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Style: Empire
Material: Paper
Preparatory Drawings Empire Antique Inspirations 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice sketches of characters. Representing different emotions, clothes and personalities. We have a portrait of a strong woman with arrows. Below this woman, there is a representation of oriental characters, also called barbarians during Antiquity. Finally, on the left, another woman is represented with her head in her hands and sitting on a Klismos chair. This chair is typical of the ancient period. It is written at the bottom right "March 15", surely the date of creation of this sketch. The Empire style and period are inspired by Greco-Roman art, it is called the neoclassical. The woman on this drawing wears an empire style dress...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Paper Drawings

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Paper

Preparatory Drawings Empire Antique Inspirations 19th Century
Preparatory Drawings Empire Antique Inspirations 19th Century

Preparatory Drawings Empire Antique Inspirations 19th Century

French Trompe L'oeil Drawing Circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
This trompe l'oeil drawing depicts the artist's tools -- a black and a red crayon, and a folding steel ruler that was painted with silver pigments, which have blackened with age. They're shown on a sheaf of papers that include a medieval manuscript page, a musical score, and a group of prints. The unifying theme is the artistic patronage of the Medici, the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, who intermarried with the Habsburgs, who were the Holy Roman Emperors. Among the papers are prints by Stefano Della Bella, the Florentine artist who worked for the Medici. They depict a negro page with a horse, and portraits of Lorenzo Lippi...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Paper Drawings

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Paper, Paint

French Trompe L'oeil Drawing Circa 1800
French Trompe L'oeil Drawing Circa 1800

French Trompe L'oeil Drawing Circa 1800

Early 19th Century Drawing of an Officer of the French Army
Located in Hudson, NY
This drawing on blue paper is from a collection of late 18th and early 19th century drawings mostly made during the time of Napoleon as First Consul of France. This group consisted o...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Paper Drawings

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Paper, Pencil

Early 19th Century Drawing of an Officer of the French Army
Early 19th Century Drawing of an Officer of the French Army

Early 19th Century Drawing of an Officer of the French Army

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