Old Masters Art
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.
Find a collection of Old Masters prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Old Masters
Color: White
Flowers on White
Located in Belfast, GB
Flowers on White
Oil on Board
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Regarded as one of Ireland’s most accomplished fine art painters, Martin Mooney was born in 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
Category
2010s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
"Moor Tower" and "Kirkham Priory" from "Buck's Antiquities" /// Architecture UK
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774)
Title: "Moor Tower" (Plate 173) and "Kirkham Priory" (Plate 328)
Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Venerable R...
Category
1720s Old Masters Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Genesis 31 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 31 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm
The artwork ...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Matthei 2 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Matthei 2 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
Passpartout ...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Genesis 18 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 18 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm
The artwork ...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Ant...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco after Agostino Carracci
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Genesis 37 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Sisto Badalocchio - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 37 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Sisto Badalocchio.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
Passpartout ...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Genesis 8 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Sisto Badalocchio - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 8 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Sisto Badalocchio.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607ca.
Passpartout in...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belon...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Scene - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Niccolò Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plat...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Study for a Frontispiece, a baroque drawing by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
By Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
Located in PARIS, FR
This masterly frontispiece study, executed with a very sure hand, testifies to the survival of the great Baroque taste in 18th century Venice. It could be one of the very last works by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini: the few lines that cross the papal arms evoke those of Benedict XIV, who became pope in 1740, one year before the artist's death.
1. Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini and the European influence of Venetian history painting in the 18th century
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini was born in Venice in 1675 and trained in the studio of the Milanese painter Paolo Pagani (1655 - 1716). Pagani, who had been living in Venice since 1667, took him to Moravia and Vienna from 1690 to 1696. After a stay in Rome from 1699 to 1701, Pellegrini married Angiola Carriera in 1704, the sister of the great pastelist Rosalba Carriera.
From 1708 onwards, Pellegrini left Venice and began an extensive tour of Europe: he worked in England between 1708 and 1713, where he met great success, particularly at Kimbolton Castle and Castle Howard. He then worked in Germany and the Netherlands, then in Bohemia and Austria, before returning briefly to England in 1719. In 1720 he was in Paris where he decorated the ceilings of the Royal Bank for John Law...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink
Carretto Siciliano (Sicilian Carriage) - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored and watermarked paper"J. Whatm Turkey M.", 1820 c.a.
Beautiful watercolour representing a typical Italian scene of ordinary life in XIX century: people...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
Oil Lamp - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Luigi Biondi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Luigi Biondi (1776-1839).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Carlo Pignatari - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Carlo Pignatari (18th century).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Light is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Campana (1730-1806).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercol...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Light - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Light is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercol...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolan...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Campana (1730-1806).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamps With Cupid - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamps With Cupid from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching bel...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ranch With Leaves - Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ranch With Leaves is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Aloja (1768-1817).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Temple Fresco - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
T...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
A Bacchante Carrying A Large Basket - Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
By Roccus Pozzi
Located in Roma, IT
A Bacchante Carrying A Large Basket from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Fresco 1 - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Wall Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Costume of an envoy of Venice, a drawing by Francesco Galimberti (1755 - 1803)
Located in PARIS, FR
We thank Mrs. Bożena Anna Kowalczyk who suggested the attribution to Francesco Galimberti based on a photograph of the artwork.
This engaging drawing, finely executed in black and red chalks, depicts a Venetian diplomat in his 'new clothes...
Category
1780s Old Masters Art
Materials
Chalk
Man in Hat with Earflaps - Etching after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By D'Après Rembrandt
Located in Roma, IT
Man in Hat with Earflaps is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Frescoes - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresces from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Italian Landscape, a drawing by Louis-Jean Desprez (1743 - 1804)
Located in PARIS, FR
This landscape, masterfully executed in pen and wash by Louis-Jean Desprez around 1779, probably represents a view of the Roman countryside. The treatment of the trees is very similar to that of two engravings which Desprez executed in Rome, The Island of Cythera and The Temple of Love.
1. Louis-Jean Desprez, a cosmopolitan life between Italy and Sweden
Born in Auxerre in 1743, Louis-Jean Desprez probably began his apprenticeship with the engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin...
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Ink
The White Arab - Etching by Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The White Arab is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This specimen belongs to a late edition of the 19th century.
Good conditions ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Old Man with Flowing Beard - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Man with Flowing Beard, Looking down Left is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art bel...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Goddess Flora with Garland - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess Flora with Garland from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Theatrical Mask - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Theatrical Mask from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparuli in the 18th Cent...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Artist's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist's Mother, Head and Bust 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 l...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Scene - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Niccolò Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the pl...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Self-Portrait, Bare-Headed - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait, Bare-Headed 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 edit...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Scene - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene 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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions except for some minor stains and a cutting ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Self-Portrait with Long Bushy Hair - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait with long bushy 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 l...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Two Beggars - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Beggars 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 19th...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Dalmatia with the Adjacent Islands - Etching by Giovanni Cassini - 1792
Located in Roma, IT
Dalmatia with the Adjacent Islands - Plate 42 is an original old master artwork realized by Giovanni Cassini in 1792
Handcolored etching.
Includes frame
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
A Man with a Large Beard - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A Man with a Large Beard and a Low Fur Cap is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belong...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Portrait - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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 19th ce...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Head Of An Old Man - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head Of An Old Man 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 ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Cottages and a Hay Barn - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Rembrandt's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rembrandt's Mother 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 ed...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions ex...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum -Etching N.Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Nicolo Billy in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions e...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Head of a Man with Turban - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a Man with Turban 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 ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Old Masters art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Giuseppe Vasi, Thomas Holloway, and Vincenzo Campana. Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $11 and tops out at $1,495,000, while the average work sells for $546.
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