Figurative Drawings in Chalk

Various sketches offering insights into human figures and interactions, focusing on gestures and architectural backdrops through fine chalk work.

Drawing, Adoration of the Shepherds; Antonio de' Dominici (Italian, ca. 1730-after 1800); Italy; reddish-brown chalk on cream laid paper; 27.8 x 20.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Return of the Lost Son, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper. ink. graphite (mineral) pen / brush the prodigal son kneels before his father who takes him in his arms

Depicts a fountain scene with a boy on a podium, a woman drawing water, two standing men with a water jug near a column base, and a seated figure, drawn with feather and brush in the 18th century.

Johann Willinges, The Three Marys, 1590s The Three Marys

Peasants on their way home, anonymous, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1600 - 1610, after: Pieter Bruegel (I), draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1610, paper, h 167 mm × w 226 mm

Four representations of family life. An unscruppled leaves with four performances of family life. In the first show a woman is in front of her front door. She is talking to her husband. She has her daughter on the arm. A second daughter is next to the Father. A second representation is of two girls. The youngest has a basket around the arm. The third performance is of three women. They are together and are busy. One of the women has a child going on. Another child hided behind her skirt. The fourth and final representation shows the busts of four five people in side view (bust to the right). The portraits are of two men and three women.

Lot and his Family Leaving Sodom, Anonymous, After Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1635 - 1700 drawing paper. ink pen / brush

Battista Franco, Spectators Amazed, early 1540s Spectators Amazed

Project of a vignette for "French Etrennes": Allegory on the new Halle Project with wheat (front) Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780). Project of a vignette for the French Etrennes . Drawing (feather, pencil, scrub and ink in Chinese, white gouache enhancements). Paris, Carnavalet museum.

Socrates and Xantippe. Xantippe, the woman of Socrates, throws in her anger from a window of water over the head of Socrates, while he stands outside with his students.

Dante's Purgatory 1852-1862 France. Pen and brown ink on tan wove paper . Jules-Élie Delaunay

Saint Carolus Borromeus distributes alms to beggars. Draughtsman: Antonio Aliense. Dating: 1566 - 1629. Measurements: h 162 mm × w 97 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Peter Candid, called Peter de Witte, black ink drawing depicting the miraculous growth of bread, showing figures, gestures, and setting on brownish paper.

Loan Bank, Willem de Keyser, 1657 - 1692 drawing Design for a bass relief. paper. deck paint. ink pen / brush pawnbroker, lombard

Story of Niobe: Worshippers; Latona. After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio; Italian, c. 1499-c. 1543. Date: 1519-1543. Dimensions: 164 x 183 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), and graphite, on blue laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

General for a queen on her throne, Lieven Mehus, 1660 - 1669 drawing paper. chalk. ink pen queen. audition; ruler giving audience - BB - female ruler

De proclamation, Luca Cambiaso, 1537 - 1585 drawing pencil. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush

Sheet of Sketches Beheading of a Saint (recto); Several Slight Figure Sketches (verso) Artist's working dates 1605-1644 Italy. Red chalk, with brush and red chalk wash (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper . Giovanni (Antonio) Bilivert

Pen and ink drawing by Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio from 1535 depicting four people placing a dead man in a grave, with an architectural sketch in the background, using laved technique.

Story of Niobe: Niobe Receiving Gifts from Worshippers; Youth with Horse. After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio; Italian, c. 1499-c. 1543. Date: 1580-1599. Dimensions: 154 x 291 mm. Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Earthquake in an Artist's Studio 1650-1670 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over charcoal on cream laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink and charcoal on cream laid paper (verso) . Pietro da Cortona

George Romney, The Blindfolding of Cupid, after 1797 The Blindfolding of Cupid

Bliżej Kultury Normand, Charles (1765 1840), Jordaens, Jacob (1593 1678)

The Apostles at the Tomb of the Virgin, and Studies for Two Pendentives. Artist: Francesco Maria Salvetti (Italian, Florence () 1691-1758 Florence ()). Dimensions: 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. (20.9 x 26.7 cm). Date: 1691-1758. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Salomé 1600-1610 Germany. This late drawing reveals the melding of northern and southern Baroque influences that characterized the cosmopolitan court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612). The drawing may relate to a painting of this subject, now lost, that was listed in the Emperorís inventory.. Black chalk and brush and gray wash, heightened with touches of white gouache, over traces of charcoal, on cream laid paper . Johann von Aachen

Drinking warriors in an interior, Andreas Scheits (attributed to), 1665 - 1735, draughtsman: Andreas Scheits, (attributed to), 1665 - 1735, paper, h 148 mm × w 227 mm

Christ among the Doctors. Dimensions: overall: 27.5 x 42.5 cm (10 13/16 x 16 3/4 in.). Medium: red and black chalks on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Veronese.

Angels making music in the clouds, Saints Francis and Anthony Abbas kneeling in a landscape, draughtsman: Paolo Farinati, (possibly), 1540 - 1620, prepared paper, brush, h 348 mm × w 252 mm

An Allegory of Wealth 1598 Adam Gutmann German. An Allegory of Wealth 373908

An anonymous drawing depicts the establishment of the Easter lamb, executed with feather on brownish paper with lavated shading, positioned in the right upper corner.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno); Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Paduan), about 1431 - 1506; Italy, Europe; 1456 - 1459; Pen and brown ink, traces of red chalk; 19.5 x 13.1 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

The Prophet Elisha and the Shunammite Woman. Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Dutch, 1591 - 1655)

Drawing by Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger showing a refugee family being assisted by friends, with a large ship in the background, executed in brown ink, lavated and chalk, dated 1815-1820.

Tabitha revival.

Drawing, Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon above; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome below; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Subject: Philostratus, The Athenian (Greek, 170 - 247 CE); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper; 14.6 × 10.1 cm (5 3/4 in. × 4 in.)

Maria's death bed.

The Litany of Mary Magdalen 1891 England. Graphite on cream wove paper laid down on board . Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Figures in gowns. Leaf 31 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

Study sheet with 21 standing and seated figures. Study sheet with 21 standing and seated figures

Anonymous feather drawing depicts the Birth of Maria, executed on paper with damaged edges, showing figures in a domestic interior.

Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Agnus Dei (Johannes Doeber T.V. Og Christ Sum den Gode Hyrde T.), 1549

Death of St. Joseph. Date/Period: 1880. Drawing. Pen and black ink, graphite on paper. Author: FRANCESCO COGHETTI.

The Dismissal of Hagar. Dated: c. 1640/1642. Dimensions: Overall: 15.7 x 13.6 cm (6 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.) support: 20 x 17.2 cm (7 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn.

Sacrifice and Madonna on a throne. Draughtsman: Garofalo. Dating: 1491 - 1559. Measurements: h 192 mm × w 147 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Adoration of the Shepherds. Artist: Ubaldo Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1728-1781 Ravenna). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 in. (19.3 x 15.2 cm). Date: mid-to late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Francis Hayman, 1707/8-1776, British, Scene from a Play: A Gentleman Concealing his Face Behind his Cocked Hat from a Lady and her Maid, undated. Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Raffaello Vanni uses red chalk to depict Saint Ignatius healing the sick and possessed, showing figures, gestures, expressions, and clothing in a detailed composition.

Design for an Antependium: The Madonna della Misericordia with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, the Circumcision, and the Presentation of the Virgin ca. 1370 Attributed to Lorenzo Veneziano Italian This rare sheet probably served as a design for an antependium, a woven or embroidered hanging for an altar frontal. The drawing, recalling the figure types of Lorenzo Veneziano, may have been produced for use in the workshop of a textile specialist. The emphasis on contour would have made the design easily translatable into thread. Venetian artisans of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries were renowned for this type of textile work.. Design for an Antependium: The Madonna della Misericordia with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, the Circumcision, and the Presentation of the Virgin. Attributed to Lorenzo Veneziano (Italian, Venice, active 1356-72). ca. 1370. Pen and brown ink, yellow watercolor in the backgrounds of the niches.. Drawings

Valentin Wagner brown ink drawing from 1631-1638 showing three sleepers, depicting figures, posture, and composition in a travel sketchbook.

A 19th-century gouache painting showing a young man restrained before mounted riders wearing armor, highlighting the contrast between civilian and military figures.

Semiramis goes to battle, Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755 drawing Design for a painting. paper. pencil. ink pen / brush aggressive relationships of queen Semiramis

Blooming Staff of Aaron, Anonymous, After Dirck Pietersz. Crabeth, 1545 drawing Design for a glass window. paper. ink pen Aaron's rod has sprouted, flowered and produced ripe almonds

John Flaxman, Group of Figures Group of Figures

Execution of the ball yoke; The case law of Count Willem III the good, second series.

Urban Scene with Supplicant Figures and Monument, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Pen and ink, graphite on paper, Urban Scene with Supplicant Figures and Monument., Rome, Italy, 1820-1850, Drawing, Drawing

Dock Scene (recto); Two Sketches of Male Figures (verso) Artist's working dates 1650-1664 France. Red chalk, on ivory laid paper . Guillaume Courtois

Two music couples and a dancing couple; HORTUS VOLUPTATUM. Design for a print.

The Village Wedding, draughtsman: Hendrik Carré (II), (mentioned on object), after: Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1775 - c. 1799, paper, brush, h 284 mm × w 356 mm

Meeting of David and Abigail, draughtsman: anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1515 - c. 1525, paper, pen, h 228 mm × w 375 mm

Rembrandt van Rijn, Joseph Recounting His Dreams, early 1640s Joseph Recounting His Dreams

Drawing (Italy); Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); pen and brown ink with traces of graphite on cream laid paper

Brown lead handle, spring, and brush drawing by Bernhard Rode illustrating Brutus as consul placing his sons, from Schröckh's general world history, showing figures and narrative scene.

Bliżej Kultury Normand, Charles (1765 1840), LOO, CARLE VAN (1705 1765)

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist ca. 1639 Simone Cantarini Italian. Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist 341488

Etching by Bernhard Rode, 1781, depicting the noble withdrawal of women from Weinsberg, illustrating the historical event where women preserved their husbands by carrying them on their shoulders.

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: overall: 16.9 x 13 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink, squared in red chalk for transfer on laid paper; laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: FRA BARTOLOMMEO.

Adoration of the kings, draughtsman: Giovanni Coli, draughtsman: Filippo Gherardi, draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1699, paper, pen, brush, h 227 mm × w 489 mm

Chalk drawing of the martyrdom of St. Laurentius, with white highlights on brown paper, missing points at the lower corners, by an anonymous artist.

Group of Figures. Dimensions: overall: 6.8 x 4.7 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.). Medium: graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.

Sketch of characters. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Sketch of characters. Drawing, around 1867.

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses 1883-1884 France. This small studyóthe culmination of many preparatory sketchesóis the final schema by Puvis de Chavannes for his highly influential painting The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and Muses, which is in the Art Instituteís collection.. Black chalk on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper . Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

The writing slate, Jan Luyken, 1709 - 1711, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jan Luyken, 1709 - 1711, paper, pen, h 95 mm × w 84 mm

St. Peter in prison, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Brown ink, wash on paper, Vertical rectangle. The saint is shown behind the bars of a prison window. Two men stand outside, conversing with him., Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Sketches of children. Date: 17th century. red chalk on paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

The Annunciation. Dated: c. 1520. Dimensions: Overall: 15.2 x 13.2 cm (6 x 5 3/16 in.) support: 22.3 x 17.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with red-brown wash heightened with white on red-brown prepared laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 16th Century.

Study for a Composition, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Bistre pen and ink, wash on paper, Vertical rectangle. Interior, with three women sitting in the foreground, before a fireplace. A man in seated in the beackground., Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Scene from "The Tomb of Master André". Dated: c. 1705/1708. Dimensions: overall: 16 x 22.1 cm (6 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: red chalk with light mauve, sanguine, and brown wash with pen and black ink, corrected with white gouache, over graphite on laid paper, with a border line by the artist in red chalk, partially obscured by later double framing lines in pen and dark brown i. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CLAUDE GILLOT.

Mucius Scaevolo recto. Dimensions: overall: 18.4 x 20.8 cm (7 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Hamilton Mortimer.

The Lovers 1799 Germany. Johann Heinrich Ramberg studied history painting with Benjamin West in London from 1781 to 1788, but he found livelier inspiration in the English caricature tradition of William Hogarth and Thomas Rowlandson. On his return to Germany, he made his reputation by designing a classical curtain for a theater in his native Hannover, though he was more successful as a satirist and book illustrator. The Lovers, which is historicizing in its broad scale, slyly adds humor, romance, and a fairy-tale ambiance to Rambergís favorite theme voyeurism. The postcoital pair, snug in their idyllic curtained bower, doze on, oblivious to the arrival of curious family members and pets.. Pen lithograph in brown on cream wove paper . Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Seated men and detailed studies. Measurements: h 403 mm × w 551 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Classical Subject (Lucretia's Dead Body is Carried by her Husband, Lead by her Mourning Father) Attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer British 1770-79

An ink and feather drawing by Luca Cambiaso showing the Scourge of Christ with multiple figures in a pillar hall, emphasizing composition and gesture.

Two seated boys, and profil, in identical poses, two lying boys and one standing., Five boys, draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert, 1625 - 1629, paper, pen, h 168 mm × w 221 mm

Composition studies, Mary Magdalene and figures. Page 57 from a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Giovanni Guerra red chalk and feather drawing depicting Pope Pius V presenting Marc Antonio Colonna with a standard, executed with patterned top stripes, cycling squaring, on paper before 1589.

Architecture design, 1720 - 1800 print Design for an entrance gate with smoking vessel, mask and garlands. At the top a triangular shape with putti. paper etching architectural design or model

Bead-stringers. Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. 1879 - 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Les Nouvellistes 1752 Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French. Les Nouvellistes 369080

Newspaper reader in Interieur, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, After Adriaen van Ostade, 1766 print In an interior, a man reads the newspaper and gives a woman to eat a child. A man leans on the open door. Amsterdam paper etching interior of the house. mother and baby or young child. newspaper, news-sheet

Netherlands, Crabbe van Espleghem, French, Madonna and child in a landscape, verso center bottom - stamped, print, prints, verso center - stamped, height 156 mm, width 103 mm, 1480 - 1552-02-20, print maker, printmaker, 1490 - 1552, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Philosophers Discussing the Terrestrial Globe. After Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga; Italian, 1501-1547. Date: 1521-1547. Dimensions: 270 x 306 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, and brush and black ink, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saint Francis of Assisi Resuscitating a Dead Youth 1555-1629 Camillo Procaccini Italian Nancy Ward Neilson has suggested that the present design may be a preparatory study for one of the now-destroyed scenes from the life of Saint Francis painted during the late 1580s by or under the supervision of Camillo in the second cloister adjacent to the church of SantAngelo in Milan. Like the ‘Annunciation (acc. no. 80.3.181), this drawing was attributed to Camillo by Philip Pouncey in 1965.. Saint Francis of Assisi Resuscitating a Dead Youth 340562

Study for a religious ceremony (p. 32 of the album). Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Study for a religious ceremony (p. 32 of the album). Drawing between 1870 and 1875.

Design for title page for the European Mercury. Draughtsman: Jan Goeree. Dating: 1722. Measurements: h 172 mm × w 125 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing, Design for a Book Illustration; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Monument for Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, 1794, Hermanus Fock, 1794 print Allegorical grave monument for Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, former mayor of Amsterdam, died on August 31, 1794. Before the monument mourning religion, Amsterdam and the freedom. Behind trees on the right the pediment of the temple paix. With four -line verse. Northern Netherlands paper etching grave, tomb. allegorical representations ~ religion; 'Religione', 'Religione de SS. Mauritio e Lazaro', 'Religione vera christiana' (Ripa). personification of a city, town-patron(ess). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertí' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure) Amsterdam

François Chauveau drawing of a royal couple riding in a forest, executed with black chalk, brown pen, and black chalk network, with brown edging line on paper with black borders, circa 1657.

Design for a Wall Painting, Italy, 1630-1670, Drawing, Drawing

Group of Nine Standing Figures. Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino; Italian, 1503-1540. Date: 1524-1527. Dimensions: 124 x 131 mm. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Interior with Figures. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 4 3/8 x 6 9/16 in. (11.1 x 16.6 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes; French, 1824-1898. Date: 1883-1884. Dimensions: 193 × 262 mm (primary support); 212 × 278 mm (secondary support). Black chalk on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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