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 P - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter P 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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Etching
Ancient Roman Drawings - Etching after N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Drawings, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Secondo De Angelis after a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th centur...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Music and Poetry Program - Original Litograph - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Music and poetry program is a litograph realized by an unknown artist in 1880.
This beautiful artwork rapresents a music and poetry program. In very ...
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1880s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S 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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Etching
Corpo Satollo on Crede al Digiuno - Hand Colored Etching by C. Lasinio - 1788
Located in Roma, IT
Corpo Satollo Non Crede Al Digiuno is an original print realized in 1788 by Carlo Lasinio.
Original etching hand-colored. Printed by Niccolò Pagni and Giovanni Bardi, Firenze (Ital...
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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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Etching
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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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
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Etching
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
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Etching
Letter L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter L is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in 18th century.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Er...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Letter N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter N is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli of 18th century.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Er...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S 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
Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S 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
Letter B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter B 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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Etching
Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S 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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Etching
Seascape With Monument and Figures - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape With Monument and Figures is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title:...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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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Etching
Decoration With Fishes - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration With Fishes is an Etching realized by Francesco Cepparuli (1750-1767).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le An...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Asclepius God, Flora Goddess and Cupid - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Pan Teaching Daphnis To Play from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Portrait of Man While Writing - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man while writing is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
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
Materials
Etching
The Artist’s Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist’s Mother 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
Cavalcade of Seiks - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Cavalcade of Seiks is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original Black and White Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower margin: Runjeet singh...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Beggar in a High Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized bu Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
"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
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater' "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
A View of the House of Commons /// George II English Parliament London England
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Benjamin Cole (English, c. 1697-1783)
Title: "A View of the House of Commons"
Portfolio: The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
Year: 1756 (...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Satyr on Horseback - Etching by Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder - 1795
Located in Roma, IT
Satyr on Horseback is an original etching realized in 1795/1796 by Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder (1759-1835).
Good Conditions except for being aged....
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Sacrifice - Original Etching by F. Cecchini After A. Tofanelli - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
“Sagrifizio Trionfale” is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790-1820), after Agostino Tofanelli (Lucca 177...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Hercules Labors - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercules Labors from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
T...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Rembrandt's Mother with Black Veil I- Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rembrandt's Mother with Black Veil I is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1631. This ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Portrait Of Jan Six - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Jan Six is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful piece of a...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by G. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lowe...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good co...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Timothy Cole after Vermeer, "Woman with Water Jug, " Photolithograph, circa 1910
By Timothy Cole
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Timothy Cole after Johannes Vermeer
Title: Woman with Water Jug
Year: 1912
Medium: Photolithograph, signed in pencil, marked Vermeer, Metr...
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1910s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Photogravure
Seated Beggar and His Dog - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seated beggar and his dog is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late editi...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Palazzo Colonna di Sciarra - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Colonna di Sciarra is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for consumed ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Artist's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist's Mother is an enrgraving 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 ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
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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Etching
A L'Image Notre Dame - Woodcut by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
A L'Image Notre Dame is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755”
The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
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
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Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous in the 18th Century.
Signed ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
18th C. Piranesi Fireplace Designs based on Ancient Architectural Styles
Located in Alamo, CA
These two Giovanni Battista Piranesi 18th century etchings of fireplace designs on one sheet is plate 6 from his publication 'Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the l...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Chiesa di S.Carlo ed Ambrogio al Corso - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S.Carlo ed Ambrogio al Corso is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except f...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the plate.
Good conditions ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
VEDUTA DI CHIAIA, Antonio Cardon - Stampa su carta con cornice, moderna
Located in Napoli, IT
Hand-colored print of the engraving by Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon of the original painting by Gabriele Ricciardelli. Edizioni Pontevecchio. Lily logo and a brush with the inscr...
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1970s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Color
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Anti...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Billy in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Convento dei Padri di S.Bernardo, e Chiesa di S.Pudenziana by G. Vasi
Located in Roma, IT
Monastero e Chiesa di S.Giuseppe is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for con...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Pan and Nude - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pan and Nude from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some foxing and fol...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good con...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by G.Furlanetti - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G.Furlanetti in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower ri...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching after Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized after a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century.
Signed on the plat...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Dancing Maenad - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancing Maenad from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
Th...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carol Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an editio...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Engraving
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.