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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, Astonishment as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "L'étonnement N°9" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In good condition, a sta...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Sacra Famiglia - Etching - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sacra Famiglia is a print artwork on paper in the late 18th century by an Anonymous Artist. Etching on paper Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching

Portrait of Lady, 18th Century English Pen and Ink
By Ozias Humphry
Located in London, GB
Ozias Humphry 1742-1810 Portrait of Frances Abington Pen and brown ink on paper Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches Giltwood frame The actress Frances (Fanny) Barton, better known as M...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Ink

Attributed to Francesco Casanova (1727-1803), A Mamluk fighting , watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Francesco Casanova (1727-1803), A Mamluk fighting on his horse, watercolor and ink on paper 35 x 26 cm Framed 54 x 44 cm (vintage frame, the mount and the back have b...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Disegno matite su carta ritratto di fanciullo con cappellino del XVIII secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno a matita grigia e rossa raffigura un intenso ritratto frontale di un fanciullo con cappello, con le braccia incrociate davanti. Sul retro, in grafia corsiva, è probabilme...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

The Tiber, near Rome / Italian School 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and sepia ink wash on cream laid paper, 4 1/8 x 6 3/16 inches (103 x 152 mm). In good condition with scattered areas of light brown discoloration, and un...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Laid Paper, Pencil

Queen's College and the High, 18th Century Oxford watercolour painting
Located in London, GB
Anonymous Queen's College and the High, Oxford Watercolour 12 x 16 cm Initialled to bottom left This highly-detailed watercolour depicts everyday life in front of Queen's College...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Pair of 18th Century watercolour drawings by Old Master Carle Vernet
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carle Vernet (French, 1758 – 1836) ‘La Marchande de Coco’; and ‘La Tour de Babbe d’un Charbonnier’ Ink, watercolour on paper Both signed C Vernet and Carle Vernet (lower left and lower right respectively) 12.1/4 x 9 in. (31 x 22.8 cm.) A pair Vernet was born in Bordeaux. At the age of five, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, but went through the regular academical course as a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), he seemed to lose interest in the profession, and his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery. In his Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular. Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. After this, he gave up art. When he again began to produce under the French Directory (1795–1799), his style had changed radically. He started drawing in minute detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon. His drawings of Napoleon...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Orpheus and the Animals, A Study after an Ancient Bas-Relief
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed “55” and “218” in the lower right Watermark: Heawood 1351 Laid down on historic Cassiano Del Pozzo mount (Mount Type A, 531 x 402 mm) Provenance: Commissioned by Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588–1637) for his Museo Cartaceo (Paper Museum) and kept in the library of his palazzo, via dei Chiavari, Rome Transferred with the entire dal Pozzo collection by fidecommesso to his younger brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606–1689); by descent to his second son: Gabriele dal Pozzo (d. 1695); by descent to his wife: Anna Teresa Benzoni and after her remarriage in 1697, the Marchesa Lancellotti de’ Ginnetti (d. 1736); by descent to their son: Cosimo Antonio dal Pozzo (d. 1740); by whom sold with the Dal Pozzo library in 1703 to: Pope Clement XI for the Vatican Library; by whom transferred as part of the Museo Cartaceo in January 1714 to his nephew: Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), Palazzo ‘alle Quattro Fontane’ in Rome; by whom sold in 1762 to: James Adam, agent for the British Royal Librarian Richard Dalton (1715–1791) King George III of England, Buckingham House Among the sheets of the ‘Museo Cartaceo’ appropriated by Richard Dalton during a reorganization of the drawings, circa 1786-1788; his estate sale, Greenwood’s, London, 11-19 May 1791; where acquired by: John MacGowan...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Antique Italian artist - 18th/19th century figure drawing - St. Sebastian
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist (18th-19th century) - Study for a St. Sebastian. 28 x 22 cm. 50 x 35 cm with passepartout. Ink and pencil drawing on paper, without frame. Condition report: Good st...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait of a Lady - Late 18th Century European Pastel
Located in London, GB
European School Late 18th Century Portrait of a Lady Pastel on paper, mounted on canvas Image size: 28 x 23 inches Contemporary style frame Provenance: Ernst Museum Auction This pastel portrait of a lady dates from the late eighteenth century. She is pictured in a white muslin dress...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Laid Paper, Pastel

Saint Jerome Praying, with a Landscape in the Background
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
STEFANO DALL’ARZERE (Padua, circa 1520 – 1570) Saint Jerome Praying, with a Landscape in the Background Pen and brown ink, heightened with white over black chalk lines 15.5 x 12 cm...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

15th C. Tibetan Tsakali: "High Lama Presenting a Ceremonial Scarf"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
15th C. Tibetan Tsakali "High Lama Presenting a Ceremonial Scarf" MIneral pigne 6 1/4 x 4 (16 x 13 3/4 frame) inches
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Watercolour of the Radcliffe Camera from the great quadrangle of All Souls
Located in London, GB
Rev. William Henry Barnard (Co. Donegal or Co. Derry 1767-1818 London) The Radcliffe Camera from the Great Quadrangle of All Souls College, Oxford Pen and brown ink and watercolour, on paper 30 x 44 cm Signed with initials 'H.B.' (lower right) Rev William Henry Barnard was an extremely well-connected artist and clergyman -being first cousin of Prime Minister George Canning...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Study of a Bull and Study of Two Heads with Laurel Crowns (recto and verso)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: (Possibly) Wilhelm Suida; thence by descent to: Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996 Private Collection, USA Traditionally attributed to the French...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

The Adoration -Painting by Giuseppe Assereto - 1630
Located in Roma, IT
The Adoration is an original modern artwork realized by Giuseppe Assereto (died in Genoa in 1650) in the first half of the 17th Century. Original Oil Painting on Canvas. A 19th Century style gilded wood frame is included. The Autograph of the work was confirmed by Camillo Manzitti. Very good conditions. The frame is in excellent conditions too. Reference: C. Marcenaro, Pittori genovesi a Genova nel '600 e nel '700, Genova 1969, pp. 134 ; 135, n. 55. Z. Wazbinski, Un Quadro Caravaggesco Di Gioacchino Assereto, in Prospettiva, n. 26, 1981, pp. 60 ; 63. F. R. Pesenti, La Pittura in Liguria. Artisti del primo Seicento, Genova 1986, p. 397, nota 23. A. Gesino, Tracce di Matthias Stom nel collezionismo tra la Sicilia e Genova, in Caravaggio e i genovesi, catalogo della Mostra a cura di A. Orlando, Genova 2019, pp. 182 ; 195. The Adoration is an excellent example of the XVII Century Italian Painting. The style of the work denotes the suggestive influence of Assereto father's mature production, when influenced by Mathias Stom (Amersfoort, about 1600 - Sicily, after 1650) expresses dark sensibilities in a southern Italian style. In his works, however, there is an accentuated naturalism and interesting similarities with the production of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Gioacchino Assereto died in 1650, while, according to Soprani, he was intent on painting a Last Supper for the oratory...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Raffaello / Italian School
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and ink on handmade, watermarked C & I Honig laid paper, 8 15/16 x 6 3/4 inches (226 x 170 mm). Signed illegibly in ink, lower margin. Scattered light creasing and surface...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Design for a theatre fresco with fancy plasterwork - early 18th century French S
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and sepia ink on cream laid paper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (222 x 136 mm). Scattered paper tape repairs on the verso in the area of the upper left corner, and along the right sheet...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Laid Paper

Figures by a River at the Edge of a Wood
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Ferdinand von Kobell (1740–1799) Figures by a River at the Edge of a Wood Black chalk, stump and white chalk highlights, on paper 19 x 28.8 cm Signed and dated lower right: 1777 P...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

A Musical Party
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Dr. George Hamilton, Massachusetts; and by descent. Private Collection, Ohio, until 2021. Exhibited: (Possibly) Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts (according to a handwritten inscription on the reverse). This drawing by an anonymous, 16th-century German hand presents a delightful scene of nymphs—mostly nude but some draped with cloth—making music in an outdoor setting. The composition is executed within a roundel and centers on the harpsichord played by the figure seen from behind. She is accompanied by a host of other instruments, including horns, a harp, and a lira da gamba played by figures gathered nearby, several of which are positioned along the curved edges of the visual field. Two satyrs observe the merrymaking—one leans on the harpsichord while the other holds aloft a cup, presumably of wine, adding a bacchic element to the revelry. The drawing was previously owned by Dr. George Hamilton, scholar of modern art and Director of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown (1966–1977). Hamilton played...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Pen

The Dethroning / Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and grayish ink wash on bluish wove paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (177 x 265 mm) (matrix). Scattered surface soiling, adhesive residue, dog-eared corners, and scattered edge tears along left margin, outside of image area. Paper is braced on the verso with two pages from a mid 19th century book with illustrations by C.Perrin. One image depicts a scene of a group of soldiers representing the Holy Roman Empire...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Still life with ornamental urn, grapes and flora - French School 17 Cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on cream laid paper, 10 x 8 3/4 inches (254 x 222 mm). Uniform age tone, scattered surface soiling, and handling wear. One pea-sized area of skinning in the top-center sheet ...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Laid Paper, Pencil

The Introduction, French School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
In this charming scene a maid appears bashful as she is introduced by her mother to the shepherd’s son. Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

Study for Statue - Pencil Drawing by Giovanni Fontana - Early 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Statue is an original drawing in pencil on paper, realized by the architect and engineer Giovanni Fontana (1540-1614). The state of preservation of the artwork is good exc...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pietro Fancelli (Italian 1764 - 1850) bio details attached to the frame 'St. Anne & The Virgin' ink with watercolor wash on paper, framed framed: 22 x 16 inches image: 11 x 6.5 inche...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Still life with a Herald's trumpet, a Neoclassical urn, a Mason's square, .....
Located in Middletown, NY
A classic Grand Tour composition. English School, 18th Century Still life with a Herald's trumpet, a Neoclassical urn, a Mason's square, and a protractor. Ink and wash in gray ink ...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper

Landscape with Cattle
By Hendrick V. Tavernier
Located in Chicago, IL
verso: signed and dated "H. Tavernier, 1779"
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)  Putti playing around a sculpture, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)  Putti playing around a sculpture, a mythological scene Pen and brown ink on paper 15.4 x 31 cm In good condition The ancient mount has has a smal...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Screaming Face
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
DENYS CALVAERT (Antwerp c. 1540 – 1619 Bologna), ATTRIBUTED TO Screaming Face Red chalk on paper 17.5 x 14.5 cm After 1608 Provenance: Unidentified collection (Lugt L.2339 / 3578 [p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

The Fish - Pencil on Paper by J. P. Verdussen - 1775 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
The Fish is a beautiful drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1755 ca. Hand-signed and dated on the lower in pencil. In good condition, and aged. The artwo...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

French 18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Young Lady in Period Costume.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned oval'. In gilt wood frame presented under glass. Very much of its period and similar ...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel

Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)  A Banquet scene, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)  A Banquet scene Pen and black ink, brown ink wash on paper Diameter 21 cm In good condition In a modern frame under glass 30 x 30 cm Louis Feli...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Family Group
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Family Group Drawing in Chinese white, sepia and bistre ink, c. 1790 Signed lower left: G. Morland (see photo) The present work appears to be a preliminary study for two Morland pai...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jacob JORDAENS (Antwerp 1593–1678) Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch Red and black chalk on laid paper 25.9 × 18.4 cm (10¼ × 7¼ in.) Minor losses, folds, and slight s...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Female figure with Child and Dog - Charcoal Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Female figure with child and dog is a sublime original drawing (red chalk drawing on laid paper) by an exponent of the French School of the XVIII century...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

18th Century School, Courtyard of a palazzo, Architectural Capriccio, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century french School, Courtyard of a ruined palazzo, An Architectural Capriccio, Pen and black ink and black ink wash on paper 17 x 12 cm In good condition Framed : 32 x 26 c...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

La Campagne de Rome - Roman Countryside - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740ca
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper. Realized in 1740 ca. Very good conditions. Includes passepartout.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Landscape - Rome - China Ink and Watercolor - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape - Rome" is an original China ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of 18th Century, in 1700s. In excellent conditions: As good as new. ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Landscape - Drawing by Jan Peter Verdussen - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in pencil and watercolor on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1745 ca. In good condition, excpet for some foxing on the right. The artwork r...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

Turin Countryside - Original Ink and Watercolor by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1744
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and Watercolour. With handwritten notes, indicating the place and date of the artwork in lower margin: "Fait proche de Turin, ce 13 Juin 1744". Numbered on the lower right ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

La Bataille - The Battle - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper. Conditions: Two cuts on the centre of the paper. Three holes on centre-right, botton-left and top-left of the paper. Worn on the top left of the ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Camel - Drawing by follower of Stefano Della Bella - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Camel is an artwork realized  in the 18th Century by an artisti follower of Stefano della Bella. Pencil Drawing.  The artwork is in good conditions . The artwork is depicted skill...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Drinks Seller - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Drink Seller (Venditore di Bibite) is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples. Hand-signed on the lower center. Titled on the lower center. The wor...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Ancient Ruins - Watercolor by Abraham Rademaker - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Ruins is an original old master artwork realized by Abraham Rademaker (1677-1735) in 18th Century Wonderful watercolor by the famous 18th-centur...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Saint Jerome in the Desert, Prague school sanguine drawing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Saint Jerome in the Desert Prague school sanguine drawing.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Attrib. Giuseppe Mazzola (1748-1838) - 1798 Watercolour, Spinning Cotton
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate and finely detailed watercolour showing a group of women with spindles and cotton. Their children play around them as they work. The feeling of happiness in their work shi...
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Rome, The Countryside - China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Rome is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1742. In good condition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on the back and diffused foxings. Hand...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolored Etching Antique Birds, from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Di...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Engraving

Louis Lesueur (1746-1803) Landscape with ruins, 1789, drawing signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Lesueur (1746-1803) A Fantasy Landscape with ancient ruins, 1789, signed and dated "L Lesueur 1789" in the bottom centre Pen and ink and ink wash on paper 14.8 x 22 cm In goo...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Dog with Plants - Original China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1751
Located in Roma, IT
Dog with plants in the garden is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1751. pen and watercolour on brown paper. In good codition except for some pencil marks and t...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Vue de Macerata et de sa Campagne - drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper. Some foxing, otherwise very good condition. Titled and dated. Includes passepartout.
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18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Ruines Romanes - Roman Ruins - Ink and Watercolor by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper. Hand dated. Conditions: Foxing on the top right of the paper
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Garden's Flowers - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Garden's Flowers is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen. In good condition. Not signed. Passepartout included ( 48.8 x 33.8 cm). The artwork represents a Garden's...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Infant Jupiter Nursing from the She-Goat Amaltheia (The Birth of Jupiter)
By Luigi Quaini
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Infant Jupiter Nursing from the She-Goat Amaltheia (The Birth of Jupiter) Red chalk and wash on off-white paper, c. 1700 Unsigned Attribuuted to Quaini by Dwight Miller, the sch...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Cupid Sleeping - 18th Century British watercolour by Richard Westall RA
Located in London, GB
RICHARD WESTALL, RA (1765-1836) Cupid Sleeping; from a poem of Mrs Robinson - The Duchess of Devonshire Discovers the Sleeping Cupid Watercolour on paper, oval 36 by 44.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 18 in. (frame size 55 by 66 cm., 21 ¾ by 26 in.) Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1792, no.448. Richard Westall was bon in Reepham, near Norwich. Initially apprenticed to a London silver engraving he began studying at the Royal Academy Schools from 1785 and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1784 and 1836. Westall became an Associate member of the Royal Academy in 1792 and a full member in 1794. Westall painted in both oil and watercolour, his works being romantic and neoclassical in style. He contributing to both Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery and Fuseli’s Milton Gallery and was also a prolific book illustrator of both fiction and poetry including works by Sir Walter Scott and Byron, whose portrait he also painted. For a time he was also art master to the young Princess Victoria. This is probably Westall’s 1792 Royal Academy exhibit (no.448). The subject was inspired by the poem Cupid Sleeping by the poetess-actress Mary Darby Robinson, which had been published in the previous year. The poem was dedicated to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and the picture show the Duchess discovering the sleeping cupid who she then relieves of his bow and arrows. Mrs Robinson was not only the Duchess’s protégée but also the first public mistress of the Prince of Wales. William Nutter’s engraving of Westall’s picture was also dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire. Close in a woodbine's tangled shade, The blooming god asleep was laid; His brows with mossy roses crown'd; His golden darts lay scatter'd round; To shade his auburn, curled head, A purple canopy was spread, Which gently with the breezes play'd, And shed around a soften'd shade. Upon his downy smiling cheek, Adorned with many a "dimple sleek," Beam'd glowing health and tender blisses, His coral lip...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Figure of Man - Original Pencil Drawing by Augustin de Saint-Aubin- 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807). Good condition included a green and white cardboard passpartout (65x48 cm). No signatur...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Readings from the "Communion of Saints": folio from an Italian Missal Pigment on vellum Mid 17th century Provenance: Otto F. Ege (1888-1951) Phillip Duechnes Bookseller, New York, c. 1948 References And Exhibitions: Otto F. Ege Box Folio 27 Ege describes these folios as: Epistolary (Epistolarium), Italy, Middle 15th century Latin Text: Rotunda or Round Gothic Script, square rhetorical neumes Sister folio are in the following rare book libraries: Case Western Reserve University Cincinnati Public Library Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland Public Library Denison University Kent State University Kenyon College...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Vellum

19th Century Watercolor by Samuel Phillips Jackson, RWS
By Samuel Phillips Jackson
Located in New York, NY
Samuel Phillips Jackson R.W.S. (British, 1830-1904) Untitled Landscape, 18th century Watercolor on Paper Sight size: 8 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. Framed: 17 1/2 x 22 in. Signed lower left: S.P. Jackson R.W.S. Samuel Phillips Jackson was born in the city of Bristol in September 1830, the son of the equally eminent watercolourist Samuel Jackson...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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