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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
Heads of John Locke - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810

James NeagleHeads of John Locke - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810, 1810

$414

Heads of John Locke - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Heads of Locke is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London,...

Category

1810s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

City with Travellers - Etching - 17th Century
City with Travellers - Etching - 17th Century

City with Travellers - Etching - 17th Century, 17th Century

$308

City with Travellers - Etching - 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

City with Travellers is an original and little etching of an unknown artist of 17th century. The artwork is in good conditions with some little stains on a yellowed paper. No signa...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient View of Benares - Original Lithograph - 1850s

Ancient View of Benares - Original Lithograph - 1850s, First Half of 19th Century

$237

Ancient View of Benares - Original Lithograph - 1850s

Located in Roma, IT

Ancient View of Benares is an original modern artwork realizedin the first half of the 19th Century. Original Black and White Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower ma...

Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Lithograph

Venus apparaissant a Enee, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
Venus apparaissant a Enee, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi

Marcantonio RaimondiVenus apparaissant a Enee, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi, 1875

$1,200

Venus apparaissant a Enee, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi

By Marcantonio Raimondi

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Venus apparaissant a Enee, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 8 x 5 in. (20.32 x 12.7 cm), Printer: Amand...

Category

1870s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Battle - Lithograph - 19th century

Battle - Lithograph - 19th century, 19th century

$260

Battle - Lithograph - 19th century

Located in Roma, IT

Battle is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. Included two impressive images in one sheet. Titled in Italian on the low...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Lithograph

Chiesa del Gesù di Roma - Etching by Giovambattista Falda - 1665

Giovambattista FaldaChiesa del Gesù di Roma - Etching by Giovambattista Falda - 1665, 1665

$474

Chiesa del Gesù di Roma - Etching by Giovambattista Falda - 1665

Located in Roma, IT

Chiesa del Gesù di Roma is an original etching artwork, realized by Giovambattista Falda, at the bottom, just below the image, the inscription in Italian "Chiesa dedicata al nome di Giesù de padri giesuiti nel rione della pigna - la facciata Architettura di Giacomo...

Category

1660s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Female Nude - Original Ink on Paper by Georges Isaul - 1940s

Georges IsaulFemale Nude - Original Ink on Paper by Georges Isaul - 1940s, 1940s

$474

Female Nude - Original Ink on Paper by Georges Isaul - 1940s

Located in Roma, IT

Female Nude is an original modern artwork realized in the 1940s by Georges Isaul (Argenteuil, 1882 - 1963). Original ink drawing on paper. Hand-signed in pen by the artist on the ...

Category

Early 1900s Old Masters Art

Materials

Pencil

The Bridge - Etching - 1745
The Bridge - Etching - 1745

Jan Peeter VerdussenThe Bridge - Etching - 1745, 1745

$829

The Bridge - Etching - 1745

By Jan Peeter Verdussen

Located in Roma, IT

The Bridge is a beautiful etching artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1745. In good condition except for missing piece of paper and ripping along the margins. Passepartout i...

Category

1740s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Allegoric scene with the Tiber

Allegoric scene with the Tiber

$1,066

Allegoric scene with the Tiber

Located in Roma, IT

Allegoric scene with the Tiber river is a fine original drawing (black chalk on laid and watermarked paper at the center) by an exponent of the Neoclassical school of the nineteenth ...

Category

20th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Ink

Mythological Subject - Charcoal and Ink Drawing

Mythological Subject - Charcoal and Ink Drawing

$1,422

Mythological Subject - Charcoal and Ink Drawing

Located in Roma, IT

Mythological subject is a precious original drawing (black chalk, brush, and watercolor ink on ivory colored paper). Unsigned. Inscription: "Disegnato dal P. e Scotti ricavato da que...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Ink, Charcoal

Funeral Ceremonies of American natives of Guiana and Brasil - 1746-1751

Gianfrancesco PivatiFuneral Ceremonies of American natives of Guiana and Brasil - 1746-1751, 1746-1751

$284

Funeral Ceremonies of American natives of Guiana and Brasil - 1746-1751

By Gianfrancesco Pivati

Located in Roma, IT

Funeral Ceremonies of natives of Guiana- Funeral Ceremonies of Brasilian indigenouses Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate LXXV Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34 Very Interesting Etchings ( two pictures in the same matrix), Hand-watercoloured, showing typical Funeral Cerimonies of American natives...

Category

1740s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing
French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing, circa 1770

$1,090

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing

Located in Paris, FR

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash on paper 11.5 x 11.5 cm, diameter of the main scene : 10,5 cm in a modern frame under glass : 33.5 x 33.5 cm This drawing by a particularly talented 18th-century artist - as yet unidentified - is notable for its mastery of pen and wash...

Category

1760s Old Masters Art

Materials

Ink

Campidoglio Festivamente Ornato - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1775
Campidoglio Festivamente Ornato - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1775

Giuseppe VasiCampidoglio Festivamente Ornato - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1775, 1775

$770

Campidoglio Festivamente Ornato - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1775

By Giuseppe Vasi

Located in Roma, IT

English Title: "Capitol Festively Decorated" Beautiful Proof, showing the apparatus for firework built by the “Cav. e Arch.” Paolo Posi, drown by “Giuse. Palazzi”, engraved by “Cava. Giusep. Vasi”. This wonderful Etching represents the Capitol festively decorated in occasion of the Feast of S. Peter and Paolo (29th June 1775). Signed on plate lower margin. Original Title with a detailed capture under the picture. In Very Good condition. Ref: G. Sassoli, Apparati architettonici per fuochi d'artificio, 1994, p.155, n. 97. Master of Giovan Battista Piranesi...

Category

1770s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi

Marcantonio RaimondiSainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi, 1875

$1,500

Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi

By Marcantonio Raimondi

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 11 x 6.5 in. (27.94 x 16.51 cm), Printe...

Category

1870s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Chiesa di Sant'Athanagio e Collegio della Natione de Greci - by G.B. Falda

Giovan Battista FaldaChiesa di Sant'Athanagio e Collegio della Natione de Greci - by G.B. Falda, Second Half of 17th Century

$225

Chiesa di Sant'Athanagio e Collegio della Natione de Greci - by G.B. Falda

By Giovan Battista Falda

Located in Roma, IT

Chiesa di Sant'Athanagio e Collegio della Natione de' Greci is a wonderful black and white etching on cream-colored paper realized in the second half of the XVII century by Giovanni Battista Falda. Signed on plate on the lower left margin "Giò Batta Falda dis. et fece". Title etched on plate at the center, with a urbanistic caption and a dedication to "Gio. Iacomo Rossi" on plate on the right corner of the lower margin. In excellent conditions, except for the wavy paper. An ivory-colored cardboard passepartout is included (34 x 49 cm). A beautiful urban landscape of Rome with full blacks and precise lines, to admire a disappeared view of the eternal city. Giovanni Battista Falda (Valduggia, 1643 - Rome, 1678) was an Italian engraver, who documented architectures and urban planning in Rome in the second half of the seventeenth century. Born in the province of Vercelli, he soon showed a passion for drawing. He was thus placed in the workshop of a local painter, and then, at the age of 14, sent to Rome to stay at his uncle's, who spoke about him to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He also studied with Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi. From De Rossi, the adolescent...

Category

Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

European School Portrait of a Bearded Man
European School Portrait of a Bearded Man

European School Portrait of a Bearded Man, 19th Century

$950

European School Portrait of a Bearded Man

Located in Astoria, NY

European School, Portrait of a Bearded Man, Conte Crayon on Toned Paper, 19th century, signed "J. Minard" in pencil lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 13.25" H x 10.25" W; frame: 1...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Crayon

Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman)

Hans Sebald BehamTwo Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman), 1540

$850

Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman)

By Hans Sebald Beham

Located in New York, NY

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), an engraving after Beham’s Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman), engraving, c 1540, a copy or impression in reverse of Pauli 215, Bartsch 213, the cop...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Engraving

Old Masters art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Giuseppe Vasi, Thomas Holloway, and Vincenzo Campana. Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Old Masters art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $1,495,000, while the average work sells for $546.

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