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Portrait of a Slumbering Young Woman
Portrait of a Slumbering Young Woman

Portrait of a Slumbering Young Woman

By Guillaume Dulac

Located in London, GB

). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil paintings or other

Category

1920s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Returning Home
Returning Home

Returning Home

By Guillaume Dulac

Located in London, GB

for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil paintings or other works - this

Category

1920s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Portrait of Seated Nude
Portrait of Seated Nude

Portrait of Seated Nude

By Guillaume Dulac

Located in London, GB

known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil paintings or other works - this

Category

1920s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci ?
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci ?

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci ?

Located in BELEYMAS, FR

his sketches or writings, pencil in hand, in a bound notebook. This canvas, whose details continue

Category

1840s French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study of Male Nude
Study of Male Nude

Study of Male Nude

By Guillaume Dulac

Located in London, GB

artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil paintings or other works

Category

1920s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

The Garden - Drawing - Early 20th Century

The Garden - Drawing - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Sketch in The Garden is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel in the first half of the

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Sketch

Materials

Pastel, Ink, Watercolor

“A Trip to Scarbro’”
“A Trip to Scarbro’”

“A Trip to Scarbro’”

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Southampton, NY

Rare, original hand colored etching (Aquatint) from the Poetical Sketches of Scarborough titled “A

Category

1810s Academic Antique Sketch

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Late Winter Snow
Late Winter Snow

Late Winter Snow

By Ernest Albert

Located in New York, NY

sketching for New York newspapers. He attended the Brooklyn Art School and in 1877 started work at Harley

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Classical Landscape
Classical Landscape

John VarleyClassical Landscape, 1840

$2,000

H 4.3 in W 6.89 in

Classical Landscape

By John Varley

Located in Middletown, NY

. There is a graphite and brownish ink sketch of a robed classical figure amongst ruins on the verso

Category

Mid-19th Century English School Antique Sketch

Materials

Crayon, Handmade Paper, Graphite

A French Architectural Roof Model
A French Architectural Roof Model

A French Architectural Roof Model

$4,500

H 31.5 in W 18.5 in D 18.5 in

A French Architectural Roof Model

Located in Chicago, IL

ideas from sketches to reality. Today this work is largely done by 3-D rendering programs but many

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Sketch

Materials

Copper

Priest with Pregnant Woman
Priest with Pregnant Woman

Priest with Pregnant Woman

By Paul Muller

Located in Indianapolis, IN

his native Estonia. There he worked as a sketch artist for a newspaper. Paul Muller came to the

Category

1920s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bayou Twilight
Bayou Twilight

Bayou Twilight

Located in Missouri, MO

he began to paint easel pictures based on his sketches and memories of southern Louisiana. He

Category

1870s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Victorian Harbour Landscape with Fisherman Watercolour L J Wortley
Victorian Harbour Landscape with Fisherman Watercolour L J Wortley

Victorian Harbour Landscape with Fisherman Watercolour L J Wortley

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

signed lower right L J W reverse bears traces of charcoal or graphite sketching condition: good antique

Category

Mid-19th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine
Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine

Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine

Located in London, GB

scenes, depicting fauns, as well as putti sketching and carving classical sculptures. Strings of flowers

Category

1860s French Napoleon III Antique Sketch

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

Travellers at rest
Travellers at rest

Travellers at rest

By (Circle of) John Constable

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

Constable’s practice of creating full-scale oil sketches remains a subject of intense scholarly interest

Category

Early 19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Portrait of a Young Italian Woman Signed, E. de Blaas.
19th Century Portrait of a Young Italian Woman Signed, E. de Blaas.

19th Century Portrait of a Young Italian Woman Signed, E. de Blaas.

Located in Vero Beach, FL

and lively portrait, probably a preliminary sketch, was a favored subject for the artist. Eugene de

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Antique 19th c. Books - Fine Leather Bindings - Set of Novels by Charles Dickens
Antique 19th c. Books - Fine Leather Bindings - Set of Novels by Charles Dickens

Antique 19th c. Books - Fine Leather Bindings - Set of Novels by Charles Dickens

By Charles Dickens

Located in Litchfield, CT

. David Copperfield 6. Sketches by Bob 7. Barnaby Rudge 8. Christmas Books Hard Times 9. Great

Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Leather

Glasgow School Oak Armchair George Walton Style 'Abingwood' Liberty & Co
Glasgow School Oak Armchair George Walton Style 'Abingwood' Liberty & Co

Glasgow School Oak Armchair George Walton Style 'Abingwood' Liberty & Co

By George Walton

Located in Norwich, GB

131, plate 4.91. Sketch illustration of George Walton design. Please see photographs. The seating

Category

19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Sketch

Materials

Leather, Oak

Small Antique Cherub Watercolour In Moon And Star Verre Egolisme Frame, 19th C
Small Antique Cherub Watercolour In Moon And Star Verre Egolisme Frame, 19th C

Small Antique Cherub Watercolour In Moon And Star Verre Egolisme Frame, 19th C

Located in Bristol, GB

represent a page number from a sketch book or possibly a date. The frame is just as good as the artwork

Category

19th Century British Folk Art Antique Sketch

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Giltwood, Paint, Paper

Derain  profile face. original pencil drawing painting
Derain  profile face. original pencil drawing painting

Derain profile face. original pencil drawing painting

By André Derain

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

, Derain opted for classical drawing, which is why he carefully followed Camille Corot's sketches, and also

Category

1920s Fauvist Antique Sketch

Materials

Pencil

Original "1902-1907 Officers of the Staff Corps" by C. Ogden, 1908
Original "1902-1907 Officers of the Staff Corps" by C. Ogden, 1908

Original "1902-1907 Officers of the Staff Corps" by C. Ogden, 1908

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

commissioned officer in the military. This would have been one of the last military uniform sketches Ogden

Category

Early 1900s American Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Derain Small Head in Pencil. original drawing painting
Derain Small Head in Pencil. original drawing painting

Derain Small Head in Pencil. original drawing painting

By André Derain

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

, Derain opted for classical drawing, which is why he carefully followed Camille Corot's sketches, and also

Category

1920s Fauvist Antique Sketch

Materials

Pencil

Fine Pair of David Roberts Original Colored Lithographs of Cairo Custom Framed
Fine Pair of David Roberts Original Colored Lithographs of Cairo Custom Framed

Fine Pair of David Roberts Original Colored Lithographs of Cairo Custom Framed

Located in San Francisco, CA

mosques or monuments. He completed his sketches over an 11 month journey between 1838 and 1839. Roberts

Category

Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Plexiglass, Wood

19th Century Watercolour - Child Holding Flowers
19th Century Watercolour - Child Holding Flowers

19th Century Watercolour - Child Holding Flowers

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming graphite sketch with watercolour depicting a child sitting surrounded by foliage

Category

19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) Watercolour of Ruins on The Appian Way
Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) Watercolour of Ruins on The Appian Way

Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) Watercolour of Ruins on The Appian Way

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

to create sketches and watercolours from the continent, finding his niche skilfully capturing

Category

Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

The Strolling Muscians
The Strolling Muscians

The Strolling Muscians

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

, sketching beggars, street musicians, and everyday peasants. The Strolling Musicians (ca. 1635) is an

Category

1630s Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Etching

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre "Fleurs des Dunes" Night Light
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre "Fleurs des Dunes" Night Light

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre "Fleurs des Dunes" Night Light

By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau

Located in New York, NY

first modeled his sketched idea in plaster, which was then covered with wax. A refractory hollow mold

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sketch

Materials

Wrought Iron

Cockney Sportsmen in Comic Distress, Seymour Etchings, circa 1836
Cockney Sportsmen in Comic Distress, Seymour Etchings, circa 1836

Cockney Sportsmen in Comic Distress, Seymour Etchings, circa 1836

Located in Langweer, NL

London by Thomas Fry around 1836 as part of the humorous series The Sketches of Seymour. The first print

Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Small fawn Axis
Small fawn Axis

Rembrandt BugattiSmall fawn Axis, 1910

$156,773

H 12.49 in W 10.48 in D 4.34 in

Small fawn Axis

By Rembrandt Bugatti

Located in PARIS, FR

preparatory sketches. During the First World War, Rembrandt Bugatti joined the Red Cross to support the

Category

Early 20th Century French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

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The average selling price for an antique sketch we offer is $739, while they’re typically $42 on the low end and $232,869 for the highest priced.