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Portrait of young man with blue eyes, Luxembourg 1918, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait of young man with blue eyes, Luxembourg 1918, signed located and signed lower left "Blans
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1910s Modern Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Michel Martin Drolling (1786-1851) Portrait of a man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Michel Martin Drolling (1786-1851) Portrait of a man, signed lower left and dated (18)27 or (18
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1830s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Friedrich August Von Kaulbach, Portrait Study Of A Girl, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
An abundance of red chalk to convey a mood, the background entirely blocked in with only the skin
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Early 20th Century Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Gustave BRISGAND (1867-1944), portrait of a woman wearing a veil
Located in Paris, FR
this drawing created with charcoal, chalk, and pastel, featuring a portrait of a woman adorned with a
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1920s Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel

Portrait of an Revolutionary - Drawing from the School of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in PARIS, FR
This psychologically analytic drawing is a portrait of a disillusioned middle-aged man. Probably
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1790s French School Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of Marie Rosalie van Loo Holding a Windmill by Charles-André van Loo
By Charles-André van Loo
Located in PARIS, FR
This dazzling drawing by Carle van Loo is a tender portrait of the artist's daughter Marie-Rosalie
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1740s Rococo Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Pablo Picasso "Françoise"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
.  In 1946 Picasso created a series of ten portraits of his then partner Françoise Gilot, all created on
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Mid-19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Lithograph

19th Century Sanguine - Lady with a Feathered Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful 19th century sanguine depicting a joyous lady with an elaborate feathered hat, featuring a perfectly tied bow. Unsigned. Well presented behind glass in a gilt frame. On ...
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Hands
By Evelyn de Morgan
Located in London, GB
both composition and execution. The subtle shading, and rich use of chalks, contrast the deep olive
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper, Chalk

19th Century drawing of a Breton Girl by Paul Dubois
By Paul Dubois
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Paul Dubois (French 1829 – 1905) ‘La Jeune Bretonne’, 1871/8 Black crayon and chalk on paper Signed
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19th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Crayon

Niccola Santirelli Delegro - French School 1815 Sanguine, Classical Head Study
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine early 19th century study of a classical bust. The artist has wonderfully captured the subject with crosshatched lines and a delicate but precise handling of the medium. T...
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Felix Ziem (1821-1911) A Violonist, original drawing
By Félix Ziem
Located in Paris, FR
Felix Ziem (1821-1911) A Violonist Charcoal and heightenings of white chalk on grey blue paper 28
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1880s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Dover Street Arts Club 1925 - The Card Game
By Sir William Orpen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Lane's tea-table. His chalk portrait of Augustine Birrell (London, NPG), of the same year, demonstrates
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1920s Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Washi Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a veiled woman by Gustave BRISGAND (1867-1944)
Located in Paris, FR
this drawing created with charcoal, chalk, and pastel, featuring a portrait of a woman adorned with a
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper

Fine Antique Female Portrait Drawing Sanguine Chalk Head Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, early 19th century Head Portrait red chalk drawing on paper, unframed painting
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Pencil, Chalk, Pastel

Italian Old Master Sanguine Chalk Drawing Young Lady portrait, Biblical
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Study of a Young Lady Italian School, early 19th century sanguine chalk drawing on paper
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Old Master Sanguine Chalk Drawing Head Portrait Figure to the Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait Italian School, 19th century sanguine chalk drawing on paper, unframed painting: 23
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Thomas Hearne, artist, portrait, soft ground etching, 1809
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were engraved and published (1808-1814
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Early 1800s English School Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Engraving, Etching

1800 s Italian Old Master Sanguine Chalk Drawing Head Portrait Fiery Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait Italian School, early 1800's by sanguine chalk drawing on paper, unframed painting
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Early 19th Century Renaissance Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Pencil

19th Century French Portrait of Young Girl and Dog
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautifully rendered 19th century pencil and white chalk portrait of a young girl and her dog
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19th Century French Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper

Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of Madame Picke, red chalk on paper
By Louis Gallait
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of Madame Picke Red chalk on paper, 17.5 x 12.5 cm Stamp of the
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1840s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

18th century Italian figurative painting Allegory - Portrait pencil paper Venice
Located in Varmo, IT
, 42 x 37 cm with frame. Pencil and white chalk on paper, in carved and gilded wooden frame.
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1720s Rococo Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Pencil

Fine Antique French Old Master Sanguine Drawing Portrait of Man Flowing Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Head Portrait of a Man" French Old Master School, 19th century sanguine chalk drawing on paper
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Mignon, Two men, A master and his disciple, 1805, black red and white chalks
Located in Paris, FR
chalks on paper 36 x 28 cm Signed and dated "Mignon fecit 1805" lower left and dedicated on the lower "A
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Early 1800s Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

19thC Head Portrait Young Lady Flowing Hair, Realist Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portrait French School, 19th century chalk, charcoal and pencil on paper unframed 17 x 11
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil

Nicolas Sternberg (1902-1960) Portrait of man, 1928, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Nicolas Sternberg (1902-1960) Portrait of a man, 1928 Black chalk on paper 49 x 30 cm Signed
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1920s Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Isidore Pils (1813-1875) Portrait of the Capitaine Fiévé, original drawing
By Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils
Located in Paris, FR
Isidore Pils (1813-1875) Portrait of the Capitaine Fiévé, Bataille de l'Artois Charcoal and
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1870s Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Gouache

1870 s French Romantic Classical Sanguine Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portraits French School, 19th century sanguine chalk on paper unframed 16.5 x 23 inches
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil

“Young Beauty”
By Alessandro Molinari
Located in Southampton, NY
Primarily red chalk with graphite drawing of a young beauty. Signed lower right and dated 1808. In
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Early 1800s Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk, Graphite

1800 s Italian Sanguine Chalk Drawing Mythological Portrait Nude Bacchus Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Portrait of a Semi Nude lady, possibly related to Bacchus. Italian School, early 1800
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Vue de dos - Back view
Located in Geneva, CH
A man of great beauty and distinction, a Baudelairean dandy, the son of a very famous painter, Otto Vautier loved women and he loved painting them. He loved Geneva, where he chose to...
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Early 20th Century Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Oil Crayon

Academic Drawing. Study for a Male Head. 19th century. Italian School.
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic study of the male head, who with his gaze full of emotion and tense toward the figure of an apostle, or saint, or prophet who is listening. 19th century Drawings on lightly ...
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, ABS

Fine 18th Century French Rococo Old Master Red Chalk Drawing Portrait of Child
By François Boucher
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
circle of Francois Boucher (French 1703-1770 red chalk drawing on paper, unframed drawing: 7.5 x 6 inches
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Chalk Portraits

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Pencil, Chalk

Giovanni Battista Cipriani - Portrait of man - Drawing pencil red chalk 18th
By Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful pencil and red chalk drawing representing a melancholic young man’s face Framed in a
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Late 18th Century English Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper

"Portrait of Woman"
By Arnold G. Scheele
Located in Southampton, NY
Pastel and chalk of a young woman on brown paper. Signed bottom middle and dated 6/14. Condition
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Old Master Drawing, Self Portrait Artist, Figurative, 17th Century, German
Located in Greven, DE
1626 dated Red chalk drawing on paper, 28 x 20 cm on the reverse collector's stamp of H(einrich
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17th Century Baroque Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk

Interior - Children Playing - British Victorian children s portrait oil painting
By Susan Isabel Dacre
Located in Hagley, England
occasions:1878-1879 when she completed a striking black and white chalk drawing, Portrait of a Young Girl in
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19th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil

English Countryside Painting by John Linnell
By John Linnell (b.1792)
Located in New York, NY
- January 20, 1882) was an English landscape and portrait painter and engraver.* Linnell was a naturalist
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19th Century English School Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil, Wood Panel

Red Chalk Portrait, Alexandre Iacovleff
By Alexandre Iacovleff
Located in Paris, FR
From a collection of drawings and paintings from Africa. Executed during the Citroën Centre Africa Expedition.
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Early 20th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paint

Portrait of a Landseer Newfoundland
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ink and Chalk Portrait of a Landseer Newfoundland signed and dated 1880
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

18th century Portrait of a Young Gentleman.
By Thomas Hickey
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
early works were largely portraits executed in chalk, but following a study trip to Italy in the early
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18th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil

Portrait Of A Young Child, Drawing, Red Chalk
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Portrait of a young child. Red chalk drawing, partially glued on cardboard. Small stains. 29 x 27
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18th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a pensive man
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Portrait of pensive man. Red chalk drawing. Drawing sent rolled, in a tube.
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Mid-18th Century Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a man in profile
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Portrait of a man in profile. Red chalk drawing. Drawing sent rolled, in a tube.
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Mid-18th Century Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Jules Boilly, Portrait Of A Man, Drawing Dated 1843
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a man. Drawing in black stone and white chalk. Signed and
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1840s Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Young Crying Child, Drawing Early 20th Century, Monogram K
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Young child crying. Black chalk drawing, early 20th century. Monogram K lower left. Paper wear
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Early 20th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Portrait of Giacomo Redi, the Artist’s Son by Tommaso Redi
By Tommaso Redi
Located in New York, NY
, Uffizi), this black chalk portrait sketch of his son, Giacomo, is sensitively light hearted. Yet, in his
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Chalk Portraits

Pair of Late 19th Century American Chalk Drawing Portraits in Antique Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of late 19th Century, circa 1870's, chalk drawing portraits of, perhaps, a husband and wife
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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Chalk Portraits

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Portrait of Adj-General, Lt-Col. John Cosnan in uniform British army
Located in London, GB
the works shown were miniatures but by 1773 “chalk” portraits were also listed. Many of these works
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Late 18th Century English Antique Chalk Portraits

Child Portrait, Pastel Chalk on Paper, 2nd Half 19th Century, Girl in Blue Dress
Located in Muenster, NRW
Pastel chalk on paper Second half of the 19th century Representation of a young girl in the light
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Late 19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Early 19th Century French Pastel Chalk Portrait on Paper of Monsieur Hantulle
Located in Antwerp, BE
French pastel chalk portrait on paper signed and dated lower right "De Sompfois 1806." Beautiful
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Chalk Portraits

Chalk Portrait of a Gentleman, Circle of Kneller circa 1720
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Gentleman, Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller c.1720. Chalk on grey paper; 10 by 8 in
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18th Century and Earlier English George I Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Wood, Glass

Portrait of Adj-General, Lt-Col. John Cosnan
Located in London, GB
the works shown were miniatures but by 1773 “chalk” portraits were also listed. Many of these works
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

French Red and Black Chalk on Paper Drawing
Located in Natchez, MS
French Red and Black Chalk on paper "portrait of young man" by Antoine Berjon (1754-1843)
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Chalk Portraits

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Antique Chalk Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique chalk portraits is available on 1stDibs. There are many Old Masters, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add antique chalk portraits that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, gray, beige, white and more. Edward Robert Hughes, Louis Gallait, Charles Dana Gibson, Theodorus de Roode and Etienne Drian took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in chalk, paper and crayon.

How Much are Antique Chalk Portraits?

Prices for pieces in our collection of antique chalk portraits start at $318 and top out at $195,000 with the average selling for $1,200.