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
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
By Roccus Pozzi
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
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
Palmo Napolitano - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palmo Napolitano, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G. Morghen.
Signed on plate on the lower right.
Good conditions.
The et...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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 lowe...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Portrait of Gentleman - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gentleman is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Das Troizker Sergiuskloster - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Das Troizker Sergiuskloster 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 lowe...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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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Etching
The Temple of Peace - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Temple of Peace is an original black and white etching realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Good conditions except for the trace of being fold at the middle.
Sheet dimention:42 x 56
The...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Wedding among the Indians of Panama - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Wedding among the Indians of Panama; Relatives and friends tilling the couple's soil is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver G...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Naked Woman on a Mound by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 Dutch
Naked Woman on a Mound
Etching on paper
Etched by Rembrandt
New Hollstein 88, second state of II; Bartsch, Hollstein 198; Hind 43
One of the gr...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Avanzi di un Gran Salone nel piano terra della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli
Located in Roma, IT
Like G.B.Piranesi, Rossini, well know as the “Piranesi’s heir”, trained as an architect and his etchings have the same tendency to emphasize the massive structure of the Ancient Rome...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Mother Seated in an Inn
Located in New York, NY
Cornelis Bega (1631/2-1664), The Mother Seated in an Inn, etching, circa 1660-64. Reference: Hollstein 31, a later impression, second state (of 2). In good condition, trimmed outside...
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1660s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Gerard Dou's Portrait of Himself
By Gerard Dou (Leiden 1613 - 1675)
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid Arches paper, 6 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches (166 x 129 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower center margin. A very good impression. Titled, dated, and inscribed in...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Pair 17th Century Medical Anatomy Engravings by Francesco Valesio
Located in Rochester, NY
Two anatomical copper engravings by Francesco Valesio. From De humani corporis fabrica libri decem
Evangelista Deuchino, On laid paper. 17th Century
# nude male figure
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper
Sleeping Man
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb impression from an important mid-19th century collection.
Etching on white laid paper with a partial crown and shield watermark, 4 x 2 7/8 inches (102 mm x 73 mm), margins....
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Etching
Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Raffaele Barone 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
Dalmatia with the Adjacent Islands - Etching by Giovanni Cassini - 1792
Located in Roma, IT
Dalmatia with the Adjacent Islands - Plate 42 is an original old master artwork realized by Giovanni Cassini in 1792
Handcolored etching.
Includes frame
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Capital Letter O for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-Etching-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter O 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
Le Tour de Clermont en Dauphine apartenant a Monsieur de Tonnerre
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and engraving on handmade cream laid paper, 3 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (97 x 173 mm), full margins. In good condition, consistent with age. Several small notations in pencil in t...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Profile of an Oriental Man - Etching - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of an oriental man is an artwork realized in 17th Century, after HARMENSZ VAN RIJN REMBRANDT, (1606 Leiden - 1669 Amsterdam)
Etching on paper. 13 x 12 cm.
Slightly stained, heavily trimmed.
The motif shows reminiscences of similar motifs of Rembrandt, as well as of Salomon Koninck...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Il tempio del Sole
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on hand made cream laid paper, 2 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (72 x158 mm), 1/4 inch margins. In very good condition with minor edge wear. Adhered with adhesive along the left top shee...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State), 1654
Etching
266 x 113 mm.; 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches
Watermark:
Fleur-de-lys in a Crowned Shield
References:
Godefroy 44 III/VI
Hollstein 44 III/VI
Pelletier, Adrian van Ostade...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Black Council
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Council says;
Forget about where you come from
As long as you’re a black man
You’re an African
if you come from Clarendon, Portland, Westmoreland…
Don’t mind your nationality
Yo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
Ancient Roman Medici Marble Vase: An 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Vaso antico di Marmo adornato di eccellenti Sculture si nella parte anteriere che nell' opposta, le quail r...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Frontispiece with stepped fountain.
Located in Middletown, NY
Dujardin, Karel. Frontispiece with stepped fountain; a stone wall with water spout pouring water into a rectilinear basin, from which a second spout pour...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
The Peasant Settling His Debt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin, cream laid paper 4 x 3 5/8 inches (100 x 90 mm), with narrow margins, trimmed inside the platemark. Adhesive residue at the top right and left corners, and archival ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
'Jesus and the Woman at the Well, ' by Amand-Durand, Engraving
By Armand Durand
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This early 19th century framed 35" x 31" engraving by artist Amand-Durand depcits an etching of 'Jesus and the Woman at the Well,' after the Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn. This poignant Biblical story is depicted by Arman-Durand in Rembrandt style...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Ba...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Portrait of an infamous thief
By Abraham Bosse
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating image of a well-known theif robbing a merchant of goods held atop her head.
Paris: circa 1670.
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (17...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Rônin in the Night, Armed with a Club - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This magnificent woodcut print signed Toyokuni III represents a Ronin in the night, armed with a club, and was realized by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) in the mid 19th Century.
The ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Portrait of Man - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a beautiful etching realized by an Anonymous artist active in the 18th century. Titled on the lower center "Giovanni Paisiello", wit...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Collegio Romano - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio Romano 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 titled on ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Glaucus, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Glaucus.
Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and an elegant line, from the volume “Le Temple des Mus...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Venetian School: Neoclassical banquet scene with angels and putti.
Located in Middletown, NY
Brownish black ink on dark cream, handmade, laid paper, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (208 x 260 mm). Uniform age tone with several scattered, unobtrusive spots of brown discoloration, consistent with age. Right top corner loss, evenly trimmed, paper tape remnants at top left corner, recto. Collector's stamp in blue ink ("PRB"), lower left corner, recto. On the verso is a neoclassical graphite and brown ink study of a procession showing a woman being carried in a birthing sedan chair. The woman is being carried backwards, with putti, and horn players, leading her up an embankment, across a river. In her wake we see a crowned man...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Crucifixion
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jean Pichore workshop, 1500-1541
Crucifixion
Metal cut engraving printed on vellum with vintage hand coloring
c. 1500-1541
Miniature (image) size: 4 3/4 x 3 1/8"
Including decorated ...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Letter R - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter R 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
Materials
Etching
Besler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Caryophyllus Maior Sylve Strisvarie Gatus" (Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers) from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This engraving is presented in a silver and gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and three elaborate cream-colored French mats...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Bridge is a beautiful black and white etching realized by Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non at the end of 18th Century.
On lower margin under the image the inscriptio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Beggar with a Wooden Leg
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on handmade wove paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (95 x 70 mm), thread margins. Third state (of five), likely printed early 19th century. In very good condition with light handlin...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Handmade Paper
19th Century Etching of the Ancient Caracalla Baths in Rome by Luigi Rossini
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta dei Grandi Avanzi delle Terme Antoniane, o di Caracalla" (The baths of Caracalla) was created by Luigi Rossini and included in his pu...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Holy Family with Two Saints, after Parmigianino
By Antonio Da Trento
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper with a partial anchor in a circle watermark, printed from two blocks in black and olive-green, 10 3/4 x 8 3...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ink, Laid Paper, Woodcut
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
Ordinis Benedictini monialis; Saint Thecla of Kitzengen
Located in Middletown, NY
King, Daniel (with Wenceslaus Hollar)
Ordinis Benedictini monialis; Saint Thecla of Kitzengen
c 1650.
Etching with engraving on cream laid paper with an indiscernible watermark wit...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Engraving
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art be...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
"A Harlot's Progress" Plate 3 Etching
Located in Houston, TX
Etching from the series titled "A Harlots Progress" by William Hogarth. The series consists of six paintings and engravings. The story is about a woman named M. Hackabout who arrived in London and started working as a prostitute. The third plate is of her getting arrest for her choice in profession. The series is a satirical story that emphasizes the dangers of being a prostitute and the health risks that come from it.
In 18th century engraving, the detail of the black mole on women and men's face is a symbol of the deadly venereal disease, syphilis. In this plate, Hackabout has already contracted the disease and that is why the black dot is visible on her forehead as well as her madam's.
In 1828, William Innell Clement published Harlot's Progress in columns on a single page of his newspaper Bell's Life in London #330. The detail with the cross seen in earlier reproductions of the engraving.
Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 16.5 in.
Artist Biography: William Hogarth ( 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", perhaps best known to be his moral series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A...
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1730s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia
By Georg Pencz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia
Engraving, c. 1546-47
Signed with the intials in the plate (see photo)
From: "Four Scenes of Early Roman History"
An early impression with plate ton...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana.
Signed on the plate, on the lower right.
Good cond...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dios la perdone: y era su madre - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Estan Calientes is an original artwork realized by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Original etching on paper.
The plate is part of the Third Edition of "Los Caprichos" that was published in 1868 by the Calcografia Nacional for the Real Academia. Full edition includes 80 original plates. Plate N. 13. Numbered on the upper corner. Titled on the lower central margin "Estan Calientes" (They feel warm).
Excellent conditions.
It seems that Goya first...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Vesta Goddess and Offering - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Vesta Goddess and Offering from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some foxi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
Located in Middletown, NY
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Letter I - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter I is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Two Cavaliers (after Herman Swanevelt)
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper with a large foolscap watermark, 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 (150 x 200 mm), thread margins. In excellent condition with a light pencil inscription and an inventory num...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Giovanni 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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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Study of a Head
Located in Middletown, NY
By Wenceslaus Hollar, after Jan Van Bylert (Biler)
Etching on cream laid paper, 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 inches (87 x 70 mm), thread margins. Lacking the inscription in the plate; "Felix Bil...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Etching
Two military studies, a preparatory red chalk drawing by Jean-Baptiste Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in PARIS, FR
As Florence Ingersoll-Smouse wrote in 1921 in her book devoted to Jean-Baptiste Pater, "a painter of the Fête galante, Pater is interesting both by his intimacy with Watteau, to whom many of his works are still attributed, and by his own value as an artist.” This sanguine, full of life and spontaneity, is typical of the preparatory studies made by the painter to be used later in the composition of his paintings.
1. Jean-Baptiste Pater, pupil and disciple of Antoine Watteau
Antoine Pater, Jean-Baptiste's father, belonged to the petty bourgeoisie of Valenciennes where he worked as a merchant-sculptor. His brother Jacques was a local painter who was probably involved in his nephew's training. Born on December 29, 1695, Jean-Baptiste Pater was first trained with Jean-Baptiste Guider, a local painter whose death in 1711 was probably the reason for Jean-Baptiste’s departure alongside Watteau, who was visiting Valenciennes. Watteau's difficult character led to their separation in 1713.
Back in Valenciennes, Jean-Baptiste Pater encountered difficulties with the powerful Corporation of Saint-Luke (to which he refused to belong) which forced him to return to Paris in 1718. He reconciled with Watteau shortly before his death (on July 18th 1721), inherited the commissions that Watteau had been unable to fulfil and completed some of his paintings.
Pater was accepted by the Académie Royale in 1725 but did not produce his reception painting The soldier’s revels until three years later. Throughout his brief career (he died at the age of forty on July 25th 1736), he mainly had a clientele of amateurs and received only one royal commission, shortly before his death.
2. Description of the drawing and related artworks
Pater had adopted his master Watteau's method of composition. His study drawings were carefully glued in a notebook and were used to animate his compositions.
His paintings sometimes suffer from a somewhat artificial composition, since the figures seem to be pasted one next to the other. This point has also been made about Watteau’s.
The theme of military scenes (which was at the time included in the genre of Fêtes galantes!) was one of Pater’s favourite subjects. Together with the Bathing Women...
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1720s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Chalk
A Framed 18th C. Piranesi Etching of an Ancient Marble Vase from Hadrian's Villa
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Vaso antico di Marmo adornato di eccellenti Sculture si nella parte anteriere che nell' opposta, le ...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Pump House, Notre Dame, Paris
Located in Storrs, CT
La Pompe Notre Dame. (The Pumphouse, Notre Dame). Schneiderman catalog 26.x.
1861. Etching. Image 6 3/4 x 10. Edition of 30 in this state. Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris .
Initial...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Farmers enjoying a barn dance with a violinist and a bagpiper.
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper mounted to a cream laid paper support, 9 x 12 7/8 inches (230 x 327 mm), thread margins. Three small areas of light skinning with one extremely small hole...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching, Laid Paper
17th Century Dutch engraving 'Mein Greit; Mein Greit'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Julius Goltzius (Dutch c.1550-1595)
Mein Greit; Mein Greit
Engraving
6.5/8 x 11.3/8 in. (16.8 x 29 cm.) (measured to slip edge)
Christie’s have suggested this impression is from the ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Court wrestlers of the Sultan of Turkey-dressed for outdoors, resting and fighti
Located in Middletown, NY
Bruyn, Abraham de (after). Court wrestlers of the Sultan of Turkey-dressed for outdoors, resting and fighting. 1577. Engraving on hand made laid paper, 10 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (268 x 1...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Hercule Gaulois, ou L’Éloquence
By Charles-Nicolas II Cochin
Located in Middletown, NY
A classical chiaroscuro woodcut after Raphael executed by Charles Nicolas Cochin Père (1688-1754) & Vincent Le Sueur (1668-1743) . Printed from two bloc...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Woodcut
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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Avanzi delle grandi Mura ciclopee... - Etching by L. Rossini - 1825
Located in Roma, IT
Avanzi delle grandi Mura Ciclopee da Vitruvio Opus Incertum, nella città di Cora
Image dimensions: 47x67 cm.
From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)” an artist's...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet I - Etching - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
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 Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
G...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
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
Materials
Etching
Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water, rocky outcrop ... hilltop
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on light, fibrous, laid Japon paper, 5 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (132 x 158 mm), full margins. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, very minor printing creases (innate), and one s...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
The Spectacle Seller
By Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the pl...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Royal Feminine
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Tosin Oyeniyi is an intrinsically talente...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
Cainus fratri necem molitur (Cain kills his brother), Plate I Battles from Old T
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Nicolas van Aelst, 1613.
Engraving on cream laid paper with a foolscap watermark, 8 x 11 1/4 inches (203 x 282 mm), thread margins. Scattered expert repairs including minor pu...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
The Spectacle Seller by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The Spectacle Seller. 1800. Etching on light cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 inches (93 x 75 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Light skinning and some sur...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ancient View of Windsor - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Vindesorium (Windsor) is an old master artwork realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg in the Late 17th Century, as part of the famous Series "Civitates Orbis Te...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Carolus de Mallery, by Lucas Vorsetman the Elder after van Dyck
Located in Middletown, NY
An exalted portrait of fellow Flemish engraver and publisher Karel van Mallery.
Lucas Vorsterman the Elder (after Anthony van Dyck).
Carolus de Mallery, from Icones Principum Viror...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
The Large Village Fair
Located in Middletown, NY
Hamburg: Lippmann, 1895.
Copperplate engraving on cream wove paper with a deckle edge, 10 1/8 x 13 1/2 inches (256 x 342 mm), full margins. In generally good condition with some lig...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
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