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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Woman with closed eyes

Antique Roman fragments studies on a sarcophagus

Studies of Roman fragments after the Antique

Studies of Architectural Ornaments and Bas Reliefs (Double sided)

Study of a female head

Bust-length portrait of a young man

Study of a boy pulling a rope

Head of a bald, sinewy man looking downwards

Three heads in profile

Portrait (possibly Ithell Colquhoun)

Sarah Bernhardt as Tosca

Study of arms for “L’a.b.c”

Study of hands for “Les Méduses Bleues”

A statue of Venus

Female torso

Studies after the colossal statue of Mars Ultor (Pyrrhus)

Portrait of Carletto Thieben

Chats (inv. 4)

Les Carcans (inv. 131)

Sphinx (inv. LF/WP047)

A couple in courtship

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

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

Various studies for sphinxes (inv. 175)

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

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

Study of a young girl

Étude pour le livre-album Fêtes secrètes

Untitled (Two Standing Figures)

A seated man in prayer

Untitled (A dance and a flying creature)

Portrait of a Woman from Arles

Portrait of Mademoiselle Elisa Hintz

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

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

Head of a Girl

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

Sketches for mask designs

Three standing turbaned figures

Standing Arnaut seen from behind, with a curved sword

Standing Arnaut with pistol and dagger

A seated and turbaned musician playing a spike fiddle, seen from behind, a study for The Sword Dance

Standing figure seen from behind, study for The Carpet Merchant

Head of a Man (Christ)

A rose with garden whites

Insects

Set Design for 'La Megere Apprivoisée'

A King Crab, Lizards, Spiders and a Beetle

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