Work on Paper

Our Works on Paper department presents an outstanding selection of drawings, watercolours and works on paper, from Renaissance studies to Baroque compositions and beyond, reflecting the intimate creative process of the greatest draughtsmen.

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Antique Roman fragments studies on a sarcophagus

Studies of Roman fragments after the Antique

Studies after the colossal statue of Mars Ultor (Pyrrhus)

Studies of Architectural Ornaments and Bas Reliefs (Double sided)

A statue of Venus

A Group of Traders gathered at the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem

The Carpet Seller

Les Carcans (inv. 131)

Set Design for 'La Megere Apprivoisée'

Sketches for mask designs

Sorcière volante

Sphinx (inv. LF/WP047)

Squellette

Studies for sphinxes (recto and verso, inv. 169)

Studies for sphinxes and heads (recto and verso, inv. 170)

Three standing turbaned figures

Untitled (A dance and a flying creature)

Untitled (Two Standing Figures)

Various studies for sphinxes (inv. 175)

Various studies for sphinxes (recto and verso, inv. 168)

Various studies for sphinxes (recto and verso, inv. 171)

Chats (inv. 4)

Étude pour le livre-album Fêtes secrètes

Self-portrait as a terrified man

Self-portrait as a wounded man

Head of a bald, sinewy man looking downwards

Three heads in profile

A King Crab, Lizards, Spiders and a Beetle

A rose with garden whites

Butterflies and moths

Flying lizards, snakes, a scorpion and a chameleon

Insects

Mushrooms No. III

Portrait of a Young Girl, possibly the Artist’s Daughter Louise

Head of a Man (Christ)

An imaginary view of the Forum Romanum with the restoration of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

Portrait of Mademoiselle Elisa Hintz

Mujer Echada

Pobre Trabajador (r.) / La Celestina (v.)

Portrait of a man from Kayes, wearing a Fulani fibre hat

An ideal head of a woman with an elaborate headdress

Head of a woman

Venice: A Panoramic View of the Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio Maggiore, the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute

Portrait of Marie-Thérese-Baptistine Hains, at her tambour frame

Portrait of Hu Xuan-Zhai

Portrait of a Woman from Arles

A rostrum of musicians in a loggia

A merchant carrying a rifle, helmet and fabrics, study for Marchand ambulant au Caire

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