Virginia - Drawings

Fine 16th century drawing of the Calling of Matthew by Ambrosius Francken the Elder Ambrosius Francken the Elder b. 1585; Antwerp, Belgium Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of ...

Old Master, French School red chalk drawing on paper of 2 soldiers on horses, mounted in carved wood frame. Measures 24"H x 18"W framed; 16.25"H x 10.75"W visual. Likely 17th Centur...

Ink and wash, in a painted frame

Red chalk Old Master Sketch of a Battle Scene after Maarten van Heemskerck Follower of Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlands; ca. 1600 Red chalk on l...

Two 16th century ‘modellini’ of angels in adoration, attributed to Carlo Urbino Carlo Urbino Lombardy, Italy; ca. 1575-85 (angel with head turned left); ca. 1585 (angel with open arms) Black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white on blue prepared paper Approximate size: 13.5 x 9.3 cm each Carlo Urbino was a painter from Crema, active during the last half of the 16th century, whose oeuvre and artistic personality have only recently emerged during the last half-century of scholarship. Urbino’s sketches are infused with the influence of Gian Paolo Lomazzo, to whom many of Urbino’s sketches were originally attributed. He is best recognized for his successful role as one of the leading painters of Lombard Mannerism. The present pair of drawings, depicting angels in adoration, are immediately relatable to a series of black-and-white chalk studies on blue paper by Urbino at the at the Ambrosiana in Milan (see Invs. F252, F255, et al). Our pair of sketches conform with what Giuseppe Cirillo described as “modellini:” small sketches...

Rare, Vintage artwork featuring a Russian ballet dancer from Picasso's series Grace and Movement. circa 1940. Signed on the bottom left, Picasso. Fr...

Rare, vintage artwork featuring two Russian ballet dancers from Picasso's series Grace and Movement. circa 1940. Signed on the bottom left, Picasso. ...

A fine chiaroscuro drawing of a Bearded Venetian Man gazing downward Possibly by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta or his ambit Early 18th century; Venice, Italy Charcoal with white lead heightening on prepared blue paper Approximate size: 29.5 x 22 cm The present drawing, of superb execution and carefully articulated expressiveness, features the head of an elderly bearded man gazing downward. While his cap suggests a man of middle-class stature, his contemplative gaze embodies a sense of dignity and the wisdom that comes with age. The man is pensive, contemplative, beguiled by his own meditations. The portrait emerges from the negative space of the sheet, with the protagonist’s beard dissipating into the void of prepared rich blue paper—the Venetian carta azzurra—and rendered in black charcoal with white heightening, offering a tonal depth that emphasizes the dimensional relationship between the sheet itself and its portrait. The sketch is highly finished, made with great efficacy, and perhaps copies some detail of a finished work: perhaps a painting made by the artist himself, or one derived from another artist’s work. The verso appears to feature a white chalk counterproof of the Penitent Magdalene and an inscription along its margin offers an old attribution to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. While the suggestion of Tiepolo is likely incorrect, a more befitting suggestion could be Tiepolo’s contemporary, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta who frequently executed and sold drawings...

Vintage framed print Nu Bleu IV or Blue Nude IV is a 1952 color lithograph by French-born artist Matisse. Professionally matted and framed.

"Golfers" by Adolph Triedler (American, 1886 - 1981) Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper Signed "Adolph Triedler" in lower right corner Measures: 13.25" H, 14.25" W (sight); 21...

Late 19th century framed charcoal & Gouache drawing of Russian Wolfhound Charcoal and gouache, 8 x 11 inches (unframed), framed in a French style fr...

Three enchanting 18th century French oil-pastel portraits of women, two with their pets. All by the same hand, though the artist is unknown. In early frames behind period wavy glass.