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Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

OLD MASTERS

Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.

The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.

Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.

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Style: Old Masters
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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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

17th Century Dutch Old Master Ink Drawing Christ on the Cross Many Figures 1674
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ on the Cross attributed to Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712) inscribed 1674 upper corner pencil drawing, watercolor and ink wash on paper over oard, framed framed: 12 x 11 inches ...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil, Ink, Watercolor

Study of a horse lying on its right side seen from the front
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Provenance: Jean-Marc Du Pan (1785–1838), Geneva (L. 1440), passed to his brother Alexandre-Louis Du Pan (1787–1846); his sale, Geneva, March 26–28, 1840, included in lots 913–917; ...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Studies of the Galli Statue and of an Ignudo
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Florentine School, early 16th century Studies of the Galli Statue and of an Ignudo Pen and brown ink on laid paper 19.1 × 13 cm Executed c. 1510–1520 Unsigned This remarkable doub...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Mythological combat scene with Roman soldiers on horseback.
By Virgil Solis
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and brownish black ink on grayish-cream laid paper, 6 1/2 x 8 inches (165 x 175 mm), irregular hexagonal sheet with margins. Some archival repairs along the top sheet edge, scatt...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Laid Paper, Pen

St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and sepia ink and wash on vellum, 8 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (225 x 267 mm). In very good condition with some modern notations in pencil on the verso, minor cockling, and a 1-inch hor...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil

17th Century Old Master Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th Century Old Master Drawing Old master drawing with figure and putti Housed in a handsome contemporary wooden frame Drawing dimensions 4...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Drawing Hunting Party Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunting Party Attributed to Dirk Maes (1659-1717) Dutch. Figures in a Classical Landscape, Watercolour and wash on paper, Mounted, unframed image 6.75" x 9.75" (17.1 x 24.7cm)...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

Academy Drawing of a Man
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Constance-Marie Charpentier (1767–1849) Academy Drawing of a Man Black and white chalk on paper 56 x 43 cm Provenance: Private collection Constance-Marie Charpentier, a student of Jacques-Louis David, distinguished herself in late 18th- and early 19th-century Paris as a highly skilled portraitist. Despite the obstacles faced by female artists of her time, Charpentier gained recognition and was even awarded a gold medal at the 1814 Salon—a rare and significant honor. This work, a male nude academy...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Chalk

Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Seated Woman Holding a Staff
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Taddeo Zuccaro (Urbino 1529 – 1566 Rome) and Workshop (?) Seated Woman Holding a Staff Pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, traces of red chalk on laid paper 37 x 27...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Readings from the "Communion of Saints": folio from an Italian Missal Pigment on vellum Mid 17th century Provenance: Otto F. Ege (1888-1951) Phillip Duechnes Bookseller, New York, c. 1948 References And Exhibitions: Otto F. Ege Box Folio 27 Ege describes these folios as: Epistolary (Epistolarium), Italy, Middle 15th century Latin Text: Rotunda or Round Gothic Script, square rhetorical neumes Sister folio are in the following rare book libraries: Case Western Reserve University Cincinnati Public Library Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland Public Library Denison University Kent State University Kenyon College...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Vellum

Early 19th Century, Portrait of a young man wearing glasses, gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th Century, Portrait of a young man wearing glasses, gouache on paper 13 x 10.5 cm oval view In a vintage frame : 41.5 x 39 cm, accidents and lacks in the gilding but but...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Roman School (circa 1590–1620) - Study Of An Executioner
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Roman School (circa 1590–1620) Study of a Male Executioner Black chalk on laid paper, 275 x 199 mm Unsigned Formerly Giancarlo Sestieri Collection This dynamic figure study, exe...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Laid Paper

Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Salvatore Rosa (Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome) Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk, on paper 7 x 5 cm Bears the stamps of collections on the...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Italian School, 17th Century - Study After The Frescoes Of Bernardino Lanino
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, 17th century Study after Bernardino Lanino’s Frescoes in Santa Caterina, Milan Red chalk on paper 297 x 186 mm Annotated on the verso: “Vani” (otherwise unsigned) ...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Laid Paper

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. ____ This drawing is closely related to two known mid 18th century oils...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper, Graphite

Madonna and Child and Saint with Two Angels
Located in Chicago, IL
This confidently executed drawing is a study related to Maratta’s painting La Vergine appare a S.Stanislao Kotska 1687 in the second chapel to the right, in the church of S. Andrea a...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

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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Late 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Italian School, late 16th century - Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, late 16th century Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms Red chalk on laid paper, 21 x 11 cm Provenance: Collection of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923–1997), English art historian and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Private collection, France This drawing, attributed to the Italian School of the late 16th century, demonstrates the influence of Michelangelo’s approach to anatomy and expression. The sheet combines two distinct studies: an anatomical rendering of arms in the écorché technique, focusing on the musculature and skeletal details, and a head of a man, drawn with careful attention to light and shadow. The use of red chalk lends the work warmth and immediacy, qualities often associated with Renaissance studies of the human form. The écorché studies reflect the Renaissance fascination with anatomy as both an artistic and scientific pursuit. The detailed depiction of the musculature suggests the artist’s interest in understanding the mechanics of the body, a practice heavily influenced by Michelangelo’s drawings...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

France 18th Century, Pastorale (Arcadian Landscape), original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France 18th Century, Pastorale (Arcadian Landscape) Black chalk and heightenings of white gouache on blue-grey paper 19 x 31 cm Framed : 34.5 x 46.5 cm The atmosphere and the subje...
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1760s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

19th Century Italian Miniature Painting Christ Garden of Gethsemane Angels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, late 19th century Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane miniature painting, framed framed: 3.5 x 3 inches image: 2.5 x 2 inches provenance: private collection, Italy con...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-1669 Dutch Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook Etching on paper New Hollstein's 309, second state of II Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1658" (upper left) Created from observations of a live model, this work started as a figure study before evolving into a more imaginative setting. It remains ambiguous whether the scene is set indoors, as suggested by the cushion the figure is seated on, or outdoors, indicated by the foliage in the background. The omission of her feet, suggesting they may be dangling in a brook, adds a charming touch to Rembrandt’s imaginative scene. The figure seems unaware of the viewer, presenting a dignified yet sensual demeanor. The son of a miller, Rembrandt van Rijn is believed to have been born in Leiden on July 15, 1606. He studied first at the Latin School and then was enrolled at the University of Leiden at the age of 14. He soon left to study art—first with a local master, Jacob van Swanenburch, and then, in Amsterdam, with Pieter Lastman...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching, Paper

Morning Glory and Poppy Floral - British art Old Master flower painting W/C
Located in London, GB
This charming Old Master circa 1800 water colour painting is of morning glory flowers and tendrils entwined with a poppy. The foliage has a metallic green tone and the white morning ...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Jan Lutma, Goldsmith by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-1669 Dutch Jan Lutma, The Goldsmith Etching, engraving, and drypoint on paper New Hollstein’s second state of five Signed and dated “Rembrandt / F. 1656” (...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Engraving, Drypoint, Etching

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash on paper 11.5 x 11.5 cm, diameter of the main scene : 10,5 cm in a modern frame under glass : 33.5 x 33.5 cm This drawing by a particularly talented 18th-century artist - as yet unidentified - is notable for its mastery of pen and wash...
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1760s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Louis Lesueur (1746-1803) Landscape with ruins, 1789, drawing signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Lesueur (1746-1803) A Fantasy Landscape with ancient ruins, 1789, signed and dated "L Lesueur 1789" in the bottom centre Pen and ink and ink wash on paper 14.8 x 22 cm In goo...
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1780s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

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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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Washi Paper, Color Pencil

Study for Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's face, beneath the lips, and up over the rear of the head, dog-eared right lower corner with associated light discoloration at crease. DeMin and Belluno inscribed in graphite, verso. A detailed study showing 'primo pensiero' for Giovanni DeMin's large scale fresco, Assumption of the Virgin...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper, Graphite

Ancient Persian Miniature - Original China Ink and Watercolour - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Persian Miniature is an original China Ink and Watercolour realized by an artist of 19th Century. Good condition for a little brown ...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

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...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Napoli
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Napoli' 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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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso)
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, known as GUERCINO (1591-1666) Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso) Black chalk heightened with white on light blu...
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1620s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Charcoal

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Magnaminita
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Mgnaminia' 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...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
STUDIO OF RAFFAELLO SANZIO, called RAPHAEL (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520) Title The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Medium Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black ch...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Rome, The Countryside - China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Rome is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1742. In good condition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on the back and diffused foxings. Hand...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

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.
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1740s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

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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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Study of a Horseman Charging His Opponent
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Joseph Parrocel (1646–1704) Study of a Horseman Charging His Opponent Black chalk on cream paper 20 × 29 cm France, late 17th century Provenance: – William Bateson ...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Landscape with Trees and a Fisherman walking, a drawing by Jan Van Goyen
By Jan Josefsz Van Goyen
Located in PARIS, FR
No Dutch draughtsman ever captured the atmosphere of the rural countryside of Holland with the same atmospheric and engaging simplicity that Van Goyen achieved in drawings such as this. Indeed, his landscapes were seminal in the development of the genre. The present sketch conveys a striking sense of movement within the natural landscape, conveyed by the deftly applied strokes of chalk, from which the artist’s hand can be sensed. The composition is characteristic of his work, with the low horizon affording significance to the broad sky and the soaring birds within. This feeling of windswept motion powerfully evokes the expansive Dutch farmland with which he was evidently preoccupied. 1. Jan van Goyen...
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1650s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Ink, Laid Paper

Double-sided Horse Studies by Théodore Géricault
Located in PARIS, FR
Recto: two horses, preparatory study for the lithograph "Les Boueux" ("The Muddy Ones") Verso: four studies of horse heads (including two preparatory studies for the watercolor "Plowing in England"), a study of a life guard with the rump of his horse (preparatory to the lithograph "A Party of Life...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

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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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Study for a fresco
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Francesco PENNI (1488 – 1528) Study for a fresco Pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on prepared paper 14 x 12 cm Unsigned On the mount, handwriting ...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Study for a standing man
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - 1641 London) STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT OF A STANDING MAN Black and white chalk on blue-green paper 25,4 by 13,5 cm Provenance Prof. Julius S. Held (...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Study of a Seated Satyr, Seen from Behind
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Domenico Maria Canuti (1625–1684) Study of a Seated Satyr, Seen from Behind Red chalk on laid paper with watermark 39 × 26 cm Unsigned Provenance: Private Collection, France Note...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Classical Roman Nude Man draped in Robes, signed French drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Man French artist, 19th century pencil drawing on paper, unframed 13 x 11 inches private collection, France the painting is in overall good and sound condition - very frag...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Studies for the Judgment of Solomon, a double-sided drawing by Simone Cantarini
Located in PARIS, FR
In this double-sided red chalk study, Simone Cantarini offers us a double reflection on the theme of the Judgment of Solomon. This sheet reveals his precise style and his sense of de...
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1640s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Laid Paper

Landscape - Drawing by Jan Peter Verdussen - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in pencil and watercolor on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1745 ca. In good condition, excpet for some foxing on the right. The artwork r...
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1740s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Drawing Ink 16th 17th Flemish DE VOS Religious Martyrdom of James The Great
Located in PARIS, FR
Flemish school from the beginning of the 17th century (Circle of Martin DE VOS) Drawing Pen and wash 38 x 32 cm (58 x 52 cm with the frame) Inscription "Martin de Vos" Excellent cond...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper

La Femme Muse /// Allegorical Symbolism Romantic Old Masters European Drawing
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Unknown (Likely French, 18th Century) Title: "La Femme Muse" *No signature found Circa: 1780 Medium: Original Pastel Drawing on heavy laid paper Frami...
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1780s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Laid Paper

French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, 60cm x 42cm, (74cm x 60cm framed). The picture is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academ...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Carbon 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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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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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Early 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Study after Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment”
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in New York, NY
Italian School, 16th Century Provenance: Private Collection, New York This intriguing drawing is a study by an anonymous 16th-century Italian artist after a vignette in Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. The altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was already richly decorated when Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint his Last Judgment...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Ayanfe Omo Oba
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The drawings showcase the beauty of the black women on one hand and also reflect the intimacy animals possess with females, especially horses, and princesses in royalty. They are muc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal

Ayanfe Omo Oba
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Saint Jerome Praying, with a Landscape in the Background
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
STEFANO DALL’ARZERE (Padua, circa 1520 – 1570) Saint Jerome Praying, with a Landscape in the Background Pen and brown ink, heightened with white over black chalk lines 15.5 x 12 cm...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Dancing Couple
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger (Paris, 1715 – 1790) Dancing Couple Circa 1765–1770 Red chalk on cream paper; verso in black and red chalk 34 × 21 cm Unsigned Pro...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Tarantella - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tarantella is an original watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized by Michela De Vito in the first half of XIX century. Good conditions except for shading and light stains along...
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1820s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Figures by a River at the Edge of a Wood
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Ferdinand von Kobell (1740–1799) Figures by a River at the Edge of a Wood Black chalk, stump and white chalk highlights, on paper 19 x 28.8 cm Signed and dated lower right: 1777 P...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

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