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Player - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century

Player - Etching F. Campana - 18th Century

By Ferdinando Campana

Located in Roma, IT

lyre Player from "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some f...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Antiquity of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century

Antiquity of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century

By Giovanni Elia Morghen

Located in Roma, IT

Antiquity of Herculaneum, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen in the 18th century. Good conditions excep...

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Posing Man - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755

Posing Man - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755

By Nicholas Cochin

Located in Roma, IT

Posing Man is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing on the margins. Signed in the plate. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMB...

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Anatomical Studies - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771

Anatomical Studies - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771

By Jacques de Seve

Located in Roma, IT

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière Tome III, Plate VI, page 202 Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate etching and engraving on laid paper Plate ma...

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Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century

Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century

By Carlo Oraty 1

Located in Roma, IT

Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to ...

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Axiom - Etching by Francesco Mazzoni - 18th Century
Axiom - Etching by Francesco Mazzoni - 18th Century

Axiom - Etching by Francesco Mazzoni - 18th Century

By Nicola Vanni

Located in Roma, IT

Axiom is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Mazzoni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate. Included a Passepartout: 45 x 30.5 cm Francesco Mazzoni ( 1738-1989). ...

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Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786

Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786

By Carlo Lasinio 1

Located in Roma, IT

Tuscan Proverbs 3 is an original etching realized by Carlo Lasinio in 1786. Etching and watercolour technique, in good conditions, except for some stains on the back of the yellowed...

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1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786

Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786

By Carlo Lasinio 1

Located in Roma, IT

Tuscan Proverbs is an original etching realized by Carlo Lasinio in 1786. Etching and watercolour technique, in good conditions, except for some stains on the back of the yellowed p...

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Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786

Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786

By Carlo Lasinio 1

Located in Roma, IT

Tuscan Proverbs is an original etching realized by Carlo Lasinio in 1786. Etching and watercolour technique, in good conditions, except for some stains on the back of the yellowed p...

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Disparate Alegre Etching, Aquatint, Goya, Circa 1875, Unframed

Disparate Alegre Etching, Aquatint, Goya, Circa 1875, Unframed

By Francisco Goya

Located in Roma, IT

Disparate alegre - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 12 from of the second edition of t...

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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Letter A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century

Letter A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century

By Luigi Vanvitelli

Located in Roma, IT

Letter A is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Temple - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century

Temple - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century

By Francesco Lavega

Located in Roma, IT

Temple from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco La Vega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the...

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Cupids - Etching by  Francesco Lavega - 18th Century

Cupids - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century

By Francesco Lavega

Located in Roma, IT

Cupids from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Lavega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged. The etching belong...

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Pompeian Style Oil Lamps - Etching - 18th Century

Pompeian Style Oil Lamps - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Pompeian Style Oil Lamps from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The e...

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Cupid In Three Frames - Etching - 18th Century

Cupid In Three Frames - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etch...

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Cupid In Three Frames - Etching - 18th Century

Cupid In Three Frames - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etch...

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Cupids - Etching by  Francesco Lavega - 18th Century

Cupids - Etching by Francesco Lavega - 18th Century

By Francesco Lavega

Located in Roma, IT

Cupids from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Lavega in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged. The etching belong...

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Still Life - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century

Still Life - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century

By Carlo Oraty 1

Located in Roma, IT

Still Life from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs to the p...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints

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Tragedy Masks Pompeian Fresco - Etching - 18th Century

Tragedy Masks Pompeian Fresco - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Tragedy Masks Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions an...

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Player - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century

Player - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century

By Filippo Morghen

Located in Roma, IT

Player from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding due to the t...

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Cupids - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century

Cupids - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century

By Nicola Vanni

Located in Roma, IT

Cupid and Genni from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged with some foldi...

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18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints

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Goddess - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century

Goddess - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century

By Nicola Vanni

Located in Roma, IT

Goddess from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding ...

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Deities - Etching by  Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century

Deities - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century

By Giuseppe Aloja

Located in Roma, IT

Deities from "Antiquities of Herculaneum"is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding du...

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Mourning - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century

Mourning - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century

By Nicola Billy

Located in Roma, IT

Mourning from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Billy after Camillus Paderni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions and aged...

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Lovingly - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century

Lovingly - Etching by Nicola Billy - 18th Century

By Nicola Billy

Located in Roma, IT

Lovingly from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding...

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Profiles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Profiles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Profiles is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Lo...

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The Portrait - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

The Portrait - 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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The Physiognomy - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

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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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Silhouettes 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 ...

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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Silhouette 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 L...

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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Silhouettes 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 ...

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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Silhouettes 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...

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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Silhouette 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 L...

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Jesus - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Jesus - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Jesus - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Jesus 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 o...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Trotter - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Trotter - 1810

By Thomas Trotter

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized after Thomas Trotter (1756 - 1803). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the L...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748-1827). Original Etching from Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and ...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway. Original Etching from Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of ...

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Portrait -Etching by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1810
Portrait -Etching by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1810

Portrait -Etching by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1810

By Johann Caspar Lavater

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801). Original Etching from "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mank...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748-1827). Original Etching from Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and ...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Paton Thomson - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Paton Thomson - 1810

By Paton Thomson

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Paton Thomson (1750 - 1821 ca.). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the L...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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 Love ...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801).Original Etching from "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankin...

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

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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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810

By Thomas Holloway

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and t...

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Old Etchings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of old etchings is available on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Expressionist editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Modern. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Old etchings available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, black, white and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Francisco Goya, Bernard Picart, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Gianfrancesco Pivati and Various Artists are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in etching, aquatint and engraving, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Some old etchings are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 1.19 inches across, are available.

How Much are Old Etchings?

Old etchings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $718, while the lowest priced sells for $65 and the highest can go for as much as $135,000.

A Close Look at Old Masters Art

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.

Find a collection of Old Masters prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors and other art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You

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.