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 After Schmuzer - Original Etching After Thomas Trotter - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Schmuzer is an original artwork realized by Thomas Trotter (1756 - 1803).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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1810s Old Masters Portrait 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 co...
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length
Located in New York, NY
Etching and drypoint, circa 1630s. Cream laid paper. Narrow margins.
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1630s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Jan Cornelis Sylvius
Located in Middletown, NY
Heliogravure on cream laid paper, 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (164 x 138 mm), thread margins. Uniform toning on the recto, and scattered light foxing and various notations in purple ink and...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Set of Eight Period Japanese Colored Woodblock Print
Located in Roma, IT
Important series of eight colorful Japanese woodblock prints featuring iconic scenes of Japanese life.
They are the work of great artists including:
Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: ?; 1769 in Edo – 24 February 1825 in Edo)
This series of woodblock prints, never before on the market, comes from a private collection.
Utagawa Toyokuni[a] (歌川 豊国; 1769 – 24 February 1825), also often referred to as Toyokuni I, to distinguish him from the members of his school who took over his gō (art-name) after he died, was a great master of ukiyo-e, known in particular for his kabuki actor prints.
He was the second head of the renowned Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock artists, and was the artist who elevated it to the position of great fame and power it occupied for the rest of the nineteenth century.
He was born, the son of Kurahashi Gorobei, a carver of dolls and puppets...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Paper, Lithograph
Set of Four Stipple Engravings from "Drawings by Hans Holbein" /// Henry VIII
By Hans Holbein
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Hans Holbein (the Younger) (German-Swiss, c. 1497-1543)
Title: "Catherine Howard Queen", "Jane Seymour Queen", "Anna Bollein Queen", a...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving, Intaglio
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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1860s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Landscape - Etching by Various Authors - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Landscape from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Panel with a Mascaron
Located in New York, NY
Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), Panel with a Mascaron, engraving, 1543 [with the initials monogram and date in the plate]. Reference: Bartsch 231, Hollstein 235. Second state (of 2). ...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
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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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
Self-Portrait Wearing a Soft Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait wearing a soft cap full face 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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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art be...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
Man Crying Out - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Crying Out, Three-Quarters Left 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 ...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
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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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
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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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
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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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
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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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
The Sleeping Herdsman - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sleeping Herdsman 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 o...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The rest on the Flight into Egypt is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
William James Smith - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
William James Smith is an engraving 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 e...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of measurements typica...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of measurements typical of the period in the lower center...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower r...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 18th century.
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol: the Smaller Plate is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1658 ca. This wonderful pi...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Engraving
Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue , from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th century.
Signed on plate on the lower l...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Portraits - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Portraits, 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 l...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching after N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief 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 th...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Measuring a Profile - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Measuring a Profile is an original etching 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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Drawings - Etching after Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Drawings, 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 Portrait Prints
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Etching
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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion - Original Etching - 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 in the 18th century...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion - Etching by C. Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
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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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Profiles of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Man's Portrait 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", Lond...
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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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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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Angel - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Angel 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", London, Bensley,...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lowe...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 1700s
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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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 Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Phallus fascinum in ancient Roman religion, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen ...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Ancient Roman Statues - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, 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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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 a man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man 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", L...
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man 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 of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man 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 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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Portrait of a Child - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child 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 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 Homer - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Homer 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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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.