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Ellen, A Greek Model - PreRaphaelite chalk portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
with the name of the sitter on the reverse
Chalks on blue/green tinted paper
37 by 28.5 cm., 14 ½ by
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk, Paper
$13,777
H 14.57 in W 11.23 in
Portrait of Grace - British 1920's art female chalk portrait
By Jacob Kramer
Located in Hagley, England
. Worked in chalk/pastel on paper it is a portrait of 'Grace'. There is strong emphasis on her eyes and red
Category
1920s Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
$4,629 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23 in W 18 in D 2 in
Drawing Chalk Portrait of a Lady Renaissance French Romantic 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Léonie POISSON (XIX)
Black chalk and white chalk
56 x 45 cm (66 x 55 cm with frame)
Signed and
Category
1840s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$770 Sale Price
20% Off
H 22.05 in W 17.72 in
After Sir Thomas Lawrence - 19th Century Pastel, Portrait of Elizabeth Farren
Located in Corsham, GB
An elegant coloured chalk portrait of Elizabeth Farren. Presented in an attractive oval frame with
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Pastel
$437
H 13.19 in W 11.42 in
Portrait of a woman, 1929, red chalk on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
cigars.
The red chalk portrait of a woman is dated 1929. We seem to find the model's physiognomy in some
Category
1920s Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
Benjamin West, history painter, portrait, soft ground etching, 1809
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were engraved and published (1808-1814
Category
Early 18th Century English School Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Sir Henry Roddam Calder (1790-1868)
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Sir Henry Roddam Calder, 5th Baronet of Muirtown (1790-1868
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Charcoal
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
H 26.11 in W 21.5 in
Antique French Old Master Sanguine Chalk Drawing Mother & Child portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child"
French School, 19th century
sanguine chalk drawing on paper, unframed
painting
Category
19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$661 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23.25 in W 17.75 in
Portrait of Elaine Blunt - British 19th century art Pre-Raphaelite chalk drawing
By Edward Robert Hughes
Located in Hagley, England
This captivating Victorian sanguine chalk portrait drawing of a young girl is by Pre-Raphaelite
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$9,919 Sale Price
20% Off
H 37 in W 29 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Lady - Roaring twenties art female portrait chalk drawing
By Count Mario Grixoni
Located in Hagley, England
This is a beautiful sanguine chalk drawing portrait of a young woman, by Count Mario Grixoni, dated
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$2,176 Sale Price
20% Off
H 30 in W 23 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Young Duke, 19th Century French Chalk Drawing
Located in London, GB
Black chalk, white smudge and highlights, on paper
Image size: 10 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (27.25 x 14.5
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$1,033
H 10.75 in W 5.75 in
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century French School Chalk on Paper
Located in London, GB
French School
19th Century
Portrait of a Lady
Coloured chalks on paper
Image size: 10 x 7 inches
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Jules Chéret "Portrait"
By Jules Chéret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jules Chéret, 1836-1932 (FR)
Portrait
Pastell chalk on canvas
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Pastel
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick - 1884 chalk drawing by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Located in London, GB
FRANK LEWIS EMANUEL
(1865-1948)
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick
Signed, inscribed and dated l.l
Category
1880s Realist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$5,510
H 13.19 in W 9.85 in
1878 Chalk Drawing - Lady in a Lace Shawl
Located in Corsham, GB
An evocative late 19th-century chalk and charcoal portrait of a mournful lady. Signed with a
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Pastel
France circa 1820, Portrait of a gentleman, black chalk and pastel drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1820
Portrait of a gentleman
Black chalk and pastel on paper
12 x 10 cm
In its
Category
1820s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Pastel, Chalk
$818
H 4.73 in W 3.94 in
18th Century, Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French (?) school circa 1770
Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo,
red chalk on paper
20 x 29 cm
Numbered
Category
1770s Baroque Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century
Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper
27 x 18
Category
1780s Academic Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk
$2,406 Sale Price
20% Off
H 11.03 in W 6.7 in
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
Category
Early 19th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Laid Paper
$637
H 14.97 in W 11.42 in
Portrait of Mildred - British Victorian art Pre-Raphaelite seated young girl
By Edward Robert Hughes
Located in Hagley, England
artist Edward Robert Hughes. The red chalk portrait dated 1885 is of Mildred, her name inscribed upper
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$7,494 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28 in W 24 in D 2 in
Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of Lady Frances Calder (1795-1855)
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Lady Frances Calder (1795-1855), wife of Sir Henry Roddam
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Charcoal
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
H 26.07 in W 21.58 in
Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow.
Circa 1860.
Signature below right
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil
$324 Sale Price
40% Off
H 23.23 in W 15.36 in D 1.19 in
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
Category
1750s Baroque Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$896
H 13.78 in W 9.26 in
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
chalks
Framed
29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(frame size 56 by 45.5 cm., 22 by 18 in.)
Herbert Johnson
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$3,857
H 11.62 in W 8.67 in
Portrait de femme
By Edgard Maxence
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
/ 1901 »
Ce portrait d’une jeune femme au visage doux et mystérieux, portant une coiffe d’inspiration
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Portrait of a Lady - British art Post Impressionist 40s drawing female portrait
By Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Located in Hagley, England
A dramatic head and shoulders portrait of a lady in coloured chalks attributed to noted British
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$4,629 Sale Price
20% Off
H 21 in W 18 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Young Woman
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
An enigmatic
Category
Mid-17th Century Victorian Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Portrait of Fingal / Finn MacCool - A moving portrait of an Irish literary hero
Located in Middletown, NY
Black chalk and graphite on light weight cream wove paper, 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches, (410 x 286 mm
Category
Early 19th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Handmade Paper, Chalk, Graphite
$600
H 16.15 in W 11.26 in
Edward Ridley (1883-1946) - 1917 Sanguine, Edwardian Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed and expertly executed sanguine portrait of a characterful woman in a high-necked
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$348
H 20.87 in W 16.93 in
Roman School, early 17th century - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Roman School, early 17th century
Portrait of a Gentleman
Black chalk with stumping on slightly
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
John da Costa - Lillie - A Portrait of the artist's wife
By John da Costa
Located in London, GB
JOHN DA COSTA
(1867-1931)
Lillie, the Artist’s Wife
Signed l.l.
Coloured chalks on tinted paper
Category
Early 1900s Realist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$4,822
H 24.02 in W 19.1 in
Gustave BRISGAND (1867-1944), portrait of a woman wearing a veil
Located in Paris, FR
this drawing created with charcoal, chalk, and pastel, featuring a portrait of a woman adorned with a
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel
$7,220
H 23.23 in W 35.44 in
Portrait of a Lady /// Impressionism British Augustus Edwin John Drawing Red
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878-1961)
Title: "Portrait of a Lady"
*Signed by John lower
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19 th Century
Portrait of a young man
Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower
Category
1880s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic Polymer, Pencil
$794
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in
Auguste Legras (1817-1887) Portrait of a young man in profile, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
and white chalks on paper
45 x 31.5 cm
Framed : 52 x 39 cm
This particularly evocative portrait
Category
1860s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
$1,119
H 17.72 in W 12.41 in
Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Located in PARIS, FR
that of a sage. The use of black and white chalks delicately modulates his face on the perfectly
Category
1760s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Laid Paper, Chalk
$15,041
H 21.63 in W 17.38 in
Portrait Study of a Young Girl, Signed 19th Century Victorian Sketch
By Augustus Leopold Egg
Located in London, GB
Pencil and coloured chalk on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (3.75 x 3
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
$1,515
H 9.75 in W 7.75 in
French School, dated 1907 Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, dated 1907
Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Charcoal on laid paper
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$2,166
H 17.72 in W 13.78 in
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
bust-length woman, seen in profile to the left, wearing a turban
Red chalk on paper,
23.5 x 16.5 cm
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$2,166
H 9.26 in W 6.5 in
Bust-length study of a fashionable lady, c. 1760s
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Robert Healy (1743-1771) (attrib.)
Bust-length study of a fashionable lady, c. 1760s
Black chalk on
Category
1760s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
Pensive Young Woman
By Maurice Chabas
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Maurice Chabas (Nantes 1862 – Versailles 1947)
Pensive Young Woman
Graphite with white-chalk
Category
1890s Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Pencil, Chalk
Screaming Face
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
DENYS CALVAERT (Antwerp c. 1540 – 1619 Bologna), ATTRIBUTED TO
Screaming Face
Red chalk on paper
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
Study of a bearded man in profile to the right
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
of a Bearded Man in Profile, Facing Right
Red chalk on paper
8 × 6 cm
Unsigned
Provenance: Private
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Study for a standing man
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Sir Anthony van Dyck
(Antwerp 1599 - 1641 London)
STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT OF A STANDING MAN
Black and
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
Angelique Bodin - Early 19th Century Sanguine, Young Lady With Dove
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 19th Century portrait in conte and sanguine. The young lady has beautifully curled
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$452 Sale Price
20% Off
H 27.37 in W 23.23 in
Study of young woman in profile
By Ernest Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
Ernest LAURENT
Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929
Study of young woman in profile
Red chalk
Circa
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
Young Man with a Sword, a Fist on his Hip, a drawing by Cornelis Saftleven
Located in PARIS, FR
Black chalk and white highlights on paper (originally washed in blue)
Monogrammed and dated 1630 on
Category
1630s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk
$19,253
H 17.38 in W 13.88 in
James, Duke of York, (later James II) and Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Located in London, GB
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Chalk on paper
Image size: 8¼ x 10¼ inches
Born in Soest in 1618, Lely
Category
17th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk
$6,613
H 8.25 in W 10.25 in
Margaret McClean - 1881 Sanguine, Study of a Head
Located in Corsham, GB
A sanguine conte study of a head. Presented in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-left edge. Pastel Society exhibition label o...
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$296 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23.9 in W 19.38 in
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
lower right "L'étonnement N°9"
Black chalk on paper
43 x 29 cm
In good condition, a stain in the upper
Category
1750s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$385
H 16.93 in W 11.42 in
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
,
Titled on the lower right "Le mépris et la haine N°7"
Black chalk on paper
43 x 29 cm
In good condition
Category
1750s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$385
H 16.93 in W 11.42 in
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
"Le rire N°12"
Black chalk on paper
43 x 29 cm
In quite good condition, stains vsible in the upper
Category
1750s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$385
H 16.93 in W 11.42 in
19th century Painting by Albert Ritzberger, Portrait of a Woman in a robe, garb.
Located in Berlin, DE
exhibited his first drawings in a Linz art shop. Because of his chalk portraits, he was able to study at the
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,552 Sale Price
20% Off
H 48.43 in W 38.19 in
Follower Jacques-Louis David Neoclassical Red Chalck French Paper
Located in Roma, IT
Important period red chalck watercolor pencil drawing with neoclassical subject.
Depicting the Atilius Regulus departing for Carthage.
Atilius Regulus was a Roman statesman taken pri...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk
$962
H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
chalk on paper,
Image size: 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm)
Original frame
This work, executed at the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pencil
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
Category
Late 18th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Chalk
$902
H 9.85 in W 7.49 in
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David.
...
Category
19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel
$770
H 13.19 in W 10.63 in D 0.6 in
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Antique Chalk Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique chalk portraits is available on 1stDibs. There are many Old Masters, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add antique chalk portraits that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, gray, beige, white and more. Edward Robert Hughes, Louis Gallait, Charles Dana Gibson, Theodorus de Roode and Etienne Drian took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in chalk, paper and crayon.
How Much are Antique Chalk Portraits?
Prices for pieces in our collection of antique chalk portraits start at $318 and top out at $195,000 with the average selling for $1,200.
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