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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
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

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
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

Brigante - Watercolor 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand titled and signed. Representing brigand. Very good conditions. Very beautiful and good quality watercolour both for the drawing a...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

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

Assemblée Générale des Animauxis - Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Assemblée Générale des Animauxis an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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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 ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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...
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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 - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue , 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...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco of Animals - Original Etching by V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco of Animals, 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...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Physiognomy - The Anger - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The anger is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the L...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

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...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 from a design by Vincenzo Aloja after Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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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...
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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 ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Chapman for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge an...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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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 lowe...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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

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Etching

Marriage and Birth among the Incas - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. Marriage and Birth among the Incas is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati. This original print, represe...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bas-Relief - Etching by Pietro Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bas-Relief, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th century. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Woman in the Bathroom I - Engraving After Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in the Bathroom I is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt of 1658. This specimen belongs to an edition of the late...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Carlo Oraty - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Carlo Oraty in the late 18th century. Signed on the p...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Athena Goddess Armed-Ancient Roman Art-Etching by Vincenzo Campana-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Athena Goddess Armed - Ancient Roman Art, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good cond...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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

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Etching

Pegasus, Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pegasus, 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 t...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Hippogriffs - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hippogriffs from Antiquities of Herculaneum is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower right Good condition. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Busts - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Busts, 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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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Frescoes - Etching by Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Vincenzo Aloja after Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century....
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Three Grotesque Characters - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Three Grotesque Characters 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 M...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Drawings - Original Etching by -N. Vanni 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Drawings, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human headsfrom Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good cond...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Physiognomy - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and th...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.. In very good co...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

In Honour of the Sun God - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. In honour of the Sun God is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati. This original print, representing the...
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1740s 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 Carlo Nolli in the 18th century. Signed on plate on the lower right. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Head of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a man is an original artwork realized by John Hall 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

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Etching

Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Thornthwaite - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Thornthwaite for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, 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 ...
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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 176 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist ...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova in the 18th century. Signed on the plate. Good con...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Profilo d'una Sedia Curule di Marmo
Located in Roma, IT
Etching of the serie “Vases, candelabras, gravestones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments”, made and etched by Piranesi, published in the year 1778 by his son Francesco. Very fine etching, “Profile of the curial chair...
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1770s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Funeral Procession - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral Procession Accompanying of a Mandarin in China. Etching, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate XXXIX Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Thornthwaite - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Thornthwaite for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind"...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
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

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Etching

The Temple of Neptune - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Temple of Neptune is an original black and white etching realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Good conditions except for the trace of being fold at the middle and a folding on the top-rig...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Profiles of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Man's 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", Lond...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Costume di Ciociara - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed on lower-right. Hand-titled "Costume di Ciociara", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Basilicata nel Regno di Na...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

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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