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Old Masters Figurative Prints

OLD MASTERS

Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.

The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.

Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.

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Style: Old Masters
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 P. Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate, on the lower rig...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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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Etching

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

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Etching

Les Plaisirs du Bal [before 1st State] (The Pleasures of the Ball)
By (After) Jean-Antoine Watteau
Located in Chicago, IL
Les Plaisirs du Bal (before 1st State), 1730 The Pleasures of the Ball Pure etching only by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II (born Paris 1698) 495 x 640 mm.; 19 3/8 x 25 1/8 inches ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Tragedy Masks Pompeian Style - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tragedy Masks Pompeian Style from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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

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Etching

Y se le quema la casa - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Y se le quema la casa is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching on paper. The etching is part of the Third Edit...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Androne della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli - Etching by L. Rossini - 1824
Located in Roma, IT
Androne della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli, per cui passava l'antica Via Consolare Tiburtina Image dimensions: 50x60 cm. From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)” a...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo 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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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 minor foxin...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Landscape With A Milkman - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With A Milkman is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1650. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an e...
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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

Zittende Jongeman Met Een Tas - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Zittende jongeman met een tas is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1650. This wonderful piece of art belongs to...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

A Peasant Calling Out - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A Peasant Calling Out: "tis vinnich kout" (It's biting cold) is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This w...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Ancient Roman Still Life - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 18th century. Good condition. The etc...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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The First Oriental Head - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The First Oriental Head is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1635. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an ed...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Palazzo Pio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Pio is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except for consumed margins with some foxing...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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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 conditions. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Oil Lamp With Bird - Etching by Marcantonio Iacomino - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Bird from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Marcantonio Iacomino in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some fox...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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The couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adriaen Van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685) Title: The Couple Year : 1638 Medium: Etching Paper: Laid paper Image (plate mark): 3.25 x 2.5 inches ...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Las Rinde el Sueño - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Las rinde el Sueño is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. This amazing Etchi...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Girl with a Basket - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Girl with a Basket is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late edition of t...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

Disparate Furioso - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
Disparate furioso - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 6 from of the second edition of t...
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

No Hay Quien lo Socorra - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
No hay quien lo socorra 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 "L...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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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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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Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of the 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century after Gaspare Vanvitelli, made by Various Old Masters. In very good cond...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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

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Etching

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

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Lithograph

Ancient View of Oxonium - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Oxonium (Oxford) is an old master artwork realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg in the early 17th Century, as part of the famous Series "Civitates Orbis Terrar...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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

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

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Landscape from Herculaneum - Etching by Niccolò Ricci - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Niccolò Ricci in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching bel...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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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

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Etching, Aquatint

Portrait of Antonio Canova - Original Etching on Paper after Pellegrini - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Antonio Canova is an original etching on paper realized in about 1870 after Pellegrini. Sheet dimension: 21.5 x 19.5 cm The state of preservation is very good except for some smal...
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ponte Milvio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte Milvio is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rom...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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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

Pompeian Style Oil Lamps - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pompeian Style Oil Lamps from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Aniello Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etchin...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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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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The Temple of Glory - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Temple of Glory is an original etching artwork realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Good conditions. The artwork represents the artificial Fire Machine and the temple of glory, with the ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Four Engravings from 'Emblemi di Achille Bocchi" - Etching -1555
Located in Roma, IT
Four engravings from 'Emblemi di Achille Bocchi', realized in 1555, are original Engravings. Dimension: 17 x 12,5 cm each. Four sheets from Achillis Bo...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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 Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Giuseppe Adora il Bambino sotto una Palma - Etching by G.D. Tiepolo
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching and burin on wire rod paper. Second and final state, after the numbering. Signed, numbered and dated on the lower left margin of plate. 19° plate from the ser...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good condit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Letter A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter A 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

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La Pompe Notre Dame
Located in Roma, IT
This original etching is titled and dated on plate. Monogram of the artist "MC" on higher right margin. Edition of 30 prints, 9 State. Very good conditions. Charles Méryon was a Fre...
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1850s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Funeral Ceremonies among the Mexicans and Venezuelans - by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. Funeral Ceremonies among the Mexicans and Venezuelans is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati. This orig...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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With King's Privilege - Original Etching by Pierre Charles Trémolières - 18th
Located in Roma, IT
With King's Privilege is an Original Etching (chez Huquier) realized by Pierre Charles Trémolières (1703-1739 Paris). The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper, included ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Decorations is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the print suite “Ant...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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

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

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

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Small Gray Landscape - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Small Gray Landscape: a House and Trees beside a Pool is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Portrait of A Man - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of A Man 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 editi...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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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

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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