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Red chalk

Scope note

Chalk composed of hematite diffused in clay and used for drawing since the Renaissance. Originally cut from deposits but later fabricated from the same material.

This term has 949 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300080064

Broader Terms used

coloured chalk

Term used for

chalk, natural red
chalk, red
natural red chalk
red chalk, natural
sanguine

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Drawing

A study for 'Le Travail'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre

Study of a seated female nude

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Forain, Jean Louis

An image of Drawing

The Deposition from the Cross

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Campin, Robert (After)

Cornfields

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Daubigny, Charles François

An image of Drawing

Domestic scene with a dog

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. van

An image of Drawing

The Martyrdom of St. Stephen

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

An image of Drawing

Soldier, in a landscape, seen from the back

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bloemen, Pieter van

An image of Drawing

A View of Thuon (?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An image of Drawing

Louis XIV and his adjutants on horseback

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Meulen, Adam Frans van der

A reclining female nude

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Boucher, François (After)

An image of Drawing

Study of a bearded male nude, seated in profile to left

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bandinelli, Baccio

An image of Drawing

The Drawing Academy

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Mercier, Philippe

An image of Drawing

A study for Christ on the Cross with two Angels

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Barocci, Federico

An image of Drawing

A coast scene; Lighthouse at Egmont

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Cuyp, Aelbert

An image of Drawing

Christ washing the disciple's feet

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bramer, Leonard (Attributed to)

A study of a nude male torso

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Legros, Alphonse

An image of Drawing

Seascape with a Dutch ship in the foreground

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Silo, Adam (Attributed to)

A standing woman with hands on hips

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Callot, Jacques (Manner of)

An image of Drawing

Head of a donkey, eating hay

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Fetti, Domenico (Attributed to)

A standing woman

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Callot, Jacques (Manner of)

An image of Drawing

Study of a seated lady; half-length, with the right hand at chin

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Lancret, Nicolas

A boy with a bird on a string, and a dog

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Huet, Jean Baptiste (After)

An image of Drawing

A crouching lioness

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (Attributed to)

Head of a dog, looking upward, with open mouth

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ridinger, Johann Elias

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