Architectural fantasy. 1781. Charles Louis Clerisseau. French. 1721-1820. gouache, pen and brown wash.
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Unknown French Master - Judgment of the Dead (the folio is from the so-called “Grandes Heures de Rohan” executed by the Master of the Rohan Prayer-book. 1418
Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli (Il Giampietrino), Christ with the Reed, 16th century
The pyramids of Giza, imagined by Kircher based on traveler’s reports, from Sphinx Mystagoga (1676)
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Karl Alexander Wilke (1879 Leipzig - 1954 Wien), illustration for “Die Muskete” magazine, 1906
Titan struck. 1706. Nicolas de Largilliere. French. 1656-1746. drawing.
Karl Alexander Wilke (1879 Leipzig - 1954 Wien), illustration for “Die Muskete” magazine, 1906
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Karl Alexander Wilke (1879 Leipzig - 1954 Wien), illustration for “Die Muskete” magazine, 1906
Odilon Redon - Roland at Roncevaux. 1868-69
Self Portrait With a Group of Friends, Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), 1824-27. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy)
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Hugó Scheiber (Hungarian, 1873-1950), Young Lady with a Cigarette. Gouache and pastel on vellum laid down on cardboard, 62 x 59.8 cm.
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Girolamo Romani (Il Romanino), Portrait of a Man, c. 1515-7
View of a Roman house. 1792. Charles Percier. French.1764-1838. pen and watercolor on paper.