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A large drawing by Il Cigoli depicting Christ
s Entry into Jerusalem
Located in PARIS, FR
differences between the painting and the two preparatory drawings: this group of two figures (the one who
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen
Portrait of Isabella d
Este - Etching from Louvre Museum
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Paris, IDF
dry stamp. This copperplate by Alphonse Leroy reproduces a preparatory drawing by Leonardo da Vinci
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian School Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Portland, ME
sketch for In the Loge shown here [MFA illustrates another preparatory drawing]."
Mathilde Valet served
Category
1870s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Siegfried
By Maxwell Armfield, RWS
Located in London, GB
many provincial and overseas galleries.
The present work is a preparatory drawing for the artist’s
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Winged Putti
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
this drawing is an early iteration or preparatory drawing for the artist's 1956 hand-made book, "In the
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
A Pair of Engravings of a Neo Classical tUrns by G.B. Piranesi/F. Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
series of preparatory drawings about Paestum, which were completed by Francesco. Upon his father's death
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Drawings
Materials
Parchment Paper
“Study for Neobule, 1894” Neoclassical Chalk Drawing British Signed 19th Century
By Edward John Poynter
Located in Yardley, PA
study by Sir Edward John Poynter (1836–1919) serves as a preparatory drawing for his painting of Neobule
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Study, preparatory work for “La Princesse”, watercolor and pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphael DELORME (1886-1962)
Study, preparatory work for “La Princesse”
Watercolor and pencil on
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Study, preparatory work for “La Princesse”, watercolor and pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphael DELORME (1886-1962)
Study, preparatory work for “La Princesse”
Watercolor and pencil on
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait of Raphaël Fumet ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
By Jules Oury dit Marcel-Lenoir
Located in PARIS, FR
critical fortune a disservice.
The drawing we are proposing is a preparatory study for The Mystical Family
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
The Medici Society : School of Tiepolo (1696-1770) Fine Art Prints c1930
s
Located in Frome, Somerset
Two Medici Society Fine Art prints of preparatory drawing for paintings , Italian/ Venetian school
Category
1930s Rococo Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer s Ink
$712 Sale Price
20% Off
Soldier begging for Mercy a preparatory study by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766)
By Jean-Marc Nattier
Located in PARIS, FR
This rare drawing by Nattier is part of a set of preparatory studies executed in 1717 for one of
Category
1710s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Six-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Five-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Four-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Fifteen-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Six Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
La Cigale - Galerie Galanis By Maurice Estève, 1956
By Maurice Estève
Located in New York, NY
, I paint directly on the canvas, without a preparatory drawing. Each work is a series of
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Study for the Spring (preparatory to the Four Seasons) by René-Marie Castaing
Located in PARIS, FR
academic tradition, in which drawing plays as important a role as painting. Although his drawings are often
Category
1940s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Study of a hand; preparatory work for the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
By Alfred Dehodencq
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ (1822-1982)
Study of a hand; preparatory to the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco
Category
1860s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
La japonaise 3
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Marcher sur un fil
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Hommage à Robert de Visée
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Sans titre
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Effritement 4
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Totem 3
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Empreinte 5
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Effritement 5
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Mantra 1
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
requires a detachment from the preparatory drawings, in favour of the composition of the work. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Neue Gallerie (With Writing) After Maurice Esteve, 1970
By Maurice Estève
Located in New York, NY
a sketch, I paint directly on the canvas, without a preparatory drawing. Each work is a series of
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Allegory of Chastity, a drawing attributed to G. Porta with great provenance
Located in PARIS, FR
) print entitled "The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist", a preparatory drawing of which (circa 1535
Category
16th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Accademic Study of girl’s head. By Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
a collection of approximately twenty preparatory drawings, figure studies, and sketches on wooden
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$190 Sale Price
20% Off
Fenzoni, Painting AND preparatorial Drawing, John the Baptist, Italy Renaissance
By Ferrau Fenzoni
Located in Greven, DE
The painting and the preparatory drawing are offered together.
Provenance
Private collection
Category
16th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper
Ferrau FenzoniFenzoni, Painting AND preparatorial Drawing, John the Baptist, Italy Renaissance, 1590
$28,529 Sale Price
25% Off
Delft – 19-03-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Preparatory Trip This graphite pencil drawing ‘Delft – 19-03-23’ is based on a trip to
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Collage - Drawing by Thayaht - 1920s
By Ernesto Micaelles (Thayaht)
Located in Roma, IT
beautiful coeval frame. Total dimensions: 24 x 29 cm.
Preparatory drawing for an invitation to a fashion
Category
1920s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
L
anglais au Moulin Rouge (after) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1970
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
Research.
The original lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec created in 1892 was itself based on a preparatory
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
1970 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec "Englishman At The Moulin Rouge" By Mourlot
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mourlot
Located in San Carlos, CA
Research.
The original lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec created in 1892 was itself based on a preparatory
Category
Vintage 1970s French Modern Prints
Materials
Other
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Collages - Galerie Claude
By Maurice Estève
Located in New York, NY
work: “I never use a sketch, I paint directly on the canvas, without a preparatory drawing. Each work
Category
1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Indian : War Bonnet - Original pencil drawing (Warhol Foundation #73.001)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Paris, IDF
with the artwork).
REFERENCES :
Preparatory pencil drawing which served as a model for the famous
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Baccarat fish-shaped planter from the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1878
By Baccarat
Located in Charmes, FR
model of our vase and the preparatory drawing for its decoration were exhibited at this event.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Planters, Cachepots and Jardi...
Materials
Crystal
"Sheepshead, Brooklyn, Long Island" Oscar Bluemner, Modernist Watercolor
By Oscar Bluemner
Located in New York, NY
: Preparatory Drawings in Watercolor, Colored Pencil and Graphite, 2002.
The son and grandson of architects
Category
Early 1900s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache
By Frederic Leighton
Located in Oxford, GB
.
Literature
Leonée and Richard Ormond, Lord Leighton (1975) no. 334.
This preparatory drawing for Leighton’s
Category
1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Le Roy Mene au Trone from Series Le Sacre de Louis XV 1722-1731
Located in Paonia, CO
the kings of France. The preparatory drawing for this etching is in the Musee du Louvre, Paris
Category
1720s French School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Cornish, St. Ives artist Sven Berlin,
Strutting cockerel
drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Fenêtre sur la ville
By Robert Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
16.54 in. (image)
BFK Rives Paper
Inspired by a preparatory drawing by Delaunay for La Ville n°2, this
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Buoys No.3, Watercolour Painting by Reginald Brill
By Reginald Brill
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Harwich led to the production of a number of preparatory drawings and paintings, in addition to the larger
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Polo Match Pencil Drawing by Kenneth Stevens MacIntire (1891-1979)
By Kenneth Stevens MacIntire
Located in Bristol, CT
Preparatory equine pencil drawing by Kenneth Stevens MacIntire (1891-1979)
Pencil on paper
Art Sz
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sven Berlin, Cornish St. Ives artist, 20th Century
Pegasus
drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
displayed in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
British 20th Century St. Ives artist Sven Berlin
Stag
drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
displayed in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
A dazzling Venetian Regatta Boat Study attributed to Alessandra Mauro
Located in PARIS, FR
propose to link this drawing to the work of Alessandro Mauro, an artist who specialized in this type of
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Omer Arbel
Located in New York, NY
product photography interwoven with preparatory drawings and ephemera, this book provides unique insight
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
$90 / item
Alpaca by Sven Berlin, Modern British artist, St. Ives school, drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
displayed in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
British, St. Ives artist Sven Berlin ink drawing
Heron Swallowing Fish
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
displayed in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Sven Berlin, Cornish St. Ives artist, a drawing of a rabbit
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin,
Equus
drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Émile GALLÉ, Ornamental Dish With A Monkey Climbing Among Flowers
By Émile Gallé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
d'Orsay holds a preparatory drawing.
Émile Gallé created another dish based on the same model, also
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Two High Desert Landscapes - Line Drawing in Sepia-Toned Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
with rocky mountains and big clouds towering over. These drawings were likely preparatory sketches for
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
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