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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

) Engraving, 20 ½ x 23 ½”, sheet 21 x 24 1/8". A stunning double hemisphere World Map with sphere projections

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17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

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

Materials

Engraving

Child Labor Day GO!

Child Labor Day GO!

By Mash Buhtayduss

Located in New Orleans, LA

old abandonments. Photographs printed on canvas are combined with mixed media elements including

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Mixed Media

Nursery Grime
Nursery Grime

Nursery Grime

By Mash Buhtayduss

Located in New Orleans, LA

old abandonments. Photographs printed on canvas are combined with mixed media elements including

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

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Old World

Jorge MacchiOld World, 2007

Unavailable

H 29.53 in W 21.66 in

Old World

By Jorge Macchi

Located in Tbilisi, GE

Edition size: 50 Signed

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Double Hemisphere Old World Map Print,  Matted & Framed
Double Hemisphere Old World Map Print,  Matted & Framed

Double Hemisphere Old World Map Print, Matted & Framed

Located in Plainview, NY

A double hemisphere old world map print. The map is a reproduction of the original of the 1788 Mapa

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20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper

Bloodthirst
Bloodthirst

Bloodthirst

By Mash Buhtayduss

Located in New Orleans, LA

old abandonments. Photographs printed on canvas are combined with mixed media elements including

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Mixed Media

The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World
The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World

The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World

By Bernard Picart

Located in Roma, IT

Little later hard cover on half brown calf with angles, 6 nerves spine with title and number of volume engraved in gilt. Frontispiece in red and black, engraving vignettes on titles...

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1730s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Engraving

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PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER)  - Scarce Print!
PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER)  - Scarce Print!

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) - Scarce Print!

By Bernard Joseph Steffen

Located in Santa Monica, CA

BERNARD (JOSEPH) STEFFEN (1907 – 1980) PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) c. 1935-45 Color serigraph signed with a full signature below the image at the lower right sheet edge . Unknown e...

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1930s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Flowers Still-life Scacciati 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master (2/3)
Flowers Still-life Scacciati 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master (2/3)

Flowers Still-life Scacciati 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master (2/3)

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Andrea Scacciati (Florence 1642-1710) Composition of flowers within embossed vase (2 of 3) oil on canvas 130 x 90 cm In antique frame 145 x 105 cm. Work with expertise by Prof. Emi...

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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern Counter Stools in Walnut, Cicely Collection
Modern Counter Stools in Walnut, Cicely Collection

Modern Counter Stools in Walnut, Cicely Collection

By Bertu Furniture

Located in Oak Harbor, OH

These walnut counter height cicely stools are beautifully constructed from solid walnut in Ohio, USA. This stool was style-spotted at the Spring 2022 High Point Market. These stools ...

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2010s American Modern Stools

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Old Master Drawing
17th Century Old Master Drawing

17th Century Old Master Drawing, 17th Century

$950

H 16.5 in W 12.5 in D 2 in

17th Century Old Master Drawing

Located in San Francisco, CA

17th Century Old Master Drawing Old master drawing with figure and putti Housed in a handsome contemporary wooden frame Drawing dimensions 4.5" wide x 7.5" high The frame measure...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.
Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.

Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Readings from the "Communion of Saints": folio from an Italian Missal Pigment on vellum Mid 17th century Provenance: Otto F. Ege (1888-1951) Phillip Duechnes Bookseller, New York, c....

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Vellum

Flemish Old Master, Study of Donkey Carriage, 17th Century, Sanguine Drawing
Flemish Old Master, Study of Donkey Carriage, 17th Century, Sanguine Drawing

Flemish Old Master, Study of Donkey Carriage, 17th Century, Sanguine Drawing

Located in Greven, DE

This drawing shows several studies of a donkey with a carriage. Its style is close to Flemish 17th century artists. On the passepartout one reads "Mathias Scheyer/ Jacob Weyer", both...

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17th Century Baroque Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Handmade Paper

Huge 1850's Irish Romantic Sunset Landscape over Lough Waters & Mountains
Huge 1850's Irish Romantic Sunset Landscape over Lough Waters & Mountains

Huge 1850's Irish Romantic Sunset Landscape over Lough Waters & Mountains

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Irish Sunset Irish School, mid 19th century, circa 1850, unsigned oil on canvas, framed framed: 34 x 32.5 inches canvas: 28 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, UK conditi...

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Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Four 19th Century Hand Colored Engravings Depicting English Royal Residences
Four 19th Century Hand Colored Engravings Depicting English Royal Residences

Four 19th Century Hand Colored Engravings Depicting English Royal Residences

By Charles Wild

Located in Alamo, CA

Four hand colored etchings and aquatints depicting interiors within English royal residences, including "The Blue Velvet Room at Carlton House", "The Queen's Library at Frogmore", "T...

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1810s Academic Interior Prints

Materials

Engraving

18th Century School,  Courtyard of a palazzo, Architectural Capriccio, drawing
18th Century School,  Courtyard of a palazzo, Architectural Capriccio, drawing

18th Century School, Courtyard of a palazzo, Architectural Capriccio, drawing

Located in Paris, FR

18th Century french School, Courtyard of a ruined palazzo, An Architectural Capriccio, Pen and black ink and black ink wash on paper 17 x 12 cm In good condition Framed : 32 x 26 c...

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1780s Old Masters Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light

Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light

By DBO Home

Located in Sharon, CT

Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Bohemian Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

18th Century French Oil Painting Tavern Scene Interior Merry Making Figures
18th Century French Oil Painting Tavern Scene Interior Merry Making Figures

18th Century French Oil Painting Tavern Scene Interior Merry Making Figures

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Merry Makers in the Tavern French School, 18th century oil on canvas canvas: 8 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound condition

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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Very Large Ammonite Fossil
Very Large Ammonite Fossil

Very Large Ammonite Fossil

$1,200

H 4 in W 12.5 in D 12 in

Very Large Ammonite Fossil

Located in New York, NY

Very large and impressive fossil of an ammonite mollusk measuring 12 by 12 1/2 by 4 inches and weighing over 20 lbs, dating from the Devonian period to the end of the Cretaceous period.

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Unknown Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Stone

Mid-Century Modern German Cocoon Pendant Lamp Friedel Wauer Goldkant 1960s
Mid-Century Modern German Cocoon Pendant Lamp Friedel Wauer Goldkant 1960s

Mid-Century Modern German Cocoon Pendant Lamp Friedel Wauer Goldkant 1960s

By Goldkant Leuchten, Friedel Wauer

Located in Hamburg, DE

Rare mid-century Cocoon pendant light by Goldkant Leuchten, based on a design by Friedel Wauer from the 1960s. The lamp body features a simple disc shape that tapers towards the top...

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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum
Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum

Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum

By Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri

Located in Meolo, Venezia

Il settimanale Arcate fa parte di una collezione esclusiva che include comodini e comò, ideata dal rinomato studio milanese Accardi Buccheri per il brand MEDULUM. La scocca, realizza...

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2010s Italian Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Walnut

Set of Four Late 19th Century French Architectural Engravings of Shopfronts
Set of Four Late 19th Century French Architectural Engravings of Shopfronts

Set of Four Late 19th Century French Architectural Engravings of Shopfronts

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Fantastic set of four French late 19th Century architectural engravings. These unusual and highly decorative engravings are of architectural drawings of shopfront/façade designs. ...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Prints

Materials

Glass, Giltwood

Very Large Marine Shipping Scene Impressive Statement Piece
Very Large Marine Shipping Scene Impressive Statement Piece

Very Large Marine Shipping Scene Impressive Statement Piece

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Large Marine Scene Dutch or Flemish, 20th century color print on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 34 inches canvas: 20 x 27.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very goo...

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20th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Color

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Old World Prints For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of old world prints available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect Old Masters or Contemporary examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add old world prints that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, beige, gray, orange and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Shane Russeck, Carel Allard, Philipp Clüver, Bernard Picart and Stafford Ives Veale produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in archival pigment print, pigment print and engraving. If space is limited, there are small old world prints measuring 10.63 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 90 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.

How Much are Old World Prints?

The average selling price for old world prints we offer is $1,600, while they’re typically $239 on the low end and $8,000 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Prints And Multiples 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.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.

Questions About Old World Prints
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024
    To tell if an old painting is a print, use a magnifying glass to look at its surface up close. A real painting will have visible brushstrokes left behind by the artist. A print will usually have a smooth surface and may look like it's made up of tiny dots, depending on the printing process used to produce it. If you're still unsure about your piece, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer can assist you. Explore a collection of paintings on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024
    The list of old prints that may be worth money is really too long to name. The artist, number of prints in the series, age, historical significance and other characteristics of the print all contribute to the potential value. With older pieces, the condition is also a concern, and any flaws may reduce the potential selling price. Some artists whose prints are often sought by collectors include Albrecht Dürer, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Rembrandt and Frederic Remington. If you're interested in learning how much particular prints you own may be worth, consult a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer. Find a large collection of art prints on 1stDibs.