Sketchbook, Italy
Sir Joshua Reynolds British
Not on view
Reynolds visited Italy for three years while in his twenties and seized the opportunity to study works from antiquity to the more recent Baroque era. As he explored churches and collections, Reynolds filled many sketchbooks with notes and drawings. This example records paintings, sculpture, and architecture visited in Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, and Turin. It was made by using twine to secure sheets of paper into a vellum binding and could have been purchased from a stationer or made by the artist himself. The open pages represent Bernini’s famous colonnade around St. Peter’s Square in Rome opposite a rough sketch of a bearded man framed by a rustic pergola.
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![18.121.65 (two women and female caricature) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.69 (figure with staff) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.71 (two men fighting, one on horseback) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.72 (blank) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.73 (male nude supporting figure) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.74 (figures on stairs) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.75 (figure in cloak) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.76 (mother and child) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.90 (male head) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.94 (six figures at a table) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.96 (architecture, stairs) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.97 (Michelangelo) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.173 (architecture and text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.174 (St. Peter's colonnade and fountain) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.175 (male figure) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.177 (male figure looking at statue, another with sword) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.178 (text, list, diary) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.179 (figures on stairs) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.180 (text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.181 (tomb) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.124 (composition with standing Diana) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.93 (blank) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.122 (seated man and woman, he playing instrument) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.130 (architecture, grotto) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.133 (landscapre with church, and text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.148 (St. Catherine of Siena and angel, Bernini) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.149 (text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.150 (figure holding cloth) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.151 (landscape with spire) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.152 (sculpture of child on tomb?) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.153 (blank) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.154 (Bernini, Balduchino columns) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.155 (blank) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.156 (bearded man with crossed legs) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.157 (faint offset) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.158 (man with knfie) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.159 (beginning of letter) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.77 (female figure holding knife) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.78 (landscape) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.79 (architectural sketch and text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.80 (Salome and head of John the Baptist) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.81 (text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.86 (drawing) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.88 (female term) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.135 (landscape with text) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.136 (landscape and facade) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.137 (mountain landscape) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.138 (three female figures, after Guercino? (text)) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.139 (faint offsets) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.142 (two lion sculptures) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![18.121.144 (landscape, two groups of child and lamb) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![18.121.145 (child and lamb) Sketchbook, Italy, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London), Graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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