Mythological Figures and Themes

Dramatic scenes featuring mythological figures, such as Jupiter, Apollo, and Moses. Soft tones and ornate details evoke classical artistry.

Finding Moses, draughtsman: François Boucher, 1713 - 1770, paper, h 245 mm × w 360 mm

Kidnapping of Deeanira by Nessus.

Godenbanket, Philippe Auguste Hennequin, c. 1795 - C. 1798 print Banket of the gods with Jupiter and Hera, Mercury, Cupido, Bacchus (who gives the eagle of Jupiter and the peacock of Hera), Iris and two goddesses. paper etching the Olympian gods together: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Minerva, Vulcan, Vesta (or Bacchus). banquets, feasts of the gods (in general)

Monumental tablet; Capricci Decorativi; Grotteschi. Decorative fantasy with empty tablet, surrounded by shields, necklaces, feathers and barrels. Stop skims and a hourglass on the right.

Etching by Francesco la Marra depicting the three young men in the fiery oven, using brush, scraped, and ledge needle techniques, 1792.

The Baptism of the Eunuch 1641 Holland. Etching on buff laid paper . Rembrandt van Rijn

A drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a fight between sea gods, executed with feather, wash, and whitewashed highlights.

Drawing, Stag Hunt with Rifles; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Engraved by Cornelis Galle I; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper; 11 × 14.8 cm (4 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Apollo and Pan in a boat, Franz Ertinger, After Raymond de Lafage, 1652 - 1707 print Pan with pan flute and amor with Lier, sit in a boat with singing women. Putti arrows from the air on the dolphins in the water. print maker: Paris (possibly)after drawing by: France paper etching contest between Apollo and Pan with the mountain god Tmolus as judge, i.e. judgement of Midas; Midas often represented with ass's ears

Feather drawing by Andrea di Leone depicting Pan and Syrinx, with blotchy technique and completion in the upper left corner.

Frederick Bloemaert after Parmigianino, Saint John the Baptist Saint John the Baptist

Diana discovers Callisto's pregnancy.

Madonna and Child with Adoring Saints. Guglielmo Caccia, called Il Moncalvo (Italian, c. 1568-c. 1625); possibly Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli (Italian, 1672-1740); possibly Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1563-1610). Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 354 x 252 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, possibly with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A drawing by Friedrich Overbeck depicting the parable of the clever and foolish virgins, created in 1840 using black ink over pencil, focusing on figures, gesture, and narrative composition.

Drawing by Andrea Camassei depicting poets and scholars writing, with a figure above on Pegasus holding arrows and a flower. Executed in chalk on brown paper.

Anonymous drawing of a bacchanal scene with satyrs, nymphs, Bacchus, and Ariadne, executed in brown pen with gray wash and traces of black chalk.

Painting woman between angels (Personalization of painting). A women's figure (Personification of painting) is sitting in front of an easel with a palette and brushes in her hand. She looks at an angel who tries to put a laurel wreath on her head. Around angels and putti.

Abenteure von den Niebelungen, 1817, After Peter von Cornelius, German, 1783-1867, 24-1/2 x 36-1/2 in. (62.2 x 92.7 cm), Engraving, Germany, 19th century

Anonymous / 'The Adoration of the Shepherds'. Early XVIII century. Red chalk on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Saint Carl Borromäus. Artist: Melchior Steidl (Austrian, Innsbruck 1657-1727 Munich). Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (28.5 x 42.3 cm). Date: late 17th-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bacchus and Ariadne. James Thornhill; English, 1675-1734. Date: 1695-1734. Dimensions: 207 × 163 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: James Thornhill.

Two portraits of Andriana Palma, the artist's wife, Two portraits of Andriana Palma, draughtsman: Jacopo Palma (il Giovane), 1587 - 1593, paper, pen, h 178 mm × w 183 mm

Catalogue raisonne et figure de ses tableaux, La Galerie Électorale de Düsseldorf, Pigage, Nicolas de, 1723-1796, Red crayon, or pen, ink and watercolor, 1770-1778

Italy, Possenti, Giovanni Pietro, Hercules kills the centaur Nessus, verso - stamped, The centaur Nessus lies on the ground with an arrow in his back. On the right are Hercules and Deïanira., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 150 mm, width 194 mm, Italian, 1618 - 1659, print maker, prentmaker, 1628 - 1659, paper, papier, etching, etsen, plaattoon

Anonymous (Copy Calvaert, Denys) / 'Adoration of the Kings'. XVI century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on wallpaper, yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Amaryllis en myrrtillo. Amaryllis en Myrrtillo UIT Guarini's "IL Pastor Fido".

Depiction of Prophet Jonas before Nineveh under a pumpkin tree by Hermann Weyer, executed in gray ink around 1600.

Head of a horse, flowers and a hand, Jean François Janinet, After Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1762 - 1793 print paper. pencil horse. cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers. hand

Bacchanal. Attributed to Claude Gillot; French, 1673-1722. Date: 1693-1722. Dimensions: 214 × 330 mm. Red chalk, with traces of black chalk, on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Performances of sarcophages and an altar, anonymous, 1550 - 1570 drawing Album "Maarten de Vos sketchbook", page 8v (12). Low Countries paper. ink. chalk pen

Romulus Receiving the Augury 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Romulus Receiving the Augury 340011

Lot and His Daughters n.d. Attributed to Nicolas Vleughels French. Lot and His Daughters 334696

Battle between Romans and Carthagers, ca. 218-201 BC, Agostino Veneziano, After Giulio Romano, 1500 - 1536 print A fight between the Romans, led by Scipio Africanus, and the Carthagers. Soldiers on foot and on horseback in fight with each other. Left in the background a city on fire. On the left in the foreground is the heart catcher (type hunting sword) to which the usually used title of the print refers. Probably during the Second Punic War (218 BC - 201 BC). paper engraving (story of) P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Minor (P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus). setting on fire (of conquered city). battle. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Madonna and Child in Glory above Three Saints, c. 1570. Giovanni Battista Paggi (Italian, 1554-1627). Pen and brown ink (iron gall) over black chalk(); sheet: 30.4 x 21 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.); secondary support: 30.4 x 21 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.).

Design for a ceiling with an allegory of Justice n.d. Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen Flemish. Design for a ceiling with an allegory of Justice 348301

Madonna and Child with Saints Gimignano, John the Baptist, George and Peter Martyr. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 27 x 19.4 cm (10 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.). Medium: black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri.

The Banquet of the Gods 1534-77 Guglielmo della Porta Italian. The Banquet of the Gods. Guglielmo della Porta (Italian, Porlezza, near Lake Lugano ca. 1500-1577 Rome). 1534-77. Pen and brown ink, over black chalk. Drawings

Album 'Maarten de Vos sketchbook', sheet 11r(12)., Paintings, draughtsman: anonymous, Rafaël, Low Countries, 1550 - 1570, paper, pen, h 153 mm × w 225 mm

Toorenvliet, Jacob, Atalanta and Hippomenes, Atalanta takes part in a running race with Hippomenes. During the race he drops three golden balls that he had received from Venus. Atalanta cannot resist the temptation to pick up the balls, causing her to lose the race. Sheet 52 recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, Noord-Nederlands, 1640-07-01 - 1719-01-25, draughtsman, drawer, 1701 - 1701, paper, papier, chalk, kras

Last Judgement 1568-1628 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, tipped on to ivory laid paper . Circle of Jacopo Palma, called Palma il Giovane

Photo production of an engraving by the monogram mist bm, 'rests on the flight to Egypt'.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides. Artist: Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano) (Italian, Volterra 1611-1690 Florence). Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 6 3/4in. (27 x 17.1cm). Date: 1612-56. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

H. Benedict as a hermit receives gifts from farmers. Draughtsman: anonymous. After Guido Reni. Dating: 1585 - 1692. Measurements: h 542 mm × w 370 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study for the Age of Bronze 1637 Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian This rapid sketch of a Roman military triumph was intended for a fresco painting alluding to the theme of the "Age of Bronze" in the Camera della Stufa of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence that Cortona began in 1637 for Ferdinando II de' Medici. According to the account of the early history of the world given in Ovid's Metamorphoses, the Age of Bronze was thought to have been bellicose in spirit: "...ready to fly to arms savage, but not yet impious." In keeping with this Ovidian theme, the composition here is dominated at the right by an enthroned general, who from a high throne leans forward to crown the victorious soldiers of the Roman legions approaching from the left; on the lower right, nude prisoners dejectedly crouch in bondage. The Museum's vast collection of drawings by the Baroque master Pietro da Cortona includes a second study for the "Age of Bronze" (see inv. no. 1972.118.248). Study for the Age of

Chalk drawing on gray paper showing three mounted riders playing wind instruments, accompanied by a fourth rider carrying a flag, with three human heads visible in the foreground.

Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso), c. 1765-75. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780). Pen, brown ink, laid paper; sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.). Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was known for his distinctively sketchy style and interest in depicting performances such as dance and theater, the subjects seen here. The artist developed a distinctive composite style of sketching, and this work exemplifies his practice of covering both sides of a sheet of paper with diverse images in varying media.

Scolari, Giuseppe, Italy, Rape of Proserpina, verso - stamped, Proserpina is abducted to the underworld by Pluto. After Pluto dragged her into his chariot, he created a great chasm in the earth., print, prints, height 465 mm, width 356 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1600, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede, counterproof, tegendruk, Work conception

Sculpture. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1550 - c. 1570. Place: Nederlanden. Measurements: h 153 mm × w 225 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Andrea Lilio (Attributed to) / 'The construction of a building'. XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Mauve ink, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Pietro Testa, Venus in a Garden with Cupids, 1633 1634 Venus in a Garden with Cupids

Anonymous drawing of Latona with the farmers of Lycia, rendered in red chalk with brown wash, incorporating a reddish grid and central fold line.

Annibale Carraccis 'Bacchus Train' shows figures in procession, executed with brown ink, gray and brown wash, white heightening, and black pen between 1597 and 1601.

Anonymous drawing on blue-gray paper depicting an equestrian battle with riders and horses in action.

Women Looking at Religious Tablets. after Lazzaro Baldi; Italian, c. 1624-1703. Date: 1644-1703. Dimensions: 350 × 428 mm. Black chalk with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Sea Deities. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 5-1/2 x 16-5/16 in. (13.9 x 41.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The death of Dido. Draughtsman: Pietro Testa. Dating: 1622 - 1650. Measurements: h 237 mm × w 302 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Complaint against the three youngsters Sadrach, Mesach and Abed-Nego, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1564 drawing On the left Nebuchadnezzar under a bingwood held up by several men .. On the right a priest of the Chaldaens, who takes three men for the king .. In the distance on the right, the golden idol that they refuse to worship (Daniel 3: 13). Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen the story of the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3)

Figures 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. Figures 338075

The collection of the Manna, Anonymous, After Giulio Campi, c. 1560 drawing To a painting in the San Sigismondo in Cremona. Italy paper. ink pen in the morning manna falls to the earth ~ Exodus

Ulysses commanding punishment of disloyal maids. Black chalk and red medium with minor damage in upper and top corners. Brown spots visible.

'Praying Saint surrounded by Angels', 1762, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Esteban March / 'Cavalry Battle'. XVII century. Pencil on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Recto: Christ healing paralytics near the pool of Bethesda; Verso, above: Mercury, patron of travellers; Verso, below: studies of a man near an open door, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper, Vertical rectangle. Verso: At right, a circular, arcaded area, in which a number of people are seated. Others are seen in the narrow aisle surrounding the area, sitting and lying about. Christ stands in the foreground, approaching one of the recumbent figures. Recto, top: Horizontal rectangle. A statue, center, with groups of people moving toward it, left and right. Bottom: Vertical rectangle. Open doorway with two figures., Netherlands, 1590-1599, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Badende Saters and Nymphs, Anthonie de Winter, After Raymond de Lafage, 1668 - 1707 print With a fountain bathing nymphs and saters together with some children. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Publisher: Rome paper etching taking a bath - AA - in the open air. satyr(s) (in general). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). ornamental fountain

Feather and gray-lavated drawing by Giustino Menescardi depicting a naval battle scene, including ships, sailors, and movement on water.

Male Figure with a Bow and Arrow Shooting at a Statue of a Woman with a Ball on her Head. Artist: Domenico Piola (Italian, Genoa 1627-1703 Genoa). Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 15 5/16in. (26.6 x 38.9cm). Date: 1627-1703. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Finnberg, Gustaf Wilhelm, work, Alexander and Diogenes, pencil and sepia, drawing, HISTORY; antique; SCENE; Alexander; Diogenes, men, 21.1 cm x 31.5 cm

Hunters catch a giant snake, Antonio Tempesta, 1605 print A group of hunters catches a giant snake in a net. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching hunter. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt'). snakes. monsters larger than normal

Time teaches the arts. Design for a painting.

Music and dancing children, Jonas Umbach, 1634 - 1693 print Two saters, one playing on a wind instrument, and four dancing children with a tambourine. print maker: Augsburgpublisher: Germany paper etching non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of satyr(s). one person playing wind instrument. children playing musical instruments. dancing

'Diana and Actaeon'. From the Album No 2 "Souveni d'Italie". 1785 - 1787. Dimensions: 26,4x38,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean François Thomas de Thomon.

Study for The Battle of Waterloo.Unfolding behind the foremost figures in The Battle of Waterloo are the horrors of the conflict. Pieneman worked up these scenes in great detail. Dead soldiers and horses are strewn over the battlefield. So many horses died at Waterloo that there was a serious shortage after the war. This scene appears on the left of the painting. The blank space is the captured flag held by an officer.

Pencil drawing by Franz Xaver Wagenschön showing a study related to a children's murder, emphasizing figures, composition, and narrative.

Haarlem, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Judith and Holofernes, Achior tied to a tree, Achior, the leader of the Ammonites, is tied to a tree. He was punished by Holofernes because of his words of praise about the Israelites. The Israelites see him and come to free the man. The print is part of an eight-part series that tells the story of Judith and Holofernes., print, prints, width 196 mm, height, 243 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1547 - 1559, paper, papier, etching, etsen, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman

Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon 1833-35 Eugène Delacroix French For Delacroixs first state commission for a major decorative scheme, a mural program for the Salon du Roi in the Palais Bourbon (seat of the French National Assembly) in Paris, he devised a plan based on four "life-forces" of the state: Justice, Agriculture, Industry, and War. Generating ideas to fill the space required prolific drawing. On this sheet, the artist invented with fluid pen strokes figures entangled in combat, full of torque and energy, as potential personifications of war.. Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon. Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris). 1833-35. Pen and iron gall ink. Drawings

A feather drawing by Luca Cambiaso depicts Saint George, showing his figure in detailed composition.

Scene from King Lear", sketch. Chodowiecki, Daniel Nicolaus (1726-1801), draughtsman, cartoonist

The Triumph of Virtue and Divine Wisdom. Dated: 1736. Dimensions: sheet: 44.3 x 54.1 cm (17 7/16 x 21 5/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Livio Retti.

Vatican City, Michelangelo, Italy, Ghisi, Giorgio, The Last Judgement, sheet G, A detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgement' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel., print, prints, height 443 mm, width 325 mm, Italian, 1520 - 1582-12-15, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1582, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite. Artist: Gabriel François Doyen (French, Paris 1726-1806 St. Petersburg). Dimensions: 18 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. (48 x 37.5 cm). Date: ca.1773. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Gabriel Francois Doyen.

Pencil and ink sketch by Eugène Delacroix showing Hercules freeing Alkestis from the underworld, emphasizing figure placement, action, and spatial composition

The Judgment of Solomon 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. The Judgment of Solomon 338042

Adoration of the Magi 1560-1609 Italy. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper . Follower of Federico Zuccaro

Bystanders try to spoil a fight between two men.design for a print.

Allegory of the Battle at Selimbar (October 28, 1599). Artist: Hans von Aachen (German, Cologne 1552-1616 Prague). Dimensions: sheet: 9 7/16 x 9 15/16 in. (24 x 25.3 cm). Date: 1552-1616. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Study of Hands (recto); Study for a Reclining St. Francis (verso) ca. 1628-30 Daniele Crespi Italian This powerful study of hands, drawn after a live model, was used by Crespi for several of his fresco portraits of Carthusian monks at the Chartreuse of Garegnano, in the outskirts of Milan. Repertory drawings such as this one that could be referenced in the making of several figures helped the artist complete the large frescoes in a short amount of time, between 1628 and 1630. The decoration of the Milan Chartreuse, Crespis most celebrated achievement as a painter, occurred right before his sudden death in 1630. Datable around the same time (ca.1628) is the lively red-chalk study for St. Frances drawn on the verso of the same sheet: it relates to the same reclining figure in Crespi's altarpice depicting 'The Virgin and Child, St. Francis, St. Charles Borromeo and a donor', formerly in Pavia and now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. (F.R., 2015). Study of Hands (recto); Study for a Rec

Red chalk drawing on brownish paper depicting the robbery of Deianira, showing figures, action, and damaged corners.

Besnijdenis in from Stal; Collection of eighty-five original prints.The print is part of an album.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Artist: Merry Joseph Blondel (French, Paris 1781-1853 Paris). Dimensions: Overall: 17 5/8 x 12 9/16in. (44.7 x 31.9cm)block: 15 3/4 x 10 7/8in. (40 x 27.6cm). Date: 1822. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A pen and brown wash drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Jacob wrestling with an angel, with gray wash details.

Mythological scene. A seated woman (Juno) receives a laurel wreath from a standing man (Apollo). On the left, Hercules is watching. With several other figures, Allegory with mythological figures., print maker: Giuseppe Diamantini, (mentioned on object), publisher: Francesco Balano, (mentioned on object), Venice, c. 1650 - c. 1705, paper, etching, h 317 mm × w 230 mm

Design for a painting., Calvary, draughtsman: Pieter Aertsen, 1548 - 1575, paper, pen, h 371 mm × w 297 mm

Bacchanal with shepherd couple, Pietro Testa, 1622 - 1650, draughtsman: Pietro Testa, 1622 - 1650, paper, pen, h 253 mm × w 380 mm

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis, first third 1700s. François Lemoyne (French, 1688-1737). Red chalk and brush and red wash over traces of black chalk; sheet: 20 x 14.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.).

Different compositions, including two hands and a Rest on the way to Egypt., Sketch sheet with different compositions, including two hands, draughtsman: Simone Cantarini, draughtsman: Annibale Carracci, (rejected attribution), 1635 - 1645, paper, pen, h 205 mm × w 275 mm

Design for a print, Bystanders trying to soothe a fight between two men, draughtsman: Eugène François de Block, , 1822 - 1893, paper, h 104 mm × w 235 mm

Raffaello Santi drawing of Noah offering a sacrifice of thanks after the flood, created with brush, reddish and black chalk, and brown wash.

Venus Kust de Dode Adonis, Johann Gottlieb Prestel, after Luca Cambiaso, 1783 print paper etching Venus mourning Adonis

A red chalk and feather drawing by Baldassare Franceschini showing Apelles painting Kampaspe, the beloved of Alexander the Great.

The Massacre of the Innocents ca. 1590 Giovanni Battista della Rovere Italian. The Massacre of the Innocents 341108

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