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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
Disparate Furioso - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
Disparate furioso - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 6 from of the second edition of t...
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1870s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

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
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescofrom the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Beggar Man and Beggar Woman - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar Man and Beggar Woman Conversing is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. Thi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Lunar Costumes - 20th Century - Gaetano Dura - Lithograph - Old Masters
Located in Roma, IT
Lunar Costumes is an original lithograph by Gaetano Dura. Titled on the lower center. Signed printed on lower left. Published by Lithography Gatti e Dura, Naples (printed on lower r...
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20th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

West Germany: Original Hand Colored 17th Century Map by Johannes Janssonius
Located in Alamo, CA
An original hand colored copperplate engraved map entitled in Latin "Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus Ducatus cum terris adjacentibus", published in Amsterdam in 1640 i...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized in the 18th century. Signed on the ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ruines Romanes - Roman Ruins - Ink and Watercolor by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper. Hand dated. Conditions: Foxing on the top right of the paper
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait in 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...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Head of a Man in a High Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a man in a high cap 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 ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Lionne Dechirant la Poitrine d'un Arabe, Modern Etching by Eugene Delacroix
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eugene Delacroix, French (1798 - 1863) - Lionne Dechirant la Poitrine d'un Arabe, Year: 1849, Medium: Soft Ground Etching, signed and dated in the plate, Image Size: 8 x 10.75 inch...
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1840s Old Masters Art

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Etching

John Sanderson Wells , oil, horses, horse riding country scene
By John Sanderson-Wells
Located in York, GB
A fine oil painting by the renowned artist John Sanderson Wells " Returning from a Country Ride" This painting captures beautifully the image o...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Ruega por Ella - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Ruega por Ella is an original etching realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. The plate is part of ...
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1860s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Temple - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Temple from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco La Vega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Madonna della Scodella
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna della Scodella is an original drawing (black pencil, pen and ink on laid paper) by an exponent of the Italian school of the eighteenth century. In excellent conditions: almo...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink

Genesis 27 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 27 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 31 x 35 cm The artwork...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Still Life With Bottles - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 1770s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life With Bottles from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in 1770s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions, included a cream colored c...
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1770s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol: the Smaller Plate is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1658 ca. This wonderful pi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

18th Century School, Courtyard of a palazzo, Architectural Capriccio, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century french School, Courtyard of a ruined palazzo, An Architectural Capriccio, Pen and black ink and black ink wash on paper 17 x 12 cm In good condition Framed : 32 x 26 c...
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1780s Old Masters Art

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Ink

De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob De Wit (Amsterdam, 1695 - 1754) attributable/ workshop Pair of Cupids with Garland of Flowers Oil on canvas 91 x 103 cm. - Framed 104 x 115 cm. Provenance: Christie's (London, Old master Painting 12.12.1996) lot 82 This magnificent composition depicts two cupids holding a garland of flowers, placed on a fine architecture with bas-reliefs and masks, presumably the top of a fountain. One of the two cupids sympathetically holds a part of it with his hands, while his head turns towards the viewer; the second cupid, on the other hand, must have clumsily broken the thread holding its end, and is sitting sullenly with a torch and a tear streaking his chubby cheek. The work, given its stylistic features and compositional taste, can be attributed to the Flemish artist Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam, 1695 - 1754), or to an artist from his workshop, with his typical triumphal and opulent style, which reveals clear influences from Rubens and Van Dijck, but also from Gerard de Lairesse...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Oil Lamp - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions with some cuts on margi...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Place in bustling Italy
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 49 x 39 x 6 cm
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by F. Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the lower rig...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching, Paper

Europa Myth and Centaur - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Europa Myth and Centaur from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Eurito Echione e Etalide Argonote
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Eurito Echione e Etalide Argonote Etching, 1664 after Remigio Cantagallina From: La manifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l"Arne a Florence, pour le Mariage du Grand Duc, (18 plates, this no. 14) Depicts Three Argonauts conveyed on aquatic peacock Published by Pierre Giffart, Paris Note: This image is a record of the celebration on the Arno River in Florence of the marriage of Cosimo II de Medici and Maria Madaglena of Austria, 1608 Condition: Trimmed to the border line of the image Slight foxing and staining to the sheet Tipped on an "English Mount" Image size: 3 9/16 x 4 15/16 inches Reference: Bartsch XX.63.37 (copy after) Drugulin 1179 Balthasar Moncornet printmaker; publisher/printer Tapissier, engraver and print publisher in Paris, specialist in ornament prints...
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1660s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient View of Place des Boutiques in Moscow - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Place des Boutiques in Moscow is an original modern artwork realized in France in the first half of the 19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscr...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

The Arrival of the Angels - Original Etching by J.B. Huet - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrival of the Angels is an original artwork realized by Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811) in the Late 19th Century. Etching print. Signed on plate. Good conditions. The artwork...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Palmo Napolitano - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palmo Napolitano, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G. Morghen. Signed on plate on the lower right. Good conditions. The et...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Landscape from Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 19 x 25 cm. Landscape is an original etching on paper realized by Claudio di Lorena. Signed on the plate, on the lower left. plate no. 23, written lower on the ri...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the lowe...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Exo.24 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Exo.24 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 31 x 35 cm The artwork is ...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Art

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Etching

De que Sirvé una Taza? - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Di que sirvé una taza? 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 "Lo...
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1860s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Beggar and Peasants - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar and Peasants 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 e...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Statue of a Horse - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue of a horse, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carol Nolli in the 18th ce...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Seascape - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano E...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Les Alcyons - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Alcyone. Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and a beautiful use of chiaroscuro, from the volume “Le...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Study of Six Heads - Etching by J.-J. Boissieu
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Six Heads is a beautiful black and white etching with drypoint interventions on paper, realized at the end of XVIII century by the French artist Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (Lyon, 1736- 1810). Six study od heads ( four elder men, a middle-aged man at the center, and a woman with turbant) etched with a superb technique and an incredible draftsmanship are drawn to different scales and with different degrees of finish, have the dignity of six different portraits with the same passion and effort. Signed on plate on lower right margin “De Boissieu”. Inscription ( number plate) on higher-right corner "10". This old master’s original print with lifetime impressions, is in very good conditions, except for a usual yellowing of the paper above all on the edges and some signs of the time,do not affect the image. Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (Lyon,1736 –1810) Jean-Jacques de Boissieu was a French artist studied at the École de Dessin in Lyon, but he was mostly self-taught. His first prints were realized between 1758–64. When he went to Italy in the retinue of the ambassador and Duc de la Rochefoucauld d’Enville, he had the lifechanging encounter: he met Voltaire and he entered in the world of luminaries, he had the opportunity of realizing some plates for the Diderot-d’Alembert’s Encyclopèdie. Then he continued to produce prints in Lyon, Boissieu made many etchings of the Roman and Dutch countryside, as well as the French countryside around Lyon, which earned him a reputation as the last representative of the older etching...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the lowe...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Pompeian Styles Wall Painting - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pompeian Styles Wall Painting 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 f...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Camel Study - Etching by Stefano Della Bella -1640s
Located in Roma, IT
Camel Study is an original old master artwork realized by Stefano Della bella in 1640 ca. Black and white etching. The plate is from the suite "Têtes de différents animaux". Includ...
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1640s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Scene - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions wi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Venus Goddess With Horse - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Venus Goddess With Horse from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some fo...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 Art

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Etching

Rome, The Countryside - China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Rome is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1742. In good condition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on the back and diffused foxings. Hand...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Paper, Ink

Ancient View of Oxonium - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Oxonium (Oxford) is an old master artwork realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg in the early 17th Century, as part of the famous Series "Civitates Orbis Terrar...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

La Femme a la Fleche, Old Masters Heliogravure Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Femme a la Fleche (B202), Year: 1878 (of original 1661), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 8.25 x 5 in. (20.96...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Man While Writing - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man while writing is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Charles III, King of Spain - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1760s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles III, King of Spain is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni in the 1760s. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ...
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1760s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Theater Actor in Black Coat on Stage- Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This figuration of a theater actor in a black coat on stage is the work of the Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi /1798-1861). The brilliance of the colors, the graphic precision as ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Woodcut

La piece dite des cinq Saints, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - La piece dite des cinq Saints, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 17.5 x 11.75 in. (44.45 x 29.85 cm), Pr...
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1870s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by A. Cattaneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by A.Cattaneo in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower righ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Chateau Fort - 19th Century - Horace Vernet - Drawing - Old Master
Located in Roma, IT
Chateau fort is an original pencil drawing on paper by Horace Vernet realized in XIX century. Certified by Paul Proutè. Very good conditions, except for a very little rip on the lef...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Pencil

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching V. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good cond...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Fourth Oriental Head - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Fourth Oriental Head is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1635. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an e...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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