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
Costume of Napoli - Ink and Watercolor by Michela De Vito - 1830s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume of Napoli is an original Ink and Watercolour drawing on ivory-colored stuck on paper, 1830 c.a.
Signed. Image Dimensions: 24.5 x 15 cm.
The original title is written at the...
Category
1830s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an editio...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Temple Hercolaneum - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged.
The etch...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Iacomino e Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Smoker and the Drinker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adriaen Van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685)
Title: The Smoker and the Drinker
Year: 1650
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Image (plate mark) size...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue of Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Casanova in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Royal Hospital att Greenwich to the River /// "Vitruvius Britannicus" Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Colen Campbell (Scottish, 1676-1729)
Title: "Royal Hospital att Greenwich to the River" (Vol. 1, Plates 86, 87)
Portfolio: Vitruvius Britannicus; or The British Architect, Co...
Category
1710s Old Masters Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio, 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...
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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 tit...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good con...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Study of Faces - Etching by Stefano Della Bella - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of faces is an original old master artwork realized by Stefano Della bella in 17th Century.
Black and white etching. The etching is divided in 2 panes, the measures of them fr...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Landscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With Monuments and Figures is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title:...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Beggar with a Stick - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar with a stick 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 ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S is an etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Expose...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art be...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etchin...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Fresco Cupid With Animals - Etching by Francesco Martano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fresco Cupid With Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Martano in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Wall Motif With Nehebkau - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Wall Motif With Nehebkau and Pegasus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Carlo Pignatari - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Carlo Pignatari (18th century).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Seascapes With Monument and Figures - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascapes With Monument and Figures is an Etching realized by Giuseppe Aloja (1783-1837).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original titl...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa dell'Archiconfraternita - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa dell'Archiconfraternita delle Stimate di S.Francesco is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for consumed margins.
Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 - Rome, 1782) was an engraver, architect, and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761, Vasi published 10 volumes with 240 engravings of the monuments of Rome...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man 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 Mankind", L...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Sacred Scene - Original Etching after Pietro Testa - Early 18th Century
By Pietro Testa
Located in Roma, IT
Sacred Scene is an original etching on paper, realized by an anonymous artist after Pietro Testa in the early 18th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower righ...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Family - Original Etching by Jean-Louis Demarne - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Family is an Original Etching realized by Jean-Louis Demarne (1744-1829).
The little artwork is in good condition, included a light green cardboard passpartout (49x31.5 cm).
Stamp signed on the lower right corner.
Jean-Louis de Marne (1752-24 March 1829) was a French painter. He concentrated on landscape and genre painting, in which he was greatly influenced by such 17th century Dutch masters as Aelbert Cuyp...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Bust of an old man with flowing beard - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of an old man with flowing beard is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art b...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Genesis 6 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 6 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm
The artwork i...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Polander Leaning on a Stick - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Polander Leaning on a Stick 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 ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with some fol...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter V - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter V 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
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...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ponte Milvio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte Milvio is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rom...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Hall 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
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco With Mythological Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Goo...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia
By Georg Pencz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia
Engraving, c. 1546-47
Signed with the intials in the plate (see photo)
From: "Four Scenes of Early Roman History"
An early impression with plate ton...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
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 ...
Category
1760s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Six’s Bridge - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Six’s Bridge is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1645. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an edition of...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Eurydice And Orpheus - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Eurydice And Orpheus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding a...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Various Artists (18th century).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Erc...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Cupids and Genii While Work - Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
By Roccus Pozzi
Located in Roma, IT
Cupids and Genii While Work from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some fo...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate on the low...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Die Kasan-Kirche (St. Petersbourg) - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Die Kasan-Kirche is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower central m...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pompeian Style Oil Lamps - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pompeian Style Oil Lamps from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the p...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Egyptian Deities And Exotic Animals - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Egyptian Deities And Exotic Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Good condi...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene 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 with...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Temple And Villa Fresco - Etching by Francesco Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple And Villa Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Casanova in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
Th...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after Rembrandt by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful pi...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Seascape with Monument and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascapes With Monuments and Figures is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title:...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Obelisco Egizio (Egyptian Obelisk) - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Obelisco Egizio (The Egyptian Obelisk in the Piazza di S. Giovanni), erected by Pope Sixtus V, is a wonderful black and white etching on fine laid and watermarked paper (with a lily inside a double circle, watermark n. 3 according to Hind) realized by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Signed on plate on the lower right margin "Piranesi Architetto fec." and with the address and price at lower left. Hind 53, second state of five. A lifetime Roman impression, before the Paris editions.
Excellent condition, with central fold, as issued, visible only on the left margin.
From one of the most important series of etchings by G.B. Piranesi, Views of Rome drawn and etched by Giambattista Piranesi...
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1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Apollo God With his Lyre - Etching by Pietro Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Apollo God With his Lyre from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Goo...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Labyrinth - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oratij in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Cupids - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid and Genni from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged with some foldi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Iconography of Pan, Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Iconography of Pan, Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Architectural Roman Map - Etching by Vincenzo Scarpati - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural Roman Map from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Scarpati in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Go...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Carlo Pignatari - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Carlo Pignatari (18th century).
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le A...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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