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Style: French School
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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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Laid Paper

Study Of Seated Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri ROYER Nancy 1869 - 1938 Paris Study of Seated Woman Watercolor, gouache and charcoal on beige paper Circa 1900-1910 Unsigned 34 x 31 cm sheet 48 x 45 cm frame Provenance: Esta...
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

Portrait of Hilaire-Philippe Richan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Gilded wooden frame with glass window 62.5 x 48.8 x 3.6 cm
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paste

Portrait of Condottière
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to Léon COGNIET Paris 1794 -1880 Portrait of Condottière Pen and brown ink 10,5 x 8cm 30 x 25cm framed Period frame
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Study Of Woman Seen From Back
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri ROYER Nancy 1869 - 1938 Paris Woman seen from behind Pastel Monogrammed in red "HR" lower right 39 x 26 cm sheet 55 x 41 cm frame Provenance: Estate of the artist's family Pa...
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pastel

Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS Paris 1734-1806 Bust of a woman in profile 1791 Sanguine Signed and dated lower left on the original mount 43.5 x 37 cm framed 19 x 25 cm
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Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled, 1894 Graphite on paper Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
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1890s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait Of Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri ROYER Nancy 1869 - 1938 Paris Portrait of a women Pastel and black pencil on paper Monogrammed in pencil "HR" on the lower right 37 x 31 cm feuille 50 x 42 cm passe partout Pr...
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pastel

Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait Of A Man, Black chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Leopold BOILLY Paris 1796-1874 Portrait of a man First third of the 19th century Pierre noire Signed on the right 23,5 x 17 cm 38 x 29 cm framed Small stains
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper

Rural couple examining a traveling carnival display – French School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on brown light-wove paper, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 121 mm). Light toning and extremely minor, small losses at the very extreme top right and left corners (1/8-inch).
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Handmade 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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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

Woman in thought and Child: the page boy intriguing 19th Century Master drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A virtuoso charcoal sketch by the Frech 19th Century master Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846-1904). It depicts a thoughtful woman (or woman in thought?) with her face resting on her hand...
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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Laid Paper

The Sermon on the Mount – French School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and ink with wash on watermarked J Whatman 1814 paper, 11 x 8 1/4 (280 x 210 mm). Scattered minor edge losses at the left sheet edge, well outside of image area. Minor handling w...
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19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Young elegant woman in a hat
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 92 x 73 x 5 cm
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Pastel

Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man, circa 1830s Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man Half-length, turned to the left, oval, Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863) Circa 1830s Watercolor heightened with touches of white on paper Sign...
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1830s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

19th-Century French School, Two Designs For Rococo-Revival Furniture
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This decorative pair of late 19th-century French drawings depict a daybed and commode in the Rococo taste. Drawings of this nature were vital for furniture makers and those working ...
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Watercolor

Torcapel Family att. to Alexandre Blanchet - Drawing 14x20 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper without frame
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

At the bar att. to Alexandre Blanchet - Drawing 23x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on cardboard without frame
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Ink

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Redingote by student od Jean Louis David drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
An exceptional ink, wash and graphite portrait of a gentleman by Henri-Joseph Hesse, dating from circa 1820, the time of the Bourbon restoration in France. It depicts a dashing figur...
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

“Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame Descazeaux. Ink on paper laid down on matt board. Unsigned. Image siz...
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Mid-20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

French 18th Century Pastel Portrait
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned oval'. In gilt wood frame presented under glass. Very much of its period and similar ...
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Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel

19th Century A Portrait of Rousseau After Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Located in London, GB
After Maurice-Quentin de La Tour A Portrait of the Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Pastel on paper This fine19th century pastel portrait of the philosopher Rousseau is directly drawn from the original by La Tour now in the Musee Antoine Lecuyer...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

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François-Édouard Picot (French 1786-1868) Greek Comedy Play 19th Century Drawing
By François-Édouard Picot
Located in Meinisberg, CH
François-Édouard Picot (French, 1786 – 1868) Ancient Greek Comedy Play • Pencil Drawing on laid paper behind decorative matting, visible image, ca. 10.5 x 15.5 cm • Modern Glased frame, ca. 27 x 33 cm • Signed "Picot fecit" lower left • As we photographed through glass, there are reflections in the images Worldwide shipping is complimentary - There are no charges for handling & delivery Here we have the somewhat unusual, yet typical subject matter François-Édouard Picot was interested in depicting. Shown is a scene from an ancient Greek comedy play. The previous owner has noted on the back, that this image was copied from an ancient Greek stone relief. François-Édouard Picot was born on the 10th of October in 1786 in Paris, France. He studied with various masters and became well known for his historical and mythological subjects. In 1812 he won the second prize in the Prix de Rome competition and after that success, went on to exhibit at the Paris Salon, where in the year 1819 he won a first-class medal for his neoclassical L'Amour et Psyché, which today hangs in the Louvre in Paris. He regularly exhibited his work in the salon up to 1839. He taught several young great artists at his elitist studio and was known for accepting only very few students, which included William Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau, Cabanel and Paul Seignac...
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Located in Paris, FR
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Located in Roma, IT
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Located in London, GB
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