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
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
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Vaso Cinerario di Gran Mole
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an antique marble vase, whose details are described in the ending note....
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Pietro Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana.
Signed on plate on the ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carol 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 Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of measurements typica...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
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
Offering a Flower - Original Lithograph by J. B. V. Loutrel - Mid 19th Century
By Jean Bactiste Victor Loutrel
Located in Roma, IT
Offering a Flower is a beautiful black and white lithograph by the French artist Jean Bactiste Victor Loutrel (1821-1908). Signed on plate on lower right margin "V. Loutrel", and pr...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Perseus and Andromeda" figurative black and white mythology scene figurative
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Perseus and Andromeda" is an etching by Scottish artist Alexander Runciman, signed in plate to the lower left. It depicts Perseus on the left sw...
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1770s 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 ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Al Conde Palatino - Origina Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Al Conde Palatino is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya and published in 1799.
Original etching on wove paper.
This beautiful Etching belongs to the Third Edition of th...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Liber Veritatis - Plate 148 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Clau...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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...
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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.
...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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
Antiquities of Herculaneum- Original Etching By Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Signed on the lower left on the plate V. campana.
Good condition...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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..
The etchin...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Avanzi di una Sala Termane... - Original Etching by L. Rossini - 1824
Located in Roma, IT
Avanzi di una Sala Termale nella Villa d'Orazio a Tivoli, sotto il convento di S. Antonio
Image dimensions: 43.5 x 52 cm.
From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Albert de Mayence, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - Albert de Mayence, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 7.5 x 5.5 in. (19.05 x 13.97 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman statue of an Angel - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue of an angel, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 1...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ardea, Stellaris (Eurasian Bittern) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786)
Title: "Ardea, Stellaris (Eurasian Bittern)" (Plate 41)
Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds)
Year: 1770-1829
Medium: Original H...
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
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 ...
Category
Late 18th Century 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 (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater' "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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 Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by R. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Casanova in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower left....
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman 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 a...
Category
1810s 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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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
Portrait of a Young Boy Thomas Wagstaff - Scottish art 18th century oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb late 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth. Painted circa 1790 the sitter is of the Wagstaff family, either Thomas o...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
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Oil
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
Portrait of Lavater - Original Etching by John Chapman - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lavater is an original artwork realized by John Chapman for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge ...
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1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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
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...
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1850s Old Masters Art
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Lithograph
Woman - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by G. Dura - 19th Century
By Gaetano Dura
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original watercolor artwork realized in the XIX century by Gaetano Dura.
Good conditions except for yellowing of the paper, some folds on the higher and right margin, a...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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 ...
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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.
In the lower and middle part there is the inscription "is the s...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues 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 cond...
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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 ce...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bas-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 l...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by anonymous artist in the 18th cent...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
Liber Veritatis - Original B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Liber Veritatis - Plate 95 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Claud...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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...
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19th Century Old Masters Art
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Engraving
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
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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...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
A Boy Climbing a Tree - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
A Boy Climbing a Tree is an original artwork realized by James Neagle 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
Veduta degli Avanzi della Villa... - Etching by L. Rossini - 1825
Located in Roma, IT
Veduta degli Avanzi della Villa di Domiziano da altri chiamata le Terme di Pompeo Magno
Image dimensions: 46x60 cm.
From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma (...)” an a...
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1820s Old Masters Art
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Etching
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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
Cupid And Animals - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid And Animals - Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the p...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
The Landscape - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The landscape is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs t...
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19th Century Old Masters Art
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Engraving
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
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Etching
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
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 18th c...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
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
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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
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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...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
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Etching
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