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Red chalk Old Master Sketch of a Battle Scene after Maarten van Heemskerck
Located in Leesburg, VA
Red chalk Old Master Sketch of a Battle Scene after Maarten van Heemskerck Follower of Maarten van
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Rococo Drawings

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Paper

Four Rare Italian School 19th Century Old Master Sketches Drawings by F Mazzoli
Located in GB
original 19th century Old Master drawings by F Mazzoli Please note the delivery fee listed is just a
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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Drawings

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Paper

18th Century Italian Old Master Drawing Nude Figure Sketches Male & Female
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Sketches Italian School, mid 18th century circle of Pompeo Batoni (1707-1787) charcoal
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Charcoal, Chalk

Fine 18th Century Italian Old Master Drawing Mother & Children
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, RA, Italian 1727-1785 Sketch of a mother with three children; black
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Chalk

Eighteenth century Old Master drawing - Apollo destroying Niobe's children
By John Hamilton Mortimer
Located in London, GB
book, with a band of banditti suggested on the left. On the verso, there is a rapid black chalk sketch
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

Old Master Wooded Landscape - Irish 1830 art woodland oil painting
By James Arthur O'Connor
Located in London, GB
an oil sketch, "Card-players," to the exhibition held in the Dublin Society's House in Hawkins Street
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18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

17th century Flemish old master painting - Adoration of the Shepherds Christmas
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Victor Wolfvoet the
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

Large 17th century Flemish old master painting - Diana and Callisto - Rubens
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "Diana and Callisto" attributed to Victor Wolfvoet the
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

17th century Old Master painting - Allegory of Justice - truth demons skeleton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Late 17th, early 18th century old master oil painting depicting an allegory of Lady Justice holding
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th century Flemish Italian Old Master - The baptism of Christ - Religious
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish old Master painting The present painting is truly a little jewel with its
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dancing Couple (recto) Various sketches (verso)
By Hubert Robert
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733 - 1808) Dancing couple (recto) Various sketches (verso
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Peacock and Birds in a Landscape - British 17thC Old Master animal oil painting
By Marmaduke Cradock
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of noted bird painter
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Salvator Mundi Madonna Tiziano 16/17th Century Old master Paint Oil on table
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
work in question demonstrates a brio and quickness of execution that suggests it may be a master from
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Boy with Bird - British 17thC Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
This stunning 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Godfrey Kneller
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1680s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Boy with Bird - British 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Godfrey Kneller
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1680s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

En Plein Air Sketch, 20th Century Oil Sketch
Located in London, GB
by the techniques of the Old Masters and he also excelled as a natural painter en plein air, as the
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20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

19thc century classical French portrait sketch of a North African mans head
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding small oil on velum sketch of a North African/ Arab head study. The painting is a
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1850s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

A landscape drawing by Claude Lorrain, with a preliminary sketch on the verso
By Claude Lorrain
Located in PARIS, FR
as a work by the master. The motif of the mausoleum has been taken up in pen on the verso in a
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1660s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Graphite, Pen

Flemish School, Portrait Young Boy, Old Master Drawing, Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Old Master Drawing, Flemish School, Portrait or Sketch of a standing young boy. Condition : see
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Old Master Framed Baroque pencil study for a mythological composition
Located in Leesburg, VA
. (in frame) The present drawing appears to be a sketched pencil study for a composition depicting
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Drawings

Materials

Paper

Old Masters Chalk Drawing, 17th Century Italian Sanguine on Paper
Located in London, GB
and Raphael. It is likely that this work was intended as a quick preliminary sketch encourage by the
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17th Century Italian School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

"Osprey, " William Lewin, Old Master, original gouache, realist, natural history
By William Lewin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Figured," which he had been working on for the previous twenty years. It included 323 watercolor sketches
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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Susannah (Without the Elders) /// Old Masters British Nude Bath Biblical Story
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
existence the variety of works sold by the Gallery has encompassed 18th century Masters like Constable and
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1880s Victorian Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil, Gesso

Original Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of an Old Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of Old Woman Russian for Niello Engraving A
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper

Battle of Peterwardein, By Jan van Huchtenburg, Battle Scene, Old Master
By Jan van Huchtenburg
Located in Greven, DE
landscapes. But, nevertheless, he was a clever and spirited master, with great facility of hand and
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18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Female Nude" Charcoal Sketch, Nude Female
Located in Detroit, MI
. Saarinen directed and coproduced a documentary about his father's work in the PBS series American Masters
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Hand-colored Lithograph Signed Death Dark Imagery 1800's Historical Old Master
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
check by placing him first with a huissier, and subsequently with a bookseller. Having mastered the
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1840s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1700's Old Master Oil Wood Panel Five Female Saints Beautiful Quality work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Group Roman Catholic Saints Italian School, late 17th century/ early 1700's sketch of a
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17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Sketch of a woman's head in profile
By Sir William Orpen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
work of the Old Masters, a supreme but dangerous test.’ Another critic, writing at the same time in
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Vintage Renaissance Sketch Lithograph of Scholars Philosophers Acrylic Frame
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage lithograph sketch or study in the style of the Old Masters of the Renaissance, depicting a
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Sketch of Rembrandt's Portrait I - Engraving After Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
Rembrandt & other old Masters. His work was recognized as innovative and of high quality not only by
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

"King Oedipus (Sketch)" Abstract Geometrical Figure Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Claude Muncaster Canal Foot Ulverston Canal Morcambe Lancashire Pencil Sketch
By Claude Muncaster
Located in London, GB
Pencil Sketch 21x30cm Provenance: The estate of the artist and by descent Muncaster's watercolours
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Sketch No.37 Red Knot" Abstract Representational Painting Work on Wallpaper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Laid Paper, Pen

"Sketch No.36 Yellow Knot" Abstract Representational Painting Work on Wallpaper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Laid Paper, Pen

Ed Sketching at Red Rocks, Vintage 1940s Original Mountain Landscape, Colorado
By Vance Kirkland
Located in Denver, CO
(1904-1981). Titled, "Ed (Hicks) Sketching at Red Rocks". This regionalist mountain landscape painting
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Sketch No.35/4: The Knotted Castle" Abstract Representational Painting on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
methods of Old Master painters. Leidhold’s work embodies a new voice that communicates a keen awareness of
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.35/5: The Knotted Castle" Abstract Representational Painting on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.35/6: The Knotted Castle" Abstract Representational Painting on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
methods of Old Master painters. Leidhold’s work embodies a new voice that communicates a keen awareness of
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.35/2: The Knotted Castle" Abstract Representational Painting on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.35/1: The Knotted Castle" Abstract Representational Painting on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.34/1" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
methods of Old Master painters. Leidhold’s work embodies a new voice that communicates a keen awareness of
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.34/2" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Sketch No.34/6" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
methods of Old Master painters. Leidhold’s work embodies a new voice that communicates a keen awareness of
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Sketch No.38 Sun Set Knot" Abstract Representational Painting Work on Wallpaper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Laid Paper, Pen

"Sketch No.39 Sun Set Knot" Abstract Representational Painting Work on Wallpaper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pen, Oil, Laid Paper

"King Oedipus (Sketch No.2)" Abstract Geometrical Figure Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
, different kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

"Sketch No. 33/3" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

"Sketch No.33/2" Geometric Abstract Representational Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pen, Watercolor

"Sketch No. 33/1" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
kinds of varnish, and especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pen, Paper, Pencil

"Sketch No. 5/1" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
especially refined linseed oils - emulate the methods of Old Master painters. Leidhold’s work embodies a new
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper, Ink

The Old Ruined Tower, Watercolour Early 19th Century, Period Frame
By John Varley
Located in London, GB
Fleetwood Varley, and Elizabeth, who married the painter William Mulready. John Varley was born at the Old
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Late 18th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Study for Old Canal, Red and Blue (Rockaway, Morris Canal)
By Oscar Florianus Bluemner
Located in New York, NY
the psychological use of color by the Old Masters . . . [in which] we immediately recognize colors as
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Large Salvador Dali Surrealist Bronze Portrait Sculpture Mexican Master Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
was just 22 years old. There was his first exhibition "Sculpture in plastic". At that time, Carlos did
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Forest Glen, " Etching Landscape initialed in Plate by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
engravings and worked as a drawing master in Edmonton. In 1807 he published Antiquities of Westminster which
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1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"Near Mill Hill, Gravesend, " Original Etching Landscape by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
published books of engravings and worked as a drawing master in Edmonton. In 1807 he published Antiquities
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1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"Country Inn by the Pond, " Etching by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
engravings and worked as a drawing master in Edmonton. In 1807 he published Antiquities of Westminster which
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1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

'Portrait of Henrico van der Borcht, ' original W. Hollar engraving after Holbein
By Wenceslaus Hollar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
painting or drawing by Hans Holbein. Copying works of famous masters was a common task of printmakers from
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

'Portrait of M. Morett, ' original Wenceslaus Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
By Wenceslaus Hollar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden. Copying works of famous masters was a common task of
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

"Anatomie d'Un Reve, " Original Color Lithograph signed by Claude Weisbuch
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artist in dark robes painting while shadows and faint sketches of figures walk around in the background
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1970s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A number of artists who were important in the history and development of Western art are considered Old Masters. They include Albrecht Dürer, Caravaggio, Jacques-Louis David, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rembrandt. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    A painting produced by a skilled, noteworthy European artist that was produced before the 19th century may be considered an Old Master painting. 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 in Europe between 1300 and 1800. Some artists considered Old Masters include William Blake, Caravaggio, Jacques-Louis David, Frans Hals, Francisco Goya, Peter Paul Rubens, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Titian and Jan Vermeer. On 1stDibs, find a variety of paintings from some of the world’s top galleries.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023
    Who the greatest Old Masters in art history are is largely a matter of debate. 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. Shop a large selection of art from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.