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
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
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an 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 Mank...
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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
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an 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 Mank...
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an 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 Mank...
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Decoration With Animals - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration With Animals is an Etching realized by various Artists (18th century). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le An...
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Seascape - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
By Giuseppe Aloja
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is an Etching realized by Luigi Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano E...
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Decoration - Etching by Marcantonio Iacomino - 18th Century
By Marcantonio Iacomino
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration is an Etching realized by Marcantonio Iacomino (18th century). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità ...
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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' "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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The Kermesse - Original Etching by Cornelis Dusart - 1686
By Cornelis Dusart
Located in Roma, IT
Signed and dated on the left lower margin of the plate: “Corn. Dusart fe. 1685”. On Netherlandish watermarked paper. Very good conditions. Bartsch n.16. Beautiful etching describes a...
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Ancient View of Cannes - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cannes is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the 19th Century. Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center. Titled in France on the lo...
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Ancient View of Niort - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Niort is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the 19th Century. Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center. Titled in F...
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OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Etching and Drypoint, 1859.
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Letter N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter N is an Etching hand watercolored realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “...
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Letter N - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter N is an Etching hand watercolored realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “...
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Letter L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter L is an Etching hand watercolored realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “...
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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 an anonymous artist in the 18th century. Good conditions but aged. T...
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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 an anonymous artist in the 18th century. Good conditions but aged. T...
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Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Anonymous in the 18th century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditio...
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Ancient Roman Busts - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Busts, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Anonymous in the 18th century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditi...
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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 on the plate. Good condition...
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Le Loir - Etching by Buvée d’Amérique - 1771
By Buvée d’Amérique
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1770s (Tom. VIII, 1771 ed.). Tom. VIII – Le Loir Plate XXIV, p. 192 Copper engraving Sheet...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Buvée d’Amérique - 1771
By Buvée d’Amérique
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Tome VIII – Plate IV, p. 26 Original copperplate engraving 24.5 x 19.5 cm Fine 18th-century c...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Buvée d’Amérique - 1771
By Buvée d’Amérique
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Tome VIII – Plate III, p. 26 Original copperplate engraving 24.5 x 19.5 cm Fine 18th...
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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 IV, page 224 Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper (approx. 24.5 × 19.5...
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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 V, page 202 Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper Plate mark visible; a...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Plate From Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, tom. III – Pl. XV, p. 256 This copperplate engraving presents a comprehensive anatomical view of the urinary and major vascular systems withi...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Tom. III – Pl. 13, p. 246 This copperplate engraving presents a comparative anatomical study of the auditory apparatus, combining sectional ...
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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 in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on the lower right and left: C...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Buvée d’Amérique - 1771
By Buvée d’Amérique
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. VII (p. 48) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition illustrating the male urogenital system in detailed anatomical views. The plate pr...
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Le Lévrier - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1767–1771 – Tom. V, Pl. XXVII (p. 300): Le Lévrier Copper engraving depicting Le Lévrier (Greyhound) standing in elegant profile within a landscaped esta...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Buvée d’Amérique - 1771
By Buvée d’Amérique
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. III (p. 48) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition depicting detailed anatomical studies of reproductive organs in two views. The upp...
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Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. V (p. 48) Copper engraving from the 1771 edition illustrating comparative anatomical studies of the reproductive organs. The upper fi...
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Facial Expressions - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Planche VIII (p. 536) Copper engraving depicting five studies of human facial expressions, each head shown in three-quarter view and numbered (Figs. 1–5)...
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Le Mâtin - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1767–1771 – Tom. V, Pl. XXV (p. 300): Le Mâtin Copper engraving depicting Le Mâtin (mastiff-type dog) in profile, set within a courtyard scene. The anima...
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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 I, page 76 Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper (approx. 24.5 × 19.5 c...
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Anatomical Studies - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Copperplate engraving from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Tome IX, 1771 edition (Pl. XXVI, p. 298). This finely detailed anatomical plate illustrates th...
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Anatomical Studies - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXVIII (p. 298). Copper engraving depicting detailed anatomical studies of the urinary bladder and adjacent glands, shown ...
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Anatomical Studies - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1771 – Tom. IX, Pl. XXVII (p. 298) Copper engraving depicting the male urinary and reproductive system, including bladder, prostate, urethra and testes, s...
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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 III, page 110 Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper (approx. 24.5 × 19...
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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 II, page 94 Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper (approx. 24.5 × 19.5 ...
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Ancient Roman Busts - Etching - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Busts from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
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Angel - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Angel 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 Mankind", London, Bensl...
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Angel - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
By James Neagle
Located in Roma, IT
Angel is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley,...
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Desperation - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
By John Hall 3
Located in Roma, IT
Desperation 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 Mankind", London,...
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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 Mankind", London, Be...
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Roman Seascape - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century
By Luigi Aloja
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Seascape Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. ...
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Roman Costume - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
By Bartolomeo Pinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Costume is an original hand-colored etching artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819. Signed by the artist on the plate, dated lower left "Roma, 1819", titled in Italian...
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Les Alcyons - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Alcyone. Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and a beautiful use of chiaroscuro, from the volume “Le...
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Transformations - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
By Gianfrancesco Pivati
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. Transformations is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati. This original print, representing the "fifth an...
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Ganymede Carried by the Eagle - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Engraving on laid paper, depicting the mythological abduction of Ganymede by Jupiter in the form of an eagle. The dramatic composition shows the youthful figure lifted skyward, frame...
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Palazzo Borghese - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1747
By Giuseppe Vasi
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Borghese is original black and white etching realized by Giuseppe Vasi . Beautiful etching representing Palazzo Borghese in Rome. Signed and titled on plate lower margin. ...
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Portrait of Abbe Raynal - Etching After Thomas Trotter - 1810
By Thomas Trotter
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Abbe Raynal is an original artwork realized by Thomas Trotter (1756 - 1803). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowled...
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Osteological and Dental Studies - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Tome XI – Plate VI, p. 142. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1771. Engraving (etching and burin), approx. 24.5 × 19.5 cm. ...
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Goddesses - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
By Filippo Morghen
Located in Roma, IT
Goddesses from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The etching b...
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Offering In Roman Rite - Etching - 18th Century
By Francesco Cepparuli
Located in Roma, IT
Offering In Roman Rite from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparuli in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions and a...
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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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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.
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