proof of authenticity and the passage of time itself.

Why Collect With Us

Authenticity: Every item has been carefully vetted and selected according to the standards of the original dealer. We bring scholarly rigour to provenance and condition assessment.

Rarity: In an age of infinite digital reproduction, we trade in the genuinely irreplaceable. Once sold, these prints cannot be replaced—they exist nowhere else in the world in quite this form.

Connection to European Culture: From Palmyra's ancient ruins to the ports of Cartagena, from Roman palaces to fortified Mediterranean cities, our prints are windows into how Europeans of previous centuries imagined, documented, and dreamed about their world and beyond.

Inheritance, Not Transaction: We believe collectors should feel they are continuing a lineage, not simply making a purchase. You are receiving something that was carefully preserved through generations—something worth preserving further.

Whether you are a serious collector, a historian, a designer seeking authentic period references, or simply someone drawn to the craftsmanship and mystery of old objects, our collection speaks to that deeper appreciation for what endures.

A Note on Our Pieces

These prints were created during pivotal moments in European history—the Age of Enlightenment, the height of Grand Tour enthusiasm, the era when distant lands fascinated armchair travellers. They were expensive, prestigious objects. That they survived at all is remarkable. That we can offer them now is a privilege.