Drawing | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/drawing/RSS feed for DrawingenThu, 15 Oct 2026 18:03:46 +0000Venetian Artist Canaletto Merged Fantasy and Architectural Detail in This Previously Unseen Sketch, Heading to Auction This Monthhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venetian-artist-canaletto-merged-fantasy-and-architectural-detail-in-this-previously-unseen-sketch-heading-to-auction-this-month-180989692/The 18th-century painter was a key practitioner of "capriccio" artworks, which blended scenes of everyday life with bold, out-of-place structures. This work was not known to exist for centuries and could now fetch up to $80,000Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:03:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venetian-artist-canaletto-merged-fantasy-and-architectural-detail-in-this-previously-unseen-sketch-heading-to-auction-this-month-180989692/An Enigmatic Chalk Drawing, Rediscovered in a Private Italian Collection, Has Been Identified as the Long-Lost Work of Édouard Manethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-enigmatic-chalk-drawing-rediscovered-in-a-private-italian-collection-has-been-identified-as-the-long-lost-work-of-edouard-manet-180989593/The sketch of a young girl, in the red chalk characteristic of Manet’s 1860s life studies, is thought to be linked to several of the artist’s paintingsWed, 30 Sep 2026 19:55:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-enigmatic-chalk-drawing-rediscovered-in-a-private-italian-collection-has-been-identified-as-the-long-lost-work-of-edouard-manet-180989593/