Religious Figures in Art

Artistic renderings of biblical figures, emphasizing emotional expressions and dynamic poses, created in classic styles from the 16th to 17th centuries.

Soldat, Pellegrino Tibaldi (ACTRUTED TO), After Michelangelo, 1542 - 1596 drawing paper. chalk

Saint Peter as a Fisherman 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Saint Peter as a Fisherman 389062

Seated Saint John the Baptist 1560-1570 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown and gray wash, with traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper . School of Luca Cambiaso

Saint Jerome kneeling on a rock in front of a cross and an open book facing right, after Reni. Artist: After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna); Anonymous, 17th century. Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 13.9 cm). Date: ca. 1600-1640.Unfinished copy in reverse with inscription. Verso not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Soldat, Pellegrino Tibaldi (ACTRUTED TO), After Michelangelo, 1542 - 1596 drawing paper. chalk

Seated Saint John the Baptist. School of Luca Cambiaso; Italian, 1527-1585. Date: 1560-1570. Dimensions: 301 x 220 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown and gray wash, with traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A study sheet by Francesco Mazzola, 1519-1524, showing architectural elements and two nude figures with hands tied, a third figure behind, executed in feather and ink, emphasizing anatomy, posture, and spatial arrangement.

Mercury. Dated: c. 1523/1524. Dimensions: overall: 14.5 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PARMIGIANINO.

Studies of Saints John the Baptist and Jerome, a Crucifix, and Various Heads (recto); Studies of the Christ Child, a Crucifix, and a Dog (verso). Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (Italian, 1503 - 1540)

Tarquin and Lucretia 1525-1599 France. Black chalk on tan laid paper . Fontainebleau School

Soldier..

Pallas Athena, 1696 Pallas Athena is naked and wears a helmet and lance. She leans against a tree against which her shield stands with the head of the Medusa. Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets. paper. chalk (story of) Pallas

Braun, Adolphe, Photo reproduction of a drawing by Raphael (Madonna with child), photograph, foto, foto's, height 322 mm, width 204 mm, French, German, 1812 - 1877, photographer, 1880 - 1900, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, carbon print

A Clair-Obscur woodcut by Antonio Maria Zanetti from 1722 depicts a genius figure in the air, showing form, gesture, and spatial arrangement across three plates.

Drawing (Italy)

Red chalk drawing by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino) depicting a young woman kneeling to the right holding a child seated on a base, with white highlights.

Three Studies of Seated Nude Male with Raised Arm, Seen from Below. 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Three Studies of Seated Nude Male with Raised Arm, Seen from Below. 340006

Leda and the Swan, Heinz, Joseph, the Elder, 1603

Prudence recto. Dated: c. 1601. Dimensions: overall: 28.7 x 17.7 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cherubino Alberti.

John the Baptist seated, draughtsman: Battista Franco, 1520 - 1561, paper, pen, h 193 mm × w 126 mm

Winged Gray Paard includes naked young woman, François Boitard, 1680 - 1715 drawing paper. ink pen Classical Mythology and Ancient History. old man. adolescent, young woman, maiden

Anonymous / 'Nude Child'. XVIII century. Black chalk on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Eustache Le Sueur drawing of an angel supporting Saint Sebastian, in black chalk with white heightening on gray-brown paper, dated 1654-1655.

Nude study of a kneeling man, draughtsman: Simone Pignoni, 1677 - 1682, paper, h 300 mm × w 210 mm

A red chalk drawing by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a standing angel holding a coat of arms, focusing on figure posture, wings, and heraldic detail.

Study for the Christ Child in the Madonna of S Simone (recto); Study of a Landscape (verso) Made 1567 Italy. Black chalk, with stumping (recto), and black chalk, with touches of red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper . Federico Barocci

Red chalk drawing depicting Venus or Galatea seated in a shell, showing figure, posture, and surrounding elements.

A tangent man; Sketch sheets with figure studies.

Studies of Children 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Studies of Children 340204

Study for a figure in the clouds; Sketch sheets with figure studies.

Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475-1564, Red chalk on paper, Ignudo (nude figure) between Creation of Adam and Creation of Eve on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo. Proper left knee is bent, foot resting on his seat, and proper left arm is extended., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Angel by the leg of St. Rochus, draughtsman: Simon Vouet, 1600 - 1659, paper, h 198 mm × w 157 mm

Two Putti Supporting the Lower Part of a Draped Figure (recto); Two Putti (verso) 1720-1808 Jacopo Guarana Italian. Two Putti Supporting the Lower Part of a Draped Figure (recto); Two Putti (verso) 338922

Pieta 1632-1700 Italy. Black chalk on cream laid paper . Simone Cantarini

Study for St John the Baptist. Date/Period: Ca. 1517. Drawing. Red chalk. Height: 385 mm (15.15 in); Width: 188 mm (7.40 in). Author: ANDREA DEL SARTO.

Drawing, Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564); France; red chalk on paper; 1977-110-1-36

Nude Male Figure, Rear View 18th century Attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni Italian. Nude Male Figure, Rear View 342145

Warrior kneeling at a trophy, Jacques Bellange, 1602 - 1620 drawing paper. chalk symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra' (Ripa). trophy ~ battle, war. 'tropaion', i.e. decorative ornament ~ weapons

The Baptism of Christ. Artist: Moncalvo (Guglielmo Caccia) (Italian, Montabone 1568-1625 Moncalvo). Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 13/16in. (24.1 x 17.3cm). Date: 16th century.The drawing exhibits a sufficiently expressive quality of mark, rapidity of outlines and hatching, to suggest it is an autograph work by Moncalvo. Previous proposed attributions have been to the circle of Moncalvo (notes on the mount by Timothy Clifford, Mario di Giampaolo, Sylvie Béguin, endorsed by Carmen C. Bambach). Antonella Chiodo (oral communication on July 22, 2014) has connected the drawing to a fresco of a Baptism attributed to the workshop of Moncalvo in the parish church of San Salvatore Monferrato, province of Alessandria. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anonymous / 'Semi-nude Woman Reclining on a Bed'. XVI century. Pencil on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Design for Cupid and Trophy of Arms. Date/Period: From 1710 until 1728. Drawing. Red chalk on paper. Author: Paolo De Mattheis.

Seated Figure (recto); Reclining Figure (verso). Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian (Florentine), 1494 - 1557)

Anonymous red chalk drawing showing Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with his hands raised above his head, frontal view.

Study for a Prophet. Dated: 1567/1573. Dimensions: overall: 36.6 x 24.7 cm (14 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.). Medium: black chalk with white heightening on laid paper; squared for transfer. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lattanzio Gambara.

Standing male nude, seen from behind (Hercules), Jan Philipsz. van Bouckhorst, 1600 - 1631, draughtsman: Jan Philipsz. van Bouckhorst, draughtsman: Karel van Mander (I), (rejected attribution), draughtsman: Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, (rejected attribution), 1600 - 1631, paper, pen, h 191 mm × w 154 mm

Matteo Rosselli, Man Playing a Lute (recto) Man Playing a Lute recto

The Penitent Thief on the Cross 1510-61 Battista Franco Italian. The Penitent Thief on the Cross 338809

Study of a Seated Youth for the Age of Gold 1637 Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian In June 1637, Pietro da Cortona, the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time, arrived in Florence and immediately began a fresco cycle commissioned by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II (1610-1670) and his wife Vittoria della Rovere (1622-1694), for the Camera della Stufa in the Pitti Palace. The subject was the "Four Ages of the World" as recounted at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, a classical literary source. Together with another sheet in the Museum's collection (inv. 1972.118.250), this drawing is a study for a youth seated at the left in the "Age of Gold". In this fresco a young woman crowns the seated youth with a laurel of victory, an allusion to the name Vittoria, while putti, laden with branches of oak (rovere), advance without disturbing a docile lion, these are references to the Medici - Della Rovere marriage symbolized by the youthful couple. Comparing the two dr

Red chalk drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Corisca fleeing from a satyr seated at the base of a tree holding her wig over his head, created in the first half of the 17th century.

Fall of the damned or giants, anonymous, 1500 - 1600, draughtsman: anonymous, Low Countries, 1500 - 1600, paper, pen, brush, h 253 mm × w 192 mm

Anonymous (Copy Maratta, Carlo) / 'The Holy Family'. 1690 - 1699. Red chalk on brown paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

King David. Jacopo Zanguidi Bertoia (Italy, Parma, circa 1544-circa 1573). Italy, 1569. Drawings. Pen and brown ink, wash, and squared in black chalk

Gaetano Gandolfi / 'Hercules and Omphale'. 1780 - 1790. White chalk, Red chalk on brown paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Lying male nude, Cornelis Joseph d'Heur, 1717 - 1762 drawing paper. chalk lying figure

Henry Fuseli, 1741-1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-70; 1779 on), Figure Leaning over Stairs, 1789. Pen, brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Red chalk drawing showing Mary with the infant Jesus, accompanied by two animals and two angels on her right, with Mary turning toward them.

Seated Faun. Dated: 1700/1705. Dimensions: overall: 40.2 x 27.4 cm (15 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.). Medium: red and black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis de Boullogne the Younger.

John the Baptist with the lamb.

Niobide, Monogrammist WBVH, 1680 drawing parchment (animal material). chalk kneeling figure - AA - female human figure. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. the daughters of Niobe are killed by arrows of Diana

Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Rosso Fiorentino Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (Italy, Florence, 1494-1540). Italy, circa 1535-1540. Drawings. Red chalk on gray buff paper

A Male Nude, Half Reclining. Dated: 1622/1624. Dimensions: sheet: 39 x 26.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on light brown laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Matteo Rosselli.

Annibale Carracci, Satyr Holding a Roundel, 1597 1600 Satyr Holding a Roundel

Chalk and feather drawing by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison showing Prometheus on gray-blue paper with lavings, emphasizing figure, posture, and dramatic expression.

Man Tugging on Sheet Study for the Entombment Sacristy of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples, 1596 1595-1596 Italy. Red chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on card . Giuseppe Cesari

This red chalk drawing by Bernhard Rode depicts a putto allegory representing war, emphasizing figures, gesture, and symbolic composition around 1760.

Drawing by François Boucher showing three putti with an apple and a pigeon at the base of a tree, executed in black and reddish chalk around 1750.

Copy after Michelangelo's "Aurora". Date/Period: 1550. Drawing. Pen and brown ink with red chalk on paper Pen and brown ink with red chalk on paper. Height: 441.45 mm (17.37 in); Width: 292.10 mm (11.50 in). Author: Bartolommeo Passerotti.

Studies for the Figure of a Centaur and a Nymph 1708-17 Francesco Trevisani Italian. Studies for the Figure of a Centaur and a Nymph 342985

Study for Leda and the swan, 1506-1508, by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), drawing.

River god.

Anonymous (Circle of Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)) / 'Ecce Homo'. XVII century. Red chalk on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Study of a Male Nude 18th century Anonymous, French. Study of a Male Nude. Anonymous, French , 18th century. 18th century. Red, black, and white chalk. Drawings

Parmigianino, Italy, Trento, Antonio da, Philosopher, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 103 mm, width 70 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1550, print maker, printmaker, 1520 - 1550, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24

Anonymous chalk drawing of a standing female figure in front view, hands together at the chest, turning slightly left, executed on reddish paper in the second half of the 16th century.

Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield 1612-50 Pietro Testa Italian. Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield 341594

Sitting male naked, seen from the back, to the left. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1800. Measurements: h 318 mm × w 246 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study of male nude, lying on the side over a block.

Two men.

Study. Attributed to Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Italian, 1654-1727); possibly Pietro Dandini (Italian, 1646-1712). Date: 1710-1720. Dimensions: 201 × 176 mm. Red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Paid the body of Christ.

Cupid by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, sanguine, black and white chalk on paper, 1740s, 1708-1787, Roman School, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 25, 3x19, 6

Carlo Maratta, Studies of Saint James the Greater, c 1686 Studies of Saint James the Greater

Abraham's Sacrifice (recto and verso) Artist's working dates 1674-1714 Italy. Red chalk on buff laid paper (recto) and pen and brown ink, with red chalk (verso), tipped onto cream laid paper . Giuseppe Passeri

Death Carrying a Child. Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: 12 15/16 x 8 1/16in. (32.9 x 20.5cm). Date: 1610-64. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint John the Baptist (or Christ) Preaching. Italian, Tuscan; Late 16th century. Date: 1580-1600. Dimensions: 436 x 291 mm (max.). Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Unknown Tuscan.

Sitting woman with hat, seen on the back, Abraham Johannes Ruytenschildt, 1816 drawing paper. chalk sitting figure - AA - female human figure

Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475-1564, Red chalk on paper, Ignudo (nude figure) next to the scene of God dividing light from darkness on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Geyser, Christian Gottlieb, Mythological figure resting on a sphinx, print, prints, height 89 mm, width 116 mm, 1742-08-20 - 1803-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1752 - 1803, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Study by Raffaello Santi focusing on the executioner figure for the 'Judgment of Solomon' fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura, executed in black chalk around 1509-1510.

VulcanSeated. Artist: Unknown

Kneeling man, seen from aside. .

A coal drawing by Ignaz Franz Keil showing an angel and a single human figure, with white highlights emphasizing posture and interaction.

Rhea Outwitting Saturn 18th century Edme Bouchardon French. Rhea Outwitting Saturn 359646

Three studies of a man pulled on the arm by a child, draughtsman: Daniele da Volterra, 1519 - 1566, paper, h 151 mm × w 233 mm

Pencil drawing by Josef Tautenhayn the Elder depicting Pan playing his flute on a box, 1905

Anonymous (Copy Ribera, Jusepe de, lo Spagnoletto) / 'Saint Sebastian'. XVIII century. Red chalk on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan, John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776), undated, Black chalk, white chalk on moderately textured, medium, blue wove paper, Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (34.9 × 25.7 cm)

Two figure studies of a sitting man, Bernardino Poccetti, 1558 - 1612 drawing prepared paper. chalk

Samuel Enthroned 1586-1589 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Cesare Nebbia

A Man Leading a Blind Friar (recto); Incidental Sketches (not by the artist; verso). 17th century Attributed to Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) Spanish. A Man Leading a Blind Friar (recto); Incidental Sketches (not by the artist; verso). 372634

Chalk drawing by Giovanni Ambrogio Besozzi depicting an angel kneeling on clouds with gray washes

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