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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
Letter of the Alphabet L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L, 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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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

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

The Death of Lazarus
By Hieronymus Wierix
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Death of Lazarus Engraving, 1593 Feria VI. Post Domin IIII From: Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, Plate 76 Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches Reference: Referen...
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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Tragedy Masks Pompeian Fresco - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tragedy Masks Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on th...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Roman Style Still - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Style Still Life from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged with some...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Letter of the Alphabet L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L, 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

Guardian Angel - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Guardian Angel from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. G...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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. The etching belon...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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

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Watercolor

Still Life - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to ...
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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 folding....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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

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Letter of the Alphabet L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L, 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

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

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Etching

Hermes and Hippogriff - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hermes and Hippogriff from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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 N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet N 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

La Calomnie... - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Calomnie, peinte par Apelles is anetching on cream-colored paper, realized late 18th Century by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754) after Ra...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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

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Etching

Dionysus Bacchus - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dionysus Bacchus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Aniello Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter S - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter S is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichit...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter of the Alphabet L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L, 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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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. The etching belon...
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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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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Landscape With Monuments and Figures - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration With Animals is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antich...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Monastero e Chiesa di S.Giuseppe - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Monastero e Chiesa di S.Giuseppe is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except for som...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Oil Light - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Light is an Etching realized by Aniello Cataneo (1732-1805). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Landscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With Monuments and Figures is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title:...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Medusa Head And Roman Garden - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Medusa Head And Roman Garden from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with som...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Oil Lamp - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 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

Oil Lamp - Etching by Aniello Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Letter N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter N is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli of 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Er...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Landscapes with Monuments - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscapes With Monuments is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antich...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Jaguar Pompeian - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jaguar Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belo...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Oil Lamp - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Campana (1730-1806). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercola...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Giovanni Battista Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Giovanni Battista Casanova (1735-1810). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original tit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Fury of Achilles- Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Minerva Repressing The Fury of Achilles from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good condition...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Head of a Man with Turban - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a Man with Turban is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonde...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

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 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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Eurydice And Orpheus - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Eurydice And Orpheus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding a...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an editio...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Still Life - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana and Giuseppe Azzerboni in the 18th Century. Signed on plate. Go...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Palazzo Marescotti - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Marescotti gia Estense 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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Still Life - 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. The etching belongs to t...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Cupid In Three Frames - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Margherita di Savoia - Etching by G. B. Brambilla- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita di Savoia Duchess of Parma is an original old master artwork realized by Giovanni Battista Brambilla in 18th Century. Black and white etching. Inscriptions on plate. Go...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil Lamp - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Niccolò Vanni (1750-1770). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original tit...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil Lamp - Etching by Marcantonio Iacomino - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp is an Etching realized by Marcantonio Iacomino (1730-1806). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di E...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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' "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Fresco Decoration With Pan - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fresco Decoration With Pan from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged with ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Medallions - Etching by Luigi Biondi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Medallions is an Etching realized by Luigi Biondi (1776-1839). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolan...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Ranch With Leaves - Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ranch With Leaves is an Etching realized by Vincenzo Aloja (1768-1817). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Cupid In Pompeian Fresco - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid In Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etchin...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 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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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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