Peasant Life and Struggles

A collection of etchings depicting peasants in serene and chaotic scenes. Reflects themes of rural life, nature, and hardship with subdued tones and expressive emotion.

Alphonse Legros (French, 1837 - 1911). Peasant Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne Assise près d'une Haie). Etching.

Alphonse Legros (French, 1837 - 1911). Peasant Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne Assise près d'une Haie). Etching.

Alphonse Legros, Peasant Woman Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne assise pres d'une haie) Peasant Woman Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne assise pres d'une haie)

Paysanne assise près d'une haie , Peasants, Trees, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

New Teertuinen in Amsterdam, seen from Prinseneiland, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1898 - c. 1914 Page 29 from a sketchbook with 21 magazines. Amsterdam paper. chalk civic architecture; edifices; dwellings. clouds New teertuinen

Flood of 1809, Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809, Sketch of a peasant family in panic when their farm is destroyed by water. In the center, a man and woman near a crib with a child in danger of being swept away by the water. Also other persons and animals in distress in the water. At the time of the flood in January-February 1809. Possibly at Kedichem., draughtsman: Cornelis van Hardenbergh, Netherlands, 1809, paper, h 375 mm × w 485 mm

Peasant near a Stone Fence. Alphonse Legros (French, 1837-1911). Etching;

A pencil sketch by Friedrich Gauermann from 1837 showing a farmer using sheep shears with a farm in the background, emphasizing figure, tools, and landscape.

Sailing boats on the water, in the distance a city, Carel Nicolaas Storm of 's -Gravesande, 1851 - 1924 print Possibly Venice. paper drypoint traffic on the water. prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city

An Ancient Wall with a Ruined Gate, 1744/1750, graphite on laid paper, sheet: 11.6 x 18 cm (4 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.), page size: 42.5 x 27.7 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.), Joseph-Marie Vien (artist) French, 1716 - 1809

A Desert Hermit Adoring the Crucifix. Dimensions: overall: 14.3 x 19.8 cm (5 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.). Medium: pen and iron gall ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL TROGER.

Landscape from the after -pets of France, condition II; Pankiewicz, Józef (1866-1940); 1910-1911 (1910-00-00-1911-00-00);France (state), young Poland (style), Saint-Tropez (France), Sobańska, Regina-collection, Waydel-Dmochowska, Jadwiga (1893-1962), Waydel-Dmochowska, Jadwiga (1893-1962)-collection, French (French ( Culture), Polish graphics, state prints, landscapes, Poland (culture), purchase (provenance)

No. 94. Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. Prints. 1777 - 1819. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Drawing, French

Paysanne assise près d'une haie , Peasants, Trees, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 5 Recto, 1848 - 1888 Page 4 Verso from a sketchbook with 31 sheets. paper

Maurice Le Garrec, Quarante Clichés-Glace, 1921, Portfolio of clichés-verre, gelatin printing out prints.

Nursemaid and Child. Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London). Dimensions: plate: 3 13/16 x 5 3/16 in. (9.7 x 13.2 cm)sheet: 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (19.7 x 31.1 cm). Date: 1859. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ploughing, Eton, Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1813 to 1823, Etching, printed in brown ink First plate, 2nd State. Modern impression, printed by Rawlinson on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (28.6 × 39.4 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (21 × 29.2 cm), and Image: 7 × 10 3/8 inches (17.8 × 26.4 cm)

Dance of Death: Death Waits, 1919. Percy John Delf Smith (British, 1882-1948). Etching;

Guys who play a game with hats, c. 1656 drawing Zwolle paper. ink. chalk brush

Sketch made on Indian Reservation, Montana, 19th century, Walter Shirlaw, American, 1838 - 1909, 3 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (8.57 x 19.05 cm), Graphite, United States, 19th century

Sheet from the Liechtensteinalbum by Peter Fendi depicting a show in Pöchlarn, executed in pencil, dated 1831.

Vignette for biography of Gestel by Prof. dr. W. van der Pluym. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1935 - 1936. Measurements: h 214 mm × w 259 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

New Teertuinen in Amsterdam, seen from Prinseneiland, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1898 - c. 1914 Page 16 from a sketchbook with 21 magazines. Amsterdam paper. chalk street. civic architecture; edifices; dwellings New teertuinen

Little Sister 1854 France. ClichÈ-verre on ivory photographic paper . Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Demonic Attack for the Temptation of Christ, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite and gray wash; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13.7 x 20.6 cm), figure study, religious and mythological subject, temptation

Seated man in theater hall, draughtsman: Jac van Looij, 1865 - 1930, paper, h 162 mm × w 103 mm

Woodsman Axing Fallen Tree 1789-1843 England. Graphite on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper . William Henry Pyne

Cloudy sky. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 167 mm × w 214 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Hooikar, Philip Zilcken, After Matthijs Maris, 1867 - 1890 print paper etching / drypoint hay-wagon

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Sketch for Canidia and the Youth, undated. Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Sportsman montant à cheval, c. 1856, etching on china paper.

Rowing boat at a staircase to the ganges. Page 45 From a sketchbook with 23 sheets.

Networks, 1899. Signed on behalf of Wiggers, 1920..

Figures in a hilly landscape and a man with a walking stick, 1841 - c. 1853 Page 31 Recto from a sketchbook with 87 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage. adult man. walking-stick, staff

Fox Hunt. Attributed to Henry Alken; English, 1785-1851. Date: 1805-1851. Dimensions: 119 × 186 mm. Graphite on pale blue wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: HENRY ALKEN.

Croquis impressionniste.. 1852 - 1882. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Cypress Study No. 1. Artist: Ernest Haskell (American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876-1925 West Point, Maine). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (22.4 × 35.2 cm)Plate: 6 15/16 × 12 3/16 in. (17.7 × 31 cm). Date: 1915. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Alphonse Legros, Peasant Woman Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne assise pres d'une haie) Peasant Woman Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne assise pres d'une haie)

Sailing sloop with broken mast off the coast of Norway, Egidius Linnig, 1842 print paper etching shipwreck. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Norway

Houthakkers who chop a downstairs trunk in pieces, 1848 - 1888 Leaf 24 Verso from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. paper. chalk woodcutting, woodcutter ~ forestry. trees (+ stem, trunk)

Sketch magazine with studies of figures and a donkey, Andreas Schelfhout, 1797 - 1870 drawing paper. pencil ass, donkey

Paysanne assise près d'une haie , Peasants, Trees, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Harvesters Surprised by the Storm (Moissoneuses surprises par l'orage). Medium: etching retouched with crayon. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alphonse Legros.

Striped dress , Cliffs, Wading, Sitting. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Stooks and a Peasant Stacking Sheaves. Date: August 1885, Nuenen. Dimensions: 19.7 cm x 32.8 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Face in the port of Hamburg with tugboat, Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1907 drawing paper. chalk harbour Hamburg. Germany

The flute game from Mercury does Argus fall asleep. Perhaps meant as a design for the painting of the lid of a musical instrument with the representation of Mercurius who sucks Argus with his flute game.

Sketch of a country road with a farmer and cow heads, George Hendrik Breitner, 1867 - 1923

Glaucus and Scylla, Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, between 1813 and 1823, Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 10 × 13 1/2 inches (25.4 × 34.3 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm), and Image: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm), beach, figures, rocks (landforms), trees

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo / 'Saint Jerome'. Second half of the XVII century. Graphite, Pencil on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A Child on a Couch, No.2. Dated: c. 1873/1875. Medium: drypoint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Entrance to a cave, 1860 - 1861 Leaf 19 recto from a sketchbook with 29 sheets. Switzerland paper. pencil cave, grotto Switzerland

Illustration at Goethe's Faust, Moritz Retzsch, 1828 print paper etching Faust. (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust

Bliżej Kultury Wyczółkowski, Leon (1852 1936)

CULTIVOS DE CEREAL - DIBUJO DE UNA CARTA DE VINCENT VAN GOGH A SU HERMANO THEO VAN GOGH - AUVERS-SUR-OISE, 24 DE JULIO DE 1890 - CARTA 908 (651): P8. Author: VINCENT VAN GOGH. Location: MUSEO VAN GOGH. Amsterdam. HOLANDA.

James McNeill Whistler, Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate, 1854 1855 Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

Study, 1848 - 1888 Page 7 Verso from a sketchbook with 31 sheets. paper. chalk

Study sheet with gold winds. .

Charrette in a rotating alley (arcueil) Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927). "Charrette in a rotating alley (arcueil)". Black pencil on strong paper, 1869. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Orphée charmant les faunes sic. Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875). 1853 - 1874. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Orpheus (Greek mythology)

Pot and couch by the fireplace, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, after Adriaen van Ostade, 1760 print Detail from: interior with woman at cradle. Amsterdam paper etching / counterproof

Coolen drives away birds from the rice fields, ca. 1820-1850, 1850 - 1950 drawing Coolen drives away birds from the rice fields. Part of a group of twelve separate magazines from a sketchbook with drawings about the life of Coenraad Laurens Coolen, evangelist on East Java, ca. 1820-1850. Each magazine has a drawing on the right half, with a caption in Indonesian. Indonesia paper. pencil. chalk East Java

Drawing, Road in a Mountain Landscape; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837-1926); USA; recto: brush and watercolor, white gouache, pen and ink on tan wove paper. verso: graphite on tan wove paper.; 32 x 49.4 cm (12 5/8 x 19 7/16 in.)

Vicksburg Canal (from Confederate War Etchings). Artist: Adalbert John Volck (American (born Germany), Augsburg 1828-1912 Baltimore, Maryland). Dimensions: Image: 4 3/4 x 6 9/16 in. (12 x 16.6 cm)Sheet: 7 15/16 x 10 3/8 in. (20.2 x 26.3 cm). Date: 1861-63. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Edward Calvert, 1799-1883, British, A Woodland Nymph, undated. Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to brown card.

swainson drawing

Sketch of a country road with a farmer and cow heads, draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner, 1867 - 1923, paper, h 120 mm × w 195 mm

Punt and three men , Boats. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

The Storm. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States, 1834-1903). United States, 1861. Prints; etchings. EEtching and drypoint, with drypoint cancellation

The good shoe , Blacksmiths, Blacksmithing, Forge shops. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs

Landscape with a Rainbow. Charles François Daubigny; French, 1817-1878. Date: 1866-1876. Dimensions: 308 × 483 mm. Black and red chalk on tan wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Charles Francois Daubigny.

Old willow for a meadow with trees, draughtsman: Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1897, paper, pen, h 312 mm × w 233 mm

Swan and Iris, 1883. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Etching;

Pulling a Boat Along tea river. Fifth and sixth page of the Ginsekai book from Utamaro.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Tempest, Version A, undated. Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, blued white laid paper.

De Skelettten, Agostino Venetian (attributed to), After Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1509 - c. 1536 print Conre-épreuve van Prent, on the back of a print attributed to Claesz. paper counterproof / engraving Death as skeleton

Woman under a tree, Matthijs Maris, 1887 - 1888 print London paper etching Womanhood

Two figures on a path through a dune landscape, Anonymous, 1800 - 1899 print paper etching dune coast. wooden shoes, clogs

Forest Interior with Thatched Hut, and Other Sketches 1813-1814 France. Graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper . Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Sketch of a composition Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876). Sketch of a composition. Black stone on laid paper.

Alphonse Legros, Rope yards (Les corderies) Rope-yards (Les corderies)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Two Bathers at Fehmarnküste, 1912 Two Bathers at Fehmarnküste

The Brejots in Crozant Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927). "The Brajeots in Crozant". Black and pastel pencil, circa 1920. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Evacuees from Verdun, plate thirty from Actualités. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1916. Dimensions: 245 × 380 (image without remarque); 302 × 394 mm (image with remarque); 379 × 566 (sheet). Lithograph in dark brown on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Study sheet with sailing ships. Leaf 2 verso from a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

Six oxen, on the beach. Draughtsman: Johan Daniël Koelman. Dating: 1841 - 1857. Measurements: h 223 mm × w 432 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Askment of the receipts on Page 9.Page 10 from Sketchbook XXXIII with 47 pages.

Scaffolding on a waterfront.Leaf 12 verso from a sketchbook with 39 sheets.

Sketch sheet with animals, boarding in Noah's ark. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 210 mm × w 260 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Hunters rest; verso: sketch of a female figure. Andrieux, Clément-Auguste (1829-1881), draughtsman, cartoonist

View of Sciacca, Sicily May 20, 1847 Edward Lear British. View of Sciacca, Sicily. Edward Lear (British, London 1812-1888 San Remo). May 20, 1847. Pen and brown ink, over graphite. Drawings

Standing and a tilted wheelbarrow near a wall, 1834 - 1906 Page 7 Recto from a sketchbook with 21 sheets. paper. pencil wheelbarrow

W "LEACH WAZ, VERSO: clouds; Blaschnik, Arthur (1823-1918); 1848-1849 (1848-00-00-1849-00-00);

Man on ledge , Cliffs, Sitting. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Fontainebleau Forest: Pulling the Heather (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Arracheurs de Bruyères), 1890. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918), A. Desmoulins, Published in Revue Illustrée, 1887-90. Wood engraving from bound volume of 34 ; image: 8.1 x 10.4 cm (3 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.).

First Dream 1820-47 After J. J. Grandville French. First Dream. After J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves). 1820-47. Wood engraving. Paul Constant Soyer (French, Paris 1823-1903 Ecouen). Prints

Holmberg, Werner, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 29 cm, Holmberg, Werner

Montmartre from a great distance. Draughtsman: Georges Michel. Dating: 1773 - 1843. Measurements: h 93 mm × w 83 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Arcadian landscape. Drawing to a painting Communication on the back: landscape was noticed cm. Part of an album consisting of 102 sheets with 124 drawings.

Carl Blechen, David and Bathsheba, 1825 1828 David and Bathsheba

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