Category: Drawing
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Eye Candy for Today: Alexander Cozens ink and wash landscape drawing
Landscape with Ruined Temple, Alexander Cozens Brown ink and wash over graphite; roughly 12 x 16 inches (32 x 40 cm); in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art. Use the Zoom or Download links under the image on their site. Also available as a a zoomable image on Google Art Project and…
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Frederico Zuccaro brown ink drawing of his brother drawing antique sculptures
Taddeo Drawing after the Antique; In the Background Copying a Facade by Polidoro, Federico Zuccaro Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, roughly 17 x 7 inches (42 x 18 cm); in the collection of the Getty Museum, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the image. There is also a somewhat…
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Eye Candy for Today: Watteau chalk studies
Two Studies of the Head and Shoulders of a Little Girl, Antoine Watteau Black, red and white chalk on buff paper, roughy 7 x 10 inches (19 x 25 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. Use the Zoom feature or download link. Watteau was noted for his “trois crayon” drawings, in…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt pen drawing of cottage and fence
Cottage with White Paling among Trees, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Drawing in quill and reed pen in brown ink with brown wash and touches of opaque white and gray wash; roughly 7 x 10 inches (17 x 25 cm); in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Image is zoomable on their page, you can also download…
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Eye Candy for Today: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince ink and wash drawing
Imaginary Landscape with Fishermen Pulling in Their Nets, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince Pen and black ink with gray wash, roughly 16 x 12 inches (40 x 29 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY; use the Download or Zoom links on their page. Though described as an imaginary landscape, both the landscape…
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Eye Candy for Today: Theodore Rousseau pen and wash drawing
Village and Church of Beurre, Franche-Comté, Théodore Rousseau Pen and brown ink, with brown wash and touches of green and red-brown watercolor, over graphite; roughly 7 x 10 inches (17 x 26 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version. 19th century landscape painter Théodore…