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Old Masters Portrait 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
Portrait of Attila - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Attila 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 Mankind"...
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and t...
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mank...
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Portrait of Sir Thomas More - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Sir Thomas More is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Kn...
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Beggar and Beggar - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar and Beggar, Coming From Behind a Hillock is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art bel...
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Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1655. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an edition of the la...
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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes 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 con...
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The Great Jewish Bride - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Jewish Bride is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1635. This wonderful pi...
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Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of After Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Know...
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Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by F. Cepparoli - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right....
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Woman In Front Of The Stove III - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In Front Of The Stove III is an engraving on ivory-colored paper by Charles Amand Durand realized after Rembrandt (date of realization 1658). This wonderful piece of art belon...
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Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue , from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the...
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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Pietro Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana. Signed on plate on the ...
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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Etching by Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Vincenzo Aloja after Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century....
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Ancient Roman statue of an Angel - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue of an angel, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 1...
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Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion - Etching by C. Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Phallus fascinum in ancient Roman religion, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in t...
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Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion -Etching by F. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Phallus fascinum in ancient Roman religion, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Govanni Morghen ...
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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by R. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Casanova in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the lower left....
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Portrait of Lavater - Original Etching by John Chapman - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lavater is an original artwork realized by John Chapman for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge ...
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A Boy Climbing a Tree - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
A Boy Climbing a Tree is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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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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Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge a...
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Portrait of Lebec - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lebec is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge an...
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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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Portrait of a Boy - 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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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Angel - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Angel 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 Mankind", London, Bensl...
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Three Grotesque Characters - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Three Grotesque Characters 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 M...
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Thornthwaite - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Thornthwaite for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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Head of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a man is an original artwork realized by John Hall for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Be...
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Thornthwaite - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Thornthwaite for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind"...
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Portrait of S. John - Original Etching by Heinrich Fuseli - 1810
By Heinrich Fuseli
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of S. John is an original artwork realized by Heinrich Fuseli (1741 - 1825). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge ...
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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Silhouettes is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the...
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Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge a...
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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 co...
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Roman Medal - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Medal from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good cond...
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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 Portrait Prints

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The Couple Walking by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The Couple Walking. Edinburgh: c1800. Etching on cream wove paper, 3 x 2 1/8 inches (75 x 54 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Minor condition issues ...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

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'Peter Breughel' Original Etching, Signed in Pencil
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present artwork is an original etching by American artist Leonard Baskin. Here, he presents a portrait of the Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Breughel the Elder in profile, executed after the engraving by Johannes Wierix published in 1572 by Volcxken Diericx and Hieronymus Cock. In the portrait, Baskin displays a love of line and texture, using the etching technique to exaggerate and draw attention to the wrinkles of the face, while leaving the hair and clothing like a study or sketch. Like in the work of contemporary artist Claude Weisbuch, the result for Baskin is an image that recalls the old masters and displays the mastery of contemporary printmakers, but that also places mid-century formal concerns at the forefront of portraiture and figuration. etching in black in on Rives paper 17.5 x 17.5 inches, plate 29.75 x 22 inches, sheet 33.5 x 25.88 inches, frame Entitled "Breughel" in pencil, lower left Edition 9/50 in pencil, lower center Signed in pencil, lower right "PB" in the plate, upper left "PB" in the plate, upper right (faint) Label for Irving Galleries, Milwaukee on reverse Label for David Barnett Gallery on reverse Framed behind glass in a distressed cassetta-style moulding Artwork in overall good condition; general toning to the paper; some scattered foxing; frame in good condition with some losses to finished surface revealing white ground Born in 1922 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Baskin was reared in Brooklyn, New York. The son of a Rabbi, Baskin was educated at a yeshiva (Jewish religious college), which had a profound effect on his aesthetic. Committed to art at an early age, Baskin had his first exhibition. of sculpture, at the Glickman Studio Gallery, New York, at the age of seventeen. He studied at Yale University from 1941 to 1943 and received his B.A. at the New School for Social Research in 1949. Baskin spent 1950 and 1951 abroad, studying in Paris and Florence. In 1953 he began teaching printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1974. It was while he was at Smith College that he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production. He moved to England in 1974 and stayed till 1983 when he returned to America.. These nine years were enormously productive and besides sculptures he created a fine selection of prints and paintings. Baskin became intrigued by Greek history, philosophy and mythology at an early age and this study inspired many of his sculptures and paintings. Other influences were early 20th century sculptors, notably Ernst Barlach Leonard Baskin was one of the universal artists of the 20th century. He was a sculptor of renown. He was a writer and illustrator of books ranging from the bible to children's' stories and natural history. He was a talented water-colourist and a superb, prolific print-maker. His prints ranged from woodcuts through lithography and etching; his subjects covered portraits...
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1960s Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Adam Elsheimer, etching after a painting of Elsheimer by Jan Meyssens
Located in New York, NY
Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677), Adam Elsheimer, etching after a painting of Elsheimer by Jan Meyssens, 1649, with text and signatures as described below. Ref...
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1640s Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Lucon
Located in New York, NY
Charles Meryon (1821-1868), Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Lucon (1584-1660), 1861, etching on tin, after an engraving by Michel Lasne (1590-1667). Reference: Schneiderman 76, (fifth stat...
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17th century engraving black and white portrait male subject beard hat European
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Portrait of a Man" is an engraving after Hans Holbein by Wenceslaus von Prochna Hollar. It depicts a man in traditional dress for the mid-17th century: A flat hat, large shirt, and ...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

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'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of an unidentified woman, copying a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The identity of the sitter is a mystery: formerly, the portrait was believed to be of Catherine of Aragon, and the National Portrait Gallery in London identifies her as Queen Mary I...
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Ragged Peasant with His Hands Behind - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ragged Peasant with His Hands behind Him, Holding a Stick is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piec...
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Bust of an Old Man with Curly Hair- Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of an old man with curly hair 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 la...
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Oriental Head - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Head 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 the 19...
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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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Bald Old Man with a Short Beard - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bald Old Man with a Short Beard in Profile is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belong...
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Philosopher with an Hourglass - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Philosopher with an Hourglass 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 e...
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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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Man Crying Out - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Crying Out 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 the 1...
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Sick Woman with a Large White Headdress - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Sick Woman with a Large White Headdress (Saskia) is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art ...
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Bust of an Old Woman - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of an Old Woman 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...
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Old Masters portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters portrait 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 portrait 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 and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Thomas Holloway, 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 portrait prints, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $99 and tops out at $80,000, while the average work sells for $253.

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