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
In Prag der Grosse Ring - Original Lithograph - Half of the 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
In Prag der Grosse Ring 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 ma...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
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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Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Lovingly - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovingly 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 foxing and folding...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Oil Lamp - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Iacomino e Casanova in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
The ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Temple - Etching by Various Authors - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Temple from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Good conditions with folding.
The etching...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet E - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet E, 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
The Sleeping Herdsman - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sleeping Herdsman 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 o...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Guardian Angel - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Guardian Angel from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
G...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Still Life - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Cattaneo and Casanova in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Fair condi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Michael Dahl (circle) 17th century portrait of Sir William Cowper
By (Circle of) Michael Dahl
Located in York, GB
Portrait of Sir William Cowper [1639-1706] Circle of Michael Dahl.Oil painting on canvas
17th century oval, bust-length, with a long dark wig, and wearin...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$5,190 Sale Price
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Self-Portrait in a Cap, Laughing - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait in a Cap, Laughing 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 ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana.
Signed on the plate, on the lower right.
Good cond...
Category
Late 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 95 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
Veduta delle Antiche Sostruzioni, Vintage Cityscape Etching by Giovanni Piranesi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (1720 - 1788)
Title: Veduta delle Antiche Sostruzioni
Portfolio: Vedute di Roma
Year: 1776
Medium: Etching
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Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Carlo Oratij - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Ortij in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco from Herculaneum - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from Herculaneum, is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Self-Portrait Wearing a Soft Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait wearing a soft cap full face is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belong...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Mediterranean Boats - Etching Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is anetching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
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Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Decorative Wall Fresco - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Wall Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Landscapes With Monuments - Etching by Vincenzo 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
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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 ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight folding and a yellowish stain on the right margin.
Signed in the plate.
The etching ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, 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
Battaglione Real Navi
Located in Roma, IT
Title at the center of the lower margin. In very good conditions except a lightly damaged in right margins, and normal brown paper in margins.
Interesting colored lithograph which de...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
Birds Of Hercolaneum - 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.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa di S. Tomaso in Parione - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S. Tomaso in Parione is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Billy in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some foxing an...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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 centu...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Carlo Oratij - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Ortij in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions ex...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Bird Fresco - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bird Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet A, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In ...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is a etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
San Pietro in Vincoli - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
San Pietro in Vincoli is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Vasi in the late 18th century.
Etching, 33 x 45 cm.
Signed and titled in the lower part.
Good conditions!
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
Ancient Roman Scene - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the plate.
G...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Y se le quema la casa - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Y se le quema la casa is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Etching on paper.
The etching is part of the Third Edit...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Roman Temple On The Wind- Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple On The Wind from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco after Agostino Carracci
About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca.
...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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 conditio...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, 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
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching V. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditi...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Bathers - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bathers 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
A L'Image Notre Dame - Woodcut by Charles-Antoine Jombert - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
A L'Image Notre Dame is a woodcut print realized by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1755.
Good conditions.
The print was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755”
The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Woodcut
Letter of the Alphabet Q - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet Q, 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
Chiesa dei SS. Vincenzo ed Anastasio - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa dei SS. Vincenzo ed Anastasio a Trevi is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Go...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with som...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century.
Good conditions.
The etching belong...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the plate.
Good conditi...
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 Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the plate.
G...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Old Woman Sleeping - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Woman Sleeping 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 t...
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 Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichit...
Category
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 etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Anatomy Studies after Guido Reni - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies after Guido Reni is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The etching was realized for the anato...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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
Letter of the Alphabet S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, 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
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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