Sleeping Beauty, drawing, book illustration (design), A stone staircase leads to a raised platform where Sleeping Beauty lies sleeping in the open air among trees and bushes., annotation: 'doornroosje', c. 1900 - c. 1950, draftsman (artist), ink, materials by function, paper, India ink (ink), pen, pen in Indian ink, height 94 mm x width 92 mm, Design for the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty Charles Perrault., A detailed black and white ink drawing shows a stone stairway leading upward through a natural setting, with patterned shading on the steps and surrounding ground; dense foliage and textured tree trunks frame the scene on both sides, including a large dark leafy mass at the top left and a tall trunk with vines and small rounded leaves at the right edge; flowing drapery or cloth-like forms lie across a raised surface near the top of the steps, with fine linework suggesting folds and creases; small flowering vines and clustered buds trail across the middle area, and dot-like stippling fil...
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Sleeping Beauty, drawing, book illustration (design), A stone staircase leads to a raised platform where Sleeping Beauty lies sleeping in the open air among trees and bushes., annotation: 'doornroosje', c. 1900 - c. 1950, draftsman (artist), ink, materials by function, paper, India ink (ink), pen, pen in Indian ink, height 94 mm x width 92 mm, Design for the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty Charles Perrault., A detailed black and white ink drawing shows a stone stairway leading upward through a natural setting, with patterned shading on the steps and surrounding ground; dense foliage and textured tree trunks frame the scene on both sides, including a large dark leafy mass at the top left and a tall trunk with vines and small rounded leaves at the right edge; flowing drapery or cloth-like forms lie across a raised surface near the top of the steps, with fine linework suggesting folds and creases; small flowering vines and clustered buds trail across the middle area, and dot-like stippling fills the sky area above the cloth, creating a speckled background; intricate crosshatching and varied line densities define rocks, plants, and shadows throughout the composition.

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Sleeping Beauty drawing book illustration design stone staircase leads raised platform lies sleeping open air trees bushes annotation doornroosje c 1900 - c 1950 draftsman artist ink materials function paper India ink pen Indian ink height 94 mm x width 92 mm Design fairy tale Sleeping Beauty Charles Perrault detailed black white ink drawing stone stairway leading upward natural setting patterned shading steps surrounding ground dense foliage textured tree trunks frame scene sides large dark leafy mass top left tall trunk vines small rounded leaves right edge flowing drapery cloth- forms lie across raised surface near top fine linework suggesting folds creases flowering clustered buds trail middle area dot- stippling fills sky area cloth creating speckled background intricate crosshatching varied line densities define rocks plants shadows composition

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