Renaissance Sketches

Preliminary drawings capturing movement and form, displaying the artistic process of ideas exploring themes of life and human experience.

Equestrian combat, draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1799, paper, counterproof, h 112 mm × w 189 mm

Drawing, Seated female figure with books and putti; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Figure Studies (recto) Figure Studies recto

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Borée and orethy. Thirty-seven number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 495; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

(From Sketchbook) 1810-20 Thomas Sully American. (From Sketchbook). Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783-1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). American. 1810-20. Ink, wash, on paper

Equestrian fight and a man with turban and a figure, c. 1841 Studies in circles. Leaf 33 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. pencil riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. battle, fighting in general. head-gear: turban

Amsterdam, Schenk, Leonard, Lairesse, Gerard de, unknown, Glauber, Johannes, Biblical, mythological and allegorical representations, Supplication of Saint Roch, verso center bottom - stamped, During an outbreak of the plague, Saint Roch (top right) begs the Virgin Mary for help. In the foreground a group of plague sufferers. The print is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical representations., print, prints, height 335 mm, width 298 mm, 1646 - 1726, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1726, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1641 - 1711, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1696-02-26 - 1767-06-11, publisher

Man with a folder under arm.Leaf 3 verso from a sketchbook with 47 sheets.

(From Sketchbook) 1810-20 Thomas Sully American. (From Sketchbook). Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783-1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). American. 1810-20. Ink, wash, on paper

Figures with Cattle 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Figures with Cattle 340048

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

Drawing, The Three Graces; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 26.5 x 11.4 cm (10 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Spiritual kneeling for a saint. Draughtsman: Annibale Carracci (attributed to). Dating: 1570 - 1609. Measurements: h 168 mm × w 198 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), two mothers with children in Kabylien (1868): Two drawings: Sitting woman with a child in the back application and on a donkey riding woman, a baby breastfeeding (aftermath or fuses according to Mages. 21.8 x 30.1 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Zwei Mütter mit Kindern in Kabylien

Hercules and the Centaur, Via de' Rondinelli, Florence, John Flaxman, 1755-1826, British, 1787, Graphite, pen and gray ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15.2 cm) and Spine: 9 inches (22.9 cm)

Armor Design for a Horse 17th century (first half) Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian Design for a protective armor for a horse. Depicted is only the head piece over the actual horse's head (seen from the side, facing left). The headpiece is shaped like a dolphin and covers most of the horse's head.. Armor Design for a Horse 410347

Horse show Kossak, Juliusz (1824 1899)

Studies of a lying naked male figure, Paolo Veronese, 1538 - 1588 drawing paper. ink pen

Two illustrations for Vanden Vos Reynaerde. Possibly a design for a print.

John William Casilear, Studies of Classical Temple Facades and Seated Female Figure (verso) Studies of Classical Temple Facades and Seated Female Figure verso

Study sheet with ice fun, monks and beggars, 1839 - 1894 Page 28 Recto from a sketchbook with 51 sheets. paper. pencil ice ~ freezing weather. sledge, sleigh (winter sports). monk(s), friar(s). beggar

Graphite and chalk studies by Francesco Solimena depicting two kneeling figures facing right, focusing on posture and form.

La Bergère. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, no date. Prints; etchings. Etching

Spanish Dancers. Dated: 1883/1886. Dimensions: overall: 15.2 x 23.7 cm (6 x 9 5/16 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL CEZANNE.

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Study of the Pieta, undated. Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Emperor Maximilian I and Maria van Bourgondia circa 1477, 1885 The two figures are depicted on horseback, accompanied by knights. Also a study by knights in armor, a helmet and horse. Page 9 from a sketchbook with 6 sheets. . historical costume. adult man. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. ranks ~ rulers, sovereigns

John Eckstein, 1735-1818, German, Design for Funerary Monument, undated. Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Sheet with putti and studies after the antique, Graphite, pen and black ink on paper, The sheet is covered in figural studies for putti, fantastical creatures, masks, and other decorative motifs., Italy, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'The carnivorous vulture'. 1814 - 1815. Red chalk on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

The death of Lord Nelson below deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Drawing by A.W. Devis, 1807.

Illustration for Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso": Orlando Leaves Paris in Disguise Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806). Illustration for Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso": Orlando Leaves Paris in Disguise, 1780-1789. Black conté crayon and brown wash on laid paper, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (39.1 x 25.1 cm). European Art 1780-1789

Forts on the Ooster- en Westerschelde, 1627, Anonymous, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1629 - 1672 print Map of forts on the Ooster- en Westerschelde and around Zandvliet, 1627. Perhaps in relation to the attack by Spinola on Zuid-Beveland, September 1627. At the top left the translation of Terms Nederlands- Latin. At the bottom right a cartouche with the title. paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions Groenlo. Oosterschelde. Westerschelde. Zandvliet

The Battle of Arabs, sketch for the composition In Senegal". Chełmoński, Józef (1849-1914), draughtsman, cartoonist

Battle of cavalry against foot people, Anonymous, c. 1500 drawing Design for a fresco. North-Italy paper. ink pen

Palais Royal , City & town life, Courtyards, Sitting, Palais-Royal Paris, France. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings

Drawing, Design for a Fountain; Italy; pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper

Brown pen drawing by Johann Carl Loth depicting a mythological scene on blue paper, showing figures in dynamic interaction.

Thomas Henry Nicholson, Died 1870, Page of Sketches of Cavaliers, Horse's Head, and Plumes, ca. 1839. Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 39, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album, ink on paper; sheet: 34 x 38.4 cm (13 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.).

A pencil copy by Eduard von Engerth from 1883-1890 after Jan Vermeyen showing Landsknechts, including detailed costume, posture, and interaction, with magnification details.

Angels Die Harp an orange spliths, Richard the Saint-Non, After-Honern Maneur Frainan Womanard, 1773 print paper etching angels singing, making music

Two wrestlers, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1552 print Two naked wrestlers. The print is part of a series about two wrestlers in fight. paper etching / engraving wrestling (sport)

Drawing (Italy)

Thetis invokes the help of the 'Giant Briaree in favor of Jupiter (Tetyda Wzywa Pomocy Jowisza (Jupitera), Z: L' Iliade d'Arhre ), W: Oeurvre de Flaxmann Collection of his serious compositions by serious compositions by serious compositions by serious compositions Windsters, 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

Une redoute au Moulin-Rouge , Dancers, Clowns, Donkeys, Parades & processions, Goulue, 1866-1929, Moulin-Rouge Night club : Paris, France. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Count Ugolin and His Sons Trains in Prison. (Prince Ugolino and his sons led to prison, from: The Divine Comedie du Dante ), In: Oeurvre de Flaxmann Collection of His Serious Composites by Reveil, With Analysis of the Dante Divine Comedie 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

Prometheus during a storm caused by Hermes; Flaxman, John (1755-1826), Pyrola, Tomasso (1750-1824); XIX (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);

Concert; Waliszewski, Zygmunt (1897-1936); 1933 (1933-00-00-1933-00-00);Music, music scene, purchase (provenance)

Naked old man at altar, putti and children. Sheet with three performances. On the left a naked old man at an altar. He is crowned by three angels. At the top right two putti. At the bottom right two talented children.

Various pencil sketches by Alexander Rothaug from around 1930, showing diverse subjects and artistic studies on paper.

Feather and reddish drawing by Lodovico Cardi depicting figure studies including fighting scenes, other figures, architectural elements, and head studies.

Frisians with sea creatures and putti, Louis de Châtillon, After Charles Le Brun, 1672 - 1686 print Three Frisians on a leaf. Upstairs: two women sitting on dolphins and two Meermannen flank a putto with a laurel wreath sitting on a hippocampus. Middle: two sea dragon and two women sitting on Meermans flank a putto with a city crown sitting on a hippocampus. Below: two women sitting on hippocampi and two Meermannen flank a putto with a crown with flames sitting on a hippocampus. Paris paper etching monsters ~ fishes. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

The Night Watch, print maker: Lambertus Antonius Claessens, after: Rembrandt van Rijn, Amsterdam, 1797, paper, etching, h 467 mm × w 625 mm

Camels in the eastern rows and details (17th century); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

Griffioen defeated by the lion of Sint Marcus, Robert van Audenaerd, 1673 - 1743 print A console with a griffin. He is defeated with sword by the lion of Saint Marcus (Venice). The good wins here from evil. The print is part of an album. paper engraving griffin (lion/eagle); 'Griffo' (Ripa). lion (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Mark. Bad, Evil, Wrong

Hero and Dragon third quarter 16th century In a rocky landscape a hunter on horseback plunges his sword through the neck of a dragon that has sunk its fangs into a small deer. A pair of deer and two rabbits scatter in the foreground. With its blue tinted rocks and gold dragon's wings, this is a finished drawing, despite the narrative suggestion of its subject matter. Various heroes in the 'Shahnama', the Persian national epic, combat dragons, but this image evokes rather than illustrates these manly acts.. Hero and Dragon 447805

Jean-Victor Adam, known as Victor Adam (1801-1866), French painter and lithographer. Album "Le Bien et le Evil", (Pl.56). Lithography, 19th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 78055-3 Album The good and the evil, team, drawing, back, back, child, family, man, illustration, lithography, male fashion, basket, character, portrait, passenger transport, clothing, car, traveler, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th 19 , couple, scene

Drawing, "The Foliage of Berenice:" from Callimachus; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 12.3 x 17.8 cm (4 13/16 x 7 in.)

Composition Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen" 1817 Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon French. Composition Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen" 387995

Netmakers. Toorop and his family lived in Katwijk aan Zee from 1890 to 1892 and from 1899 to 1904. The harsh life led by fishermen features in many of his prints from this period. This print, carried out in drypoint, however, has an almost idyllic character. Toorop enjoyed experimenting with impressions in different colours, and sometimes also hand-coloured his prints.

Descending Hikers, 1923. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938). Etching; sheet: 37 x 45.6 cm (14 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.); platemark: 25 x 30.9 cm (9 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.).

Bliżej Kultury Normand, Charles (1765 1840), Bourdon, Sebastian

Richard Westall, 1765-1836, British, Jonah Cast Into the Sea (Jonah 1:15), before 1835. Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

La Diligence d'Uccle. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, no date. Prints; etchings. Etching on zinc

Two Designs for Friezes or Consoles characterized by Armorial Trophies, Plate 6 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami) ca. 1645-50 Stefano della Bella Italian. Two Designs for Friezes or Consoles characterized by Armorial Trophies, Plate 6 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami) 397802

Knight with a woman on horseback, draughtsman: Louis Moritz, 1783 - 1850, paper, pen, h 207 mm × w 246 mm

A reddish feather drawing by Baldassare Franceschini showing a laurel-crowned poet holding a scroll.

The Horrors of War: He Defends Himself Well. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Etching;

Becky Fall, William Brockedon, 1787-1854, British, 1800, Graphite, Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 1/2in. (19.4 x 29.2cm)

He looks downward. The right hand is raised, the left lowered. Date: ca. 1810. Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Pencil and ink sketches by Alexander Rothaug from spring 1928 showing various studies of figures, objects, and compositional layouts on paper.

Six Horses. Artist: attributed to Francesco Allegrini (Italian, Cantiano () 1615/20-after 1679 Gubbio ()). Dimensions: 2-15/16 x 9-3/4 in. (7.5 x 24.7 cm). Date: 1624-63. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Snowy Mountains. Gu Qiao (China, about 1614-1695). China, Qing dynasty, 1691. Paintings. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Albrecht Dürer, The Crucifixion in Outline, c. 1523, engraving on paper.

An ink and feather drawing by Carl Schindler from 1838-1842 depicting the Austrian double eagle with a flag.

Page of a sketchbook; Elevation of Palace, Annunciation, Last Supper, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink, brown wash on off-white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Verso, at left: A house of three stories and an attic shows rustic work, the door and three windows, the central of which is larger than the others. the upper floors have four windows each. At right: the outline is a segment. Gabriel approaches from left the Virgin, who is sitting beside a lectern. A bed and fireplace are at the long sides of the room, a piece of furniture at the back wall. Recto, in opposite direction, left: the facade has been enriched. The central windows in the ground floor have been enlarged and get the same frame as the central one had. A balcony is in front of the two central windows of the main floor. Paintings are suggested. The charges of the coat of arms of the owner are apparently two standing dolphins. Right, vertically: Christ stands in the center of a hal

12./The fishing did not succeed with his desires, Mr.Anastase Vertpré judge about trying hunting. (Registered title (letter)) | Mr. Vertepar in the countryside. (Title of all)

Giovanni Battista Bracelli (Italian, active c. 1624-1649), From "Bizzarie di varie Figure", 1624, etching

Proof Line-Block Print for Fan. Artist: Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (Japanese, 1807-1878/79). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venus, wanting to rescue in a fight, is for followed by Diomede who hurts her, kidnapped by Iris, she asks for her chariot to go back to the Olympe (Bogini Wenus próbuje ratować eneasza z walki, z: D 'Homere ), w: oeurvre de Flaxmann Collection of his 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

Party in Florence: Thetis float. Barewagen, with thetis and her consequence (Nereïden and Tritons), drawn by two fantasy animals. This structure was manufactured for the party 'Guerra di Bellezza', which cosimo II gave the 'Medici in 1616 in Florence on the occasion of the arrival of Federico della Rovere, the prince of Urbino and the fiancé of his sister Claudia. At the top of the show a banner with Italian text.

Sketch - Man fastening skates John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

Dêbut de la manoeuvre de la Marne, 1914. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Brush and black ink and brown and white heightening;

The Apollo Temple to Bassae in Arcadien Tablica XXVI Marchetti, Domenico (1780 1844), Stackelberg, Otto Magnus von (1787 1837)

Children with a jump rope. Also studies of a head with a hat and possibly a study of an animal. Leaf 7 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

Photo production of (presumably) a drawing entitled 'Hekentocht (Walpurgisnacht)', 1878 photograph Part of album with 30 photo productions of drawings of the Faust story by J.W. von Goethe. München paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Faust. Mephistopheles, name of the demonic tempter in the literary versions of the Faust legends. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. he-goat, billy-goat. witch, sorceress. vernal festivities, spring celebrations

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1919 28,8x40,8 Ink on paper Cubism France Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, the Mulready design, 1840, United Kingdom, by William Mulready, John Thompson.

Iffland, August Wilhelm .

Don Chepito. Dated: 1891-1899. Dimensions: sheet: 25.4 × 22.86 cm (10 × 9 in.). Medium: relief etching on pink paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jose Guadalupe Posada.

Inside Front Cover (from Sketchbook). Artist: Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783-1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm). Date: 1810-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jupiter orders the sleep to ennoyant in Agamemnon a deceptive dream that predicts him the Defaite of the Trojans (Jupiter (Jupiter (Jowisz) Oznajmia Złudne Wieści Agamemnonowi, Z: L 'Iliade d'Arhre ), w: oeurvre de Flaxmann Collection of his serious compositions by Reveil, 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

Charioteers. Dimensions: sheet: 17.3 x 37 cm (6 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and purple-black ink on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EUGENE DELACROIX.

Seven hunting horns Hunting, hunting dogs and game (series title), hunting accoutrement, hunting horn, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antwerp, 1646 - 1647, paper, etching, h 138 mm × w 197 mm

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 28, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album, ink on paper; sheet: 34 x 38.3 cm (13 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.).

Europa on the back of Zeus in the form of a bull still image. Illustrations. 1872 - 1887. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Bulls, Mythology, Jupiter (Roman deity), Zeus (Greek deity), Animals in art, Europa (Greek mythology)

The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe, 1515 (probably printed 17th century), Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, 19 9/16 x 18 3/8 in. (49.69 x 46.67 cm) (sheet), Woodcut, Germany, 16th century, Albrecht Dürer's renowned celestial maps of the northern and southern hemisphere were the first star charts ever to be printed. The 48 classical constellations-the twelve signs of the zodiac, Orion, the Great Bear, and so on-that make of up core of these charts were carefully catalogued by Ptolemy in his Almagest. There were a number of drawn precedents of celestial maps found in Arabic and European illuminated manuscripts, and Dürer's designs, in fact, rely heavily on two drawn on vellum in Nuremberg, his hometown. Yet he updated the positions of the stars to show their locations around 1500, working closely with Nuremberg mathematician Conrand Heinfogel and the imperial astronomer Johann Stabius, who commissioned these woodcuts. A century of celestial globe makers took their informatio

Study of a Battle, Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (18.4 × 14.3 cm)

Pedro Ruiz González / 'Decorative Vase'. XVII century. Pencil on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Floating people, fantasy scenes and cats, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print Among them a flat landscape with on the left buildings and a river in the middle. paper etching movement in the air. surrealia, surrealistic representations. cat

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