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Period: 18th Century
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
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Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Studio di piede (study of foot) – Florentine School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red chalk on cream laid paper, 6 3/8 x 7 inches (160 x 176 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and some modern notations in pencil on the verso, as well as ...
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Italian School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
'Stately Pleasure Dome', South-East Asian, Mughal, Concubines, Fine Gilding
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An 18th century, Mughal painting of a tribal chief, shown richly dressed and reclining in a courtyard surrounded by numerous concubines. Exceptional attention to detail throughout, p...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Providenza
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Providenza'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inche...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Continental School 18th Century Watercolour - Architectural Drawing
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolor Baroque architectural study. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and wash line mount. On Laid paper.
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$328 Sale Price
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“Hon. George King, 1788” Pastel Portrait, Young Boy with Cricket Ball and Dog
By John Russell
Located in Yardley, PA
“Hon. George King, 1788” by John Russell (1745-1806)
Regarded as Britain’s foremost pastellist, John Russell is well known for his portraits of the wealthy middle class. In particul...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait
French School, late 18th/ early 19th century
framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches
board: 2 x 2 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound c...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Atrrib. Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) - c. 1798 Watercolour, The Start
Located in Corsham, GB
A humorous late Georgian cartoon, showing the chaotic start to a horse race as one of the horses goes out of control and runs into the spectators, sending them fleeing. The scene app...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jangahir on a pleasure boat with his harem a
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir depicted with his harem attendees aboard a pleasure cruise, the water filled with lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold ...
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Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Turin Countryside - Original Ink and Watercolor by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1744
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and Watercolour. With handwritten notes, indicating the place and date of the artwork in lower margin: "Fait proche de Turin, ce 13 Juin 1744". Numbered on the lower right ...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
18th Century French Rococo Old Master Ink Drawing Nativity Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Birth
French Rococo School, mid 18th century
sepia ink on paper over board, framed behind glass.
framed: 13 x 11 inches
painting : 8 x 6 inches
Provenance: private collection, B...
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Rococo 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
H. Cromwell - 1797 Watercolour, The Ruins of Wolvesey Castle, Winchester
Located in Corsham, GB
Two figures stand amidst the ruins of Wolvesey Castle, framed by a crumbling arch. The artist employs careful, fine brushwork in this late eighteenth-century watercolour. Inscribed w...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Drawing from Hagbynäs Sweden, 1779
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829)
Hagbynäs
Dated and titled “1779 in Aug. Vid Hagbynäs”
Red chalk on paper
21.3 × 33.4 cm (8.4 × 13.1 in.)
with frame 40.5 x 51 cm (15 ⁷/⁸ x 20 ⅛ i...
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Romantic 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Mughal School, 18th Century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir and Empress Nur Jahan exchanging lotus blossoms; a symbol of beauty, purity, honesty, rebirth, self-regeneration, and enlightenment....
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Ancient Persian Miniature: Men with Scimitar - Probably 18/19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 15 X 10 cm.
This Persian Miniature scene of men with scimitar is a unique precious original painting on the front with handwriting...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tempera
Fine 18th Century French Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Cain & Abel Fighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Cain et Abel'
Circle of Franois Devosge
(1732-1811) French
pencil drawing with watercolour wash on paper
size: 12.25 x 9 inches
private collection, France
The painting is in overall...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Washi Paper, Color Pencil
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical India
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'India'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
con...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Studies of arms in draped sleeves
Located in Middletown, NY
Charcoal and graphite on grayish laid paper, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (265 x 195 mm), the full sheet. Scattered light, minor and unobtrusive foxing, several non-archival cellophane tape...
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Italian School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
French Neo classical school, Allegory of Time, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Neo classical school, France, end of the 18th Century
Allegory of Time,
Pen and black ink on paper, gray ink wash
30.5 x 19 cm
irregularly shaped
In g...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century pastel portrait on paper of a bearded gentleman. Presented under glass in a fine period gilded carved wood frame.
A cha...
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Rococo 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$845 Sale Price
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Late 18th Century Watercolour, A Swiss Village, Circle of Claude-Louis Châtelet
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 18th or early 19th century watercolour view of a group of figures in a village square. Though not apparently signed the work is very competent and of high quality. It is frame...
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French School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$557 Sale Price
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Mughal School, 17th century – Emperor Jahangir reclining in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir dancing with his harem attendees
Located in Middletown, NY
A joyful scene of lighthearted merriment in the palace of Jangahir Mahal Agra
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (2...
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Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
18th C Italian Classical Grand Tour Ancient City Old Ruins & Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: The Italian City
Artist/ School: English/ Italian School, late 18th century; a Grand Tour work.
Medium: pencil drawing.
Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches
Provenance: from a priva...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Attrib. Johann Tischbein (1751-1829)- 18th Century Pastel, Maria Luisa of Parma
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic late 18th-century pastel portrait, attributed to the German portraitist Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829). Exquisitely presented in its original giltwood frame...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Neoclassical composition of a sculptor kneeling before his statue of the Madonna
Located in Middletown, NY
An allegory of loyalty, with the subject's dog pictured seated, holding his master's chisel in his mouth; fidelity personified.
Italian School, 18th century
Ink wash in gray and bl...
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Italian School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Study of a Sleeping Girl in a Cap
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on greenish gray wove paper. 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (390 x 295 mm). Initialed "G. B." in pencil on the lower right recto. In generally good condition with some minor scattered surface soiling. Condition is consistent with age.
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This drawing is closely related to two known mid 18th century oils...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
From Renaissance Venice to Barocco Naples, a drawing by Francesco La Marra
Located in PARIS, FR
This vigorous drawing presents a brilliant synthesis between the Venetian tradition of Titian, of which it is a distant echo, and the Neapolitan Baroque of Solimena, which strongly i...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Felt Pen
Mercurio / Mercury
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely, early drawing of the Roman god Mercury.
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, with a partial crown and shield watermark, 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (184x 123 mm) (matrix). In go...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
The Dethroning / Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and grayish ink wash on bluish wove paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (177 x 265 mm) (matrix). Scattered surface soiling, adhesive residue, dog-eared corners, and scattered edge tears along left margin, outside of image area. Paper is braced on the verso with two pages from a mid 19th century book with illustrations by C.Perrin. One image depicts a scene of a group of soldiers representing the Holy Roman Empire...
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Italian School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Manner of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) - Pastel, A Moment of Romance
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic late 18th century pastel rendered in the manner of Francois Boucher (1703-1770), portraying two lovers tenderly embracing in a moonlit forest. Beside them, their loyal dog...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
French School Of The 18th century, An Ancient Shipyard, Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school of the 18th century
An ancient shipyard or building site (?)
Ink and ink wash on paper
17.5 x 23 cm
In a modern frame 32 x 37 cm
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Portrait - Original Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Modern artwork realized in the half of the 18th Century in France.
Original watercolor on ivory paper.
The work is surrounded by a colored frame.
The sig...
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Modern 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Africa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Africa'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
co...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
A pair of portraits in profile (2 works) – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...
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English School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
French School 18th century, Interior of a barn, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th century,
Interior of a barn
Black chalk and black ink wash on paper
30.8 x 23.6 cm
Bears a mention " Le Prince" on the back of the sheet (see photograph)
In good ...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink
FINE 18th CENTURY OLD MASTER CHALK DRAWING - ROMANESQUE FIGURES INTERIOR SCENE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: Classical figures within an interior.
Medium: chalk on paper, mounted.
Size: drawing: 11.5 x 13.5 inches
Provenance:...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in 1729
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
VERY IMPORTANT DRAWING BY
JACQUES DUMONT called « LE ROMAIN"
(Paris 1701-1781)
Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30,
1729, for the bi...
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French School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Pen
Seaman in petticoat breeches and slops, smoking a pipe, carrying a carpetbag.
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 18th century
Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5 inches (238 x132 mm). 1/4 inch repaired loss, top center, to the left of the figure’s h...
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Realist 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pen
Framed 18th Century Pen and Ink Drawings - Designs for Capital & Base Supports
Located in Corsham, GB
Framed 18th-century pen and ink drawings of elaborate capital and base supports, inspired by Ancient Greek architecture and design. Well presented in a fluted gilt-effect frame. Unsi...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
William Payne (1760-1830) - 1798 Watercolour, Village By The River
By William Payne
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower left. Presented in a gilt frame with foliate detailing. On paper.
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$542 Sale Price
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Sacra Famiglia - Etching - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sacra Famiglia is a print artwork on paper in the late 18th century by an Anonymous Artist.
Etching on paper
Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
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Modern 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Three studies executed in the Pitti Palace in 1761 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in PARIS, FR
This brilliant study sheet, of which we present here a counterproof, is a souvenir of Fragonard's return journey from Italy. Between April and September 1761, he accompanied the abbot of Saint-Non on his way back to France. Three studies after the masters taken from the Pitti Palace’s gallery in Florence are gathered on this sheet. Although The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Study of a Putto with Attributes of Painting
Located in New York, NY
Circle of François Boucher (1703–1770)
Study of a Putto with Attributes of Painting
Chalk on paper
Not signed
An elegant Rococo drawing depicting a winged putto with a painter’s pal...
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Rococo 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper, Chalk
Landscape with Cattle
By Hendrick V. Tavernier
Located in Chicago, IL
verso: signed and dated "H. Tavernier, 1779"
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century Watercolour - Court Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated indistinctly under the mount. Presented in a gilt frame and wash-line mount. On paper.
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$290 Sale Price
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18th Century Old Master pencil study of cows by French artist Jean Baptiste Huet
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A rare and charming study of cows by 18th Century French painter, engraver and designer Jean-Baptiste Huet.
The details are:
Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745 – 1811)
Study of cows
P...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Garden's Flowers - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Garden's Flowers is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition.
Not signed.
Passepartout included ( 48.8 x 33.8 cm).
The artwork represents a Garden's...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Vue de Macerata et de sa Campagne - drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Some foxing, otherwise very good condition.
Titled and dated.
Includes passepartout.
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir taking tea in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
La Bataille - The Battle - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper.
Conditions: Two cuts on the centre of the paper. Three holes on centre-right, botton-left and top-left of the paper.
Worn on the top left of the ...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Landscape - Pencil and Watercolor by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1750
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in watercolor and pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition; only a smallspots at the edges of the drawing an...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
After John Downman - 1794 Watercolour, Sarah Siddons (née. Kemble)
By John Downman
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished watercolours is a fine copy of John Downman's portrait of Sarah Siddons. Painted in the early 19th century, watercolours was a contempo...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
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La Campagne de Rome - Roman Countryside - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740ca
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Realized in 1740 ca.
Very good conditions.
Includes passepartout.
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Rome/Tevere - Pencil and Watercolor Drawing - 1741
Located in Roma, IT
Rome is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1741.
In good condition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on the back and some diffused foxings.
...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Sibyl or bust-length woman, seen in profile to the left, wearing a turban
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Follower of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino (Cento 1591 – 1666 Bologna)
Sibyl or bust-length woman, seen in profile to the left, wearing a turban
Red chalk on paper,...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Early Naturalistic Wildlife Animal Rendering of a Possible Capuchin Monkey
Located in Houston, TX
Early naturalistic wildlife rendering by the English artist Peter Paillou. The work features a delicately rendered depiction of a possible capuchin monke...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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