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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
Then Judas comes to Christ and laments his sin and became his disciple
Then Judas comes to Christ and laments his sin and became his disciple

Gunther ZainerThen Judas comes to Christ and laments his sin and became his disciple

$1,250

Then Judas comes to Christ and laments his sin and became his disciple

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Then Judas comes to Christ and laments his sin and became his disciple Woodcut, 1471-1473 Unsigned (as issued) The image depicts a scene from the life of Christ, likely from one of Z...

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art

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Woodcut

Battle of Jerusalem (There occurred a battle over Jerusalem)
Battle of Jerusalem (There occurred a battle over Jerusalem)

Gunther ZainerBattle of Jerusalem (There occurred a battle over Jerusalem), 1473

$1,250

Battle of Jerusalem (There occurred a battle over Jerusalem)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Battle of Jerusalem (There occurred a battle over Jerusalem) Woodcut, 1473 Unsigned This illustration is part of the Speculum humanae salvationis (Mirror of Human Salvation), a popul...

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art

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Woodcut

Landscape - Etching - 17th Century
Landscape - Etching - 17th Century

Landscape - Etching - 17th Century, 17th Century

$1,893

Landscape - Etching - 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape is an old master artwork realized by Artist of late 17th Century. Etching on paper. Includes frame 31.8 x 37 cm

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Que Locura - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863

Francisco GoyaQue Locura - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863, 1863

$1,775

Que Locura - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863

By Francisco Goya

Located in Roma, IT

Que Locura 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 "Los Desastres ...

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1860s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs

French SchoolItalian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs

$1,898

Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pietro Fancelli (Italian 1764 - 1850) bio details attached to the frame 'St. Anne & The Virgin' ink with watercolor wash on paper, framed framed: 22 x 16 inches image: 11 x 6.5 inche...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink, Watercolor

La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees, Old Masters Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van RijnLa Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees, Old Masters Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1878 (of original 1648)

$1,500

La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees, Old Masters Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees (B232), Year: 1878 (of original 1648), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5 x 6...

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Besler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers
Besler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers

Basilius BeslerBesler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers, 1613

$3,180Sale Price|20% Off

Besler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers

Located in Alamo, CA

A 17th century hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Caryophyllus Maior Sylve Strisvarie Gatus" (Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers) 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 silver and gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and three elaborate cream-colored French mats...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball
Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball

Giorgio Mantovano GhisiAllegorical Figure, Holding a Ball

$7,500

Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball

By Giorgio Mantovano Ghisi

Located in Chicago, IL

Provenance: Edouard Schultze (Lugt 906) References: Bartsch 34 Boorsch & Lewis 38 Notes: A fine impression of this engraving. Boorsch and Lewis state that this work dates from “the mid-1560s” and suggest that it was after a work by Giulio Romano...

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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Piranesi 18th C. Etching "Reliquiae Theartri Pompejani" an Ancient Roman Theater
Piranesi 18th C. Etching "Reliquiae Theartri Pompejani" an Ancient Roman Theater

Giovanni Battista PiranesiPiranesi 18th C. Etching "Reliquiae Theartri Pompejani" an Ancient Roman Theater, 1762

$1,500Sale Price|20% Off

Piranesi 18th C. Etching "Reliquiae Theartri Pompejani" an Ancient Roman Theater

By Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in Alamo, CA

This a framed Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) etching entitled "Reliquiae Theartri Pompejani" (Remains of the Theatre of Pompey) from "Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma" (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome), published in Rome in 1762. It depicts the remains of an ancient theater in Rome with exposed seating and an arch still standing in the foreground. An inset shows an architectural side view of a portion of the structure. The etching is presented in an antiqued silver-colored wood frame with a cream-colored French mat. The frame measures 24" x 20.75" x 1.25". The print is in excellent condition. The Theatre of Pompey (Latin: Theatrum Pompeii, Italian: Teatro di Pompeo) was a structure in Ancient Rome built during the latter part of the Roman Republican era by Pompey the Great...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein

Wenceslaus Hollar'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein, 1647

$1,650

'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein

By Wenceslaus Hollar

Located in Milwaukee, WI

In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of an unidentified woman, copying a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The identity of the sitter is a mystery: formerly, the portrait was believed to be of Catherine of Aragon, and the National Portrait Gallery in London identifies her as Queen Mary I...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Theatrical Costume - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1895
Theatrical Costume - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1895

Alfredo EdelTheatrical Costume - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1895, 1895

$1,952

Theatrical Costume - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1895

By Alfredo Edel

Located in Roma, IT

Theatrical Costume is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895. Good condition, the artwork is from Amleto and represents Ofelia, with a note writes from the artist on the lower margin. Hand signed with pencil by the artist. Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...

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1890s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Pastel, Pencil

Roman Hills, Aqueducts and Roads: An Early 18th Century Map by Jan Goeree
Roman Hills, Aqueducts and Roads: An Early 18th Century Map by Jan Goeree

Jan GoereeRoman Hills, Aqueducts and Roads: An Early 18th Century Map by Jan Goeree, 1704

$460Sale Price|20% Off

Roman Hills, Aqueducts and Roads: An Early 18th Century Map by Jan Goeree

Located in Alamo, CA

This richly engraved map of Rome and its environs entitled "Urbis Cum Vicis Seu Pagis Adiacentibus Dissertationi III De Aq et Aqueaed Veteris Promae Praemissa Authore Raph Fabretto G...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Allegories: Lies - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century

Francesco CepparuliAllegories: Lies - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

$236

Allegories: Lies - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century

By Francesco Cepparuli

Located in Roma, IT

Allegories: Lies is a vintage poster realized by the Italian artist Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, 1911 – Rome, 1987) in 1981 Original Colored Offset on paper. The artwork was realized on the occasion of the exhibition realized in 1981 at Galleria Rondanini in Rome. The offset poster depicts the artwork Le Allegorie: Le Menzogne realized by the artist in 1979 Printed on the lower left corner: Renato Guttuso - Le Allegorie: Le Menzogne - 1979 . Allegories: Lies is an excellent artwork realized in Italy in the Second half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, 1911 – Rome, 1987). His father Gioacchino, a land-surveyor and amateur watercolourist, and his mother Giuseppina d’Amico, due to disagreements with their own town depending on their liberal ideas, registered the birth on 2 January 1912 in Palermo. In his birthplace Guttuso discovered painting at a very early age; as he himself wrote: “… among my father’s watercolours, the studio of the painter Domenico Quattrociocchi and the workshop of the cart painter Emilio Murdolo my path was taking shape when I was six, seven, ten years old…”.Guttuso was awarded the Lenin Prize at the time of his exhibition at the Art Academy in Moscow, 1972. The same year a large retrospective toured Eastern Europe calling at Praha, Bucarest, Bratislava and Budapest. Two major paintings belong to this period: La Vucciria (1974), later presented by the artist to the University of Palermo, and Caffe Greco...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Tobias and the Angel

Hendrik GoudtTobias and the Angel, 1613

$12,000

Tobias and the Angel

By Hendrik Goudt

Located in Chicago, IL

References: Bartsch, Dutuit and Hollstein 2

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Offering Vesta - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century

Nicola VanniOffering Vesta - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century, 18th Century

$568

Offering Vesta - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Offering Vesta from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is a Hand-colored etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Tournai (Tournay), Belgium: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Tournai (Tournay), Belgium: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

Franz HogenbergTournai (Tournay), Belgium: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg, 1575

$620Sale Price|20% Off

Tournai (Tournay), Belgium: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

By Franz Hogenberg

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Tournai, Belgium, entitled "Tornacum" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, in volume IV of their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Cologne or Augsberg, Germany in 1575. The map provides a bird's-eye view of the walled city of Tournai, the second oldest city in Belgium. It lies approximately one hour by car southwest of Brussels or from Ghent. The names of thirty of its streets, prominent buildings, churches and squares are listed in a key within a strap-work cartouche in the lower left. These locations are numbered in the key corresponding to their locations on the map. This colorful map of Tournai (Tornacum or Tournay as it was called in the 16th century) includes the title in Latin in a cartouche in the upper center. Three crests are present across the upper map. A man and two woman are standing on a hill in the foreground in the lower right dressed in the style of 16th century upper class residents of the town. This is an English translation of an excerpt of Braun's description of Tornai: “Tornacum or Turnacum is a city in Gallia Belgica, situated on the Schelde in the territory of the Nervii, called Tournai by its French inhabitants, but Dorneck by the Germans. Tournai has always been a large and powerful city, with an abundance of goods and commercial activities and wonderfully resourceful craftsmen, who invent new articles every day, and although some of these go out of use they constantly conceive of other new things, both useful and delightful, so that they have at all times something that provides work and a means of livelihood for the poor." ReferencesVan der Krogt 4, 4435, State 1; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg...

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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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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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