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

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th centu...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Savoy Coat of Arms - Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Savoy Coat of Arms is a lithograph print on paper, realized in the 19th Century. Good conditions with diffused foxing. The coat of arms, is made up of a cross surmounted by a crown...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Grasshopper Driving a Parrot-Cart - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grasshopper Driving a Parrot-Cart from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni after Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Goo...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Sphinx - Ancient Roman Art - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sphinx - Ancient Roman Art, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Anonymous Artist in the 18th ce...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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

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

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Etching

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Giovanni Battista Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Giovanni Battista Casanova (1735-1810). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original tit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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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. Signed on the plate. Good conditions...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Lithograph

Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 61 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Claud...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Monk in the Cornfield - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Monk in the Cornfield 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 editi...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Animal Figures - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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

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Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene 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. Th...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Colleggio Nazzareno - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Colleggio Nazzareno is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except for margins with som...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Portrait Of Jan Six - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Jan Six is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful piece of a...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Antiquities of Herculaneum- Original Etching By F. Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Still Life, original etching from the end of the 18th century, realized by Francesco Cepparuli. Signed on the lower left on the plate Francesco Cepparuli....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Collegio De Neofiti - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio De Neofiti is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions and aged mar...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Archangel - Original Lithograph - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Archangel is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the first half of the 19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin in Capit...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Etching

Oil Lamps With Cupid - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamps With Cupid from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching bel...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Oil Lamp - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp 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 of Attila - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Attila 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"...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, 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 lower ...
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18th Century 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

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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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by An anonymous artist 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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Letter D - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter D 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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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Rider - Original Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rider is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. Titled on the lower center. Signed on the plate on the lower left. Includ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Genesis 1 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 1 -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

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

Offering Vesta - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Offering Vesta from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is a Hand-colored etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Architectural Fresco - Original Etching by C. Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Architectural Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty after Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the serie of "the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. I...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Letter V - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter V is an etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Expose...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Joshua 10 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Joshua 10 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm The artwork is in good condition with some foxing. Together Giovanni Lanfranco with Sisto Badalocchio (q.v.), he was a pupil in Parma of Agostino Carracci (1557-1602). Again with Badalocchio, he traveled to Rome in 1602, following Agostino's death, to work under Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), where the two assisted him with, among other projects, the completion of the decoration of the Galleria Farnese. Lanfranco's return to Rome in 1612, he was for long the close rival of Domenichino (q.v.) for some of the most prestigious commissions of the day. Lanfranco's reputation was secured by his 'proto-Baroque', illusionistic fresco in the style of Correggio in the dome of S.Andrea della Valle, painted in 1625-7. In 1634 Lanfranco transferred to Naples, where he painted fresco decorations in the Gesu Nuovo (1634-5); the Certosa di S. Martino (1637-8/9; see 1967,0211.2); SS Apostles (1638-46; see 1895,0915.728); and the Cappella del Tesoro in the cathedral of S. Gennaro. He returned to Rome in 1646, where his last major commission from him was his fresco decoration of the 'Glory of St Carlo Borromeo...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet I - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet I, 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

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

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

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Landing of the French in Africa - Original Lithograph - 1846
Located in Roma, IT
Landing of the French in Africa is an original hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. Titled on the lower center "I Francesi S...
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1840s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Carlo Nolli - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Liberation of Angels from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with folding, a cut,...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late ed...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet B - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet B, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century. G...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching P. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions excep...
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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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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", London, Be...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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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

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Anti...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Hunting Cupid - Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hunting Cupid from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to ...
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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 Fresco Herculaneum - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campan in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ex...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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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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