Historical Figure Sketches

Monochrome sketches of historical figures in various poses, emphasizing gesture and composition, created by notable artists in the 17th and 19th centuries.

Interior with five people at table and near fireplace, Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836 - 1896, draughtsman: Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836 - 1896, paper, h 79 mm × w 112 mm

Longshoremen. Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. 1859. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Ink and feather sketch by Valentin Wagner showing a figure (Lungerer) walking along a path, part of his travel sketchbook, 1631-1638.

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, Two Seated Moors in Conversation, and Studies of an Arm, Leg, and Hands, 1810-63, pen and ink over pencil on paper.

Standing woman and sketches of a child. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1661 - c. 1669. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 163 mm × w 208 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Group portrait with four men at a table, Charles Rochussen, c. 1843 - c. 1864, Drawing B on sheet 12 recto from a collector's album containing 32 sheets., draughtsman: Charles Rochussen, c. 1843 - c. 1864, paper, pen

Kitchen piece with a woman and dead poultry, 1605 - 1678 The woman, presumably a saleswoman, stands at a table on which dead poultry is displayed. There are also two cages on the table. In the background there is a dead bird and the skin of an animal, possibly a hare. Page 14 Recto from a sketchbook with 15 sheets. paper. ink. pencil. chalk pen kitchen-interior with foodstuffs in foreground (Dutch: 'keukenstuk'). birds (+ animal killed by man). merchant, salesman - BB - women engaged in trade and commerce

Soldiers Around a Monument. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: 16 5/8 x 11 in. (42.3 x 28 cm). Date: 1743-45. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Figures at a Church Service, graphite, with pen and black ink on wove paper, sheet: 19.1 x 22.7 cm (7 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.), Hippolyte Bellangé (artist) French, 1800 - 1860

Beggar Man and Woman Behind A Bank, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630 print paper etching / drypoint Begin

Marketplace scenes. Women gather around a basket of fruit on a table. Women hold a tray of fruit. A family group talks and rests while a mother feeds her child. 1819, Morland, George, 1763-1804., 1819., London. Publisher, M.A. Nattali. Clothing and dress, British, Figure drawing, Technique, Landscape painting, Country life in art, Rural population, Great Britain, Clothing, Etchings., 28 x 18 cm

Scene from Literature (from McGuire Scapbook). Artist: Tompkins Harrison Matteson (American, Peterboro, New York 1813-1884 Sherburne, New York). Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (13.7 x 12.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Volatile sketch for the Apostle Thomas.

A black ink drawing by Eduard Ritter from 1841 depicting a reclining figure in a resting or sleeping posture with gray lavation.

Woman holding an open jewelry box (recto); Studies for a figure composition and a leaded window (verso). Artist: Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808-1876 Menton). Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 7 3/16 in. (24.4 x 18.2 cm). Date: 1820-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jean Louis Forain, Evidence at the Hearing (first plate), 1908 Evidence at the Hearing (first plate)

Farmers on their way home, Anonymous, After Pieter Bruegel (I), 1600 - 1610 drawing paper. chalk farmers. pleasure fair and circus. drunkenness

Sheet of Studies Hands and Group of Oriental Figures Artist's working dates 1794-1852 England. Graphite on cream wove paper . George Chinnery

Two women in an interior, 1819 - 1849 Possibly the women are at a dressing table. Page 14 Verso from a sketchbook with 60 sheets. paper. pencil interior of the house. standing figure - AA - female human figure

Children Playing near Statue in Garden. John Vanderbank; English, 1686-1739. Date: 1704-1739. Dimensions: 282 × 225 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Scene shipped from Komedie Eunuchus van Terence, Bernard Picart (Workshop of), 1716 - 1718 print Chaerea, Phaedria's brother, is walking out a house. His friend Antipho meets him. Among the figures is the name of their character. Marked at the top: Eunu. Ac. III sc. V. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving specific works of literature

A red chalk composition study by Johann Hans Reinhard von Marées around 1880 depicting elements of Labung, focusing on figure arrangement and spatial composition.

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, The Historian Animating the Mind of the Young Painter, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, mounted on, thick, moderately textured, cream, wove paper.

A drawing by François Boucher with studies of three women, executed in red chalk around 1728-1730.

Longshoremen. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (United States, 1834-1903). United States, 1859. Prints; etchings. Etching and drypoint

The Astronomer Galileo (The Sense ofSight?). Artist: Franz Karl Palko, Silesian, 1724-1767

Bliżej Kultury Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

'Shepherd and Shepherdess'. Holland, 17th century. Dimensions: 13,8x18,8 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT.

Male figure in classical costume 1845-83 Gustave Doré French. Male figure in classical costume 334267

Quarrel between men around a table in a cafe. Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: c. 1868 - c. 1940. Measurements: h 360 mm × w 467 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Royal tombs in the crypt at the Wawel Castle. Pruszyński, Aureliusz (Kraków ; zakład artystyczny ; 1873-post 1930), printing house, Wyczółkowski, Leon (1852-1936), graphic artist

Portrait of a merchant, Godfried Schalcken, 1653 - 1706 drawing paper. chalk female sex; woman. merchant, salesman. anonymous historical person portrayed alone

The bump of maternity Paul Hadol (1835-1875). The bump of motherhood. Feather, brunette ink, red and blue pencils, 1860-1865.

Les Syrenes, seek by their songs to attract Ulysses near them. (Syreny Wabią Swym śpiewem Ulissesa (Odyseusza) I Jego Towarzy, Z: The Odyssee of Homere ), W: Oeurvre de Flaxmann Collection of its serious compositions by back, with analysis of the divine comedy of the Dante and notice on Flaxman. Various subjects. Paris 1847 . FERRERI, Vincenzo (Fl. 1845), Flaxman, John (1755 1826), Audot, bookseller editor, Paris rue du Paon 8, school of medicine

A pencil sketch by Cecil van Haanen depicting Venetian top tickers, showing figures and architectural details.

Sketch sheet with Moors grave and women's figure; Travel sketches made in India.

King George IV and the Marchioness of Conyngham grieve over the body of a dead giraffe, which had been sent to them by Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt. Lithograph attributed to J. Doyle, 1829.

The generosity of Scipio, draughtsman: Matthys van den Bergh, 1656, paper, pen, h 153 mm × w 178 mm

Maria, Sir Andrew, and Toby, illustration for Act I, Scene iii, TwelfthNight. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Little Boys Playing and Climbing a Wall. Philippe-Louis Parizeau (1740-1801). Red chalk. 17.8 x 22.8cm.

Sketch of a group of characters (front) Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876). Sketch of a group of characters (front). Graphite pencil, sanguine and black stone on paper.

At center, the Virgin holds the Christ Child. Below, Saint Jerome and the lion. Graphite on paper. Date: ca. 1800. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Friedrich Nerly, Campagniolo romano, c 1833 Campagniolo romano

Baders; Collection of eighty-five original prints.The print is part of an album.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria, Nicolaes Maes, 1650 - 1655 drawing paper. deck paint. ink pen / brush Christ and the woman of Samaria: sitting at Jacob's well he asks her for a drink from her jug. Christ and the woman of Samaria: sitting at Jacob's well he asks her for a drink from her jug

Drawing, Ascetic and Courtier; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Persons on a balustrade with Festoenen, Cornelis Holsteyn, 1633 - 1638 drawing paper. chalk vocal music, singing. balustrade

Study for Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (recto); Sketches: Saint Christopher; Two Figures in Conversation over Money (verso). Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino; Italian, 1591-1666. Date: 1615-1625. Dimensions: 181 x 245 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash (recto) and pen and brown ink and graphite (verso), on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

Actors of the Greek theater ; Stage props still image. 1845. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Theater , Greece, Masks , Greek, Costumes , Greek, Stage props, Theatrical productions , Greece , To 499, Actors , Greek , To 499

Design for an illustration, Man about to descend a flight of stairs, draughtsman: Edouard Taurel, after: Louis Koopman, c. 1834 - c. 1892, paper, h 71 mm × w 107 mm

Laurens, Jean-Paul (n.1838-03-30-D.1921-03-23), misery (main title). Charcoal and graphite pencil on cardboard. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Woman gives child the chest, man stands behind her, Cornelis Pietersz. Bega, 1642 - 1664 print paper etching nursing, suckling

Drawing, Detail of a Wall Painting; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink on paper

Five Drunken Villagers and a Woman on a Sleigh. A winter pub crawl by sleigh is a subject rarely represented in Dutch drawings of the 17th century. It is an exception even in the works of Cornelis Dusart, who specialized in portraying every kind of alcoholic excess. These people seem to have had a few jars already, because they are definitely in the mood for fun.

Zomerhuis, David van der Kellen (1827-1895), 1837 - 1882 print Under the veranda of a summer house is a lady with a hat, she may be the woman's wife. In front of her stands a trolley, containing a child in which a girl stands. The scene is depicted in an oval list. paper etching loggia, verandah, porch. the artist and his family, relatives, etc.

Singing art and painting, Jurriaan Andriessen, 1794 drawing paper. graphite (mineral). ink pen vocal music, singing. 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa)

Schaakmat, Johan Braakensiek, 1877 drawing paper. pencil chess (+ sportsman, player, etc.)

Market scene with fruit saleswoman. Leaf 42 recto, loose leaf in a sketchbook with 33 sheets and 10 loose drawings.

James McNeill Whistler, King's Road, Chelsea, c 1886 1888 King's Road, Chelsea

Sketches of Seated Man, Medici Coats of Arms. Attributed to Stefano della Bella; Italian, 1610-1664. Date: 1630-1664. Dimensions: 95 x 123 mm. Black and red chalk, with traces of pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Debos House, Boulevard Haussmann Gustave Golden (1832-1883). "House Debos, Boulevard Haussman". Pencil. Paris (VIIIth ARR.), 1871.

Parade by the Rederijkerskamer De Goudsbloem from Gouda (third part), 1607, 1607 print Procession through the Rederijkerskamer De Goudsbloem from Gouda, at the Rederijkersfeest of October 22, 1607 in Haarlem. Third part: Legend of the Muizentoren with Hatto II Archbishop of Mainz and the innocent farmers locked up in a burning barn, with four allegorical figures. At the back of death with the mice that would later eat the Archbishop alive. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Chamber of Rhetoric (Dutch: 'Rederijkerskamer'). Festivities (+ Parade, Pageant, Cavalcade ~ Festive Activities) Haarlem. Gouda

Drie naakte kinderen bij een steen.Three naked children at a stone. The one has a pen and a drawing in his hands, the other points to a drawing that lies on the ground.

Maximilian Johann Georg von Dillis drew water carriers with two children using brown ink over pencil at the end of the 18th and first half of the 19th century.

CAPRICHO 53 - !QUE PICO DE ORO! - SIGLO XVIII - DIBUJO PARA SANGUINA. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-DIBUJOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

A red chalk drawing by Friedrich Philipp Reinhold showing a couple playing music, one holding a tambourine and the other performing a spinning motion, created around 1819.

Family in Interieur, Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836 - 1896 drawing paper. pencil

Karikaturen, Philipp Jacques Loutherbourg (I) (attributed to), 1708 - 1768 print France paper etching caricatures (human types)

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere), draughtsman: Ferdinand Bol, draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn, (rejected attribution), Amsterdam, c. 1640, paper, pen, h 154 mm × w 191 mm

Study sheet with a sleeping boy on the ground, between plants. Around him several female figures and on the left a seated soldier, Study sheet with a sleeping boy and figures Study printwork / Etudes grav, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, Amsterdam, Oct-1808, paper, etching, h 115 mm × w 216 mm

Bridge with figures on the corner of the Spui and the Rokin in Amsterdam. .

Je voudrais pouvoir me faire promener comme ça dans les rues de Brest, ou m'prendrait pour un mandarin!.... Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1859. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

The Public at an Exhibition. Artist: Johann Gottfried Schadow (German, Berlin 1764-1850 Berlin). Date: 1831. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antoine Watteau, Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows, c 1718 Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Two Standing Women Artist's working dates 1710-1743 France. Red chalk on ivory laid paper, tipped onto card . Nicolas Lancret

Journal des Ladies et des Modes, Costumes Parisiens, 27 Novembre 1798, AN 7 (75 (bis)): 1 et 2, capotes. 3. Turban (...). Twelve women's busts with different headwear: '1 et 2, capotes. 3. Turban à la Minerve. 4.5 et 6, Bonnets à la Titus. 7 ET 8, Bonnets à la Folle. 9, Casque. 10, Capote. 11, FICHU. 12, Chapeau au balloon. " According to the caption, this show is drawn to life at the 'Théat. Français de la Repub. " The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Laden et des Modes, published by Sellèque, Paris, 1797-1839.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Tambien lo dejan estas. Album C, 129'. 1812 - 1814. Wash, Brush, Bistre, Grey-brown ink, Black chalk lines on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Austria Pietosa , Freeles of the Austrian Army in Italy , Eugenio Latilla -, Etcher

Night: a couple walking behind a woman with a lantern, draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch, intermediary draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch, (possibly), Zwolle, c. 1655, paper, h 116 mm × w 201 mm, h 165 mm × w 212 mm

Ball with dancing people. Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: c. 1868 - c. 1940. Measurements: h 255 mm × w 338 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Le Drageoir aux épices by J. K. Huysmans: p. 64, 1929. Auguste Brouet (French, 1872-1941), J.K. Huysmans (French). Book containing 54 etchings; overall: 28.7 x 23.3 x 4.5 cm (11 5/16 x 9 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.).

Sketches of Pump, Washtub, Benches. Circle of Adriaen van Ostade; Dutch, 1610-1685. Date: 1630-1684. Dimensions: 133 x 177 mm. Black chalk on ivory laid paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Three women from Tivoli, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819 In a landscape there are three women from Tivoli with two children. The print is part of an album. Rome paper etching Tivoli In a landscape there are three women from Tivoli with two children. The print is part of an album. Rome paper etching Tivoli

A company at the table, 1628 drawing A company at the table. There are some scribbles on the back of the leaf. Zwolle paper. ink brush

The Pancake Woman.

John Flaxman, 1755-1826, British, The Raising of Lazarus, from Lorenzo Ghiberti's Baptistery Doors, Florence, 1787. Graphite, pen and ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum.

The dancing master Maitre de danse. Canot, Philippe, d. 1783. Prints. 1810 - 1819. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance teachers

David says goodbye to Jonathan, draughtsman: Ferdinand Bol, draughtsman: Gerrit Willemsz. Horst, (rejected attribution), 1643 - 1647, paper, pen, brush, h 170 mm × w 112 mm

Dying woman, Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1648 - 1650 print Dying woman lie on a bed in a shed by a fire. Next to her a group of people. paper etching deathbed

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage". Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 23 1/2 × 19 9/16 in. (59.7 × 49.7 cm). Date: by 1845. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fontein at the Pavilion of Charles V in the Royal Palace in Sevilla, Gerard Muller, 1871 - 1903 drawing Seven women around the fountain. Sevilla paper. chalk ornamental fountain. palace Reales Alcázares

Alms to the Poor 1845-1885 France. Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper . Rodolphe Bresdin

Moor, horseman and a love couple, Caspar Luyken, 1682 - 1708, Possibly design for a print., draughtsman: Caspar Luyken, 1682 - 1708, paper, pen, brush, h 138 mm × w 191 mm

Drawing, The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Client: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558-1603); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper; 10.6 x 14.5 cm (4 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Sketch for a Literary Subject John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867) Preliminary Study, Literature, Figure, Group

A company at table, Gerard ter Borch (II), 1628, A company at table. There are some scribbles on the back of the sheet., draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), Zwolle, 1628, paper, brush, h 124 mm × w 86 mm

Reichstadt, Napoleon Duke of.

A Pole Holding a Horse by the Bridle ca. 1662 Stefano della Bella Italian. A Pole Holding a Horse by the Bridle 376667

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'No la engañas. Álbum C, 73'. 1808 - 1814. Wash, Brush, Pencil, Bistre, Grey-brown ink, Black chalk lines on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Drawing (Italy); Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); pen and black ink, brush and black wash on cream laid paper

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