old master

old master
    n 1: a great European painter prior to 19th century
    

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "old master":
      art object, artisan, artist, artiste, brainchild, bric-a-brac,
      classic, composition, copyist, craftsman, creation, creator,
      dauber, daubster, design, grotesque, kitsch, maker, master,
      masterpiece, masterwork, mobile, museum piece, nude, pasticcio,
      pastiche, piece, piece of virtu, stabile, statue, still life,
      study, virtu, work, work of art