An Old Master (or old master) is one of the great European painters who lived 1500 through 1800, or a painting by one of these painters. Here is a short and by no means complete list of Old Masters:

• Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519)
• Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
• Michelangelo (Italian, 1475-1564)
• Titian (Italian, c.1477-1576)
• Raphael (Italian, 1480-1520)
• Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518-1594)
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c.1525-1569)
• Paolo Veronese (Italian, c.1528-1588)
• El Greco (Greek, 1541-1614)
• Frans Hals (Dutch, 1580-1666)
• Caravaggio (Italian, 1573-1610)
• Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
• Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
• Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)
• Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
• Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675)
• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1691-1770)