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
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
Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Chiesa e Monastero di S. Chiara - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa e Monastero di S. Chiara is a black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions and aged ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Rest - Original Lithograph by Achille Deveria - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rest is an original hand-colored lithograph realized by Achille Deveria. The artwork is hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower left. Very...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Beggar in a High Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized bu Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In ...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Capital Letter L for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-Etching-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter L for 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
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by F.Martano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by F. Martano in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower righ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of the 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series"Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed" is an original etching from the end of the 18th century.
In very good condition, except for some...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino - Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of R...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Il Ponte Palatino - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Il Ponte Palatino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Painting - Original Etching by R. Pozzi, N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman painting - Attendance Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi and Nicola Vanni in the 18th century....
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Segoni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Segoni in the 18th century.Signed on the plate on the lower r...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
A Slave Flayed, Peruvians' Desolation during a Sun Eclipse - by G. Pivati
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
A Slave flayed by the Enemies, Peruvians desolation during an Eclipse of the Sun is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianf...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Funeral Honours and Burial of the Peruvian Leaders - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral Honours and Burial of the Peruvian leaders is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, representing the funera...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Gallo - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Gallo 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 a...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Anticaglie Preso Il Ponte Palatino - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anticaglie Preso Il Ponte Palatino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lowe...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Porta Angelica - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Porta Angelica 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 margins...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Tempio della Fortuna - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tempio della Fortuna is an original etching hand watercolored of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions and aged...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of After Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Know...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Chiesa della SS. Trinità - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa della SS. Trinità is a black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions and aged margins...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Fontana dell'Acque Paola - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fontana dell'Acque Paola sul Monte Gianicolois an original etching of the Late 18th century, hand watercolored, realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Porta S. Pancrazio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Porta S. Pancrazio 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
Chiesa Di S. Giorgio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa Di S. Giorgio is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
Signed and title...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
View of Oran - Original Lithograph - 1846
Located in Roma, IT
View of Oran is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century.
Titled in Italian on the lower center "Oran".
The state of...
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1840s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Music and Poetry Program - Original Litograph - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Music and poetry program is a litograph realized by an unknown artist in 1880.
This beautiful artwork rapresents a music and poetry program. In very ...
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1880s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano
Located in Roma, IT
Entire Title : Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano tre miglia da Tivoli
Like G.B.Piranesi, Rossini, well know as the “Piranesi’s heir”, trained as an arch...
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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
La Fuite - Original Etching by Marcel Roux after J.F. Millet - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Fuite is an original print in etching technique on ivory paper, realized by Marcel Roux, a French engraver and sculptor, after J.F. Millet (French Pain...
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19th 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
Les Gemeaux Castor et Pollux - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and an elegant line, from the v...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Urias - Original Etching by Crispijin van de Passe - Early 1600
By Crispijn van de Passe
Located in Roma, IT
Urias is an original artwork realized by Crispijn van de Passe in the first half of the XVII Century.
Original burin after an original by Martin de Vox chez Sadeler. Passepartout i...
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Early 17th Century 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 typical of the period in the lower center...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Smoker and the Drinker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adriaen Van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685)
Title: The Smoker and the Drinker
Year: 1650
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Image (plate mark) size...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
No Quiren - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
No quiren 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 "Los Desastres de la Guerra" realized during the years of the Independence Spanish War, published in 1863 and representing the horrors and the despair of the War.
Signature appears upside down in the lower right corner. Titled on the lower central margin "No Quiren" (Not Even Them). Numbered on the lower left corner. Etching N. 9.
Very good conditions.
A Napoleonic soldier...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Bust of Geta - by P. Fontana - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 48.4 x 33.2 cm
Busto di Geta (Bust of Geta) is a superb black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Pietro Fontana, after Agostino Tofanelli, as the inscriptions on plate on the lower margin report “Agostino Tofanelli delineò / Pietro Fontana incise Roma”.
This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on the higher margin: “Tom II. / Tav. XXII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..) date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome in 1821.
This old master’s original print shows a beautiful piece of the Borghese's collection: a marble bust of Geta in a neoclassical style. Geta (full name Publius Septimius Geta) was the son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, and the brother of Caracalla. He was a Roman co-emperor from 209 to 212 AD, first with his father and then with his brother. His biography is very interesting: he was the younger son of Septimius Severus and his second wife; his face was obliterated because of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother Caracalla, who had him assassinated.
In excellent conditions, with some light signs of time, some sporadic minor stains along the lower margin, and a usual and imperceptible yellowing of the paper on the margins. This wonderful etching has preserved its charming and fresh impression.
Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano, 1762 – Rome, 1837)
The Italian artist and engraver Pietro Fontana was active in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy. He started his career as student of Raffaello Morghen...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by F. Cepparoli - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli.
Signed on the plate, on the lower right....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, 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 low...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Japanese Funeral Procession - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Funeral Procession
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate XLVIII
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Beggar and Beggar - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar and Beggar, Coming From Behind a Hillock is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art bel...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1655. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an edition of the la...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate on the low...
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Late 18th Century 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
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 typical of the period in the lower center ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carol Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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 Bas-Reliefs - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lowe...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 18th century.
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed- Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition..
The etchin...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Liber Veritatis - Plate 148 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Clau...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Old Man in a Long Cloak - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Man in a Long Cloak Sitting in an Armchair is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful piece...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Offering a Flower - Original Lithograph by J. B. V. Loutrel - Mid 19th Century
By Jean Bactiste Victor Loutrel
Located in Roma, IT
Offering a Flower is a beautiful black and white lithograph by the French artist Jean Bactiste Victor Loutrel (1821-1908). Signed on plate on lower right margin "V. Loutrel", and pr...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate on the lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Al Conde Palatino - Origina Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Al Conde Palatino is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya and published in 1799.
Original etching on wove paper.
This beautiful Etching belongs to the Third Edition of th...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by G.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 and others in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous Artist in the 18th Century.
S...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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.