La Taupe (The Mole) - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tome VIII – “La Taupe” (The Mole), from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Plate XII, p. 108 Copper engraving. Paris, 1771. Sheet size: approx. 24.5 x 19.5 cm. A...
Etching
Allegories: Lies - Etching by F. Cepparuli - 18th Century
By Francesco Cepparuli
Located in Roma, IT
Allegories: Lies is a vintage poster realized by the Italian artist Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, 1911 – Rome, 1987) in 1981 Original Colored Offset on paper. The artwork was real...
Etching
$2,975
Ancient Roman Architectural Frieze: An 18th C. Piranesi Etching
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed original 18th century etching is entitled "Fregio antico di marmo con Ippogrifi, nel cortile del palazzo della Valle" (Ancient Marble Frieze with Hippogriffs in the Court...
Etching
Seascapes With Monument and Figures - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
By Giuseppe Aloja
Located in Roma, IT
Seascapes With Monument and Figures is an Etching realized by Giuseppe Aloja (1783-1837). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original titl...
Etching
$348
Ancient Roman Still Life - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
By Giacomo Casanova
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Azzerboni and Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Fair cond...
Etching
Il tempio di Nettuno - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 1760
By Giuseppe Vasi
Located in Roma, IT
English Title: "The Temple of Neptune” Image dimensions: 38.3x53.2 cm. Very Fine Proof, showing an architectural apparatus for firework built by Paolo Posi in occasion of the Chin...
Etching
Habits et Maisons des Floridiens - Original Etching by J.-N. Bellin - 1747
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Roma, IT
Habits et Maisons des Floridiens is a beautiful black and white etching 8 engraving on copper) on wire rod paper realized by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), from volume 14 by the...
Etching
Nadie se conoce - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Nadie se conoce is an original artwork realized by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. The plate is part of the T...
Etching, Aquatint
17th century etching black and white figures scene
By Cornelis Bega
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Singer" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts a performer and onlookers. Publisher: Pearce #50. 4" x 3" art 16 1/2" x 13 1/2" frame Cornelis Pietersz Be...
Etching
Que se la Llevaron! - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Que se la Llevaron! is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya in 1799, from Los Caprichos series. The artwork is the plate 8 (as printed on plate on the higher right margin)...
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
By Carlo Oraty 1
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions except f...
Etching
Study of Five Heads - Original Etching by J.-J. Boissieu
By Jean-Jacques de Boissieu
Located in Roma, IT
Then he continued to produce prints in Lyon, Boissieu made many etchings of the Roman and Dutch countryside, as well as the French countryside around Lyon, which earned him a reputat...
Drypoint, Etching
The Young Man Sitting - Etching by G.B. Tiepolo - 1785
By Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Located in Roma, IT
The young man sitting is an etching realized by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1785. Sheet 23 x 30 cm. Good impressions on paper, with wide margins. Reference: De Vesme, 3/10; Rizzi 29/...
Etching
$790
Satan, Sin and Death from Milton's "Paradise Lost" - Etching - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Striking and theatrically composed Old Master print depicting a dramatic allegorical confrontation between a heroic winged figure and a skeletal embodiment of Death, set within a mon...
Etching
La Lealtad Original Etching, Aquatint, Goya, Circa 1875, Unframed
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
La lealtad - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 17 from of the second edition of the fam...
Etching, Aquatint
Disparate de Carnaval Etching, Aquatint, Goya, Circa 1875, Unframed
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Disparate de Carnaval - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 14 from of the second edition...
Etching, Aquatint
El Caballo Raptor Original Etching, Aquatint, Circa 1875, Unframed
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
El caballo raptor - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 10 from of the second edition of ...
Etching, Aquatint
Gaius Marius Roman General - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
By Francesco Cepparoli
Located in Roma, IT
Gaius Marius Roman General from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions, aged ...
Etching
$209
Anatomical Plate – Internal Structure of... - Etching by Antoine Defehrt - 1771
By Antoine Defehrt
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Tom. XI, Pl. XVII, p. 276 Paris, 1771 Copperplate engraving on laid paper Approx. 24.5 × 19.5 cm A finely engraved ...
Etching
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
This old master's original print is a beautiful artist proof, the 150th plate from the series Liber Veritatis, published in Rome in 1815 by Francesco Bourlié.
Etching, Aquatint
Ornamental Pompeian Style Fresco - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
By Francesco Cepparoli
Located in Roma, IT
Ornamental Pompeian Style Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions...
Etching
Ancient Roman Still Life - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
By Vincenzo Campana
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on plate. Good conditions exc...
Etching
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
This old master's original print is a beautiful artist proof, the 177th plate from the series Liber Veritatis, published in Rome in 1815 by Francesco Bourlié.
Etching, Aquatint
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
$1,700
"Forest Glen, " Etching Landscape initialed in Plate by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Forest Glen" is an original etching by John Thomas Smith. The piece was initialed in plate. It depicts a small inlet to a lush forest. 3 5/8" x 3 1/2" art 12 7/8" x 12 3/4" frame ...
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
By Luigi Vanvitelli
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C 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”)...
Etching
Flying Squirrel (Écureuil volant) – Dorsal...- Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XXII, p. 114. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely detailed natural...
Etching
Comparative Anatomy – Skeleton of a... - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XVI, p. 78. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely engraved anatomica...
Etching
Comparative Anatomy – Pregnant Uterus with...- Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XLVII, p. 334. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely executed anatom...
Etching
$557
Roman Temple With Sphinx, Siren - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple With Sphinx, Siren and Centaur from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditio...
Etching
Pompeian Style Jar and Pitcher - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
By Fernando Strina
Located in Roma, IT
Pompeian Style Jar and Pitcher from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The ...
Etching
Roman Temple And Villa Fresco - Etching by Francesco Casanova - 18th Century
By Francesco Giuseppe Casanova
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple And Villa Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. Th...
Etching
Amore Scherza - Original Etching by G. B. da Ravenna after Bernardino Nocchi
By Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna
Located in Roma, IT
Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints...
Etching
The Hypocrisy of Female Appearance - Etching by Johann Heinrich Lips - 1780s
By Johann Heinrich Lips
Located in Roma, IT
A finely executed etching by Johann Heinrich Lips, produced for Johann Caspar Lavater’s influential treatise on physiognomy, one of the most widely circulated and intellectually sign...
Etching
Anatomical Study-Intestinal and Reproductive...-Etching by Jacques de Sève- 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XXXI, p. 178. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely executed anatomi...
Etching
Anatomical Studies-Heart, Kidney and ...-Etching by Jacques de Sève- 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. III, Pl. 14, p. 274. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely executed anatomi...
Etching
$209
Anatomical Study – Stomach and Duodenal... - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XLVIII, p. 334. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely executed anato...
Etching
$209
Animaux Spermatiques Suivant la Dernière... - Etching by Jacques de Sève- 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Planche VIII, p. 248. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A rare and scientifically sig...
Etching
La Mort d'Hercule - Etching by by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
La mort d'Hercule is an original black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the death of Hercules, realized by the old master Bernard Picart in the 18th century.
Etching
$348
The Family - Original Etching by Jean-Louis Demarne - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Family is an Original Etching realized by Jean-Louis Demarne (1744-1829). The little artwork is in good condition, included a light green cardboard passpartout (49x31.5 cm). St...
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet S - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet S, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th century. Good conditions. The etching belong...
Etching
Anatomical Study – Lingual and Oral...- Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XV, p. 78. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely engraved anatomical...
Etching
Comparative Osteology – Forelimb and Claw... - Etching by Jacques de Sève - 1771
By Jacques de Seve
Located in Roma, IT
Tom. X, Pl. XXXIII, p. 178. From Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, 1771. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size: 24.5 × 19.5 cm. A finely detailed compa...
Etching
Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Giovanni Battista Casanova - 18th Century
By Giovanni Battista Casanova
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Giovanni Battista Casanova (1735-1810). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original tit...
Etching
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
This old master's original print is a beautiful artist proof, the 148th plate from the series Liber Veritatis, published in Rome in 1815 by Francesco Bourlié.
Etching, Aquatint
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
This old master's original print is a beautiful artist proof, the 98th plate from the series Liber Veritatis, published in Rome in 1815 by Francesco Bourlié.
Etching, Aquatint
Liber Veritatis - B/W Etching after Claude Lorrain - 1815
By Ludovico Caracciolo
Located in Roma, IT
This old master's original print is a beautiful artist proof, the 61st plate from the series Liber Veritatis, published in Rome in 1815 by Francesco Bourlié.
Etching, Aquatint
Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century
By Raffaele Barone
Located in Roma, IT
Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Raffaele Barone in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. Th...
Etching
$325
Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum" - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Various artists in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions except for som...
Etching
$278Sale Price|20% Off
Letter D - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet D, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions except f...
Etching
Original Etching by Francisco Goya, Aquatint, Circa 1863, Signed
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
No quiren is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810. Original Etching on paper. The artwork belongs to the famous series "Los Desastres d...
Etching, Aquatint
Herd - Etching by Eugène Burnand - Late 19th century
By Eugène Burnand
Located in Roma, IT
Herd is an original etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is realized through sho...
Engraving, Etching
Curarlos y a Otra - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Curarlos y a otra is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810. Original etching on paper. The artwork belongs to the famous print collection L...
Etching, Aquatint
Measuring a Profile - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 18th Century
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Measuring a Profile 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 M...
Etching
The Physiognomy - The Faces - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
The physiognomy - The faces is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the L...
Etching
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.
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.