Historic Sketches and Drawings

A collection of old sketches, featuring figures and scenes, including religious themes and organic ornamentation, showcasing traditional drawing techniques.

Blank page. From: An 1876 sketchbook., 1876, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of W. Fergusson Hogg, 1967.

Sketsblad, Jan Brandes, 1770 - 1787 drawing Double folded leaf with different sketches. Some figures with the names of the Sibillen Tibertina, Phrygia, and Cimea. Also a sketch of a healing by Christ. Netherlands paper. pencil

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on leaf 7 recto. Leaf 6 Verso from sketchbook XII with 19 sheets.

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 25, c. 1886 - c. 1903 Page 24 from sketchbook XLVII with 52 pages. Amsterdam paper

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 10, 1875 - 1934 Page 11 from sketchbook XXIX with 44 pages. Amsterdam (possibly) paper

Leaf with standing and kneeling figures between tendrils, anonymous, c. 1743 - c. 1783 brocade paper Leaf with multiple groups of standing and kneeling figures between tendrils and band work. In the middle at the bottom of a church or castle with two towers. Used as a cover for a publication from 1763. paper. paint (coating) relief printing ornament derived from plant forms. anthropomorphic ornament

Anonymous artist depicted the death of Adonis using metal pen techniques.

Blank page. From: An 1876 sketchbook., 1876, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of W. Fergusson Hogg, 1967.

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on leaf 14 recto. Leaf 13 Verso from sketchbook X with 43 sheets.

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 10 Recto, 1883 - 1922 Leaf 9 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. paper

Portrait of Jean-Pierre Dantan Young (1800-1896), (statuary caricaturist) Portrait of Jean-Pierre Dantan Young (1800-1896), statuary caricaturist. Business card (verso). Draw on albuminum paper. 1896. Anonymous photography.

Drawing, The Entombment; After Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499-1546); Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, white heightening on paper; 20 x 26.9 cm (7 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

Sketch of a standing figure..

Recto: Judith with the Head of Holofernes; Ascension of Christ, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, The servant, who is holding a sack, is shown from the back, kneeling at left before Judith, who raises the sword with her right hand. The corpse of Holofernes is in the back, at right. Recto: Kneeling in a three-quarter circle ground, Apostles at left, Mary at right. Kneeling and standing angels fill the intervals. Written on top: '4.' Parts of the figure of Christ and of the Glory are drawn over a note: 'ente figurata / l'Ascensione.' Some parts of the design are also in 1901-39-2640., Netherlands, 1590-1598, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Design for earthen work decoration: Ostrich, Theo Colenbrander, 1920 drawing paper. pencil other ornament derived from animal forms. walker and runner birds: ostrich (+ feathers)

View of Sint-Andries, 1672; Photos of Drawings of French raid in the Netherlands in 1672 by Adam Frans van der Meulen preserved in the Manufacture des Gobelins.Photo of a Drawing with a Panoramic Face on Saint Andries, Occupied by the French Army on 27 June 1672. Part of a Series of Photos of Drawings or Captured Cities During The French Raid in The Netherlands in 1672.

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), Castle and Lohra Castle (1873): Persons: Perspective view (bird's show) of the entire system around 1600. Pencil on transparent, 29.7 x 48.6 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Burg und Schloss Lohra

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Opening Letter (main title), 1900. Graphite on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Three sketches of a naked woman, a pilaster and some other small figures. .

Abklatsch of a pencil drawing. Abklatsch of the two drawings on leaf 6 Recto: a country residential area and a standing figure. The last drawing is cut out of the sketchbook. Leaf 5 Verso from a sketchbook with 24 sheets.

Two elongated figures. Draughtsman: Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita. Dating: 1919. Measurements: h 500 mm × w 216 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Pipe feather and blue watercolor drawing by Belisario Corenzio showing Saint Anna seated frontally with the child Maria standing between her knees, on brown paper with deck white highlights, recto and verso.

Study. Page 44 From a sketchbook with 43 sheets.

A brown pen drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte circa 1720 showing a fluttering robe, emphasizing drapery, folds, and movement.

Sidewall, ca. 1700; leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Planche d'essais à la vieille femme. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, no date. Prints. Soft-ground and drypoint

HAIR STUDIES.

Fragment silk velvet in beige. Fragment silk velvet in green yellow. No decoration. Italy, 16th century.

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 53. Page 52 from a sketchbook with 29 sheets.

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), Villa, Cairo. () (Without dat.): gusset and frieze ornaments. Pencil watercolor on the box, 23.7 x 24.2 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Villa, Kairo ()

A pen and white deck drawing by Franz Anton Maulbertsch from 1785 depicting the image of toleration, executed with ink surrounds.

Drawing, Kneeling Figures; Designed by Giuseppe Passeri (Italian, 1654 - 1714); Italy; red and white chalk on rough gery paper

Panel From Priest's Robe (Japan); silk, gilded paper thread

Part of an ornament, anonymous, 1580 - 1620 drawing paper. chalk ornaments ~ art

Anatomical study of human skin and nail. Print maker: Jan l'Admiral. Dating: 1737. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 106 mm × w 164 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Subjectance from the receiptut on page 34 Recto.leaf 33 Verso from A Sketchbook with 42 sheets.

Drawings booklet: Registration Suburbs of Argenteuil, n � 48 and sketch (page 13) Camille-Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796-1875). Drawings Sketch Book: Suburbs Registration of Argenteuil, N � 48 and sketch (page 13). Pencil.

Sketch of a bearded man, seen from behind, 1615 - c. 1655 drawing Seen sketch of a bearded, sitting man with vast hands, from behind. Zwolle paper. ink

Fragment textile. TextImragment, printed decoration on silk.

Sketch of Crossed Legs, Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857-1925, Graphite on paper, Top, sailboat in still water. Below, mans legs crossed, USA, ca. 1883, seascapes, Drawing, Drawing

Study, possibly of a landscape with buildings, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - 1923 Page 43 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets and 9 individual drawings. Amsterdam paper. chalk landscapes. civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

Francisco Bayeu / 'Angel'. 1778. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Rocky Landscape with Figures. After Gaspard Dughet; French, 1615-1675. Date: 1635-1675. Dimensions: 209 × 301 mm. Black chalk counterproof, heightened with white chalk, on blue wove paper, tipped onto cream wood-pulp laminate board. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Gypsum Model for a Vault Decoration of the Louvre Palace by Emile Knecht. Share of meeting of the Tuileries at the Louvre 1852-1857, album 4.

Francisco Bayeu / 'Cloak'. 1778. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Obscured sketch of two standing figures fom An 1893 sketchbook, 1893, Christchurch, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of W. Fergusson Hogg, 1967.

Askment of the receipts on page 11.Page 10 from Sketchbook XLviii with 62 pages.

Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study of the muscles for the key figure to Table IX), George Stubbs, 1724-1806, British, 1795 to 1806, Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 7/8 x 21 1/8 inches (40.3 x 53.7 cm), anatomical study, anatomy, body, figure study, tail (hanging), tiger

Study sheet with lobsters. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 584 mm × w 373 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Fragment, 700s. China or Japan, 8th century. Tabby ground and twill pattern; overall: 10.5 x 8.7 cm (4 1/8 x 3 7/16 in.).

A Road Bordered by Trees, a City in the Background.Besides black (RP-P-H-OB-801), Segers also printed this vivid etching in a subtle light grey - this impression - and green (RP-P-H-OB-802).

Depiction of big and small people by Paul Klee, executed in pen on paper on cardboard in 1932, showing figures, scale, and composition.

Woman on Her Back (Femme sur le dos). Dated: 1896. Dimensions: image: 40 x 52.2 cm (15 3/4 x 20 9/16 in.) sheet: 40 x 52.2 cm (15 3/4 x 20 9/16 in.). Medium: lithograph in green and red-brown. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Landscape with a Waterfall, First Version.First version of the landscape with a waterfall. Etched on a fragment of an originally much larger irisselage, on which a ship was proposed.

Draperie-Stodie, Giovanni Badile (I), c. 1450 - c. 1474 drawing Verona prepared paper. ink pen

Design for a Woven Fabric, Brush and blue, yellow, beige, and red gouache on oily tracing paper, Vertical rows of undulated stems with elaves and seeds into parts of which are stuck alternating and stafggered in alternate horizontal rows a bough with leaves and seeds and a bought with blossoms and seeds, crossing each other and a downwards directed bough with leaves and seeds. White stripe at left., France, 1825-1850, Drawing, Drawing

Sketchbook Folio, Unfinished Sketch of Tall Cliffs and Rough Ocean; William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905); USA; graphite on cream wove paper, bound; 13 x 10.8 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.) Sheet: 18.9 x 11.7 cm (7 7/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Etching by Claes Jansz Visscher from 1609 depicting a theater performance and celebration of the story of Tarquinius and Lucretia, showing actors, costumes, stage, and audience in a Baroque style.

Fragment of a sketch with a child and a sitting figure, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1706 - 1770 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen child

The Fishing Boat. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1879-1880. Dimensions: 157 x 234 mm. Cancelled copper plate. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Nude Woman Standing 1873-75 James McNeill Whistler American. Nude Woman Standing 372737

The image of the great Innocent; Łopaciński, Jan Nikodem (1747-1810); 1803-1810 (1803-00-00-1810-00-00);

Lying female act with bent arms, Gustav Klimt -, artist

Sketchbook by Josef von Führich begun in Cratzau on February 2, 1806, containing pencil studies of human figures and compositional elements.

Niezarysowana strona; verso, rośliny wśród skał. Blaschnik, Arthur (1823-1918), draughtsman, cartoonist

Sheet with figures in landscapes in red, purple, and yellow 18th century Anonymous. Sheet with figures in landscapes in red, purple, and yellow. Anonymous , German, 18th century. 18th century. Woodblock paste paper. Prints

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 7, 1875 - 1934 Page 6 from sketchbook XLVI with 32 pages. Paris (possibly) j: paper

Leaf with continuous leaf -filling pattern of chrysanthemums (one of ten identical sheets), Anonymous, 1850 - 1950 decorated paper Japan China paper. Japanese paper. paint (coating). block printing (relief printing process) ornament derived from plant forms. flowers: chrysanthemum

Bronze Smoke. Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011); printed by Thomas Cox and Bill Goldston; published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955). Date: 1978. Dimensions: 640 x 480 mm (image); 795 x 576 mm (sheet). Color liithograph from two stones on brown wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Textile, Medium: cotton, linen, silk Technique: cross-stich, double running stitch embroidery on plain weave, Plain natural linen with a border at each end embroidered in shades of blue-green and golden yellow, now faded. Each border is a panel containing an elaborage geometric floral vine with isolated geometric blossoms forming a continuous band of four sides. At each end is a narrow band with geometric patterned squares., Italy, 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile

Sketchbook of Byzantine and Romanesque Decoration, 1887-1894. Sketch of outline of female figure. Sir Edward Burne-Jones. 110 sketches of Mediaeval and Byzantine decoration made in connection with studies for the 'Holy Grail' tapestries for Morris & Co.

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert engraved and etched a copper print between 1595 and 1633 showing a landscape with the martyrdom of St. Stephanus, depicting figures, gestures, and natural composition.

The Yellow Rose, James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (Inverurie, Scotland, 1856 - 1938) 1926

A copper engraving and etching by Gaspard Duchange created in 1708 depicting the apotheosis of Henri IV and the regency of the queen, showing royal figures in ceremonial settings in detailed 18th-century style.

Fragment of a chalk sketch.

Stone with inscription in the grass. Draughtsman: Cornelis Springer (signed by artist). Dating: 1827 - 1891. Measurements: h 105 mm × w 71 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Album Poetry Selection on a Hundred Birds, Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796 book Book (part two of two) with Kyôka (comic poems) and images of birds; dark blue cover with flower pattern; Title strip at the top left; Eight magazines; Eight illustrations (from two pages each) of various birds, with Kyoka; last page, advertisements; Inside cover, colophon. Book kept in red Chitsu (folding box), with on the back: Utamaro Momochi Dori Kyoka Awase 1790. Or paper. color woodcut birds

Plate one, from A Harlot's Progress. William Hogarth; English, 1697-1764. Date: 1732. Dimensions: 320 × 392 mm. Copperplate. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Sampler, Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidered in half-cross stitch, Unfinished beadwork sampler with four small squares of beading in the lower right corner of an otherwise unworked ground. Each square contains a vase of flowers or floral garland., Mexico, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Etching by Giovanni Battista Fontana depicting the crucifixion of Christ, created in 1584.

Designs for a Monument. Dimensions: overall: 6.3 x 9.3 cm (2 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.). Medium: graphite//on back of a calling card. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.

Study for San Francisco, far right section. Charles Meryon; French, 1821-1868. Date: 1855-1856. Dimensions: 232 × 234 mm. Graphite on tan wove tracing paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Fragment complex zijdeweefsel, anonymous, 1660 An excerpt of salmon-colored silk with a striped pattern, in which jobs with various stylized flower and leaf motifs in white, black and silver thread. France silk. An excerpt of salmon-colored silk with a striped pattern, in which jobs with various stylized flower and leaf motifs in white, black and silver thread. France silk.

Judgment of Solomo, Cornelis Brouwer (Possible), After Lucas van Leyden, After Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1782 King Solomon sits on his throne and felt his judgment. He instructs the baby to share in two to determine who the child's mother is. On the right a man pulls his sword. Before the throne the two women who both claim the child's motherhood. The Calque is loose in an album, see page 34. tracing paper. chalk the judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28)

Abklatsch of a chalk drawing, 1890 - 1931 Abklatsch of a drawing, presumably from a landscape with trees that is no longer present in the sketchbook. Page 11 Recto from a sketchbook with 19 sheets. paper

Mount for The Thames, Evening 1897-1899 England. Drypoint, aquatint, softground and lavis in yellow metallic and off-white on ivory laid paper . Theodore Roussel

Study of folded hands and drapery. Domenichino (1581-1641), draughtsman, cartoonist

Study of the jacket and arm of secret M. Kempner. .

Look through a bow ..

Two Elegant Couples verso. Dated: c. 1780. Dimensions: overall: 8 x 20 cm (3 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: FRANCESCO GUARDI.

Pencil illustration by Josef von Führich, 1814, depicting figures, architectural and interior elements, with focus on composition and proportion.

Sketch of a standing naked figure, anonymous, 1450 - 1500 drawing Verso side of a print by Israhel van Meckenem from a series about the life of Maria. paper. chalk the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Two Studies of Hand for Angel Appearing to St. Peter in 'Early Christian Martyrs', Daniel Huntington, American, 1816-1906, Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper, Two studies of a hand pointing, one on each side of a folded sheet. Verso: Head of a monk in a hood., Italy, USA, 1839-40, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing from Philip Zilcken Archive, Anonymous, 1867 - 1930 drawing paper pen sunbeams

Loose fragments of Prints of the Great Hercules. Fragments of the upper left corner of five prints.

Pater, Jean-Baptiste (n.1695-12-29-D.1736-07-25), man with a standing tricorne. (Dummy title). Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

A pencil sketch by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller showing varied studies of figures, objects, and compositional layouts.

Pen drawing in violet by Albrecht Dürer on yellowish parchment depicting an allegory and the coat of arms of Matthew Lang from Wellenburg, with cover color and label, dated 1515.

Verona Sketchbook: Female figure with cloak (page 40), 1760. Francesco Lorenzi (Italian, 1723-1787). Red chalk with white heightening ; sheet: 32 x 23 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.).

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