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Artist s Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
, reminiscent of those in the Uffizi Gallery), drawings and sketches scattered haphazardly around the room
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Grinzing, Snow Scene, Austria, large color etching
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Etching

Impressionist Oil on Paper: Man Crossing a Stream, Late 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Arborelius applies the paint with a visible spontaneity, suggestive of an alla prima plein-air sketch
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Board, Laid Paper

"A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania" Charlotte Buell Coman
By Charlotte Buell Coman
Located in New York, NY
sketched on trips to rural parts of France and Holland. She was influenced by the French Barbizon painters
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The raising of Lazarus
By Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
sketch on paper to an autonomous and expressive medium, anticipating practices that would only fully
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1650s Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Jurassic Coast, Dorset
Located in Middletown, NY
. On the verso is an unfinished sketch in graphite which is titled "Gardens, 3 Kent Terrace," in pencil
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Mid-19th Century English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Art Deco Handcrafted Metal Picture Frame with Fan Motifs, Jonathan Parks Estate
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Statement Frame on a Console Table Add a sepia photograph, black-and-white portrait, or minimalist sketch
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Early 20th Century Mexican Art Deco Antique Sketch

Materials

Metal, Tin

Lion strucking a wildboar
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the
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Late 19th Century French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

French Impressionist Oil Painting Elisee Maclet Paris Montmartre Street Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
the boy out to sketch and paint in the countryside. The artist Puvis de Chavannes found the same
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Studio di piede (study of foot) – Florentine School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
sketch of the top of a foot with toes, also in red chalk.
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Early 18th Century Italian School Antique Sketch

Materials

Crayon, Laid Paper

18th Century Italian Bozzetto Saint Paul on Patmos c. 1720–1730 Terracotta
Located in Epfach, DE
characteristic immediacy, spontaneity, and sculptural 'sketch quality' that defines 18^(th)-century bozzetti. The
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1720s Italian Baroque Antique Sketch

Materials

Terracotta

The Dolomites at Santa Cristina oil on board by Carlo Pollonera
Located in London, GB
molluscs, frequently painting and drawing scientific sketches of them and their anatomy. He was revered by
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Board

Two views of the sea, Dorset
Located in Middletown, NY
top, recto. Scattered light foxing and toning throughout. With a small ink sketch of the head of a man
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Late 19th Century English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil, Ink

Rabbit with ears down
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
: Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch
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Mid-19th Century French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

James GILLRAY - Charming-well again - Humphrey Edition 1804 hand-colored etching
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
by the sketches of Reverend John Sneyd, illustrating the stages of a typical medical treatment of the
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century German "Cape Buffalo" Print by Friederich Wilhelm Kuhnert
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Africa & sketch animals in their natural habitat. Foxing. Framed in Munich, label en verso; burl amboyna
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Wood, Paper, Amboyna

In the Wood - Drawing by Charlotte Gardelle - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
 Charles-Émile Jacque, who often worked from life sketches of animals and then placed them in dramatic
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Sketch

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Modernist Drawing, Portrait of a Man
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
sketches of immigrants in New York's Jewish ghetto where he lived with his mother. He continued to pursue
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink

Nymph Daphne Cupid Paint Roman School 17th/18th Century Old master Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
painting or sketch for a more complex canvas. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The work is sold complete with
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

The Grand Canal from St. Marks, Venice - Superb Large 19th Century Oil Painting
By Edward Pritchett
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
spent time working in Venice whilst on a sketching tour of Europe in 1828. Every other biography of
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

The Catskills from the Hudson
By Francis Augustus Silva
Located in New York, NY
interplay of light and creating sketches to refine later in his New York studio. Catskills from the Hudson
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1880s Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Marines in Pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
American Society of Painters in Watercolor of which he was a member. Among his Works are sketches in French
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Late 19th Century Academic Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Evening Mood, View Over Graneberg, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1924
Located in Stockholm, SE
of it, often cycling or walking through the Uppland countryside to sketch local motifs. His favorite
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1920s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eugene Isabey (1803-1886) Coastal Scene. Signed
By Eugene Isabey
Located in New York, NY
influenced by Delacroix and Gericault, Isabey spent much time on the Normandy coast sketching and painting
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Sketch

Materials

Paint, Wood

Scottish School 19th Century Oil - Drying the Nets
Located in Corsham, GB
foreground a woman sketches the atmospheric landscape. The composition features a wide vista of water and
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19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Hunter with Horse and Hounds by Hugo Ungewitter (1869 – 1947)
By Hugo Ungewitter
Located in Knokke, BE
sketches and illustrations. Although his work became less aligned with the artistic trends that emerged
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turkish Horse
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the
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Late 19th Century French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

La Famille - Impressionist Interior Figurative Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
of the painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy positions. In
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1920s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

Large French Historical Antique Oil Painting Symbolist Work Classical Battle
By Charles Hoffbauer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
artistic quality that runs consistently through all of Hoffbauers work, from the slightest pencil sketch to
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Early 20th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Late 19th Century Bedside Table, Desk and Reading Table, Lecture, London c. 1900
Located in Greven, DE
can be set upright may have been used to hold smaller sketches. The original manufacturer's label
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Late 19th Century British Antique Sketch

Materials

Walnut

Ruhlmann Rare Hydravion or M. Berger Armchair
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Ruhlmann’s sketch album introduced by Léon Moussina. Famille Gonse Exposition de la Galerie Couvrat
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

Tree Study, Lake George
By Worthington Whittredge
Located in New York, NY
mastery of the execution, is the fresh and relaxed feel to the view in general. In many ways, a sketch
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Antique Sketch

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Canvas, Oil

“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” Impressionist Edwardian Belle Époque
Located in Yardley, PA
did a sketch of Bismarck and gave it to him. Bismarck returned the drawing with a handwritten note of
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Philip Webb for Morris Co. Two Aesthetic Movement reclining armchairs.
By Philip Webb, Morris Co.
Located in London, GB
Marshall and Faulkner. He drew a sketch and wrote a description of the chair and sent it to Philip Webb who
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1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sketch

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Hans Brinker, Or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge, Illustrated, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
in a leaky dike with his finger, as well as sketches of Dutch customs and history. A blend of moral
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1920s American Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century French Bronze Dog, Pierre-Jules Mène, circa 1870
Located in Greven, DE
the Jardin des Plantes, where he studied, made sketches and created small animal models. he first
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Late 19th Century French Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

Bear standing
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild
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1880s French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

Dutch Town Landscape Painting, Oil on Wood, Circa 1875-1880
Located in Stockholm, SE
, suggesting an image likely painted en plein air or derived from on-the-spot sketches. Fine touches articulate
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1870s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840
Located in Stockholm, SE
Paris years are known, only pencil sketches. The present work, executed in Rome during the 1840s, is
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1840s Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Verve, An Artistic and Literary Quarterly: Vol. 1, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 bound together
Located in Middletown, NY
and an essay by Matisse titled "Divagations," some early letters and sketches from Cézanne to Émile
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Early 20th Century French Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Fishing Picture, Sporting in the Scottish Isles, Salmon Fishing, William Heath
By William Heath Wilson
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
sketches taken by him in the Islands of Islay'. Framed in maple frame with glass. Published April 21st 1835
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1830s British Sporting Art Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Collection of Rare Italian Renaissance Drawings 16th Century Studies
Located in Doha, QA
Head and Half Bust (18th century, French school, “à la façon d’alfas”) An expressive portrait sketch
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Sketch

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Paper

King Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Lützen
Located in Stockholm, SE
, disorderly ranks of soldiers with rifles are sketched in ink, their forms fragmented and overlapping. Across
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Ink

Panorama of Paris with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts
Located in Paris, IDF
Artistes Français: • 1903 – Pompeii, travel sketches • 1904 – Travel souvenirs (Northern Italy) • 1907
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Early 20th Century French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink

Civil War: US Army Transport "Neptune" by Xanthus Smith
By Xanthus Russell Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
/the great storm-But this I do not know about./I simply sketched her on account of her extreme
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink

Hand Colored Map of Nantucket by Austin Strong (1881 - 1952), circa 1921
Located in Nantucket, MA
public art work, Strong delighted in making improvised sketches caricaturing the miscellaneous
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Antique Oushak Rug, Grand Whimsical Floral in Coral Orange Apricot-Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
piece’s unique employ of more feminine, transitional colors and atypical, almost sketched, drawings. This
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1890s Turkish Oushak Antique Sketch

Materials

Wool

Per un Dramma di Alpinolo Porcella- Woodcut by A. Martini - Early 20th Century
By Arturo Martini
Located in Roma, IT
first sketches in his book Contemplations. The book presents, instead of text, a sequence of geometric
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Woodcut

A Pair of Portraits
By Francis Cotes
Located in London, GB
method of taking the likeness: beginning with a sketch, before laying in the features. This having been
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Pastel

Studies of Sheep and Goat Heads, Cairo (c. 1871)
Located in Stockholm, SE
to model the contours of the animals’ faces. The simplicity of the sketches – with no background
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1870s Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Seascape" Henry Ward Ranger, Impressionist Coastal Scene, Atmospheric Sky
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in New York, NY
difficult to distinguish original color from soil on canvases. He did his sketches "en plein air" but
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Board

French Breton Lady - British Victorian Post Impressionist portrait oil painting
By William Lee Hankey
Located in Hagley, England
the Royal Academy in 1896 and was President of the London Sketch Club from 1902 to 1904. He stayed in
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Studies of Goats and Sheep, Cairo (c. 1871)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish artist Egron Lundgren sketched a small herd of goats and sheep resting together in this
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1870s Academic Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Tropic Bird /// Ornithology John James Audubon Florida Keys Ocean Beach Seascape
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Hudson River valley. He traveled frequently in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, sketching and taking notes
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1830s Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

OASIS OF SEVEN PALMS CALIFORNIA
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Portland, ME
Valley, and the Mojave Desert). On these trips he would sketch and paint; later, back in Denver he would
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Early 20th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Gouache

Early Christian Period Costume Plate, Antique Hand-Colored Print c.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
tunics, mantles, ecclesiastical robes and veils, shown against a lightly sketched landscape. The artist
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1880s German Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

The Meet , English Edwardian Fox Hunting, Equestrian Watercolor, Horses, Beagle
By Thomas Ivester Lloyd
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
well-known for his beagle and hound sketches. Reference: The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists
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Early 1900s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor

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Antique Sketch For Sale on 1stDibs

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.