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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 on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hermes, Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ludovico Boily in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on t...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Athena Goddess, Ancient Roman Statue - Etching on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Athena Goddess, Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ludovico Boily in the 18th century. Signed on the pla...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd 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 t...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Etching

Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", L...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

In The Cemetery - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
In The Cemetery is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard...
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1850s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Busts - Etching - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Busts from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good condition, exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ni asi la Distingue - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
"Ni asi la Distingue" is an original aquatint realized by Francisco Goya in 1799, from Los Caprichos series, Plate 7, first edition. Rare and in ...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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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Etching

The Tree - Lithograph - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Tree is a lithograph print on ivory-colored paper realized in the mid-20th century by an anonymous artist. Good conditions. The artwork is created through strong and quick stro...
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Etching

Self-Portrait, Leaning Forward, Listening-Engraving after Rembrandt-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait, Leaning Forward, Listening is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of a...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Man in Hat with Earflaps - Etching after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By D'Après Rembrandt
Located in Roma, IT
Man in Hat with Earflaps is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Etching

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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Etching

Monument With Figures - Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Monument With Figures is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Artifacts - Etching by Carlo Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Artifacts is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing an...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Letter S - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S Harculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bird Fresco - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bird Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditi...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1773
Located in Roma, IT
View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1773. Precoius roman edition. Complete title on the lower ma...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Sacrifice - Original Etching by F. Cecchini After A. Tofanelli - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
“Sagrifizio Trionfale” is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790-1820), after Agostino Tofanelli (Lucca 177...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Repos Pendant la Fuitre en Egypte - Original Lithograph - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Repos Pendant la Fuitre en Egypte is an original Etching realized by an unknown French artist in 17th century. Late 18th century edition. Good condition except for a missing co...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter I - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet I, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Mignani in the 18th centur...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient View of Kloster Braunau - Original Lithograph - First Half 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Kloster Braunau is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin in Capital Let...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

Portrait - Original Etching after Antoon Van Dyck - 19th Cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Etching realized after Antoon Van Diyck (1599-1641). The artwork is in very good condition, included a cream colored cardboard pass...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Etching

Landscape - Etching - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an old master artwork realized by Artist of late 17th Century. Etching on paper. Includes frame 31.8 x 37 cm
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salmacis et Hermaphrodite - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and a beautiful use of chiaroscuro,...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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 conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Antiquity of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquity of Herculaneum, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen i...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Virgin and Child with the Pear
Located in New York, NY
Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), Virgin and Child with the Pear, engraving, 1520. Initials monogram and date in the plate. References: Bartsch 18, Pauli, Hollstein 19. First state (of two). In good condition, on old laid paper with thread margins on three sides, trimmed on the platemark bottom right and bottom, and archival mounting. h: 4.5 x w: 3 in / h: 11.4 x w: 7.6 cm A very good impression of this rarity. Hollstein indicates that earlier impressions, such as this one, do not have a scratch above the head of the Virgin. Beham was one of the Northern Renaissance Little Masters, so called because of their eminence in producing small-scale engravings such as the Virgin and Child with a Pear. Beham was born in Nuremberg in 1500, and may have trained under Durer, though his training is no more certain than that of his younger brother Barthel. He made his first engraving in 1518, and later became known for producing woodcuts as well. Beham’s Madonna with the Pear has a similar composition but in reverse to Durer’s engraving...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Seated Woman Holding her Shirt - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Woman Holding her Shirt is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1658. This wonderful piece of art belongs ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Cupid In Three Frames - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etch...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Capital letter S - the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter S from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good condition, except for some...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, 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 the lower...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Half Moon Oil Lamps With Cupid - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Half Moon Oil Lamps With Cupid and Artemis from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good condi...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Cupid And Animals - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid And Animals - Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century. Signed on the p...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Exo.24 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Exo.24 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 31 x 35 cm The artwork is ...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Chiesa e Spedale di S.Giovanni di Dio - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa e Spedale di S.Giovanni di Dio is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except fo...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Arrival of the Angels - Original Etching by J.B. Huet - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrival of the Angels is an original artwork realized by Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811) in the Late 19th Century. Etching print. Signed on plate. Good conditions. The artwork...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions except for some minor stains and a cutting ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Still Life - Original Etching by Filippo De Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th century. Signed on the plate. Good ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Still Life - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Cesarano and Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the pla...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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The Portrait - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and th...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Legendary Creatures - Etching Giovanni 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 conditions. T...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Olympus, Daphnis and Pan - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Olympus, Daphnis, and Pan from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Philippo Morghen and Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good con...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Rembrandt's Mother with Black Veil I- Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rembrandt's Mother with Black Veil I is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1631. This ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman statue of an Angel - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue of an angel, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 1...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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A Bacchante Holding a Box - Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A Bacchante Holding a Box from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged with ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Pietro Campana - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th century. Sig...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Still Life - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja after Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the pla...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ruega por Ella - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Ruega por Ella is an original etching realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. The plate is part of ...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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