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
Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Bridge is a beautiful black and white etching realized by Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non at the end of 18th Century.
On lower margin under the image the inscriptio...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Theatrical Costume - Pencil Drawing by Alfredo Edel - 1895
By Alfredo Edel
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor drawing realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895.
Good condition, the artwork is with watercolor and biacca.
Hand signed with pencil by the artis.
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...
Category
1890s Old Masters Art
Materials
Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Liber Veritatis - Plate 61 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Claud...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Seated Beggar and His Dog - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seated beggar and his dog 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 editi...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ca. 1578 Old Master Engraving "Siculus" After Jan vander Straet (Strandanus)
By Jan Van der Straet
Located in Chicago, IL
Ca. 1578, Engraving "Siculus" - from the portfolio “The Stables of Don John of Austria” (Equile Austriaci Caroli V)" After Jan van der Straet (Stradanus).
An Old Master print from the series of 43 engravings depicting horses of different breeds from the stables of John of Austria (1547-1578), son of Emperor Charles V. Each print shows a horse in the foreground on a hilltop overlooking a distant landscape. Each bears it's title breed, centered upper edge, with two columns of brief explanatory Latin texts in the lower margins. Published by Philips Galle...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Mercury and Argus (2nd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
References:
Blum 38 II/IV
Robert-Dumesnil 17 I/III
Russell 49 II/IV
Mannocci 42 IIb/III
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
A Lively Naval Engagement
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on panel measuring 21" x 24.5," including the frame. The painting is signed in the lower right corner, but we cannot attribute the signature. Probably dating from the late 19th ...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco 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 exc...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Duck - Colored lithograph on paper 1950s
Located in Napoli, IT
Colored silkscreen print on paper with mahogany wood frame
Category
1950s Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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
Convento dei Padri di S.Bernardo, e Chiesa di S.Pudenziana by G. Vasi
Located in Roma, IT
Monastero e Chiesa di S.Giuseppe is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for con...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of René Descartes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of René Descartes is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognom...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
LANDSCAPE - Mario Locatelli -Posillipo School Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Landscape - Mario Locatelli Italia 2004 - Oil on canvas cm.60x90
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame available on request
Mario Locatelli’s painting depicts a rural scene, of an authentic ...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Beggar - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A Beggar 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 edition of t...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by F. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by F. Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Cavalcade - Etching by G. B. Brambilla - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cavalcade is an original old master artwork realized by Giovanni Battista Brambilla in 18th Century.
Black and white etching.
Inscriptions on plate.
Good conditions except for som...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Camel - Drawing by follower of Stefano Della Bella - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Camel is an artwork realized in the 18th Century by an artisti follower of Stefano della Bella.
Pencil Drawing.
The artwork is in good conditions .
The artwork is depicted skill...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Pencil
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Forest landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper mounted on cardboard
Category
1880s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campan in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions ex...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
La Pompe Notre Dame
Located in Roma, IT
This original etching is titled and dated on plate. Monogram of the artist "MC" on higher right margin. Edition of 30 prints, 9 State. Very good conditions.
Charles Méryon was a Fre...
Category
1850s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Beggers - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggers is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. The piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th cent...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Dionysus Bacchus - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dionysus Bacchus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Aniello Cataneo in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Liber Veritatis - Original B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Liber Veritatis - Plate 176 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist ...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
STILL LIFE - In the Manner of Adriaen Coorte - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Still life - Salvatore Marinelli Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm. 50x100
Salvatore Marinelli's painting is a still life with black and white grapes, peaches, melon, a basket of pomegranates and figs. Objects and light are intensely studied and are painted with wonderful tenderness with variety of fruits. Marinelli is inspired by one of the many works by Adriaen Coorte...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leda With The Swan - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Leda With The Swan from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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The Temple of Glory - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Temple of Glory is an original etching artwork realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents the artificial Fire Machine and the temple of glory, with the ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Kauffmann - Original Etching by Anker Smith - 1810
By Anker Smith
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Kauffmann is an original artwork realized by Anker Smith (1759 - 1819).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed ...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Saint Jerome in the Desert, Prague school sanguine drawing
Located in New York, NY
Saint Jerome in the Desert Prague school sanguine drawing.
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Chalk, Paper
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
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...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Portrait of Voltaire - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Voltaire is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledg...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust,, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of measurements typic...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good condit...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Extraña devoción! - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Extrana Devocion 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 Desa...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Esto sí Que es Leer - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Esto sí que es leer is an original etching realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Etching on wove paper....
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Baby Bumble Bee
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
Category
2010s Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Oil Lamp - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original titl...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Temple of Neptune - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Temple of Neptune is an original black and white etching realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Good conditions except for the trace of being fold at the middle and a folding on the top-rig...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Jaguar Pompeian - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jaguar Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belo...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Flight into Egypt, Photogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Bredius, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - The Flight into Egypt, Year: of Original:1627 Printed in: 1906, Medium: Photogravure, Size: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.56...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Collegio Romano - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio Romano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
Signed and titled on ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Persia & Afghanistan: A Framed Hand-colored 17th Century Map by John Cary
By John Cary
Located in Alamo, CA
This colorful and detailed early 18th century copperplate map by John Cary entitled "A New Map of Persia from the Latest Authorities" was published in London in 1801. It depicts Persia, the region of modern day Afghanistan, the Caspian Sea, the Sea of Aral, the Persian Gulf...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Self Portrait, Photogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Bredius, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Self Portrait, Year: Of Original 1658 (printed 1906), Medium: Photogravure, Size: 14 x 10 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm), Print...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ferruginous Duck - Colored lithograph on paper 1950s
Located in Napoli, IT
Colored silkscreen print on paper with mahogany wood frame
Category
1950s Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Heads of John Locke - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Locke is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London,...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of meas...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Woman in the Bathroom I - Engraving After Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in the Bathroom I is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt of 1658. This specimen belongs to an edition of the late...
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
Etching
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...
Category
1890s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel, Pencil
Standing Men - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Men 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 edition ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
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...
Category
Late 17th 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
Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco 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 belongs to ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Landscapes with Monuments - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscapes With Monuments is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antich...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter D - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter D is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichit...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Venus and the Rose (2nd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraving after Luca Penni
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Posing Man - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Man is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing on the margins.
Signed in the plate.
The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMB...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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.