Featuring European and American master drawings, First Impressions showcases seldom seen treasures from the Lyman Allyn’s permanent collection. The digital exhibit includes drawings and watercolors from the 15th through the early 20thcentury by German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, and American masters. Many were acquired in the 1930’s by the museum’s first director Winslow Ames, who was a venerable drawings scholar. While some of these are finished works of art, others are preliminary sketches for paintings, revealing the detailed working methods of artists such as Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Edgar Degas.
Attributed to Niccolò dell’Abbate (Italian, 1509/12–1571), Alcina Receiving Roger, ca. 1548–50. Black and brown chalk and ink with white highlights on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Colnaghi, London), 1931.11.
Federico Zuccaro (Italian, 1542–1609), Christ Healing the Blind Man. Red and black chalk on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Colnaghi, London), 1931.9.
Annibale Carracci, (Italian, 1560-1609), Landscape with Peasants, n.d. Pen and ink on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum gift by exchange at exhibition of drawings lent by Colnaghi at Wadsworth Athenaeum, 1934.13.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, (Italian, 1727-1804), Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness, n.d. Ink and wash on paper
Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Philip Hofer Collection), 1950.2.
Alessandro Turchi (Italian, 1578–1649), The Judgment of Paris. Brown pen and ink and with ink wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase, Addie Avery Thomas Fund (Baroni, London), 1970.165.
Alessandro Maganza, (Italian, 1556–1630), Peter Denying Christ, late 16th or early 17th century. Pen and Ink wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase, Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, 1942 (Durlacher Bros, New York), 1942.31.
Francesco De Mura (Italian, 1696–1782), The Four Continents: America, Asia, Europe and Africa, mid-18th century. Ink and wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Sotheby's), 1964.261.
Johann Melchior Füssli (Swiss, 1677–1736), Illustration for Physica Sacra, ca. 1731. Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash over traces of black chalk underdrawing with white gouache on paper. Gift of Christian Nebehay, 1936.2.
Attributed to Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564–1651), Aurora and Zephyr, early 17th Century. Ink and wash drawing on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Purchase (Peter Claas, London), 1960.17 .
Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564–1651), A Dove Cote, n.d. Iron gall ink pen and ink and black ink washes on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Colnaghi, London), 1936.18.
Valentin Klotz (Dutch, 1643-1712), Farm on River Bank , 1672. Ink and wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Colnaghi, London), 1931.8.
School of Rembrandt van Rijn, (Dutch, 1606-1669), Owner of a Vineyard Rewarding his Laborers, 17th century. Ink with ink wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase, 1931.10.
Jan Schouten (Dutch 1716–1792), Landscape with Muider Gate, ca. 1769. Ink and wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Friends' Fund purchase (P. deBoer, Amsterdam), 1957.63.
Maerten de Vos (Flemish, 1532–1603), Allegory with Birth, Life, and Death, 1582. Ink and wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Friends' Fund Purchase (R.E. Lewis, Inc.), 1963.68.
Theodoor Galle, (Flemish, 1571–1633), Allegory of Birth, Life, and Death, after 1582. Engraving on paper. Gift of Roy Lewis, 1969.34.
Gabriel Dreer (German, 1580–1631), St. Andrew, 1622. Pen and ink with ink wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Friends' Fund purchase (Eugen Bruschwiler), 1956.85.
Unknown (German, 15th century), Mary Magdalene. Black pen and ink on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum, gift by exchange (Colnaghi, London), 1934.14.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867), Study for the Portrait of Mme. Moitessier, Standing, 1851. Graphite with touches of white on wove paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York), 1941.85.
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863), Study for the Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero, 1826. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1943.192.
Unknown Artist (French, 18th century), Nebuchadnezzar Ordering the Killing of Zedekiah’s Sons Before His Eyes, 1787. Ink and wash with white chalk on blue paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Scarpa, Vienna), 1973.197.
Attributed to Louis Laguerre (French, 1663–1721), Design for a Ceiling with the Apotheosis of Hercules. Iron gall ink and lead white paint on blue antique laid paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (Peter Claas, London), 1969.18.
Louis Chaix (French, 1740-1811), Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, 1775. Conte Crayon on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Friends’ Fund purchase (Proute, Paris), 1953.36.
Charles LeBrun (or School of), Study for the Medici Coat of Arms, ca. late 17th century, ink and wash on paper heightened with white. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase, Addie Avery Thomas Fund (Heim Gallery, London), 1970.144.
Jean-Leon Gerome (French, 1824–1904), Head of a Woman Wearing a Wreath, ca. 1870. Pencil on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase, Frank Loomis Palmer Fund (Helen Sieferheld, London), 1976.222.
Paul Sérusier (French 1865–1927), Landscape in Brittany, ca. 1890. Pastel on paper. Gift of Edward Pawlin, 1967.1.
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), Sketch of a Horse (Cheval), ca. 1865-1890. Charcoal on beige paper. Gift of Dr. Jerome B. Tichner, 1985.7.
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803–1860), Soldier, n.d. Watercolor, gouache, and spot-varnish (or gum arabic) on paper. Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson, 1943.191.
John Singleton Copley, (American, 1738–1815), Study for the Siege of Gibraltar, ca. 1785–91. Charcoal on blue paper. Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1947.179.
Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858–1925), First View of Zuni from Mal-Pais Mesa, 1881, Illustrated in The Century Magazine, "My Adventures in Zuñi," Frank H. Cushing, vol. 25, 1883. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Gift of Beatrice Kendall, 1972.14.
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938), Head of a Woman, ca. 1909. Silverpoint on wood-pulp illustration board prepared with gesso. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Friend’s Fund purchase (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York), 1947.5.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British 1828–1882), Fanny Cornforth, ca. 1867. Pen and pencil on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Miner Fund purchase, 1949.160.
Benjamin West (American, 1738–1920), St. Michael, the Virgin and Child, and Other Sketches ca. 1783. Pen and ink on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase (W. R. Jeudwine, London), 1961.3.
Frank Brangwyn (English, 1867–1956), Three Heads, ca. 1909–1910. Red, white, and pink chalk over graphite grid (with pin pricks) on brown wove paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum Friends' Fund Purchase (Edward Trumbull), 1946.288.
John Anster Fitzgerald (English, 1819–1906), The Fairies Race, 1879. Ink and wash on paper. Lyman Allyn Art Museum purchase, d’Offay Couper Gallery, 1969.21.