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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Etching
Eighteenth-century Irish portrait of the Rev. Henry Dabzac
By Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, oval
9 x 7 ¼ inches; 230 x 185 mm
Inscribed on the verso:
‘The Revd Henry Dabzac D.D./ late Senior Fellow of/ Trinity College Dublin/ ever to be lamented by all that knew/ Him. Extensive learning, zeal, gently tempered/ by a spirit of charity & above all, a strong/ faith & a piety deservedly gained/ the character of a great and good man./ This exceptional man died 12th May 1790/ This picture was his give to Jane [Mary] Crofton, his sincerely [missing] sister.’
Collections:
Rev. Dr Henry Dabzac gift to his sister, Jane Crofton (d.1797);
Sir Hugh Crofton (1763-1834);
By descent to 1990;
Private collection, Dorset to 2020.
Literature:
Robert Staveley, Traces of Past and Present, Dublin, 1895, p.74;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800, online edition, no.J3751247
This characteristic pastel portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton was made early in his career; it depicts precisely the kind of education, well-connected Irish sitter who fuelled his success. The Reverend Henry Dabzac was from a distinguished Huguenot family, a celebrated academic historian, Dabzac received the Donegall lectureship in 1764 and from 1785 was Librarian and Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. According to his earliest biographer, Hamilton was the son of a peruke-maker based in Crow Street, Dublin. As Anne Hodge has pointed out, this places Hamilton’s father at the heart of the city: Crow street was a narrow thoroughfare formed part of the busy warren of streets bordered by the old Houses of Parliament and Trinity College at one end, and by Dublin Castle at the other. It is perhaps telling that in this early portrait, Hamilton shows Dabzac in a splendid powdered wig and his clerical bands. In 1754 Hamilton was apprenticed to James Mannin, a ‘pattern drawer’ who two years later was appointed master of the school of ornament at the Dublin Society’s drawing school, run by Robert West. Here Hamilton took the first prize in the 1755 competition, winning a premium of £1/16/. Hamilton developed a popular and profitable method of making pastel likenesses of sitters in a distinctive oval format. Hamilton developed a technique of using a sharpened pastel to hatch shaded areas of the features and, in the case of this portrait of Dabzac, the white powdered wig, which is drawn with particular care. In 1764 Hamilton moved to London where this small, oval pastels proved...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
An enigmatic portrait of a young woman after Sir Peter Lely's drawing, currently shown in the B...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engraving. Aloe in a Decorative pot.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT.
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of decorative urns with aloes and cacti from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made, parce...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engraving of an aloe in a decorative pot.
Located in Richmond, GB
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Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of decorative urns with aloes and cacti from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, present...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Design for a theatre fresco with fancy plasterwork - early 18th century French S
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and sepia ink on cream laid paper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (222 x 136 mm). Scattered paper tape repairs on the verso in the area of the upper left corner, and along the right sheet...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Laid Paper
"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Colored Engraving
Collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational Histor...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
Old Master Drawing, Roccoco, 18th Century, German Artist, Animal Drawing
By Johann Martin Metz
Located in Greven, DE
Black chalk, partly washed, on paper, sheet 27.5 x 19.7 cm
Plain gold moulding, 44.8 x 36 cm
The Rhenish still life painter Johann Martin Metz was ...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Crayon
$757 Sale Price
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Young Man with a Sword, a Fist on his Hip, a drawing by Cornelis Saftleven
Located in PARIS, FR
Black chalk and white highlights on paper (originally washed in blue)
Monogrammed and dated 1630 on the right
This drawing, executed in black chalk and enhanced with white brushwor...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Study of bearded man
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
FEDERICO BAROCCI (Urbino 1526-35 - 1612)
Study of bearded man
Black and red chalk, stumping, pastel heightened with white on brown-prepared paper
15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in
39 x 27 cm
Unsi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Study of a Franciscan Saint, probably San Diego de Alcalá
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Ivan E. Phillips, Montreal and New York, until 2023.
The brothers Bartolomé Carducho and Vicente Carducho, both born and trained in Florence, settled in Spain where they made their careers. Vicente worked on numerous commissions for both the church and the Spanish court...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen
Masquerade Ball. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the waterfront. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
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Post-Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Carneval. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the waterfront. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
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Post-Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
A dazzling Venetian Regatta Boat Study attributed to Alessandra Mauro
Located in PARIS, FR
This stunning Baroque study depicts a regatta boat, a type of vessel developed in eighteenth-century Venice for the regattas organized by the Serenissima during visits by royalty and princes. We propose to link this drawing to the work of Alessandro Mauro, an artist who specialized in this type of composition, as illustrated by a drawing from him at the Metropolitan Museum.
1. Description of the boat
The greatest decorative fantasy reigns in this preparatory study, which blends mythological and exotic elements with references to ancient Egypt. Our drawing is probably an initial thought, destined to be refined and clarified later in pen and ink (as evidenced by the ink stain in the lower right). A quadriga of seahorses guided by Neptune stands at the stern of the boat, shown well above the waterline (perhaps to outline its empty volume). One of the seahorses is ridden by a newt, while Amphitrite lies at the feet of the sea god.
The center of the boat is occupied by a vast baldachin resting on four atlantes and surmounted by a figure riding an animal (a dragon?). Three figures sit beneath the canopy, one of them on a griffin-shaped seat. This allusion to Egyptian antiquity echoes the winged sun (sometimes a symbol of the god Horus, as in the temple of Edfu in Egypt) that adorns the sides of the promontory on which this baldachin rests.
Another flag-bearer figure crouches at the stern of the boat on a raised seat, on the reverse of which is a crowned mermaid whose arm, extended backwards, rests on a mascaron decorated with a radiant face (Helios?) and whose torso surmounts an elephant's head. The heads of the rowers and their oars are sketched all along the boat, whose sides are embellished with elongated naiads.
2. The Venetian regatta boats
An exhibition held in 2013 at the Ca' Rezzonico (the Venetian eighteenth-century museum) paid tribute to these regatta boats through studies and prints depicting them. The regattas organized by the Serenissima in honor of visiting princes and sovereigns were among the most spectacular ceremonies in Venice. Some important artists of the 18th century contributed to the creation of these extravagant boats which were given exotic names such as bissona, malgarota or peota.
The specialists in this field were Andrea Urbani and the brothers Alessandro and Romualdo Mauro. They were born into a family of theater decorators in Piedmont, but little is known about their detailed biography. Alessandro was the architect of the Dresden opera house and of the St. Samuel Theater in Venice (in collaboration with his brother Romualdo), but also worked as stagehand and set designer in Vienna, Rome and Turin. A drawing produced around 1737 from the Metropolitan Museum (7th photo in the gallery) bears witness to his activity as a regatta boat designer.
This drawing is a much more elaborate version than the one presented here, having been entirely reworked in brown ink. However, a figure at the bow of the boat, executed solely in black chalk, still bears witness to a technique similar to that of our drawing.
It is difficult to know whether the boat depicted in our drawing was a project for an actual boat or whether it remained in the planning stage, but the front of our boat (Neptune and the quadriga of seahorses ridden by a newt) bears several similarities to that of a parade boat depicted in the print published by Michele Marieschi entitled Regatta on the Grand Canal, between the Foscari and Balbi Palaces (last photo in the gallery). This print is dated 1741, which could confirm that our work dates from around 1740.
The area between Neptune and the quadriga that precedes him on this strange paddle-boat appears to be partially submerged, confirming that the waterline of our boat was probably intended to be much lower than the one shown in our drawing.
The Correr Museum’s collection holds one of the most important collection of engravings and drawings devoted to these specifically Venetian Baroque productions. These boats were intended to last the duration of a festival. Today, they are only documented by preparatory drawings or prints that testify to the sumptuousness of their decoration. This taste for regatta boats lasted throughout the Venetian eighteenth century, and the conception of regatta boats also attracted great masters such as Giambattista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi or Giambattista Piranesi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
Pair of 18th Century watercolour drawings by Old Master Carle Vernet
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carle Vernet (French, 1758 – 1836)
‘La Marchande de Coco’; and ‘La Tour de Babbe d’un Charbonnier’
Ink, watercolour on paper
Both signed C Vernet and Carle Vernet (lower left and lower right respectively)
12.1/4 x 9 in. (31 x 22.8 cm.) A pair
Vernet was born in Bordeaux. At the age of five, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, but went through the regular academical course as a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), he seemed to lose interest in the profession, and his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery.
In his Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular.
Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. After this, he gave up art.
When he again began to produce under the French Directory (1795–1799), his style had changed radically. He started drawing in minute detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon. His drawings of Napoleon...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Changed World. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the waterfront. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
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Post-Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
18th century portrait drawing of the Rev. William Atkinson
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950);
Private collection, UK to 2019
Framed dimensions: 14.50 x 15.38 inches
This drawing is one of only two known portrait drawings by Romney (as opposed to preliminary studies for portraits) and is dated by Alex Kidson as being executed no later than 1769. It is likely that the present drawing was originally part of a sketchbook, now largely dismembered (Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal), which Kidson notes, contained some of Romney’s most beautiful early drawings. This drawing, and a second sheet formerly with Andrew Wyld, have been identifying as depicting the Rev. William Atkinson...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
17th Century Italian Ink Drawing of 6 Putti, Unframed, Good Condition
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine small Italian 17th/18th century sepia ink study of 6 putti in different positions. Paper mounted on paper. A tergo written "Scuola Lombarda".
A putto/putti are figure in a wo...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
A large drawing by Il Cigoli depicting Christ
s Entry into Jerusalem
Located in PARIS, FR
This large sheet, delicately enhanced with blue ink wash, was created by Lodovico Cardi, known as Il Cigoli, the most prominent painter in Florence at the end of the 16th century. It...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen
Prospectus ab Aedibus Flanginorum usque ad Bembos by Antonio Visentini-1742
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and burin.
Image dimension: 27.4x432 cm.
Sheet dimension: 39x53.7 cm.
From Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebriores, ex Antonii Canal Tabulis XXXVIII. Aere expressi ab Anto...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Etching
Fine 1700
s Italian Old Master Ink
Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Magnaminita
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Mgnaminia'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
15th C. Tibetan Tsakali: "High Lama Presenting a Ceremonial Scarf"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
15th C. Tibetan Tsakali
"High Lama Presenting a Ceremonial Scarf"
MIneral pigne
6 1/4 x 4 (16 x 13 3/4 frame) inches
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Study of horse and ox bones
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite, ink wash and watercolor on handmade laid paper with a large, indistinguishable ovoid watermark with a bunch of grapes, 8 7/16 x 12 5/8 inches (225 x 320 mm), signed in brown ink in the lower left. With the Henry Scipio Reitlinger oval stamp in brown ink on the verso (Lugt 2274a).
The condition of the image and paper is consistent with age, there is minor toning on the recto and some attenuation of the green pigment. The drawing is laid down to an 18th century laid paper support and has a small pencil notation in the lower right corner (modern), and scattered notations in pencil on the verso of the support (also modern, perhaps auction/accession notes). On the paper support is an ink drawing in red and black of what appears to be the floor plan for the wing of a large building. The drawing is top-up, adhered facing the verso of the drawing. The architectural drawing on the support is visible through to the recto of the composition when the sheets are viewed through raking light. There is a small area of stipple point spotting in brown ink on the verso of the support. Examination under black light shows no indication of repairs or additions, expert or otherwise.
Provenance:
Henry Scipio Reitlinger was born in either 1882 or 1885, attended Kings College...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Graphite
Rape of the Sabines - Sanguine Drawing End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rat of Sabinesis an original sanguine drawing on thick cream-colored paper, realized by an anonymous French artist of the end of XVIII century.
A superb original drawing with skille...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
French 18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Young Lady in Period Costume.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned oval'. In gilt wood frame presented under glass.
Very much of its period and similar ...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$1,325 Sale Price
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Still life with ornamental urn, grapes and flora - French School 17 Cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on cream laid paper, 10 x 8 3/4 inches (254 x 222 mm). Uniform age tone, scattered surface soiling, and handling wear. One pea-sized area of skinning in the top-center sheet ...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Laid Paper, Pencil
The Introduction, French School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
In this charming scene a maid appears bashful as she is introduced by her mother to the shepherd’s son.
Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Portrait of Raffaello / Italian School
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and ink on handmade, watermarked C & I Honig laid paper, 8 15/16 x 6 3/4 inches (226 x 170 mm). Signed illegibly in ink, lower margin. Scattered light creasing and surface...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Italian Old Master Ink
Wash Drawing St. Anne
The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pietro Fancelli (Italian 1764 - 1850)
bio details attached to the frame
'St. Anne & The Virgin'
ink with watercolor wash on paper, framed
framed: 22 x 16 inches
image: 11 x 6.5 inche...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
HUBER Johann Kaspar. View of a city thought to be Antwerp. Wasked ink.
By HUBER JOHANN KASPAR
Located in Paris, FR
Johann Kaspar HUBER is a Swiss painter.
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
"Three Herons" from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Bird...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
$772 Sale Price
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Landscape - Pencil Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
The artwork has some folds rips and foxings and is repaired on the middle line.
T...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Death of Coresus
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE
(Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris)
The Death of Coresus, circa 1750
Pen and brown ink, black ink tips, gray wash on black chalk, 455 x 385 cm
Bears on the reverse in ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Attrib. Francis Nicholson (1753-1844) - Watercolour, Castle and Cattle
Located in Corsham, GB
Figures and cattle rest in the foreground beneath the commanding presence of the castle in this atmospheric eighteenth, possibly nineteenth-century watercolour. In the distance, ligh...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Circle of Angelika Kauffmann, Venus and Amor, Arrow and Spindle, Oval Drawing
Located in Greven, DE
Fine drawing in pencil, oval format. Circle of Angelika Kauffmann.
The subject is not clear. It is Amor with his arrows and perhaps Venus with a sp...
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Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Handmade Paper
$1,136 Sale Price
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Landscape - Watercolor and Pencil by Jan Peter Verdussen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful dranwing in watercolor and pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition; only a sma...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Ancient Ruins - Watercolor by Abraham Rademaker - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Ruins is an original old master artwork realized by Abraham Rademaker (1677-1735) in 18th Century
Wonderful watercolor on paper by the famous 18t...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Attrib. Prospero Fontana (1512-1597) - Bolognese School Ink Drawing, Two Cherubs
By Prospero Fontana
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine renaissance study, attributed to Bolognese painter Prospero Fontana (1512-1597), depicts two cherubs seated in clouds, playing with the arms of Mars. Elegantly mastered in ...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Watercolour of the Radcliffe Camera from the great quadrangle of All Souls
Located in London, GB
Rev. William Henry Barnard (Co. Donegal or Co. Derry 1767-1818 London)
The Radcliffe Camera from the Great Quadrangle of All Souls College, Oxford
Pen and brown ink and watercolour, on paper
30 x 44 cm
Signed with initials 'H.B.' (lower right)
Rev William Henry Barnard was an extremely well-connected artist and clergyman -being first cousin of Prime Minister George Canning...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Man, Figurative, Pencil on Paper by Atul Bose "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Atul Bose - Portrait of a Young Man
Pencil on Paper
8 x 6 inches, 1935
(Unframed & Delivered)
In this delicate pencil portrait, Atul renders the profile of a young man with remarkab...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil
Joseph Dorffmeister (1764-1806) - Pen and Ink Drawing, Putti Head Studies
Located in Corsham, GB
Finely detailed ink and wash putti head studies by Joseph Dorffmeister (1764-1806). Signed to the right-hand side. Well presented in a vintage wooden frame with a gold slip. On laid....
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Chinese School 18th Century Watercolour - In the Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
This eighteenth-century (Qing Dynasty) Chinese watercolour depicts a man and woman with fans in a garden setting, carefully tending to a lotus plant. Well presented in a gilt-effect ...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Fish - Pencil on Paper by J. P. Verdussen - 1775 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
The Fish is a beautiful drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1755 ca.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower in pencil.
In good condition, and aged.
The artwo...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Drawing pencil carbon Sketch Religious Saints miniaturist German baroque 18th
Located in PARIS, FR
Johan Jacob HOCH Mainz, 1750 - Mainz, 1829 Pencil drawing on paper
34 x 22 cm (50 x 41 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "Johann Jacob Hoch / July 1778" Pitch pine frame wit...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
MALLARD DUCKS
Located in Portland, ME
Goshun, Matsumura (Japanese, 1752-1811). SCROLL PAINTING - PAIR OF MALLARD DUCKS. Painted in colored inks on silk. Signed in Japanese, lower right. Not dated but likely late 18th to ...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Drawing - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew is a precious original drawing (black and red chalk, pen and China ink on laid paper, laid down on canvas) realized by...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Old Master Figure Sketch Pencil on Vellum
Located in Astoria, NY
Old Master, Figure Sketch, Pencil on Vellum, 18th century, inscribed "G.26" lower right, wood frame. Image: 5.5" H x 3.5" W; frame: 13.75" H x 11" W x 1.25" D. Provenance: From a New...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Vellum, Pencil
Still Life
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This drawing by Johann Rudolf Feyerabend, known as Lelong, is a finely executed still life that captures a rustic yet elegant composition. The detailed rendering of objects—such as t...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Landscape - Sanguine Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition.
illegible Hand-signed on the lower right margin.
passepartout included ( 49 x 69 cm).
The artwork represents a landscape river in sanguine drawing...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Figure of Breton Woman - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Breton Woman is a beautiful ink and watercolor original drawing on wire rod and watermarked paper realized at the middle of XVIII century by Jan Peter Verdussen.
This ori...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Illustration - Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Illustration is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an anonymous artist of the 18 century.
With a drawing on the rear.
The State of preservation is good, except for diffu...
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Contemporary 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Woman - Drawing on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original drawing, realized by Anonymous artists of the XVIII century.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good, but with extensive foxing.
The artwork represent...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Death of Adonis, a neoclassical drawing by Jean-Guillaume Moitte (ca. 1785)
Located in PARIS, FR
This elegant composition, whose curved shape suggests that it was intended for some decorative project, illustrates Moitte's shift around 1780 towards the neoclassical movement, insp...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pen
La Bataille - The Battle - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper.
Conditions: Two cuts on the centre of the paper. Three holes on centre-right, botton-left and top-left of the paper.
Worn on the top left of the ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Wide Valley - Watercolor by Anonymous Flemish Master 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
High quality watercolor drawing on paper representing a landscape. Faded handwritten text on top of sheet, not readable.
Quite good conditions.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
“Portrait of a Head”
Located in Southampton, NY
Late 18th century mixed media portrait of the head of an old man, perhaps the biblical figure Moses. Italian school . Composed of graphite, colored chalk, watercolor and gouache on ...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,440 Sale Price
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Study for Statue - Pencil Drawing by Giovanni Fontana - Early 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Statue is an original drawing in pencil on paper, realized by the architect and engineer Giovanni Fontana (1540-1614).
The state of preservation of the artwork is good exc...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Camel - Drawing by follower of Stefano Della Bella - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Camel is an artwork realized in the 18th Century by an artisti follower of Stefano della Bella.
Pencil Drawing.
The artwork is in good conditions .
The artwork is depicted skill...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Landscape - Pencil Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
Not signed.
The artwork has some folds and foxings. The artwork represents a landsc...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
La Campagne de Rome - Roman Countryside - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740ca
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Realized in 1740 ca.
Very good conditions.
Includes passepartout.
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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