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Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman)

Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman)

By Hans Sebald Beham

Located in New York, NY

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), an engraving after Beham’s Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman), engraving, c 1540, a copy or impression in reverse of Pauli 215, Bartsch 213, the cop...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Two Trophies With a Cuirass Lower Left

Two Trophies With a Cuirass Lower Left

By Enea Vico

Located in New York, NY

Enea Vico (1523-1567) engraving, Two Trophies With a Cuirass Lower Left, 1550, Bartsch 449, with the name of the publisher Ant[onio] Lafreri at bottom, first state (of 2) before numb...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

New Map of the Terraqueous Globe - WORLD MAP - CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND
New Map of the Terraqueous Globe - WORLD MAP - CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND

New Map of the Terraqueous Globe - WORLD MAP - CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND

By Edward Wells

Located in Santa Monica, CA

EDWARD WELLS (British 1667- 1727) A NEW MAP of the TERRAQUEOUS GLOBE - according to the latest Discoveries and most general Divisions of it into CONTINENTS and OCEANS, 1700-01 (Sh...

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Early 1700s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Two Trophies with a Breast Plate and a Ram's Head

Two Trophies with a Breast Plate and a Ram's Head

By Enea Vico

Located in New York, NY

Enea Vico (1523-1567 engraving, Two Trophies With a Breast Plate and a Ram’s Head, 1550, Bartsch 447, with the name of the publisher Ant[onio] Lafreri at bottom, before numbers. Goo...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Panel with a Mascaron

Panel with a Mascaron

By Hans Sebald Beham

Located in New York, NY

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), Panel with a Mascaron, engraving, 1543 [with the initials monogram and date in the plate]. Reference: Bartsch 231, Hollstein 235. Second state (of 2). ...

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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Resurrection; Plate 7 from The Passion of the Christ
Resurrection; Plate 7 from The Passion of the Christ

Resurrection; Plate 7 from The Passion of the Christ

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

Celebrated for the "sfumato" effect that Goltzius achieved through engraving alone, the incredibly fine lines in this work create the illusion of soft, glowing light and atmospheric ...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

PERU
PERU

PERU

By Johannes Jansson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

JOHANNES JANSSON (1588 - 1664) PERU, engraving with early coloring. Platemark 15 1/8 x 19 3/8 inches, sheet 17 x 20 1/2 A nice example of one of the earliest maps of Peru. From the ...

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1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Adoration of the Shepherds

Adoration of the Shepherds

By Peter Paul Rubens

Located in New York, NY

Adoration of the Shepherds after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640), engraved by Pierre-Franois Basan (French, 1723-1797), engraving, c. 1750, in black on ivory laid paper, 282 x...

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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Death of Lazarus
The Death of Lazarus

The Death of Lazarus

By Hieronymus Wierix

Located in Fairlawn, OH

His first engraving as independent master dates back to 1577.

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Georg Wagner, Peace of Westphalia Diplomat Portrait Engraving, 1652
Georg Wagner, Peace of Westphalia Diplomat Portrait Engraving, 1652

Georg Wagner, Peace of Westphalia Diplomat Portrait Engraving, 1652

Located in Langweer, NL

KEYWORDS: Georg Wagner, Peace of Westphalia, Westfälischer Friede, Treaty of Westphalia, Thirty Years' War, Matthäus Merian, Matthaus Merian, Theatrum Europaeum, 1652 engraving, Germ...

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Antique Mid-17th Century German Baroque Prints

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Paper

Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball
Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball

Allegorical Figure, Holding a Ball

By Giorgio Mantovano Ghisi

Located in Chicago, IL

Edouard Schultze, the former owner of this work, (died in Vienna about 1900) was a collector of earlier Old Master prints. The sale of his collection in 1901 featured fine works by ...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat - Engravin after Rembrandt - 19th Century

Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat - Engravin after Rembrandt - 19th Century

By Charles Amand Durand

Located in Roma, IT

Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) Eager to save the masterpieces of the Great Masters of Graphics of the Modern Age, whose plates already at the time of Durand were for the most part ...

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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Genesis & Apocalypse, c.1700
Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Genesis & Apocalypse, c.1700

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Genesis & Apocalypse, c.1700

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: Pieter Mortier, antique engraving, Genesis prints, Jacob ladder, Jacob and Esau, biblical engraving, apocalypse print, Book of Revelation, Dutch Baroque print, Amsterdam ci...

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Antique Early 1700s Dutch Prints

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Paper

AMERICAE - Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio
AMERICAE - Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio

AMERICAE - Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio

By Abraham Ortelius

Located in Santa Monica, CA

ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527 - 1598) AMERICAE SIVE NOVI ORBIS, NOVA DESCRIPTIO, 1587 (1603) (Van Den Broecke 11, Burden 64; Schwartz & Ehrenberg 69) Engraving. A very good, well printed...

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16th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Apocalypse Cycle, c.1700
Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Apocalypse Cycle, c.1700

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Apocalypse Cycle, c.1700

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: Pieter Mortier, antique engraving, apocalypse prints, Book of Revelation, New Jerusalem, Lamb of God, angel engraving, biblical visions, Dutch Baroque print, Amsterdam circ...

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Antique Early 1700s Dutch Prints

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Paper

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Joseph Cycle, c.1700
Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Joseph Cycle, c.1700

Antique Biblical Engravings, Mortier Amsterdam – Joseph Cycle, c.1700

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: Pieter Mortier, antique engraving, Joseph story, Genesis prints, Joseph and his brothers, Potiphar’s wife, Simeon and Levi, Shechem, biblical engraving, Dutch Baroque print...

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Antique Early 1700s Dutch Prints

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Paper

WORLD MAP - Planisphaerium Terrestre Sive Terrarum Orbis... 1696
WORLD MAP - Planisphaerium Terrestre Sive Terrarum Orbis... 1696

WORLD MAP - Planisphaerium Terrestre Sive Terrarum Orbis... 1696

By Carel Allard

Located in Santa Monica, CA

CAREL ALLARD (1648 – 1709) PLANISPHAERIUM TERRESTRE SIVE TERRARUM ORBIS… 1696 (Shirley 578) Engraving, 20 ½ x 23 ½”, sheet 21 x 24 1/8". A stunning double hemisphere World Map wi...

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17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Virgin and Child with the Pear
Virgin and Child with the Pear

Virgin and Child with the Pear

By Hans Sebald Beham

Located in New York, NY

Beham was one of the Northern Renaissance Little Masters, so called because of their eminence in producing small-scale engravings such as the Virgin and Child with a Pear.

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

AMERICA
AMERICA

John SpeedAMERICA, 1626-76

$4,250Sale Price|50% Off

AMERICA

By John Speed

Located in Santa Monica, CA

IMPORTANT AMERICAN MAP - ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW CALIFORNIA as an ISLAND JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) AMERICA - With Those Known Parts In That Unknown Worlde (sic), 1626-(76) (Burden 2...

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1620s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Crucifixion
Crucifixion

Crucifixion

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Jean Pichore workshop, 1500-1541 Crucifixion Metal cut engraving printed on vellum with vintage hand coloring c. 1500-1541 Miniature (image) size: 4 3/4 x 3 1/8" Including decorated ...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Happy Consultation, or Modern Match
The Happy Consultation, or Modern Match

The Happy Consultation, or Modern Match

Located in Santa Monica, CA

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BRITISH CARICATURE THE HAPPY CONSULTATION, or MODERN MATCH, 1769 (DG 4335) Engraving, very good impression....

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1760s Old Masters More Prints

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Engraving

Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia
Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia

Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia

By Georg Pencz

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia Engraving, c. 1546-47 Signed with the intials in the plate (see photo) From: "Four Scenes of Early Roman History" An early impression with plate ton...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

St. Jerome in the Desert

St. Jerome in the Desert

Located in Chicago, IL

Engraving by Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum (Deventer active by 1551 - circa 1569 Haarlem) in the manner of Peter Bruegel the Elder

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16th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Ostiakes
Ostiakes

Ostiakes

By Cornelis de Bruijn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Ostiakes Engraving, 1718 From: Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Occidentales (French translation, 1718), Chapter XXI The Ostyak are a member of an...

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1710s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Landscape with Roman Ruins

Landscape with Roman Ruins

By (After) Peter Paul Rubens

Located in Chicago, IL

Engraving after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp), executed by Schelte Adams Bolswert (Bolsward c. 1586 -1659 Antwerp). Bolswert was one of the major printmakers in the ...

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17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Northern Italy: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Abraham Ortelius
Northern Italy: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Abraham Ortelius

Northern Italy: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Abraham Ortelius

By Abraham Ortelius

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a framed 16th century hand-colored copperplate map of northern Italy entitled "Veronae Urbis Territorium a Bernardo Bragnolo Descriptium" by Abraham Ortelius from his atlas "...

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16th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Flora with her Nymphs, after Giulio Romano

Flora with her Nymphs, after Giulio Romano

Located in New York, NY

GIULIO BONASONE (1510-1576) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA1499-1546) Flora with her Nymphs engraving, circa1531-50, on laid paper, watermark Two crossed Arrows with a Star (Massari 77, s...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ
Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ

Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

Celebrated for the "sfumato" effect that Goltzius achieved through engraving alone, the incredibly fine lines in this work create the illusion of soft, glowing light and atmospheric ...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Laid Paper

Farnese Hercules

Farnese Hercules

By Jacob Bos

Located in Chicago, IL

448 x 315 mm.; 17 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches Watermark: Eagle, close to Briquet 207 (Rome 1573-76) Notes: Bos was born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in southern Netherlands (in French, the city’...

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16th Century Old Masters Nude Prints

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Engraving

Tintoretto Portrait Engraving after Self Portrait, Antoine de Marcenay, 1755
Tintoretto Portrait Engraving after Self Portrait, Antoine de Marcenay, 1755

Tintoretto Portrait Engraving after Self Portrait, Antoine de Marcenay, 1755

Located in Langweer, NL

This piece would make an excellent addition to a collection of old master prints, portrait engravings, or works related to the Italian Renaissance, and displays beautifully as a stan...

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Antique Mid-18th Century French Prints

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Paper

Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

By Franz Hogenberg

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Frankfort, Germany entitled "Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp" by Georg Braun & Franz Hoge...

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16th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Christ Before Caiaphas; Plate 4 from The Passion of the Christ
Christ Before Caiaphas; Plate 4 from The Passion of the Christ

Christ Before Caiaphas; Plate 4 from The Passion of the Christ

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

Engraving on cream laid paper with an anchor topped with a trefoil watermark, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (204 x 137 mm), thread margins. Likely one of the copies produced in Goltzius's own stu...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Lantana aculeata (Common Lantana) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art
Lantana aculeata (Common Lantana) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art

Lantana aculeata (Common Lantana) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art

By Pancrace Bessa 1

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: (after) Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772-1846) Title: "Lantana aculeata (Common Lantana)" (T.6. No. 38) Portfolio: Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l'on Cultive en France en Ple...

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Early 1800s Old Masters Still-life Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving

Canterbury: An Original 16th C. Framed Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Canterbury: An Original 16th C. Framed Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

Canterbury: An Original 16th C. Framed Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

By Franz Hogenberg

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a framed 16th century map and city view of Canterbury, England entitled "Cantuarbury" by Braun & Hogenburg, from their famous landmark atlas of city views 'Civitates Orbis Te...

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16th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

De wapenhandelinghe van de ruiters; Plate 10 from The Riding School, or Exercise
De wapenhandelinghe van de ruiters; Plate 10 from The Riding School, or Exercise

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 ...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Cassia corymbosa (Argentine senna) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art
Cassia corymbosa (Argentine senna) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art

Cassia corymbosa (Argentine senna) /// Pancrace Bessa Flower Plant Botanical Art

By Pancrace Bessa 1

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: (after) Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772-1846) Title: "Cassia corymbosa (Argentine senna)" (T.6. No. 32) Portfolio: Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l'on Cultive en France en Pl...

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Early 1800s Old Masters Still-life Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving

View of Emden, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
View of Emden, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

View of Emden, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

By Franz Hogenberg

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of a bird's-eye View of Embden, Germany entitled " Emuda, vulgo Embden vrbs Frisia orientalis primaria" by Georg...

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16th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Saint Philip; From Christ, the Apostles, and St. Paul with the Creed.
Saint Philip; From Christ, the Apostles, and St. Paul with the Creed.

Saint Philip; From Christ, the Apostles, and St. Paul with the Creed.

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

An image from the highly celebrated 14-part series titled Christ, the Apostles, and St. Paul with the Creed. Haarlem: c1590. Engraving on light-weight cream laid paper, 5 3/4 x 4 i...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Tobias and the Angel

Tobias and the Angel

By Hendrik Goudt

Located in Chicago, IL

References: Bartsch, Dutuit and Hollstein 2

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17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Landscape with Pair on Wooden Bridge

Landscape with Pair on Wooden Bridge

By Nicolaes de Bruyn

Located in Chicago, IL

Engraving after Egidius Coninxloo (c. 1581 - 1619), executed by Nicolaes De Bruyn (Antwerp 1571 - 1652 Amsterdam) Unidentified watermark

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from The Passion of Christ
Christ Crowned with Thorns, from The Passion of Christ

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from The Passion of Christ

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

Engraving on cream wove paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (203 x 137 mm), narrow to thread margins. First state (of 2). A fine impression with archival paper adhered at left top and bottom cor...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Heroic Roman Battle Scene, French Neoclassical Engraving, Napoleonic Era, 1804
Heroic Roman Battle Scene, French Neoclassical Engraving, Napoleonic Era, 1804

Heroic Roman Battle Scene, French Neoclassical Engraving, Napoleonic Era, 1804

Located in Langweer, NL

Although visually reminiscent of earlier Old Master battle engravings by artists such as Gérard Audran in the 17th century, this work belongs to a distinctly later artistic tradition.

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Antique Early 1800s French Prints

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Paper

The Battle of the Amazons (Bellum Amazonum)
The Battle of the Amazons (Bellum Amazonum)

The Battle of the Amazons (Bellum Amazonum)

By Enea Vico

Located in Middletown, NY

A fierce battle scene with women warriors. (after Perino del Vaga) Engraving on oval-shaped light laid paper, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (260 x 274 mm), the full sheet, trimmed at the pl...

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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving

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Old Master Engraving For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact old master engraving you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Making the right choice when shopping for an old master engraving may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right old master engraving for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, beige and blue. An old master engraving from Albrecht Dürer, Kind of Cyan, Wenceslaus Hollar, Rembrandt van Rijn and Charles Amand Durand — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in engraving, etching and metal — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is an Old Master Engraving?

An old master engraving can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,552, while the lowest priced sells for $135 and the highest can go for as much as $115,000.

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.

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Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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