$1,200
Academie de l’Espee Tabula XXI by Girard Thibault 17thc fencing engraving
By Pierre Thibault
Located in Paonia, CO
Hand colored original engraving from the Academie de l’Espee ( full title can be translated as Academy of the Sword: wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation o...
Engraving
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H 25 in W 36 in
Academie de l’Espee Tabula XXI by Girard Thibault 17thc fencing engraving
By Pierre Thibault
Located in Paonia, CO
Hand colored original engraving from the Academie de l’Espee ( full title can be translated as Academy of the Sword: wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation o...
Engraving
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H 25 in W 36 in
Academie de l’Espee Tabula 2 prints Girarld Thibault Tab. XXXIII & Tab.IIII
By Pierre Thibault
Located in Paonia, CO
Two hand colored engravings from the Academie de l’Espee ( full title can be translated as Academy of the Sword: wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of ...
Engraving
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H 25 in W 36 in
Academie de l’Espee Tabula 2 prints Girarld Thibault Tab. XXXIII & Tab.IIII
By Pierre Thibault
Located in Paonia, CO
Two hand colored engravings from the Academie de l’Espee ( full title can be translated as Academy of the Sword: wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of ...
Engraving
$350
H 6.25 in W 8 in
De wapenhandelinghe van de ruiters; Plate 10 from The Riding School, or Exercise
By Jacob de Gheyn II
Located in Middletown, NY
A 16th century image from the state-sponsored military manual that revolutionized European warfare tactics. Leiden: 1599. Engraving on laid paper with a partial chalice and grapes ...
Laid Paper, Engraving
$450
H 18.5 in W 13.63 in
Untitled /// French Ornaments Designs Architecture Jean Bérain Old Master Print
By Jean Bérain
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jean Berain (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) Title: "Untitled" (Plate 35) Portfolio: Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain (Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain) Circa: 1711 (Firs...
Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio, Etching
16th Century School of Fontainebleau Engraving
By Master F.G.
Located in New York, NY
This 16th century French engraving illustrates an episode in the Trojan War – although the actual one illustrated is in question. According to recent scholarship, it depicts the corp...
Paper
$500
H 18.75 in W 22.625 in D 0.5 in
Old Master French Noblemen Engraving by Crispin de Passe
By Crispin De Passe
Located in New York, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670) Untitled (French Noblemen on Horseback), c. 1620-1660 Engraving Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in. Inscribed in p...
Engraving
$999
H 16.62 in W 9.57 in D 0.01 in
Classical Mythological Figures Engraving, Montfaucon Antiquité Expliquée 1721
Located in Langweer, NL
Classical Mythological Figures Engraving, Montfaucon Antiquité Expliquée 1721 This original early eighteenth-century copper engraving originates from Bernard de Montfaucon’s monumen...
Paper
$572
H 9.65 in W 12.88 in D 0.01 in
Antique Royal Equestrian Engraving, Le Maneige Royal, France, 1666
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Royal Equestrian Engraving, Le Maneige Royal, France, 1666 Description: Original antique engraving titled “Figure 5. 1 partie” from Antoine de Pluvinel’s Le Maneige Royal, p...
Paper
$722
H 16.62 in W 9.57 in D 0.01 in
Classical Antiquities Engraving, Sepulchrum des Nasonii, Montfaucon 1721
Located in Langweer, NL
Classical Antiquities Engraving, Sepulchrum des Nasonii, Montfaucon 1721 This original early eighteenth-century copper engraving presents a scholarly compilation of classical antiqu...
Paper
$340
H 8.27 in W 24.81 in
Representation Generale de la Voute de La Galerie du President, French engraving
By Charles Dibdin
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Mathys Pool (1676-1732) after Picart and Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). 1718. Depicts a ceiling design commissioned for the Hotel Lambert and executed by Char...
Engraving
$288
H 9.45 in W 20.87 in D 0.04 in
Principi Etruriae Duci - Etching by Charles Simonneau - Late 1600
By Charles Simonneau
Located in Roma, IT
Principi Etruriae Duci is an original artwork realized by the French artist Charles Simonneau in the second half of the XVII Century. Original Etching on paper. D'aprés Charles Le B...
Etching
$700
H 18.75 in W 22.625 in D 0.5 in
Crispin de Passe Engraving of the Grand Écuyer (Squire) of France
By Crispin De Passe
Located in New York, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670) Grand Écuyer de France or Grand Squire of France, c. 1620-1660 Engraving Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in. Crisp...
Engraving
$693
H 17.96 in W 11.26 in D 0.04 in
Telephe Guéri Etching, Old Masters Style, Circa 1740, Unframed
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the myth of Telephus and his healing. Plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amster...
Etching
$1,617
H 20.28 in W 23.55 in D 0.04 in
Accuratissima Totius Asiae Tabula - Etching by Frederick de Wit - 1680 ca
By Frederick de Wit
Located in Roma, IT
This double-page etching with contemporary coloring, entitled Accuratissima totius Asiae Tabula, was realized by the cartographer Frederick de Wit for the famous Atlas published in A...
Etching
$231
H 2.96 in W 4.14 in D 0.04 in
Motifs Decorative - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1729
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Motifs decorative is a black and white etching on paper, realized in 1729 by Bernard Picart. Signed and dated on plate on the lower margin. The artwork is attached on black passep...
Etching
$231
H 11.03 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Hercule - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
By Jean François Poletnich
Located in Roma, IT
Hercule is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Etching
$439
H 11.42 in W 15.36 in D 0.08 in
Les Adieux d'Hector d'Andromaque - Etching by Jean Moyreau - 18th Century
By Jean Moyreau
Located in Roma, IT
Les Adieux d'Hector d'Andromaque is an etching realized by Jean Moyreau in the 18th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well balanced condit...
Etching
$635
H 17.96 in W 11.26 in D 0.04 in
Œnée Etching on Wire Rod Paper, Old Masters Style, Circa 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Œnée, "the king of Calydon, having neglected Diana in a sacrifice, is punished for his impiety" as the capt...
Etching
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$13,866Sale Price|20% Off
H 57.09 in W 76.38 in
Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian master) - 19th century Realist masquerade scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Vincenzo Colleoni (Active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Interior scene with masked figures. 110 x 160 cm (without frame) - 145 x 194 cm (with frame). Oil on c...
Canvas, Oil
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.