Person who engages in any form of artistic creation or practice

Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Heads of twenty-nine artists. Stipple engraving by A. Clément, 1805, after L.L. Boilly.

Temple of Jupiter, Spalato [Split]: interior. Engraving by D. Cunego.

The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Mochetti after Raphael.

An artist seated on a rock at the sea shore and oblivious to the rising tide. Engraving by H. Rolls, 1835, after R.W. Buss.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

Sarah Biffin, a limbless painter. Engraving by R.W. Sievier, 1821, after Sarah Biffin.

Lucas Vorsterman, the engraver: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791, after A. van Dyck.

The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.

The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.

A man sits and paints a picture of the exiled Adam and Eve; his wife suckles a baby; representing the thirtieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

758 pages : illustrations, portraits (some colour) ; 31 cm

Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 / Neil Jeffares ; introduction Pierre Rosenberg.

xxix, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm

Leonardo da Vinci : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.

xiv, 162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Finding Harold Copping / Sheila and Ken Wilson.

1 print : mezzotint ; sight 47.4 x 69.2 cm

William Hunter's life class for the Royal Academy of Art at old Somerset House. Mezzotint, 1783, after J. Zoffany.

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Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 / Neil Jeffares ; introduction Pierre Rosenberg.

Leonardo da Vinci : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.

Finding Harold Copping / Sheila and Ken Wilson.

William Hunter's life class for the Royal Academy of Art at old Somerset House. Mezzotint, 1783, after J. Zoffany.

Artists

Images from the collections

Images about Artists

Works from the collections

Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 / Neil Jeffares ; introduction Pierre Rosenberg.

Leonardo da Vinci : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.

Finding Harold Copping / Sheila and Ken Wilson.

William Hunter's life class for the Royal Academy of Art at old Somerset House. Mezzotint, 1783, after J. Zoffany.

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