Old master

A selection of works on paper by some of the world's greatest artists which will be on display at Oxford's Ashmolean museum to mark its 330th birthday

Bid in-person or online for the upcoming auction: Old Master Paintings and Sculpture on 01 May 2019 at New York

Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) ( c. 1565 – 1629) was a Dutch painter and engraver . Study of Eleven… by fineartnow

GIROLAMO SICIOLANTE, CALLED IL SERMONETASermoneta 1521 - 1575 RomeSEATED VIRGINBlack chalk heightened with w

Learn to paint oil portraits like the old masters, starting with a chalk drawing and progressing from an underpainting, to the first placement of color and modelling of the forms.

Italian School 16th century, Standing Male Nude with Hands Behind His Back, 1986.92

For many years I have been inspired by the dynamic and masterful draughtsmanship of the Old Masters. Artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael have influenced the techniques of many artists, as their drawings have touched a very deep sense of what it means to be human. An intense study of the science of human […]

An extensive collection of information on the pigment analysis and other artistic and technical aspects of Vermeer, Girl With a Pearl Earring.

We have been roaming on this Planet for a few minutes in galactic time; It’s believed that humans originated about 200,000 years ago in the Middle Paleolithic period in Southern Africa, right where our friend Martie C. lives. Roughly we have 5,000 generations behind us...and that is nothing compared with creation. Paleontologists worry about dates and excavations, but where this evilness really came from?