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Old Masters Figurative Prints

OLD MASTERS

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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Style: Old Masters
Hermes, Ancient Roman Statue- Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hermes, Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Bathers - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bathers is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Portrait of Nobleman - Pencil Drawing - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Nobleman is a Pencil and Pastel Drawing realized by an unknown artist of late 18th century. Good condition on a little yellowed paper...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

The White Arab - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The White Arab is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This specimen belongs to an edition of the late 19th ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Apollo God With his Lyre - Etching by Pietro Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Apollo God With his Lyre from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Goo...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Samuel 14 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 14 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

With King's Privilege - Original Etching by Pierre Charles Trémolières - 18th
Located in Roma, IT
With King's Privilege is an Original Etching (chez Huquier) realized by Pierre Charles Trémolières (1703-1739 Paris). The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper, included ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Death of Mireille - Etching by Eugène Burnand - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Death of Mireille is an etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized thr...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Obsequio a El Maestro - Etching and Aquatint by Francisco Goya - 1869
Located in Roma, IT
Obsequio a el Maestro is an original artwork realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching on wove paper. This artwork belongs to the Third Edition p...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Iconography of Pan, Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Iconography of Pan, Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Portrait - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th ce...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Julius Caesar Victo - Etching by Jean Lepautre - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Julius Caesar Victorious is an Etching realized by Jean Lepautre (1618-1682). The artwork describes the entry into Rome of Julius Caesar victorious. On the back of the paper the stamp of CHRISTUS PROTECTOR MEUS. Collection of Arenberg (Bruxelles and Westfalia). Jean Le Pautre or Lepautre (baptised 28 June 1618; died 2 February 1682) was a French designer and engraver, the elder brother of the architect Antoine Le Pautre, the father of the engravers Pierre Le Pautre and Jacques Le Pautre, and the uncle of the sculptor Pierre Lepautre. Jean Le Pautre was an apprentice to a carpenter and builder. In addition to learning mechanical and constructive work, he developed considerable skill with the pencil. His designs, innumerable in quantity and exuberant in content, consisted mainly of ceilings, friezes, chimney-pieces, doorways and mural decorations...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Landscape - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Dionysus Bacchus - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dionysus Bacchus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Aniello Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Lebec - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lebec is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge an...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. Good condition. Units of measurements typica...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Charles III, King of Spain - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Charles III, King of Spain is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni in the 1760s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Correccion - Etching and Aquatint by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Correccion is an original artwork realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching on wove paper. This artwork belongs to the Third Edition published in...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the l...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Satyr on Horseback - Etching by Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder - 1795
Located in Roma, IT
Satyr on Horseback is an original etching realized in 1795/1796 by Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder (1759-1835). Good Conditions except for being aged....
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient RomanFresco "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an etching realized by Filippo de Grado in the late 18th century. Signed on The plate Good conditions. The etching bel...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco With Mythological Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Carlo Oratij - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oratij in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The e...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Brigata Regina
Located in Roma, IT
Title at the center of the lower margin. Some visible stains and light abrasions on the margins, an evident rip in the left-margin of center. Interesting colored lithograph which de...
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1830s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Flora with her Nymphs, after Giulio Romano
Located in New York, NY
GIULIO BONASONE (1510-1576) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA1499-1546) Flora with her Nymphs engraving, circa1531-50, on laid paper, watermark Two crossed Arro...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Old Woman Sleeping - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Woman Sleeping is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late edition of t...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good condit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Seascape with Monument and Figures - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape with Monument and Figures is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title:...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hercules Labors - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercules Labors from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. T...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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View of the Cave known as Bergantino - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1762
Located in Roma, IT
View of the Cave known as Bergantino is an etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762. Very precious and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. C...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Cupids - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupids from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Lavega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged. The etching belong...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt - engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after Rembrandt by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful pi...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Angel - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Angel is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley,...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Decoration With Animals - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration With Animals is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Carlo Oratij - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Ortij in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G.Casanova in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower righ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Letter A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter A is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

No Hay Quien lo Socorra - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
No hay quien lo socorra is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810. Original Etching on paper. The artwork belongs to the famous series "L...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Phallus fascinum in ancient Roman religion, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized in the 18th century...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lovingly - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovingly from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Temple - Etching by Various Authors - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Temple from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Good conditions with folding. The etching...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Fresco from Herculaneum - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from Herculaneum, is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belong...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Seascape With Monuments - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape With Monuments is an Etching realized by Raffaele Barone (18th Century). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le A...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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The Concert Of Insects Between Roses - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Concert Of Insects Between Roses is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Publishe...
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1850s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”), an eight-volume volume of engravings of the finds from the excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Campania, Italy). It was published between 1757 and 1792 by the Regia Stamperia, and copies were delivered to selected recipients across Europe. Despite the title, the Antiquity of Herculaneum shows objects from all the excavations undertaken by the Bourbons in the Gulf of Naples. These include Pompeii, Stabia and two sites of Herculaneum: Resina and Portici. The Bourbon King Carlo appointed fifteen scholars creating a new “Herculaneum Academy” to study the artifacts and publish the results of the archaeological excavations of the sites. The engravings are of high quality and the accompanying text shows a large scholarship. They were realized by 25 prominent artists involved by the King to prepare drawings and engravings on the finds, among which we can find Giovanni Elia Morghen, Carlo Nolli, Luigi Vanvitelli, and Giovanni Battista Casanova. The “Antiquities” was designed more to amaze readers with the quality of the objects in the collection of the King of Naples than to be used in research., following and increasing the interest of 18th-century society for the classical culture and Art in particular. Through the exaltation of the classical concept of proportions and harmony, the book was of inspiration to the neoclassical movement in Europe, giving artists and decorators access to a huge shop of Hellenistic motifs.Oil Lamp With Animals...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Letter of the Alphabet S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Fianco della Strada Giulia - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fianco della Strada Giulia della Parte del Tevere is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimp...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching V. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Asclepius God, Flora Goddess and Cupid - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pan Teaching Daphnis To Play from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Landscape - Etching by Various Authors - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Landscape from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Landscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With Monuments and Figures is an Etching realized by Francesco Cepparuli (1750-1767). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (origina...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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A L'Image Notre Dame - Woodcut by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
A L'Image Notre Dame is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755. Good conditions. The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Oil Lamp - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Iacomino e Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. The ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Celestial Music - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - Early 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Celestial Music is an original black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754), the well-known ...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Anatomy Studies after Guido Reni - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies after Guido Reni is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing. Signed in the plate. The etching was realized for the anato...
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Old Masters figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters figurative prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of yellow, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Giuseppe Vasi, Vincenzo Campana, and Carlo Nolli. Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Engraving and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Old Masters figurative prints, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $66 and tops out at $350,000, while the average work sells for $308.

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