Friday, October 9, 2026

Flâneur

Landing in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Study after Antique Sculpture of Seated Figure with Sword and a Shield

John Downman, 1774

Black chalk with stumping on ivory laid paper

Study for New Covent Garden Theater, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin (English, born France, 1762-1832), c. 1810

Graphite on ivory wove paper

Villa Incorporating Ruins on a Rise to Right of River, from Twelve Landscapes

Gillis van Scheyndel, c. 1605-1650

Etching on ivory laid paper

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