Historical Figures and Character Studies

Artistic studies and sketches illustrating men in historical attire, capturing character and emotion through fine details.

Four heads of men, one of them sticking out his tongue, Four heads of men in a row, draughtsman: Parmigianino, 1513 - 1540, paper, pen, h 130 mm × w 104 mm

Marskramer and a dancing man with a knife. The pedlar leans on a walking stick and wears a basket with bottles. The dancing man wears a suit with buttons on the chest and a hat. Both figures are in a landscape. Leaf 17 Recto from a sketchbook with 30 sheets.

Half -Naked Boy, Paolo Veronese, 1538 - 1588 drawing paper. ink pen

Giovanni Alberti (Attributed to) / 'Studies of a Reclining Male Nude'. Second half of the XVI century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Tarocchi, before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving hand-colored with gold; Scholars generally agree that this set of 50 engravings was an educational tool, perhaps devised by a humanist scholar to visually describe a fifteenth-century philosophical model of the cosmos. It was believed that the universe was a ladder-like structure that began with the beggar and rose through the ranks of humankind, the muses, the liberal arts, the virtues, and the planets, until it finally reached the pinnacle, the dwelling place of God. Reflecting this order, the engravings can be divided into five groups distinguished by the letters E, D, C, B, A, respectively marking the Conditions of Man (five serfs and five aristocrats); Apollo and the nine Muses; the seven Liberal Arts (with three added disciplinesPoetry, Philosophy, and Theology); the seven Virtues (with three personifications of cosmic principles called "Genii"); and the Firmaments of the Universe (eight c

Advertising designs for awnings, 1919 The designs show a man and woman under a parasol. Leaf 33 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. pencil. ink pen advertising. parasol, sunshade

Four naked men who make different hand movements, 1658 - 1728 Page 21 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). postures and gestures of the hand

swainson drawing

Drawing, Study of Left Foot; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; graphite on blue-grey paper; 31.1 × 23.2 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.); 1914-38-147

A drawing in gray ink by the Meister der Worcester-Kreuztragung depicting the crossing of Christ, showing figure, cross, and surrounding environment.

Classical Figures Drawing, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, undated, Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 × 5 3/4 inches (13 × 14.6 cm), Classical, figure study, figures

Sketches of a Standing Saint Holding a Sword (recto); Sketches of Figures and Heads (verso) 1550-1559 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with a traces of red chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink (verso), on buff laid paper . Unknown Lombard

A Wine Decanter with Two Fighting Sea Horses, 1650/1670, pen and brown ink with blue wash over graphite on light beige laid paper, sheet: 32.8 x 23.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/8 in.), Master of the Medici Banquet Decanters (artist) Italian, active 1650 - 1670

Stefano Della Bella, Two Men in Masquerade Costumes A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap, c 1645 Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap

Group of Figures. Dimensions: overall: 6.6 x 6.5 cm (2 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.). Medium: graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.

Tailor on a stool, seen from behind. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Dating: c. 1648. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 110 mm × w 123 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study sheet with two hands on a staff. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1590 - 1600. Place: Noord-Italië. Measurements: h 300 mm × w 187 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Lying, tied up lamb. Draughtsman: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers. Dating: 1782 - 1837. Measurements: h 132 mm × w 185 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Hanging sex beef.

Marskramer and a dancing man with a knife, 1696 The Marskramer leans on a walking stick and wears a basket with bottles. The dancing man wears a suit with knots on the chest and a hat. Both figures are in a landscape. Page 17 Recto from a sketchbook with 30 sheets. paper. chalk merchant, salesman. court jester, court fool

Drawing (Germany)

Drawings and sketches by Gaudí, 1876-1887. Author: ANTONI GAUDÍ (1852-1926).

Running man carrying a bag. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II). Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch. Draughtsman: Anna ter Borch. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1627 - 1690. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 152 mm × w 87 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two studies of a pooping man. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II). Dating: c. 1635 - 1681. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 111 mm × w 199 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two studies of a foot.

Human Figure, Lateral View (Prepared for transfer to the plate of the key figure to Table XIII), George Stubbs, 1724-1806, British, 1795 to 1806, Graphite and red chalk on cream, thin, smooth, wove paper lined with Japanese paper, Sheet: 18 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (47 x 38.7 cm), anatomical study, anatomy, man, nude, running, side, study (visual work)

Two naked men in different attitudes. Study of a standing man with one foot for the other who presumes a burden and a study of a somewhat pronounced man with raised arm. Leaf 1 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

Man with a beret. Round bust portrait of a man with a beret on and a cloak with fur collar.

Study of four hands

A study by Agostino Carracci showing a half-length portrait of Cardinal Camillo Borghese, later Pope Paolo V, with additional detailed sketches.

Four Studies of a Child, Sarto, Andrea del, 1520.

Study of a right foot, from the front. Draughtsman: Agostino Carracci (attributed to). Dating: 1567 - 1602. Measurements: h 86 mm × w 94 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sketch of Trees with a Statue on a Pedestal. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 49.8 x 33.5 cm (19 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.). Medium: graphite with red chalk on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Félix-Hilaire Buhot.

The Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Desert. Dated: c. 1660. Dimensions: sheet: 18.9 x 27 cm (7 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pier Francesco Mola.

Sketch titled 'Neptune' by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

Six designs for swing fillings with floating angels, Cherubino Alberti, 1563 - 1615 drawing paper. chalk

Anonymous / 'Studies of Heads'. Late XVI century. Pencil on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Column with the image of a winged lion at the San Marco Square in Venice. Page 12 and 13 from a sketchbook with 28 sheets.

Bust of unknown man with daughter. In a round list, the bust of an unknown man with daughter.

Jeune homme debout, de trois quart vers la droite, Raphael, Raffaello S., 1517.

Four standing men in gown. Four men seen in different body postures from various angles. Leaf 4 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), vases (main title), 1914. Graphite on the front, graphite on the back on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Glama-Stroberle, Joaõ, 1708-1792, pencil, ink, chalk, wash, 1741, Sketchbook II of III dated 14 February 1741. It is dedicated on the first leaf to Sigr Abate Gioachino Rizzi Segretario dal Regimento di Ferrara, Two recipes, one for varnish and the other for acid for etching

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Study sheet with a sketch of the head of a woman, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 64 mm, width 55 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, prentmaker, 1632 - 1638, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plaattoon, Work conception, after own design by

Jean François Millet, Costume Studies, 1854 1855 Costume Studies

Seated Peasant 1830-75 Jean-François Millet French. Seated Peasant 371482

A Fantastic Creature late 16th-early 17th century Arent van Bolten Netherlandish. A Fantastic Creature. Arent van Bolten (Netherlandish, Zwolle 1573-before 1633 Leeuwarden). late 16th-early 17th century. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Drawings

Seated Male Figure with Large Tablet (recto); Figure Study (verso). Follower of Luca Cambiaso; Italian, 1527-1585. Date: 1547-1585. Dimensions: 171 x 156 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on oval shaped brown laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Woman with skirt over her head, from behind, Harmen ter Borch, 1651, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 4-Nov-1651, paper, h 98 mm × w 78 mm

Dueling men. Draughtsman: Pieter van Loon. Dating: 1811 - 1873. Measurements: h 250 mm × w 344 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Shepherd drives his sheep. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 13-Jul-1651. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 87 mm × w 202 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

English rental coach and horse harness in Falmouth, Jan Brandes, 1778 drawing Peel drawing of a weapon with honeycomb, horses in rig, the hood of a carriage and the chassis of a carriage. See part 2, pp. 50, 65. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 49. Falmouth paper. pencil. ink pen four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach Falmouth

Head of a sleeping child with hood. Draughtsman: Jacob van Strij. Dating: 1766 - 1815. Measurements: h 170 mm × w 172 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Figures in historic costume, 1879 - c. 1885 Possibly costumes for a theater piece. Page 6 from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. watercolor (paint). chalk brush adult man. historical costume. standing figure. helmet

Shepherd and his sheep, from behind. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 6-Nov-1651. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 201 mm × w 157 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Stiehl Otto (1860-1940): Sketch and photo album 5: S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Drawing of a Parade Helmet. Culture: Italian, probably Venetian. Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (19.1 x 20.9 cm). Date: second half 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A page with letters of the alphabet in figurative form, miniature from Tacuino (sketchbook of drawings) by Giovannino de Grassi.

Drawing (Italy)

Running man figure. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 61 mm × w 33 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Arthur-Joseph Guéniot (1866-1951). Study of two characters, one, seated, the other standing. Graphite pencil. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Drawing, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th century

unknown, Augsburg, Lotter, Johann Jacob, Bergmüller, Johann Georg, Sperling, Hieronymus, 3 Jähriges Knäblein, Face and two views of the body of a three-year-old boy, verso - stamped, Middle top: Fig. 3., print, book illustration, prints, etchings, height 313 mm, width 210 mm, German, 1695 - 1777, print maker, printmaker, 1723 - 1723, paper, etching, Work conception, 1688 - 1762, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1683 - 1738, publisher, granter of privilege

Study of Male Profiles, by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), drawing 446E recto.

Construction drawing of a perspective frame. Date: November 1884-September 1885, Nuenen. Dimensions: 12.4 cm x 7.5 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Frisian with playing putti. Artist: Jacob de Wit. Draughtsman: Dionys van Nijmegen. Dating: 1715 - 1798. Measurements: h 93 mm × w 328 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Anonymous / 'Study of four heads'. XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Grey-brown ink on brown paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Grotesque Head With a Large Ear and an Open Mouth Looking to the Right Within a Circle 1727 Gaetano Piccini Italian. Grotesque Head With a Large Ear and an Open Mouth Looking to the Right Within a Circle. Gaetano Piccini (Italian, active Rome, 1710-30). 1727. Pen and brown ink. Drawings

Four studies of a skull. Draughtsman: Daniele da Volterra. Dating: 1519 - 1566. Measurements: h 273 mm × w 203 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Le Piaffe (2): Training a Bridled and Saddled Horse at the Pillar, James Seymour, 1702-1752, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textuerd, beige, wove paper, Mount: 9 11/16 × 19 13/16 inches (24.6 × 50.3 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 7 1/8 × 7 15/16 inches (18.1 × 20.2 cm), and Sheet: 6 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (16.5 × 18.7 cm), animal art, sporting art

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline of the skeleton for the key figure to Table III). Date/Period: 1795 to 1806. Drawing. Graphite on cream, thin, slightly textured, wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer. Height: 457 mm (17.99 in); Width: 368 mm (14.48 in). Author: George Stubbs.

Marine Algae (Algues marines). Dated: 1893. Dimensions: plate: 17 x 11 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.5 x 22.2 cm (12 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.). Medium: gypsograph in green on japan paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre Roche.

Untitled (Caricature) 1600-1700 Spain. Red chalk on ivory laid paper . Salvator Rosa

Ink and feather drawing by Valentin Wagner in 1631 showing Gerhart Christoph as a driver, emphasizing figure, posture, and clothing details.

Beef Jean-Achille Benouville (Said Achille Benouville) (1815-1891). Beef. On the front: graphite pencil and white chalk rehauts on paper set to numbered tile; on the back side ; Graphite pencil on paper.

Kop van A RAM, Anonymous, After Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1632 - 1733 print paper etching ram

Naked man with a Wijnloof hated hat, Jost Amman (Possible), 1549 - 1591 drawing Man with a mixing vessel under each arm. paper. ink pen standing figure. male bacchant(es)

BARAHONA, Mateo de (second half 17th century). Tarasca, mythological monster, during the festival of Corpus in Madrid, 1663. Gothic art. Mixed technic. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia.

Print from Drawing Book. Dated: c. 1610/1620. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luca Ciamberlano.

Portrait study by Jan Fabius. Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 3-Dec-1657. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 96 mm × w 96 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Studies of emblems, c1472-c1519 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.

Detail studies of fish, with color notes. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 222 mm × w 290 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Illustration with boy by Guercino, Pen, brush, Indian ink on paper, 1591-1666, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 19x15, 3

Studies for the 'Trivulzio Monument', c1508 (1954).Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Bliżej Kultury H. Kleinmann & Co Haarlem, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 1669)

Detailed Drawing of a Sporran, John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867)

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Study sheet: self-portrait, a couple of beggars, heads of an old man and a woman, etc., Sheet of studies: Head of the Artist, a Beggar Couple, Heads of an Old Man and a Woman, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, 6 (mirror image), lower right, height 99 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1630 - 1634, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, after own design by

Horses. Artist: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore). Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7in. (14.6 x 17.8cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Francesco Allegrini (Italian, Cantiano () 1615/20-after 1679 Gubbio ()). Date: 1530-40.Previously assigned to a seventeenth-century Italian artist, Francesco Allegrini, the sheet has been reattributed, based on stylistic considerations, to a major artist who lived more than a century earlier. The handling of the pen and the anatomical type of the horses are entirely characteristic of Parmigianino. Parmigianino's experience with the etcher's needle -he was among the first Italian artists to make etchings - led to a very controlled, incisive use of pen in his late drawings, especially those he made after he returned to Parma around 1530. This late technique is nicely exemplified by the Museum's sheet. Parmigianino is best known for his Mannerist imagery, in particular, his fantastic elongations: a

James Ward, 1769-1859, British, A Satyr's Head, 1836. Brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Album Drawing, undated. Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Geometrical Studies, Squareness of The Circle Among Others by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 Italian, pencil /pen and ink, England, Windsor Castle, Royal Library, 15th century

Drawing (Italy)

Study of a foot. Draughtsman: Anton Domenico Gabbiani. Dating: 1662 - 1726. Measurements: h 153 mm × w 207 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

An eye; according to Lavater, belonging to a German poet. Drawing, c. 1794.

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