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Turkey
Turkey

Turkey

By Arianna Fioratti Loreto

Located in New York, NY

Signed and dated

Category

2010s Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

Armadillo Dormant
Armadillo Dormant

Armadillo Dormant

By Arianna Fioratti Loreto

Located in New York, NY

Signed and dated

Category

2010s Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

Goose
Goose

Goose

By Arianna Fioratti Loreto

Located in New York, NY

Signed and dated

Category

2010s Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

Alligator Tail
Alligator Tail

Alligator Tail

By Arianna Fioratti Loreto

Located in New York, NY

Signed and dated

Category

2010s Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

Cimon and Pero; Roman Charity
Cimon and Pero; Roman Charity

Cimon and Pero; Roman Charity

By Hans Sebald Beham

Located in Middletown, NY

Engraving on cream laid paper, 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches (70 x 48 mm), trimmed at the plate. In good condition with some minor edge wear. Minor skinning on the verso from the removal of a...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

Bénédiction des pains et des poissons; Distribution des pains
Bénédiction des pains et des poissons; Distribution des pains

Bénédiction des pains et des poissons; Distribution des pains

Located in Middletown, NY

A fine work with masterful detail by an exceptional artist whose name is lost to history. European School, 17th century Ink and wash in black, sepia and grayish brown ink with white...

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Drawing - 17th Century

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Drawing - 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew is a precious original drawing (black and red chalk, pen and China ink on laid paper, laid down on canvas) realized by a member of the Italian School o...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

In a Gothic Church

In a Gothic Church

Located in Roma, IT

In a Gothic Church is a beautiful original drawing (China ink and watercolor on paper). Hand-signed "Stothard" in brown ink on the lower left margin outside of the image. Very sweet ...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

The Tiber, near Rome / Italian School 18th Century

The Tiber, near Rome / Italian School 18th Century

Located in Middletown, NY

Pen and sepia ink wash on cream laid paper, 4 1/8 x 6 3/16 inches (103 x 152 mm). In good condition with scattered areas of light brown discoloration, and uniform age tone. Conditio...

Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Pencil

Venus and Adonis (after Teodoro Ghisi)
Venus and Adonis (after Teodoro Ghisi)

Venus and Adonis (after Teodoro Ghisi)

By Giorgio Mantovano Ghisi

Located in Middletown, NY

A magnificent simultaneous depiction of life and death, serving as an allegory for the seasonal cycle. From an esteemed Massachusetts collection. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, ...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving

Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet
Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet

Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet

Located in PARIS, FR

Faithful to the neo-classical taste, sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet presents us with a frieze of antique figures executed in gray wash over pencil strokes, which is likely inspired b...

Category

Early 1800s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pencil

Rocky Landscape with Trees and Temple Ruins a drawing by Giulio Parigi (ca 1615)
Rocky Landscape with Trees and Temple Ruins a drawing by Giulio Parigi (ca 1615)

Rocky Landscape with Trees and Temple Ruins a drawing by Giulio Parigi (ca 1615)

Located in PARIS, FR

This Rocky Landscape with Trees and the Ruins of a Temple is a drawing by Giulio Parigi, an eclectic and prolific artist of the Medici court. An engraver, architect, furniture and je...

Category

1610s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Pen

Christ Bearing the Cross on the Road to Calvary (after Karel van Mander)
Christ Bearing the Cross on the Road to Calvary (after Karel van Mander)

Christ Bearing the Cross on the Road to Calvary (after Karel van Mander)

By Jacob de Gheyn II

Located in Middletown, NY

Gheyn II, Jacques (Jacob) de (after Karel van Mander) c1590. Engraving on cream laid paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (150 x 108 mm), the full sheet. Narrow margins. In good condition wi...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving

Portrait of Pieter van Foreest (also known as Petrus Forestus)
Portrait of Pieter van Foreest (also known as Petrus Forestus)

Portrait of Pieter van Foreest (also known as Petrus Forestus)

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

Engraving on cream laid paper, 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 inches (138 x 87 mm), narrow margins. In good condition with minor edge wear including some small losses, notable at the upper left cor...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving

Self Portrait
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Located in London, GB

Pen and ink, ink wash and pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 38cm x 29cm (65cm x 55cm framed). This penetrating and wonderfully executed self-portrait, is all the mor...

Category

1910s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil, Ink

Mythological combat scene with Roman soldiers on horseback.
Mythological combat scene with Roman soldiers on horseback.

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...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Pen

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II

By Sir Peter Lely

Located in London, GB

After Sir Peter Lely 1618 - 1680 Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; King James II Pencil, ink and white chalk on paper, Image size: 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm) Original frame This work,...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pencil

Landscape with Trees and a Fisherman walking, a drawing by Jan Van Goyen
Landscape with Trees and a Fisherman walking, a drawing by Jan Van Goyen

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 th...

Category

1650s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Ink, Laid Paper

St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)
St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)

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...

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil

Study of horse and ox bones
Study of horse and ox bones

Study of horse and ox bones

By Salvator Rosa

Located in Middletown, NY

He enjoyed an early retirement from the mining industry, and turned his focus completely to his passion for art scholarship and collecting. He formed important collections of Old Mas...

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Graphite

View of a Mansion in the South of France, a drawing by Claude-Joseph Vernet
View of a Mansion in the South of France, a drawing by Claude-Joseph Vernet

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...

Category

1730s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Pen, Carbon Pencil

Mercurio / Mercury

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...

Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

Animal painting of a 'Tamanuâguacû (Ant-eater)' late 17th/18th century, Brazil
Animal painting of a 'Tamanuâguacû (Ant-eater)' late 17th/18th century, Brazil

Animal painting of a 'Tamanuâguacû (Ant-eater)' late 17th/18th century, Brazil

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Follower of Zacharias Wagener (1614-1688) Tamanuâguasû (Giant Anteater) On Italian 17th or 18th-century paper, H. 28 x W. 43.5 cm ​The present painting is a copy after Wagener’...

Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Gouache

Study of a Franciscan Saint, probably San Diego de Alcalá

Study of a Franciscan Saint, probably San Diego de Alcalá

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: Ivan E. Phillips, Montreal and New York, until 2023. The brothers Bartolomé Carducho and Vicente Carducho, both born and trained in Florence, settled in Spain where they...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen

The Flight into Egypt

The Flight into Egypt

Located in New York, NY

Inscribed: 3. una Madonna che va in Egitto, verso, and Madonna che va in Egitto, recto Provenance: Private Collection, UK, since 1999 This expressive and boldly executed drawing i...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Ink, Pen, Paper

Woman - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by G. Dura - 19th Century

Woman - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by G. Dura - 19th Century

By Gaetano Dura

Located in Roma, IT

Woman is an original watercolor artwork realized in the XIX century by Gaetano Dura. Good conditions except for yellowing of the paper, some folds on the higher and right margin, a...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

19th Century Madonna della Scodella Drawing on Laid Paper

19th Century Madonna della Scodella Drawing on Laid Paper

Located in Roma, IT

Madonna della Scodella is an original drawing (black pencil, pen and ink on laid paper) by an exponent of the Italian school of the eighteenth century. In excellent conditions: almo...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

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