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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.

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Style: Old Masters
Los Ensacados - Etching - 1875

Los Ensacados - Etching - 1875

By Francisco Goya

Located in Roma, IT

Los Ensacados - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 8 from ...

Category

1870s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

FINE 17th CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING - FIGURES GARDENING LANDSCAPE
FINE 17th CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING - FIGURES GARDENING LANDSCAPE

FINE 17th CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING - FIGURES GARDENING LANDSCAPE

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"The Working Landscape" Italian School, 17th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 42.5cm x 60cm framed: 50.5cm x 68cm Fine quality Italian Old Master oil painting on can...

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Line of Beauty and Grace, Oil on Canvas, Framed, WH 1745
The Line of Beauty and Grace, Oil on Canvas, Framed, WH 1745

The Line of Beauty and Grace, Oil on Canvas, Framed, WH 1745

By William Hogarth

Located in St. Albans, GB

A copy of the self portrait of William Hogarth with his dog, called Trump. A fantastic quality image possibly from Hogarth's original school of art. This piece is titled, dated and monogrammed. It is in an antique, period Louis XIV style frame. The painting measures 36 x 28" (92 x 72cm) Outside Frame Size: 45 x 37" (104 x 94cm) Hogarth began this self-portrait in the mid-1730s. Initially Hogarth painted himself wearing a formal coat...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas
18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas

18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Evangelista Schiano (attr.) (active in the 18th century) Title: Saint Gennaro Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 102 x 74 cm - with frame 126.5 x 100 cm 19th century car...

Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

In a Gothic Church

In a Gothic Church

Located in Roma, IT

In a Gothic Church is a beautiful original drawing (China ink and watercolor on paper). Hand-signed "Stothard" in brown ink on the lower left margin outside of the image. Very sweet drawing representing a woman praying...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Turn of the 20th Century French tryptic depicting the Annunciation with 2 saints
Turn of the 20th Century French tryptic depicting the Annunciation with 2 saints

Turn of the 20th Century French tryptic depicting the Annunciation with 2 saints

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

A. Lion (French, c. 1900) A tryptic depicting the Annunciation flanked by two Saints Signed “A. LION” (to the left of Mary) Oil on board Framed dimensions 23. ½ x 37. ½ in. (60 x 95...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco presenta algún leve descolche) El es...

Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

The Death of Lazarus
The Death of Lazarus

The Death of Lazarus

By Hieronymus Wierix

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Death of Lazarus Engraving, 1593 Feria VI. Post Domin IIII From: Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, Plate 76 Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches Reference: Referen...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Engraving

A Boy and His Pug Dog
A Boy and His Pug Dog

A Boy and His Pug Dog

Located in Wiscasett, ME

Fantastic early portrait of a young man and his pug dog. This painting is most likely British, but it could also be from continental Europe. It dates from the late 18th to the early ...

Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A poodle chasing a butterfly
A poodle chasing a butterfly

A poodle chasing a butterfly

By Ben Marshall

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

Ben Marshall (1768-1835) A poodle chasing a butterfly Oil on canvas Canvas size 10 x 12 in Framed size 15 x 17 in Provenance The Collection of the late David Fuller, former Director...

Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

18th C. Portrait of Edward Stanley from Henry VIII's Court after Holbein Drawing
18th C. Portrait of Edward Stanley from Henry VIII's Court after Holbein Drawing

18th C. Portrait of Edward Stanley from Henry VIII's Court after Holbein Drawing

By Hans Holbein

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an 18th century engraved portrait of "Edward Stanley" created by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815), after a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497- 1543) in the 16th century. Holbein was the official artist in the court of King Henry VIII. Bartolozzi used both etching and stipple engraving techniques to create the work which was published by John Chamberlaine in London in 1793 in "The Book of Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty". Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby...

Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching

"Le Singe" The Monkey Tapestry
"Le Singe" The Monkey Tapestry

"Le Singe" The Monkey Tapestry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Belgian made, Jacquard woven with relief stitch. Fully lined with rod pocket for hanging. Cotton and rayon. Measurements are approximate.

Category

Late 20th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Tapestry

Escuela flamenca (XVIII) - Dulzura bucólica (a la manera de Peter Paul Rubens)
Escuela flamenca (XVIII) - Dulzura bucólica (a la manera de Peter Paul Rubens)

Escuela flamenca (XVIII) - Dulzura bucólica (a la manera de Peter Paul Rubens)

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual (de hecho la obra va pegada en el plafon del marco) Medidas obra: 14 x 20 cm. Medidas marco: 28 x ...

Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting
Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting

Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting

Located in Hagley, England

This lovely French Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Painted circa 1810 it is a head and shoulders profile of a beautiful woman, resting her head on one hand. There is superb attention to detail and vibrant colouring. An excellent example of a French Old Master portrait of the period. Unsigned. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 20 inches by 17 inches framed and in good condition. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. Although he considered himself a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, it is his portraits, both painted and drawn, that are recognized as his greatest legacy. His expressive distortions of form and space made him an important precursor of modern art, influencing Picasso, Matisse and other modernists. Born into a modest family in Montauban, he travelled to Paris to study in the studio of David. In 1802 he made his Salon debut, and won the Prix de Rome for his painting The Ambassadors of Agamemnon in the tent of Achilles. By the time he departed in 1806 for his residency in Rome, his style—revealing his close study of Italian and Flemish Renaissance masters—was fully developed, and would change little for the rest of his life. While working in Rome and subsequently Florence from 1806 to 1824, he regularly sent paintings to the Paris Salon, where they were faulted by critics who found his style bizarre and archaic. He received few commissions during this period for the history paintings he aspired to paint, but was able to support himself and his wife as a portrait painter and draughtsman. He was finally recognized at the Salon in 1824, when his Raphaelesque painting of the Vow of Louis XIII was met with acclaim, and Ingres was acknowledged as the leader of the Neoclassical school in France. Although the income from commissions for history paintings allowed him to paint fewer portraits, his Portrait of Monsieur...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Chiton  - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868

Chiton - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868

By Francisco Goya

Located in Roma, IT

Chiton is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching on paper. The plate belongs the Third Edition of "Los Caprichos" that has...

Category

1860s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Escuela griega (XIX) - San Sísoes Magno - Óleo sobre plancha
Escuela griega (XIX) - San Sísoes Magno - Óleo sobre plancha

Escuela griega (XIX) - San Sísoes Magno - Óleo sobre plancha

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco bastante actual Medidas obra: 29 cm altura x 19 cm ancho. Medidas marco: 48 cm altura x 38 cm ancho. Estado ta...

Category

Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

19th century Oil portrait of a Hungarian Rabbi
19th century Oil portrait of a Hungarian Rabbi

19th century Oil portrait of a Hungarian Rabbi

Located in Woodbury, CT

This 19th-century oil on panel portrait depicts a Hungarian Rabbi, characterized by his traditional attire and solemn expression. The Rabbi is portrayed with a long, white beard and ...

Category

1890s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait Singer Vignon Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master French school
Portrait Singer Vignon Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master French school

Portrait Singer Vignon Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master French school

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Claude Vignon (Tours, 1593 – Paris, 1670) Portrait of a singer in a doublet Circa 1625 Oil on canvas (105 x 79 cm. - In frame 120 x 94 cm.) The work has been the subject o...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Bas-relief - Sketch of an antique scene, the procession.
Bas-relief - Sketch of an antique scene, the procession.

Bas-relief - Sketch of an antique scene, the procession.

Located in PARIS, FR

School of the first half of the 19th century. Bas-relief - Sketch of an antique scene, the procession. Terracotta. 29 x 38 x 6 cm With sketch on the back

Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Terracotta

Carcere ascura
Carcere ascura

Carcere ascura

By Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Carcere ascura Etching, 1743 Signed in the plate bottom left corner From: Prima Parte, 1743 Second edition: 1750-1778 Watermark: R 37-39 A lifetime impression printed during Piranesi’s life, before the plates are moved to Paris by his sons in the 1790’s This image foretells Piranesi's famous set, Carceri (Prisons) which is his next creative effort. Condition: Horizontal crease midway in the sheet associated with the manufacture of the paper. Visible watermark verso Small printer crease in the bottom right below the caption plate. Image size: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches Reference: Robison 3 iii/VI Piranesi In Rome: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive "Although Piranesi studied architecture in Venice, he never was able to find work in the field other than a few jobs involving remodeling in Rome. While Piranesi was struggling to support his architectural endeavors upon his arrival in Rome in 1740, he spent a short period of time in the studio of master painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) in addition to his apprenticeship with Giuseppe Vasi. The first production of Piranesi’s early years in Rome and a culmination of his training under Vasi, Tiepolo, and his uncle, was the Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive (1743). The Prima Parte was a collection of twelve etchings of imaginary temples, palaces, ruins, and a prison. During this time, Piranesi was still developing the unique style of etching he is known for today, and as such the Prima Parte differs significantly in technique compared to later works. In the Frontispiece of the Prima Parte, Piranesi’s lines are definite and exact with very little flow to them, designed in the form of traditional etching. The detail is immaculate, and yet perspective of the piece is oddly simple and familiar to the viewer. Piranesi’s technique employs miniscule markings and lines, intricately woven together to create a stippling effect. The Prima Parte, described as “rigid” by art historian Jonathan Scott, came to be seen as a stark contrast to his later sketches, which were much lighter and freer. Influenced by the style of Tiepolo, which epitomized the lightness and brightness of the Rococo period, Piranesi adopted some of the more painterly techniques of the masters he apprenticed under. Piranesi made the medium of etching appear as though it was a sketch or a painting, hence a “freer” and more fluid design in his later works. For example, the frontispiece of the Prima Parte read as an etching to Piranesi’s audience, but in his later vedute, the style of etching almost appears to be made of brushstrokes. Moreover, at the same time Piranesi was working on the Prima Parte, he aided the artist Giambattista Nolli. There is a small section of Nolli’s map...

Category

1740s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art
Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art

Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel" (Plate 949) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the...

Category

1770s Old Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Untitled /// French Ornaments Designs Architecture Jean Bérain Old Master Print
Untitled /// French Ornaments Designs Architecture Jean Bérain Old Master Print

Untitled /// French Ornaments Designs Architecture Jean Bérain Old Master Print

By Jean Bérain

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Jean Berain (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) Title: "Untitled" (Plate 35) Portfolio: Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain (Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain) Circa: 1711 (Firs...

Category

1710s Old Masters Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio, Etching

Mythological Scene Various Classical Figures in Landscape
Mythological Scene Various Classical Figures in Landscape

Mythological Scene Various Classical Figures in Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, 20th century Title: Mythological Scene with Figures in Classical Landscape Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Size: board: 19.75 x 27 inches ...

Category

20th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Real (Titian)_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage/Canvas_Figurative_Portrait_Text
Real (Titian)_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage/Canvas_Figurative_Portrait_Text

Real (Titian)_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage/Canvas_Figurative_Portrait_Text

By Greg Miller

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

GREG MILLER "Real (Titian)" Acrylic, Collage on Canvas 36 x 36 in. Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relati...

Category

2010s Old Masters Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Portrait of William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram, 4th Marquess of Lothian
Portrait of William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram, 4th Marquess of Lothian

Portrait of William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram, 4th Marquess of Lothian

Located in London, GB

James Fellowes Flourished 1719 - 1750 Portrait of William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram, 4th Marquess of Lothian Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1747 Image size: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (75 x 62 cm) Original gilt wood frame William Henry Kerr was born a member of the Scottish peerage to William, third Marquess of Lothian, and his first wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Kemnay, first Baronet. William was styled Master Jedburgh until 1722, when his father was elevated to a Marquessate, after which he was referred to as Lord Jedburgh until 1735. Following his father’s military footsteps, on 20 June 1735 Ancram was commissioned as a cornet to the regiment (11th Dragoons) of his grand-uncle, Lord Mark Kerr. Ancram married Lady Caroline...

Category

1740s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Pair Battle Scenes Courtois Paints 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Pair Battle Scenes Courtois Paints 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Pair Battle Scenes Courtois Paints 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Jacques Courtois the Burgundian (Saint Hippolyte 1621 – Rome 1676) attributed to Pair of battle scenes between Imperial cavalry and the Turks Oil on canvas (51 x 71 cm – Antiqu...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Albert de Mayence, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer

Albert de Mayence, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer

By Albrecht Dürer

Located in Long Island City, NY

Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - Albert de Mayence, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 7.5 x 5.5 in. (19.05 x 13.97 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, ...

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

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