Category: Drawing
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Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt’s Sleeping Puppy etching
Sleeping Puppy, Rembrandt van Rijn, etching and drypoint, 1 1/2″ x 3″ (4 x 8 cm). This print is in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. From their page, you can zoom or download the large image. This tiny etching of a sleeping puppy, hardly the expected subject for a Rembrandt etching,…
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Eye Candy for Today: M.J. Galt pencil portrait
Alex, by M.J. Galt, pencil on paper. I don’t know the size. Link is to image file page on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Library of Congress. There is a character to this drawing, perhaps a feeling of confidence and definitive structure, that make me confident that it is an exacting portrait, an undeniable…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carlo Ferrario pencil drawing
A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario, pencil on paper, 6 x 12 in. ( 21 x31 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. The link is to the Morgan Library page from which you can zoom or download the image. I recommend that, as my crops above are insufficient…
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Eye Candy for Today: Henry Farrer graphite drawing
Landscape by a Stream, Henry Farrer, graphite, 15 x 22 in. ( 36 x 56 cm), in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. Downloadable file on their website. 19th century English/American artist Henry Farrer gives us a beautifully delicate graphite landscape. It looks carefully detailed, but on closer examination, reveals much in the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Durer ink drawing
An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne. Albrecht Durer, pen and black ink on paper, 12 x 8 inches (31 x 20 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Durer was a master of painting, graphics and, of course, drawing. In this wonderful ink drawing, his command of line, hatching and…
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Eye Candy for today: Van Gogh rock drawing
The Rock of Montmajour with Pine Trees, Vincent van Gogh, pencil, pen, reed pen and brush and ink, on paper, 19 x 24 in. (49 x 61 cm), in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. As much as I enjoy the color in Vincent Van Gogh’s later works, for which he is justly…