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
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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Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions with some folding.
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, 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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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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Letter of the Alphabet P - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet P, 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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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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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 with slight folding...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions with some folding.
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet T - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet T, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good cond...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet A, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century...
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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 centu...
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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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Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet A, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belon...
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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 with slight folding...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Roman Temple Fresco - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good ...
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Roman Temple Fresco - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina 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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Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco With Mythological Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”), an eight-volume volume of engravings of the finds from the excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Campania, Italy).
It was published between 1757 and 1792 by the Regia Stamperia, and copies were delivered to selected recipients across Europe.
Despite the title, the Antiquity of Herculaneum shows objects from all the excavations undertaken by the Bourbons in the Gulf of Naples. These include Pompeii, Stabia and two sites of Herculaneum: Resina and Portici.
The Bourbon King Carlo appointed fifteen scholars creating a new “Herculaneum Academy” to study the artifacts and publish the results of the archaeological excavations of the sites.
The engravings are of high quality and the accompanying text shows a large scholarship.
They were realized by 25 prominent artists involved by the King to prepare drawings and engravings on the finds, among which we can find Giovanni Elia Morghen, Carlo Nolli, Luigi Vanvitelli, and Giovanni Battista Casanova.
The “Antiquities” was designed more to amaze readers with the quality of the objects in the collection of the King of Naples than to be used in research., following and increasing the interest of 18th-century society for the classical culture and Art in particular.
Through the exaltation of the classical concept of proportions and harmony, the book was of inspiration to the neoclassical movement in Europe, giving artists and decorators access to a huge shop of Hellenistic motifs.Oil Lamp With Animals...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Oil Lamp - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Campana (1730-1806).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Oil Lamp to Hang - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp to Hang is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Campana (1730-1806).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità d...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century....
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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 Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet V - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet V, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
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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 Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet N, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Young man looking down to right, fr Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on tissue thin laid paper. 4 3/8 x 3 1/16 inches (110 x 78 mm), trimmed at plate mark. A very good, well inked impression. Only known state. Adhered at all four corners to ar...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Tissue Paper, Etching
Roman Fresco - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco With Animals is an Etching realized by Giuseppe Aloja (1783-1837).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Ant...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolan...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Letter of the Alphabet C - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet C - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet A, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belon...
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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 with slight folding...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet B, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions with slight folding....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Grazing - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grazing is an artwork realized in the 18th century.
It is an etching after a painting by Giuseppe Zais.
Number of plate, author, and titled printed on ...
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Letter of the Alphabet S - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Letter of the Alphabet T - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet T, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good condi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Temple - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Temple from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco La Vega in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belongs to the...
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Heracles in Combat With Centaur - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Heracles in Combat With Centaur from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillus Paderni in the 18th C...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Oil Lamp - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805).
Good conditions.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le An...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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The Praying - Etching after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By D'Après Rembrandt
Located in Roma, IT
The Praying is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Seascape With Monuments - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape With Monuments is an Etching realized by Raffaele Barone (18th Century).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le A...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Venus Lamenting over the Death of Adonis
Located in Middletown, NY
c. 1654. Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified watermark with a sundial and a many-pointed star, and an unidentified collector's stamp in the...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Victory In Roman Empire - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Victory In Roman Empire Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions wi...
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Decorative Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged w...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Gaius Marius Roman General - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gaius Marius Roman General from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the p...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ancient Roman Artifacts - Etching by Francesco Giomignani - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Artifacts from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Giomignani in the 18th Centu...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Temple With Sphinx - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Temple With Sphinx from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged with som...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Life In Roman Empire Fresco - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Life In Roman Empire Fresco 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 fox...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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La Calomnie... - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Calomnie, peinte par Apelles is anetching on cream-colored paper, realized late 18th Century by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754) after Ra...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by G. Furlanetti - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by G. Furlanetti in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower right
Goo...
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Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by F.Martano in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower right
Good co...
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Landscape With Monuments and Figures - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With Monuments and Figures is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original titl...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Victory In Seascape With Monument- Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape With Monuments is an Etching realized by Francesco Cepparuli (1750-1767).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le ...
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Young Roman Poet - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Young Roman Poet Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Vanni and Azzerboni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
...
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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 centu...
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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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Roman Temple On The Wind- Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple On The Wind from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Old Masters figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters figurative prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of yellow, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Giuseppe Vasi, Vincenzo Campana, and Carlo Nolli. Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Engraving and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Old Masters figurative prints, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $66 and tops out at $350,000, while the average work sells for $308.
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