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Portrait of Grace - British 1920's art female chalk portrait
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
. Worked in chalk/pastel on paper it is a portrait of 'Grace'. There is strong emphasis on her eyes and red
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1920s Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

Portrait of a woman, 1929, red chalk on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
cigars. The red chalk portrait of a woman is dated 1929. We seem to find the model's physiognomy in some
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1920s Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Benjamin West, history painter, portrait, soft ground etching, 1809
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were engraved and published (1808-1814
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Early 18th Century English School Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Etching, Engraving

Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Sir Henry Roddam Calder (1790-1868)
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Sir Henry Roddam Calder, 5th Baronet of Muirtown (1790-1868
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Charcoal

Antique French Old Master Sanguine Chalk Drawing Mother & Child portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child" French School, 19th century sanguine chalk drawing on paper, unframed painting
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Thomas Hearne, artist, portrait, soft ground etching, 1809
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were engraved and published (1808-1814
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Early 1800s English School Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Etching, Engraving

Portrait of Elaine Blunt - British 19th century art Pre-Raphaelite chalk drawing
By Edward Robert Hughes
Located in London, GB
This captivating Victorian sanguine chalk portrait drawing of a young girl is by Pre-Raphaelite
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a Lady - Roaring twenties art female portrait chalk drawing
By Count Mario Grixoni
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful sanguine chalk drawing portrait of a young woman, by Count Mario Grixoni, dated
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1920s Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait of a Young Duke, 19th Century French Chalk Drawing
Located in London, GB
Black chalk, white smudge and highlights, on paper Image size: 10 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (27.25 x 14.5
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century French School Chalk on Paper
Located in London, GB
French School 19th Century Portrait of a Lady Coloured chalks on paper Image size: 10 x 7 inches
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Paper

Portrait of Archibald Hartrick - 1884 chalk drawing by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Located in London, GB
FRANK LEWIS EMANUEL (1865-1948) Portrait of Archibald Hartrick Signed, inscribed and dated l.l
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1880s Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait of a Gentleman in Scarlet Robe Holding Flowers c.1675, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
the leading actors of his generation. He was a pioneer of coloured chalk portrait drawings in England
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Canvas, Oil

France circa 1820, Portrait of a gentleman, black chalk and pastel drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1820 Portrait of a gentleman Black chalk and pastel on paper 12 x 10 cm In its
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1820s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

18th Century, Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French (?) school circa 1770 Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk on paper 20 x 29 cm Numbered
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1770s Baroque Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper 27 x 18
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1780s Academic Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk

Portrait of a Young Woman, Red Chalk and Graphite Sketch, Pre-Raphaelite
Located in London, GB
Red chalk and graphite over paper Image size: 19 x 13 1/2 inches (48.25 x 34.25 cm) Contemporary
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk, Graphite

André Favory (1889-1937) Portrait of the poet Jacques Portail, 1923, red chalk
By André Favory
Located in Paris, FR
André Favory (1889-1937) Portrait of the poet Jacques Portail, 1923 red chalk on paper 33 x 25 cm
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1920s Art Deco Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century Paris, Louis XV-Transition period Portrait of a man seen from three
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Mid-18th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Laid Paper

Aesthetic Phase Pre-Raphaelite Movement Late 19th Century. Sanguine Red Chalk
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
original sanguine red chalk portrait drawing on paper is by the English female artist Alice Mary Chambers
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait Of A Man, Black chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Leopold BOILLY Paris 1796-1874 Portrait of a man First third of the 19th century Pierre
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Early 19th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits

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Laid Paper

Portrait of Mildred - British Victorian art Pre-Raphaelite seated young girl
By Edward Robert Hughes
Located in London, GB
artist Edward Robert Hughes. The red chalk portrait dated 1885 is of Mildred, her name inscribed upper
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow. Circa 1860. Signature below right
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil

Portrait of a Man, 17th Century Dutch Oil on Panel Portrait
By Cornelis Dusart
Located in London, GB
Circle of Cornelis Dusart Dutch 1660 - 1704 Portrait of a Man Oil on panel Image size: 7¾ x 5
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil, Panel

Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of Lady Frances Calder (1795-1855)
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Lady Frances Calder (1795-1855), wife of Sir Henry Roddam
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Charcoal

Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Italian School 18th Century An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper 35 x 23.5 cm in good
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1750s Baroque Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait of a young gentleman, seated beside a tree
By John Downman
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
known, however, for small, often oval portraits in black chalk and stump, tinted with watercolour. He
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil

Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
chalks Framed 29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾ in. (frame size 56 by 45.5 cm., 22 by 18 in.) Herbert Johnson
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait of Scottish Gentleman with Clay Pipe - 18th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This atmospheric 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to a Scottish artist. Painted
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil

Portrait Of Mrs Louisa Hartley Tooth (nee Beningfield) Of West Hampstead, dated
By John Seymour Lucas
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Mrs Louisa Hartley Tooth (nee Beningfield) Of West Hampstead, dated 1897 Exhibited
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Canvas, Oil

19thC portrait of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses
Located in Woodbury, CT
, UK The white chalk and black stencil marks on the reverse of the piece are from Christie's in London.
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1890s Victorian Antique Chalk Portraits

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Watercolor

English 17th century portrait of a lady in an ivory silk gown on a terrace
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a 17th century lady, three-quarter length, in an ivory silk gown standing on a garden
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17th Century Baroque Antique Chalk Portraits

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady - British art Post Impressionist 40s drawing female portrait
By Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Located in London, GB
A dramatic head and shoulders portrait of a lady in coloured chalks attributed to noted British
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait of a Young Woman
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm) Contemporary frame An enigmatic
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Mid-17th Century Victorian Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Chalk

Jules Boilly, Portrait Of A Man, Drawing Dated 1843
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a man. Drawing in black stone and white chalk. Signed and
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1840s Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait Miniature c1765 Letitia Preston Vallancey
Located in Holywell, GB
A fine sanguine chalk drawing on paper of Letitia aged about ten dating to around 1765. Unsigned
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1760s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Portrait of a Lady /// Impressionism British Augustus Edwin John Drawing Red
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878-1961) Title: "Portrait of a Lady" *Signed by John lower
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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Charcoal

Portrait Study of a Young Girl, Signed 19th Century Victorian Sketch
By Augustus Leopold Egg
Located in London, GB
Pencil and coloured chalk on paper, signed bottom right Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (3.75 x 3
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Mid-19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Pencil, Paper, Chalk

Portrait of a Newlywed by Casper Casteleyn, an artist of the Dutch Golden Age
Located in PARIS, FR
artworks The restrained black chalk technique used in this portrait transposes a presumably black garment
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Vellum

Portrait of a Merchant
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in London, GB
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino Italian 1591-1666 Portrait of a Merchant Sanguine on laid
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Graphite

Portrait of a Merchant
Portrait of a Merchant
H 12.75 in W 16 in
Portrait of Dr. Auguste Soins
By Henri Edmond Cross
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of Dr. Auguste Soins Black chalk on paper, c. 1883 Signed with the artist’s estate stamp
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1880s Post-Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Graphite

Regency portrait drawing of Lady Nugent
By John Downman
Located in London, GB
. Framed dimensions: 29.75 x 24 inches This grand and refined portrait depicts Anne Poulett, the wife of
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Watercolor, Pencil

Painting 19th century old master rural daily life
By Henri-Joseph Castaing
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, draughtman, pastellist, décorative artist. Portraits, genre scènes, religious subjects. Henry Castaing
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1890s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil

Regency portrait drawing of Arabella Graham-Clarke
By John Downman
Located in London, GB
portraits in oil and devised a technique of working in chalks on a lightweight wove paper. This fine
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of a Young Officer, Thomas Lawrence, Irish Volunteers
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA 1769-1830 Portrait of a Young Officer Pastel with touches of black chalk
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1780s Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits

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Oil Pastel

Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress - 18th Century Watercolour
By John Downman
Located in London, GB
John Downman 1750-1824 Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress Pencil, stump and watercolour
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18th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Watercolor

French Pastel Portrait of a Chevalier of the Order of St Louis.
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine 18th century French pastel portrait on paper of an aristocrat wearing the order of St Louis
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18th Century Romantic Antique Chalk Portraits

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Paper, Pastel

Young Crying Child, Drawing Early 20th Century, Monogram K
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Young child crying. Black chalk drawing, early 20th century. Monogram K lower left. Paper wear
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Early 20th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Paper

Angelique Bodin - Early 19th Century Sanguine, Young Lady With Dove
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 19th Century portrait in conte and sanguine. The young lady has beautifully curled
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

James, Duke of York, (later James II) and Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Located in London, GB
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York Chalk on paper Image size: 8¼ x 10¼ inches Born in Soest in 1618, Lely
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17th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Paper

Margaret McClean - 1881 Sanguine, Study of a Head
Located in Corsham, GB
A sanguine conte study of a head. Presented in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-left edge. Pastel Society exhibition label o...
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19th Century Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
lower right "L'étonnement N°9" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In good condition, a stain in the upper
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1750s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
, Titled on the lower right "Le mépris et la haine N°7" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In good condition
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1750s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
"Le rire N°12" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In quite good condition, stains vsible in the upper
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1750s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Costume of an envoy of Venice, a drawing by Francesco Galimberti (1755 - 1803)
Located in PARIS, FR
a photograph of the artwork. This engaging drawing, finely executed in black and red chalks
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1780s Old Masters Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS Paris 1734-1806 Bust of a woman in profile 1791 Sanguine Signed and dated lower left on the original mount 43.5 x 37 cm framed 19 x 25 cm
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Late 18th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk

Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770), Study of a Child. This charming work is probably a study for a painting, it shows a child with a swathe of billowing fabric over her ...
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18th Century Rococo Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Laid Paper

Young elegant woman in a hat
By Edgar Chahine
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 92 x 73 x 5 cm
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Early 20th Century French School Antique Chalk Portraits

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Pastel, Chalk

Young elegant woman in a hat
Young elegant woman in a hat
H 28.15 in W 20.67 in D 0.12 in
Paul Valéry
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
. 231 - chalk on transfer paper, transferred to stone - edition: 525 - cat. raisonné Mourlot/Sauret
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1920s Modern Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of Old Giuseppe Garibaldi - Chalk, Charcoal and Oil Pastels - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi is a wonderful colored original drawing (chalk, charcoal and oil pastels) by an anonymous
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1880s Antique Chalk Portraits

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Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre..
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Storrs, CT
, full margins, signed in red chalk The plate is also known as Les Trois Crayons de Watteau. Helleu
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Chalk Portraits

Materials

Drypoint, Color

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Antique Chalk Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique chalk portraits is available on 1stDibs. There are many Old Masters, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add antique chalk portraits that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, gray, beige, white and more. Edward Robert Hughes, Louis Gallait, Charles Dana Gibson, Theodorus de Roode and Etienne Drian took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in chalk, paper and crayon.

How Much are Antique Chalk Portraits?

Prices for pieces in our collection of antique chalk portraits start at $318 and top out at $195,000 with the average selling for $1,200.