Antique Study Drawing

The verso bears a study after a lost drawing by Michelangelo for one of the Ignudi that frame the Erythraean Sibyl on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Head of a Warrior with Helmet, Academic Study, 19th Century, 57 × 43 cm Pencil on paper 57 × 43 cm Academic study depicting a male head with helmet, drawn from a model used in draw...

His fierce condemnations of bourgeois art and official institutions were to do his critical fortune a disservice. The drawing we are proposing is a preparatory study for The Mystica...

It is difficult to compare this drawing with any other drawings by Pierre from his early Roman sojourn or his Parisian apprenticeship, as no other drawings from this period have been...

Circle of Andrea Mantegna Isola di Carturo 1431 – 1506 Mantua Early 16th century Study of a Standing Male Nude for Hercules Pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, on b...

Masters such as Géricault, Delacroix and Chassériau practiced drawing studies assiduously as a space of freedom and experimentation, outside the constraints of official commissions.

Medium: Watercolor, Graphite, and Wash on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left "The Study Hour (The College Girl at Her Studies)." Illustration for the College Girls series, first pub...

A Study of Human Head and Tiger by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Pencil on paper 25.5 x 20 cm (10 x 7⁷/₈ inches) Executed circa 1917 Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucie...

A particularly fine watercolour study of a Jacobean drawing room by Victorian artist M.

Studies of Figures is a pencil drawing on cream-colored paper, realized by the artist Pierre Segogne.

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842 Berlin - 1915 ibid.). Sketch of a female torso with hands and an umbrella. Pencil on paper, 27.5 x 22.5 cm (visible size), 23 x 29 cm (sheet), 44.5 x 3...

Add a dash of provincial distinction to the home office or study Displays a lightly time-worn appearance commensurate with careful use Copper presents warm amber hues with gentle pat...

Academic Study of Two Feet from Antique Plaster Models, c. 1850 Pencil on paper, 50 × 32 cm Mid-19th-century academic exercise representing two studies of feet taken from plaster ca...

He studied law in Padua, but later abandoned his studies to entirely focusing into drawing and painting as an autodidact.

The drawing may be compared with sheets preserved in the British Museum, Düsseldorf, and Darmstadt.

He studied law in Padua, but later abandoned his studies to entirely focusing into drawing and painting as an autodidact.

It appears to represent the design for a figurehead with an allegorical figure so it could be a drawing (study) by a sculptor.

Pils prepared extensively for this ambitious work, producing numerous compositional sketches, figure studies, and oil sketches. The posthumous studio sale of 1876 included several sh...

A large, finely drawn Art Deco era, early Twentieth Century Modern figure study of a seated young female nude model by notable Native American artist, Joseph Theodore Waáno-Gano (Che...

Completely different is the drawing of the study of a nude mother crouching whilst holding a child.

Available for sale; this large mid-19th century drawing uses traditional and classical drawing techniques.

François Alfred DELOBBE Paris 1835–1920 Study of a Woman in Profile Black chalk and white chalk highlights on beige paper Studio sale stamp in the lower left corner 50 x 32 cm (s...

Filippo Orsoni's sketchier style rules out the possibility that he is the author of our drawing. On the other hand, it seems entirely possible that it was he who carried out the rath...

On the reverse, several old inscriptions, collectors’ stamps, and a pen sketch suggest a rich provenance and long circulation in scholarly collections. A full scholarly study of thi...

In a modern frame : 46 x 36.5 cm Annotations on the back of the mount (now under the modern frame) that identifiy this drawing as a preparatory study for the decoration of the Salle...

Earl Horter (American, 1883-1940) Three Still Life Studies Pencil on paper, 7 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches; Framed: 17 x 21 inches NOTE: while originally mounted with archival materials, the...

Study for a Decoration is an original modern artwork realized in the first decades of the XX Century by a French artist. Original colored watercolor on paper. On the back of the a...

Nattier took particular care in the preparation of this work, drawing a study for each of the soldiers involved in the battle.

Encouraged by his father, he began drawing from nature at an early age. He was familiarly known as “Rodo” and generally signed his works "Ludovic-Rodo", or early on in his career sim...

A delicate botanical study in watercolour, depicting an orange or lemon sprig with a white flower and several buds. Signed "Mills" in graphite to the lower right corner. Well present...

Although his career was brief, contributions like this enrich the study of the art of drawing of the 18th century, highlighting a talent that deserves increased recognition.

Frølich remained in Italy until 1851, spending formative years in Rome, where he developed friendships with fellow Scandinavian artists and produced paintings, drawings and studies i...

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Tournus, 1725 - Paris, 1805) Study for the Head of a Child Red chalk on paper, unsigned 16 7/8 x 11 3/4 in 43 x 29.7 cm This tender and highly evocative red ...

A charismatic watercolour portrait of an actress in costume. Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame with the artist name inscribed to the reverse. On paper.

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), ...

"Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood" —Alfred Lord Tennyson c1750. Graphite, ink and wash on cream laid paper with an extensive yet partial and il...

I find spell in them"... 2. The drawings made for the abbot of Saint-Non on his return trip to France As was customary, the patron paid the travel expenses and in return received ...

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 a...

This is probably a piece of paper from a sketchbook. Overall, the drawing is beautiful, pleasant to the eye, interesting in the subject matter, and realized by a skilled hand in draw...

"Studies for Costumes" is a drawing in tempera and colored tempera on paper, realized by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938).

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. ...

ARTIST - Anonymous, 19th-century academic artist // PERIOD - 19th century // ORIGIN - Italy, possibly Tuscany // MEDIUM - Oil on thick paper // STYLE - 19th-Century Academic Painting...

His influence is evident in Kelly's notebooks of this time which are full of drawings for World War II battlements and weaponry which echo DaVinci's drawings for the mechanisms of war.

Graphite on grayish brown laid paper, 4 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (107 x 217 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with light toning and a small loss at the lower left corner. There are ad...

French school early 20th century  View of the Grosbois castle and a portrait study. Black ink, black ink wash and watercolor on paper Signed lower right (indistinct, see photo) 27 x ...

The cross is an original study for a glass, painting in tempera on paper by Charles Dubin. Hand-signed by the artist with pensil on the back of the artwork. In very good conditions...

Studio per l’asino is an original drawing in pencil and china ink realized by Gabriele Galantara, the state of preservation of the artwork is good and aged. The drawing in on the re...

An 18th century Florentine study of a head, circa 1700 Red crayon on light-weight laid paper with a partial Pro Patria watermark with Hollandia and a rampant lion, 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inc...

Théodore de Banville said, “He has the sense of expressive drawing”. His drawings are now kept in several museum collections across the world (France, Spain, USA, Algeria).

Annotated with title under the landscape Provenance: James Bakker, Boston James Bergquist, Boston Two images on one sheet: horizontal "Hair Pin" Road; vertical: studies

Graphite on light wove paper, 9 1/4 x 6 inches (235 x 152 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition. A detailed rendering of the balustrade and newel of the Escalier de Luynes, al...

A rare and charming study of cows by 18th Century French painter, engraver and designer Jean-Baptiste Huet.

In Rome, Paul also became drawing teacher to the children of Prince Borghese, developing his taste for drawing.

The sheet finds close parallels with drawings held at the National Gallery in Washington, the British Museum, the Louvre, and the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, many of which were pr...

European School, late 18th century. Red chalk with primo pensiero in graphite on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (215 x 293 mm). Scattered light handling wear and multiple s...

Three studies of a woman in movement is an original black charcoal drawing on thick serrated sheet on the left side, realized at the beginning of the 20th Century by the artist Georg...

Chase did relatively few drawings, probably no more than 150 in total, according to the catalogue raisonne.

Seated Figure is a drawing, presumably the study of another original artwork, realized by Aimé Millet (1819-1891), a renowned French sculptor.

He took a job with an importer of Brazilian coffee, but still found time from 1892 to attend evening courses in drawing and composition at the local college of fine arts under Charle...

A delicate 19th century watercolour illustration of pears on a branch. Presented in an antique burr maple frame. Unsigned. On paper. Image size: 22.5 x 17.5cm.