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Historical Figures in Etching

A collection of historical etchings featuring contemplative figures, beggars, and studies of models in somber tones and intricate line work.

Death and the maiden. Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946. 1921. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Death and the maiden. Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946. 1921. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Love Scene from Act III of "Lohengrin". Dated: 1886. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR.
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Francis Seymour Haden, 1818-1910, British, Hands Drypointing, 1877. Etching and drypoint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.
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Théodule Ribot, Old Man with Plumed Hat, etching on laid paper.
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Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882, British, ca. 1852, Pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 × 7 7/8 inches (22.9 × 20 cm), historical subject, meditation, pomegranate, portrait, sitting
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LAITIERE. Tenue deville.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866
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Stray Dogs 1915 France. Lithograph in black over a fawn tint on off-white wove paper . Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
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Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis. Artist: Anders Zorn (Swedish, Mora 1860-1920 Mora). Dimensions: Plate: 9 7/16 × 7 1/4 in. (24 × 18.4 cm)Sheet: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in. (30 × 24 cm). Sitter: Atherton Curtis (American, New York 1863-1943 Paris); Louise Burleigh Curtis (American, Hampden, Maine, 1869-1910 Paris). Date: 1906. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Rodrigue as-tu du coeur (Le Cid). Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1841. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph
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Farmer with a barn. .
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Überfahren. Felsing, Kupferdruckerei (Darmstadt, Monachium, Berlin ; dom wydawniczy, drukarnia ; 1797-1965), publishing house, Kollwitz, Käthe (1867-1945), graphic artist
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Mary Cassatt, Interior On the Sofa, c 1883 Interior: On the Sofa
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Holy Family. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Jacopo Titiaan (rejected attribution). Dating: 1600 - 1699. Measurements: h 349 mm × w 468 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Femme assise, muraille au fond, enfant la tête dans son giron , Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
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Rijn, Rembrandt van, Three heads of women: one asleep, verso top right, print, prints, Rembrandt f 1637, top center, height 141 mm, width 97 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1637, second quarter 17th century, second quarter 17e century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by
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Figure study for Sir Lancelot and Sir Bors outfit Galahad with his spurs, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (second of a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in1901). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897
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Standing man with a child going on. Draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (follower of). Dating: 1643. Measurements: h 147 mm × w 100 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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(La Princesse, elle pousse un grand cri): Lemalheureux!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866
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Flirtation, plate six from Woman Artist's working dates 1886 France. Etching, aquatint and drypoint on cream Japanese paper . Albert Besnard
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Cleared Out 1914 France. Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper . Jean Louis Forain
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Edouard Manet, At the Prado (Au Prado), 1865 1868 At the Prado (Au Prado)
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Moyne's gemonies." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101782-27 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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Edouard Manet after Diego Velázquez (French, 1832-1883), The Infanta Marguerita (Infante Marguerite), 1861, etching
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Pinning the Hat (Le Chapeau épinglé) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Pinning the Hat (Le Chapeau épinglé), ca. 1898. Lithograph on laid paper, 23 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (60 x 48.8 cm). By the 1890s lithography was becoming reaccepted, and even celebrated, as an important medium for original artistic expression. Many artists in France began experimenting with the technique, often in collaboration with the Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard. He commissioned this elaborate color print from Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who worked closely on its creation with the master lithographic printer Auguste Clot. First, Renoir drew his image on paper. That drawing was transferred to the printing stone, on which Renoir could make additions or adjustments using lithographic ink. Next, a black-and-white impression was pulled, and Renoir colored this impression directly with pastel. Clot then used this image as a guide to prepare the multiple color stones for the final lithograph, which retains the l
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HanryMarquand. Artist: Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920
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Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664), Frightened Soldier and Man with Fur Cap, etching on laid paper restrike
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The worship. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1699. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 82 mm × w 54 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Camille Pissarro, French (1830-1903), Pea Harvesters recto, c. 1880, charcoal and watercolor on heavy wove paper
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Lithograph by Maurice Denis depicting a fragment of church decoration, showing architectural and decorative elements on red and gray paper, 1899.
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For Families That Are Separated 1915 France. Lithograph in black over fawn tint on thick off-white wove paper . Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
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Hilan delgado /They spin finely; board No. 44 from: Los Caprichos” Caprices, ed. II, Madrid ca1855 Goya, Francisco de (1746 1828)
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Pilier d'église. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, no date. Prints; etchings. Soft-ground etching
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LesArchers. Artist: Henri Leys, Belgian, 1815-1869
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The seated warrior, Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees, 1811 - 1867, Design for a print., draughtsman: Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees, 1811 - 1867, paper, h 139 mm × w 211 mm
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Le depart pour Versailles. Dated: c. 1919. Dimensions: overall: 46 x 58 cm (18 1/8 x 22 13/16 in.). Medium: brush and brown ink over (graphite) on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.
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The Dead Mother and Her Child 1901 Norway. Etching with open bite and drypoint in black ink on heavyweight cream wove paper . Edvard Munch
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Repose. Dated: c. 1890. Dimensions: plate: 23.5 × 16.67 cm (9 1/4 × 6 9/16 in.). Medium: drypoint in black. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary Cassatt.
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Constantin Guys, A Gentleman and Two Ladies, 1860s, pen and brown and black ink and watercolor, over pencil on paper.
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Caricature of Two Men Seen in Profile; Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian (Bolognese), 1591 - 1666); about 1635; Pen and brown ink, brush with light brown wash; 20.4 x 17.3 cm (8 1,16 x 6 13,16 in.)
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Old woman and boy with candles, Paulus Pontius, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1616 - 1657 print With his candle, a boy takes over the flame from the candle of the old woman. In the margin a two -way caption in Latin. Antwerp paper etching / engraving scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas'. candle
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Old man with beard and hood is sitting with folded hands on a pipeline, Willem Geets, 1892 print paper etching kneeling-chair. head-gear. beard. skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'. old man
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Study of a seated giant under a tree, for an illustration from Franois Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel. Draughtsman: Henk Henriët. Dating: c. 1936 - c. 1940. Measurements: h 256 mm × w 333 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Self portrait, print maker: Gerard Jan Bos, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1882, paper, etching, drypoint, h 127 mm × w 188 mm
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The Toilet at the Window, 1860-1942 Walter Richard Sickert (d. 1942), Watercolour, Ink, Pencil, Female, Art Movement, Post-Impressionism
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Studies of a woman stirring in a bowl. Draughtsman: Rik Wouters. Dating: 1892 - 1916. Measurements: h 303 mm × w 435 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Omnibus. Anders Zorn; Swedish, 1860-1920. Date: 1892. Dimensions: 266 x 190 mm (image); 275 x 196 mm (plate); 462 x 352 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: Sweden. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Anders Zorn.
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Three German professors design the draft for the constitution of the German Reich army, Caricature, under the caricated Robert Blum, Alphons von Boddien -, Lithographer, Eduard Gustav May -, publisher
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Munsterhjelm, Hjalmar, Sketch book, 1873-1892, pencil on paper, drawing, see parts of the work, 21 cm x 33 cm, Munsterhjelm, Hjalmar, 1873-1892, pencil on paper, Magnus Hjalmar Munsterhjelm 1840 - 1905 was a Finnish landscape painter, who worked in Finland.
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A man in work clothes and clogs stands by a beanstalk in a vegetable garden and ties the bean plant, Man ties beanstalk in vegetable garden, print maker: Bernardus Johannes Blommers, , 1855 - 1914, paper, etching, drypoint, h 96 mm × w 58 mm
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Print from Drawing Book, c. 1610/1620, engraving, image: 16.2 × 11.3 cm (6 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.), Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 165.49, Luca Ciamberlano (artist) Italian, 1580 - 1641
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The Arbor. Jean Louis Forain; French, 1852-1931. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 288 × 413 mm. Lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Ols Maria, 1919, Sweden, by Anders Zorn. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1952.
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Serbian Children. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1915. Dimensions: 384 × 282 mm (image); 530 × 373 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black over fawn tint on thick off-white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen.
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Girl with a Bonnet at Work recto. Dimensions: overall: 12.9 x 13.2 cm (5 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paul Sandby.
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In the Omnibus. Dated: 1890-1891. Dimensions: plate: 36.51 × 26.67 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.). Medium: color drypoint and aquatint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary Cassatt.
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Women's studies; Zille, Heinrich Rudolf (1858-1929); 1900-1920 (1900-00-00-1920-00-00);Partage Plus, Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Zille, Heinrich Rudolf (1858-1929) - legacy, women, modernism (style), German drawings, female characters studies
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A 1631 ink and feather sketch by Valentin Wagner showing D.C. resting on the shoulder of A.C., depicting two figures in seated posture and clothing details.
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The Belgian Exodus 1915 France. Lithograph in black over a fawn tint on thick off-white wove paper . Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
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Fisherman at St.Ives. Artist: Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920
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Interior of a Peasant's House, Valley of Bethmale, France. Alexandre Lunois (French, 1863-1916). Lithograph;
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Bookplate of Meta Pfaff. Graf-Pfaff, Cäcilie (1862-1939), graphic artist
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The most exuberant effort of a marmot in learning to read. Draughtsman: August Allebé. Dating: 1-Oct-1855. Measurements: h 115 mm × w 66 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.