Pair of Sleeping Baby Drawings by P.Cazot

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of a reclining woman. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrities Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

Drawing of a nude woman in 1898. 450 each.

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of floating face. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrity’s Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of a woman. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrity’s Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

Two mixed-media portraits of women. Pencil and charcoal. The frames are 19th century but the art work is signed Peter Nickel 1987.

These two drawings by the same hand are unsigned. Done in Sanguine on paper the nudes appear to both be different aspects of the same individual since both works have the same facial...

A wonderful and most decorative French 18th century drawing of The Study of a Resting Soldier, after Jean-Antoine Watteau. This charming sanguine sketch or blood red chalk drawing is matted and set within a finely carved French Regence st. 19th century Giltwood frame. The red chalk drawing is of the same soldier laying down with his rifle where he is resting, stretching, and getting up from his rest. Favored for its lifelike warmth, sanguine colored chalk was used by artist such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. Finely executed and extremely decorative. Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a French painter and draftsman whose work ushered in the Rococo era, transforming European art with a new sense of grace, intimacy, and lyrical charm. Born in Valenciennes, France, Watteau trained...

Original Etching by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon Title: Head of a Sleeping Child Artist: Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (French, Givry 1747–1825 Paris) D...