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Chalk sketches showing dynamic urban scenes, from temple figures to city street views, capturing daily life in Amsterdam and exotic locations.

Figure on an elephant for a temple, 1924 - 1925 Above the column gallery of the temple are sculptures of Hindu gods. Page 17 from a sketchbook with 20 magazines. Sri Lanka paper. pencil temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. statues, paintings, etc. ~ objects of worship (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism). trunked animals: elephant. sitting figure
Figure on an elephant for a temple, 1924 - 1925 Above the column gallery of the temple are sculptures of Hindu gods. Page 17 from a sketchbook with 20 magazines. Sri Lanka paper. pencil temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. statues, paintings, etc. ~ objects of worship (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism). trunked animals: elephant. sitting figure
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Figures in a portal, possibly of a temple, 1924 - 1925 Page 120 from a sketchbook with 75 sheets. India paper. watercolor (paint). pencil brush front faí§ade. gate, entrance. Asiatic races and peoples: IndiansGeorge Romney, 1734-1802, British, Studies of Horses, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, blued white laid paper.Women in a dressing room. Possible in Theater Scala in The Hague. Leaf 24 Verso from sketchbook III with 36 sheets.Horse trams on Dam Square in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1890 - c. 1900 Page 33 and Page 34 from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. Amsterdam chalk diligence, omnibus, horse-tram. square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) DamBliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)Study sheet, including with a face, 1896 Page 31 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets. paper. chalk faceFigure Study, George Hendrik Breitner, 1895 - 1898 Possibly a child. Page 55 from a sketchbook with 31 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk childWiik, Maria, Sketch book, drawing, Wiik, Maria, Maria Catharina Wiik 1853 - 1928 a Finnish painter of still life, genre images, landscape paintings and portraits. Lived in FinlandRowing and sailing ships, possible at the port of Constantinople. Some rowing figures can be seen in the foreground. A cityscape with a mosque is visible in the background. Page 99 From a sketchbook with 54 sheets.Italian Sketchbook: Venetian Boat (page 30), 1898-1899. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). Pencil; sheet: 16.7 x 10.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/4 in.).Figures at a table, 1875 - 1934 Page 4 Recto from sketchbook XXVIII with 17 sheets. The Hague paper. pencil adult man (+ sitting). adult woman (+ sitting). chair. tableParade of figures, 1925 In the foreground figures with a flag and a drum. Page 81 from a sketchbook with 74 sheets. Indonesia paper. pencil walking. drum (musical instrument). standard-bearer, flag-bearerAlbum of Sketches for The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Album of Sketches for The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, late 1880s. Graphite and wash drawings on wove paper, leather binding , 9 1/8 x 6 x 5/8 in. (23.2 x 15.2 cm). European Art late 1880sFace in Amsterdam, possibly on or near the Rokin, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1903 Page 81 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). urban housing RockClaude Monet/ In the Studio Boat in Front of Petit Gennevilliersc. 1875. 240 x 310 mm. Pencil. Sketchbook 2, fol. 9r. Museum: Musee Marmottan, BUDAPEST, France.Ships in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, 1893 - 1898 Page 51 and Page 52 from a sketchbook with 38 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk canals, waters (in city) (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). ships (in general) AmsterdamTwo cityscapes, George Hendrik Breitner, 1881 - 1883 On the left a face on buildings with the rack of a mill. On the right a face on a street with a church tower in the distance. Page 54 and Page 55 from a sketchbook with 70 sheets. South-Holland paper. chalk. pencil windmill. urban housing. street. parts of church exterior and annexes: towerA pencil drawing by Carl Schuch depicting a still life with a bottle, emphasizing form, volume, and placement of objects.Horse leg. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1886 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 179 mm × w 111 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Spectators, possibly in a theater.Page 21 from Sketchbook XLVIII with 62 pages.View of Waterloo Bridge in London. Page 24 and page 25 from a sketchbook with 40 sheets.View of the Rokin in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, 1896 - 1897 Seen from Rokin 112, artists' association Arti et Amicitiae. In the front of a horse tram. Page 49 and Page 50 from a sketchbook with 39 sheets. Amsterdam chalk canals, waters (in city). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings. diligence, omnibus, horse-tram RockEnckell, Magnus, work, Sketch book, (1000 - 2008), drawing, Enckell, Magnus, owner : AT, timing: (1000 - 2008), Knut Magnus Enckell 1870 Hamina - 1925 in Stockholm, a Finnish painter. Member of the Septem group of colorist painters. In Finland, Enckell is considered an influential symbolist artist.Sailing ship with a man at the helm, Leo Gestel, 1891 - 1941 drawing paper. chalk sailing-ship, sailing-boat. male sex; manWoman with hat and a composition study. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1882 - c. 1912. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 196 mm × w 118 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Street face with figures. Page 15 from a sketchbook with 54 sheetsMonthly magazine Verf en Kunst by P.A. Regnault (design), Leo Gestel, in or after 1931 - in or before 1941 drawing Two erect figures left and right, frontal, bent the head. paper. pencil painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)Cross at large stones with a threatening sky above them. Draughtsman: Willem Roelofs (I). Dating: 1832 - 1897. Measurements: h 80 mm × w 149 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.View of the Sloterdijkbrug in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, 1907 - 1908 Page 29 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk bridge in city across river, canal, etc. SloterdijkbrugView of the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam. De Kalverstraat in the evening with flags. Page 35 and page 36 from a sketchbook with 20 sheets.View of the Barentszkade in Amsterdam with Heimatereelelieel, George Hendrik Breitner, 1896 - 1901 Page 53 and Page 54 from a sketchbook with 37 sheets. Amsterdam chalk pier, quay, wharf. ramming, driving piles (~ building activities) BarentszstraatGallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Harjoitelmia i tuherrushi, undateable, felt-tip pen, drawing, 27.2 cm x 21.5 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.Scenes of a theater when preparing a decorVase with stage ..Double sided drawing; Verso: decorative horse harness (in the yellow room in the palace in Podhorce); Verso: Sketches of battle scenes (projects of illustrations) Ivanec ', Ivan (1893 1946)Georges Hugo (1868-1925). Couple in a cafe. Graphite pencil. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Sketch, drawingRolling staircase in the Muiderslot, 1866 - 1868 Page 64 Recto from a sketchbook with 67 sheets. Others paper. pencil flight of steps MuiderslotSeascape (Küste). Dated: 1916. Dimensions: plate: 6.3 x 14.9 cm (2 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.2 x 25.3 cm (6 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.). Medium: drypoint in black on white wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lovis Corinth.Street with figures, seen by a gate, 1909 Page 91 from a sketchbook with 67 sheets. Tunisia pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). gate, entranceStraat met figuren.Page 3 From a sketchbook with 31 sheets.Dressed figures at a balustrade, 1875 - 1934 Possibly artists on a theater staircase. Leaf 3 Verso from sketchbook Li with 11 sheets. Paris (possibly) j: paper. chalk stage costume. the show; fair and circus performersStreet with flags in Amsterdam, possibly the Hartenstraat, c. 1886 - 1923 drawing In the front figures. On an agenda magazine. Amsterdam pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) HartenstraatAlexander Rothaug created various sketches around 1930 using pencil and ink spring, exploring composition and form on paper.George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Female Figure Kneeling on a Promontory, Waving, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.Feather sketches by Anton Romako showing a variety of figures, poses, and compositions on paper.Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 8 cm x 12 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 FinlandGarlands wrapping the cathedral columns; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1910 (1906-00-00-1910-00-00);Partage Plus, occasional decorations, garland (ornament), cathedral of St. Stanisława (Vilnius), colonnades, purchase (provenance). .Carriage for the Royal Palace on Dam Square in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1903 Seen from the Zocher stock exchange. Page 47 and Page 48 from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). palace. diligence, omnibus, horse-tram Royal Palace Amsterdam. DamKoepeldaken, 1888 Page 51 from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. Istanbul chalk dome ~ architectureFour designs for vases, a dish and a box and saucer of pottery.Armchairs and coffee tables. Leaf 19 Verso from a sketchbook with 29 sheets.The Little Lagoon. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States, 1834-1903). 1879/80. Prints. Etching and drypointCityscape. Page 39 From sketchbook XXIX with 44 pages.Street with figures and riders. Page 59 From a sketchbook with 66 sheets.Finding the Scottish Regalia (recto), and Study, Queen Victoria and First Parliament (verso) 1830-1840 Scotland. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash (recto), and pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (verso), on ivory wove paper . David WilkieSimberg, Hugo, Sketch book (52 pages + covers), 1905-06, drawing, 21 cm x 17 cm, Simberg, Hugo, Section number A V 4830:4 / 4, 1905-06Chance in a church interior, 1827 - 1891 Page 5 Recto from a sketchbook with 11 sheets. paper. watercolor (paint). pencil brush interior of church. pulpit, ambo, chancelStreet vendor's stall drawings, works on paperHubbe House, Magdeberg, Germany, House Study. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; American, b. Germany, 1886-1969. Date: 1930-1936. Dimensions: 12.8 x 20.3 cm (5 1/16 x 8 in.). Ink on note paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Sketch for a landscape (on the back invitation to a music concert of the Marines Cadet Corps on 11 February 1898, No. 396). Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, publisherThree faces on an arch bridge over a canal. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner (signed by artist). Dating: 1897. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 140 mm × w 215 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Canto VII, from Rauschenberg: XXXIV Drawings for Dante's Inferno. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008); published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (American, founded 1949); printed by Smeets Offset (Dutch, founded 1830). Date: 1964. Dimensions: 369 x 292 mm (image/primary support); 430 x 440 (secondary support, closed); 430 x 878 mm (secondary support, open). Color offset lithograph on paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Face and a geometric pattern, c. 1905 Page 5 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. paper. pencil ornament ~ geometric motifs. face'Lektüre', mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator: Carl Spitzweg.Enckell, Magnus, work, Sketch book, 1891, pencil, marker, crayon, etc., drawing, 22 cm x 30 cm, Enckell, Magnus, 1891, pencil, marker, crayon, etc., Knut Magnus Enckell 1870 Hamina - 1925 in Stockholm, a Finnish painter. Member of the Septem group of colorist painters. In Finland, Enckell is considered an influential symbolist artist.Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 9.5 cm x 17.5 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 FinlandHorses on the street. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1873 - 1886. Place: Loosduinen (Den Haag). Measurements: h 114 mm × w 191 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Study sheet, possibly with machine parts, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 15 and Page 16 from a sketchbook with 25 magazines. The Hague paper. chalk. pencil machines; parts of machines; tools and appliancesTwo sketches: a) Caret of sq m under trees (sketch to the image of Ballada), b) two figures intertwined to the water; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1898-1899 (1898-00-00-1899-00-00);Partage Plus, trees, carriage, sketches, painting sketches, water, purchase (provenance)InteriorStudy. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 17 cm x 11 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 FinlandArchitecture study and a landscape with cloudy sky, George Hendrik Breitner, 1884 - 1886 Page 9 and Page 10 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk. pencil civic architecture; edifices; dwellings. landscapes. cloudsThe Amsterdam Poort in Haarlem, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk city-gate Amsterdamse Poort. HaarlemForest face, 1874 - 1923 Page 34 from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. Ewijkshoeve (possibly) paper. chalk forest, woodSketch sheet with ships. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 163 mm × w 212 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Landscape with two ditches and a building, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 drawing Landscape with two parallel locks and on the left a building, with color notes. paper. chalkShipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool. Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London). Dimensions: Plate: 10 13/16 x 5 7/8 in. (27.5 x 14.9 cm)Sheet: 12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (32.3 × 20 cm). Date: 1875. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Eartham Wood, between 1749 and 1802. Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.Street Kids. Paul Klee; German, born Switzerland 1879-1940. Date: 1912. Dimensions: 75 x 120 mm (image, max); 152 x 219 mm (sheet). Lithograph on buff wove paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Sailor standing on ship rigging , Sailors, Ship equipment & rigging. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and DrawingsStelling, possibly a Heistelling, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - 1923 Page 58 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets and 9 individual drawings. Amsterdam paper. chalk ramming, driving piles (~ building activities)Heicia on the Overtoom in Amsterdam. .Drawings booklet: Charrette (Ebauche), Registration Lagabie (Page 47) Camille-Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796-1875). Drawing Book of Drawings: Charrette (Draft), Lagabie Registration (page 47). Pencil.Album of Sketches for The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Album of Sketches for The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, late 1880s. Graphite and wash drawings on wove paper, leather binding , 9 1/8 x 6 x 5/8 in. (23.2 x 15.2 cm). European Art late 1880sIn notes, verso illegible sketch; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1909 (1909-00-00-1909-00-00);Partage Plus, places, purchase (provenance)Drawing, Stern View of Two Canoes; Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); USA; crayon on paper; 11.7 x 19.7 cm (4 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)Cityscape, possibly with figures, George Hendrik Breitner, 1881 - 1883 Cityscape, possibly with figures. Page 24 and Page 25 from a sketchbook with 70 sheets. South-Holland paper. chalk city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). urban housingHek in a polder landscape between Volendam and Edam, Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1868 - 1933 drawing At the bottom right three figures with tow lines. paper. pencil fence, wall, paling Edam. VolendamDrawing, Design for Firescreen, Hounds; Designed by William Hunt Diederich (American, b. Hungary, 1884-1953); USA; black crayon, graphite on tracing paper; 17 x 21.7 cm (6 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.)DIBUJO-CHABOLAS. Author: ISIDRO NONELL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.Figure on the street, c. 1898 drawing On an agenda magazine. Amsterdam paper. pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) AmsterdamEdelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 13 cm x 8 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 FinlandShipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1874-1875. Dimensions: 276 x 151 mm (plate); 350 x 223 mm (sheet). Drypoint with foul biting in black ink on off-white laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Sailboat Deck with Figures. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 4 3/16 x 7 3/16 in. (10.6 x 18.3 cm). Date: 1876 (). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Study of a turn ship, Jan Vrolijk, 1856 - 1894 drawing paper. pencil ships (in general)Broulring, 1870 - 1923 Page 8 from a sketchbook with 16 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk bridge. balustrade AmsterdamSeamstress sits at Windieur, Édouard Vuillard, 1889 - 1894 print France paper sewing. female sex; womanThree sketches: a) cloud, b) by a river, c) church facade. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonistTwo figures with tulip tires and long robes, 1944 Both figures have closed their eyes. Page 15 Verso from a sketchbook with 18 sheets. Amsterdam paper. ink. pencil pen standing figure. head-gear: turban. eyes closed