Old master print facts

Rembrandt The Three Crosses 1653
The Three Crosses by Rembrandt, 1653

An old master print is a work of art made by a printing process. Most of the old master prints were made by 1830 and no new ones came after. The main techniques used to make an old master print are woodcut, engraving and etching. Sometimes, old master prints are printed on paper, but rarely.

Many great European artists, such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, and Francisco Goya, were printmakers.

Images

  • Dürer Melancholia I

    "Melencolia I", 1514, engraving by Albrecht Dürer

  • Robert Campin 006

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  • 5086 bassenge german 1480

    Anonymous German 15th century woodcut, about 1480, with hand-colouring, including (unusually) spots of gold. 5.2 x 3.9 cm (similar to the original size on most screens)

  • Saint Christopher. Woodcut. Wellcome V0031876

    A woodcut of St Christopher dated 1420

  • Meckenem

    The first self-portrait, by the first businessman in the history of printmaking, Israhel van Meckenam, with his wife

  • Moses (Matham)

    Reproductive engraving by Jacob Matham, in this case of a sculpture, "Moses", by Michelangelo, 1593

  • 5168 bassenge leyden

    "The Milkmaid'", engraving by Lucas van Leyden, 1510

  • The Little Fool

    "The Little Fool" by Sebald Beham, 1542, 4.4 x 8.1 cm

  • 5136 bassenge ghisi

    "Hercules", engraving by Giorgio Ghisi, after Bertani, 1558

  • GoltziusFarneseHerc

    The "Farnese Hercules", engraving by Goltzius

  • Rembrandt aux yeux hagards

    Self-portrait by Rembrandt, 1630

  • Die Auferweckung das Lazarus (Castiglione)

    "The Raising of Lazarus", etching by Castiglione

  • Piranesi-Ponte-Milvio

    One of Piranesi's views of Rome


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