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old master

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old master
n.
1. A distinguished European artist of the period from about 1500 to the early 1700s, especially one of the great painters of this period.
2. A work created by one of these artists.

old master
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) one of the great European painters of the period 1500 to 1800
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a painting by one of these
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Noun1.old master - a great European painter prior to 19th century
maestro, master - an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters"
painter - an artist who paints
Translations
old master n (artist) grande pittore europeo del periodo compreso tra il 16° e il 19° secolo; (painting) → dipinto (di un grande pittore europeo dal 16° al 19° secolo)
old master n (artist) grande pittore europeo del periodo compreso tra il 16° e il 19° secolo; (painting) → dipinto (di un grande pittore europeo dal 16° al 19° secolo)


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"The Old Master I can make best," continued Dick, "is Claude Lorraine, whom you may have heard of occasionally as a famous painter of classical landscapes.
The old fellow wondered a little that the morose old master of fence should, at his time in life, indulge in frivolous escapades more befitting the younger sprigs of gentility, but, then, what concern was it of his?
And then to be driven from the door, when I only came to ask how old master was--
 
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