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

Portrait of Hu Xuan-Zhai

Head of a woman

Squellette

Sorcière volante

A King Crab, Lizards, Spiders and a Beetle

Butterflies and moths

Flying lizards, snakes, a scorpion and a chameleon

Set Design for 'La Megere Apprivoisée'

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

Standing Arnaut seen from behind, with a curved sword

Standing Arnaut with pistol and dagger

Head of a Girl

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

Sketches for mask designs

Three standing turbaned figures

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

Portrait of a Woman from Arles

Portrait of Mademoiselle Elisa Hintz

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

A seated man in prayer

Untitled (A dance and a flying creature)

Untitled (Two Standing Figures)

Étude pour le livre-album Fêtes secrètes

Study of a young girl

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)

A couple in courtship

Portrait of Carletto Thieben

Chats (inv. 4)

Les Carcans (inv. 131)

Sphinx (inv. LF/WP047)

Studies after the colossal statue of Mars Ultor (Pyrrhus)

Female torso

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

Study of a boy pulling a rope

Head of a bald, sinewy man looking downwards

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