Person who engages in any form of artistic creation or practice

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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--.

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.

Raspail, François Vincent, (1794-1878), French chemist and revolutionary politician, and his sons

Finding Harold Copping / Sheila and Ken Wilson.

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Artists

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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.

Raspail, François Vincent, (1794-1878), French chemist and revolutionary politician, and his sons

Finding Harold Copping / Sheila and Ken Wilson.

Artists

Images from the collections

Images referencing 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.

Raspail, François Vincent, (1794-1878), French chemist and revolutionary politician, and his sons

Finding Harold Copping / Sheila and Ken Wilson.

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