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
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 Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on t...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball
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...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Carlo Nolli - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Liberation of Angels from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with folding, a cut,...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Cupid In Three Frames - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belon...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Profile of an Oriental Man - Etching - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of an oriental man is an artwork realized in 17th Century, after HARMENSZ VAN RIJN REMBRANDT, (1606 Leiden - 1669 Amsterdam)
Etching on paper. 13 x 12 cm.
Slightly stained, heavily trimmed.
The motif shows reminiscences of similar motifs of Rembrandt, as well as of Salomon Koninck...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching N. Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Exo.17 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Exo.17 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by Sisto Badalocchio.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
Passpartout included 31 x 35 cm
The artwork is in good cond...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice 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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Antonio Canova - Original Etching on Paper after Pellegrini - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Antonio Canova is an original etching on paper realized in about 1870 after Pellegrini.
Sheet dimension: 21.5 x 19.5 cm
The state of preservation is very good except for some smal...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Un homme fouetlant la fortune, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Un homme fouetlant la fortune, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 6.5 x 5.5 in. (16.51 x 13.97 cm), Print...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Venus l'Amour et Pallas, Heliogravure by Marco Dente
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marco Dente, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1493 - 1527) - Venus l'Amour et Pallas, Year: circa 1878, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 9 x 5.5 in. (22.86 x ...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Sweden and Adjacent Portions of Scandinavia: A Hand-colored 18th C. Homann Map
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored copper-plate map of Sweden and adjacent portions of Scandinavia entitled "Regni Sueciae in Omnes suas Subjacentes Provincias accurate divisi Tabula Generalis" was c...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
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 typica...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Mill, Dolgellau, Wales , William Henry Mander 19th century oil painting
Located in York, GB
The Mill, Dolgellau wales William Henry Mander 19th century oil painting
A fine oil on canvas painting of The Mill, Dolgellau, by the renowned artist William Henry Mander
Dolgel...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Self-Portrait with a Scarf Around His Neck-Engraving after Rembrandt- 19th Cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait with a Scarf Around His Neck is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Cornucopia of Cherries - Etching Ferancesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cornucopia of Cherries from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Ancient Roman Statues of Sheep - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues of Sheep, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Anonymous Artist in the 18th century.
Monogrammed on the pl...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Alexander Monro - Original Etching by Paton Thomson - 1793
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Alexander Monro is an original etching realized by P. Thomson in 1793.
Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout ( 49x34 cm).
The portrait represent Alex...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Danube River, Italy, Greece and Croatia: A Hand-colored 18th C. Homann Map
Located in Alamo, CA
"Fluviorum in Europa principis Danubii" is a hand-colored map of the region about the Danube river created by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) in his 'Atlas Novus Terrarum', publish...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Landscape - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Landscape from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparuli in the 18th Centur...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Still Life - Original Etching by Filippo De Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate.
Good ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Hunting Cupid - Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
By Roccus Pozzi
Located in Roma, IT
Hunting Cupid from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belongs to ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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Chiesa Di S. Giorgio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa Di S. Giorgio 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 title...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Sir Thomas More - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Sir Thomas More is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Kn...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
18th C. Piranesi Fireplace Designs based on Ancient Architectural Styles
Located in Alamo, CA
These two Giovanni Battista Piranesi 18th century etchings of fireplace designs on one sheet is plate 6 from his publication 'Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Monastero e Chiesa di S. Egidio - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Monastero e Chiesa di S. Egidio in Trastevere is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Pablo Neruda - b/w photo - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Pablo Neruda Vintage Photo, b/w photo is realized in 1962.
With the stamp of " Scarmiglia, Roma"
Good conditions, consumed margins.
Category
1960s Old Masters Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brigata di Piemonte
Located in Roma, IT
Title at the center of the lower margin. "Lit. Foudraz" in the lower right margin. In very good conditions except some light foxing and two little holes in the higher margin, and nor...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
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...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Grazing - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grazing is an artwork realized in the 18th century.
It is an etching after a painting by Giuseppe Zais.
Number of plate, author, and titled printed on ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Asclepius God, Flora Goddess and Cupid - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Pan Teaching Daphnis To Play from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Seascape With Monument and Figures - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape With Monument and Figures is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title:...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Decoration With Fishes - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration With Fishes is an Etching realized by Francesco Cepparuli (1750-1767).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le An...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
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 ...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Dog with Plants - Original China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1751
Located in Roma, IT
Dog with plants in the garden is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1751.
pen and watercolour on brown paper. In good codition except for some pencil marks and t...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ancient View of Windsor - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Vindesorium (Windsor) is an old master artwork realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg in the Late 17th Century, as part of the famous Series "Civitates Orbis Te...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter L is an etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century.
Good condtions.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original ti...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
17th Century Dutch engraving 'Mein Greit; Mein Greit'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Julius Goltzius (Dutch c.1550-1595)
Mein Greit; Mein Greit
Engraving
6.5/8 x 11.3/8 in. (16.8 x 29 cm.) (measured to slip edge)
Christie’s have suggested this impression is from the ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Female figure with Child and Dog - Charcoal Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Female figure with child and dog is a sublime original drawing (red chalk drawing on laid paper) by an exponent of the French School of the XVIII century...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Charcoal
Hercules Labors - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercules Labors 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 folding.
T...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Larus, Cinereus (European Herring Gull) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786)
Title: "Larus, Cinereus (European Herring Gull)" (Plate 101)
Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds)
Year: 1770-1829
Medium: Origi...
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio, Laid Paper
With King's Privilege - Original Etching by Pierre Charles Trémolières - 18th
Located in Roma, IT
With King's Privilege is an Original Etching (chez Huquier) realized by Pierre Charles Trémolières (1703-1739 Paris).
The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper, included ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Man Eating Spaghetti - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Man Eating Spaghetti is an original watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized by the old master Michela De Vito in 1828.
The year is written by the author, Michela De Vito, in pen...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
The Praying - Etching after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By D'Après Rembrandt
Located in Roma, IT
The Praying is an etching 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 ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Artist’s Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist’s Mother is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
View of Oran - Original Lithograph - 1846
Located in Roma, IT
View of Oran is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century.
Titled in Italian on the lower center "Oran".
The state of...
Category
1840s Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
Costume di Procida - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Procida" with a caption "Provincia di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin. Partially hand-signed on lower-right margin. Representing a woman with baby...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786
Located in Roma, IT
Tuscan Proverbs is an original etching realized by Carlo Lasinio in 1786.
Etching and watercolour technique, in good conditions, except for some stains on the back of the yellowed p...
Category
1780s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter T - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter T is an etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century.
Good condtions.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original ti...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by G. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditi...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco 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
Les Grimpeurs, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Les Grimpeurs, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 12 x 9.25 in. (30.48 x 23.5 cm), Printer: Amand Durand,...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, 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 lower ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Anti...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Tribute Money - engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Tribute Money is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after Rembrandt by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belo...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Capital letter M from the Antiquities of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good condition, except for some st...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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