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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Paul Sandby, R.A. Study of a Fashionable Lady
By Paul Sandby
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 5"H x 3"W
Frame Sz: 9 3/4"H x 8"
Paul Sandby RA (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brothe...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II
Located in London, GB
After Sir Peter Lely
1618 - 1680
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II
Pencil, ink and white chalk on paper,
Image size: 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm)
Original frame
This work,...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pencil
Theatre Scene, Opera, Old Master Drawing, Griselidis, Mallet, French Art
Located in Greven, DE
Unknown Artist, French School 18th Century, Circle of Mallet? Scene taken from the Decamerone.
Old Master Drawing
Category
Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
$1,420 Sale Price
20% Off
A Landscape Scene with two figures, a great tree and an obelisk, English School
Located in Greven, DE
A Landscape Scene, perhaps in a Parc, with a great tree and an Obelisk. in The foreground two figures are shown.
English School
inscribed "Pieter Rysbraeck?"
on paper, with passepart...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
$1,515 Sale Price
31% Off
Disegno figurativo inglese neoclassico del XIX secolo a tema storico
Located in Florence, IT
Questo piccolo disegno, che per gli evidenti stilemi neoclassici può essere datato fra la fine del XVIII e gli inizi del XIX secolo, rappresenta la fuga del re Giacomo II Stuart-ulti...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Architectural Stucco Design, Pen and Ink Drawing, Signed, 18th Century Italian
Located in London, GB
Pen and brown ink and brown and grey washes on paper
Signed top middle
Image size: 10 x 3 3/4 inches (25.5 x 8 cm)
The sketch is a useful example of Bigari's work in the late-Baroqu...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Allegory of Chastity, a drawing attributed to G. Porta with great provenance
Located in PARIS, FR
This magnificent drawing from the Venetian Renaissance intrigues us in many ways. It depicts an allegorical composition whose meaning partly escapes us: a veiled figure seated on a stone bench (which we have identified as Chastity), seems to be turning away from a woman's bust beside her, below which are two rabbits, a traditional allegory of fertility, but also sometimes of lust.
This drawing, executed on blue paper, undoubtedly belongs to the Venetian Renaissance. The inscriptions on the back of the old mounting board indicate the various attributions considered by its last owner, the British painter and art historian Sir Lawrence Gowing. We have retained the attribution to Giuseppe Porta proposed by art historian John Arthur Gere as the most relevant.
We were incredibly fortunate to find a hexagonal frame of a very similar format for this drawing, the upper corners of which were formerly cut (irregularly). This 17th-century Dutch frame comes from an aristocratic collection in Lombardy, and creates a kind of fascinating chase around this Venetian drawing...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
The Boxing Match
Located in London, GB
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper
Image size: 12 ¾ x 16 inches (33 x 40.5 cm)
Wash mount and period frame
Boxing was a subject that Rowlandson depicted on a number ...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pencil
A View of Riseholme, 18th Century English Signed Watercolour Landscape
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and entitled bottom right
Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm)
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Thomas Lawrence Self Portrait English Drawing 17th century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This small sketch, pencil on paper, can be attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence, as also reported in the label on the frame (Sir Thomas Lawrence Painter of the Royal Academy).
Due to r...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
18th Century Monument, Pencil and Wash Artwork, German School
Located in London, GB
Pencil and wash
Image size: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (27 x 40 cm)
Mounted
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
The Cleansing of the Temple, Late 18th European School Graphite Drawing
Located in London, GB
Pencil and chalk on paper, unsigned
Image size: 8 1/2 x 13 inches (22 x 33cm)
This wonderful drawing depicts 'The Cleansing of the Temple', a biblical narrative where Christ expels...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Graphite
James, Duke of York, (later James II) and Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Located in London, GB
After Sir Peter Lely, Late 17th Century
(1618–1680)
James, Duke of York, (later James II) and Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Chalk on paper
Image size: 8...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Prospect of Richmond Park and Town from the Thames side, 18th Century
By Adrien Sweets
Located in London, GB
ADRIEN SWEETS
Eighteenth Century
A Prospect of Richmond Park and Town from the Thames side
Ink and wash
Monogrammed and dated 1748
Image size: 8 ¾ x 12 ¾ inches (22 x 32.5 cm)
A...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
View of the Posillipo coastline near Naples by William Marlow (1740 - 1813)
Located in PARIS, FR
In this drawing, inspired by his stay in Naples in 1765, William Marlow presents us with a view of Cape Posillipo, to the west of Naples, an essential stage during the Grand Tour. Th...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Portrait of a Young Man Original Charcoal and Pastel French 18th Century
Located in London, GB
French School
18th Century
Portrait of a Young Man
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Image size: 11 x 7 inches
Contemporary gilt frame
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Woman in Fantasy Costume (pair)
Located in New York, NY
The pair consists of the present work and an engraving after it by the hand of Giles DeMarteau (Liège 1722 – 1776 Paris) titled Woman in Fantasy Costume, after Jean Baptiste Le Prince, and measuring, 10 ⅜ x 8 ⅝ inches (26.5 x 22 cm).
DeMarteau's engraving is inscribed at the bottom:
Le Prince inv. del. / Demarteau sc. / A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur du Roi, rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Engraving
Study for « The Chinese Masquerade » by Jean-Baptiste Pierre (1714 - 1789)
By Jean-Baptiste Pierre
Located in PARIS, FR
Arriving in Rome in June 1735 as a resident at the Royal Academy, Pierre was unable to attend the Winter Carnival festivities of 1735, which he nevertheless immortalised in an engrav...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Bird painting of woodpecker of black and red by enlightened painter
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) was a British artist best known for his paintings of birds, many of which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter and illustrator. He was employed by two leading naturalists and antiquarians of the time, Taylor White (1701-1772) and Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). He illustrated the latter's British Zoology and decorated the hall at Downing, Pennant's house in Flintshire, with several pictures of birds...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Disegno figurativo fiammingo ad acquerello del XVIII secolo, scena di genere
Located in Florence, IT
Sullo sfondo di un paesaggio dai tratti centro-settentrionali europei-in cui si riconoscono una cappella e il profilo di una città dagli alti pinnacoli-si svolge una scena di svago, ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
18th Century Monument Side View, Pencil and Wash Artwork, German School
Located in London, GB
Graphite and wash
Image size: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (27 x 40 cm)
Mounted
Category
18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
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