Tag: drawing

Il Sogno (c.1533)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Bodegón (1913)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Bodegón (Still Life) 1913 Graphite and color pencils on silkpaper, 72.5 x 44.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid By the time Juan Gris became known as a painter at the Salon des Indépendants in 1912, his work was fully…

Femme au manchon (c.1884)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Femme au manchon (Lady with a muff) c.1884 Conté crayon on paper, 29.5 x 22 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Mock This lady is dressed in the fashion of the day, with her tall hat, constricted waist, the skirt protruding…

Groupe de danseuses (1895-1897)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Groupe de danseuses (Group of Dancers) c.1895–1897 Pastel on panel, 32.39 × 40.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This enigmatic drawing on panel has never before been published. The stamps and numbers on the verso indicate…

La Baigneuse blonde (c.1880-1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse (The Bather) c.1880–1881 Chalk on paper mounted on board, 84.535 x 65.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This is among the most important surviving drawings by Renoir. It relates, without question, to the famous…

Anatomia Humani Corporis (1690)

Bidloo, Govert (1649-1713), anatomist, and Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711), artist Anatomia Humani Corporis (Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams) 1690 Copperplate engraving with etching National Library of Medicine, Bethesda

Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (1910)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (Sketch for ‘The Old Bridge at Cagnes’) 1910 Graphite and watercolour on paper, 19.7 x 22.2 cm Tate Britain, London This drawing dates from a period in which Derain had moved…