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Old Masters Art

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 George Gordon, 7th Laird of Buckie (1707-1756)
Located in Henley-on-Thames, England
John Alexander (Scottish, 1686-1766) Portrait of George Gordon, 7th Laird of Buckie (Scottish, 1707-1756), c. 1743 Oil on canvas In a carved ebonised frame, with gilded inner slight...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Oil

Ancient View of Sultan Selims Moschee in Costantinople - Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Sultan Selims Moschee in Costantinople is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century. Original Black and W...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching V. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Frescoes - Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes of Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Goo...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Still Life - Etching V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Composition - Etching by Isidoro Frezza - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Composition from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Isidoro Frezza in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter P - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet I, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions except for some f...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter P - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet P, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Good conditions except for some f...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquity of Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquity of Herculaneum, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen i...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter L - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum Letter C - Etching by Gaspar V. Wittel- 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Gaspare Vanvitelli in the 18th century....
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Scene - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Landscape from Herculaneum - Etching V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco - Etching by Carlo Oraty - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Oraty in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with som...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Satyr - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Satyr from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing. The etching be...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes is an etching on paper hand watercolored, realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions The etching belongs to the p...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Birds - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding and a small...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Portraits - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Portraits from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good condition...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Decorations is an etching on paper realized by Giacomo Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing and folding and a small c...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Artifacts - Etching by Carlo Cataneo - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Artifacts is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some foxing an...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Artifacts - Etching by Francesco Giomignani - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Artifacts from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Giomignani in the 18th Centu...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Frescos - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescos from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good con...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Hague - Le Fameux Vivier de la Haye - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hague - Le fameux Vivier de la Haye is an original print realized on peep-leaf in the 18th century. A beautiful watercolored etching (on copper plaque) sold at the time by Daumi...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Telephe guéri, from "Le Temple des Muses"
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the myth of Telephus and his healing. Plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses...
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1740s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by C. Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good co...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Sheet of Studies - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sheet of Studies with the Head of the Artist is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905)after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good cond...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue of Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by G. Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed in the plate. Good condit...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Go...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching F. Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good co...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good ...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching V. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Tripods from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Si...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good condit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions excep...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue of Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by R. Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good condit...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter C - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet C, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper reali...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - OEtching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue from Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the p...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by G. Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions excep...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the ...
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. Th...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditio...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Tripods from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the pl...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching P. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exce...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Roman Theater - Etching after Michelangelo Specchi - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Theater is an original etching on paper realized after Michelangelo Specchi, the engraver is anonymous. Signed on the plate, lower left. With the description on the lower. T...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching V. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ex...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue of Herculaneum from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by R. Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plat...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions ex...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions exc...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching P. Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions excep...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Elia Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Old Masters art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Old Masters art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Charles Amand Durand, Giuseppe Vasi, Thomas Holloway, and Vincenzo Campana. Frequently made by artists working with Etching, and Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $11 and tops out at $1,495,000, while the average work sells for $546.

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