Tag: drawing

Lady Lilith (c.1866)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith c.1866 Chalk on paper, 62 x 57 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     See also: • Cornforth, Fanny (1835-1909) | Goethe,…

Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (Allegory of Abundance) c.1480–1485 Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, 31.7 x 25.2 cm British Museum, London Abundance or Autumn; female figure wearing classical dress, holding the hand of a putto who holds…

Disegno architettonico (1518)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno architettonico (Architectural Drawing) 1518 Pen and brown ink on paper, 14.5 x 17.7 cm British Museum, London This drawing represents a semi-octagonal structure in plan and elevation, and is of problematic interpretation: it is clearly related to a…

Étude pour La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (Study for The Channel at Gravelines, Evening) 1890 Crayon on paper, 23.8 × 31.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Compare: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) La Manche à Gravelines, un soir 1890 Museum…