Old Master prints

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Old Master prints are works on paper such as engravings, etchings, and woodcuts created by European artists from roughly the 15th to early 19th centuries, prized today for their historical significance and technical mastery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic genre
printmaking tradition
works on paper
artForm printmaking
collectedBy museums
private collectors
conservationConcern acidic paper deterioration
handling damage
ink fading
light sensitivity
culturalContext European art history
documentedIn catalogues raisonnés
endTime early 19th century
exhibitedAt art museums
print rooms
hasNotableArtist Albrecht Dürer
Andrea Mantegna
Anthony van Dyck
Callot
Canaletto
Claude Lorrain
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
surface form: Domenico Tiepolo

Francisco Goya
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Giulio Campagnola
Hans Holbein the Younger
Hendrick Goltzius
Katsushika Hokusai
surface form: Hokusai

Jacques Callot
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Marcantonio Raimondi
Martin Schongauer
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Rembrandt van Rijn
Salvator Rosa
Stefano della Bella
Ugo da Carpi
Wenceslaus Hollar
Hogarth
surface form: William Hogarth
marketCategory Old Master art
matrixMaterial copper plate
steel plate
stone
woodblock
productionMethod multiple impressions from a single matrix
relatedTo Baroque
surface form: Baroque art

Neoclassicism
surface form: Neoclassical art

Old Master drawings
Renaissance art
startTime 15th century
subjectMatter architectural views
genre scenes
historical events
landscapes
mythological scenes
portraits
religious scenes
typicalMaterial paper
typicalTechnique aquatint
drypoint
engraving
etching
lithography
mezzotint
woodcut
usedFor book illustration
devotional images
dissemination of images
reproductive prints after paintings
useRegion Europe
valuedFor artistic innovation
historical significance
iconographic richness
technical mastery

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Old Masters hasMarketCategory Old Master prints