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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
Chiesa dell'Archiconfraternita - Etching by G. Vasi - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa dell'Archiconfraternita delle Stimate di S.Francesco is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions except for consumed margins. Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 - Rome, 1782) was an engraver, architect, and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761, Vasi published 10 volumes with 240 engravings of the monuments of Rome...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Costume di Castellone - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Costume di Castellone is an original watercolour on ivory-colored paper made by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Castellone", with an autograph ca...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

Costume di Parghelia di Calabria - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, early XIX century. Hand-titled and signature in black ink (both not readable)on lower margin. Representing a woman in traditional Calabrese costum...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor

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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Scena d'Armi In Vaticano - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1825
Located in Roma, IT
Scena D'Armi In Vaticano is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appears at the bottom, inside the matrix, and just below the image. Not signed. T...
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1820s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Dog with Plants - Original China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1751
Located in Roma, IT
Dog with plants in the garden is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1751. pen and watercolour on brown paper. In good codition except for some pencil marks and t...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Paper, Ink

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

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Watercolor

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

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...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Interior of a House - Ink and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a house is a fine original drawing (China ink and watercolor on paper). Unsigned. This artwork could be attributed to Thomas Stothard. In ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Monastero e Chiesa dell'Immacolata- Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Monastero e Chiesa dell'Immacolata is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Rome. Si...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ponte S.Angelo - Vintage Offset Print after Giuseppe Vasi - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte S.Angelo is a vintage offset realized after Giuseppe Vasi in the Early 20th Century. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Good conditions. Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Art

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Offset

Urias - Original Etching by Crispijin van de Passe - Early 1600
By Crispijn van de Passe
Located in Roma, IT
Urias is an original artwork realized by Crispijn van de Passe in the first half of the XVII Century. Original burin after an original by Martin de Vox chez Sadeler. Passepartout i...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Costume of Cajazzo - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume of Cajazzo is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples. Hand-signed, on the bottom right. Titled on the lower center. Good conditions, exce...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Gouache

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 P. Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate, on the lower rig...
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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

Chiesa dei SS. Vincenzo ed Anastasio - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa dei SS. Vincenzo ed Anastasio a Trevi is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. Go...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Johann Caspar Lavater - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of John Caspar Lavater is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote th...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Le Roi et l'Homme Mort, Old Masters Heliogravure Etching by Giovanni Boccaccio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Giovanni Boccaccio, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1313 - 1375) - Le Roi et l'Homme Mort, Year: Printed 1878, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 9 x 7 in. (22.86 x 17.78 cm), Printer: Am...
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1870s Old Masters Art

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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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

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...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Casa Professa e Chiesa del Gesù - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Casa Professa e Chiesa del Gesù dei PP. Gesuiti is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. ...
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Late 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 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

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Etching

Chiesa e Monastero di S. Maria Annunziata - Etching by G.Vasi -Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chiesa e Monastero di S. Maria Annunziata is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of Ro...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino - Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi. The beautiful etching represents a glimpse of R...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Various Masters - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman bust, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching of the end of the 18th century, made by Various Masters. In very good condition, exce...
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Late 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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Allegoric scene with the Tiber
Located in Roma, IT
Allegoric scene with the Tiber river is a fine original drawing (black chalk on laid and watermarked paper at the center) by an exponent of the Neoclassical school of the nineteenth ...
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20th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink

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...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

La Nymphe Echo - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of the nymph Echo. Wonderful plate with fresh impression and a beautiful use of chiaroscuro, from the volume “...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

La Vierge au palmier, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
By Marcantonio Raimondi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - La Vierge au palmier, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 11.5 x 7 in. (29.21 x 17.78 cm), Printer: Amand ...
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1870s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Early 19th Century Portrait "Countess Margaret Spencer"
Located in San Francisco, CA
JOHN HOPPNER R.A. (British, 1758–1810), "Countess Margaret Spencer," oil on canvas, canvas (relined): 36" x 28", overall (framed): 35" x 43". John Hoppner, R.A. plaque mounted cente...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Lunar Costumes - 20th Century - Gaetano Dura - Lithograph - Old Masters
Located in Roma, IT
Lunar Costumes is an original lithograph by Gaetano Dura. Titled on the lower center. Signed printed on lower left. Published by Lithography Gatti e Dura, Naples (printed on lower r...
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20th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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

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Etching

The Family - Original Etching by Jean-Louis Demarne - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Family is an Original Etching realized by Jean-Louis Demarne (1744-1829). The little artwork is in good condition, included a light green cardboard passpartout (49x31.5 cm). Stamp signed on the lower right corner. Jean-Louis de Marne (1752-24 March 1829) was a French painter. He concentrated on landscape and genre painting, in which he was greatly influenced by such 17th century Dutch masters as Aelbert Cuyp...
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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

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

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Etching

The Hunter Bird - Original Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Hunter Bird 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 Manesq & Harvard...
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1850s Old Masters Art

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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. Units of mea...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Relief - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 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

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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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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 P. Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the lower rig...
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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 Anonymous artist in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

View of the Cave known as Bergantino - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1762
Located in Roma, IT
View of the Cave known as Bergantino is an etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1762. Very precious and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. C...
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1750s 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

Apollo Deity-Ancient Roman Art-Original etching by Vincenzo Campana-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Apollo Deity - Ancient Roman Art, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 1...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen 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

Portrait of Charles 12nd, King of Sweden - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Charles XII 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 Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. A the bottom center the name of the man portrayed "Charles XII - King of Sweden...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of Heidegger - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Heidegger 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 Mankin...
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1810s 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 lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology Bird Animal Art
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas Pennant (Welsh, 1726-1798) Title: "The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow)" (Plate D1) Portfolio: The British Zoology, Class II: Birds Year: 1761-1766 (First edition) Medium: O...
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1760s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper

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

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...
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Late 18th Century 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 lower...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait of John Caspar Lavater - Original Etching by Richard Rhodes - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of John Caspar Lavater is an original artwork realized by Richard Rhodes (1765 - 1838). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

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