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View of a building site, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1891 - c. 1894 Page 8 from a sketchbook with 15 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk building-site Amsterdam
View of a building site, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1891 - c. 1894 Page 8 from a sketchbook with 15 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk building-site Amsterdam
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Two figures on a street. Page 41 from a sketchbook with 66 sheets.Ericsson, Henry, work, Sketch book, civil war subjects, 39 leaves, 1931, drawing, civil war; prisoners of war; prison camps, 17.8 cm x 21.5 cm, Ericsson, Henry, Section A IV 3376:16 / 58, section: Figures, angel and people, 1931, Carl August Henry Ericsson, 1898 in St. Michel, Finland - 1933 in Borgå, was a Finnish graphic artist and decorative painter of Finland.Sailing ship with a man at the helm, Leo Gestel, 1891 - 1941 drawing paper. chalk sailing-ship, sailing-boat. male sex; manFigures on the street, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1895 Page 31 from a sketchbook with 20 magazines. Amsterdam paper. chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) AmsterdamEdelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 11.5 cm x 14 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 FinlandSilhouettes and heads, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1880 and circa 1883, Belgian ArtStudies of trunk and pine up, watercolor attempts; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); around 1900 (1895-00-00-1905-00-00);Partage Plus, Sosny (Bot.), Studies (sketches), Purchase (provenance)Two milking farmers, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 44 from a sketchbook with 23 magazines. The Hague paper. chalk cow. milkingBliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)Cloud study. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1867 - 1923. Measurements: h 202 mm × w 132 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Street. Page 84 from a sketchbook with 56 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 FinlandTwo figures in robes, possibly chitons. Page 27 From a sketchbook with 13 sheets.Study of a nude female figure (Satyress) Auguste Rodin French 1905-8 View more. Study of a nude female figure (Satyress). Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). 1905-8. Graphite and watercolor on paper. DrawingsPencil and ink drawings by Alexander Rothaug featuring area decoration designs, landscape studies, and human head studies, created around spring 1901.View of the Damrak in Amsterdam. Seen to the ability of the houses on the Warmoesstraat (numbers 158-164). Front figures. Page 29 and page 30 From a sketchbook with 46 sheets manufactured in the Amsterdam area, Rotterdam and Haarlem.Bridge over the Elandsgracht, George Hendrik Breitner, 1867 - 1923 drawing paper. chalk canals, waters (in city) Elandsgracht. AmsterdamWalker in a landscape, 1848 - 1888 Page 30 Verso from a sketchbook with 43 sheets. paper. chalk landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage). walkingScene from the Noh theater piece Tsuchigumo, Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1902 drawing Three Japanese actors with drawn swords, seen on the back. In the drawing instructions with regard to color and details. Prosophy of a color wood cut. Japan paper theatre, theatrical performancePrinseneilandsgracht with the Sloterdijkerbrug, seen from the new Teertuinen, George Hendrik Breitner, 1907 - 1909 View of the Prinseneilandsgracht with the Sloterdijker bridge, seen from the new teertuinen. In the middle tertoons at the crane of the tar chief. In the distance buildings on Prinseneiland. Page 77 and Page 78 from a sketchbook with 46 magazines made in Antwerp, Ghent and Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper. chalk bridge in city across river, canal, etc. Prinseneilandsgracht. Prinseniland. Sloterdijkbrug. New teertuinenView of a city, possible Florence. Page 9 From a sketchbook with 28 sheets.Running woman. Leaf 12 Recto from a sketchbook with 10 sheets.View of the Groenendaal in Rotterdam. In front a figure in a rowing boat. Page 26 From a sketchbook with 12 sheets.The Sportsman Mounting His Horse. Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834-1917 Paris). Dimensions: plate: 3 1/4 x 2 15/16 in. (8.3 x 7.5 cm)sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 5/8 in. (32.5 x 24.5 cm). Date: 1856. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Figures at the Lauriergracht in Amsterdam. Page 16 From a sketchbook with 41 sheets.Death of Mary, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1885 and circa 1886, Belgian ArtIntérieur (Interior) 19th century Rodolphe Bresdin French. Intérieur (Interior) 429730Trees, possibly in a garden or park, George Hendrik Breitner, 1907 Trees, possibly in a garden or park. Page 47 from a sketchbook with 46 magazines made in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Haarlem. Amsterdam paper. chalk trees. park. .Sketch with fish. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 420 mm × w 347 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Horse coil and figures on a street. Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 35 sheets.Woman playing billiards. .Vauxhall Bridge. Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903). 1861. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionThe chair The Board from: Le Corbeau The Raven Poëme by Edgar Poe French translation of Stephane Mallarmé with illustrations by Édouard Manet, Paris: Richard Lesciide, 1875 Manet, Édouard (1832 1883)CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)Classical architecture, some columns, Thomas Cool, 1861 - 1904, draughtsman: Thomas Cool, 1861 - 1904, paper, pen, h 118 mm × w 116 mmWoman sewing, sitting at a table. Draughtsman: Rik Wouters. Dating: 1892 - 1916. Measurements: h 275 mm × w 390 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Street face in Amsterdam. Leaf 8 Recto from a sketchbook with 41 sheets.Facing brick with lion's head. Leaf 23 Recto from a sketchbook with 27 sheets.Five Sketches: 1. Le Jardin de Périclès (The Garden of Pericles) 2. LAllée des Peintres (The Painters Path) 3. Griffonage (Scribble) 4. Le Grand Bûcheron (The Large Lumberjack) 5. La Tour dHenri VIII (The Tower of Henri VIII). Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875Lake Geneva. Le Corbusier; French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965. Date: 1932. Dimensions: 248 × 324 mm. Graphite on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Recto - Front. The Escape of a Heretic - Two Sketches of the bound Monk with Arms tied behind Back, 1857. Artist: John Everett MillaisTwo figures for a house in Gaib, 1876 Page 51 Verso from a sketchbook with 69 sheets. Gaiberg paper. pencil the usual house or row of houses GaibergArchitecture study. With arches, among other things. Page 99 From a sketchbook with 56 sheets.Sketch of Heads. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1874-1875. Dimensions: 154 x 230 mm (plate); 235 x 379 mm (sheet, sight, bound). Drypoint with foul biting, with drypoint cancellation, in black ink on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Wooded Landscape, undated. Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium slightly textured cream laid paper.Study sheet with figures, 1875 - 1934 Leaf 5 Verso from sketchbook XI with 30 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk postures of the human figureStudy for "Fusion of a Head and a Window" 1912 Umberto Boccioni Italian. Study for "Fusion of a Head and a Window". Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882-1916 Sorte). 1912. Ink on paper. DrawingsBliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)Figures in swimwear on the beach, 1875 - 1934 There is a ship off the coast. Page 10 and Page 11 from Sketchbook XL with 40 pages. The Hague pencil beach (as place of recreation). ships (in general)Study, partly cut out, c. 1884 - c. 1887 Page 17 from a sketchbook with 29 sheets. Ewijkshoeve paper. chalkView of Venice, Italy, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of a bridge and canal in Venice; Above, partial sketch of two figures., Venice, Italy, 1880, figures, Drawing, DrawingView of the Rokin in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, 1896 - 1901 Seen from Rokin 112, artists' association Arti et Amicitiae. Page 7 from a sketchbook with 37 sheets. Amsterdam pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings RockFragment of a room. Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915), draughtsman, cartoonistDrawing, Store front; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 16.9 × 10.9 cm (6 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)Cloudy sky over land. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1886 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 103 mm × w 111 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Oven. Leaf 32 Verso from a sketchbook with 36 sheets.Wife, possibly on a bridge, George Hendrik Breitner, 1884 - 1886 Page 23 and Page 24 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk bridge in city across river, canal, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). adult womanUntitled. Marcel Gromaire; French, 1892-1971. Date: 1944. Dimensions: 330 × 256 mm. Pen and black ink on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Letter to Richard Roland Holst, Willem van Konijnenburg, 1924 letter The Hague paper. ink. pencil. chalk writing (processes) applied arts, arts and crafts; industrial design. family life. hoofed animals: camel. façade (of house or building) AmsterdamStudy sheet with sketches of train compartment with sleeping men, draughtsman: Pieter de Josselin de Jong, 1871 - 1906, paper, h 294 mm × w 443 mmSketch sheet with a ship with a man on board. .Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 12.5 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 FinlandCOROT Drawings Sketch Book: Couple in front of a tree and red stamp sale Corot (page 35) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875). COROT Drawings Sketch Book: Couple in front of a tree and red stamp Sale Corot (page 35). Pencil.Study of a hand with a bowl, Jan Veth, 1874 - 1925 drawing paper. chalk hand. handPiling on the Overtoom in Amsterdam. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1912. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 134 mm × w 164 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 1880sDA-SC-86-06391. Country: UnknownStudy sheet with a fireplace and a figure. Page 9 and page 10 from a sketchbook with 16 sheets.Construction work in an attic, draughtsman: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782 - 1837, paper, pen, h 249 mm × w 201 mmWilhelm Marstrand (1810-1873), pencil draft for painter at easel, 1810-1873Artists on stage, 1875 - 1934 Possibly acrobats or dancers. Leaf 5 Verso from sketchbook XXVIII with 17 sheets. The Hague paper. watercolor (paint) brush theatre, theatrical performance. the stage and its equipmentThe London Shoreditch. Artist: Walter Richard Sickert (British, Munich 1860-1942 Bathampton, Somerset). Dimensions: plate: 6 x 6 3/4 in. (15.3 x 17.2 cm)sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20 x 26 cm). Date: ca. 1920. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.View of a street in Amsterdam. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1897. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 142 mm × w 119 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Souvenir de la Villa Pamphili. Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875). 1853 - 1874. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionInterior of the Cathedral of Strasbourg. Page 20 From a sketchbook with 49 sheets.Nanteuil, Célestin (n.1813-07-11-D.1873-09-06), Porte Guillaume (title given by the author), 1835-06-17. Graphite pencil on woven paper. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House. Represent the Guillaume door in ChartresSketch for The Vicar,” from The Quiet Life (book published by Harper in 1890 and 1899, previously published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897Front figures, Winkelstraat in Amsterdam by rain, draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner, (signed by artist), Amsterdam, 1886 - 1923, paper, h 202 mm × w 257 mmDesign for a chair. .Deer Isle, Maine, probably Movement No. 12--Boats and Pertaining Thereto. John Marin; American, 1870-1953. Date: 1927. Dimensions: 335 x 440 mm. Watercolor with black pencil on moderately thick, moderately textured, off-white wove paper (top and right edges trimmed). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Shermans march. Destroyed R.R. Tracks, 1864 ca. November 15-December 21,, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, USPen drawing by Wilhelm Busch showing Mr. and Mrs. Knopp in a home interior, executed in brown ink on brownish paper mounted on white portpaper with black-brown border, dated 1875-1877.Street with figures at an open door. Page 37 from a sketchbook with 74 sheets.Visser on a fishing boat, Leo Gestel, 1891 - 1941 drawing paper. chalk sea and coastal fishery. crew ~ ship. ships (in general)Teaches "at the right quince" corner of the Street of Huddriettes and Rue des Archives, 3rd arrondissement Jean-Jules Dufour (1889-1945), French painter. Teaches at the right quince at the corner of the Street of Huddriettes and Archives Street. Paris (3rd arrest). Fountain ink from China on cream paper. 1908.Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 11.5 cm x 14 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 FinlandJean Baptiste Camille Corot, Dreamer under Tall Trees (Le Reveur sous les grands arbres), 1874 Dreamer under Tall Trees (Le Reveur sous les grands arbres)View of the Zuiderzee from a quay near Enkhuizen, 1900 - 1931 A lighthouse can be seen on the quay and a few figures are looking out over the water. Page 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 55 sheets. Enkhuizen chalk landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) (+ landscape with figures, staffage). pier, quay, wharf. lighthouse, lightship EnkhuizenStreet light. Draughtsman: Jan van der Heyden. Dating: 1674 - 1679. Measurements: h 139 mm × w 82 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Finch, Alfred William, work, Ships, exercise, black chalk, drawing, 30 cm x 37 cmLa maison du charron , Houses, Wheelbarrows, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)Sketch sheet with landscape. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 163 mm × w 212 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Center below, a volute at the upper end, covered by a leaf below; below is a shell. Center at right: a console with spirals at both ends, supports the projecting entablature of a door - or a windowcase. Center at left: a console with spirals at the lower end supports the projecting cornices of an entablature. Above at left is a console supporting projecting moldings. Usual background. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1800-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.Hekors Flucht, pl.11, Gesang XXII, Vers 140, "Achill"; Slevogt, Max (1868-1932), Langen, Albert (1869-1909), Albert Langen-Verlag (Munich; Publisher; 1894-1932); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);Grecja, Hector (Mitol.), Homer (fl. Ca 850 a.c.). Iliada, Royal Prussian Academy of Arts and Mechanical Sciences (Berlin - 1696-1949). Library - Kolekcja, Partage Plus, Troja (Mitol.), Voss, Johann Heinrich (1751-1826). Ilias, Literatura, Modernizm (Styl), Trojańska WojnaThree standing female nudes. They are busy with their hair. Leaf 24 Verso from sketchbook IX with 28 sheets.La maison du charron , Houses, Wheelbarrows, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)Figure on the street. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1898. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 140 mm × w 81 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Farmer Wagon, seen from behind, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825National Flags, Leo Gestel, 1934 - 1936 drawing paper. deck paint. India ink (ink) pen (COHEN, Van Anarchist tot Monarchist) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national)