old master
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And, possibly, long enough to know how to get under the skin of an old master.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
He is depicted relaxing, but the intensity of his gaze “gives it a menacing feel,” said Gregory Rubinstein, Sotheby’s head of old master drawings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Brown partnered with Slater, who was as good as his word, improving on the Arkwright model and turning out yarn that his old master in Derbyshire—to whom Slater sent a sample—labeled excellent.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
The old master market did not support high prices for “Mundi,” he said, adding that paintings with more solid histories had sold for much less.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
It was now more than seven years since I lived with him in the family of my old master, on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
