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Period: Mid-18th Century
Mercurio / Mercury
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely, early drawing of the Roman god Mercury. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, with a partial crown and shield watermark, 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (184x 123 mm) (matrix). In go...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

Mercurio / Mercury

Mercurio / Mercury, circa 1750

$400
Neoclassical composition of a sculptor kneeling before his statue of the Madonna
Located in Middletown, NY
An allegory of loyalty, with the subject's dog pictured seated, holding his master's chisel in his mouth; fidelity personified. Italian School, 18th century Ink wash in gray and bl...
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Italian School Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Neoclassical composition of a sculptor kneeling before his statue of the Madonna
Neoclassical composition of a sculptor kneeling before his statue of the Madonna

Neoclassical composition of a sculptor kneeling before his statue of the Madonna, 1750

$500
Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809) ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’ Both titled lower centre, the drawing of the ambassador inscribed with colours intended for the prints, e...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’

Joseph Marie Vien
Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’, 1748

$8,279
Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mrs. Bozena Anna Kowalczyk for confirming the attribution of this drawing to Giuseppe Nogari in a study (available in Italian) from which we have taken our ins...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Laid Paper

Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)

Giuseppe Nogari
Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760), ca. 1760

$14,999
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 Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

The Introduction, French School, 18th century
The Introduction, French School, 18th century

The Introduction, French School, 18th century, 1750

$375
A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses
By Charles Joseph Natoire
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses Left: The Triumph of Amphitrite (Book I) Right: Diana and Actaeon (Book III) From: Ovid, Metamophoses These mythological studies are after paintings by Simon Vouet (1590-1649) that decorated the Chateau de Chilly. They were commissioned by the Marquis D'Effiat in 1630-31. The scholarly record documenting the commission are a series of engravings by Michel...
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Baroque Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses
A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses

Charles Joseph Natoire
A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses

$8,500
French School 18th Century, L étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, Astonishment as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "L'étonnement N°9" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In good condition, a sta...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

French School 18th Century, L étonnement, form of expression, drawing
French School 18th Century, L étonnement, form of expression, drawing

French School 18th Century, L étonnement, form of expression, drawing, circa 1750

$383
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "Le rire N°12" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In quite good condition, stains vsibl...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing, circa 1750

$383
Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Italian School 18th Century An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper 35 x 23.5 cm in good condition, traces of folds in the lower right corner Framed : 46.5 x 35.5 cm This...
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Baroque Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper

Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper, circa 1750

$893
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "Le mépris et la haine N°7" Black c...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing

French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing, circa 1750

$383
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper Image size: 13 x 17 1/2 inches (33 x 44.5 cm) Mounted and framed This original pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the original sketch for one of the heads depicted in Frye's collection 'Twelve Mezzotint Prints' of 1760 and it can be assumed that this pastel work was created earlier of this same year. Two versions of the print, created from this original work, are currently held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Frye's evocative figures, although presumably based on living models, exceed the conventions of portraiture, and also function as character studies. The man shown here - dressed in the fashionable 'Turkish' manner - turns with parted lips as if poised to speak, while raising the elegant fingers in one hand in a rhetorical gesture. His long eyelashes and smoothly rendered wrinkles and dimples are hallmarks of Frye's refined style. The Artist Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764. Frye was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1710; in his youth he went to London to practice as an artist. His earliest works are a pair of pastel portraits of boys...
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English School Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing

Thomas Frye
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing

$8,808
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Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812) Portrait of a young woman, signed drawing
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St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)
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Located in Middletown, NY
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Located in Norwich, GB
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Roman School (circa 1590–1620) - Study Of An Executioner
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
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H 10.83 in W 7.84 in
Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
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Located in Jersey City, NJ
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Located in Paris, Île-de-France
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By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
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Portrait of a man in profile
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
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