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Sketches of Epic Tales and Everyday Life

A collection of sketches revealing scenes from epic narratives and everyday moments, highlighting figures, nature, and artistic studies.

Pencil drawing by Emerich Alexius Swoboda from around 1871 depicting a female figure seen from the back. The work emphasizes posture, anatomy, and figure study.
Pencil drawing by Emerich Alexius Swoboda from around 1871 depicting a female figure seen from the back. The work emphasizes posture, anatomy, and figure study.
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Presentation of Herakles of Hercules with horses, Anonymous, 1850 - 1900 photograph photographic support. cardboard albumen print (story of) Hercules (Heracles). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpturePeeling plaster of weathered plant wall in the shape of chickenRaccolta di vasi di materie diverse, la maggior parte testacei, che furono portati d'Egitto dalla Commissione toscana, e che ora si conservano nel R. museo egizio di Firenze.. Angelelli, Giuseppe (1803-1848). Rosellini, Ippolito, 1800-1843. Prints, Illustrations. 1832 - 1844. General Research Division. Egypt , Antiquities, Nubia , Antiquities, murals , Egypt, Museo egizio di Firenze, VasesSeated Man in a LandscapeWoman with skirt over her head, from behind, 1651 drawing Zwolle paper. ink. chalkPage from a Scrapbook containing Drawings and Several Prints of Architecture, Interiors, Furniture and Other Objects. Artist: Workshop of Charles Percier (French, Paris 1764-1838 Paris); Workshop of Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (French, Pontoise 1762-1853 Paris). Dimensions: 15 11/16 x 10 in. (39.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1800-1850. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lazio Viterbo Viterbo S. Maria della Verita, Cloister1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Extensive coverage of 12th c. church, renovated between 14th and 15th c. Exterior views of facade, flank and portal. Interior views of altar, gothic transept, ciborium. Views of Cappella Mazzatosta, its ceramic floor and frescoes by Lorenzo da Viterbo. Comprehensive coverage of gothic structure, including views of garden, well, and portico where antiquities are stored. Single print stored in Hutzel a duplicate of one in Medieval. Antiquities: Sarcophagi; sculpture; architectural fragments General Notes: Two sets of prints fused into single numerical sequence. Cloister has separate numerical sequence and record. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of thJaume Plensa / "Calamar" (Squid), 1984, Painting (Mixed media on paper), 157 x 435 cm.Cup of a putto. Page 129 from a sketchbook with 158 pages.Speculum diuersarum imaginum speculatiuarum Speculum diversarum imaginum speculativarum Specvlvm diversarvm imaginvum specvlativarvm Nova reperta Americae retectio Vermis sericus. Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605. Prints. 1638. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Inventions, SilkwormsFour pieces of German side from around 1770, from the collection of the Kunstwerbemuseum in Dresden, Germany, Anonymous, 1888 photomechanical print This print is part of a cover with 49 prints and a list of images. Dresden paper collotype lace Artificial museumParadisio VII, Sandro Botticelli (Florence, Italy, 1445 - 1510) 1887Urn in front of a niche, Black crayon on paper., With a cover above the projecting rim. The lower part of the body is fluted., Rome, Italy, ca. 1775, Drawing, DrawingGreen 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.A pencil drawing on sign paper by Adolf Loos senior showing design elements and studies of the Empire style.Kyrle Bellew. 1875 - 1911. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Actors, Bellew, Kyrle, 1855-1911, Ford, Harriet, 1868-1949. Gentleman of France, Weyman, Stanley John, 1855-1928. Gentleman of FranceEls nans d Andreu Cloquell, - La musa decapitada-, 1978, exposición homenaje Andreu Vidal, Centre Cultural La Misericòrdia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.Statue of Selene with her head surmounted by a crescent moon, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, mural. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: parete di fondo dell'alcova del cubicolo E. Statue Selene with head surmounted by a crescent moonMarble fragment with map of Marcellus Theater in Rome; Uno de'Frammenti Dell 'Antica Pianta di Roma Conservati Nel Campidoglio Indicante La Pianta della Scena del Teatro di Marcello; Archaeological finds in and around Rome; Le Antichità Romane. Marble fragment with a part of a map of Rome with the theater of Marcellus. Title and explanatory numbers in undermarge. Numbered above: Tom. IV. / XXVII.Bacchanal with drunken Bacchus. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1800. Measurements: h 62 mm × w 124 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Sketchbook with 39 magazines, Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820 - 1872 Sketchbook consisting of 39 sheets with landscapes, country estates, trees and figures. Beverwijk paper. watercolor (paint). chalk. pencil. boekband: cardboard. boekband: leather brush country-house. landscapes. trees. anatomy (non-medical) BeverwijkDetail of a support, by Peruzzi Baldassarre, 1530 - 1535, 16th Century, . Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Uffizi Gallery: 01 Ar. Whole artwork. Detail support pilaster/pillar compositeStencil of Ceiling (Mariner's Church). Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 37.9 x 50.8 cm (14 15/16 x 20 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" square. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James McLellan.Description: New Zealanders Illustrated. Weeping over a deceased Chief. Location: New Zealand Date: 1846 newzealand, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalensRectangular edge tile in purple with serpentine decor of leafy tendril, twisted bird to the right, grape bunch, border tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Eleven rectangular border tiles in purple with serpentine pattern of leafy wanched bird to the right bunch of grapes (1-6) leaves flowers and twisted snake with scales and fin (7-11).Léon Comerre (1850-1916). Fall, winter, night. Sketch for the town hall of the 4th arr. from Paris. Oil on canvas. 1884. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 79760-16 Fall, sketch, winter, 4th 4th 4th 4th arrondissement, town hall, night, oil on canvasDeraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Bouchon (main title), 1910. Graphite. Ink on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.'Untitled'. Collection of Georges Matcheret and Nadiya Volkonskaya. 2001. Dimensions: 145x227 mm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Nina Kazimova.Sailing ship on a stormy sea; In the storm..Drawing in a frame. Leaf 7 recto from a sketchbook with 54 Sheets.Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), monogram brooch (main title), 1900. Graphite, ink and gouache on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Untitled Picture Album of Twenty-five Watercolor Paintings 19th century Nishiyama Hen Japanese. Untitled Picture Album of Twenty-five Watercolor Paintings. Nishiyama Hen (Japanese, 1807-1867). Japan. 19th century. Orihon, accordion-style; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated BooksDrawings of the Aborigines of Southern Africa, 19th century engraving, 1837Border tile, child's play, child with ball in the air, edge tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Rectangular yellow shard two nail holes. Blue pull on white ground.Military Weapons, Female Ornaments, Utencils for Culinary and Religious Purposes, Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s, Anglo-Indian, undated, Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 22 1/4 × 17 1/4 inches (56.5 × 43.8 cm)The eyes of a man; expressing, according to Lavater, a character upon which "you can easily impose, unless his imagination be heated by his uncommon vivacity". Drawing, c. 1794.RELIEVE EN MARMOL DE ROSTRO DE PERSONAJE ROMANO - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: FRANCISCO CAMILANI (SIGLO XVI). Location: PALACIO DE SOTOFERMOSO. ABADIA. CACERES. SPAIN.Lala Eve Rivol, Petroglyph, 1935 1942 PetroglyphPlum Blossom Motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Scattered around the stencil are plum blossoms and buds., Japan, late 18th - early 19th century, textile designs, Katagami, KatagamiJoan Miró / Untitled (Study based on touch). Charcoal and pastel on paper, 20,5 x 23 cm cm. Museum: FUNDACIO JOAN MIRO, Barcelona, SPAIN.Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66816Coffee stain developed into a preaching minister on pulpit. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 1770 - 1790. Measurements: h 165 mm × w 288 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Winsor McCay, The Lamps of God, 1922 Winsor McCay (American, 1869() - 1934), The Lamps of God, 1922, pen and black ink over graphite on paperboard, Gift of the Moniz Family 2008.128.4Aerial of the main center of Lazio, drawingSpurs. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 44.4 cm (14 x 17 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Clyde L. Cheney.Toorop, Jan, Poster for the play Vénise sauvée by Thomas Otway, verso - stamped, The play was performed at the Théatre de l'Oeuvre in Paris in 1895., poster, affiche, print, prints, height 460 mm, width 308 mm, Dutch, 1858-12-20 - 1928-03-30, print maker, printmaker, 1895 - 1895, paper, papier, lithografie (technique)Flower study. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 135 mm × w 209 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Evening, Melancholy: On the Beach; Abend Melancholie: Am Strand (SCH.144 B II). Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Woodcut printed in four colours.38.6 x 52.9cmRoche, Pierre (n.1855-D.1922-01-18), crab (main title), 1895. Gypsography, green and red draw. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris.Heart on Tree Bark Paper. Jim Dine (American, born 1935); published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955). Date: 1972. Dimensions: 594 x 431 mm. Lithograph on handmade tree bark paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.Tumbler. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 23.3 cm (11 7/16 x 9 3/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.Study of Cream Pitcher. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 22.7 x 30.1 cm (8 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Winter.'Untitled'. Collection of Georges Matcheret and Nadiya Volkonskaya. 1996. Dimensions: 202x161 mm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Marlen Spindler.Actresess wearing stage costumes by Konstantin Alexeyevich Korovin, Watercolor, Gouache on Paper, 1908, 1861-1939, Russia, Moscow, State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, 20, 5x32, 5Francisco Bayeu / 'Six Hands'. Last third of the XVIII century. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Stencil, Turtles; Japan; mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu),Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Anfossi & Radiguet, Part of a human skeleton in the caves of Baoussé-Roussé, photograph, photo, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 227 mm, width 162 mm, French, photographer, 1872-03-26 - 1873, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine printCherry Pitter. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 34.6 x 34.7 cm (13 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" high; 11" long; 7 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Archie Thompson.Francisco Bayeu / 'Six Hands'. 1790. White chalk, Black chalk on blue paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Portret van een historisch figuur.Round glass plate in wooden mount. Portrait full of a man in armor. In his left hand a command.Pioneer Salt Gourd. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 36.6 cm (11 7/16 x 14 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elbert S. Mowery.Szermierz (Życzenia świąteczne). Goryńska, Wiktoria (1902-1945), graphic artistBonnet. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.9 x 23.3 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy M. Gerhard.Trompe L'oeil, 1850-55. Matthew Samuel HandValentine ca. 1870 Anonymous. Valentine. Anonymous. ca. 1870. Cameo-embossed, open-work lace paper, chromolithography, colored paper, graphite.PINTURA RUPESTRE DEL CASTRO DE COAÑA- CABALLO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.