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Description: Composition Study from Sketchbook from the Italian Period

TitleComposition Study from Sketchbook from the Italian Period

Creator nameFragonard, Jean-Honoré

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec.1758

Object typeDrawing

Materialsbrown ink on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in. (16.5 x 24.3 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/169543

Accession number1968.42

SubjectsComposition (Art)Artists' preparatory studiesNotebooks, sketchbooks, etc

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Albums and Sketchbooks

David Pullins

Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium

~Before the second quarter of the 18th century, it was exceptional to find drawings presented as isolated objects — matted, framed, and hung on the wall. Artists, amateurs, and...

Author

David Pullins

PublisherHarvard Art Museums

Related print edition pages: pp.136-141

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00039.012

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16392&redirecttoanchor=22821

Chapter subject tags:Art and designArtists' preparatory studiesDrawing--Technique

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Landscape, from Sketchbook from the Italian Period

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameFragonard, Jean-Honoré

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1758

Object typeDrawing

Materialsred chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in. (16.5 x 24.3 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/169543

Accession number1968.42

Landscape, from Sketchbook from the...

Landscape, from Sketchbook from the Italian Period

Back Pastedown, from Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for The Coronation of Napoleon

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1805–1824

Object typeBook/Manuscript

Materialsblack chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions8 9/16 x 6 3/4 in. (21.8 x 17.1 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/297477

Accession number1943.1815.13.54

Back Pastedown, from Sketchbook No. 20:...

Back Pastedown, from Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for The Coronation of Napoleon

Description: Napoleon Crowning Josephine, from Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for The Coronation of...

Napoleon Crowning Josephine, from Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for The Coronation of Napoleon

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1805–1824

Object typeDrawing

Materialsgraphite and black crayon on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in. (21 x 16.4 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/190710

Accession number1943.1815.13.54

Napoleon Crowning Josephine, from...

Napoleon Crowning Josephine, from Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for The Coronation of Napoleon

Vienna model book with its leather box

Posted by:John Carlson

May 19

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation datec. 1400

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsMetalpoint on green prepared paper, mounted on boxwood panels and kept in a stamped leather case

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Vienna model book with its leather box

Description: Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the...

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1250–1275

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment codex

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_3487_f103v

Accession numberHarley MS 3487, fol. 103v

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal...

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Description: Sketchbook of landscape and figure studies, and drawings after Italian masters and...

Sketchbook of landscape and figure studies, and drawings after Italian masters and the Antique made during Henry Stone's Italian sojourn

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 02

Creator nameStone, Henry

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1638–1642

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPaper bound in marbled boards with leather spine

LocationSir John Soane’s Museum, London

http://collections.soane.org/ARC6232

Accession numberVol 92/29

Sketchbook of landscape and figure...

Sketchbook of landscape and figure studies, and drawings after Italian masters and the Antique made during Henry Stone's Italian sojourn

Annotated page of drawings by Walter Sickert, Carfax Gallery, January 1911

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 02

Creator nameSickert, Walter Richard

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1911

Object typeDrawing

LocationTate Library, London

Annotated page of drawings by Walter...

Annotated page of drawings by Walter Sickert, Carfax Gallery, January 1911

Sketchbook 1, no. 38

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 31

Creator nameJudd, Donald

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1963

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil and ink on paper

Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

LocationJudd Foundation, New York and Marfa, Texas

Sketchbook 1, no. 38

Sketch, book 1, no. 38

Study for a wood sculpture

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 31

Creator nameJudd, Donald

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1963–1964

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil

Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Study for a wood sculpture

Studies for sculptures, sketchbook 4, no 22

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 31

Creator nameJudd, Donald

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1963

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPencil on paper

LocationJudd Foundation, New York and Marfa, Texas

Studies for sculptures, sketchbook 4, no...

Studies for sculptures, sketchbook 4, no 22

Figure Studies: Boy Standing

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 27

Creator namePocock, Nicholas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions4 7/16 × 6 1/4 in. (11.3 × 15.9 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3647429

Accession numberB1977.14.5103

Figure Studies: Boy Standing

Singer Notes (Sheet 43)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 30

Creator nameBochner, Mel

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1968

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsScanned drawing in a binder

LocationCollection of the artist

Singer Notes (Sheet 43)

Perseus and Andromeda

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameCoypel, Antoine

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1695

Object typeDrawing

Materialsblack and white chalk on gray antique laid paper

Dimensions6 13/16 x 6 3/8 in. (17.3 x 16.2 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/295019

Accession number1999.30

Perseus and Andromeda

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameLagrenee, Jean Jacques, II

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Object typeDrawing

Materialsblack chalk, brown ink, and brown and gray wash on cream laid paper

Dimensions16 5/16 x 24 1/16 in. (41.5 x 61.1 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296625

Accession number1965.12

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Description: Astolphe Brings Back the Head of Orrile, for Canto XV of "Orlando...

Astolphe Brings Back the Head of Orrile, for Canto XV of "Orlando Furioso" by Ariosto

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameFragonard, Jean-Honoré

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1785

Object typeDrawing

Materialsblack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions17 13/16 x 11 7/16 in. (45.2 x 29.1 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/294431

Accession number2000.89

Astolphe Brings Back the Head of Orrile,...

Astolphe Brings Back the Head of Orrile, for Canto XV of "Orlando Furioso" by Ariosto

Study for the Portrait of Miss Crowe

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameFantin-Latour, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1875

Object typeDrawing

Materialsblack chalk and black crayon, squared in black crayon, on cream wove paper

Dimensions20 13/16 x 14 7/8 in. (52.8 x 37.8 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/297607

Accession number1942.207

Study for the Portrait of Miss Crowe

Dead Red Partridge and Dog and Squirrel, from Avian Album

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 27

Creator nameOudry, Jean-Baptiste

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

Materialswatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper

Dimensions16 3/4 x 13 9/16 in. (42.5 x 34.5 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/148427

Accession number1953.75.64

Dead Red Partridge and Dog and Squirrel,...

Dead Red Partridge and Dog and Squirrel, from Avian Album

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