Jules James Rougeron, Pastel on Paper, Reclining Lady, circa 1870

F. Prin, French artist. Oil on canvas. Reclining nude woman. Inspired by Matisse. Colorful palette. Signed and dated 1976. In excellent condition....

Lagar Celso (Spain, 1891-1966): Seated model, watercolor, signed. Measures: 22x28 cm. Price example: A painting by Lagar Celso was sold at Subastas Segre in Madrid, December 19, 20...

Octave Nicolas Francois Tassaert (1800-1874) pastel on paper. Portrait of woman. Signed O.T 1854. 21 x 21 cm. Measure: The frame is 2 cm. wide. In good condition. The frame is in go...

Unknown artist. Oil on canvas. Nude woman in bed. Mythological Danae. 19th century. The canvas measures: 70 x 56 cm. The frame measures: 10 cm. In e...

The drawing is a pastel work from the late 19th or early 20th century and it features a female nude seated in a chair smoking a cigarette. It is titled "Gisele." The artist's signature on the piece is "M. van Bever de la Quintinie." The technique used here is pastel drawing, a medium where artists use sticks of pigment to create various hues on paper. The nature of pastel allows for soft textures and subtle blending of colors, which is evident in the gentle gradations on the figure's skin and the velvet texture of the seat. The model used named 'Gisele' could potentially refer to the remarkable lady by the name of Gisèle d'Estoc. Gisèle d’Estoc was the pseudonym of a nineteenth-century French woman writer and, it turns out, artist who, among other things, was accused of being a bomb-planting anarchist, the cross-dressing lover of writer Guy de Maupassant, and the fighter of at least one duel with another woman, inspiring Bayard’s famous painting on the subject. The true identity of this enigmatic woman remained unknown and was even considered fictional until recently, when Melanie C...

Charming original charcoal drawing of a nude woman by the renowned French artist Jean-Louis Forain. This drawing is imbued with the finesse of his line and his sensitivity to capture...

Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). A fine orientalist pencil and watercolor heightened with gum Arabic on paper figure of "A Middle-Eastern Beauty at Rest" depicting a young maiden resting on a Persian rug laid down as a bed while holding a tambourine and next to a Moroccan ivory-inlaid octagonal table with a tea pot on top. Signed and inscribed 'Ballesio Roma Tivoli' (upper right). All within an ornate rococo gilt wood and gesso carved frame with a protective glass, Rome, circa 1890-1900, Frame height: 23 inches (58.4 cm). Frame width: 30 1/2 inches (30.5 cm). Frame depth: 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm). Paper height: 15 inches (38.1 cm). Paper width: 21 1/2 inches (54.7 cm). Literature: A similar subject matter watercolor is catalogued and illustrated in Caroline Juler, "Les Orientalistes...

This drawing is representing a half nuded woman led on a bed. The frame is in a Gilt color, and the drawing is done on a white support. It has made during the 19th Century in France.