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Drawing, Study: A left hand in a leaning position; Giovanni Andrea Sirani; Italy; black crayon on rough grey-blue paper
Drawing, Study: A left hand in a leaning position; Giovanni Andrea Sirani; Italy; black crayon on rough grey-blue paper
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Grace Halpin, Bonnet, c 1939 BonnetDecorative Vase, Red crayon on paper, Vertical rectangle. In the general shape of a pitcher. As foot serves a mole and branches. The body it ovoid and decorated with festoons. The snakes form a handle, below the spout. On the opposite side of the neck above is a head. Upon the cover are two dolphins., Italy, 1725-50, tableware designs, Drawing, DrawingDeraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), engraved decor (main title), 1910. Graphite in the front. Graphite on the back on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Amsterdam, Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, Nose with moustache, verso - handwritten, print, prints, verso - stamped, Geoff Aan d Wel Ed Heer and cousin J v Dussen 1772, G vd Myn del Ploos v Amstel JC F 1756., height 69 mm, width 62 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, print maker, printmaker, 1756 - 1756, paper, print drawing, crayon method, transferArchitectuur; Attributs D'Architecture; Trofeeën; 2e Cahier.A trophy with attributes belonging to architecture such as sketches, a part of a column, a shopping hook and a passer.Sorrente, Bains de la Reine Jeanne. Henri Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819-1916). Black and white chalk; sheet: 21.7 x 28.5 cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.).Memphis, Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, 1867, Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper, Sheet: 3 3/4 x 7 11/16 inches (9.5 x 19.5 cm), bust, figure study, sculpture, stone, Africa, Lower Egypt, MemphisStudy of a seated woman (H. Cecilia ), draughtsman: Peter Paul Rubens, (school of), 1600 - 1690, paper, h 179 mm × w 126 mmSketch magazine with studies of a pike, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk fishesMale Nude Walking to Left, Carrying Burden on His Shoulders 1500-1600 Italy. Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on gray laid card . Fiorentino RossoKat, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - 1903 Page 52 from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. Amsterdam paper. chalk catDrawing (Germany)Dorpssmid (Bram) in front of the window, 1906 - 1907 Page 118 from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. Wijk bij Duurstede paper. chalk smith, blacksmith. closed windowSketch of three soldiers including one on horseback (p. 11 of the sketch book). Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Sketch of three soldiers including one on horseback (p. 11 of the sketch book). Drawing, 1870.An etching by François Boucher depicting a standing man in an oriental robe and a figure from the Commedia dellArte, created between 1717 and 1726.Hat. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 28.1 cm (9 1/16 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marie Famularo.Rull and legs of a running man, 1652 drawing Zwolle paper. chalkStudy of a left foot. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 62 mm × w 79 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.John Singer Sargent, Studies for Apollo in His Chariot with the Hours, 1922 1925 Studies for Apollo in His Chariot with the HoursStudy of a Left Foot, Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849 - 1909, Graphite on tracing paper, Left foot seen straight on, at left. Verso: a right foot, at left., USA, ca. 1895, figures, Drawing, DrawingSimberg, Hugo, printmaker Juho Karjalainen, Baby, reprint 1912, print 1986/87, line etching, graphics, 6.5 cm x 8 cmWatercolour by Lady Mary Bruce OBE.Studies for the Instruction of Painters, two suites. Rome, c. 1630, Print made by Oliverio Gatti, 1568-1651, Italian, after Giovanni Guercino, 1591-1666, Italian, Published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1627-1691, Italian, undated, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (22.2 × 31.8 cm) and Binding: 9 inches (22.9 cm)Head. Drawing. Graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper. Height: 95 mm (3.74 in); Width: 67 mm (2.63 in). Author: GEORGE ROMNEY.Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475-1564, Red chalk on paper, Two figures from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo. Upper figure is directly above and to the left of the spandrel that sits between Ezekial and the Persian Sibyl. Lower figure is based on figure above spandrel adjacent to the Cumaean Sibyl., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing. A man binds a bunch of branches. Fragment from a representation of the scourge of Christ.Snotdolf, with color notes, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk bony fishesAcademy study after a plaster of an antique statue: detailed study of a hand, draughtsman: Johannes Tavenraat, anonymous, 1819 - 1881, paper, h 403 mm × w 266 mmRock. Pierre (Pierre Henry Ferdinand Massignon, dit) (N.1855-08-02-D.1922-01-18), Danaë (main title), 1915. Gypsography, drawing in brown and brown. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Sketches for portraits of Gerbrand van den Eeckhout and the brothers Jacques and Wallerant Vaillant. Draughtsman: Jacob Houbraken. Dating: 1708 - 1780. Measurements: h 151 mm × w 96 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Artist: Pier Francesco Mola, Italian, 1612-1666, Caricatures of Two MaleHeads, mid-17thcentury, Pen and brown ink and brown and gray wash, 12.3 × 19.4 cm (4 13/16 × 7 5/8in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 17thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsVictor Hugo (1802-1885). "They plant us there, after!" (or grandeur and decadence). Plume and brown ink, vengeed paper with watermark. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 33949-12 Decadence, drawing, brown ink, watermark, grandeur, rod paper, character, caricature, featherStudy of a hand. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 138 mm × w 243 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Verona Sketchbook: Head with turban (page 11), 1760. Francesco Lorenzi (Italian, 1723-1787). Black chalk with white heightening ; sheet: 32 x 23 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.).Studies of a Kneeling Boy. Dimensions: overall: 20.7 x 31.2 cm (8 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.). Medium: graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.Standing man, kneeling man and an angel. Draughtsman: Domenico Gargiulo. Dating: 1622 - 1679. Measurements: h 202 mm × w 99 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Study of a left hand, Gerard ter Borch (II), after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1627 - c. 1628, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), draughtsman: Moses ter Borch, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, Zwolle, c. 1627 - c. 1628, paper, h 130 mm × w 193 mmNetherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Man with a spinal deformity, print, prints, height 111 mm, width 67 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravureDog, from behind. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 6-Feb-1649. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 94 mm × w 75 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Studies of a Hand and a Digger. Date: March-April 1890, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Dimensions: 23.8 cm x 31.6 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex, seen from the right. Engraving by J. Basire.This etching by Benoît Audran, created 1717-1726, depicts a woman sleeping on a chair and a standing woman with a spindle, highlighting classical figure composition and line detail.Column with the statue of a winged lion at the San Marco square in Venice, 1895 Pages 12 and 13 from a sketchbook with 28 magazines. Venice chalk column, pillar ~ architecture. sculpture. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lionElongated abstracted face with open mouth, Erich Wichmann, 1923 print At the bottom of the text: 'Unmediated idealism: "Toynbee" and the like. paper caricatures (human types)Two hands and one foot, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1647 print print maker: Franceafter own design by: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching hand. footGreen album of 136 pages (68 leaflets) of blue paper Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Green album of 136 pages (68 leaflets) of blue paper, nineteenth century.Sketch sheet with studies of a plowing farmer. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1867 - 1923. Measurements: h 340 mm × w 299 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Antoni Viladomat/ DIBUJO VILADOMAT, SIGLO XVIII. Museum: Museo Nacional De Arte De Cataluña (MNAC), Barcelona, Cataluña, España.Standing woman. Draughtsman: Pieter van Loon. Dating: 1811 - 1873. Measurements: h 103 mm × w 73 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Three Ramskoppen, Hendrik Jozef Franciscus van der Poorten, 1840 print paper etching ram's head ~ ornament. ramStudy of a collapsed silk cloth.Lévy, Henri-Léopold (n.1840-09-23-D.1904-12-30), Study (main title). Charcoal on paper put on the tile. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Panther, draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner, 1867 - 1923, paper, h 120 mm × w 194 mmArundinaria alpina, Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm), botanical subjectLuigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Arundinaria alpina, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.Mof van Bont, a handkerchief and a mask, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642 print paper etching muff (+ fur used for clothes). handkerchief. maskHarry Jennings, Tie back, c 1938 Tie-backNetherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Hand writing with a fountain pen, print, prints, height 72 mm, width 113 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravureSketch of a seated figure in a semicircle shape. Draughtsman: Richard Roland Holst. Dating: 1878 - 1938. Measurements: h 242 mm × w 241 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Study of R K Zygmunt August, to the picture "Mier Barbara Radziwny"; Simmler, Józef (1823-1868); around 1860 (1855-00-00-1865-00-00), around 1860 (1855-00-00-1865-00-00);Zachęta collections, collectionMan lengthened on a bench on the floor. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Man lengthened on a bench on the floor. Drawing, around 1869.Skipping boy. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 31-May-1649. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 106 mm × w 83 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Study of Shoulders, Arms and Hands, by circle Cesare da Sesto, 1510 - 1520, 16th Century, sanguine on paper. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Accademia galleries. Whole artwork. Drawing study arm hand muscle gesture man.Roche, Pierre (n.1855-D.1922-01-18), Femmes-Cygnes (flying): II. L'Envol (main title), 1916. Gypsography, draw in brown and orange .. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Biblical Story, Left Hand of Moses, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. Two dog heads. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 206 mm × w 179 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Two oval heads with crosses. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 21-Jan-1653. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 103 mm × w 163 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 9 cm x 15 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in FinlandWoman head with bird (sketch). Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: c. 1935. Measurements: h 210 mm × w 255 mm; h 140 mm × w 190 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.A lower leg and foot with a skin disease. Coloured stipple engraving by S. Tresca after Moreau-Valvile, c. 1806.Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for sea workers, I, III, 3 (Portrait of Rantaine) (Faithful title), 1858. Ink on paper . Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.Head cut at the end of a spadePhoto production of a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (study of an arm), Adolphe Braun & Cie., 1880 - 1900 photograph paper. photographic support. cardboard carbon printFeminine nude, sitting on a stool, seen on the back. Draughtsman: Charles Donker. Dating: after 1950 - before 2004. Measurements: h 300 mm × w 237 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Ostracon With a Royal Head. Dimensions: H. 26 cm (10 1/4 in); w. 22 cm (8 11/16 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 19-20. Date: ca. 1295-1070 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Red chalk studies by Antonio Allegri da Correggio (Correggio) focusing on heads and hands of figures.Figurehead. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 34.2 x 40.8 cm (13 7/16 x 16 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfred Denghausen.George Stubbs, 1724-1806, British, Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline of the skeleton for the key figure to Table III), 1795 to 1806. Graphite on cream, thin, slightly textured, wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer.Iron Sole. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 36.9 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rocco Navigato.Feet study, from the series "Principia del Deegno"; Della Bella, Stefano (1610-1664); Ca 1643 (1648-00-00-1652-00-00);Study for the left hand of Catharina Nahuys, wife of Mr. Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck. Draughtsman: Charles Howard Hodges. Dating: 1774 - 1837. Measurements: h 225 mm × w 200 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Wenzel Scholz, Johann Matthias Ranftl -, artistGertrude Lemberg, Pitcher, 1935 1942 PitcherSeated Tahitian Woman (recto); Standing Tahitian Woman (verso) 1891-1893 France. Pen and brown ink (originally purple, est.), with graphite, on cream wove paper (recto); pen and brown ink (originally purple, est.), with traces of graphite, on cream wove paper; removed from a sketchbook and trimmed . Paul GauguinPrint from Drawing Book. Dated: c. 1610/1620. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luca Ciamberlano.Twelve mouths. Drawing, c. 1793.Skeletal structure of the 'Borghese Gladiator' statue, with pencil sketches of the head of Athene () and a landscape. Pencil and red ink drawing by J.C. Zeller after J.G. Salvage, ca. 1833.Academic study of a plaster of an antique sculpture: detailed study of a foot. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Johannes Tavenraat. Dating: 1819 - 1881. Measurements: h 268 mm × w 414 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Drawing, Figure; Harriet Blackstone (American, 1864 - 1939); USA; graphite on paper; 10.2 × 15.2 cm (4 × 6 in.)Free Sample / TryOne. Artist: De Scott Evans, American, 1847-1898Plauzeau, Alfred (n.1875-03-13-D.1918-10-06), Study for the decor of the Parisian church of Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste: Bearded man, bearing a turban (title principal), 1918. Sanguine and chalk enhancement on gray laid paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Armand Trousseau on his deathbed. Red chalk drawing by G. Dieulafoy, 1867.