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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
Planimetry of the Vatican - China Ink After G.L. Bernini - Mid-17th
Located in Roma, IT
Planimetry of the Vatican After G.L. Bernini is an original China Ink realized by an unknown artist in mid-17th century. Good condition except for some spoiled yellowed paper on mar...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink

The Great Jewish Bride - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Jewish Bride is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1635. This wonderful pi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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

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Etching

Sepolcro della Famiglia Plauzia - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sepolcro della Famiglia Plauzia, Presso il Ponte Lucano is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower ma...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Man Crying Out - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Crying Out, Three-Quarters Left 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 ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

Retrato de una Dama (Portrait of a Lady)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this image by Fidel Santos, a crumbling fresco portrait of a beautiful ancient Roman noblewoman is depicted. However, it is Santos' mastery of texture that truly stands out. The d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Art

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter C - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Giovanni 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 conditions e...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching, Aquatint

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman Scene - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Scene - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Isidoro Frezza in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good con...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Plate 23 – From Liber Veritatis Aquatint on Copper, Imag. Dim: cm 33x47.5, Dim: cm 21x27, Beautiful Artist’s Proof, representing a shepherd with his herd pastouring at the shore o...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter V - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet V, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions except for some f...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

Ancient Theatrical Mask - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Theatrical Mask from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparuli in the 18th Cent...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquity of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquity of Herculaneum, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen i...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter L - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspar Van Wittel (Vanvitelli) in the 18th centu...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter C - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions except for some f...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Decorations is an etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding and a small c...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Man With a Hawk - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man With a Hawk is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1623-1647. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th centu...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding and a small...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Gioncataro - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Gioncataro is an amazing original artwork, watercolour on ivory-colored paper, realized by the talented artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Gioncataro" in pencil on the ...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Tripods from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. M...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Ruins - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Ruins, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli 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

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues 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 exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by G. Guerra - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Guerra in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exce...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 c...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 G. Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Flora with her Nymphs, after Giulio Romano
Located in New York, NY
GIULIO BONASONE (1510-1576) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA1499-1546) Flora with her Nymphs engraving, circa1531-50, on laid paper, watermark Two crossed Arro...
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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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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 in the plate. Good condit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

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 typic...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

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

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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 conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Silhouette 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 L...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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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 conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion - Etching by C. Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Phallus fascinum in ancient Roman religion, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in t...
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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 Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed in the plate. Good condi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Rembrandt's Mother with Black Veil I - Engraving after Rembrandt-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rembrandt's Mother with Black Veil I is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching after Rembrandt's original eng...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Tripods from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Si...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman 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 a...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues 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 ex...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

William Wissing (follower) 19th Century Portrait Queen Mary II
Located in York, GB
A 19th century oil on canvas, portrait of a young woman.This portrait is believed to be of Queen Mary II taken from an engraving of the painting, Halswell Park Sale, 1948, lot no.1323, Housed in a decorative gilt frame.Size overall being 70 x 86 cm high (27.5 x 33¾ inches approx) size of painting 54 x 68 cm (21 x 26 inches approx) To the rear of the portrait is a newspaper cutting of the engraving ,also a typed note regarding the provenance of the painting (see photo) Condition overall is very good, the Canvas has been relined, under UV there are areas of overpaint to bosom.Frame overall very good some minor self coloured losses Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) Mary, born at St James's Palace in London on 30 April 1662,eldest daughter of James, Duke of York (the future James II & VII) , and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary's uncle was King Charles II, her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief adviser. Mary married William of Orange. Willem Wissing, known in England as William Wissing...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Capital Letter for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Cottages and a Hay Barn - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

A Man with a Large Beard - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A Man with a Large Beard and a Low 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

Scena d'Armi In Vaticano - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1825
Located in Roma, IT
Scena D'Armi In Vaticano is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appears at the bottom, inside the matrix, and just below the image. Not signed. T...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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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 conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

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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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