draftsmanship

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Christie’s will test Michelangelo’s draftsmanship by offering up his estimated $1.5 million preparatory drawing of a foot with ties to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“He had studied draftsmanship, so was sent to Kyoto to do architectural drawings.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2023

When, in 1915, the Duke of Alba sent Sargent a copy of a pamphlet attributing the “peculiarities” of El Greco’s draftsmanship to an astigmatism, Sargent sent his thoughtful reply:

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2020

You see his gift for draftsmanship and knowledge of the tools of art, but he took them apart and put them together in unexpected combinations.

From National Geographic • Apr. 14, 2018

Rembrandt’s draftsmanship is so forceful that it allows us to mentally trace the movements of the master’s hand with astonishing vividness.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson