Figure Studies and Sketches

Drawings showcasing figure studies, including dynamic poses of both human and divine figures, capturing movements and anatomical details.

Study of a naked man with raised leg, draughtsman: Christiaen Gillisz. van Couwenberg, (attributed to), draughtsman: anonymous, draughtsman: Pieter Claesz. Soutman, (rejected attribution), Haarlem, (possibly), 1605 - 1695,

Dürer, Albrecht, Italy, Nicoletto da Modena, Vestal Virgin Tuccia carrying water in a sieve, verso lower left - stamped, Vestal Virgin Tuccia stands at the water's edge of the Tiber carrying a sieve filled with water to prove her fidelity to the oath of virginity with this miracle., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 137 mm, width 94 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1498 - 1502, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05

Anonymous / 'The Annunciation'. 1650 - 1700. Red chalk on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Palm and fingers, 1710 - 1772 Leaf 87 Verso from a sketchbook with 105 sheets. paper. chalk palm of the hand turned up

An Angel, Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565-1617, French, active in Britain, undated, Gray wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 4 1/4 × 2 15/16 inches (10.8 × 7.5 cm), angel, folds, hair, hands, religious and mythological subject, robe

Studies of Christ Healing the Blind Man, Saint Philip Benizzi, and Saint Sebastian. Dated: c. 1611. Dimensions: sheet: 35 x 24.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on cream laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacopo Palma il Giovane.

Study Sheet with Heads, Figures and Architectural Fragments, Piero di Cosimo (attributed to), c. 1472 - c. 1521 drawing Study magazine with many figures, including Saint Sebastiaan and a young man with a horn of abundance. paper. ink pen the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk

Studies for the Education of the Virgin 1692-1758 Agostino Masucci Italian. Studies for the Education of the Virgin. Agostino Masucci (Italian, Rome 1692-1768 Rome). 1692-1758. Pen and brown ink. Drawings

Two standing male figures (recto); two standing male figures (verso). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 6 11/16 in. (21.5 x 17 cm). Date: 1630-80. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Virgin Adored by Saints (recto); Study of the Torso Belvedere (verso). Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp). Dimensions: 15 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (39.5 x 26 cm). Date: 1577-1640.Recto:These rapidly executed sketches represent Rubens's first ideas for an altarpiece commissioned by the Church of the Augustinian Fathers in Antwerp, now in the city's Royal Museum of Fine Arts. At top center, Saint Catherine kneels before the Virgin and Christ Child, while to the left is a more detailed study of her drapery. Below, several other saints are depicted with gentle outlines. In the foreground, from left to right, Saints George, Sebastian, and William of Aquitaine pay homage to the Virgin. Although Rubens later altered the composition, he incorporated several elements from this early stage of his creative process into the painting.Verso:This drawing was made by Rubens as a young man on his first trip to Rome, in 1601-2. It is a study of the back view of the an antique scu

Drawing (Italy)

Figure studies. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1886 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 199 mm × w 121 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A black chalk study by Bartolomeo Altomonte depicts a male figure falling, created around 1720.

A 17th-century ink and feather drawing depicting the mocking of Christ, showing figures surrounding him in a scene of derision.

Lady Seated on a See-Saw. Dimensions: overall: 14.7 x 14.2 cm (5 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicolas Lancret.

Nine studies from Putti and a lace-up woman ..

Three heads of women and a foot; Collection of different scribbles and etchings part 2; Recueil De Divers Griffonen et Preuves d'eau forte part 2. .

Standing Bearded Man Pointing Toward the Left. Dated: mid 17th century. Dimensions: overall: 30.9 x 25.2 cm (12 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 17th Century.

Four Sketches: Griffin, Grotesque Head, Head of Satyr, Bent Leg. Attributed to Agostino Carracci; Italian, 1557-1602. Date: 1590-1594. Dimensions: 196 x 271 mm. Pen and brown ink, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A Man Resting on a Staff. Artist: Paolo Farinati (Italian, Verona 1524-1606 Verona). Dimensions: sheet: 15 5/16 x 6 5/8 in. (38.9 x 16.8 cm). Date: n.d..This imposing figure study of a man of Michelangelesque anatomy, partly standing and leaning on a long staff, is carefully rendered in a highly pictorial technique of brown washes and white gouache, over a preliminary underdrawing in black chalk; some areas in the wash shading are enhanced selectively with pen-and-ink hatching. The thick, dark contours done with the brush, as well as the marked tonal contrasts, remind one of 16th century chiaroscuro woodcut techniques. As was first recognized by Del Forno, this was a preparatory study for a figure at extreme right in one of Paolo Farinati's large canvases, Saints Nazaro and Celso Before the Emperor Being Ordered to Sacrifice to Idols (Church of Santi Nazaro e Celso, Verona), finished by the artist in 1571. The painting was part of a large decorative program by Farinati in Santi Nazaro

Drawing, The Planet Mars; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper; 9.6 × 6.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 11/16 in.)

Sketch sheet with figures.

Reclining Model. Simon Vouet (France, Paris, 1590-1649). France. Drawings. Black and white chalk on gray-tan paper, squared for transfer

Man leaning on a stick while walking to the right, from behind. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Dating: c. 1652. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 135 mm × w 98 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

18th-century ink and feather drawing by an anonymous artist showing a kneeling child seated next to a vase in the foreground.

A Skinned Rat. Dimensions: sheet: 15.5 x 22.4 cm (6 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.) mount: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Attributed to Parmigianino.

Three statues and two studies of a Ramskop on a candlestick, Maarten van Heemskerck, After Anonymous, 1532 - 1536 drawing Three antique statues of female figures without heads and two studies of a Ramskop on a candlestick. paper. paint (coating). ink pen piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. ram's head ~ ornament

Abraham sacrifices Isaac, in square, Harmen ter Borch, 1651, Abraham sacrifices Isaac; a square frame is drawn around the figures., draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 30-Aug-1651, paper, brush, h 112 mm × w 100 mm

Adam and Eve. Artist: Gerard ter Borch (I) (possibly). Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch. Dating: c. 1656 - c. 1657. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 160 mm × w 207 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A pencil sketch by Rudolf Weyr showing a study of forms and figures, emphasizing line, shading, and composition.

Busts of a Young Woman and an Old Bearded Man. Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. Dimensions: 3-1/2 x 4-1/8 in. (8.9 x 10.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kneeling Woman Artist's working dates 1681-1730 France. Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on card . François Verdier

Woman Kneeling Facing Left (recto); Seated Woman Facing Right (verso) 1555-1619 Giovanni Battista Trotti ("Il Malosso") Italian. Woman Kneeling Facing Left (recto); Seated Woman Facing Right (verso). Giovanni Battista Trotti ("Il Malosso") (Italian, Cremona 1556-1619 Parma). 1555-1619. Pen and brown ink, touched with white, over traces of black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk (recto), pen and brown ink (verso). Drawings

Antoine Coypel, Cupid Stealing Venus' Floral Crown, French, 1661 - 1722, 1705-1708, orange-red, white, and black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk, on blue laid paper

Series of head studies by Francesco Mazzola executed in ink on brownish paper

Studies for the Standing Figure of a Bearded Man. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550-1580). Dimensions: 6-3/4 x 6-7/8 in. (17.1 x 17.5 cm). Date: 1530-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

René-Hilaire de Gas, Grandfather of the Artist. Dated: 1856. Dimensions: plate: 12.9 x 10.9 cm (5 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 24.6 x 16.6 cm (9 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.). Medium: etching and drypoint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EDGAR DEGAS.

Leaning Man, Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 - 1773, Black chalk on paper, A man seen from behind, leaning on a barrel at his left., Italy, 1700-1773, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso), 1510-11. Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564). Red chalk heightened with traces of white; sheet: 23.4 x 33.5 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/16 in.); secondary support: 24.4 x 34.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.). Universally considered one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo devoted four years to painting the vast ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel. This preparatory study portrays one of the 20 athletic male nudes, known as ignudi, who serve as supporting figures at each corner of the Old Testament scenes painted down the center of the ceiling. Michelangelo worked out the positioning of the ignudi in red chalk drawings before beginning to paint each section of wet plaster. The energy and monumentality of the figure in red chalk, whose body extends beyond the sheet, suggests the heroic athleticism of Michelangelos sculpture.

Agostino Carracci (1557-1602). "Naked woman". Plume and brown ink on white paper glued in full paper, 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99423-17 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center, engraving

The infant Christ asleep on a cross, his head resting on a skull, a crown of thorns and nails in the foreground, after Reni. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century; After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (8.9 × 12.1 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Moses, study for church of Santa Maria delle Steccata, Parma, Italy

'Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John and an Angel', c1475 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.

Eight physiognomies. Drawings, c. 1789.

Study sheet with the head of an old woman and two hands. Draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert. Dating: 1574 - 1651. Measurements: h 218 mm × w 149 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Man on a jetting horse. .

November. Personificaties van de maanden (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1550 - 1600. Measurements: h 294 mm × w 202 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Anonymous / 'Four Female Heads'. Early Finales del siglo XVII - XVIII century. White chalk, Black chalk, Red chalk, Ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Théodore Géricault, Sheet of Studies with Michelangelo's "Night," a Grenadier, and Other Sketches, c. 1816 or before, pen and ink and red chalk on laid paper.

Putto sitting on a bow, seen from below. .

Head and Front Quarters of a Bull 1510-61 Battista Franco Italian. Head and Front Quarters of a Bull 338802

El emperador Constantino a caballo. Date/Period: 1655. Author: GIAN LORENZO BERNINI.

Giovanni Guerra pen and bister brown wash drawing of Bomarzo with architectural and landscape details, executed in brown wash.

Two Studies of a Baby Sleeping Carlo Maratti (1625-1713 Italian) Chalk

An ink and feather drawing by Giovanni Battista Franco showing a winged dragon's head facing left, with detailed scales and anatomical features.

Study of the Head of a Lion 1631-1690 Italy. Red chalk on cream laid paper . Baldassare Franceschini

Two floating angels and a resting man. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Gaetano Gandolfi. Draughtsman: Giovanni Battista Crosato. Dating: 1700 - 1725. Measurements: h 204 mm × w 136 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sled in the form of a winged dragon, Gerard ter Borch (II), c. 1654 - 1656, A sled in the form of a winged dragon. Dragon sleds are rare in paintings of ice entertainment, but have existed., draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), Deventer, c. 1654 - 1656, paper, h 130 mm × w 195 mm

Two Chinese Laborers. Dated: c. 1838. Dimensions: overall: 10.1 x 10.8 cm (4 x 4 1/4 in.). Medium: graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Chinnery.

Four Hands, Two Holding Bowls. Date: March-April 1885, Nuenen. Dimensions: 34.5 cm x 21.3 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Noli me tangere. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 16th century. Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 5 5/8 in. (21.5 x 14.3 cm). Date: 1580-1610. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Project for a Ceiling; Designed by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762 - 1844); Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Studies of a Head and a Hand 1510 Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) Italian. Studies of a Head and a Hand 334646

Castillo de Alcañiz, siglo XIV, pintura mural gótica (pinturas del interior antes de la restauración). Teruel, España.

Arm Bones, early 1540s. Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510-1561). Pen and brown ink with incised lines; sheet: 11.8 x 36.7 cm (4 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.); secondary support: 11.8 x 36.7 cm (4 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.).

Study of naked woman in foliage, bust Henry Cros (1840-1907). Study of naked woman in foliage, bust. Pencil and watercolor on white paper.

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter. Moses before the burning bush, ca.1514. Charcoal drawing. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Two sketches of a coronation. Draughtsman: Bernardino India (attributed to). Dating: 1538 - 1590. Measurements: h 262 mm × w 420 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study for a burial site. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1508 - 1600. Measurements: h 184 mm × w 140 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for a Leonine Grotesque Head. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century. Dimensions: sheet: 3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (9 x 11 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Four studies of a skull, draughtsman: Daniele da Volterra, 1519 - 1566, paper, h 273 mm × w 203 mm

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino, The Return of the Prodigal Son, c 1640 The Return of the Prodigal Son

Study of a Hanging Drapery. Hans Brosamer (German, about 1500 - about 1554)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Todo lo desprecia. Album C, 133'. 1812 - 1814. Wash, Brush, Bistre, Grey-brown ink, Black chalk lines on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Drawing (Italy); pen and brown ink support: off-white laid paper on secondary paper support

Kirgiz. Raczyński, Aleksander (1822-1889), draughtsman, cartoonist

Study of a collapsed silk canvas, Domenico Feti (attributed to), 1599 - 1624 drawing paper. chalk Drapery, Draped Garment, 'Course'

Muscleman: right lateral view. Ink drawing, 18th-19th century.

Young naked boy playing drum. Hippolyte Dominique Berteaux (1843-1926). Naked boy playing drum. Pastel.

Moving figures. Sketch sheet with moving figures, cubist.

Valentin Wagner's 1633 sketch depicts a gardener and cavalier breaking into a leachate pit in Butzbach, drawn in brown feather, capturing figures, posture, and environment.

Veronica's Veil Held by Two Angels and God the Father(). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 5-7/8 x 6-7/8 in. (15 x 17.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Study of Angel with Vase, Red chalk on paper, Angel seated on a pediment holding a small vase with one hand, Italy, 18th century, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Anonymous drawing of a child's head in front view with a slightly distorted smile, executed with red and black chalk on brownish primed paper.

A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit. Dated: 1460s. Dimensions: overall: 10.4 x 11.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Andrea Mantegna.

Sketch - Anatomical detail John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist by Michelangelo Buonarroti, circa 1520,England, Oxford, Oxford University, Ashmolean Museum

Anonymous / 'Study of a Hand'. Mid-XVIIcentury. Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Francisco Bayeu / 'Seated Christ Child'. XVIII century. White chalk, Pencil on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A Man Riding a Horse ca. 1630 Attributed to Anthony van Dyck Flemish These small oil sketches by Van Dyck were probably painted around 1630. They derive from similar studies by Rubens, and would have been used in Van Dyck's studio as models for equestrian portraits or historical and religious pictures.. A Man Riding a Horse 436264

European Woman Drinking Wine. India, Rajasthan, Kota, circa 1725. Drawings. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Study of different feet; Figures to Annibale Carracci; Artis Pictoriae EX Aperibus Hannib: Caraccii con cinnata. .

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