This beautiful, finely-detailed 19th c. Dutch graphite drawing is signed Thorrestrup and shows a partial face in profile.  Its presence is heightened by the 19th c. Dutch-style eared frame with a gilt sight edge.   Measures 16 1
19th c. French graphite studies of arm & hand
Graphite left hand in Sully frame
This is a bold, masculine frame with such a creative and unusual sight edge that I couldn't resist pairing it with this 19th c. sketch of an eye.  Heavy and solid, this frame is tightly pegged at the face corners.   Measures 13"
Classical ear
There is roughness all around in this pairing, but it's altogether richer as a result.  The frame is European,and probably from the early 20th c., but its losses offer the sense that it was with this 19th c. European study all along.   Me
A striking 19th c. academic study of a hand grasping a rock in a simple Biedermeier frame with ebonized corners.   The strength and masculinity of the subject belies the very delicate hand of the artist.   Measures 12" w x 13" h. $600
A beautiful 19th c. red chalk study of hands and rope mounted on mat board that blends nicely into the rubbed finish on the 19th c. water-gilded half-round molding.  Some staining, foxed and uneven edges. Measures 21" w x 16 1/2" h $800
This striking graphite drawing is signed Thorrestrup 6/38.  The image is strikingly similar to several currently featured in the National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition, Picturing Mary, which features images of the Holy Mother
The walls have eyes, at least six of them, in these odd, not-too-creepy 19th c. sketches.  As Mr. Micawber would call them, these "ocular orbs" can watch you no matter what part of the room you're in.  The large-pearled neoclassi
This off kilter 19th c. European water color sketch feels a good match for this (probably) late 19th c. German carved frame with great floral flourishes.  With so much going on in the frame, it's hard to notice that several pieces of the frame
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