Classical Figure Drawings

Intricate drawings featuring classical figures and angels, emphasizing dynamic poses and elegant drapery, reflecting Renaissance art influences.

Standing Woman Seen from theBack. Artist, formerly attributed to: Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, Italian, Venice, 1528-1588

A red chalk drawing by Raffaello Santi around 1517-1518 depicting Venus seeking advice from Juno and Ceres, a study for the Loggia di Psiche fresco in Villa Farnesina, Rome.

A Nude Woman Reaching to the Right. Dated: c. 1769. Dimensions: overall: 27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.) support: 35.3 x 47.3 cm (13 7/8 x 18 5/8 in.). Medium: black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on brown laid paper (formerly blue). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois Boucher.

Alessandro Vittoria, Saint Jerome, 1565 1570 Saint Jerome

Three Male Nudes, c. 1540-47. Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486-1551). Black chalk or charcoal with brush and black chalk or charcoal wash, heightened with white gouache; incised; sheet: 23.2 x 41.7 cm (9 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.); secondary support: 23.2 x 41.9 cm (9 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.); tertiary support: 24.8 x 42.7 cm (9 3/4 x 16 13/16 in.).

The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina 1596-1669 Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian This drawing, made in pen and ink by the leading artist of the Roman Baroque Pietro da Cortona, was preparatory for a painting featuring The Virgin with Christ Child and Saint Martina now in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (inv. AP 1984.07, oil on canvas, 70 x 58 cm). In this composition, Saint Martina, a third-century martyr who was put to death for refusing to worship idols, gazes at the Christ Child while holding the forked iron hook with which she was tortured, and accepting the palm of martyrdom. The painting and the related drawing are generally dated to1643-45 ca. Cortona was particularly devoted to the cult of the Roman martyr Saint Martina, whose remains were found in 1634 during excavations undertaken for the artist's own tomb in the crypt of the church of the Accademia di San Luca, Rome. The discovery of the relics led to the rebuilding of the entire church, under Cortona's dir

Five Figures from Parnassus by Raphael Sanzio, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash over black chalk on laid paper, Seated boy, head and part of right leg shown. Drawn twofold. Two poets at right of Homer and half-figure shown next to standing Muses, which are at left of Apollo., Italy, ca. 1820, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing (Italy)

A brown ink study by Raffaello Santi circa 1514-1515 depicting a male figure sitting in back view.

Benjamin West, Charity Charity

Head of a Man in a High Cap, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 print paper etching head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes)

Study of a sitting woman with a jug, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing Study of a sitting woman, a jug in the right hand. prepared paper. pencil. chalk sitting figure - AA - female human figure

The Triumphant Hercules with the Vanquished Hydra 1618 Italy. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on buff laid paper, ruled in pen and brown ink, laid down on paperboard . Guercino

Bearded Nude Male Figure Running Toward the Right mid-15th century Veronese School, possibly a follower of Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) Italian The strong contours of this sheet, seen especially in the treatment of the hair and beard, recalls Stefano da Verona's drawing style, as are the parallel hatched lines used to create shading. The drawing was likely produced by a follower of the artist. The identity of this nude male figure running in a landscape, bearing the attributes of a single boot, a shield, and a spray of flowers, remains enigmatic. It may represent a mythological god -- perhaps Jupiter -- or an allegorical figure. It is also possible that it depicts a wild man, a mythical figure covered in hair who was popular in medieval and Renaissance legend. Symbolizing strength and the balance between the human and natural world, wild men were frequently depicted bearing a heraldic shield.A significant document in the early history of collecting, the

Jacques Bellange drawing of a flying angel holding a rosary and a martyr's crown, executed with chalk, pen, ink, brush, and bister in 1607.

Design for a Painted Ceiling. Date/Period: From 1770 until 1800. Drawing. Brush and black wash, black chalk on paper. Author: Francesco Saverio Mergolo.

Red chalk drawing by Bernard Picart depicting Jupiter and Semele, showing figures, gestures, posture, and drapery.

Drawing by Agostino Carracci showing two versions of Thetis seated on a dolphin, executed in pen around 1600, with the lower right corner set.

Depicts The Scholarship, engraved by Hendrick Goltzius in 1594 in copper, showing an allegorical figure representing learning and study.

Drawing, Josiah with Jechoniah in his arms, ancestors of Christ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564); France; red chalk on paper

Asa, Ancestor of Christ, Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, after Michelangelo, 1474/1475-1564, Italian, 1550 to 1585, Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Kaïn doodt Abel. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1590. Place: Nederlanden. Measurements: h 259 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for a Funeral Monument. Dated: c. 1767. Dimensions: overall: 29.6 x 17.7 cm (11 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.). Medium: black chalk and stumping with touches of graphite, heightened with white, on brown laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois Boucher.

Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape 1600-1625 Hans Stutte German. Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape 388398

Rafael, Sketch for a Painting, Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855 - 1858 Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 2. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 2. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

Chalk drawing by Elisabetta Sirani depicting the Holy Family: the child behind seated Mary, Joseph at a table with an open book, focusing on figures and interaction.

Italy, Amato, Francesco, Saint Christopher, verso - stamped, Saint Christopher leans forward to touch the hand of the Christ Child. Christ leans his left arm on the globe., print, prints, height 247 mm, width 185 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1620, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Job punished by the devil. Draughtsman: Jacopo (I) Palma (il Giovane). Dating: 1554 - 1628. Measurements: h 305 mm × w 222 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Ascension of the Magdalene Made 1600-1699 Italy. Red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on card . Style of Cecco Bravo

Study of feminine nude, supporting the knee. Study of feminine nude, to the right looked forward and supported on the left.

Antiope 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. Antiope 384396

Cristofano Robetta, after Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Hercules and Antaeus, c 1500 Hercules and Antaeus

Hercules en deïanira c. 1701 Hercules sits next to Deïanira and has put his left hand around her shoulder. His left leg is on her lap. On the floor is the club of Hercules. Page 29 recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. chalk Hercules sits next to Deïanira and has put his left hand around her shoulder. His left leg is on her lap. On the floor is the club of Hercules. Page 29 recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. chalk

Jacob wrestling with the angel, Gerard ter Borch (I), 1617 - 1619, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I), Zwolle, 1617 - 1619, paper, brush, h 260 mm × w 210 mm

Rebels in hell, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1898 print In the foreground Lucifer, sitting, surrounded by flames. He hides his head in both arms. Behind him other rebellious people. The landscape is rocky. paper letterpress printing devil(s) and demons: Lucifer. representations of hell (with the damned and devils), usually with burning fires

Wounded Centaur. A centaur, a being from Greek mythology with the head and tors of a man and the body of a horse, has fallen through his hooves. He grabs the person on his back, holding a stick with a sharp point. Behind them a rocky landscape that is overgrown with trees.

The arrangement goddesses. Design for a ceiling painting.

A chalk drawing by Antonio Sacchi depicting a scene with Christ, using white highlights on blue paper.

Figures in a Landscape 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Figures in a Landscape 339905

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Niobé. Fourteenth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 519; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Torture of a saint, draughtsman: Mattia Preti, 1656 - 1660, paper, h 268 mm × w 240 mm

Drawing by Erzherzogin Maria Theresia von Österreich depicting Magdalena seated below, executed in pencil.

Drawing (Italy)

Depicts the concept of cleverness in a Clair-obscur woodcut by Giuseppe Nicola Vicentino using three plates around 1539-1545, showing allegorical figures and symbolic objects.

Master FP, Woman Carrying a Tray, 1527 1530 Woman Carrying a Tray

The Flight into Egypt verso. Dimensions: sheet: 11.6 x 14.8 cm (4 9/16 x 5 13/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: STEFANO DELLA BELLA.

Agostino Masucci, Italian (1691-1758), Two Biblical Figures Guided by a Cherub, black chalk on laid paper

Head of an old man (Joseph), Augustinus Terwesten (I), 1672 - 1711.

Andrea di Leone, Standing Shepherd in a Landscape, 1630s Standing Shepherd in a Landscape

Sketch leaf with a standing and some sitting figures, Stefano della Bella (attributed to), 1620 - 1664 drawing paper. ink pen standing figure. sitting figure. standing figure. sitting figure

Fallen Huntsman. Artist: François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 16 9/16 in. (29.1 x 42 cm). Date: ca. 1736. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Francois Boucher.

Venus and Amor, Allaert van Everdingen, 1642 - 1675 print Venus and Amor on a cloud party. paper Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Juno Seated on a Cloud, Graphite on white paper, Seated on a cloud bank the figure of Juno is seen frontally, in her right hanad she holds a shield, and with her left hand brandishes a sword., Germany, 1750-1770, Drawing, Drawing

Man sitting on the floor with wife and child, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Figures from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 69. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group). sitting on the ground

Assumption of the Virgin Artist's working dates 1648-1703 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove board . Domenico Piola

Four heads of men behind each other. Draughtsman: Parmigianino. Dating: 1513 - 1540. Measurements: h 130 mm × w 104 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two studies of men during heavy work. Draughtsman: Dionys van Nijmegen (possibly). Dating: 1715 - 1798. Measurements: h 325 mm × w 205 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Giuliano Bugiardini (Attributed to) / 'The Angel of the Annunciation'. XVI century. Black chalk, Red chalk on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A coal drawing by Carlo Cignani depicting the Madonna and Child in a crib on blue-gray paper, showing figures, posture, and drapery details.

The Flagellation of Christ. Artist: Bernardo Cavallino (Italian, Naples 1616-1656 Naples). Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (19 x 26 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Three studies of kneeling angels with a torch, draughtsman: Marco Antonio Franceschini, 1690 - 1699, paper, brush, pen, h 215 mm × w 360 mm

Two Seated Men. Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690 - 1743)

Raffaello Santis drawing depicts a sitting muse, Terpsychore, created with brown pen, showing posture, gesture, and drapery details.

A drawing by Charles Parrocel depicting two soldiers, executed in black chalk around 1730.

Charles-Antoine Coypel, Diana and Endymion, French, 1694 - 1752, 1720s, black chalk heightened with white and squared for transfer on brown paper

Studies van putti, anonymous, after Peter Paul Rubens, after Jean Antoine Watteau, 1700 - 1800 drawing Sketch magazine with studies from Putti. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Two Women Walking, Willem Linnig (II), 1852 - 1890 print paper etching / drypoint walking, hiking (recreation). adult woman

The Fall of the Giants ca. 1663 Salvator Rosa Italian. The Fall of the Giants 340644

Naked woman and a man dancing.. Andrieux, Clément-Auguste (1829-1881), draughtsman, cartoonist

Cupid shelled a Sater. A Sater tied to a tree. A cupid with a branch in his hand, flies next to him.

Flight into Egypt; verso: another edition of the theme. Plersch, Jan Bogumił (1732-1817), draughtsman, cartoonist

Venus and Amor on a cloud, c. 1701 Page 54 Recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. pencil Page 54 Recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. pencil

Putti with religious attributes. Three designs for decorations of two angels each with religious attributes such as a triangle in beams, a book and a chalice with host.

Two soldiers, Salvator Rosa, c. 1656 - c. 1657 print A soldier with turban sitting on a block of stone, leaning his arm on a shield. On the left a second soldier, making a pointing gesture with his hand. Italy paper etching / drypoint the soldier; the soldier's life. head-gear: turban. protective weapons: shield. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating

. A woman holds the portrait of a man in her one hand and an arrow in her other hand. A woman behind her. On the table a ring and scissors.

Ink and feather study sheet depicting Diana on clouds with deer, a putto, and a dog.

Two Wings of an Altarpiece depicting Saints John the Baptist and Catherine in Niches Surmounted by Angels mid-16th century Jan van Scorel Netherlandish. Two Wings of an Altarpiece depicting Saints John the Baptist and Catherine in Niches Surmounted by Angels 418343

Pencil drawing by Peter Fendi depicting an angel holding a raised lantern, showing figure, gesture, and light from the Liechtensteinalbum.

Red chalk drawing on blue primed paper by an anonymous artist depicting the death of St. Ludwig Gonzaga, early 18th century.

Neptune Holding a Trident and Standing on a Dolphin 1499-1546 Giulio Romano Italian. Neptune Holding a Trident and Standing on a Dolphin 338912

In a cave, Jupiter, at whose foot an eagle sits, takes Io on his knee, outside a sitting man and a cow, Jupiter embraces Io, draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, (school of), 1568, paper, pen, brush, h 188 mm × w 217 mm

Eustache Le Sueur drawing of a female figure from the 'Cost of Mosi', executed in black chalk with white heightening on gray paper.

The Gallant Gardener. Dated: c. 1711-1712. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 18.1 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ANTOINE WATTEAU.

Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child. Artist: Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) (Italian, Pordenone 1483-1539 Ferrara). Dimensions: 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (36.2 × 24.8 cm). Date: 1484-1539.This pictorial 'chiaroscuro' study is Pordenone's finished drawing for the Saint Christopher he painted on one of the two shutters of a cupboard for ecclesiastical silver in Saint Rocco, Venice, about 1527 (Cohen, 1980, fig- 44). The sheet is squared for its proportional transfer onto the larger canvas. An old copy of this drawing is in the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento (Master Drawings from Sacramento, Sacramento, California, 1971, no. 11, repr., as Pordenone), which once figured in the collection of Baron Vivant Denon and was reproduced in reverse in Denon's "Monuments", vol. 2, pl. 124. At the Musée Condé in Chantilly there is a red chalk study for the figures of Saint Martin and the beggar represented on the other shutter in Saint Rocco (Cohen 1980, figs. 41 and 42).

Allegory of respect, Christian Bernhard Rode, 1788 print paper etching Respect, Reverence, Esteem

A Female Martyr, Saint John the Baptist, and Two Devouts, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Graphite on paper, In the center, at right, stands a nude young woman, her hands bound across her back, and a cloth around her hips. At right kneels a devout, at left another one whom the woman addresses. Behind him st ands Saint John as a young man, the cross staff in his left hand. Framing line., Rome, Italy, 1820-1850, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Seated Man; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Study of hands and figures. This study demonstrates Jacques de Gheyns drawing process. He recorded his fanciful ideas directly onto paper in pen and ink with seeming effortlessness. The group of figures in the upper right is difficult to decipher. Two old witches seem to be initiating three young witches into diabolic rituals.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo / 'Saint John the Evangelist'. 1769. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Pencil strokes on white paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A silver pen and feather drawing by Stefano di Giovanni da Verona depicting a mercy chair, the Holy Trinity, and two medallions containing semi-figures of prophets on reddish-tinted primer.

An ink and pencil drawing on paus paper by Josef Tautenhayn depicting a sleeping naked woman in front of an urn with fruits.

Foreshortened Angel. After Antonio Allegri, called Correggio; Italian, 1489-1534. Date: 1522-1530. Dimensions: 217 × 263 mm (max.). Red chalk, with stumping, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Hercules in Iole, 1656 print Hercules and Iole are on a rock. Hercules plays on a tambourine. Amor is in the background with his bow. The print originally belonged to Liber 22 of the Atlas of Rome by Michiel Hinloopen (Schijnvoet Book 10). paper etching Hercules wooing Iole. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Mary with two saints between the clouds, draughtsman: Meester van het Berlijnse Schetsboek, intermediary draughtsman: Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1523, paper, pen, h 140 mm × w 116 mm

An angel holding aladder, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, Sheet: 23 × 15.6 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Support: 23.2 × 15.9 cm (9 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.)(irreg), ILE2006.18.60 , Made in Spain, Spanish, 17thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Apollo and Daphne. Dimensions: sheet: 15.1 x 10.4 cm (5 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on green-blue laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Follower of Giulio Romano.

Floating figures. Floating figures, one of which as angel with mislike, bazuin and lance.

The Penance of St. John Chrysostom, c. 1497. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving;

Kneeling Angel With Hands Outstretched. Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. Dimensions: 4-7/16 x 4-3/16 in. (11.3 x 10.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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