AGO Art of the Day
Danseuse Vue de Dos. ‘Grand Battement a la Seconde’, 1885 c - 1890 Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917) black chalk heightened with white chalk on green laid paper, drawing

Danseuse Vue de Dos. ‘Grand Battement a la Seconde’, 1885 c - 1890
Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)
black chalk heightened with white chalk on green laid paper, drawing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard born Grasse, France, 1732; died Paris, France, 1806 Charlemagne Leads Angelica away from Roland, 1785, illustration for Orlando Furioso Canto I (6-9) by Ariosto black chalk and brown wash and traces of graphite on laid paper, 40.0 x 46.0 cm Purchase, Walter C. Laidlaw Endowment, 1978

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
born Grasse, France, 1732; died Paris, France, 1806

Charlemagne Leads Angelica away from Roland, 1785, illustration for Orlando Furioso Canto I (6-9) by Ariosto
black chalk and brown wash and traces of graphite on laid paper, 40.0 x 46.0 cm
Purchase, Walter C. Laidlaw Endowment, 1978

Peter Paul Rubens born Siegen, Westphalia (now Germany),1577; died Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium), 1640 Anatomical Study of a Man Reaching Up to the Left around 1606–1608 pen and brown ink, brown wash and black chalk on paper The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario

Peter Paul Rubens
born Siegen, Westphalia (now Germany),1577; died Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium), 1640

Anatomical Study of a Man Reaching Up to the Left
around 1606–1608
pen and brown ink, brown wash and black chalk on paper
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario

Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona born Cortona, Italy, 1596; died Rome, Italy, 1669 Tobias and the Archangel Raphael black chalk on laid paper 23.6 x 16.7 cm Purchased in memory of Dr. Walter Vitzthum, 1971

Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona
born Cortona, Italy, 1596; died Rome, Italy, 1669

Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
black chalk on laid paper
23.6 x 16.7 cm
Purchased in memory of Dr. Walter Vitzthum, 1971

François Boucher born and died Paris, France, 1703-1770 Young Country Girl Dancing around 1765-1770 black, red and white chalk and stump on buff laid paper 46.2 x 29.2 cm Purchased as a gift of the Salamander Foundation and the Marvin Gelber Fund with the assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, 1998

François Boucher
born and died Paris, France, 1703-1770

Young Country Girl Dancing
around 1765-1770
black, red and white chalk and stump on buff laid paper
46.2 x 29.2 cm
Purchased as a gift of the Salamander Foundation and the Marvin Gelber Fund with the assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, 1998