Red Chalk – Northern European Drawings – 1700-1800

Joshua Reynolds
Ariadne on Naxos attended by Satyrs and a Boy 
(after an unidentified Italian painting)
ca. 1752
drawing
British Museum

Anonymous Artist
Sculpture Group of Nymph and Satyr
(documentary drawing commissioned by dealer/collector Charles Townley)
late 18th century
drawing
British Museum

Anonymous Artist
Antique Bust of Clytie
(documentary drawing commissioned by dealer/collector Charles Townley)
late 18th century
drawing
British Museum

Richard Dalton
The Farnese Hercules
1742
drawing
Tate Gallery

Hendrik de Flines
Académie
ca. 1784-98
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Cornelis Joseph d'Heur
Académie
before 1762
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Cornelis Joseph d'Heur
Académie
before 1762
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Stuart Threipland
Académie
ca. 1740
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Stuart Threipland
Académie
ca. 1740
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Allan Ramsay
Académie
ca. 1754-56
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Allan Ramsay after Raphael
Personification of Moderation
1755
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Allan Ramsay
Portrait of Margaret Lindsay (reading aloud)
1776
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Allan Ramsay
Study of Left Hand holding a Baton
ca. 1737-38
drawing
National-Galleries-of-Scotland

Mattheus Verheyden
Study of Left Hand
ca. 1740-50
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Mattheus Verheyden
Study of Right Hand
ca. 1740-50
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Red Chalk – Northern European Drawings – 1600-1700

Abraham Bloemaert
Studies of Women's Heads
ca. 1620-30
drawing
Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Abraham Bloemaert
Medea
before 1651
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Gerrit van Honthorst after Alessandro Turchi
Hercules and Omphale
before 1656
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Jacob Jordaens
Figure Study of Old Man
ca. 1640
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Shepherd approaching a Sleeping Nymph
before 1667
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Study of Legs
 ca. 1622-24
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Peter Paul Rubens
Study of the Belvedere Torso
ca. 1601-02
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

attributed to Cornelis Bega
Standing Man
before 1664
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Joachim von Sandrart
The Holy Kinship
before 1688
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Adriaen van de Velde
Youth seated on the Ground
before 1672
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Adriaen van de Velde
Académie
before 1672
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Adriaen van de Velde
Académie
before 1672
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Adriaen van de Velde
Standing Male Figure (Drapery Study)
before 1672
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Leendert van der Cooghen
Self Portrait
1653
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Leendert van der Cooghen
Portrait of a Young Woman
1654
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Red Chalk – French Drawings – 1750-1800

François-André Vincent
Study for Boreas abducting Orithyia
ca. 1782
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Woman Reading, viewed from the back
ca. 1775-85
drawing
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Vase on a Classical Pedestal
ca. 1784
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

follower of Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Ornamental Design with Flowers
late 18th century
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Seated Young Woman
late 18th century
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Portrait de Bergeret
ca. 1770-71
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié
Portrait of Cellist Martin Berteau
before 1784
drawing
private collection

Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié
Académie
before 1784
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Carle Vanloo
Dancing Faun
before 1765
drawing
British Museum

Carle Vanloo
Académie
before 1765
drawing
private collection

Carle Vanloo
Académie
before 1765
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hubert Robert
Arch of Titus, Rome
ca. 1755-65
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Hubert Robert
View of Villa Madama, Rome
ca. 1755-65
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Hubert Robert
Oval Fountain in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli
1760
drawing
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Hubert Robert
Traveler looking at a Vase in the Garden of the Maronite Convent, Rome
1764
drawing
National Gallery of Canada

Red Chalk – French Drawings – 1700-1750

François Lemoyne
Study of Valet pouring Wine
ca. 1723
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Lemoyne
View of Rome
1724
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Nicolas Lancret
Standing Figure extending a Greeting
ca. 1715-25
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Bernard Picart
Bending Figure (Drapery Study)
1711
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bernard Picart
Ancient Gem with Bacchus and Ariadne
ca. 1722-23
drawing
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bernard Picart
Académie
1723
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Carle Vanloo
Académie
ca. 1740-50
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

François Boucher
Fallen Huntsman
ca. 1736
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher
Vinegar Seller
1736
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

François Boucher
Study for Eraste in Molière's Le Dépit Amoureux
1734
drawing
British Museum

François Verdier
Kneeling Woman
before 1730
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Edmé Bouchardon
Design for Fountain in Niche
ca. 1735
drawing
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Design for Decorative Panel
ca. 1710-15
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Study for The Feast of Love
ca. 1717
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Painter seated at his Easel (possibly Claude Audran)
ca. 1709
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago