Old Masters Figurative Prints
OLD MASTERS
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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Style: Old Masters
Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", ...
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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Heads of Johnfon - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Johnfon is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Lo...
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Portrait of Knipperdolling - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Knipperdolling is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Ma...
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Portrait of a Child - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Thornthwaite - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Thornthwaite for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater' "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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Portrait of Raphael - Original Etching by William Bromley - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Raphael is an original artwork realized by William Bromley (1769 - 1842).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge ...
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$291 Sale Price
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Portrait of Homer - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Homer is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge an...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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$291 Sale Price
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Portrait of Winkelmann - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Winkelmann is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of After Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Know...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of After Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Know...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Portrait of Abbe Raynal - Original Etching After Thomas Trotter - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Abbe Raynal is an original artwork realized by Thomas Trotter (1756 - 1803).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Frame from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Framefrom Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good cond...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Die Kasan-Kirche (St. Petersbourg) - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Die Kasan-Kirche is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower central m...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good con...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ancient View of Constantinople - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Costantinople is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower margin ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
In Prag der Grosse Ring - Original Lithograph - Half of the 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
In Prag der Grosse Ring is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower ma...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
View of Rome - Original Etching on Paper - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
View of Rome is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1960.
Hand-signed and dated and title on the lower in pencil, the signat...
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1960s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ancient View of Place des Boutiques in Moscow - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Place des Boutiques in Moscow is an original modern artwork realized in France in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscr...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Das Troizker Sergiuskloster - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Das Troizker Sergiuskloster is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lowe...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Frame from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Frame from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good con...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ancient View of Caucasus - Original Etching - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Caucasus is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower m...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In ...
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Human Heads from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Human heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good con...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In v...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In ...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Roman Decoration - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Decoration from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good condition, except for some...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed is an original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good cond...
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1750s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of the 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series"Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed" is an original etching from the end of the 18th century.
In very good condition, except for some...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of the 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed" is an original etching from the end of the 18th...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Capital Letter for Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed - End of 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Capital Letter from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Animal Figures - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, From the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Animal Figures - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Animal Figures - Original Etching by Various Old Masters - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Series "The Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is anoriginal etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Various Masters - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman bust, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching of the end of the 18th century, made by Various Masters.In very good condition, excep...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Etching
Human Heads - Original Etching by Various Masters - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Human Heads from Ancient Rome, from the Series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters.
In very good con...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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The Mother Seated in an Inn
Located in New York, NY
Cornelis Bega (1631/2-1664), The Mother Seated in an Inn, etching, circa 1660-64. Reference: Hollstein 31, a later impression, second state (of 2). In good condition, trimmed outside...
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1660s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Abraham and Sarah (Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham)
By Georg Pencz
Located in New York, NY
Georg Pencz (1500-50) engraving, c. 1540, Abraham and Sarah (Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham). Reference: Bartsch 1, Landau 1, only state. [title...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Map of Russia - Etching by Marco Di Pietro - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This map of Russia is an etching realized by the Italian engraver Marco Di Pietro in 19th century.
The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. The signature is engraved o...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Portrait of Man - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a beautiful etching realized by an Anonymous artist active in the 18th century. Titled on the lower center "Giovanni Paisiello", wit...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786
Located in Roma, IT
Tuscan Proverbs is an original etching realized by Carlo Lasinio in 1786.
Etching and watercolour technique, in good conditions, except for some stains on the back of the yellowed p...
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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City with Travellers - Etching - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
City with Travellers is an original and little etching of an unknown artist of 17th century.
The artwork is in good conditions with some little stains on a yellowed paper.
No signa...
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Battle - Lithograph - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Battle is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century.
Included two impressive images in one sheet. Titled in Italian on the low...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Colonie d
Alger - Original Etching - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Colonie d'Alger is an original etching realized by an Anonymous engraver of the 19th Century.
Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center.
The state of preservation...
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Ancient View of Niort - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Niort is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the 19th Century.
Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center.
Titled in F...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ancient View of Cannes - Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cannes is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the 19th Century.
Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center.
Titled in France on the lo...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Scena d
Armi In Vaticano - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1825
Located in Roma, IT
Scena D'Armi In Vaticano is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appears at the bottom, inside the matrix, and just below the image. Not signed.
T...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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$332 Sale Price
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Music and Poetry Program - Original Litograph - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Music and poetry program is a litograph realized by an unknown artist in 1880.
This beautiful artwork rapresents a music and poetry program. In very ...
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1880s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Ex Libris - Gediminui 650 - Vilniaus Viesoji Biblioteka - Etching - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Gediminui 650 - Vilniaus Viesoji Biblioteka is an original print in etching technique on ivory paper, realized by Bruno Pozzo, in 1950s.
Hand-signed on the lower right. ...
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1950s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Ara con Tripode - Etching by V. Feoli After B. Nocchi - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 33.7 x 48.6 cm.
“Ara con tripode” (Ara with tripod) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Vincenzo Feoli, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Vincenzo Feoli incise in Roma”.
This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXVIII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. 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.
Original Title: Ara con Tripode di quindecemviri, e la corona...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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$540 Sale Price
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17th century etching black and white indoor dramatic figures scene
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Meeting" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts a confrontation between two groups of figures. Publisher: Pearce #48.
2 3/4" x 2 3/4" art
10 1/4" x 10 3/8...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Scène de Bistrot - Unknow Artist After Adrian Van Ostade - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 15 x 12 cm.
Scène de bistrot is a black and white etching with burin interventions on paper realized by an anonymous artist, after the Flemish artist Adrian Van Ostade...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Sleeping Nymph - Original Etching After Titian - Early 18th Century
By Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 14.5 x 20.4 cm
Sleeping Nymph is a splendid original etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, count of Caylus (1692-1765) in X...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Huly Carnival and Water Party - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Indian Carnival called Huly, Water Party of Peguans is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This origi...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Pariah Way of healing fevered people and Funeral Ceremony - Etching by G. Pivati
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Pariah Way of healing fevered people and Funeral Ceremony is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This ...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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How the American Indigenous Deal with Death - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
How the American indigenous deals with Death is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original prin...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Mexican Idols, Deities and Ministers - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
Mexican Idols, Deities and Ministers is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, repre...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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The Impalement of Enemy - Etching by G. Pivati - 1746/1751
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm.
The Impalement of Enemy is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, representing the i...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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Funeral Honours and Burial of the Peruvian Leaders - by G. Pivati - 1746-1751
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral Honours and Burial of the Peruvian leaders is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.
This original print, representing the funera...
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1740s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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