Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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
Dual Treasure - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa, Linocut, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Tosin Oyeniyi is an intrinsically talente...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Canvas, Linocut
At Prime (Igba Ara) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa, Linocut
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Tosin Oyeniyi is an intrinsically talente...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Materials
Canvas, Linocut
Anatomy Studies after Guido Reni - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies after Guido Reni is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The etching was realized for the anato...
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18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The organ Grinder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adriaen Van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685)
Title: The Organ Grinder
Year: 1647
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Image (plate mark) size: 4.35 x 3.5 i...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
19th Century Etching of the Ancient Caracalla Baths in Rome by Luigi Rossini
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta dei Grandi Avanzi delle Terme Antoniane, o di Caracalla" (The baths of Caracalla) was created by Luigi Rossini and included in his pu...
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1820s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Quacksalver
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper. 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch margins. In good condition with a band of minor discoloration along top and bottom sheet edge verso. One circular 1.5 inch- sized ar...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
Letter of the Alphabet S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Status Hierarchy Roman Empire - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Status Hierarchy in the Roman Empire from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ancient Decoration From Antiquities 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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
L'Amour Montrant Psyche Aux Graces /// Renaissance Mythology Raphael Classics
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Title: "L'Amour Montrant Psyche Aux Graces"
Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1883
Medium: Original Etching on chine appliqué on wo...
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1880s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Intaglio
The South West Prospect of St. Mary's Church in the Strand /// William Maitland
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Benjamin Cole (English, c. 1697-1783)
Title: "The South West Prospect of St. Mary's Church in the Strand"
Portfolio: The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to t...
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1750s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio, Etching
Jean Racine Portrait: 17th C. Engraving by Edelinck in Perrault's Les Hommes
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century portrait engraving of Jean-Baptiste Racine by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707), published in Charles Perrault's 'Les Hommes Illustres' in Paris in 1696. Jean Racine (1639-1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille. Racine's works were primarily tragedies. He wrote Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther for young readers. His writing is renowned for its elegance, purity, speed, and fury. The American poet Robert Lowell described his style as a "diamond-edge" and the "glory of its hard, electric rage". Racine's works often displayed his psychological insight, the passion of his characters, and the stark reality of his plots and stage descriptions. In 1672, he was elected to the Académie Française, and two years later he achieved the title of "treasurer of France", and later the honorary title of an "ordinary gentleman of the king" to King Louis XIV, and subsequently a secretary of the king .
This beautiful engraved portrait is printed on chain-linked, laid paper with wide margins. The sheet measures 17.13" high by 10.75" wide. There is a small spot in the lower margin and a few tiny faint spots in the margins, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. The original descriptive text pages, 81 & 82, are included.
Provenance: This engraving was owned by Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Baron Harberton and the Viscount Harberton (1723-1798). He was an Irish politician, who represented County Kildare in the Irish House...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
'Digging for the Fox' & 'Death of a Fox'
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752)
Digging for the Fox
Death of the Fox
A pair of Mezzotints
Image size 10 x 14 in
Framed size 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
James Seymour was an English artist renowned...
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18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Roman Rite and Landscape - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Rite and Landscape from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with some foldi...
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18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Tour de Clermont en Dauphine apartenant a Monsieur de Tonnerre
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and engraving on handmade cream laid paper, 3 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (97 x 173 mm), full margins. In good condition, consistent with age. Several small notations in pencil in t...
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18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
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.
The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Meissen, Germany : A Large Framed 18th Century Map by Petrus Schenk
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored 18th century map of the Meissen region of Germany, entitled "Geographischer Entwurff Derer Aemmter Meissen als Creys-Procuratur-Schul-und Stiffts-Ammt benebst ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Ancient Roman Marble Vase: 18th C. Piranesi Etching Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole
Located in Alamo, CA
"Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole. Le Teste dei Giovenchi mostrano di reggere it pesante Festone composto di Frutti Fiori Grans ed use. Il tuto Necefsario all Vita Umana. Il Restante degl...
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1760s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The School Master by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The School Master. Edinburgh: c1800. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (134 x 114 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Adhesive residue a...
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19th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco 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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Study of Faces - Etching by Stefano Della Bella - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of faces is an original old master artwork realized by Stefano Della bella in 17th Century.
Black and white etching. The etching is divided in 2 panes, the measures of them fr...
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17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Roman Temple - Etching by Isidoro Frezza - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Isidoro Frezza in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ferruginous Duck - Colored lithograph on paper 1950s
Located in Napoli, IT
Colored silkscreen print on paper with mahogany wood frame
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1950s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ancient Roman Goddess - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Goddess from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Susanna and the Elders, Photogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Bredius, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Susanna and the Elders, Year: of Original:1647 (printed 1906), Medium: Photogravure, Size: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.56 c...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Smoker Leaning on the Back of a Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adriaen Van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685)
Title: Smoker Leaning on the Back of a Chair
Year: 1672
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Image size: 4.1 x 3.55 inches
Signature: Si...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State), 1654
Etching
266 x 113 mm.; 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches
Watermark:
Fleur-de-lys in a Crowned Shield
References:
Godefroy 44 III/VI
Hollstein 44 III/VI
Pelletier, Adrian van Ostade...
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17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
View of the Ancient Structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido
Located in Fairlawn, OH
View of the Ancient Structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all the sewers leading...
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1750s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Funeral Ceremonies of American natives of Guiana and Brasil - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral Ceremonies of natives of Guiana- Funeral Ceremonies of Brasilian indigenouses
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate LXXV
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34
Very Interesting Etchings ( two pictures in the same matrix), Hand-watercoloured, showing typical Funeral Cerimonies of American natives...
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1740s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
"Conisborough Castle" and "Morlashe Castle" from "Buck's Antiquities" /// UK Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774)
Title: "Conisborough Castle" (Plate 323) and "Morlashe Castle" (Plat...
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1720s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Portrait du Cardinal Guido, Heliogravure by Jean Morin
By Jean Morin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Morin, After by Amand Durand, French (1590 - 1650) - Portrait du Cardinal Guido, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24.13 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, Descripti...
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1870s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
El Caballo Raptor - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
El caballo raptor - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828).
The artwork is the plate n. 1...
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1870s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
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 Prints and Multiples
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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 with some folding.
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Combat d'Hercule, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the fight of Hercules against Hydra.
Beautiful plate with very fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, publi...
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1740s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Little Girl Playing with a Baby in its Mother's Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David, (after van Ostade). Little Girl Playing with a Baby in its Mother's Arms; Mother with Two Children. Edinburgh: c 1800. Etching on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inch...
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19th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology Bird Animal Art
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas Pennant (Welsh, 1726-1798)
Title: "The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow)" (Plate D1)
Portfolio: The British Zoology, Class II: Birds
Year: 1761-1766 (First edition)
Medium: O...
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1760s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper
St. Jerome in the Desert
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraving by Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum (Deventer active by 1551 - circa 1569 Haarlem) in the manner of Peter Bruegel the Elder
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16th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
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Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
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Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat, (3rd state)
Located in Chicago, IL
Bearded Man with Shadowed Face, Wearing a Scarf and a Plumed Hat, (3rd state), 1645-50
Etching on laid paper
152 x 184 mm.; 6 x 7 1/4 inches
References:
Bellini 45
Bartsch 52
Note...
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17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
BATHOS / Tail PIece
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM HOGRATH (1767- 1764)
THE BATHOS / Tail Piece 1764 (Paulson 1989: 216 I/I Paulson 1965/70: 216 I/I)
Engraving Plate 12 7/8 x 13 3/8, sheet 17 ¾ x 18 ¾ Designed & Engrav’d by Wm Hogarth at left and Published according to Act of Parliam’t March 3, 1764 at right. Good condition on thick laid paper Small bit of tape on the left & right sheet edges small stan lower sheet edge all on recto.
This Hogarth’s last print is fascinating as it is prophacy about death.
Various institutions have interesting commentaries - to wit:
Chicago Art Institute: Hogarth created The Bathos toward the end of his life. It is considered one of the bleakest artworks of the 18th century because it depicts the Apocalypse without an afterlife. The Angel of Death even collapses in exhaustion after having destroyed the world. In his hand is an execution decree and around him lies a mass of broken objects.
Princeton: Hogarth’s last print, The Bathos,….. is filled with all manner of images denoting the end of life as we know it. Entry no. 216 in Ronald Paulson’s catalogue raisonne Hogarth’s Graphic Works, 3rd revised edition says “This print is the culmination of such pessimistic images . . . . [taking] his general composition, the configuration of objects, and some of the particular items, from Dürer’s engraving, Melancholia; but he also recalls Salvator Rosa’s Democritus in Meditation (which derives from Dürer’s print) with a scroll at the bottom of the etching: ‘Democritus the mocker of all things, confounded by the ending of All Things’ (Antal, p.168).”
Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art): Hogarth intended this engraving to serve as the tailpiece to bound volumes of his collected engravings and, appropriately, it proved to be his last engraving. Father Time has died and his last will and testament has been witnessed by the three Fates. He is surrounded by a landscape of death, decay, and ruin. Hogarth aimed this print at dealers in “dark” Old Masters paintings who promoted the idea that ruins evoked sublime feelings in viewers—a sentiment, Hogarth wrote, that was reducing the world to ruin.
British Caricature...
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1760s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
La Vierge avec l'Enfant Jesus Emmaillotte, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - La Vierge avec l'Enfant Jesus Emmaillotte, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure on laid paper, Size: 6 x 4 in. (15.24 x ...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Cainus fratri necem molitur (Cain kills his brother), Plate I Battles from Old T
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Nicolas van Aelst, 1613.
Engraving on cream laid paper with a foolscap watermark, 8 x 11 1/4 inches (203 x 282 mm), thread margins. Scattered expert repairs including minor pu...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Letter of the Alphabet E - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet E, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
William Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty": A Set of Two Framed 18th C. Engravings
Located in Alamo, CA
The two plates in this set were created utilizing both engraving and etching techniques by William Hogarth in 1753, originally as illustrations of his book on aesthetics, entitled "Analysis of Beauty". Due to their popularity, these plates were later published separately. The publication line in the lower right reads: "Designed, Engraved, and Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March 5th 1753, according to Act of Parliament." Hogarth's original copper plates were refurbished where needed by James Heath and engravings were republished in London in 1822 by Braddock, Cradock & Joy. This was the last time Hogarth's copper plates were used for printing. Most were melted during World War I for the construction of bombs.
These large folio sized "Analysis of Beauty" engravings are presented in antiqued gold-colored frames with double mats; the outer silk mats are light brown-colored and the inner mats are dark brown. Each frame measures 27.38" x 31.25" x 1.13". There is one tiny spot in the right margin of plate 1 and another in the lower margin; the latter could be from the printing process. The prints are otherwise in excellent condition.
The "Analysis of Beauty" series is in the collection of many major museums, including: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tate Museum, The Chicago Art Institute and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The first engraving (Plate 1) depicts a courtyard of statues which is filled with some of the most famous works of classical sculpture. The most important sculptures are surrounded by less impressive works. The Medicean Venus (#13) is in the center with a statue of Julius Caesar (#19) to the right, elevated on a pulley with a short, overdressed Brutus stands over the falling Caesar. The Apollo Belvedere (#12) is next. A judge stands to the right with his foot on a cherub (#16). Another crying cherub holds a gallows and wipes his tears with the judge's robe.
A sphinx (#21) and the drunken Silenus (#107) are below the Venus. Michaelangelo's torso (#54) and a statue of Antonius (#6) are seen in the foreground. The Farnese Hercules (#3) and a bust of another Hercules (#4) under two statuettes of Isis are also included in the scene.
The key to these objects is included in the form of a serpentine line winding around a cone (#26), Hogarth's "Line of Beauty". For Hogarth the winding line is an essential element of beauty in art. Hogarth's theory of beauty is communicated in this plate.
Plate 2 is thought to represent the Wanstead Assembly, with the Earl of Tynley and his household. It is an adaptation of a scene in the Happy Marriage series, which complements Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
De Rue de l'Hotel De Ville - Lithograph by Antonio Fontanesi - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This splendid lithograph De Rue de l'Hotel De Ville is part of the series of prints dedicated to views of the city of Geneva, engraved by the Italian artist Antonio Fontanesi.
The s...
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19th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Red Roses: A Framed 17th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Basilius Besler
Located in Alamo, CA
"Rosa ex rubro nigricans" (Red Roses); a hand-colored copper engraving from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This engraving is presented in a glossy silver and matte gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and an elaborate double cream-colored French mats with light mauve bands; each accented by a broad decorative marbleized green band. It is glazed with plexiglass. There is text offset and a very small crease in the left margin, but the print is otherwise in excellent condition. Provenance: W. Graham Arader Gallery...
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17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Materials
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Triumph of Caesar: Plate IV
By Andrea Mantegna
Located in Middletown, NY
Andreani, Andrea (Italian, about 1558–1610), after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506)
Chiaroscuro woodcut in colors printed from four blocks on laid paper in dark brown, grey, and...
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16th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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