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
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
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
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
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
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
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 Dutch
Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak
Second state of three
Signed in monogram "RHL. F." (upper left)
This masterful etching exemplifies...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Etching
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
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
Materials
Pencil
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
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,318 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian School, 16th Century, Study of figures
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, 16th Century
Studies of Figures
Pen and ink on paper,
23 × 24 cm
Unsigned
A finely executed sheet presenting vigorous figure studies, drawn with assured pen strok...
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16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
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
CHILD - Alfonso Grassi Pastel on paper Portrait italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
CHILD - Pastel on paper cm.51x41 signed lower right by Alfonso Grassi, Italy.
Wooden frame with passeportout cm.94x73
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Late 20th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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
Materials
Ink, Vellum
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
Materials
Washi Paper, Color Pencil
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
Materials
Chalk
Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, 18th century, circle of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
Brown ink on paper,
39 x 24.5 cm
Unsigned
Provenance:
Private collec...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
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
Materials
Watercolor
Study Of A Head
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Artus WOLFAERTS (1581-1641)
Study of a head
Oil on paper, transferred on panel.
39,5 x 29 cm
Unsigned
Provenance
Private collection, France
Firstly thought to be from Rubens’s S...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Italian School, 17th century - Study for the Vision of Saint Anthony
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, 17th century
Study for the Vision of Saint Anthony
Red chalk on paper
247 x 185 mm
Unsigned
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Collection of Count Alessandro Mag...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Study for a Hunting Scene, a red chalk sketch attributed to Karel du Jardin
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Carolina Trupiano Kowalczyk for suggesting this attribution to Karel du Jardin after direct examination of the artwork. Her study of the drawing (in Italian), ...
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1650s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, 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
Materials
Ink
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
Materials
Pencil, 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
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
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
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil
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
Materials
Ink
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
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
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
Materials
Gouache
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
Materials
Chalk
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
Materials
Etching, Paper
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
Materials
Chalk, Laid 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
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812) Portrait of a young woman, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812)
Portrait of a young woman in a landscape
signed "Cless fec" for fecit on the lower left
Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper
Size of the sheet : 31.5 x 22 cm
Size of the motive : 24.5 x 17 cm
very simply framed under glass without actual frame 32 x 22.5 cm
This pre...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
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
Materials
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
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
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
Materials
Ink
$11,967
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
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
78% Off
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
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
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
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
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
Morning Glory and Poppy Floral - British art Old Master flower painting W/C
Located in Hagley, England
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
$1,757 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin
By John Ruskin
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful watercolor drawing of unmatched quality can be assigned entirely likely to the great artist and thinker John Ruskin.
Ruskin's developing interest in architecture, and...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Follower of Francesco Guardi, Figures in a Mediterranean port by a Roman Arch
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Harkstead, GB
A lively, well executed sketch painted by a 19th century follower of Francesco Guardi
Follower of Francesco Guardi, 19th Century
Figures by a Roman Arch
Watercolour with ink and sc...
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19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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
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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1790s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
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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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid 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
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival 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
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Grimace - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grimace is a beautiful brown and black China ink drawing and watercolor on wire rod paper, made by an anonymous artist of the late 18th century.
A precious old master's original dra...
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18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
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 some diffused foxings.
...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
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
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
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Laid Paper
Death of the Virgin (Old Master drawing)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Old Master drawing, Death of the Virgin Surrounded by Apostles, ca. 17th century.
Ink pen and wash on paper. Sheet measuring 11 x 15.5 inches. Framed measurement: 18.5 x 23.5 inches...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
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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1740s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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
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
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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1750s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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
Materials
Paper, Ink
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
Vanitas III (Study) - Still Life Drawing of a Human Skull & Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III (Study)
Charcoal & Chalk on Paper
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
16h x 14w x 1d in
40.64h x 35.56w x 2.54d cm
MLC014
Bio:
Matthew Cook ...
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2010s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
View of a Mansion in the South of France, a drawing by Claude-Joseph Vernet
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Madame Beck-Saiello for confirming the autograph nature of this drawing after an in-person examination.
It was probably during an excursion in the countryside near Avignon that Claude-Joseph Vernet executed this drawing, enhanced with pen and brown ink, depicting a mansion on a hilltop overlooking a small village with geometric shapes.
1. Joseph Vernet, a painter influenced by Italy
Claude-Joseph Vernet was born in Avignon in 1714, the son of Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), an artisan painter of architectural decorations, coach panels, and the like. He moved to the studio of Philippe Sauvan (1697-1792), a leading history painter in Avignon, and then worked with Jacques Viali (active 1681-1745), a decorative, landscape, and marine painter in Aix-en-Provence. Vernet's first recorded paintings were decorative overdoors executed in 1731 in the Aix townhouse of the marquise de Simiane. In 1734, Joseph de Seytres, marquis de Caumont, a leading amateur in Avignon, sponsored Vernet to make a study trip to Italy to complete his artistic education and to draw antiquities for his patron.
As Avignon was a papal territory in Vernet's day, he also had a number of useful introductions among influential churchmen when he arrived in Rome. Vernet was soon at home in the French community there, and he was encouraged by Nicolas Vleughels (1668-1737), director of the Académie de France in Rome, even though the young painter had no official affiliation with the royal institution. He likely entered the studio of the French marine painter Adrien Manglard...
Category
1730s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen, Carbon Pencil
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