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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
Early 1800's Italian Classical Landscape with Ancient Ruins & Sea Port Painting
Early 1800's Italian Classical Landscape with Ancient Ruins & Sea Port Painting

Early 1800's Italian Classical Landscape with Ancient Ruins & Sea Port Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Italian Classical Landscape Italian artist, circa 1800's oil on canvas laid on board, framed framed: 9.5 x 13 inches board: 7 x 11 inches provenance: private collection condition...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Queen Artemisia Cupid Cairo Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Queen Artemisia Cupid Cairo Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Queen Artemisia Cupid Cairo Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Francesco Cairo (Milan 1607 – 1665), workshop of Queen Artemisia with a Cupid Oil on canvas 129 x 109 cm – Framed 143 x 125 cm. Reference bibliography: Francesco Cairo 1607–1...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Portrait of the French Princess, late 17th c. French school
Portrait of the French Princess, late 17th c. French school

Portrait of the French Princess, late 17th c. French school

Located in PARIS, FR

Portrait of the Princess of Conti, member of French Royal family Attributed to Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger (1648-1717) Late 17th century French school Oil on canvas, h. 100 cm, ...

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Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

1600’s Flemish Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Biblical Figures Group on paper
1600’s Flemish Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Biblical Figures Group on paper

1600’s Flemish Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Biblical Figures Group on paper

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figure Studies Attriubted to Cornelis Schut (1597 - 1655) Flemish ink drawing on paper, inscribed on mount size: 4.75 x 7 inches private collection, France The painting is in overa...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Fishermen resting by a riverbank
Fishermen resting by a riverbank

Fishermen resting by a riverbank

By Pu Qùa

Located in Middletown, NY

Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm), the full sheet, full margins. In very good condition with some minor, light sta...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Zais Landscape Couple Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italy Venice
Zais Landscape Couple Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italy Venice

Zais Landscape Couple Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italy Venice

By Giuseppe Zais (Canale d'Agordo, Belluno 1709 - Treviso 1781)

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Giuseppe Zais (Canale d'Agordo, Belluno 1709 - Treviso 1781) Pendant of paintings - The assault of the brigands / After the assault Oil on canvas, 108 x 42 cm. each In the frame 128...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Craftsmen Before a House - 17th Century Oil on Panel Landscape Painting
Craftsmen Before a House - 17th Century Oil on Panel Landscape Painting

Craftsmen Before a House - 17th Century Oil on Panel Landscape Painting

By David Teniers the Younger

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Craftsmen Before a House” is an oil on panel painting by David Teniers the Younger (or David Teniers II) as opposed to his father, David Teniers the Elder. Teniers II was an importa...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil, Panel

Martyrdom of Saint Stephen- Painting attr. to Vincent Adriaenssen- 17th Century
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen- Painting attr. to Vincent Adriaenssen- 17th Century

Martyrdom of Saint Stephen- Painting attr. to Vincent Adriaenssen- 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape with martyrdom of Saint Stephen is an old master artwork realized in 17th century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes coeval gilded frame cm. 148x196. The artwork is attributed to Vincent Adriaenssen called il Manciola (Antwerp, 1595 - Roma, 1675) Among the painters who worked in the first half of the seventeenth century it is possible to indicate only the Neapolitan Scipione Compagno (1624-1680) as the author of scenes of martyrs set within a landscape or a view such as, for example, the Martyrdom of Saint Stefano recently hesitated at the Ansorena in Madrid on June 16, 2021. It should be noted, however, that the landscape represented in the painting examined here, characterized by luxuriant vegetation, meticulously represented "in the Flemish style", shows differences with the typical settings of the paintings di Compagno, characterized above all by urban views, visionary architectures or rather arid vegetation. Even the refined figures, so elongated and lanky, represented in our painting, in particular the group of knights in the foreground on the right, are not reflected in the production of the Neapolitan painter. These elements, to which we add the depiction of the Eternal Father amidst the clouds and the detail of the dog in profile in the foreground, instead recall a painter mainly known as a battle soldier, but who was also the author of many works depicting episodes from ancient Rome set within luxuriant landscapes, or rather Vincent Adriaenssen known as Manciola, a painter from Antwerp whose figure has been shed light thanks to recent studies. The group of horsemen represented to the right of the examined painting is, in fact, comparable with other groups on horseback present in numerous works by Manciola such as, for example, in the Triumph of Caesar (Rome, Babuino, 23-03-2010; formerly Florence, Collection Privata, 2006), while similar elongated and somewhat lanky figures, dressed in red, yellow, blue and white, can be found in the three paintings conserved at the Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro, which in the past were erroneously attributed to the Umbrian painter Francesco Allegrini...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

18th Century European Portrait of an Angel, Oil on Canvas
18th Century European Portrait of an Angel, Oil on Canvas

18th Century European Portrait of an Angel, Oil on Canvas

Located in SANTA FE, NM

18th Century European Portrait of an Angel, Oil on Canvas Unsigned 19 x 14 1/4 inches This lovely and sensitively painting has been examined by a professional restorer who was forme...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant

Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Late 17th Century Italian School. The Return of the Ark on the Covenant, Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame, canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm) Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley

A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley

By Pu Qùa

Located in Middletown, NY

London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Niña con Paloma, Oil Painting in Old Masters Style, 19th Century
Niña con Paloma, Oil Painting in Old Masters Style, 19th Century

Niña con Paloma, Oil Painting in Old Masters Style, 19th Century

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La obra es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la pintura El estado de la pintura es aceptable Medidas obra: 44 x 32 cm. Medidas marco: 57 x 44 cm.

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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy
Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy

Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Girolamo Bonini, called Anconitano (Ancona, circa 1600 - Bologna 1680) Annunciation (or Madonna of the Beautiful Angel) Oil on canvas (115 x 91 cm. - Framed 134 x 108 cm.) Work accompanied by the expertise of Prof. Emilio Negro The work, undoubtedly commissioned as an object of private devotion, shows the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, a Gospel episode here set on the two figures portrayed in the foreground, the Archangel Gabriel with outstretched wings, a portrait of supernatural beauty, and the Virgin; We see her here absorbed in reading a prayer book with her eyes turned humbly downwards as a sign of devotion, while a small cherub hands her white lilies, a symbol of purity and chastity.   In the upper part of the composition is the austere image of God the Father, with the dove radiating with light, emblem of the Holy Spirit, surrounded by a flock of angels fluttering in the clouds charged with intense glow and play of light, in full Baroque style. It should also be noted that the image of the Saviour's mother in a delicately pious attitude, with her yellow veil, her broad blue mantle and her usual modest red dress from which the edges of her white blouse protrude, is to be interpreted as a kind of tender allegory of sacred love. The painting in question is an interesting replica with variants of the composition commissioned from Francesco Albani for the Fioravanti chapel in the ancient church...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Escuela Hispano-española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - Virgen Inmaculada
Escuela Hispano-española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - Virgen Inmaculada

Escuela Hispano-española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - Virgen Inmaculada

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La obra se presenta enmarcada con su marco original de la época (el marco presenta faltas y desgastes) El estado de la obra se puede ver, tiene algunas faltas de pintura y faltas en...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Animated Biblical Scene Oil Painting in Late 18th Century Style
Animated Biblical Scene Oil Painting in Late 18th Century Style

Animated Biblical Scene Oil Painting in Late 18th Century Style

Located in Genève, GE

Work on canvas Work re-lined Plaster and gilded wood frame 86 x 105 x 7 cm

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Escena de la Misericordia
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Escena de la Misericordia

Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Escena de la Misericordia

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Esta obra es una de las escenas de la Misericordia, en concreto la de "Visitar a los presos" La obra aparentemente no va firmada Se presenta tal cual sin enmarcar El estado de la ...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Madonna and Child and Saint with Two Angels

Madonna and Child and Saint with Two Angels

Located in Chicago, IL

This confidently executed drawing is a study related to Maratta’s painting La Vergine appare a S.Stanislao Kotska 1687 in the second chapel to the right, in the church of S. Andrea a...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Chalk

18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat
18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat

18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat

By Antonio Mercurio Amorosi

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Artist: Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (Comunanza, Italy, 1660 - 1738) Title: Portrait of a little girl with cat Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 42 x 31.5 cm – with frame 5...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Allegory of Abundance

Allegory of Abundance

Located in New York, NY

Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Br...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Copper

Bird Study, a painting on panel by the Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger
Bird Study, a painting on panel by the Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger

Bird Study, a painting on panel by the Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger

Located in PARIS, FR

We would like to thank Dr. Ursula Härting for confirming that this painting belongs to the studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger, by means of a certificate issued on December 12, 2024. This rare study, executed directly with a brush on a prepared wood panel without any prior drawing, features some twenty birds, most of them domesticated. It is a fascinating testimony to the transmission of forms created by Jan Brueghel the Elder...

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1620s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oak, Oil

Sleeping Herdsman by Charles Amand-Durand
Sleeping Herdsman by Charles Amand-Durand

Sleeping Herdsman by Charles Amand-Durand

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in Middletown, NY

A an impression after Rembrandt's only state of this image. Paris: 1644. Etching and engraving on high quality buff wove paper 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (124 x 114 mm); sheet 12 5/8 x 1...

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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Laid Paper, Etching, Engraving

French Old Master Antique Oil Painting For Restoration Figures Classical Landscp
French Old Master Antique Oil Painting For Restoration Figures Classical Landscp

French Old Master Antique Oil Painting For Restoration Figures Classical Landscp

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figures in a Classical Landscape French School, 18th/ 19th century oil painting on copper, unframed copper: 4 x 5 inches provenance: private collection condition: the work has paint ...

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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

FINE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS - THE BATHING OF BATHSHEBA
FINE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS - THE BATHING OF BATHSHEBA

FINE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS - THE BATHING OF BATHSHEBA

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Italian School, 17th century Title: The Bathing of Bathsheba Medium: oil painting, on canvas Size: frame: 23 x 19 inches, canvas: 18 x 14 inches Provenanc...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Aegidius Sadeler II Engraving "Petronia, First Wife of Vitellius, Roman Emperor"
Aegidius Sadeler II Engraving "Petronia, First Wife of Vitellius, Roman Emperor"

Aegidius Sadeler II Engraving "Petronia, First Wife of Vitellius, Roman Emperor"

By Aegidius Sadeler II

Located in New York, NY

Artist: Aegidius Sadeler II Petronia, First Wife of Vitellius, from set of Roman Emperors and Empresses, c. 16th-17th century Engraving Publisher: Marcus Christoph Sadeler Sight: 15 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. Framed: 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 in. This image was conceived in the 16th century by Aegidius Sadeler II and published by Marcus Christoph Sadeler. It is unclear when the present version was executed. Aegidius Sadeler or Aegidius Sadeler II[1] (1570–1629) was a Flemish engraver who was principally active at the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and his successors. Sadeler was born in Antwerp in the Sadeler family of print dealers and engravers. He was the son of Emmanuel de Sayeleer and the nephew of Aegidius I, Jan I en Raphael Sadeler.[2] He was trained by his uncle Jan I and became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1589. He was active in Munich the next year in 1590, in Rome in 1593, in Naples and then again in Munich in 1594–1597. From 1597 he settled in Prague where he became court engraver for Rudolf II and made engraved portraits of notables and engravings after artworks there, most notably paintings by Bartholomeus Spranger, Roelant Savery, Hans von Aachen, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and sculptures by Giambologna and Adriaen de Vries. His early engravings were mostly faithful copies of works by Albrecht Dürer in the Imperial collection and copies of paintings by notable Italian painters such as Raphael, Tintoretto, Parmigianino, Barocci and Titian or by Northern painters who worked there, such as Paul Bril and Denys Calvaert. In Prague he also engraved portraits of the notables of Rudolf's court, and collaborated with Spranger, Joseph Heintz the Elder, Jacobus Typotius and his friend Anselmus Boece de Boodt (1550-1632), Rudolf II's gemologist and physician.[3] After Rudolf II died he enjoyed the favour and protection of the two succeeding Emperors, Matthias and Ferdinand II.[4][5] According to Michael Bryan...

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16th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Engraving

A Magnificent Gilt Wood Mirrored Frame

A Magnificent Gilt Wood Mirrored Frame

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: Private Collection, Argentina; there acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Harper, New York, by 1960; by descent to: Mr. and Mrs. Alan Harper, New York, until 2024. This extraordinary mirrored frame is an exuberant and nearly perfectly preserved example of Andean 18th-century decorative art. Pierced mirrored rosettes surrounding floral motifs are set against mirrored surrounds along a broad frieze bordered within and without by elaborate raised moldings, inlaid by small, shaped mirrors. Repeating ornamental motifs reflecting both Spanish and indigenous designs surround both the inside panel and the exterior perimeter, the four corners of which are punctuated by mirrored rosettes. Glass mirrors were unknown to the indigenous population of the Americas prior to the arrival of Europeans (obsidian mirrors...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Mirror, Wood, Oil

The Rape of Europa, signed Peter Sion (1624-1695), Antwerp, 17th century
The Rape of Europa, signed Peter Sion (1624-1695), Antwerp, 17th century

The Rape of Europa, signed Peter Sion (1624-1695), Antwerp, 17th century

Located in PARIS, FR

The Rape of Europa By Peter Sion (Antwerp, 1624-1695) Signed in the lower right corner P. Sion 17th century Antwerp School Oil on copper, dim. h. 53 cm, w. 45 cm Moulded and ebonized...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oak, Oil, Wood Panel

Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush) /// Botanical Botany
Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush) /// Botanical Botany

Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush) /// Botanical Botany

By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 698) Portfolio: His...

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1740s Old Masters Art

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

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