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Charles Montlevault (1835-1897) Walkers along a cliff, oil painting signed
Located in Paris, FR
towards Orientalism, but he soon preferred to sketch the corners of the countryside he travelled through
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1870s Barbizon School Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Panel / Orientalist Pyrography: Arab Horseriders Hunting with Falcons and Dogs
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
figures, and even the lightly sketched dust cloud under the horse’s hoof all attest to the sophistication
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Early 1900s French Moorish Antique Sketch

Materials

Wood, Paint

Sunny Winter Morning - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Wakeham Pilot
By Robert Wakeham Pilot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. As a child, Pilot assisted Cullen in his studio, and the two would take sketching trips together. He
Category

1910s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

“Thebes, Great Hall at Karnak”
By David Roberts
Located in San Francisco, CA
which this piece was made and based on Roberts' on-site sketches, were skillfully executed by Louis
Category

1840s English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Un nu feminin - Fauvist Nude Figurative Watercolour by Kees Van Dongen
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
his pictorial technique. During this period, in part occupied with making rapid sketches of typical
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Early 1900s Fauvist Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cor Alons Pair of Art Deco Modernist Lounge Chairs in Oak and Beige Velvet
By Cor Alons
Located in Waalwijk, NL
graduating in 1917 he worked as a sketch drawer for four years for the furniture factory of H. Pander & Zonen
Category

1920s Dutch Art Deco Antique Sketch

Materials

Velvet, Oak

Pair of Italian Old Master Drawings of Soldiers
Located in Bradenton, FL
exercises or as preparatory sketches for larger works. Most likely theatrical costume or figure studies
Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Saint Paul Healing The Sick by 1866" Gabriel FERRIER (1847-1914)
By Gabriel Ferrier
Located in PARIS, FR
FERRIER's stamp on the back, with an annotation on the stretcher "sketch Louvre,1st March 1866" Gabriel
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas

"Entrance to Chartres Cathedral" Early 19th Century Architectural Ink Drawing
By Samuel Prout
Located in Houston, TX
. In 1833, Prout published his Facsimile of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany, which included five
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Sketch

Materials

Ink, Paper

1800 s French Rococo Oil Panel Painting Scantily Clad Woman in Wooded Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, early 1800's circle of Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) sketch of a scantly clad
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Early 19th Century Rococo Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

West Point Military Academy Trompe L’oeil Watercolor Graduating Class 1855
Located in Milford, NH
need to draw maps and sketch battlefield scenarios. Drafting was taught by Hudson River School painter
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1850s American Antique Sketch

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Man Smoking on a Barrel
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in London, GB
to the tavern setting. On the back wall a sketch of a man stands out on cream paper, stark against
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17th Century Flemish School Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, Mona Lisa Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
collection bear his atelier stamp and were bound in sketch books (some have the bound edge still showing the
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
were bound in sketch books (some have the bound edge still showing the serrations from where they were
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

"Grand Canal" Oliver Dennett Grover, Venice, Vibrant American Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
to sketching at the Academy of Design. Demonstrating considerable talent, he was admitted to Munich’s
Category

1920s American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
short stories in Atlantic Monthly, several plays, autobiographical sketches drawn from her Civil War
Category

1920s English Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Two dogs pointing a rabbit
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, led him
Category

1850s French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Oil Painting San Francisco Bay Sunset
By William Alexander Coulter
Located in Soquel, CA
-duty hours aboard ship he sketched and painted. After arriving in San Francisco in 1869, he worked as
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1880s Hudson River School Antique Sketch

Materials

Linen, Oil

Landscape oil painting of boats on the River Severn
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Design. His father actively encouraged him in his art and he would often accompany him on sketching trips
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of a Lynx in a Tree Charles Livingston Bull (American, 1874-1932)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
, allowing him regular access to sketching animals from life. Over the years, he also made trips to Central
Category

1910s Art Nouveau Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 19th Century sporting oil painting of a horse in a landscape
By Clifton Tomson
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
around the country visiting the races to sketch horses and made his living earning commissions from
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Early 19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hyde Park, London, 1900s by American artist Richard Hayley Lever, oil on canvas
By Richard Hayley Lever
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
refined, atmospheric view of Edwardian London in the soft light of day. In this intimate oil sketch
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

A Breton Interior - Impressionist Interior Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century landscape oil painting of cattle next to the River Leam
By Thomas Baker of Leamington
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
inches x 38 inches Provenance: Details of this painting & a sketch are listed in the artist’s diary, no
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
, along with loosely sketched foliage, anchors this imaginary setting in a late Baroque tradition. The
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper

Antique 19th Century Swiss School Pastel Portrait Painting Beautiful Young Girl
Located in Portland, OR
Neuchâtel, where his teacher in sketching was Frédéric-Wilhelm Moritz. He and Auguste Bachelin, later a
Category

1870s Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Italian 18th Century Inlay Console Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
with the exception of two figural tiles in the top-center sketched with cherubs (“putti” in Italian
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18th Century Italian Other Antique Sketch

Materials

Bone, Walnut

“Chono Ca Pe, An Ottoe Chief”
Located in San Francisco, CA
responsible for writing the biographical sketches and anecdotes accompanying the portraits. He was a lawyer
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

French Modernist Cubist Painting River Seine Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
late 1970's he returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, Mother and Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
. Many items in this collection bear his atelier stamp and were bound in sketch books (some have the
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Architectural Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
late 1970's he returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Sailboats on the Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated). Mazeilie's gentle
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats by Coastal Fortification
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
late 1970's he returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Montmartre Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

"On the Dock" WPA Era Painting by William Sharp
By William Sharp
Located in Wiscasset, ME
escaped to the United States. His first newspaper assignment in America was making courtroom sketches for
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Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Antique Engraving of Rio de Janeiro – Harbor View by Schröder Kunike, 1830s
Located in Langweer, NL
important ports of South America. Titled “Rio Janeiro”, the print is based on a sketch made in 1824 by A
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1830s Austrian Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Village Dancing Scene, 19th Century Watercolor, English School, Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
, peasants, children, animals, and coastal landscapes. A popular select of his rural sketches was published
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1860s English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of Monsieur Aubert, a ceremonial portrait by Nicolas de Largillière
By Nicolas de Largillière
Located in PARIS, FR
act of painting. Although Largillière is known to have produced oil sketches of sitters' faces and
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1720s Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Moonlight Sonata , Munich School, National Academy, California, Carmel, PPIE
By William Ritschel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
(Wilhelm) Frederick Ritschel (German-American, 1864-1949) and painted circa 1925 (Graphite landscape sketch
Category

1920s Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Board

California Stormy Sky, c. 1924
By Theodore Lukits
Located in Pasadena, CA
the artist on numerous sketching trips throughout the Southwest from 1923 through the 1970s. Following
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1920s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Pastel

At the Blacksmith s Shop
Located in Lexington, KY
receive many commission requests from the Royal Family, including oil paintings, watercolors, and sketches
Category

19th Century English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early-19th-Century British Watercolour, Near Ingleton, Yorkshire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
. Green moved to Yorkshire in 1796 and sketched its sublime environs extensively. Together with his wife
Category

Early 1800s English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Ink

French Modernist Cubist Painting Figure by the Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated). Mazeilie's gentle, impressionist style fits
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting a Summer Day s Sailing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated). Mazeilie's gentle, impressionist style fits
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Travellers on a Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
1964. In the late 1970's he returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats on the Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated). Mazeilie's gentle
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in the Shade of Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated). Mazeilie's gentle
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in a Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated). Mazeilie's gentle
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

The Torture of Saint Concordia
By Domenico Piola the Elder
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
handling of wash. On the reverse, several old inscriptions, collectors’ stamps, and a pen sketch suggest a
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Ink

Antique Military Satire Prints – Swiss Citizen Soldiers – Düsseldorf, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
lithograph, titled “Scizzen aus Helvetiens Bürgersoldaten-Wesen” (Sketches from the Swiss Citizen-Soldier
Category

Mid-18th Century German Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Framed 1922 Watercolor Cityscape of Cairo by O. Sandez Architectural painting
Located in Seattle, WA
inscribed "Cairo 1922" at the lower right, the work is executed on a traditional watercolor sketch board, as
Category

1920s Mid-Century Modern Antique Sketch

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora
Located in New York, NY
twelve years in the winter months while dedicating his summers to sketching on Long Island.
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Fruit and Lantern - American Impressionist art oil painting
By William Samuel Horton
Located in Hagley, England
England, continuing to travel often to Europe, painting and sketching scenes in Switzerland, France and
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

French Modernist Cubist Painting Red Sail on the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
late 1970s he returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Vibrant Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
in San Diego in 1964. In the late 1970's he returned to France and continued to paint and sketch
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Village Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
returned to France and continued to paint and sketch right up to 2019 (some of his later work is dated
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Sketch

Materials

Acrylic

18th Century by Richard Wilson Landscape Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
seems almost a sketch for a major work or a pictorial study in itself. The purpose of the painting is to
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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You are likely to find exactly the antique sketch you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect antique sketch may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding an antique sketch to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, brown, white and more. There have been many interesting antique sketch examples over the years, but those made by Henry George Moon, Gustav Klimt, Emile Cagniart, Gabriele Galantara and Jean Dreyfus-Stern are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in pencil, paint and oil paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Antique Sketch?

The average selling price for an antique sketch we offer is $739, while they’re typically $42 on the low end and $232,869 for the highest priced.