• "A master’s hand is only built by looking back at the giants who held the brush before you."

    Auguste Renoir 
    This collection is a tribute to the foundational artistry of Old Master printmakers. It gathers the works of LOPF 2026 that defined the very language of Western art - the thinkers, draftsmen, and visionaries whose influence still ripples through every modern gallery today. These prints are not merely 'traditional'; they are the blueprints of printmaking today.

     

    Tip for collectors: Look for one specific, minor colour in your Old Master print. Match that to a modern accessory in the room, such as a velvet throw pillow, a ceramic vase, or a sleek minimalist lamp. This 'colour thread' creates a visual conversation between the past and the present.
    • Two Spoons with a Dog Whistle and Knife
      Heinrich Aldegrever
      Two Spoons with a Dog Whistle and Knife, 1539
      Engraving
      6.5 x 9.7 cms
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    • Aerumnae Herculis [The Labours of Hercules]
      Sebald Beham
      Aerumnae Herculis [The Labours of Hercules], [Frankfurt-am-Main, 1542-1548]
      Etching
      20 x 23 cm
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    • [Death Carrying an Infant]
      Stefano della Bella
      [Death Carrying an Infant], c. 1648
      Etching
      17.5 x 14.5 cm
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    • Portrait of Lucas Gassel
      Jacob Binck
      Portrait of Lucas Gassel , 1529
      engraving
      14.6 x 13.2cm
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    • Old Woman and a Child on Horseback
      Nicolò Boldrini
      Old Woman and a Child on Horseback, c1566.
      Woodcut
      13 x 17.6 cm
      5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in
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    • Provoking Fidelity
      Louis Marin Bonnet
      Provoking Fidelity , 1775
      Colour pastel engraving
      31.5 x 25.0 cm
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    • Tentation de St. Antoine.
      After Jacques Callot
      Tentation de St. Antoine., c. 1800
      Copper engraving
      34 x 45 cm
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    • La Serinette [Lady with a bird-organ]
      Laurent Cars
      La Serinette [Lady with a bird-organ], 1753
      Engraving and etching on laid watermarked paper after Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
      56 x 42 cm
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    • The Accomplis'd Maid
      M. Darly
      The Accomplis'd Maid, [Pub by M Darly 39 Strand May 28. 1778]
      Copper engraving with hand colouring
      31 x 22 cm
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    • La Promenade Publique
      Philibert-Louis Debucourt
      La Promenade Publique, 1792
      Etching, engraving, and aquatint printed in colour
      45.6 x 61.7 cm
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    • Tête de Grec Moderne [Head of a Modern Greek]
      Gilles Demarteau
      Tête de Grec Moderne [Head of a Modern Greek], before 1764
      Crayon-manner etching and engraving in bistre
      52 x 38.5 cm
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    • The Blind Beggar
      Christian Wilhelm Dietrich
      The Blind Beggar, 1757
      Chiaroscuro woodcut
      20.3 x 16.5 cm
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    • Peace. La Paix. Plenty. L'Abondance.
      Richard Earlom after Robert Dighton
      Peace. La Paix. Plenty. L'Abondance., Printed for & Sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs. [1783, but c. 1790]
      Mezzotint with original hand colour
      33 x 25 cm
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    • Grotesque Ornament, with Pergolas, Vulcan’s forge, Hercules, Venus and Cupid
      Lucas and Johannes Van Doetecum
      Grotesque Ornament, with Pergolas, Vulcan’s forge, Hercules, Venus and Cupid, 1557
      Engraving
      30.5 x 20.9 cm
      12 x 8 1/4 in
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    • Landscape with Mercury and Argos
      Etienne Duperac
      Landscape with Mercury and Argos , c1550
      Etching
      11.2 x 15.1 cm
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    • A Decent Story
      James Gillray
      A Decent Story, Pubd. Novr. 9th. 1795, by H. Humphrey, No.37 New Bond Street
      Etching with original hand colouring
      23 x 30 cm
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    • Pacific-Overtures,_or_a Flight from St. Clouds_"over the Water to Charley,"_ a new Dramatic Peace now Rehearsing
      James Gillray
      Pacific-Overtures,_or_a Flight from St. Clouds_"over the Water to Charley,"_ a new Dramatic Peace now Rehearsing, Js. Gillray fect. Pubd. April 5th. 1806, by H.Humphrey St. James's Street [London, 1806]
      Etching with original hand colouring
      30 x 38 cm
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    • The Daily-Advertiser
      James Gillray
      The Daily-Advertiser, Js. Gy. d. et ft. Pubd. Jany. 23d 1797, by H. Humphrey New Bond Street [London, 1797]
      Etching with original hand colouring
      36 x 26 cm
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    • Judith with the Head of Holofernes
      Hendrick Goltzius
      Judith with the Head of Holofernes, circa 1586-7
      engraving
      17cm (diameter)
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    • Cliff on a Seashore
      Hendrik Goltzius
      Cliff on a Seashore, C1597-1600
      Colour chiaroscuro woodcut
      10.5 x 14.4 cms
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    • Concert
      Johann Jakob Haid
      Concert, c1750
      Mezzotint
      53.8 x 41.5 cm
      21 1/8 x 16 3/8 in
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    • Cricket
      Antoine Benoist after Francis Hayman
      Cricket, Publish'd according to Act of Parliam't. April 4th 1743. Printed & Sold by Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard & Jon. Bowles at ye Black Horse, Cornhill.
      Copper engraving
      26 x 35 cm
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    • Battledore and Shittlecock
      Nathaniel Parr after Francis Hayman
      Battledore and Shittlecock, Publish'd according to Act of Parliam't. 1743. Printed for Thos. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard and John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
      Copper engraving
      26 x 35 cm
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    • Sliding upon the Ice
      Remigius Parr after Francis Hayman
      Sliding upon the Ice, Publish'd according to Act of Parliam't. 23 May 1743. Printed for Thos. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
      Copper engraving
      26 x 35 cm
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    • A Harlot's Progress
      William Hogarth
      A Harlot's Progress, Wm. Hogarth invt. pinxt. et sculpt. 1732. [John & Josiah Boydell, London, c.1804]
      Copper engraving
      30 x 38 cm
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    • A Rake's Progress
      William Hogarth
      A Rake's Progress, Invented, Painted, & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth, & Publish'd June ye. 25 1735, According to Act of Parliament. [John & Josiah Boydell, London 1790]
      Copper engraving
      32 x 39 cm
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    • Southwark Fair
      William Hogarth
      Southwark Fair, Invented Painted & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth 1733.
      Copper engraving and etching
      34 x 40 cm
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    • Dürer’s Landscape with Cannon
      Hieronymous Hopfer
      Dürer’s Landscape with Cannon, C17th
      Etching
      19.3 x 28 cm
      7 5/8 x 11 in
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    • A Farm Boy Brings Hay to Two Horses
      Jean-Baptiste Huet
      A Farm Boy Brings Hay to Two Horses, 1770
      Etching
      28.3 x 36.5 cm
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    • Habit d'Orlogeur
      Gerard Valck after Nicolas de Larmessin II
      Habit d'Orlogeur, G: Valck Ex. [Amsterdam, c.1695]
      Copper engraving
      27.5 x 18.5 cm
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    • Habit de Jardinier
      Gerard Valck after Nicolas de Larmessin II
      Habit de Jardinier, G; Valck. Ex. [Amsterdam, c.1695]
      Copper engraving
      28 x 19 cm
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    • Habit de Peintre
      Gerard Valck after Nicolas de Larmessin II
      Habit de Peintre, G. Valk Ex. Cum. Privil. [Amsterdam, c.1695]
      Copper engraving
      29 x 18 cm
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    • Habit de Pescheur
      Gerard Valck after Nicolas de Larmessin II
      Habit de Pescheur, G: Valck Ex. [Amsterdam, c.1695]
      Copper engraving
      28 x 19 cm
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    • Gulielmus III, D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rex. Nat. 1650. Denate. 1702. / Maria D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regina.
      Pieter Stevensz van Gunst after Philip Tiedeman / Gerard Valck after Sir Godfrey Kneller
      Gulielmus III, D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rex. Nat. 1650. Denate. 1702. / Maria D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regina., Ph. Tiedeman Delin. Pieter van Gunst Sculpsit. M. Marrebeeck excudit. [c.1702] / G. Kneller ad vivum pinxit. G. Valck Excudit. [c.1694]
      Copper engraving
      55 x 80 cm
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    • Piramide di C. Cestio
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      Piramide di C. Cestio, Presso l'autore. Piranesi F. [Rome, c.1756]
      Etching
      38 x 53 cm
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    • Veduta degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      Veduta degli Avanzi del Foro di Nerva, C. Piranesi f. [Rome, c.1770]
      Etching
      47 x 70 cm
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    • Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa oggi Chiesa di S. Maria ad Martyres
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa oggi Chiesa di S. Maria ad Martyres, Piranesi F. Si vendono paoli tre presso il medesimo Autore nel palazzo del Conte Tomati a Strada Felice, vicino alla Trinita de Monti. [Rome, c.1761]
      Etching
      47 x 69 cm
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    • Veduta del Tempio detto della Concordia. A. Arco di Settimio Severo
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      Veduta del Tempio detto della Concordia. A. Arco di Settimio Severo, Cavalier Piranesi F. [Rome, c.1774]
      Etching
      47 x 70 cm
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    • Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante, Piranesi Archit. dis.ed inc. Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice vincino alla Trinita de monti. A paoli due a mezzo. [Rome, c.1775]
      Etching
      40 x 59 cm
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    • Veduta di Campo Vaccino [I]
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      Veduta di Campo Vaccino [I], Presso L'Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trininà de monti. A paoli due e mezzo. Piranesi del. Scolp. [Rome 1775]
      Etching
      37 x 59 cm
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    • [I. Title-Plate] Carceri d'Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      [I. Title-Plate] Carceri d'Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene., Piranesi F. [Paris edition, c.1800-1835]
      Etching
      54 x 41 cm
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    • [II. The Man on the Rack]
      Giovanni Battista Piranesi
      [II. The Man on the Rack], Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinita de' Monti. Fogli Sedici, al prezzo di paoli venti. Piranesi F. [Rome, c.1775-Paris, c.1835]
      Etching
      56 x 41 cm
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    • Archangel Michael casting down The Devil
      Giovanni Pietro Possenti
      Archangel Michael casting down The Devil, circa 1640-60
      etching
      21 x 16.4cm
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    • An Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap; with eyes closed
      Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
      An Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap; with eyes closed, circa 1635
      etching
      11.2 x 10.4cm
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    • Cornelis Claesz. Anslo, Preacher
      Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
      Cornelis Claesz. Anslo, Preacher, 1641
      etching
      19.8 x 16.6cm
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    • The second Oriental Head
      Rembrandt, Van Rijn
      The second Oriental Head, c1635
      Etching
      14.8 x 13.0 cm
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    • O Tempora, O Mores!
      Samuel Alken after Thomas Rowlandson
      O Tempora, O Mores!, London, pubd. Jany. 1787 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Plave Broad Street Soho.
      Aquatint with original hand colouring
      33 x 42 cm
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    • A View of Worcestershire
      Paul Sandby
      A View of Worcestershire, Publlishd according to Act of Parliament by P Sandby St. Georges Row Oxford Turnpikr Novr. 1st 1778
      Aquatint and etching with hand colouring
      32 x 50 cm
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    • Spring
      Hendrik van Schoel
      Spring, c1600
      Engraving
      20.1 x 25.2 cms
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    • The Feast of the Gods
      Diana Scultori
      The Feast of the Gods, circa 1575
      engraving
      37.8 x 111.8cm
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    • St Jerome and the small Lion
      Agostino Veneziano
      St Jerome and the small Lion, c1515
      Engraving
      14.3 x 18.6 cms
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    • The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne in India
      Enea Vico
      The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne in India, c1565
      Engraving after Raphael
      30.2 x 47.1 cm
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    • [The Four Elements]
      Raphael Sadeler I after Maerten de Vos
      [The Four Elements], [c. 1570-1632]
      Copper engraving
      13 x 18 cm
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    • Tabula I. [Frontal view of a Skeleton with Cherub]
      Jan Wandelaar
      Tabula I. [Frontal view of a Skeleton with Cherub], Leiden: Johan and Herman Verbeek, 1747.
      Copper engraving
      55 x 38 cm
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    • Tab III [Lateral view of a Skeleton with Tree, Water and Stone Construct]
      Simon François Ravenet I after Jan Wandelaar
      Tab III [Lateral view of a Skeleton with Tree, Water and Stone Construct], Published by E. Cox and Son, St. Thomas Street, and No.9 Sutton Street, Southwark. 1827.
      Copper engraving
      52 x 38 cm
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    • Dance of Death
      Michel Wolgemut
      Dance of Death, 1493
      woodcut
      19.3 x 22.5cm
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    • Comfortable Counsel !!
      George Moutard Woodward
      Comfortable Counsel !!, Published Nov 1st 1796 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Carricatures lent out for the Evening.
      Etching with original hand colouring
      30 x 22 cm
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    • A Country Attorney and his Clients. Avocat de la Campagne avec ses Clients.
      [Anonymous]
      A Country Attorney and his Clients. Avocat de la Campagne avec ses Clients., Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard London.
      Mezzotint with original hand colouring
      32 x 25 cm
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