Saints’ day. Mark

By Rubliov, Andréi – A depiction of St Mark the evangelist while he was writing. 14th century

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Saints’ day. Augustine, the philosopher

Cherished friends, I’m not a believer of any religion, but a mere admirer of the Art that with its pretext has been done along the history. The stories of saints are almost like tales full of fantasy and often colorful too.

Thanks again for your loyalty to the Univers of the Sketches.

By anonymous artist of 14 century – A depiction of the african philosopher Saint Augustine, son of Saint Mónica, when he is writing with his left hand

Kindred

By Vouet, Simon – The artist’s daughter holding a white bird

By Dürer – His younger brother Hans

By Pissarro – Portrait of his daughter Jeanne-Rachel also called ‘Minette’

By Munch – A portrait of his daughter Laura

By Klee – Brothers and sisters

By Kustodiev, Boris M. – Portrait of Yulia the artist’s wife

By Rubens – A portrait of Clara Serena daughter of the painter

By Helleu, Paul C. – The artist’s wife with her daughter Paulette

By Cézanne – Marie-Hortense Fiquet, his wife

By Rembrandt – A portrait of his father (Harman Gerrits)

By Monet – Michel the son of Claude and Camille Monet

By Gramatté, Walter – A portrait of Sonia his second wife while she is writing

Saints’ day. Jerome (Jerry), also Hieronymus, Gerolamo and Jerónimo

By Carducho, Vicente – Saint Jerome writing beside his friend the lion

Famous people sketched

By Dalí, Salvador – Giacomo Casanova and a mistress

By Musset, Alfred de – Portrait of George Sand (real name, Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin)

By Toulouse-Lautrec – The general Bonaparte

By Nerli, C. G. P. – Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson

By Van Grevenbroeck, J. – Portrait of Marco Polo standing

By Clarà, Josep – Isadora Duncan

By Ciceri, P. L. C. – Caricature of Alexander Dumas (father)

By Beardsley, Aubrey – Oscar Wilde at work

By Jordaens, Jacob – The marriage of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony

By Klinger, Max – Sketch for Nietzsche

By Goya – The Duke of Wellington

By Altman, Nathan – Portrait of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, writing

By anonymous artist of 14th century – Depiction of Genghis Khan, the mongol khan of the imperial dynasty Yuan

By Delacroix – Marcus Tullius Cicero. The roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator and consul

By Blake – Three poets, Dante Alighieri, Publius Papinius Statius and Virgil on a perron

By Fragonard – Charlemagne king of the franks during the middle ages

By Ingres – Labrouste, the great architect

By Marstrand, Wilhelm Nicolai – Sketch about Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, the danish philosopher seen in profile