Elegant Female Portrait Sketches

A collection of pencil sketches depicting women in various poses, showcasing drapery, posture, and detailed facial features in a classic style.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 30 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 17 cm x 10.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Drawing, Studies of Standing Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day); Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906); USA; graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper; 37.5 x 26.9 cm (14 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-189

Régamey, Frédéric (n.1849-07-04-D.1925-12), Madame Lockroy. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Standing Draped Female Figure, Mary at the Grave of Lazarus. Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano; Italian, 1611-1689. Date: 1631-1689. Dimensions: 315 x 181 mm. Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on cream wove card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

St. Bernard from St. Peter's colonnade, Lazzaro Morelli, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Drawing after statue by Lazzaro Morelli of St. Bernard (S. Bernardo), located on the Noth Colonnade of St. Peter's. He wears a monk's habit, holds his arms out with open palms and looks upward. A mitre is at his feet., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 30 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Drapery Study, Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849 - 1909, Graphite on tracing paper, Standing figure seen from the back, right side shown., USA, ca. 1895, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Gustav Klimt depicted knights with a skeleton wearing long robes in a study for 'Hope I' using black chalk around 1902, showing posture, gesture, and drapery.

Private (hostler) in casual uniform with a broom. Andrieux, Clément-Auguste (1829-1881), draughtsman, cartoonist

Statue of Zeus Holding a Thunderbolt. Dated: probably c. 1754/1765. Dimensions: Overall: 16.2 x 10.4 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.) support: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.). Medium: black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hubert Robert.

Woman standing woman Marie Bracquemond. Woman standing face. Graphite pencil on paper.

Drapery study for Galahad Departs” in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Drawing, Study for a woman, Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; black, white pastel crayon on grey paper; 36.7 × 58 cm (14 7/16 × 22 13/16 in.)

Figure study for the Castle of the Maidens(), from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

African Scipio Ramey, Normand, Charles (1765 1840)

Frederic, Lord Leighton, Study for The Wise and Foolish Virgins Study for The Wise and Foolish Virgins

A pencil and white chalk study by Adolf Zimmermann on gray paper depicting a guard, created between 1818 and 1825, emphasizing uniform, posture, and anatomy.

Draped StandingFigure. Artist: John Singer Sargent, American, born Italy, 1856-1925, LL.D. 1916

Draped Model Made 1873-1874 United States. Drypoint, with drypoint cancellation, in black ink on ivory laid paper . James McNeill Whistler

Przeszo Przyszoci Norblin, Jan Piotr (1745 1830)

A set of pencil sketches by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller depicting varied subjects including figures, landscapes, and architectural details, emphasizing line, form, and observation.

Drawing, Design for a Sculpture in a Niche; Designed by Augustin Pajou (1730-1809); France; pen and ink, bursh with brown washes, graphite, black crayon on paper; 20.4 × 9.8 cm (8 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

John Bacon, 1740-1799, British, Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch, undated. Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Design for the insert of the flask of a gun, c. 1790 - c. 1800 At the front Diana with a deer, to the antique image, the so -called Diane de Versailles and at the rear a hunting dog and a partridge. Paris paper. graphite (mineral). ink pen / brush firearms: rifle. Diana hunting

Excludes a young Greek unknown

Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (41.9 x 21.9 cm), cape, dress, figure study, portrait, religious and mythological subject, woman

Classical Figure, Henry Kirke Brown, American, 1814-1886, Pen and ink, graphite on paper, Possibly Flora or Spring. A running female figure in drapery, shown directed toward left with arms raised over head, holding flowers in each hand. At left, a part of a pencil sketch, with a reclining couple and two standing female figures. Verso: Horiztonal composition with two figures, possibly dancers, turned toward left, not entirely shown., USA, 1843, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Pencil and white-highlighted study by Johann von Schraudolph of a standing guard figure on yellowish paper, around 1857 or later.

A pencil figure study by Johann Gualbert Raffalt showing the proportions, posture, and anatomy of a human figure. The drawing emphasizes line, form, and shading techniques.

Sketch of Girl folding Cloth (for The Eve of the Deluge or other similar composition), 1850. Artist: John Everett Millais

Carl Pischingers pencil drawing depicts a seated woman facing left, showing posture, clothing, and body details.

Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858) 19th century Isidore Pils French. Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858) 339599

Violin girl.

Recto - Front. The Eve of the Deluge - Study of seated Girl, 1850. Artist: John Everett Millais.. Recto: A girl sewing... Verso: misc. studies of women sewing, girl folding cloth, caricatures and head study.

Standing woman with fan, Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1877 print Numbered at the top right: 1. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / drypoint adult woman. fan

James McNeill Whistler, Study, 1894 Study

Woman standing with basket on head, Pieter van Loon, 1840

Pencil drawing by Cecil van Haanen depicting a pearl stringer, emphasizing figure, hand position, and occupational activity.

Black chalk study by Gustav Klimt for the Portrait of Serena Lederer on paper, created 1898-1899, focusing on facial features, posture, and compositional arrangement.

Knoblauch Gustav (1833-1916), young man with jug (without dat.): View. Pencil on transparent on paper, 35.7 x 22.1 cm (including scan edges) Knoblauch Gustav (1833-1916): Junger Mann mit Krug

Järnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, Italy, 1925, pencil, drawing, 18x26, Järnefelt, Eero, 1925, pencil, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

Sketch - Allegory John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 9.5 cm x 17.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Drawing, Drapery Study; Made by Charles West Cope; England; 1909-20-5

Standing man, to the right. Draughtsman: Pieter van Loon. Dating: 1811 - 1873. Measurements: h 162 mm × w 54 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Series of pencil sketches by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller showing studies of figures, objects, and landscapes on paper.

A Woman Wearing a Mutch Cap, John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867)

Sitting woman (Madonna); Sketch sheets with figure studies.

Standing person, to the left.

Woman, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of a female figure in a long gown., USA, 1881, figures, Drawing, Drawing

H R H Princess Ingeborg of Sweden II Made 1900 Sweden. Etching on brown wove paper . Anders Zorn

Lazio Roma Albano Laziale Museo Civico Archeologico - Sala Ricevimenti. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Untitled - preparatory drawing for 'The marriage at Cana', circa 1922, Italy, by Winifred Knights.

Clio, from a statue in the Borghese villa still image. Illustrations. 1812. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Muses (Greek deities), Goddesses , Greek, Sculpture

Female personification of Theoretica or Reflection, in Greek garb. She stands on a circular platform and points up with her right hand. In her left hand she holds a magnifying glass and on her head she wears a veil surmounted by a compass. In the frame around the representation are artist names in wreaths., Female personification of Theoretica / Reflection Theoretica / Reflection (title on object), print maker: Johannes Jelgerhuis, (mentioned on object), Johannes Jelgerhuis, (mentioned on object), Noord-Nederland, 1785 - 1836, paper, etching, h 239 mm × w 178 mm

Study of woman playing the lute. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Gustav garlic (1833-1916), girls with compartments (without dat.): View. Pencil on transparent on paper, 35.6 x 22.1 cm (including scan edges) Knoblauch Gustav (1833-1916): Mädchen mit Fächer

AUBERT, Joseph Jean-Félix (n.1849-08-20-D.1924-05-01), angel carrying a ciborium (main title). Black stone and blood on blue paper. Drawing put on the tile. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Sitting figure with a turban, possibly a javane with an iket ..

Jacques Bellange, Dancer with a Tambourine, French, c. 1575 - died 1616, c. 1615, black chalk and graphite on light brown paper, laid down, with later framing line in black ink

John Constable, 1776-1837, British, A Country Girl in the Lake District, 1806. Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Drawing, Dancer; Harriet Blackstone (American, 1864 - 1939); USA; graphite on paper; 30 × 23 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

A chalk drawing with white heightening on gray paper by Carl von Blaas depicting a standing female figure, showing posture, proportions, and composition.

Lavalley, the cemetery of the Saints-Innocents, copy according to the statements of Bernier. (Dummy title). Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Draped Figure, Standing. Dated: 1891. Dimensions: image: 22.7 × 11.2 cm (8 15/16 × 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.7 × 20.1 cm (10 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.). Medium: lithograph in orange on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Funerary slab from the Abbey of Montmartre.

Edgar Degas, French (1834-1917), The Actress Ellen Andrée, 1879, drypoint (electric crayon)

Arab Woman, c. 1852/53. Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820-1876). Black chalk, with red chalk, heightened with white chalk; sheet: 34.3 x 22.5 cm (13 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.); secondary support: 36 x 24.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.).

Drawing, Standing female figure pointing; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

EDWARD BULWER LYTTON Writer, dramatist and politician Date: 1803 - 1873

Study for the Muse Thalia 19th century Paul Baudry French. Study for the Muse Thalia 334582

Standing woman, possibly oriental. An object in her right hand. Page 14 From sketchbook XXXIX with 51 pages.

Jakub Ebn Haokal, Kuglarz Istanbulski. Composition sketch for the picture Correction of the track from the city two sided drawing Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Sarah Bernhardt 1898 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French. Sarah Bernhardt 334742

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Figure study for Measure for Measure (oilpainting), Pastel, Coarse brown wove, 48.8 × 35.8 cm (19 3/16 × 14 1/8in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Dancing Knaap, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 drawing paper. chalk counterproof dancing

Francisco Bayeu / 'Upper Part of a Cloak for the Figure of Saint Mark'. 1771. White chalk, Black chalk on green paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Muza Melpomena (from the collection at the Paris museum) Normand, Charles (1765 1840)

Woman holding a package in her mouth. Katsushika Hokusai (school of) (飾北斎) (Japan, mid- to late 19th century). early 19th century. Drawings. Drawing; ink on paper

A pencil and reddish study from around 1900 of a female robe on gray paper, with heightened details to emphasize folds and form.

Woman, looking up, August Allebé, 1848 - 1927 drawing paper. chalk

Anatomical study of the neck and the jaw, Pieter van Gunst, After Gerard de Lairesse, 1685 print Anatomical study of the muscles of the neck and the jaw. At the top right numbered T. 15. Amsterdam paper engraving jaw (human). muscles

Woman draped up three-quarter left Jean-Achille Benouville (Said Achille Benouville) (1815-1891). Woman draped up three-quarter left. Graphite pencil on paper.

Preparatory sketches by Anton Hanak for the Richard Wagner monument created from 1931 to 1933, drawn with black pen in October 1933.

Young girl on the back, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1764 print paper etching back - AA - female human figure

St George Series - Study of the Princess for 'The Princess in the Garden', 1865-66. Red-brown chalk on paper. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones

Sketch of a turbaned figure - unidentifiedillustration. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Portrait-load in foot of a man in mustache (Jarousse) / verso: three sketches

Woman standing with a bathrobe Anonymous (formerly attributed to Auguste Rodin). Woman standing with a bathrobe. Pencil and watercolor on white paper, nineteenth century.

Running Woman, Isaac Weld, 1774-1856, Irish, ca. 1818, Pen in brown ink, broan wash, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, Sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 1/16in. (47.9 x 33.2cm)

Movements from the 'Pieta,' dancer Harald Kreutzberg , Dancers, Dance, Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

St George Series - Two Studies of Female Attendants for 'The Princess draws the fatal Lot', 1865-1866. Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Movements from the 'Pieta,' dancer Harald Kreutzberg , Dancers, Dance, Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Study of the figure of an apostle with a palm leaf in his right hand. Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Lady Macbeth, ActIII.scene iv,Macbeth. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Study. Date: 1871. Origin: United States. Chalk and pastel on brown paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Valkyrie with shield and spear. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Standing figure in heels with his hat in his left, while he holds his right hand up, c. 1936 - c. 1940 drawing paper. pencil head-gear. standing figure

Bending Woman in Classical Dress - study for The Grove of Academe”. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

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