Verso Collection (#6)

Figure Study Federico Barocci Italian 1535 1612
Figure Study; Federico Barocci (Italian, about 1535 - 1612); Italy; 1603 - 1607; Black and white chalk, beige chalk on right knee, stylus indentations

Lobster recto Sketch Armoured Male Figure verso
Lobster (recto) Sketch of an Armoured Male Figure (verso), 1600s. Anonymous. Brush and black, gray and brown wash, and red watercolor

Battle Scene Armored Figures Horseback recto
Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto) Two Seated Women (verso), 1856-1860. Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Black crayon; sheet: 17 x 21.3 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Two Seated Women verso 1856-1860 Edgar Degas
Two Seated Women (verso), 1856-1860. Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Black crayon; sheet: 17 x 21.3 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Three Scenes Passion Christ recto Architectural Sketch
Three Scenes from the Passion of Christ (recto) Architectural Sketch (verso), 1500s. Northern Italy, 16th century. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk; framing line

Virgin Child Saint John recto Unidentifiable
Virgin and Child with Saint John (recto) Unidentifiable (verso), 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash and blue, green

Ruth Boaz recto Fall Simon Magus verso 1600s
Ruth and Boaz (recto) The Fall of Simon Magus (verso), 1600s. Italy, 17th century. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk

Chariot Drawn Lions Amorini recto Partial Architectural Study
Chariot Drawn by Lions with Amorini (recto) Partial Architectural Study (verso), first half 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Pen and brown ink and brush

Faggot Gatherer recto Study Head verso third quarter 1600s
Faggot Gatherer (recto) Study of a Head seen from Below (verso), third quarter 1600s. Attributed to Francisque Millet (French, 1642-1679)

Landscape Cattle recto verso second last third 1800s
Landscape with Cattle (recto) Cattle (verso), second or last third 1800s. Jules Dupre (French, 1811-1889). Brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in graphite; sheet

Hunting Party Franz Albert Venus German 1842
A Hunting Party; Franz Albert Venus (German, 1842 - 1871); Germany; about 1860 - 1866; Black ink and graphite (recto); graphite (verso); 27.5 x 19 cm (10 13, 16 x 7 1, 2 in.)

Austrian Peasants Horse Cart Vienna Distance
Austrian Peasants with a Horse and Cart, with Vienna in the Distance; Johann Adam Klein (German, 1792 - 1875); Germany; 1816 - 1818; Watercolor over graphite (recto); graphite (verso)

Rocky Outcropping recto Rocky Forest Strollers
Rocky Outcropping (recto), Rocky Forest with Strollers (verso); Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (German, 1797 - 1855); Germany; about 1825; Graphite and watercolor (recto); graphite (verso)

View Heidelberg Castle Johann Adam Klein German
View of Heidelberg Castle; Johann Adam Klein (German, 1792 - 1875); Germany; 1815; Pen and ink over graphite (recto); Graphite (verso); 22.8 x 32.7 cm (9 x 12 7, 8 in.)

Young Man Fur Hat Holding Staff recto Study Head
A Young Man with a Fur Hat Holding a Staff (recto); Study of the Head of a Man with a White Collar (verso); Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Dutch)

View Farm Courtyard recto Study Tree verso Abraham Bloemaert
View of a Farm Courtyard (recto), Study of a Tree (verso); Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564 - 1651); Netherlands; about 1600; Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash

Reverse Initials Francesco di Antonio del Chierico
Reverse of Initial S; Francesco di Antonio del Chierico (Italian, 1433 - 1484); Florence, Italy; third quarter of 15th century; Tempera and gold on parchment; Ms. 74.1, verso

Half-Length Figure Magus verso Seated Ruler Half-Length
Half-Length Figure of a Magus; verso, A Seated Ruler Half-Length Carrying a Scepter; Giovanni Antonio Guardi (Italian, 1699 - 1760); 1750 - 1760; Red chalk

Folio 169 Verso Roger Fenton English 1819 1869
Folio 169, Verso; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); London, England; 1856; Salted paper print

Folio 159 Verso Roger Fenton English 1819 1869
Folio 159, Verso; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); London, England; 1856; Salted paper print

Campo San Basso North Side Church Recto Market Scene
The Campo San Basso: The North Side with the Church (Recto); A Market Scene (Verso); Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, 1697 - 1768); 1740s; Pen and brown ink

Verso Decorated Border Fragments Paris France
Verso of Decorated Border Fragments; Paris, France; about 1460 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Ms. 42, leaf 4v

Leaf Psalter Annunciation recto Nativity verso
Leaf from a Psalter(?): Annunciation (recto); Leaf from a Psalter: Nativity (verso), early 13th Century. Germany, Bavaria (possibly Prufening or Augsburg), 13th century

Princess Wine Bottle Cup recto Persian Verses
Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto); Persian Verses (verso), c. 1550-1600 (recto); c. 1450-1500 (verso). Iran, Qazvin or Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722) (recto); Iran

Yusuf Zulaykha Recto Text Page Persian Verses
Yusuf and Zulaykha (Recto); Text Page, Persian Verses (Verso), c. 1556-65. Iran, Shiraz or Mashhad, Safavid Period, 16th Century

Text Page Persian Prose Recto Khar Ass Verso
Text Page, Persian Prose (Recto); Khar (Ass) (Verso), 1400s. Iran, Timurid Period, 15th century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 24.8 x 15.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.); text area

Text Page Persian Verses Verso Anthology verses
Text Page, Persian Verses (Verso) in an Anthology with some verses from Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami; The Fifth Throne Yusuf and Zulaykha, mid-1500s

Persian Couplets recto Sleeping Youth verso late 1500s-early 1600s
Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso), late 1500s-early 1600s. Style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian). Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper; image: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.); overall

Text Page Persian Verses verso Bahram Gur Visits
Text Page, Persian Verses (verso) Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India: from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar [Seven Portraits], c. 1400-1410

Nushirwan Listens Owls recto Story Nushirwan
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): The Story of Nushirwan and his Minister " The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" (verso), 1555-1565

Bahram Chubineh captured Khusrau Parviz verso
Bahram Chubineh captured by Khusrau Parviz (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c. 1299. Iraq, Baghdad, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353)

Reign Nushirwan Combat Khan Chin Haitalians verso
The Reign of Nushirwan, the Combat between the Khan of Chin and the Haitalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c.1299

Tale Twelve Faces. Warriors Engage Combat Illustration
The Tale of the Twelve Faces. " The Warriors Engage in Combat" : Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso), 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Inju Period (Il-Khanid), 14th Century

Eighteen Views Rome Collegio di Propaganda Fide
Eighteen Views of Rome: The Collegio di Propaganda Fide (recto); Sketches of Windows and Pilasters of the Attic Storey of the Collegio di Propaganda Fide (verso), 1665. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c)

Sketches Windows Pilasters Attic Storey Collegio di Propaganda Fide
Sketches of Windows and Pilasters of the Attic Storey of the Collegio di Propaganda Fide (verso), 1665. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Graphite; sheet: 38.9 x 48.9 cm (15 5/16 x 19 1/4 in.)

Eighteen Views Rome Piazza Barberini recto Tracing
Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Barberini (recto); Tracing of a Fountain from Recto and Sketches of Two Faces (verso), 1665. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)

Eighteen Views Rome Piazza del Popolo recto Sketch
Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza del Popolo (recto); Sketch for San Giovanni in Laterano (verso), 1664. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)

Eighteen Views Rome Piazza Farnese recto Cartouche
Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto); Cartouche (verso), 1664. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray

Cartouche verso 1664 Lievin Cruyl Flemish 1640
Cartouche (verso), 1664. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Graphite; sheet: 38.7 x 49 cm (15 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)

Ball recto La femme a l eventail Goya
At the Ball (recto); La femme a l eventail, after Goya (verso), 19th century. Constantin Guys (French, 1805-1892). Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash; sheet

La femme a l eventail Goya verso 1900
La femme a l eventail, after Goya (verso), 1900. Alexander Claude Louis Lavalley (French, 1862-1927). Intaglio print (photo gravure)

Letter recto verso 1891 Mary Cassatt American
The Letter (recto); The Letter (verso), 1891. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Black crayon and graphite; sheet: 34.6 x 23 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Letter verso 1890-1891 Mary Cassatt American
The Letter (verso), 1890-1891. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Soft ground lines transferred from etching plate

Knitting Library recto verso 1881 Mary Cassatt
Knitting in the Library (recto); Knitting in the Library (verso), c. 1881. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Graphite; sheet: 31.3 x 40.1 cm (12 5/16 x 15 13/16 in.); image

Study Heads recto Crenelated Fortress verso 2nd half 1500s
Study of Heads (recto); Crenelated Fortress (verso), 2nd half 1500s. Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602). Pen and brown ink; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 13.1 x 30.9 cm (5 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Crenelated Fortress verso 2nd half 1500s Agostino Carracci
Crenelated Fortress (verso), 2nd half 1500s. Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 13.1 x 30.9 cm (5 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Peasants Cottage recto Bridge Gate verso 1600
Peasants Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso), c. 1600. Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651). Pen and brown ink with brush and brown, blue, red and yellow wash

Bridge Gate verso 1600 Abraham Bloemaert Dutch
Bridge and Gate (verso), c. 1600. Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown, red, green, yellow and blue wash

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