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Sketches of Urban Life and Architecture

Chalk sketches of Amsterdam’s urban landscape, including canals, bridges, and street scenes, capturing the essence of city life during the artist's time.

View of the Prinsenealandsgracht in Amsterdam. View of the Prinsenealandsgracht in Amsterdam. A tap of the tar factory in the middle. In front of Terton. Page 33 and page 34 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets manufactured in Antwerp, Ghent and Amsterdam.
View of the Prinsenealandsgracht in Amsterdam. View of the Prinsenealandsgracht in Amsterdam. A tap of the tar factory in the middle. In front of Terton. Page 33 and page 34 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets manufactured in Antwerp, Ghent and Amsterdam.
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Woman in an alley. Page 109 From a sketchbook with 83 sheets.Two figures on a street, 1923 Page 41 from a sketchbook with 66 sheets. Morocco paper. chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)Bridge over the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, near the Reguliersgracht. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1897. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 102 mm × w 110 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Street with two figures. One figure rides on a packed donkey. Page 19 From a sketchbook with 66 sheets.Study sheet, including with a figure at a staircase, 1892 Presumably a street scene. Page 95 from a sketchbook with 54 sheets. Istanbul chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). flight of stepsOld house in Bohdanów. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonistEdelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 23 cm x 30 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 FinlandPad with posts, c. 1880 - c. 1900 Page 4 Recto from a sketchbook with 29 sheets. paper. pencil fence, wall, paling. fence, wall, palingCityscape and a kneeling figure. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1885. Place: Loosduinen (Den Haag). Measurements: h 228 mm × w 192 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Face in Amsterdam with moored boats, George Hendrik Breitner, 1893 - 1898 Page 35 and Page 36 from a sketchbook with 38 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk canals, waters (in city). ships (in general). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings AmsterdamStreet with figures, including a rider, 1922 Page 43 from a sketchbook with 31 sheets. Biskra (Possible) paper. pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horsemanMother at a cradle. Leaf 42 Recto from a sketchbook with 51 sheets.Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 14 cm x 9 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 FinlandTwo sketches: a) bell tube; b) want to stand by the road, sketches to the amendment of Henryk Sienkiewicz's "Dzwonnik"; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1906 (1906-00-00-1906-00-00);Partage Plus, Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846-1916) - illustration, purchase (provenance)Sailboat, 1797 - 1838 Leaf 20 Recto from a sketchbook with 65 sheets. paper. pencil Leaf 20 Recto from a sketchbook with 65 sheets. paper. pencilThe Lantern Maker's Courtship, Study of A Street Scene in Cairo, 1854 Artist: William Holman-Hunt, Pre-RaphaeliteDrawing, Figure Sketches; Verso: Bookcase; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900); USAFigures on a square in rain. .House with an open window. Page 4a from a sketchbook with 17 sheets.Pencil drawing by Emerich Alexius Swoboda showing designs for a monument. The work emphasizes architectural composition, layout, and preliminary study.Järnefelt, Eero, Sketch book, (1910 - 1920), technique text: pencil, charcoal and pastel, drawing, 36 cm x 30 cm, artist : Järnefelt, Eero, (1910 - 1920), pencil, charcoal and pastel, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.Church in Vishnyeva. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonistRégamey, Frédéric (N.1849-07-04-D.1925-12), Victor Hugo's room window, avenue d'Eylau (dummy title), 1880. Pamon on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.Nocturne: Furnace 1879-80 James McNeill Whistler American. Nocturne: Furnace 372588Tomb van Napoleon I Bonaparte in the Dôme des Invalides in Paris, 1867 Page 29 Verso from a sketchbook with 40 sheets. Paris paper. pencil grave, tomb Dome of InvalidesFolio f 16v. Codex Madrid II (Ms. 8936) "Treaty of fortification, statics and geometry". 158 folios with 316 pages. Internal format: 210 x 145 mm. CIVIL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION. STUDIES AROUND THE ARNO. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821-1906, British, Menaggio, Corpus Domini, undated. Pastel, graphite, black chalk and white chalk on medium, slighlty textured, beige wove paper.Landscape and a face, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 8 Recto from a sketchbook with 10 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk landscapes. faceBanging figure in an alley or in a courtyard, George Hendrik Breitner, 1883 - 1885 Page 20 from a sketchbook with 18 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk lane, alley (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). bending figureView in Amsterdam. A figure in front. Page 23 and page 24 From a sketchbook with 39 sheets.Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Unidentified illustration- Study for Shakespearean scene, possibly early study for Mariana in Measure forMeasure, Crayon, Wove, 15.1 × 22.9 cm (5 15/16 × 9in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsCityscape. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1886 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 274 mm × w 208 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Young woman on the Overtoom in Amsterdam. There is a barge in the water. Page 31 From a sketchbook with 20 sheets.Steamboat on the water, 1890 - 1946 Leaf 50 Verso from a sketchbook with 50 sheets. paper. pencil ships (in general)Schreierstoren te Amsterdam.Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 20 sheets.Figures, possibly for a building, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1886 - 1923 Page 3 from a sketchbook with 17 sheets. Amsterdam paper. pencil city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). civic architecture; edifices; dwellingsVarious sketches by Alexander Rothaug created around 1930 using pencil and ink spring, illustrating figures, objects, and studies.Landscape with a group of figures.Leaf 29 recto from a sketchbook with 53 sheets.Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)Architecture Study, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - 1923 Possibly a city gate. Page 55 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets and 9 individual drawings. Amsterdam paper. pencil architecture. city-gateEdelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 12.5 cm x 21 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 FinlandChair, c. 1901 Page 65 Recto from a sketchbook with 79 sheets. pencil. chalk chairHouse in a landscape. Leaf 72 Verso from a sketchbook with 73 sheets.Connection of Bohdanov () - a silhouette of the building of the building; Three sketches of the entrance gate (image to the image); Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1916-1919 (1916-00-00-1919-00-00);Bohdanów (Belarus), Partage Plus, gates (architect), residential buildings, projects, studies for paintings, purchase (provenance)Face in Amsterdam with boats, George Hendrik Breitner, 1898 - 1902 Page 8 from a sketchbook with 42 sheets. Amsterdam chalk canals, waters (in city). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings. ships (in general) AmsterdamUntitled (The Hotel). Öyvind Fahlström; Swedish, 1928-1976. Date: 1961. Dimensions: 438 x 365 mm. Graphite, pen and black, red and blue ink, and gouache on cream wove paper, cut into two sections and laid down on cream wove paper, with additions in colored pencil and graphite. Origin: Sweden. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Nocturne: Furnace. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1878-1880. Dimensions: 166 x 232 mm (plate); 275 x 388 mm (sheet, sight, bound). Etching and drypoint with foul biting, with drypoint cancellation, in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Interior with a knitting woman and a child on a chair. Leaf 47 Verso from a sketchbook with 51 sheets.Houses in a landscape, 1907 Page 18 Verso from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. paper. chalk city-view, and landscape with man-made constructionsInterior of the Mezquita Cathedral of Córdoba. Page 6 From a sketchbook with 30 sheets.Three architectural design sketches for 'Zum Fest' by Rothaug on transparent paper with figure studies, rendered in pencil, ink, and color.. .Sketches of the academic composition of Priam, Achilles, who is a return of his son of his Hector; verso: caricatured profiles, female (scratch); Bili Ska-Bohdanowiczowa, Anna (1854-1893); 1882 (1882-00-00-1882-00-00);Renault, Wanda (1910-1990) - collection, travel, studies to paintings, figural sketches, purchase (provenance)Study sheet, including with a figure study, 1888 Also a study of figures in a street. Page 65 from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. Istanbul chalk Asiatic races and peoples. streetItalian Sketchbook: Landscape (page 202), 1898-1899. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). Pencil; sheet: 16.7 x 10.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/4 in.).Street, 1888 Page 40 from a sketchbook with 49 sheets. chalk streetPicker. Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901), graphic artistSalle VII. Bas-reliefs 12 and 13, created by Eugène Flandin between 1849 and 1850. The artwork depicts guards carrying weapons over their shoulders, marching towards a building, either a palace or temple, situated along a fish-rich river, with boats on its surface. The print is from Paris, published by Imprimerie nationaleBliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Church Interior. Artist: Eugène Cicéri (French, Paris 1813-1890 Fontainebleau). Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/8 x 17 1/16 in. (27.7 x 43.4 cm). Date: 1830-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Figures on a square in rain, 1897 drawing Amsterdam paper. chalk. pencil square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). umbrella AmsterdamView of the Rokin in Amsterdam. Page 57 and page 58 from a sketchbook with 37 sheets.The Village Sweet Shop. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States, 1834-1903). 1886. Prints. EtchingEdelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 12 cm x 19.5 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 FinlandStudy sheet with sketches of train coupe with sleeping men. .Le village abandonné , Ghost towns, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)Study sheet with ships. .Pen drawing by Paul Klee titled 'Pisch! The torture,' created in 1918 on paper mounted on cardboard, depicting a conceptual scene of torture.Boomstudie, Matthijs Maris, After 1849 - Before 1917 drawing paper. chalkCornelius Ploos Van Amstel, 1726-1798, Dutch, Church Interior after Pieter Saenredam. Etching, proof, colored.Figures with umbrellas on the Rokin in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1890 - c. 1900 Seen from Rokin 112, artists' association Arti et Amicitiae. Page 11 and page 12 from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. Amsterdam chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings. rain RockDesign for Ceiling Decoration, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Design for Ceiling Decoration., Rome, Italy, 1746-1809, interiors, Drawing, DrawingAlbum 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 1880sJärnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, 1896-97, pencil, marker and charcoal, drawing, 15 cm x 24.5 cm, artist : Järnefelt, Eero, 1896-97, pencil, marker and charcoal, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.Hansom Cabs, New York. Artist: Giovanni Boldini (Italian, Ferrara 1842-1931 Paris). Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (17.5 x 21.9cm). Date: ca. 1897. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Keet on the Oostkade in Rotterdam, 1871 Workers are working for the shack. Leaf 92 Verso and 93 Recto from a sketchbook with 98 sheets. Rotterdam paper. ink. pencil brush hut, cabin, lodge. working class, labourers RotterdamDame, Mme Louise Michel Angloise and other caf visitors. Draughtsman: Jan Toorop. Dating: 1868 - 1928. Measurements: h 159 mm × w 96 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Zittende figuren.Possibly a man and a woman with children. Page 58 from a sketchbook with 39 sheets.Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 14 cm x 23 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 FinlandWright, Wilhelm von, Wright, Magnus von, work, Mockingbird, female, 1828 - 1838, color lithography, graphics, leaf width 37.8 cm, leaf height 27.2 cm, image width 17.3 cm, image height 17.1 cm, Wilhelm von Wright 1810 - 1887, Swedish-Finnish painter and amateur naturalist.InteriorStudy. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897Entrance to the Wołoska church in Lviv; Wooden houses in Wiśnicz; Łukasz Górka; Buildings in Wiśnicz; Synagogue in Żółków; Dymamentowski, Piotr (Fl. 1871-1878), Regulski, Aleksander (1839-1884), Zabłocki, Feliks ( -1874), Zajkowski, Andrzej (1851-1914), Matejko, Jan (1838-1893), Lewental, Samuel (Warsaw; printing house; 1866-1890); 1876 (1876-00-00-1876-00-00);Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 58, c. 1901 Page 57 Verso from a sketchbook with 79 sheets. .Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 13 cm x 20.5 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 FinlandCityscape with figures, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1890 Page 7 and Page 8 from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. chalk city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). civic architecture; edifices; dwellingsFinch, Alfred William, work, Landscape practice, white and black chalk, drawing, 29 cm x 38 cmWreck of a Botter in the port of Monnickendam, Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp, 1914 print paper drypoint parts of ship's exterior MonnickendamBliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)Street with a lantern and figures. Page 38 From a sketchbook with 48 sheets.Horse and a figure on a building site. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1897. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 104 mm × w 135 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Régamey, Frédéric (n.1849-07-04-D.1925-12), fireplace with mirror and painting, at Victor Hugo, avenue d'Eylau (dummy title), 1880. Prayon on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.Cityscape with water. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1880 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 102 mm × w 159 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.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 1880sMill. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonistFigure studies and a cow. Page 7 and page 8 from a sketchbook with 27 sheets.View in Amsterdam in rain ..Design for a fence for the vestibule and an egg alon. Leaf 18 Recto from a sketchbook with 24 sheets.Studies of Ponen ..Ponte del Piovan. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States, 1834-1903). 1879/1880. Prints. Etching and drypointSimberg, Hugo, work, Sketch book (226 pp.+covers), 1905-07, drawing, 17.2 cm x 18 cm, Simberg, Hugo, 1905-07