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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
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

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

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

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

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

The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology Bird Animal Art
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas Pennant (Welsh, 1726-1798) Title: "The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow)" (Plate D1) Portfolio: The British Zoology, Class II: Birds Year: 1761-1766 (First edition) Medium: O...
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1760s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano
Located in Roma, IT
Entire Title : Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano tre miglia da Tivoli Like G.B.Piranesi, Rossini, well know as the “Piranesi’s heir”, trained as an arch...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ponte S.Angelo - Vintage Offset Print after Giuseppe Vasi - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte S.Angelo is a vintage offset realized after Giuseppe Vasi in the Early 20th Century. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions. Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Art

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Offset

Abraham and Sarah (Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham)
Located in New York, NY
Georg Pencz (1500-50) engraving, c. 1540, Abraham and Sarah (Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham). Reference: Bartsch 1, Landau 1, only state. [title...
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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Benevolent Cottagers /// English Landscape Figurative Village Scene Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (English, 1779-1844) Title: "Benevolent Cottagers" Year: 1816 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Engraving, Etching, Laid Paper, Intaglio

Lantana aculeata (Common Lantana) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772-1846) Title: "Lantana aculeata (Common Lantana)" (T.6. No. 38) Portfolio: Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l'on Cultive en France en Ple...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Engraving

Les Ancetres delivres des limbes, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Les Ancetres delivres des limbes, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 9.5 x 7 in. (24.13 x 17.78 cm), Prin...
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1870s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Gallo - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Gallo is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions a...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Galesso di Resina Casale - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Galesso di Resina Casale is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples. Titled, on the bottom center. The work is glued on a brownish paper. Good cond...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Gouache

Fontana e Teatro di Marcello- Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fontana e Teatro di Marcello is an original etching hand watercolored of the Late 18th century, realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Tempio della Fortuna - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tempio della Fortuna is an original etching hand watercolored 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

Chiesa della SS. Trinità - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa della SS. Trinità 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 margins...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Fontana dell'Acque Paola - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fontana dell'Acque Paola sul Monte Gianicolois an original etching of the Late 18th century, hand watercolored, realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Urias - Original Etching by Crispijin van de Passe - Early 1600
By Crispijn van de Passe
Located in Roma, IT
Urias is an original artwork realized by Crispijn van de Passe in the first half of the XVII Century. Original burin after an original by Martin de Vox chez Sadeler. Passepartout i...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Chiesa Di S. Giorgio - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa Di S. Giorgio is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome. Signed and title...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Smoker and the Drinker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adriaen Van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685) Title: The Smoker and the Drinker Year: 1650 Medium: Etching Paper: Laid paper Image (plate mark) size...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Music and Poetry Program - Original Litograph - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Music and poetry program is a litograph realized by an unknown artist in 1880. This beautiful artwork rapresents a music and poetry program. In very ...
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1880s Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

View of Oran - Original Lithograph - 1846
Located in Roma, IT
View of Oran is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. Titled in Italian on the lower center "Oran". The state of...
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1840s Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

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

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Etching

Woman in Typical Costumes - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1828. Representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX century. Good conditions with some light stains. The year of composition is hand-wri...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

The Bridge - Etching - 1745
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...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Le Repos Pendant la Fuitre en Egypte - Original Lithograph - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Repos Pendant la Fuitre en Egypte is an original Etching realized by an unknown French artist in 17th century. Late 18th century edition. Good condition except for a missing co...
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17th 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 typical of the period in the lower center...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

No Quiren - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
No quiren is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810. Original Etching on paper. The artwork belongs to the famous series "Los Desastres de la Guerra" realized during the years of the Independence Spanish War, published in 1863 and representing the horrors and the despair of the War. Signature appears upside down in the lower right corner. Titled on the lower central margin "No Quiren" (Not Even Them). Numbered on the lower left corner. Etching N. 9. Very good conditions. A Napoleonic soldier...
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1860s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Interieur de Geneve. Bourg De Four - Lithograph by Antonio Fontanesi - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
This splendid lithograph Interieur de Geneve. Bourg De Four is part of the series of 20 prints dedicated to views of the city of Geneva, engraved by the Italian artist Antonio Fontan...
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1850s Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

Les Gemeaux Castor et Pollux - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and an elegant line, from the v...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

La Fuite - Original Etching by Marcel Roux after J.F. Millet - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Fuite is an original print in etching technique on ivory paper, realized by Marcel Roux, a French engraver and sculptor, after J.F. Millet (French Pain...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Appolon, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Appolon, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 12 x 7 in. (30.48 x 17.78 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, Descrip...
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1870s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Woman in Costume - Ink and Watercolor by M. De Vito - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In Costume is an original watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized by Michela De Vito in the first half of XIX century. Good conditions exc...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by F. Cepparoli - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right....
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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 Statues, 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 low...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Japanese Funeral Procession - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Funeral Procession Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate XLVIII Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Costume di Castellone - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Costume di Castellone is an original watercolour on ivory-colored paper made by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Castellone", with an autograph ca...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Drawing - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew is a precious original drawing (black and red chalk, pen and China ink on laid paper, laid down on canvas) realized by...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Costume di Zaccanopoli - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Zaccanopoli made by Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled Costume di Zaccanopoli with autograph notes in black ink "P...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

Bust of Geta - by P. Fontana - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 48.4 x 33.2 cm Busto di Geta (Bust of Geta) is a superb black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Pietro Fontana, after Agostino Tofanelli, as the inscriptions on plate on the lower margin report “Agostino Tofanelli delineò / Pietro Fontana incise Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on the higher margin: “Tom II. / Tav. XXII" 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 in 1821. This old master’s original print shows a beautiful piece of the Borghese's collection: a marble bust of Geta in a neoclassical style. Geta (full name Publius Septimius Geta) was the son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, and the brother of Caracalla. He was a Roman co-emperor from 209 to 212 AD, first with his father and then with his brother. His biography is very interesting: he was the younger son of Septimius Severus and his second wife; his face was obliterated because of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother Caracalla, who had him assassinated. In excellent conditions, with some light signs of time, some sporadic minor stains along the lower margin, and a usual and imperceptible yellowing of the paper on the margins. This wonderful etching has preserved its charming and fresh impression. Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano, 1762 – Rome, 1837) The Italian artist and engraver Pietro Fontana was active in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy. He started his career as student of Raffaello Morghen...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Costume di Cajazzo - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand-titled "Costume di Cajazzo", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia Terra di Lavoro nel Regno di Napoli" on lower margin at the center. Representing a woman with baby...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

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

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Etching

Beggar and Beggar - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beggar and Beggar, Coming From Behind a Hillock is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art bel...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1655. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an edition of the la...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Costume di Capracolla - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Capracolla, realized by the Italian artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Capracolla" with a hand-...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

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

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Etching

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