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
Portrait of Voisin and Henault - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Voisin and Henault is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love o...
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1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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", London, Be...
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1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$308 Sale Price
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Heads of Johnfon - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Johnfon 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", Lo...
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1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Etching
$308 Sale Price
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Portrait of Attila - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Attila 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
Materials
Etching
$308 Sale Price
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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by G.Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G.Casanova and others in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$176 Sale Price
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Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, 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 lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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
Materials
Etching
$396 Sale Price
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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 lower...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous Artist in the 18th Century.
S...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$176 Sale Price
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Capital Letter A the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-Etching-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter A 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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, 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 lower r...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, 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 lowe...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$176 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and t...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an 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 Mank...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
Man in Blue Coat Carrying Goods - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This portrait of a man in Blue Coat carrying goods in the work of the japanese artist Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), otherwise known as Toyokuni III.
Whether through the use of color...
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19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Woodcut
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of meas...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$396 Sale Price
25% Off
Ancient Roman Bas-Relief - Original Etching - 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 Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$176 Sale Price
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The Birds Going To The Feast - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Birds Going To The Feast is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Man...
Category
1850s Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
Materials
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
Materials
Engraving
Old Man in a Long Cloak - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Man in a Long Cloak Sitting in an Armchair is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful piece...
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19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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 s...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$440 Sale Price
25% Off
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of mea...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$423 Sale Price
25% Off
Zittende Jongeman Met Een Tas - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Zittende jongeman met een tas is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1650. This wonderful piece of art belongs to...
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19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Camel Study - Etching by Stefano Della Bella -1640s
Located in Roma, IT
Camel Study is an original old master artwork realized by Stefano Della bella in 1640 ca.
Black and white etching. The plate is from the suite "Têtes de différents animaux".
Includ...
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1640s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$396 Sale Price
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Encelade, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Encelade, burried under the Mount Ethna.
Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple ...
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1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Plate 23 – From Liber Veritatis
Aquatint on Copper, Imag. Dim: cm 33x47.5, Dim: cm 21x27,
Beautiful Artist’s Proof, representing a shepherd with his herd pastouring at the shore o...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$308 Sale Price
25% Off
Principi Etruriae Duci - Etching by Charles Simonneau - Late 1600
By Charles Simonneau
Located in Roma, IT
Principi Etruriae Duci is an original artwork realized by the French artist Charles Simonneau in the second half of the XVII Century.
Original Etching on paper. D'aprés Charles Le B...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Great Jewish Bride - Engraving after Rembrandt -19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Jewish Bride is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1635. This wonderful pi...
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19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Brigata Regina
Located in Roma, IT
Title at the center of the lower margin. Some visible stains and light abrasions on the margins, an evident rip in the left-margin of center.
Interesting colored lithograph which de...
Category
1830s Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
$132 Sale Price
25% Off
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Francesco Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparuli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the l...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Roccus Pozzi - 18th Century
By Roccus Pozzi
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Roccus Pozzi in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower ri...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate.
Good con...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, 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 lower ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
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
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Woman In Front Of The Stove III - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In Front Of The Stove III is an engraving on ivory-colored paper by Charles Amand Durand realized after Rembrandt (date of realization 1658).
This wonderful piece of art belon...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Mangini in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, 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 lowe...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$308 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate on the l...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate on the ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Francesco Cepparuli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparuli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the l...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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 by an anonymous artist in the 18th c...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
25% Off
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, 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 lower ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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 by an anonymous artist in the 18th c...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$264 Sale Price
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Diana Goddess - Ancient Roman Art - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Diana Goddess - Ancient Roman Art, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Anonymous Artist in the 18th...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$405 Sale Price
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Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, 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 lower ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Relief, 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 lowe...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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.