Character Studies in Drawing

Etchings and sketches illustrating various character studies, exploring human emotion and interaction, often in religious or social contexts.

Studies of Two Men. Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743). Red chalk. 18.6 x 25.3cm.

Rhine, Rembrandt van, Uilenspiegel, The flute player, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1642, center lower, height 118 mm, width 144 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1642 - 1642, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by

Study for an illustration in Tacitus Tibère, ou Les Six Premiers Livres des Annales Book II, Vol 1 1758-1773 France

Study for Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (recto); Sketches Saint Christopher; Two Figures in Conversation over Money (verso) 1615-1625 Italy. This is the earliest known study for a commission that Guercino was given in 1620 by Cardinal Jacopo Serra, Legate of Ferrara. The forceful, naturalistic drawing captures the moment of the Old Testament story in which Joseph attempts to guide the blessing arm of the nearly blind Jacob away from his younger son Ephraim to the head of his first-born, Manasse.. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash (recto) and pen and brown ink and graphite (verso), on cream laid paper . Guercino

Caisson d'artillerie 1818-1824 France. Graphite on ivory wove paper . Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

ORANG-OUTAN ON A GNOU Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875). Orangutan on a Gnou. Brown ink, feather on layer paper.

Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora" 1737 Hubert François Gravelot French. Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora" 335488

Five persons, Herman Saftleven, 1619 - 1685, draughtsman: Herman Saftleven, 1619 - 1685, paper, brush, h 128 mm × w 93 mm, FTZYC Doctype

Travelers Resting for Nourishment Artist's working dates 1622-1660 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and gray, blue, and brown wash, on ivory laid paper . Michelangelo Cerquozzi

Captain Cook's arrival in Venice drawings, works on paper

Drawing, Infirmity; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk on paper; 9.7 × 13.6 cm (3 13/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Arabische Vrouw ; DEPOSIT wife ; The habit of almost all the nations of our time , has never until now this aediti. Arabische vrouw met kind. Onderdeel van kostuumboek titled , " almost all the people of our age habit never had this aedis' , Venice, 1569, 1569 Heruitgave shipped van de Eerste editie shipped 1563.

Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary". Dated: 1877-1878. Dimensions: image: 25.72 × 30 cm (10 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper mounted to paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John La Farge.

Regents of the Amsterdam new side house seating house. Group portrait of the regents of the new side house seating house: Lucas Pietersz Conijn, Johan Steur, Rombout Kemp, Claes van Lith, Cornelis Metsue and Isaac Commelin.

Seller of Anijslikur and Seller of Lucifers, 1660 print On the left a seller of Anisette (Anijsliqueur). His basket with bottles is on the floor. On the right a seller of Lucifers, who are on the floor in bundles on ropes. They play the game Morra. Italian fresh in the lower margin. The print is part of an album. paper etching street-trader. simple hand games. 'cris de Paris', cries of London, etc.

Caricature of a resting couple, François Collignon, after Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1687 print print maker: Franceafter design by: Italypublisher: Paris paper etching caricatures (human types). resting - BB - out of doors. adult man. adult woman

Nürnberger Meister's circa 1530 brush drawing depicts Peter crouching on the ground, executed in gray-brown and white on gray-brown primed paper, emphasizing posture and anatomy.

A Painter at his Easel 1615-52 Hans Caspar Nüscheler Swiss. A Painter at his Easel 380396

Balinese musicians and dancers, c. 1660 drawing Page 1 Verso of a section of 10 sheets from a sketchbook. Bali paper. ink brush Asiatic races and peoples (INDONESIANS). musician at work. female dancer. folk costume, regional costume Bali

Genre scene unknown, Ciuli, E., P.P.Z.

Stefano della Bella depicted figures in the sky using chalk and feather around 1633/34.

Coriolanus before the Women of Rome. Dated: late 1780s. Dimensions: overall: 18.9 x 31.8 cm (7 7/16 x 12 1/2 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GIUSEPPE BERNARDINO BISON.

First horse riding lesson; Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806); before 1778 (1728-00-00-1778-00-00);Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941), Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941)-collection, gift (provenance), children, women, men, dogs, French drawings, genre scenes, interiors

Sketches of two standing men and a reading man, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733, Sketches of two standing men in long cloaks and a leaning, reading man., draughtsman: Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733, paper, pen, h 130 mm × w 170 mm

Five soldiers around a campfire, print maker: Jan van Ossenbeeck, (mentioned on object), unknown, 1647 - 1674, paper, etching, engraving, h 75 mm × w 120 mm

orchestra unknown

Folding sheet with figure studies. Folding leaf with a standing woman with a bird on the downside and the upper and lower body of a skating man.

Founder in harness kneeling behind a prayer bench, Peter Paul Rubens, 1587 - 1640 drawing paper. ink pen kneeling figure

Brown pen and black chalk drawing by an anonymous artist depicting the three Marien and Johannes from the crucifixion scene, created around 1480.

Johann Wilhelm Baur, Silvio, Dorinda and Linco, 1640 Silvio, Dorinda and Linco

Couple who tackle each other, c. 1652 drawing Couple who tackles each other with a fireplace tong and a slipper. Zwolle paper. ink. chalk

Red chalk drawing of a Mantula figure seated with crossed arms and head resting on left hand, on blue-gray paper with white highlights, by an anonymous artist.

Three mans figures. .

Woman with child in walker, Johan Antoni Kauclitz Colizzi, After Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1774 - 1808 print Netherlands paper etching implements for learning to walk, go-cart

Two resting shepherds ..

Egyptian Sibyl, pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper, sheet: 15.2 x 9.9 cm (6 x 3 7/8 in.), Spanish 17th Century (artist)

Anonymous drawing depicting three hunters, executed with feather and brown brush between 1600 and 1700.

Dream of a Man Fleeing. Dimensions: Overall (lunette): 14 x 8.7 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.) support: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Medium: black and red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francesco Montelatici.

Italy, Loraghi, Antonio, Farmer with boy, verso - stamped, A peasant woman with her son. The boy holds his hat in his hand. In the air two butterflies are flying., print, prints, height 115 mm, width 60 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1672 - 1672, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, The Angel Appearing to the Centurion Cornelius, late 1590s The Angel Appearing to the Centurion Cornelius

Drawing (Italy)

Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist, verso - stamped, Mary lies in a landscape with the Christ Child on her lap and the young John the Baptist kneeling beside her. In the background on the right Joseph reads a book., print, prent, prints, enten, height 168 mm, width 225 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, prentmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Sketch of two characters, and in the background, study of a group. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Sketch of two characters, and in the background, study of a group. Pastel and black stone on beige paper.

Unknown (-); Carlo Maratti (1625-1713); Jakob Frey (1700-1752), the Holy Family., 1625-1713

Regents of the Amsterdam New Side House, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, 1640 - 1651 drawing Group portrait of the regents of the new Zijdsenhuis: Lucas Pietersz Conijn, Johan Steur, Rombout Kemp, Claes van Lith, Cornelis Metsue and Isaac Commelin. paper. chalk old-people's home. poorhouse Nieuwezijds Huiszittenhuis

Saint Peter. Etching by J. Ribera.

The flight to Egypt.

Caricatures of Two Women (recto); Praying Judas (verso). Attributed to Pier Francesco Mola; Italian, 1612-1666. Date: 1626-1666. Dimensions: 185 x 207 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto) and engraving in black (verso) on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A Music Party; Jacques-André Portail, French, 1695 - 1759; Paris, France, Europe; 1738; Red and black chalk on off-white paper; 32.4 x 25.4 cm (12 3/4 x 10 in.)

Portrait of a man and woman sitting at the table, Lorenzo Lotto, 1524 - 1525 drawing paper. chalk. ink pen

Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora". Artist: Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699-1773 Paris). Dimensions: 2 13/16 x 4 in. (7.2 x 10.1 cm.). Date: ca. 1737. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing (Italy); Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823)

Boucher, François, Augsburg, Nilson, Johann Esaias, Die unverhofte Erquickung, Young man and young woman on the road near a ruin, verso - stamped, Top left printed number XXXXIII and top right 2., print, prints, height 195 mm, width 297 mm, German, 1721-11-02 - 1788, print maker, 1731 - 1788, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, French, 1703-09-29 - 1770-05-30

James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, Two Men Sitting on Cushions, undated. Graphite on medium, silghtly textured, cream laid paper.

Prince Eugenius from Savoye in the Etablissement of Mme Traese at Prinsengracht with revue of prostitutes, ca. 1720. Prince Eugenius from Savoye in the establishment (brothel) of Mme Traese (or Théresè) On the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, sitting on a chair one Revue of prostitutes with suspended skirts and inflammated lower bodies, approx. 1720.

Four standing men in different attitudes; Paradigmata Graphics variorum artificum. Four standing men: a servant on the back seen (a), a man holding a curtain (b), a man in a florentine costume (c) and a standing warrior with a staff in his hand (d).

Couple who are fighting each other. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1652. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 100 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Woman with child, a Courtisane and a Marskramer, c. 1660 - c. 1687 Three -glued drawings, two of Harmen and one of Gerard de Oude. Zwolle paper. chalk. deck paint. watercolor (paint) brush Three -glued drawings, two of Harmen and one of Gerard de Oude. Zwolle paper. chalk. deck paint. watercolor (paint) brush

Sjšstrand, Carl Eneas, work, Two menŠ, apparently characters from ancient Scandinavian mythology, pŠŠcategory: drawing, MYTHOLOGY; Scandinavian; SCENE; men, 27 cm x 32 cm

Drawing, Woman with Bellows Lighting Fire; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

A Fashion in 1845, unknown artist, (Hablot K. Browne or Cruikshank), ca. 1845, Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, blue card, Mount: 16 × 11 1/2 inches (40.6 × 29.2 cm) and Sheet: 9 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (24.4 × 13 cm), caricature, fashion, genre subject, humor, injury, men, merchant, nose, parody, resting, satire, selling, store, top hat, umbrella

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: The Earth and a Parade Helmet. Dated: c. 1645. Dimensions: Overall: 13.5 x 14.3 cm (5 5/16 x 5 5/8 in.) support: 14.1 x 15.2 cm (5 9/16 x 6 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper; laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: STEFANO DELLA BELLA.

Pencil and white chalk drawing by Wilhelm Alexander Wolfgang von Kobell showing studies of a Bavarian Chevauleger and a dragoon on blue paper, circa 1808.

Picard, Rijn, Rembrandt van, Netherlands, Grient, Cornelis van der, Christ and the adulterous woman, verso - stamped, Inspired by Rembrandt's 'Christ and the adulterous woman'. Depicted is the moment when the Pharisees ask Christ a trick question., print, prent, prints, height 80 mm, width 99 mm, 1827 - 1918-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1837 - 1918, paper, papier, etching, etchings, zinkets, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, after, after painting by, unknown

Two Musicians playing a Chiatarrone and a Violin, with a Subsidiary Study of the Second Musician. Jacopo Confortini (active first half of 17th Century). Red chalk on paper. 24.9 x 34.2cm.

A Country Boy and Girl, Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811, British, undated, Brown chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm)

Head of Saul at the moment he falls from his horse and is converted to Christianity. Drawing, c. 1789.

A Fashionable Audience, Matthew Haughton, 1768-1821, British, undated, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches (13 × 17.5 cm), audience, Costumes, dress, genre subject, men, women

Two standing and four sitting men ..

David Playing the Harp, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (41.3 x 32.4 cm), capes, dresses, figure study, harp, helmets, men, music, religious and mythological subject, women

Perino del Vaga / 'Group of Figures / Studies of a Young Woman Reclinig on the Ground, Holding an Urn'. First half of the XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The lace worker, Anonymous, 1600 - 1620 drawing A young woman is sitting on a chair, seen from the side, turned to the right, tilt. The edge cushion partially rests on her lap, partly on a table. Low Countries paper. ink. chalk pen / brush lace-making. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). trousers, breeches (+ women's clothes). sleeves (+ women's clothes)

Jacques Callot, Study of Four Horsemen, 1628 or before Study of Four Horsemen

Shocked soldier and man with hat with plumes (portrait of Rembrandt).

Jacques Louis David, Socrates and Diotime, 1775 80 Socrates and Diotime

Study sheet of a standing urinating man, from behind and from the side. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II) (mentioned on object). Dating: after 1627 - 1681. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 141 mm × w 186 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Doubting Thomas (Spandrel Design). Attributed to Domenico Pozzi; Italian, 1744-1796. Date: 1764-1796. Dimensions: 264 x 417 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A drawing by Antonio Zanchi showing Saint Antonius kneeling to the left, executed with feather, lavated gray and brown, deck white highlights, and rounded spring technique, dated 1631-1722.

La Paysanne Tournée a Droite et Tenant un Panier (The Peasant Woman Turned to the Right and Holding a Basket), from Varie Figure (Various Figures) ca. 1620 Jacques Callot French. La Paysanne Tournée a Droite et Tenant un Panier (The Peasant Woman Turned to the Right and Holding a Basket), from Varie Figure (Various Figures). Varie Figure. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1620. Etching; first state of four (Lieure). Prints

Preliminary study for the group in the right corner of 'The Battle of Waterloo', British colonel Sir William Howe de Lancey is taken care of after his injury., painter: Jan Willem Pieneman, Amsterdam, 1823 - 1824, paper, h 201 mm × w 156 mm

Two Children Embracing Each Other, Pen and ink on paper, mounted, They are shown standing behind a table with some objects. The girl at left looks upon them, the boy at her., Italy, 1770-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Stefano della Bella drawing of two figures in Polish costume seen from the back, executed in pen and ink around 1633-1634.

Karikatural performance of a man and a woman, François Collignon, After Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1687 print print maker: Franceafter design by: Italypublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving caricatures (human types). adult man. adult woman

Brown ink drawing on blue-gray paper by Matthias Scheits showing a scene of farmers at work in 1680.

Study of Two Figures (recto); Fragmentary Copy (verso) 1700-1715 Italy. Red chalk (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper . Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Félix Hilaire Buhot, Cacoletière Assise (Seated Woman and Ass), 1875 Cacoletière Assise (Seated Woman and Ass)

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Berthe. Fifty-second number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 638; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

A redel drawing by Johann Evangelist Scheffer von Leonhartshoff depicting a self-portrait set in a forest, highlighted with white for details.

Study with a sitting, standing and lying boy. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1699. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 127 mm × w 139 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

View of a printers shop, the space divided by a colonnade. A man in the attire of a scholar, stands in the foreground at left, apparently overseeing the process. Beside him a man works at a large press. Nearby, another inks a plate. Wet sheets hang from suspended wires. Three seated compositors at work at right. A proofreader stands beside a column at center left. Date: ca. 1590. Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Dr. Faust in his study, on the left a monkey, in the background two shadows, Dr. Faust in his study, draughtsman: Adriaen Matham, 1610 - 1660, parchment (animal material), pen, h 297 mm × w 399 mm

Soldier with Horse and Attendant. Dated: published 1785. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Studies of a Boy and a Girl (recto) Studies of Legs (verso) 1560-1609 Traditionally ascribed to Annibale Carracci Italian. Studies of a Boy and a Girl (recto) Studies of Legs (verso). Traditionally ascribed to Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560-1609 Rome). 1560-1609. Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on beige paper (recto); black and red chalk (verso). Drawings

Kuiper, Wilm bass, 1633 - 1672 print A Kuiper in front of his house. In the right hand he holds a hammer, he wears a number of hoops over his left shoulder. Amsterdam paper etching other handicrafts ~ wood (with NAME of trade or profession)

Mother and child, Moses ter Borch, c. 1662, draughtsman: Moses ter Borch, Zwolle, c. 1662, paper, brush, h 120 mm × w 135 mm

Portrait of Father Sebastiano Resta bent over an album of drawings, Portrait of the collector Sebastiano Resta, print maker: Jacob van Oost (I), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Carlo Maratti, (copy after), Southern Netherlands, 1631 and/or in or after 1689, paper, etching, h 235 mm × w 195 mm

Etching study sheet by Rembrandt van Rijn, circa 1629, depicting men's heads and a half-figure, with the sheet divided vertically and recombined, showing compositional detail.

St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore 1642-1709 Andrea Pozzo Italian. St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore 340548

Twice the same farmer's wicker basket, seen on the left; Varie Figure di Jacopo Callot; Various figures. A farmer with a wicker basket on the left arm, seen on the left, twice pictured: right as a line figure, left more worked out with shadows. In the background some figures at an inn. This print is part of a series of 16 prints (15 according to Lieure; 17 resp. 16 incl. Title print) with men and women in various attitudes. These prints may have been meant as drawing examples.

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