Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
Marinajo del Molo- Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Marinajo del Molo" (Sailor of the pier), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions. Including an ivory colored cardboard p...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Costume di Ciociara - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed on lower-right. Hand-titled "Costume di Ciociara", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Basilicata nel Regno di Na...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Interior of a House - Ink and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a house is a fine original drawing (China ink and watercolor on paper). Unsigned. This artwork could be attributed to Thomas Stothard.
In ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
Theatrical Costume - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1895
By Alfredo Edel
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895.
Good condition, the artwork is from Amleto and represents Ofelia, with a note writes from the artist on the lower margin.
Hand signed with pencil by the artist.
Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
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1890s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Pastel, Pencil
$1,382 Sale Price
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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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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Allegoric scene with the Tiber
Located in Roma, IT
Allegoric scene with the Tiber river is a fine original drawing (black chalk on laid and watermarked paper at the center) by an exponent of the Neoclassical school of the nineteenth ...
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20th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Costume of Napoli - Ink and Watercolor by Michela De Vito - 1830s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume of Napoli is an original Ink and Watercolour drawing on ivory-colored stuck on paper, 1830 c.a.
Signed. Image Dimensions: 24.5 x 15 cm.
The original title is written at the...
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1830s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Ink
Plants - Original China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1740
Located in Roma, IT
Plants is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1740.
pen and watercolour on brown paper. In good codition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Galesso di Resina Casale - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Galesso di Resina Casale is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples.
Titled, on the bottom center. The work is glued on a brownish paper.
Good cond...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Galesso di Resina Casale - Gouache - by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Galesso di Resina casale is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples.
Hand-signed and titled, on the bottom center.
Good conditions.
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Soft Drink Seller - Gouache - by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soft Drink Seller is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples.
Titled on the bottom center. The work is glued on a cardboar...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Period Italian Neoclassical Style Signed Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful neoclassical style artwork by the great Italian artist Vittorio Pisani
Probably depicts a theatre script of Aida
Signed, located and dated lower right ‘Vittorio Pisani roma...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Female figure with Child and Dog - Charcoal Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Female figure with child and dog is a sublime original drawing (red chalk drawing on laid paper) by an exponent of the French School of the XVIII century...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Woman in Costume - Ink and Watercolor by M. De Vito - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Woman In Costume is an original watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized by Michela De Vito in the first half of XIX century.
Good conditions exc...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
Costume di Castellone - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Costume di Castellone is an original watercolour on ivory-colored paper made by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca.
Hand-titled "Costume di Castellone", with an autograph ca...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Costume di Craco - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Craco" with a caption "Provincia di Basilicata nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. ...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Zampognari che fanno la Novena di Natale - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Zampognari che fanno la Novena di Natale" (Bagpipers Playing During Christmas Time), hand-signed on lower-right margin. Very good condi...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Mythological Subject - Charcoal and Ink Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Mythological subject is a precious original drawing (black chalk, brush, and watercolor ink on ivory colored paper). Unsigned.
Inscription: "Disegnato dal P. e Scotti ricavato da que...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Charcoal
Female Nudes - Charcoal, Ink and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nudes is a fine original drawing (China ink and watercolor on paper). Unsigned. This artwork could be attributed to Thomas Stothard.
Although th...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Flora Study - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour. Hand-Numbered "312" lower-right on margin. In very good condition except a little stain on the high left corner. Wonderful Watercolour drawing by Jan Peeter Verdussen, s...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper
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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1750s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777) The Baptism of Carloman, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)
The Baptism of Carloman
Pen and back ink on paper
13.3 x 16 cm
Inscribed in the lower border "Le Pape baptise Carloman, fils ainé de Charlemagne" ...
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1770s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
France 18th Century, The Surprised Lovers, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1770
Two lovers surprised in bed
Black chalk on paper
13 x 17 cm
Modern frame : 34 x 38 cm
This drawing had been attributed to Gabriel de Saint Aubin (1724-1780). It's...
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1760s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
François Boitard (1670-1715) Abraham and the Three Angels, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
François Boitard (1670-1715)
Abraham and the Three Angels,
Signed lower left "F Boitard (...) fecit (...)"
28 x 44 cm
Pen and ink on yellow prepared paper...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Study of a Fate at mid-body, a red chalk attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni
Located in PARIS, FR
This spectacular red chalk drawing depicts an elderly woman, her eyes bulging, her hand stretched out towards the sky. This disturbing character, who seems close to dementia, and the elongation of her arm with its Mannerist overtones, plunge us into the Florentine artistic milieu of the first half of the 17th century. The proximity of this drawing to some characters in the fresco in the Pitti Palace representing The Muses, Poets and Philosophers chased from Parnassus, the last masterpiece of Giovanni da San Giovanni, leads us to propose an attribution to this artist and a dating of around 1635-1636.
1. Giovanni da San Giovanni, the painter of contradiction
We take here the title of the monography dedicated to the artist by Anna Banti in 1977, which remains the reference book for this artist. The son of a notary, Giovanni Mannozzi, known as Giovanni da San Giovanni, abandoned his studies to go to Florence at the age of sixteen, where he entered the studio of Matteo Rosselli (1578 - 1650) around 1609 and enrolled in the Academy of Drawing Arts in 1612. Around 1615 he produced his first known works, mainly frescoes for the city's tabernacles. He became famous in Florence for his originality, combining an obsessive application to the study of drawing and the reading of poetry and history with a disheveled appearance. Between 1619 and 1620 he decorated the facade of the Antella Palace in Piazza Santa Croce, a decoration that still partly survives today.
The death of Cosimo II in 1621 put an end to the Florentine building activity and Giovanni da San Giovanni left for Rome to find other sponsors with the painter Francesco Furini...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
Roman School, early 17th century - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Roman School, early 17th century
Portrait of a Gentleman
Black chalk with stumping on slightly tinted laid paper,
23 × 30 cm
Inscription: Lower left, in a later hand: “Ant. van D...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
Follower Jacques-Louis David Neoclassical Red Chalck French Paper
Located in Roma, IT
Important period red chalck watercolor pencil drawing with neoclassical subject.
Depicting the Atilius Regulus departing for Carthage.
Atilius Regulus was a Roman statesman taken pri...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk
A rare neoclassical drawing by Jean-Pierre Péquignot, Girodet
s friend
Located in PARIS, FR
This neoclassical frieze, executed with great meticulousness in pen and ink, is a moving and rare testimony to the work of Jean-Pierre Péquignot, an extremely talented and particular...
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1790s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Felt Pen
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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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen
European Pastoral Scene on Vellum. Probably Eighteenth Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown
(European, probably Eighteenth Century)
Shepherds and Peasants in a Landscape
Ink, watercolor, and gouache on vellum; 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches
Framed: 20 x 28 inches (approx.)
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Vellum
Studies of a kneeling female figure, an arm, a hand, and a head in profile
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Studio of Carlo Maratti (or Maratta)
Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713
Studies of a kneeling female figure, an arm, a hand, and a head in profile
Red chalk on paper
43.4 x 26.6 cm
Unsigne...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Hunting Scene
By Jan Van der Straet
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jan VAN DER STRAET, called Stradanus (Bruges, 1523 – Florence, 1605)
Hunting Scene
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and white heightening on prepared brown paper,
26 × 31 cm
Unsigned
Provenance
Private collection, France
This striking and highly accomplished drawing depicts a wild boar hunt in a wooded landscape, animated by numerous figures and animals. The dramatic energy of the foreground, where hounds and hunters engage the beast, is heightened by the bold use of white heightening, which models the forms and enlivens the surface. The background, structured by tall trees and populated with additional hunting scenes, lends the composition a theatrical depth.
Attributed to Jan van der Straet, known as Stradanus, this work belongs to the artistic context of Medicean Florence, where the artist developed an important body of hunting scenes intended for illustration and engraving. Influenced by Italian Renaissance models as well as his native Flemish culture, Stradanus excelled in dynamic storytelling and elegant draftsmanship.
The drawing may have been a preparatory study for one of the compositions from the celebrated Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, engraved in Antwerp under the supervision of Philips Galle...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
$7,778
19th century watercolor landscape Italian building architectural scene signed
By Gabrielli Carelli
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Italian Piazza" is an original watercolor painting attributed to Gabrielli Carelli, an Italian artist. This piece is from the Rothschild Collection...
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1870s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Planimetry of the Vatican - China Ink After G.L. Bernini - Mid-17th
Located in Roma, IT
Planimetry of the Vatican After G.L. Bernini is an original China Ink realized by an unknown artist in mid-17th century.
Good condition except for some spoiled yellowed paper on mar...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Virgin on a Winged Cart - Ink and Watercolor - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Virgin on a Winged Cart is a brown-ink drawing with watercolor interventions on paper made by an anonymous artist of the Neoclassical school (Second half of 18th century).
From the ...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
Porters - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Porters is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples.
Titled on the lower center.
Good conditions, applied on paper, with a cutting at the top right....
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Costume of Cajazzo - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume of Cajazzo is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples.
Hand-signed, on the bottom right.
Titled on the lower center.
Good conditions, exce...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Female Nude - Original Ink on Paper by Georges Isaul - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude is an original modern artwork realized in the 1940s by Georges Isaul (Argenteuil, 1882 - 1963).
Original ink drawing on paper.
Hand-signed in pen by the artist on the ...
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Early 1900s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Dog with Plants - Original China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1751
Located in Roma, IT
Dog with plants in the garden is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1751.
pen and watercolour on brown paper. In good codition except for some pencil marks and t...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Costume di Zaccanopoli - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Zaccanopoli made by Michela De Vito in 1820 ca.
Hand-titled Costume di Zaccanopoli with autograph notes in black ink "P...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Costume di Cajazzo - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand-titled "Costume di Cajazzo", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia Terra di Lavoro nel Regno di Napoli" on lower margin at the center. Representing a woman with baby...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Eremita Camandolese - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Eremita Camandolese is the title of a beautiful watercolour on ivory-colored paper by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca.
Hand-titled "Eremita Camandolese", in black ink on t...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Ballo de
Zampognari - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Ballo de' Zampognari" (Dance of Pipers), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions except for some ripples on the lower ma...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Costume di Villa Pianezza - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Villa pianezza" with a caption "Provincia dell'Aquila nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the ...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Portrait of a Slave Ship:
Le Negrito à l’ancre. Dans le port de la havanne
Located in Amsterdam, NL
FRANÇOIS MATHURIN ADALBERT, BARON DE COURCY (1805-1839)
'Le Negrito à l’ancre. Dans le port de la havanne'
Indistinctly signed lower left
Titled on the mount
Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on paper, 24.8 x 34.6 cm
Literature:
The present watercolour will be illustrated in:
- Prof. Manuel Garcia’s projected book on the disease and the slave trade provisionally titled “Fighting the Yellow Demon of Fever: The Struggle against Disease in the Illegal Slave Trade”.
- Prof. Micael Zeuske’s forthcoming Global history of slave trade.
Exhibited:
Mexico City, 1998, Palacio Virreinal, El Barón de Courcy, illustrationes de un viaje, 1831-1833, no. 108
Note:
Baron de Courcy was in the Caribbean in late 1832 and early 1833, following his tour of Mexico in 1832, on the last leg of his “Grand Voyage...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Wild Boar Statant
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
Armadillo
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
Raphael’s Skull
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Ettore Calzone Collection, Rome, by 1912.
Exhibited:
“Raffaello: L’Accademia di San Luca e il mito dell’Urbinate,” Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, 21 October 2020...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil, Paper
Turkey
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
Bighorn Sheep
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
Chipmunk
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
Armadillo Dormant
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
Alligator Tail
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink
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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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Portrait of a Merchant
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in London, GB
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino
Italian 1591-1666
Portrait of a Merchant
Sanguine on laid paper
Image size: 12 ¾ x 16 inches (32 x 40....
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Graphite
$19,665
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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1750s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
Sketch of a Man in Profile
Located in London, GB
Sketch of a Man in Profile
17th Century French School
Ink on paper
Image Size: 10 1/2 x 7 inches (26.5 x 17.5 cm)
Framed
Provenance
The estate of Joseph McCrindle
Christies Old Masters and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings Sale 12th December 2008
This highly worked picture shows us a man depicted in profile is seen interacting with a scene that extends beyond the boundaries of the paper's composition, the pen strokes intricately portraying the man's face, rendering a detailed, textured complexion. He points his left hand out to something in the distance, with a look of almost alarm.
The artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64) did a series of oriental head studies.
The exotic headgear that he wears and this type of oriental head studies, had its principal source was of course Rembrandt, who etched many similar heads during the 1630s.
In the seventeenth-century Western European imagination, the turbaned figure represented the epitome of alterity: the Ottoman Turk. Ottoman costume...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
18th century pastel portrait of Lady Augusta Corbett and her son, Stuart
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Commissioned by Andrew Corbett, husband of the sitter;
The Venerable Stuart Corbett;
Sir Stuart Corbett;
By descent to 2002;
Sotheby’s, London 21 March 2002, lot.104;
Lowell Libson...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Gouache
Soldier begging for Mercy a preparatory study by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766)
Located in PARIS, FR
This rare drawing by Nattier is part of a set of preparatory studies executed in 1717 for one of the painter's first commissions, the painting commissioned by Tsar Peter I of Russia ...
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1710s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden
Located in New York, NY
Pen and ink drawing on laid paper by British Master George Romney.
The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, circa 1770
The Royal Academy in London has a collection of pen and ink drawings on laid paper by George Romney which appear to be from the same period.
This is double sided work which causes a shadow on the front.
Provenance:
Collection of Alfred de Pass
The Truro Museum, Cornwall, England
Christopher Powney, London
Private Collection, CT
Christopher Powney of Berwick Fine Art, dated 25 August
1967, authenticated this work. The original letter is included on back of the framed work. Christopher Powney was a London fine art dealer known for his expertise in British Drawings. He is recognized by the British Museum as a London art dealer...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
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