Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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1770s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel
Early 1800s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal
Late 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite
17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Color Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
Early 1800s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
1840s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk
1770s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
1630s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Felt Pen
1760s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
1770s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
India Ink, Paper
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink
1770s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Vellum
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1770s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Chalk
Early 1600s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Pen
17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Pen
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil
16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pen, Laid Paper, Ink
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
1710s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Tempera
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
1860s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk, Carbon Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk
1740s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor
1740s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
1740s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Gouache, Pen
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pencil
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Vellum