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A light-handed etching of Berthe Morisot sitting on a sofa, sketching, whilst her daughter peers at the drawing over the arm of the sofa.

Berthe Morisot drawing, with her daughter

Berthe Morisot

Primarily known as an Impressionist painter, Berthe Morisot turned to printmaking late in her career. This sensitive self-portrait, showing her working under the gaze of her eleven-year-old daughter Julie, is...
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A brown ink drawing on light brown paper. A factory sits across the middle third, fenced off, with a field visible in the foreground, illustrated with simple flecks, lines and dots. A tree is visible on the right, taller than the factory, and a man sits atop a horse-drawn carriage next to the tree.

A Tile Factory

Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh made this drawing of a tile factory at the edge of a ploughed field during his sojourn in Arles in 1888. Using reed pens of varying thickness, he...
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Large moulded dish with Harpy border decorated in blue with a putto supporting a double coat-of-arms in centre flanked by putti and surmounted by a coronet

Dish with Coat of Arms

Savona, Italy, 1663-78

In the late 17th century Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) often adopted the sculptural forms of silverware. Potters from the northern Italian coastal town of Savona in Liguria were famed for...
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Triptych – The Apocalypse

The Myth of Prometheus

Oskar Kokoschka

In the late 17th century Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) often adopted the sculptural forms of silverware. Potters from the northern Italian coastal town of Savona in Liguria were famed for...
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This dish is a painting in miniature, with an exceptional variety of colour, expressive figures, beautifully rendered textures and a dramatic crowd scene. The Christian imagery continues onto the back, with angels hovering in and out of clouds, carrying symbols of Christ’s Passion (Death and Resurrection)

Footed Bowl with the Crucifixion

Urbino, Italy, probably Workshop of Orazio Fontana (around 1510-1571) or Antonio Patanazzi (1515-1587), 1550-70

In the late 17th century Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) often adopted the sculptural forms of silverware. Potters from the northern Italian coastal town of Savona in Liguria were famed for...
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An etching of a woman, nude, depicting the woman's face and body. The setting is blank, although she seems to be sitting and leaning on something, perhaps a sofa or bed, with a vacant, sleepy expression.

Blond Girl

Lucian Freud

From the 1980s onwards, Lucian Freud produced etchings of people who posed for him, either clothed or naked in his studio. His unusual approach involved working directly on the etching...
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Autumnal view of river and trees

Autumn Effect at Argenteuil

Claude Monet

In the late 17th century Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) often adopted the sculptural forms of silverware. Potters from the northern Italian coastal town of Savona in Liguria were famed for...
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A colourful head and shoulders print of a woman with red hair, laughing away from the viewer in a flamboyant manner. She has a mint green shawl and a blue detailed dress, with a red and pink headpiece. The print is outlined in a black rounded rectangle, and the background is a swirly yellow design.

Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Marcelle Lender was an actress and dancer; Toulouse-Lautrec was captivated by her red hair and flamboyant manner. He depicted her multiple times. This lithographic portrait is one of his most...
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A splendid marble portrait of King Charles I

Workshop of Roubilliac

Around 1759

In the late 17th century Italian maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) often adopted the sculptural forms of silverware. Potters from the northern Italian coastal town of Savona in Liguria were famed for...
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A black and brown ink drawing on slightly aged paper. Abstract lines and parallel-like hatchings, which look slightly like either eyelashes or crosshatches, form a spiralling composition from the upper right corner of the sheet downwards. The artist marking 'K', circled, and the number '16'. are visible in the bottom left corner.

Untitled

Wassily Kandinsky

Over the first year of his exile in Moscow during the First World War, Kandinsky focused entirely on drawing as he moved from the last vestiges of figuration toward pure...
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A nude woman sits on the floor, left leg drawn to her chest and right leg outstretched, with a vacant gaze. She is wearing a sheer, embroidered, open blouse. The wall behind her has a dark and light vertical stripes, and on the floor she sits on a flowery embroidered rug. A signature indicates the print is 33/50.

Seated Nude Woman, With Tulle Blouse

Henri Matisse

The nude woman with the veiled gaze in this print is recognisable as Henriette Darricarrère, Matisse’s favourite model of the 1920s. Darricarrère, a dancer who had worked as a film...
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