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Period: Mid-18th Century
French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century
Paris, Louis XV-Transition period
Portrait of a man seen from three quarters
Mid-18th century
Sanguine
40 x 29 cm
59 x 50 cm framed
Superb Transition pe...
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French School Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
The Introduction, French School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
In this charming scene a maid appears bashful as she is introduced by her mother to the shepherd’s son.
Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches...
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French School Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Image size: 13 x 17 1/2 inches (33 x 44.5 cm)
Mounted and framed
This original pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the original sketch for one of the heads depicted in Frye's collection 'Twelve Mezzotint Prints' of 1760 and it can be assumed that this pastel work was created earlier of this same year.
Two versions of the print, created from this original work, are currently held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frye's evocative figures, although presumably based on living models, exceed the conventions of portraiture, and also function as character studies. The man shown here - dressed in the fashionable 'Turkish' manner - turns with parted lips as if poised to speak, while raising the elegant fingers in one hand in a rhetorical gesture. His long eyelashes and smoothly rendered wrinkles and dimples are hallmarks of Frye's refined style.
The Artist
Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764.
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English School Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses
By Charles Joseph Natoire
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A pair of oval drawings for Ovid, Metamophoses
Left: The Triumph of Amphitrite (Book I)
Right: Diana and Actaeon (Book III)
From: Ovid, Metamophoses
These mythological studies are a...
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Ink, Pen
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century,
L'étonnement, Astonishment as a form of expression,
Titled on the lower right "L'étonnement N°9"
Black chalk on paper
43 x 29 cm
In good condition, a sta...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century,
Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression,
Titled on the lower right "Le mépris et la haine N°7"
Black c...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century,
Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression,
Titled on the lower right "Le rire N°12"
Black chalk on paper
43 x 29 cm
In quite good condition, stains vsibl...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk
Portrait Miniature c1765 Letitia Preston Vallancey
Located in Holywell, GB
A fine sanguine chalk drawing on paper of Letitia aged about ten dating to around 1765. Unsigned, inscribed verso and presented in a 19th century mount and frame.
“When Letitia Pres...
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Old Masters Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk
Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Italian School 18th Century
An Ancient soldier in profile,
red chalk on paper
35 x 23.5 cm
in good condition, traces of folds in the lower right corner
Framed : 46.5 x 35.5 cm
This...
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Baroque Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk
Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809)
‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Both titled lower centre, the drawing of the ambassador inscribed with colours intended for the prints, e...
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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 Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
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