Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Blue Paper – Northern European Drawings – 1600-1700

Simon Vouet
Creusa carrying the Gods of Troy
ca. 1635
drawing on blue paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Nicolas Poussin
Agony in the Garden
ca. 1636-38
drawing on blue paper
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Nicolaes Berchem
Standing Man with Outstretched Arm
ca. 1644
drawing on blue paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Guillaume Courtois
Study of a Young Woman carrying a Pot
1645
drawing (colored chalks) on blue paper
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

Adriaen van de Velde
Académie
ca. 1646-72
drawing on blue paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Bartholomeus Breenbergh
Figure Study for Venus mourning the Death of Adonis
1646
drawing on blue paper
Harvard Art Museums

Lucas Franchoys the Younger
Study of a Young Man wearing a Hat
ca. 1650
drawing on blue paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

attributed to Jan Both
Standing Beggar
before 1652
drawing on blue paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Louis de Boullogne the Elder
Académie
1654
drawing on blue paper
private collection

Peter Lely
Knights of the Order of the Garter in Procession
ca. 1663-71
drawing on blue paper
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Leonaert Bramer
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
before 1674
drawing on blue paper
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Charles de La Fosse
Sleeping Rinaldo
1686
drawing on blue paper
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame

Arnold Boonen
Self Portrait
1695
drawing on blue paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Johann Carl Loth
Jupiter and Ganymede
before 1698
drawing on blue paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Karl Dankwart
Christ crowned with Thorns
late 17th century
drawing on blue paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York