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Dramatic Religious Scenes

Sketches and drafts portraying iconic religious narratives and figures, with a focus on dramatic expressions and compositions reflecting artistic mastery.

The Triumph of Galatea 1612-50 Pietro Testa Italian. The Triumph of Galatea 341597
The Triumph of Galatea 1612-50 Pietro Testa Italian. The Triumph of Galatea 341597
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A brown feather drawing by Pauwels Franck depicting a landscape with wooden fellers at work, showing figures, trees, and terrain.
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Baldassare Franceschinis red chalk drawing from 1676-1683 shows Madonna and angel studies in clouds for the Triumph of the Eucharist, including a quick horse sketch.
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Feather drawing in brown ink by Josef von Führich depicting the fall of Hell, showing figures and landscape in dramatic composition.
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Rinaldo in the Enchanted Forest. Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732-1806 Paris). Dimensions: 13 3/16 × 18 in. (33.5 × 45.7 cm). Date: ca. 1763.This boldly handled and beautifully preserved drawing by Fragonard illustrates a scene from canto 18 of Torquato Tasso's epic poem Jerusalem Delivered, published in 1581. The poem was a highly fictionalized and fantastic account of the First Crusade in 1099. In this scene, Rinaldo, a Christian knight on his way to the Holy Land, is detained by the pagan enchantress Armida until two of his fellow knights break the spell. Fragonard's drawing imagines the decisive moment of Rinaldo's victory, as he brandishes his sword overhead in the act of chopping down Armida's massive myrtle tree, thereby dispelling its enchantments.This sheet was made soon after Fragonard returned to Paris after having spent five years in Rome, from 1756 to 1761. Exposure to the masters of the Italian Baroque led him to move beyond his early style, which had
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Ascension of Mary, Francesco II Bassano, 1570 - 1590, draughtsman: Francesco II Bassano, 1570 - 1590, paper, h 579 mm × w 470 mm
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Studies for a Wall Panel, Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849 - 1909, Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paper, Above, graphite sketch of reclining woman, arm outstretched toward an open book held by putto. Center, similar composition in brush and watercolor. Additional putto at right., USA, ca. 1895, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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'Various Groups and Single Figures', c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.
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Couple in a Arrenslee drawn by a horse ..
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Children view a painting or mirror on a street, c. 1858 A man or woman holds a list of a work of art or mirror that three children watch. Also studies of ornaments with leaf and hose motifs. Page 38 Verso from a combined album Amicorum and sketchbook with a total of 39 magazines. paper. pencil city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. other ornament derived from animal forms
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Sepia drawing by Friedrich Gauermann depicting a hide in a landscape with a thunderstorm, using feather, brush, laved techniques, and pencil on paper.
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Sugriva Annointed by his Forces, Scene from a Ramayana Series Indian. Sugriva Annointed by his Forces, Scene from a Ramayana Series, ca. 1735. Ink on paper, sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (20.0 x 27.6 cm). Asian Art ca. 1735
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Vittore Carpaccio, Three Philosophers Three Philosopherstitle QS:P1476,en:Three Philosophers label QS:Len,Three Philosophers label QS:Lde,Drei Philosophen
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Ekman, Robert Wilhelm, work, Battle scene, drawing, 27 cm x 21.5 cm
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Album Drawing, undated. Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Various Sketches of Hands, Heads, and Arms, Hamlet Winstanley, 1698-1756, British, between 1715 and 1720, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 12 1/8 × 7 3/4 inches (30.8 × 19.7 cm) and Binding: 13 inches (33 cm)
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Battle between Man and Centaur. Dimensions: overall: 5.8 x 8.9 cm (2 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.). Medium: graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.
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This draft by Johann Jakob Zeiller depicts the adoration of the Lord by twenty-four elders for a ceiling picture, executed in light brown pen and gray wash around 1747, emphasizing figures, composition, and spatial arrangement.
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Woman, tulips and stars.
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Dark gray ink draft by Gabriel Weyer from 1613 showing the fall of Phaeton for a ceiling picture, depicting figures and movement in light and dark gray.
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Drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte depicting Saint Aegid positioned on the left, using lead handle and red chalk with squared composition.
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Daniel in the Lions' Den. Draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn. Dating: c. 1650. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 222 mm × w 184 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Artist: Luca Cambiaso, Italian, 1527-1585, Apollo Killing the Python, study for a spandrel in the Palazzo Antonio Doria (Palazzo della Prefettura),Genoa, ca.1544, Pen and brown ink and brown wash over preliminary drawing in black chalk, 32.6 × 25.9 cm (12 13/16 × 10 3/16in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors
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Allegory of Spring, or the Young Gardeners. Jean Antoine Watteau; French, 1684-1721. Date: 1704-1721. Dimensions: 157 × 216 mm. Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on white laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Die Eroberung von Mexico: Illustration, 1919. Max Slevogt (German, 1868-1932). Lithograph;
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Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), Adveniat Regnum Tumue (Comme It's straight), 1571
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A series of sketches by Alexander Rothaug including 'Moon Night on the Lake,' created around 1900 using pencil, ink feather, and gouache, depicting night landscape scenes.
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Anonymous drawing depicting the adoration of the child, executed in brown feather between 1600 and 1700.
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The Fondriere (Year 1757) (IT)
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Design for a ceiling painting, Design for a three-part ceiling decoration, draughtsman: Jacob de Wit, 1724, paper, pen, brush, h 201 mm × w 293 mm
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View of the City of Vienna from the south at the time of siege in , Hans Guldenmund T, Woodcutter, after, Erhard Schön, Drawer
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Series of sketches by Alexander Rothaug executed in pencil and ink around 1900, depicting various subjects and forms on paper.
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Andrea Vicentino after Titian, The Battle of Spoleto, c 1575 The Battle of Spoleto
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Giuseppe Cades, Designs for Vases (verso) Designs for Vases verso
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A pencil drawing by Rudolf Weyr depicting a fragment of a frieze with putti, showing sculptural details, relief, and decorative elements.
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Four naked men wearing stone tablets. Leaf 17 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.
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Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Statues and Figures, Including the Venus Pudica and Scipio and his Lictor Anthony van Dyck Flemish ca. 1628-32 Van Dyck probably made this drawing as a preparatory study for the lifesize equestrian portrait of Albert de Ligne, prince of Brabançon and Arenberg (Holkham Hall, Norfolk), which he painted about 1628-32. The sitter was commander in chief of the Spanish forces in Bohemia, Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Van Dyck's choice of a rear view adds decorative bravado to the image by integrating the horse's flowing mane and tail with the sitter's elegant sash and dashing feathered hat. View more. Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Statues and Figures, Including the Venus Pudica and Scipio and his Lictor. Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599-1641 London). ca. 1628-32. Pen and brown ink; verso:
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Paul Sandby RA, 1731-1809, British, Studies of a Carter Pumping Water For His Horses, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured blued white, laid paper mounted on, very thick, moderately textured, cream card paper.
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Purgatorio XXVIII, Sandro Botticelli (Florence, Italy, 1445 - 1510) 1887
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Alexander Rothaug's circa 1900 study sheet features two centaurs and two rowers in opposite directions, rendered in chalk and pencil on whitewashed brown paper with corned edges.
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. Hubert François Gravelot
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Galatea Salacia (water personification); (according to Ludovico Carracci) Normand, Charles (1765 1840), Carracci, Photos (1555 1619 Viacac Brothers: Ludic): Buildings, civil engineering works
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Pensive Circe, sitting next to a monument. Draughtsman: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Dating: 1648 - before 1653. Measurements: h 163 mm × w 259 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Triton Combats Sea Monster, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Black chalk on off white laid paper, Centaur shown swinging club with right hand. Woman sits upon centaur's back, shaped like fish. Above at left, monster with head of goat., Italy, ca. 1805, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Idyll. Dated: 1886. Dimensions: sheet: 29.3 × 41.3 cm (11 9/16 × 16 1/4 in.). Medium: graphite with gray wash and white heightening on brown paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frederick Stuart Church.
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Sketch for the Apotheosis of Victor Hugo Henry Cros (1856-1910). Sketch for the Apotheosis of Victor Hugo. Watercolor, graphite mine on layer paper. Around 1902. Paris, Victor Hugo House.
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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante, 1780s, black chalk with gray and brown wash on laid paper, overall: 42.1 x 28.7 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.), Jean Honoré Fragonard (artist) French, 1732 - 1806
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'Figures in a Spring Landscape (Sacred Grove)'. France, 1897. Dimensions: 33,3x49,8 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MAURICE DENIS.
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Studies of Christ's Loincloth (recto), Studies of Bookbindings and of Christ's Loincloth (verso); Master of the Coburg Roundels, German, active about 1470 - 1500; about 1490; Pen and brown and black ink, brown and gray wash (recto); pen and brown and black ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache (verso); 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.)
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Boats and Houses 16th century In the manner of Jan Brueghel the Elder Netherlandish. Boats and Houses 335118
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Autumn, Jacob de Wit, 1744 drawing Design for a decoration. paper. ink. pencil pen / brush / brush Autumn, Fall, 'autumn'; "Autumn" (bank). Attributes of Bacchus
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Destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea; History of Moses for the Exodus; Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae. After the Israelites have reached the opposite side of the Red Sea, the water of the Red Sea flows back, drowning Pharaoh and his army. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in ex. 14:23. This print is part of an album.
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James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, Studies of the Front and the Back of a Man, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.
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. Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over red chalk, partially squared in graphite and red chalk (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
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Castles on Mountains. Artist: Rodolphe Bresdin (French, Montrelais 1822-1885 Sèvres). Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (11.7 x 6.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, 1382 1439) English medieval noble and military commander, embarks for the holy Land. Rous Roll Manuscript 1480
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The Apotheosis of San Vitale. Dated: 1781. Dimensions: overall: 22.6 x 20.7 cm (8 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ubaldo Gandolfi.
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt mid-18th-late 18th century Anton Raphael Mengs German. Rest on the Flight into Egypt 383912 Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs, German, sti nad Labem (Aussig) 17281779 Rome, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, mid-18thlate 18th century, Red chalk, graphite; squared in graphite, sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 11/16 in. (41.4 x 32.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008 (2008.616)
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'L'Amour Conduisant le Monde', c1860-1910 (1924). Artist: Auguste Rodin
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DIBUJO. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Murder in Woerden on S. Levi, 1813, Willem van Senus, After Jan Willem Pieneman, 1813 - 1814 print Sara Levi, wife of Jakob Pinas, murdered and mutilated by French soldiers. Part of a group of illustrations in circumference of the atrocities committed by the French troops during the overwhelming and looting of Woerden on 24 and 25 November 1813. Netherlands paper etching murder. war and crime. plundering ~ soldiers. mutilation of the corpse Woerden
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Portraits of Dhian, Gulab, Ranbir, Sohan, and Udham Singh Indian. Portraits of Dhian, Gulab, Ranbir, Sohan, and Udham Singh, ca. 1820. Ink with white wash on paper, sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (11.4 x 18.4 cm). Asian Art ca. 1820
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Albrecht Dürer's 1512 ring and fencing book drawing in pen with slight watercolor, depicting martial postures and techniques for sword and staff combat.