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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
Roman Temple Fresco - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foldin...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Festival Of Bacchus "Bacchanalia" - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Festival Of Bacchus "Bacchanalia" from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions wit...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Cupid In Three Frames - Etching by - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etch...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Hunting the Bear - Etching By Jean Jaques Flipart- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hunting the Bear is an old master artwork realized by Jean Jaques Flipart (1709 - 1782) in the late 18th Century Sheet dimensions 37.5 x 52 cm Title printed on plate.
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

19th century landscape village scene horses, animals inn by georgina lara
Located in York, GB
A very fine village scene depicting An English Village with figures, animals, horses, and cart by an Inn, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed,G Lara , lower left The size being 51cm x 31cm whilst overall being 66 cm x 47cm in excellent ready to hang condition Georgina Lara was also known as Edwina Lara ,she was a London painter of rustic farmyard and village scenes. Her work is extremely similar to Edward Masters who also went by the name of William Masters...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Ancient Still Life 9 - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding and foxi...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Deities - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Deities from "Antiquities of Herculaneum"is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions w...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Temple from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" - Etching by F. 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 aged with a small cut on the...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol: the Smaller Plate is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1658 ca. This wonderful pi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Heracles Watching Telephus - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Heracles Watching Telephus is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Lavega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. The etching belongs to ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by G.Furlanetti - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by G. Furlanetti in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with folding, due ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Map - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Map from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding and foxing. Th...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

House of Hercolaneum - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing, due to the time. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Boats - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman 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 be...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Goddess Flora with Garland - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess Flora with Garland from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman Boats - Etching Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Boats from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is anetching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Athena Goddess, Ancient Roman Statue - Etching on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Athena Goddess, Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ludovico Boily in the 18th century. Signed on the pla...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Paper, Etching

The Fourth Oriental Head - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Fourth Oriental Head is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1635. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an e...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Animals and Griphons - Etching 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. T...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet I - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet I, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet T - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet T, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Animal Figures for Antiquities - Original Etching - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the mid-18th century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good condition, except for some stains al...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 Carlo Nolli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belongs to...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions except for some minor stains and a cutting ...
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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. In the lower and middle part there is the inscription "is the si...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Scene Herculaneum - Etching Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene 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 conditio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Deers 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. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 Oratij in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The e...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient RomanFresco "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an etching realized by Filippo de Grado in the late 18th century. Signed on The plate Good conditions. The etching bel...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Colleggio Ecclesiastico a Ponte Sisto - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Colleggio Ecclesiastico a Ponte Sisto is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except fo...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet D - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet D from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli 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

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. 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 typica...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions with minor foxing. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Palmo Napolitano - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palmo Napolitano, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G. Morghen. Signed on plate on the lower right. Good conditions. The et...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, 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 lowe...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Eurito Echione e Etalide Argonote
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Eurito Echione e Etalide Argonote Etching, 1664 after Remigio Cantagallina From: La manifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l"Arne a Florence, pour le Mariage du Grand Duc, (18 plates, this no. 14) Depicts Three Argonauts conveyed on aquatic peacock Published by Pierre Giffart, Paris Note: This image is a record of the celebration on the Arno River in Florence of the marriage of Cosimo II de Medici and Maria Madaglena of Austria, 1608 Condition: Trimmed to the border line of the image Slight foxing and staining to the sheet Tipped on an "English Mount" Image size: 3 9/16 x 4 15/16 inches Reference: Bartsch XX.63.37 (copy after) Drugulin 1179 Balthasar Moncornet printmaker; publisher/printer Tapissier, engraver and print publisher in Paris, specialist in ornament prints...
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1660s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the l...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The White Arab - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The White Arab is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This specimen belongs to an edition of the late 19th ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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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 Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter P - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet P, 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

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter P - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet I, 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

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

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

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Etching

Palazzo S.Marco della Sereniss. Rep. di Venezia - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo S.Marco della Sereniss. Rep. di Venezia is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except f...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The White Arab - Etching by Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The White Arab is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This specimen belongs to a late edition of the 19th century. Good conditions ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet U - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet U, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions with minor foxing. ...
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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 conditio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Birds - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized in the 18th Century by Giovanni Elia Morghen. Good conditions. The etching belongs to t...
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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 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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet I - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet I from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belongs...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

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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