Figure Studies and Sketches

Drawings and studies highlight the human form in various poses, exploring movement and emotion in classical and romantic styles.

Venice, Bembo, Giovanni, Fialetti, Odoardo, Scherzi d'amore, Scenes with Venus and Cupid, Cupid carrying a bundle of arrows to his quiver, verso - stamped, Venus and Cupid in a landscape. Cupid carrying a bundle of arrows to his quiver, which lies at Venus' feet. Italian verse in bottom margin., print, prints, height 178 mm, width 97 mm, Italian, 1573-07-18 - 1638, print maker, printmaker, 1617 - 1617, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1543 - 1618, granter of privilege

Studies of a Nude Male Figure. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Figures from Last Judgment, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475-1564, Red chalk on paper, Two figures from the far right side of The Last Judgment by Michelangelo. The one in the foreground is supporting a cross., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Venice, Bembo, Giovanni, Fialetti, Odoardo, Scherzi d'amore, Scenes with Venus and Cupid, Cupid carrying a bundle of arrows to his quiver, verso - stamped, Venus and Cupid in a landscape. Cupid carrying a bundle of arrows to his quiver, which lies at Venus' feet. Italian verse in bottom margin., print, prints, height 178 mm, width 97 mm, Italian, 1573-07-18 - 1638, print maker, printmaker, 1617 - 1617, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1543 - 1618, granter of privilege

Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso). Artist: Attributed to Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510-1563 Rome). Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.6 x 17.9 cm). Date: mid-16th century.Portraying a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, this sheet depicts Jupiter and the beautiful young Io. After enveloping Io in a dark cloud, Jupiter seduced her and, to conceal her identity from his wife Juno, transformed Io into a heifer (portrayed at lower left). The sculpturesque figures reveal the inspiration of Michelangelo. The drawing has been squared in red chalk, a technique used to transfer the design to another surface -- although its intended destination is unknown. Francesco Salviati studied in Florence and worked in Rome and various Northern Italian cities as a painter (especially of frescoes), a designer for tapestries, goldsmith's work, prints, and book illustrations. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

St.Jerome. Artist, attributed to: Lucas de Valdés, Spanish, 1661-1724/25

Anonymous drawing depicts the Madonna with the child on clouds, surrounded by musicians, appearing to St. Sebastian along with two female and three male saints, created with pen, laved technique, and whitewashing.

Nude Man Carrying a Rudder on His Shoulder. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, about 1487 - 1576)

Red chalk drawing by an anonymous artist showing four winged feathers collected from birds, emphasizing shape, texture, and natural detail.

Giovanni Battista Franco, called Semolei, drew the Holy Hieronymus using a feather pen.

Adam plows the earth, Eva sucks her child, Heinrich Aldgrever, 1535 - 1540 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush Eve suckling Abel; Cain turns aside, i.e. the jealousy of Cain. Adam (and Eve) engaged in agricultural activities

A red chalk study of two men, one sitting with a book in the front and the other in back view pointing upward with his left arm, preparatory for an apostle group in 'Transfiguration'.

Artist, attributed to: Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553-1615, Study for a Resurrection ofLazarus, late 16th-early 17thcentury, Black chalk and red chalk, sheet: 34.4 × 25.2 cm (13 9/16 × 9 15/16in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 16th-17thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Madonna with child between angels on the clouds, Jerónimo Jacinto Espinosa, 1610 - 1680 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) in the air, or on the clouds (+ angel(s))

Depicts a lying sleeping woman holding two children, with an angel pointing top right, drawn with metal pen and feather on gray-laved paper.

Two figures, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Two figures facing each other, figure in background pointing to left., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Venus Receiving from Vulcan the Arms of Aeneas. Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657 - 1747)

Fall of the damned or giants. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1500 - 1600. Place: Nederlanden. Measurements: h 253 mm × w 192 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing (France)

Study of a Nude Boy, Partial Figure Study (recto); Study of a Seated Man (verso). Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian (Florentine), 1494 - 1557)

'Detail study for the Hyacinth in Bückeburg.', c1752, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Drawing by Giulio Romano showing Venus presenting her wound to Amor, a study for frescoes in the Vatican. Executed in red chalk, damaged and rubbed.

Venus Castles Amor, Constantijn Netscher, 1682 drawing paper. ink pen / brush Venus punishing Cupid. spanking, drubbing (of naughty children)

Crucifixion, draughtsman: Victor Boucquet, draughtsman: Pieter Jansz., (rejected attribution), Vlaanderen, 1671, paper, h 197 mm × w 155 mm

Chalk, feather, and ink drawing by Francesco Albani depicting the Baptism of Christ, showing figures, gestures, and landscape elements on yellow-brown paper.

The Resurrection of Christ. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 8-3/16 x 5-13/16 in. (20.75 x 14.8 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Seated Female Figure after the Antique. Dated: c. 1533. Dimensions: overall: 13.7 x 9.1 cm (5 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Baldassare Peruzzi.

Saint Catherine. Stipple engraving in sanguine by W.W. Ryland after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

Venus, Adonis and Cupid, draughtsman: Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, (mentioned on object), 1648, paper, h 285 mm × w 234 mm

Diana and Endymion; Paintings in Palazzo Farnese in Rome; Galeria Nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma. The goddess Diana embraces the eternally sleeping young man Endymion. A dog is sleeping in the foreground. Two putti in the background. The print originally belonged to Liber 22 of the Atlas of Michiel Hinloopen (seem to book 10).

Antoine Coypel, Cupid Stealing Venus' Floral Crown, 1705 1708 Cupid Stealing Venus' Floral Crown

Ceres and Phytalus 1657-1667 Italy. Salvator Rosa produced 17 large etchings in the early 1660s, frequently adopting mythological lore peppered with classical literature. Ceres and Phytalus deliciously celebrates the fig, of which Rosa was particularly fond. Phytalus, a king of Attica, is said to have given the goddess Ceres shelter on her journey to find her daughter Proserpina, whom Pluto had abducted into the underworld. Rosaís inscription reads, ìHere the hero Phytalus had received Ceres into his house, on whom she first bestowed the seeds of the sacred fruit which mortals call the FIG.î This honeyed crop subsequently became a staple of Mediterranean cuisine.. Etching with drypoint in black on ivory laid paper . Salvator Rosa

Alessandro Maganza, Italian (1556-1640), Saint Jerome, pen and reed pen with brown ink over red chalk on laid paper; laid down

Sketches of the daughters of Cecrops. Sketches of standing women: Cecrops daughters.

Nude Female Riding on a Triton's Back 1612-75 Micco Spadaro (Domenico Gargiulo) Italian. Nude Female Riding on a Triton's Back 338848

Anonymous / 'Mercury and Argus'. Late XVII century. Grey wash, Pencil on white paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Red chalk drawing by Joachim von Sandrart depicting Saint Hieronymus in a wasteland, created in 1644.

Sitting Male Nude, Theodoor van der Schuer, 1638 - 1707 drawing paper. chalk sitting figure

Study of a kneeling male nude figure ..

Orpheus Playing to the Animals ca. 1520 Anonymous, German, 16th century German. Orpheus Playing to the Animals 336088

Saturn, Eros, and a Woman 1650-1700 Giuseppe Diamantini Italian. Saturn, Eros, and a Woman 397760

Michele di Taddeo Bonos feather study depicts Archangel Michael confronting the devil, with a Dominican saint standing beside him, showing figure interactions.

Kain kills Abel.

Pencil drawing by Josef Neugebauer depicting a saint, emphasizing figure, posture, and iconographic attributes.

Anonymous pen drawing on parchment from around 1500 depicting a woman carrying a fruit basket on her head with two boys beside her.

Two climbing men, Hans Speckaert, c. 1550 - c. 1577 drawing paper. graphite (mineral). chalk. ink pen / brush

A Seated Man; Bernardino Poccetti (Barbatelli) (Italian, 1548 - 1612); about 1600 - 1610; Red chalk and light white heightening; 39.4 x 24.8 cm (15 1,2 x 9 3,4 in.)

Two act studies by Michelangelo Buonarroti showing a man moving forward and turned right, preparatory sketches for the 'Battle of Cascina', executed with brown feder and black chalk around 1504.

Angels and Putti 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Angels and Putti 340076

Study of a male nude ..

Depiction of Justitia and Caritas by Pietro Testa, drawn in chalk with feather on brownish paper with wash effects.

Venus and Cupid Trampling a Serpent by Artist Unknown

Two Sleeping Figures 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Two Sleeping Figures 340074

Naked kneeling man seen on his back.

Eustache Le Sueur drawing of a floating figure with angels, executed in black chalk with white heightening on gray-brown paper, squared with chalk, circa 1650.

Man Met Luit, Antonio da Trento, After Parmigianino, c. 1520 - c. 1550 print Man with a lute, sitting in a landscape. Italy paper tuning the lute. sitting on the ground. Phrygian bonnet. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo

Dead Christ Mourned Over by Angels. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 7-13/16 x 10-5/8 in. (19.9 x 27 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A chalk and feather drawing by Federico Barocci on blue paper depicting a kneeling woman supporting a praying child with additional companions, with laved shading and white highlights.

Wisdom ..

Christ depicted under the cross by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, painted in tempera on canvas, with some crumbling of the color layer.

Simone Cantarini, Venus and Adonis Venus and Adonis

Drawing, St. (Jerome) in Ecstasy; Italy; red chalk on brown paper

The Temptation of Eve. Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); Peter van Lint, Flemish (Antwerp 1609-1690 Antwerp). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 1/16 in. (19.1 × 12.8 cm). Date: 1639. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Holy Christoffel, Francesco Amato, c. 1585 - c. 1620 print Saint Christoffel leans forward to touch the hand of the Christ child. Christ leans with his left arm on the world globe. Italy paper etching the giant and martyr Christophorus; possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Christ

Attributed to Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli, Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

An Angel 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. An Angel 340053

Saint Jerome Reading in a Landscape. Dated: 1520s/1530s. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 30.8 x 21.7 cm (12 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on brown laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Domenico Campagnola.

Anonymous / 'The Guardian Angel'. XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Dream 6. Witches proclamation prohibiting those under the age of thirty, no matter how deserving they may be'. 1796 - 1797. Pencil, Iron gall ink on dark yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Nude study of a seated man, seen from the back, draughtsman: Annibale Carracci, (attributed to), 1570 - 1609, paper, h 263 mm × w 164 mm

Adam and Eva under the tree and Cain who kills Abel, Jacopo Palma (Il Giovane), 1554 - 1628 drawing prepared paper. ink pen / brush the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Italy, Fiorentino, Rosso, Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo, Loves of the Gods, The Loves of the Gods, Pluto and Proserpina, verso - stamped, Pluto seizes the naked Proserpina by her leg and tries to kiss her. Below them lies Cerberus. In the bottom margin Italian verse in two columns., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 220 mm, width 140 mm, Italian, 1505 - 1565, print maker, printmaker, 1515 - 1565, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1494-03-08 - 1541-11-14

The Transfiguration (recto), c. 1590. Camillo Procaccini (Italian, 1546-1629). Pen and brown ink and graphite and brush and brown wash ; sheet: 16.5 x 19.4 cm (6 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.); secondary support: 26.7 x 30.7 cm (10 1/2 x 12 1/16 in.).

Mars and Diana recto. Dimensions: overall: 23.7 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Bertoia Jacopo Zanguidi.

Young Palma (Jacopo Negretti) / 'Semi-nude woman and three studies of a girl'. Last third of the XVI century. Pencil, Chalk ground, Grey-brown ink on brown paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Anonymous depiction of an atlant in front view integrated into a fireplace, executed with feather, laved, and white grown on blue paper between 1550 and 1580.

Jongeman en twee meisjes.A stylishly dressed man sitting on a stool between two hem dedicated young women. Together they look on a strip of paper with text. With brush, may, later, clouds above the figures and shadow behind the woman are placed on the right.

A red chalk and feather drawing with wash depicting Zeus disguised as Diana approaching Kallisto.

Study after Bernini's Angel sculpture at Ponte Sant'Angelo (recto); Copy of Africa Group (verso). Recto after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680); Verso by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680) after Andrea Pozzo (Italian, 1642-1709). Date: 1617-1700. Dimensions: 378 x 228 mm. Pen and brown ink, over red chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Siddende negen Kvinde, About 1631

Bartolomeo Passerotti (Copy Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti)) / 'Two semi-nude Putti Embracing, One Male and the other Female'. 1560 - 1570. Pencil, Pencil, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Michelangelo (Italian, 1475-1564), Male Nude verso, c. 1560, black chalk on laid paper

Standing Soldier with a Spear 17th century Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century Spanish. Standing Soldier with a Spear 336675

Study for a Painting: Saint Sebastian, Pen and ink on paper, Shown standing and bound to a tree. The right arm is not shown. A tree is in the left foreground. Framing lines. Caption: S. Sebastiano. On verso, in opposite direction: the drawing had been begun with the head. The oblong is framed; written at its bottom: 9; below is the caption as on the recto., Italy, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Manuel Álvarez de la Peña / 'Life study'. XVIII century. Red chalk, Touches of white chalk on dark toned laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Hercules on the two jerch.

Boy beside a satyr with a sack, Raymond de Lafage, 1666 - 1700, Walking satyr with sack on right shoulder, beside him a boy walks., intermediary draughtsman: Raymond de Lafage, draughtsman: anonymous, 1666 - 1700, paper, h 248 mm × w 181 mm

The liberation of Peter from prison. Draughtsman: Federico Panza. Dating: 1653 - 1703. Measurements: h 255 mm × w 218 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Diana and Endymion 1650-1700 Giuseppe Diamantini. Diana and Endymion. Giuseppe Diamantini (Italian, Fossombrone 1621-1705 Fossombrone). 1650-1700. Etching. Prints

A Nude Female Figure Fleeing to the Right with Arms Outstretched, with Sketch of a Bust of Secondary Figure (recto); A Sketch of a Nude, Kneeling Female Figure, Supported by Another Standing (verso) 1595-1605 Netherlands. Black and red chalk, with stumping, with touches of white lead (partially discolored) (recto) and black chalk, with touches of red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper prepared with pale brown wash . Hendrick Goltzius

Kneeling Female Nude, Holding a Child.

Red chalk drawing by Guercino depicting Christ from a high perspective, emphasizing body position, gesture, and spatial arrangement, before 1653/55.

The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom ca. 1496 Albrecht Dürer German. The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom 391038

Holy Family. Artist: Master ND (Italian, active 1540s). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (22.2 x 18.8 cm). Date: ca. 1544. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Toilet of Venus; Joseph Heintz the Elder (Swiss, 1564 - 1609); Switzerland; 1594; Red and black chalk; 21.6 x 15.1 cm (8 1,2 x 5 15,16 in.)

A red chalk over black chalk drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, circa 1530-1536, depicting the theme of Compassion with a partially gray washed background.

Diana Bathing, c. 1715-1716. Date/Period: Ca. 1715-1716. Red chalk on cream-colored paper. Author: ANTOINE WATTEAU.

Venus, Amor and a naked figure. Venus Kastijt Amor; On the right a naked female back character.

Allegory with mythological figures. Mythological scene. A seated woman (Juno) Gets a laurel wreath from a standing man (Apollo). Left watches Hercules. With several other figures.

Anonymous artist illustrated two men carrying a club running to the right using ink and feather.

Studies of the Madonna and Child and of Heads (recto); Madonna and Child with Saint John Seated in a Landscape (verso). Michel Corneille the Younger (French, 1641 - 1708)

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