Old Masters Portrait 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
Jacob Haaringh "
Young Haaringh" - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jacob Haaringh "'Young Haaringh" is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1655. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an edition of the la...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Woman In Front Of The Stove III - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In Front Of The Stove III is an engraving on ivory-colored paper by Charles Amand Durand realized after Rembrandt (date of realization 1658).
This wonderful piece of art belon...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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The Profile - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The 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 Mankind",...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of 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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The Portrait - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and th...
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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate...
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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching after Nicolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized after a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century.
Signed on the plat...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Ancient Roman Frescoes - Etching after N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Heads of Men - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by James Neagle (1760 - 1822).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
$291 Sale Price
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Portrait of Count Stadion - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Count Stadion is an original artwork realized by John Hall (1739 - 1797).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, ...
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Chapman for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge an...
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Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th century.
Signed on plate on the lower le...
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Portrait of Heidegger - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Heidegger 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 Mankin...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Head of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a man is an original artwork realized by John Hall for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Be...
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Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman 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 and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810.
A the bottom center the name of the man portrayed "an angelic Woman...
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$291 Sale Price
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Portrait of Johann Caspar Lavater - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of John Caspar Lavater is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote th...
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Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 1700s
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower r...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the low...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Ancient Roman statue of an Angel - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman statue of an angel, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 1...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Charles 12nd, King of Sweden - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Charles XII 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 and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810.
A the bottom center the name of the man portrayed "Charles XII - King of Sweden...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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", L...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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 Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Heads of a Man - Original Etching by Anker Smith - 1810
By Anker Smith
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of a man is an original artwork realized by Anker Smith for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the...
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Portrait of Gentleman - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gentleman is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the...
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Ancient Roman Statues - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower right.
Good conditions.
The etchi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on plate on the lower right.
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of John Caspar Lavater - Original Etching by Richard Rhodes - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of John Caspar Lavater is an original artwork realized by Richard Rhodes (1765 - 1838).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Attila - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Attila 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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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 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", London, Be...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Mars - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mars 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 and...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by John Hall for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Heads of John Locke - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Locke is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London,...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love ...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Wocher - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Wocher is an original artwork realized by John Hall (1739 - 1897).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Ancient Busts - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Busts is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to ...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait - Original Etching by Paton Thomson - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Paton Thomson (1750 - 1821 ca.).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the L...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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$266 Sale Price
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Portrait of Malvieu - Original Etching after John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Malvieu is an original artwork realized after John Hall (1737 - 1797).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman 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 a...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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$291 Sale Price
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Portrait of Strength - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Strength 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...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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$299 Sale Price
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Portrait of Benjamin West - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Benjamin West 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 Portrait Prints
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Etching
$291 Sale Price
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Portrait of Lebec - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lebec 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 Portrait Prints
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Portrait After Schmuzer - Original Etching After Thomas Trotter - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Schmuzer 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 Portrait Prints
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Trotter - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized after Thomas Trotter (1756 - 1803).
Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the L...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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$249 Sale Price
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Portrait - Original Etching by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801).
Original Etching from "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mank...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
$249 Sale Price
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Silhouettes 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 and the ...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
$291 Sale Price
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Silhouettes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Silhouette 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 and the L...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
$291 Sale Price
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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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's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Portrait - Original Etching by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Thomas Trotter (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching from "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", ...
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Human Heads from Ancient Rome - 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 co...
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Jan Cornelis Sylvius
Located in Middletown, NY
Heliogravure on cream laid paper, 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (164 x 138 mm), thread margins. Uniform toning on the recto, and scattered light foxing and various notations in purple ink and...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Portrait of Carlos de Colonna, Marques de la Espinar
By Paulus Pontius
Located in Middletown, NY
(after Anthonie Van Dyck) Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression.
__________Flemish painter and engraver Paulus Pontius was born in Antwerp in 1603, and it was in this city that his full life would unfold. At the young age of 13, he was apprenticed to the still life painter Osias Beert, and subsequently to Lucas Vosterman, who was heavily associated with the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens. Vosterman trained Pontius in the skill of engraving, which he took to immediately, finding he had great skill at recreating paintings. Pontius was able to capture the minutiae of light and shadow found on the canvas, and mastered the ability to accurately render the subtleties of brushwork in this alternate media. His success as an engraver cemented his role in the workshop of Rubens, and in 1624, when Vosterman found himself at odds with Rubens, and left Antwerp for England, Pontius assumed his role as foremost engraver in the workshop. It was in this year that Pontius took up lodgings in Rubens's home, and continued to live there until 1631, when courtship and marriage (the first of three) brought him away. After the death of Rubens in 1640, Pontius embarked on a very successful career engraving reproductions of master works by artists including Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter van Avont, Abraham van Diepenbeeck...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Laid Paper, Engraving
Stand Tall
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Tosin Oyeniyi is an intrinsically talente...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
$2,552 Sale Price
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The Artist
s Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length
Located in New York, NY
Etching and drypoint, circa 1630s. Cream laid paper. Narrow margins.
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1630s Old Masters Portrait Prints
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Etching
Old Masters portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters portrait prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Thomas Holloway, Vincenzo Campana, and Carlo Nolli. Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Engraving and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Old Masters portrait prints, so small editions measuring 1.58 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $99 and tops out at $80,000, while the average work sells for $253.