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Vintage French Still-Life
Located in Houston, TX
French watercolor and charcoal still-life study of a gleaming teakettle and a mandolin, circa 1930
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1920s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Charcoal, Paper, Watercolor

French Composition
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful 19th century French drawing of building by water, titled "Composition", 1864. Dated lower
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1860s Antique French Watercolor Painting

Materials

Pencil

Seated Male Nude France Circa 1760 Charcoal Drawing Signed
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
painting teachers of Mme. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. He visited Italy in 1749, became an Academician
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1750s French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Charcoal

Vintage French Pen ink Drawing - French Courtyard
By Jean-Charles Lauthe
Located in Houston, TX
Playful pen and ink line drawing of a small garden courtyard by artist Jean Charles Lauthe, circa 1930. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archiv...
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1920s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Ink, Paper, Pen

La Mélancolie, French Rococo Painter
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
After Louis Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1905) Signed: Lower, Left (illegible) After
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Early 20th Century Rococo Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Pastel Portrait Young Blonde Woman French Marseille Michel FRONTI Late 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
brilliance in this fresh pastel, while, in an oil painting by the same artist, a marked predilection for the
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Late 19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pastel

Still Life, Red Tulips with Japanese Porcelain , Belgian Lace, Japonaiserie
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A finely-drawn, pastel still-life showing red tulips informally arranged in a Chelsea soft paste porcelain Chocolate pot decorated in the Japanese style and set beside a cup and sauc...
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1890s Academic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Gold Leaf

1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1894 Graphite on paper Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
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1890s French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil

Panorama of Paris with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts
Located in Paris, IDF
Marcel Georges Prud’homme (Paris, 1877 – ?, 1955) Panorama of Paris with the Institut de France
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Early 20th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Ink

French Landscape, Fauvist Drawing, The Olive Grove
By Auguste Chabaud
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Fauvist landscape drawing on card by Auguste Chabaud. The drawing is signed bottom left and
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Crayon, Cardboard, Paper, Pencil

View of a steelworks in the north of France
Located in PARIS, FR
Albert Charles DEQUÈNE Lille 1897 - 1973 View of a steelworks in the north of France First third
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Early 20th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Charcoal, Pastel

French Drawing Near Paris
Located in Houston, TX
Exquisite 19th century French drawing of cottage near Paris, titled "Chaumière à Chateauville
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1860s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pencil

Rue Étienne Marcel, Paris, France
By Henri Grenier
Located in Atlanta, GA
One of my favorite French Fauvist painters, Henri Grenier (1882 - 1940), masterfully captures the
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Gouache

The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
By Paul Gavarni (Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier)
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
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Mid-19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

French Drawing - The Laborers
Located in Houston, TX
Skillfully rendered pencil drawing of various 19th century era figures at work, circa 1850. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic ...
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1850s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil

French Drawing - Everyday Life
Located in Houston, TX
Playful one-of-a-kind pencil sketch of various 18th century figures going about their daily activities, circa 1850. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bo...
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1850s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil

The Sermon on the Mount – French School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and ink with wash on watermarked J Whatman 1814 paper, 11 x 8 1/4 (280 x 210 mm). Scattered minor edge losses at the left sheet edge, well outside of image area. Minor handling w...
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19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Pastel Orientalist Islam Muslim tomb Sultan Mausoleum Prayer French late 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school from the end of the 19th century Pastel 72 x 61 cm (85 x 72 cm with the frame) Signed
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Late 19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pastel

Mountain landscape with an aqueduct and dam - FRENCH SCHOOL
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on smooth cream wove paper with a window pane drawn in gold ink, 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (213 x 298 mm). Signed illegibly and dated in ink and again in pencil within the lower m...
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Mid-19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Gold

French Pencil Drawing of Tree
Located in Houston, TX
French pencil drawing of tree, circa 1920. The artist's perspective lends a sense of upward
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1920s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pencil, Paper

Old Master French Sanguine Drawing of Hercules
Located in Pasadena, CA
Old Master, French School red chalk drawing on paper is not signed . Done in Sanguine on paper the
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17th Century Baroque Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Archival Paper

French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
non-reflective UV glass. Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academic art training in
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19th Century Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

The Death of Attis, 18th Century French Red Chalk Drawing, Greek Mythology
Located in London, GB
.  His discarded cap can be seen on the ground to his right. Attis (French ‘Atys’) was a prominent
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18th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Chalk

French Pastel Landscape Brittany Finistère GROSSIN Salon Late 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
painting entitled "Rocks near the point of Primel (Finistère)" is one of the pastels he exhibited at the
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1890s Symbolist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pastel

Drawing Graphite THURIET Art nouveau Samson Delilah French 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Aristide THURIET (20th century) Dalila Drawing Graphite on paper Signed at lower right "Aristide Thuriet" 30 x 19 cm (46 x 32 cm with frame) Good condition (a few stains) Period wro...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Graphite

Early 20th Century French Military Portrait, The Brave Soldier
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French pastel portrait of a military officer by Marie Laforge. The painting is
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pastel

French Impressionist Portrait Drawing, The Art Lesson
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil study portrait drawing of a child painting at an easel by French artist Charles-Jean Agard
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Handmade Paper, Pencil

Rural couple examining a traveling carnival display – French School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on brown light-wove paper, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 121 mm). Light toning and extremely minor, small losses at the very extreme top right and left corners (1/8-inch).
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Mid-19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Handmade Paper, Crayon

French Drawing of a Thatched Cottage
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful 19th century French drawing of thatched cottage on country lane in the village of
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1860s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil

French Naturalistic Landscape Study in Pencil
By Emile Lejeune
Located in Houston, TX
Landscape study of a French town on a mountain top. The work is signed and stamped by the artist
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Graphite

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
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Chalk

Antique French Old Master Sanguine Chalk Drawing Mother Child Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child" French School, 19th century. sanguine chalk drawing on paper, unframed. Painting
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19th Century Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Acrylic

Chaîne de Aravais (Mountains in the Alps) - French School, drawing, circa 1850
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful drawing of the Aravis mountain chain in the Alps, including Mont Blanc, with all of the peaks identified by hand. Circa 1850 Graphite with white heightening on light card...
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Mid-19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Cardboard, Color Pencil, Graphite

BUTIN Drawing Charcoal Portrait Child Boy Normandy French Naturalist 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
. A great naturalist painter whose works are in many museums in France (Musée d'Orsay in Paris, in
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Charcoal

Anatomy of Man, Signed Graphite Nude Sketch on Paper, 19th Century French Artist
Located in London, GB
at the beginning of the 20th century, where he painted numerous paintings. His notoriety grew, as did
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Late 19th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Laid Paper, Graphite

French school 19th century, Animation around a sailing boat drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French school of the nineteenth century, LW (?) A Port scene, animation around a sailing boat
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1840s Romantic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Carbon Pencil

Le Quai de Louvre, Impressionist French City Scene
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in New York, NY
for an extraordinary level of detail and precision, which shines in Quai de Louvre. The painting
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Gouache

"Young Girl (Jenue Fille)" Louis Valtat, French Drawing
By Louis Valtat
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Mrs. Ernest M. Werner, New York Private Collection, Rhode Island Louise Valtat was a French
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil

French Pencil Drawing - Illustrated Guide of Geneva
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant pencil sketch for the cover of an illustrated guide to Geneva in French, circa 1900
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Early 1900s Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil

Vintage French Landscape Drawing - Villiers Saint Paul
By Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart
Located in Houston, TX
-Saint-Paul north of Paris,France by artist Diogène Ulysse N. Maillart (1840-1926), 1908. Signed and
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

French Romantic School, View of Arriccia, 1828, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School beginning of the 19th Century View of Arriccia, 1828 located and dated
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1820s Romantic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pencil

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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Early 18th Century French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Ink, Laid Paper

French School, circa 1900 - Young Woman with a Wide-Brimmed Hat
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, circa 1900 Young Woman with a Wide-Brimmed Hat Charcoal and black chalk with white
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Chalk, Pencil, Graphite

The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, near Rome
Located in PARIS, FR
frame Our watercolor was exhibited at the Salon of 1833 in the painting section under number 1496. Jean
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1830s French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Watercolor

French Romantic School, View of a roman atrium, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school circa 1850 An antique Roman Atrium signed lower right (illegible) Ink, Ink
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1850s Romantic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Ink

18th-century French school Study of a man seen from behind, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th-century French school Study of a man seen from behind, Charcoal and white chalk on brown
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1760s Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Charcoal, Chalk

French School 19th Century, Studies of horses, two drawings
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century, Studies of horses, two drawings in the same frame 7 x 11 cm (oval
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1880s Academic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Pencil

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
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1760s Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Chalk

France 18th Century, Pastorale (Arcadian Landscape), original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France 18th Century, Pastorale (Arcadian Landscape) Black chalk and heightenings of white gouache
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1760s Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Chalk

French Woman with a Officer - Ink drawing - 1916
By Georges Conrad
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936) French Woman with a Officer Original India ink and pencil drawing
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1910s Academic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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India Ink, Color Pencil

French School, early 19th century - Battle Scene between Greeks and Ottomans
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, early 19th century Battle Scene between Greeks and Ottomans, circa 1820–1830 Pencil
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Chalk, Crayon

French Fashion: Lady and her Maid, a Drawing by Horace Vernet, 1814
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863) Lady and Her Maid with a Dress, 1814 Watercolor on paper, 8 1/4
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1810s Realist Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper

View of Pairs, The Clock Tower And The Conciergerie
Located in PARIS, FR
1870 Watercolor Signed lower left 54 x 34 cm sheet 66 x 47 cm frame Frame from the Napoleon III period
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1870s French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

Materials

Watercolor

The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers, Modern French School
Located in London, GB
'The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers', India ink on art paper, Modern French School (early 1900s
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper, India Ink

French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840 Portrait of a young man, charcoal on paper 22.5 x 17 cm In good
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1840s Romantic Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Charcoal

17th Century French sanguine drawing of maiden s harvesting flowers
By (Circle of) Nicolas Poussin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665) Maiden’s harvesting flowers Sanguine on paper 8
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17th Century Old Masters Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Paper

Unloading on the beach
By Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin
Located in PARIS, FR
Théodore GUDIN Paris 1802 - Boulogne Billancourt 1880 Unloading on the beach Watercolor on paper
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1820s French School Antique French Watercolor Painting

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Watercolor

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