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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching, Paper
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
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17th Century Paintings
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings
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Antique 1630s Drawings
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Antique 1640s Drawings
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Paintings
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Antique 1650s Prints
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Baroque Drawings
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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16th Century Other Art Style Animal Paintings
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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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