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Jean-Baptiste Deshays

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Brown wash drawing of men carrying a nude corpse past a stone arch, with a bearded elder and sprawled figures.

Tobias Burying the Dead

about 1763-1765

Brown wash drawing of a crowded classical hall with seated judges and a kneeling woman reaching toward them.

Phryne Before the Areopagus

mid-18th century

Sketch of the Virgin and Christ child with sheep and angels, and a sleeping shepherd in the foreground.

Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt

18th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a bowed, nude male torso leaning forward on grey paper.

Half Figure of a Man, Nude to the Waist

18th century

Black chalk drawing on tan paper of a muscular satyr leaning back, one arm raised, with shaggy animal legs.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

1758

Charcoal study of a man reclining on the ground, head resting on his arm, with a bed corner sketched above on tan paper.

Man Reclining on the Ground and the Corner of a Bed [verso]

1758

Brown wash drawing of a chaotic battle scene with musket-firing soldiers, a rearing horse, and a turbaned figure among trees.

A Young Woman Overcome by Love [recto]

1763

Black and red chalk sketch of a female nude with raised arm and loose study lines, by Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, 1763.

A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso]

1763

Brown wash drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and sheep across a stream under a cloudy sky.

Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream

1760

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a muscular man reclining backward on an animal skin, one arm raised, on tan paper.

Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]

1758/1765

Charcoal study of a man reclining on the ground, head resting on his arm, with a sketched bed corner above.

Man Reclining on the Ground and the Corner of a Bed [verso]

1758/1765

Brown wash drawing with red chalk of armed figures and smoke in a dark wooded setting, sketched in loose strokes.

A Young Woman Overcome by Love [recto]

c. 1763

Black and red chalk sketch of a woman with raised arm and loose studies of drapery and figure contours.

A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso]

c. 1763