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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
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 etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions excep...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

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

Seated Beggar and His Dog - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seated beggar and his dog 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 editi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Head Of An Old Man - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head Of An Old Man 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 ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Chiesa di S.Carlo ed Ambrogio al Corso - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S.Carlo ed Ambrogio al Corso is an original 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

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

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Etching

Cavalcade of Seiks - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Cavalcade of Seiks is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century. Original Black and White Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin: Runjeet singh...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

Cavalcade - Etching by G. B. Brambilla - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cavalcade is an original old master artwork realized by Giovanni Battista Brambilla in 18th Century. Black and white etching. Inscriptions on plate. Good conditions except for som...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Sphinxes from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Sphinxes 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 condition, except for some stains along the margins. In this artwork are represented two sphinxes on the sides and a face in the center. On the lower center of the margin, the typical unit of measurement is shown: Palmo Napolitano and Palmo Romano. On the back, printed writings certainly derived from. Signed on the right and the left lower margins: G.M and Secondo de Angely...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Phallus Fascinum in Ancient Roman Religion -Etching by F. Morghen - 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 Govanni Morghen ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient View of Constantinople - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Costantinople is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

Self-Portrait with Long Bushy Hair - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait with long bushy hair 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 l...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ara con Tripode - Etching by V. Feoli After B. Nocchi - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 33.7 x 48.6 cm. “Ara con tripode” (Ara with tripod) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Vincenzo Feoli, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Vincenzo Feoli incise in Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXVIII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. Original Title: Ara con Tripode di quindecemviri, e la corona...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Self-Portrait - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait 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 19...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Man Crying Out - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Crying Out 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 1...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat - Engravin after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. The piece of art belongs to ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of A Man - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of A Man 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 to a late editi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Beggar in a High Cap - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized bu Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Correccion - Etching and Aquatint by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Correccion is an original artwork realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching on wove paper. This artwork belongs to the Third Edition published in...
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1860s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Capital Letter L for the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-Etching-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter L 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 ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Female Nudes - Charcoal, Ink and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nudes is a fine original drawing (China ink and watercolor on paper). Unsigned. This artwork could be attributed to Thomas Stothard. Although th...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Tarantella - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tarantella is an original watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized by Michela De Vito in the first half of XIX century. Good conditions except for shading and light stains along...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

View of Rome - Original Etching on Paper - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
View of Rome is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1960. Hand-signed and dated and title on the lower in pencil, the signat...
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1960s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Capital Letter from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th cent...
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1750s 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

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",...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

Roman Decoration - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Decoration from 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...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Matthew the Evangelist
By Georg Lemberger
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Georg Lemberger (German, c. 1490 – 1540) Matthew the Evangelist Woodcut on paper 5.3/4 x 3.3/4in. (14.5 x 9.6 cm. ) Hollstein, 7. This is from the New German bible...
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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Woodcut

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - Niño Jesús o Niño de la bola.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela Española del siglo XVIII. "Niño Jesus Salvador Mundi o Niño de la bola" Óleo sobre lienzo. Medidas: 75.5 x 53.3 cm. ; 82.5 x 62.5 x 3 cm. (marco). C...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Chiesa e Monastero di S. Chiara - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa e Monastero di S. Chiara is a black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions and aged ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Trotter (1756 - 1803). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledg...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Charles 12nd, King of Sweden - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Charles XII 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 Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. A the bottom center the name of the man portrayed "Charles XII - King of Sweden...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Winkelmann - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Winkelmann is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Convento dei PP.Ministri degli Infermi - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Convento dei PP.Ministri degli Infermi is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except for some foxing and 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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters. In very...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Rest - Original Lithograph by Achille Deveria - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rest is an original hand-colored lithograph realized by Achille Deveria. The artwork is hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower left. Very...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Painting - Original Etching by R. Pozzi, N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman painting - Attendance Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi and Nicola Vanni in the 18th century....
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Member of the Military Band - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Member of the military band is a beautiful pencil drawing on cream-colored paper, realized during the XIX century by an Italian Master. Hand-signed on the right side of the artwork....
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Pencil

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 ...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

A Slave Flayed, Peruvians' Desolation during a Sun Eclipse - by G. Pivati
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. A Slave flayed by the Enemies, Peruvians desolation during an Eclipse of the Sun is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianf...
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1740s 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

Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of the 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series"Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed" is an original etching from the end of the 18th century. In very good condition, except for some...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino - Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of R...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jacob JORDAENS (Antwerp 1593–1678) Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch Red and black chalk on laid paper 25.9 × 18.4 cm (10¼ × 7¼ in.) Minor losses, folds, and slight s...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Chalk

Il Ponte Palatino - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Il Ponte Palatino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Various Masters - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman bust, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching of the end of the 18th century, made by Various Masters.In very good condition, excep...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Woman in Typical Italian Costumes - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX century. Good conditions with burnished margins and some stains. Very beautiful...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

Funeral Honours and Burial of the Peruvian Leaders - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral Honours and Burial of the Peruvian leaders is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati. This original print, representing the funera...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Glass Art - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldi is an admirable piece of art painted on small glass, realized by anonymous artists of the 19th Century. Good condition. The tiny and small piece of glass art,...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Glass

A View of the House of Commons /// George II English Parliament London England
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Benjamin Cole (English, c. 1697-1783) Title: "A View of the House of Commons" Portfolio: The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time Year: 1756 (...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Country Houses - Original Etching by Baron De Thiers - 1760s
Located in Roma, IT
Country Houses is an original etching realized by Baron De Thiers (après Boucher) in the 1760s. The artwork is in good conditions, full margins. Image Dimensions: 16.5x23 cm. Som...
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1760s 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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