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
Las Rinde el Sueño - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Las rinde el Sueño is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Original etching on paper.
This amazing Etchi...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
No Hay Quien lo Socorra - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
No hay quien lo socorra is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810.
Original Etching on paper.
The artwork belongs to the famous series "L...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Funeral Ceremonies among the Mexicans and Venezuelans - by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Funeral Ceremonies among the Mexicans and Venezuelans is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This orig...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Dios la perdone: y era su madre - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Estan Calientes is an original artwork realized by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Original etching on paper.
The plate is part of the Third Edition of "Los Caprichos" that was published in 1868 by the Calcografia Nacional for the Real Academia. Full edition includes 80 original plates. Plate N. 13. Numbered on the upper corner. Titled on the lower central margin "Estan Calientes" (They feel warm).
Excellent conditions.
It seems that Goya first...
Category
1860s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Holy Council - Original Color Etching by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
The Holy Council - From “New Scientific and Curious Dictionnary concerning the Sacred and the Profane
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Tom.IX, Plate XLIII
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; She...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa di S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
S...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Appolon, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Appolon, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 12 x 7 in. (30.48 x 17.78 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, Descrip...
Category
1870s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Duke of Weymar - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Duke of Weymar is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Kno...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Japanese Wedding Ceremony - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Wedding Ceremony
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate XLVII
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Sujets d’histoire et de Mythologie - Original Etching by P.-L. Parizeau - 1771
By Philippe-Louis Parizeau
Located in Roma, IT
Sujets d’histoire et de Mythologie is an etching made by the French draftsman and engraver Philippe-Louis Parizeau (Paris, 1740 – 1801), also known for realizing the first prints au ...
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
De Jode Winter Landscape Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Flemish Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hans de Jode (The Hague, 1630 - Vienna, 1663)
Fantasy winter landscape with lake and city on the banks
About 1650
Oils on canvas (62 x 93, in frames 82 x 112)
The work is accompanied by an expertise of Dr. Fred G...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$9,248 Sale Price
20% Off
Palazzo Rospigliosi - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Rospigliosi is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions and aged ma...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Gallo - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Gallo is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions a...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Collegio Romano - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio Romano is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
Signed and titled on ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Archiginnasio della Sapienza - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Archiginnasio della Sapienza is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
Signed ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa di S. Tomaso in Parione - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S. Tomaso in Parione is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa di S.Maria in Vallicella - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S.Maria in Vallicella is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
Signe...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Villa Madama Fuori Porta Angelica - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Villa Madama Fuori Porta Angelica is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditio...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Il Ponte Palatino - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Il Ponte Palatino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Chiesa di S. Andrea alla Valle - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa di S. Andrea alla Valle is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome.
Signed and...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum- Original Etching By Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed is an original etching from the end of the 18th century realized by Vincenzo Campana.
Signed on plate on the lower left. The etching belongs to th...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ceremonies in the Hudson Bay - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Joy in the Hudson Bay as they take a Difonto into a hut – Manner of accompanying him to the hut.
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol. VIII, Plate LIII
Image...
Category
1740s 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....
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Palmo Napolitano - Original Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palmo Napolitano, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G. Morghen.
Signed on plate on the lower right.
Good conditions.
The et...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 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 Aloja in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the l...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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 ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
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...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Le Repos Pendant la Fuitre en Egypte - Original Lithograph - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Repos Pendant la Fuitre en Egypte is an original Etching realized by an unknown French artist in 17th century.
Late 18th century edition.
Good condition except for a missing co...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
The Sacrifice - Original Etching by F. Cecchini After A. Tofanelli - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
“Sagrifizio Trionfale” is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790-1820), after Agostino Tofanelli (Lucca 177...
Category
1820s 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
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Liber Veritatis - Plate 61 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
Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes 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 conditi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Marinajo del Molo- Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Marinajo del Molo" (Sailor of the pier), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions. Including an ivory colored cardboard p...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
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
$398 Sale Price
30% Off
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
François Boitard (1670-1715) Abraham and the Three Angels, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
François Boitard (1670-1715)
Abraham and the Three Angels,
Signed lower left "F Boitard (...) fecit (...)"
28 x 44 cm
Pen and ink on yellow prepared paper...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink
Horses Heads - Ancient Roman Bas-Reliefs - 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 an anonymous artist in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Costume di Capracolla - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Capracolla, realized by the Italian artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca.
Hand-titled "Costume di Capracolla" with a hand-...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
Sphinx - Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sphinx - Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Anonymous Artist in the 18th century.
Monogrammed on the p...
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18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, 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...
Category
18th 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
The Great Burmese Feast: Sapan Giache - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Burmese Feast: Sapan Giache
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Tom.VIII, Plate XXVIII
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34
Very Fi...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Brigata di Piemonte
Located in Roma, IT
Title at the center of the lower margin. "Lit. Foudraz" in the lower right margin. In very good conditions except some light foxing and two little holes in the higher margin, and nor...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous in the 18th Century.
Signed ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
$163 Sale Price
40% Off
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...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
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...
Category
Late 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 lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Offers to the Sun God among the Incas - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Offers to the Sun God among the Incas
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Tom.VIII , Plate LXXVI
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34
Very fi...
Category
1740s 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
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Capital letter I from the Antiquities of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter I 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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano
Located in Roma, IT
Entire Title : Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano tre miglia da Tivoli
Like G.B.Piranesi, Rossini, well know as the “Piranesi’s heir”, trained as an arch...
Category
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 lower...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Capital Letter S - the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed-Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital letter S 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 stai...
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.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Johann Kepezky - Etching by Johann Jakob Haid - 1734
By Johann Jakob Haid
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the Painter Johann Kepezky is an original Etching and Mezzotint realized in 1734 by Johann Jakob Haid (Kleineislingen, 1704 - Augsburg, 1767).
Signed and dated in the pl...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Capital letter A from the Antiquities of Herculaneum - 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...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco of Vase And Goats, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th century.
Signed on the p...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Wedding and Divorce among the Canadians - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Wedding and Divorce among the Canadians
Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Tom.VIII , Plate LII
Image Dim: cm 25.5 x 18; Sheet Dim: cm 37.5 x 23.8; Passepartout Dim: cm 49 x 34
Very fine Etching, Hand-watercoloured, showing the nuptial ceremony and the divorse among the Canadian indigenouses...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
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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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