Sketch Studies of Human Figures

A collection of drawings showcasing human figures in various poses, including running, hand studies, and seated positions, using chalk and pencil.

Rull of a running man, Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1588 - 1615 drawing paper. chalk

Rull of a running man, Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1588 - 1615 drawing paper. chalk

Two hands. Leaf 19 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets.

Study. Study. Page 81 From a sketchbook with 45 sheets manufactured in Amsterdam and Pittsburgh.

Rear View of Seated Man, late 1600s. Carlo Vimercati (Italian, 1660-1715). Red chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: 27.8 x 17.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 in.).

Two women, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1886 - c. 1903 Page 80 from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. Amsterdam chalk adult woman (+ two persons)

HAND STUDY Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876). Study of hands. Blood on paper.

Studies of hands, a neck and an ear.

Three Studies of a Man Wearing a Hat recto. Dated: 1884-1888. Dimensions: overall: 16.9 x 11.7 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.). Medium: crayon on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL GAUGUIN.

Figure with outstretched hands, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1883 - c. 1885 Page 98, Achterste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 48 sheets. Drenthe paper. chalk arm or hand held in front of the body - AA - both arms or hands

Study magazine, including with a bred horse, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 29 from a sketchbook with 29 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk. pencil horse

Study of a Bearded Man Wearing the Helmet of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 16th century. Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 8 7/16in. (25.8 x 21.5cm). Date: 1536-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sir Peter Lely, 1618-1680, Dutch, active in England (from 1643), Drawings of Hands, 1650s-1660s. Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper.

Drawing by Stefano di Giovanni da Verona showing a fighting scene with a rider and a beheaded figure, executed in pen.

Woman in cloak, facing left, Harmen ter Borch, 1653, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 8-Feb-1653, paper, h 105 mm × w 83 mm

Two hands. Leaf 70 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets.

Study of Gesturing Hands, Red crayon on light brown paper, Horizontal rectangle. In the center, a study of a man's pointing right hand with pushed-up sleeve. Top left corner, a man's right hand holding a stick., Italy, 18th century, figures, Drawing, Drawing

A Warring Angel recto. Dated: c. 1780. Dimensions: overall: 32.1 x 44.5 cm (12 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.). Medium: graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Blake.

Palm and fingers. Leaf 87 Verso from a sketchbook with 105 sheets.

Seated Figure Bending Forward. Dated: in or after 1806. Dimensions: overall: 32.6 x 20.2 cm (12 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.). Medium: graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.

Sketches of Hands, Hamlet Winstanley, 1698-1756, British, between 1715 and 1720, Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 12 1/8 × 7 3/4 inches (30.8 × 19.7 cm) and Binding: 13 inches (33 cm)

Isaac van Ostade drawing of a standing farmer resting his head on his hand, executed in brown ink with washes over black chalk.

Old woman with hat and a few hands. Verso an invitation to the marriage of Robert Joan Boddaert and Miss J.H.L. Teixeira de Mattos on May 7, 1908. Loose leaves between leaf 35 and the rear board leaves from a sketchbook with 35 sheets.

Bent old woman, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing paper. chalk caricatures (human types)

The Belvedere Torso verso. Dated: probably c. 1779/1780. Dimensions: overall: 42.8 x 34.3 cm (16 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.). Medium: graphite on two joined sheets. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Blake.

Study for Polycrates' Crucifixion. Salvator Rosa; Italian, 1615-1673. Date: 1656-1667. Dimensions: 177 x 141 mm. Pen and brown iron gall ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Two Struggling Figures 1865-1869 France. Graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper . Michelangelo Buonarroti

A brown feather sketch sheet by Rudolf Weyr focusing on detailed line work and feather texture.

Standing Figure Leaning on a Staff 1508-1512 Italy. Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, edge-mounted to cream wove paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink on all four sides . Piero di Cosimo

Woman with a stove on the arm, to the right.

Leaf with several monsters, a dwarf, snail and toad. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1390 - 1410. Place: Nederlanden. Measurements: h 200 mm × w 143 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study of a hand, Moses ter Borch, 1657, draughtsman: Moses ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 31-Dec-1657, paper, h 88 mm × w 114 mm

A red and white chalk sketch sheet by Abraham Bloemaert showing studies of a kneeling woman, highlighting pose and anatomy.

Design for a baroque list, Cigoli, 1570 - 1613 drawing paper. chalk brush

Hands and drapery study.

Building with a dome roof. Page 18 from a sketchbook with 56 sheets.

Study. Page 12 from a sketchbook with 20 sheets.

From "Bizzarie di varie Figure". Dated: 1624. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Bracelli.

Study of two feet. Draughtsman: Federico Barocci. Dating: 1579 - 1582. Measurements: h 205 mm × w 280 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Francesco Marmitta, Head of Saint John the Baptist, 15th century Head of Saint John the Baptist

Lying Mansfiguur ..

Standing Female Nude. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1500 - 1599. Place: Lombardije. Measurements: h 193 mm × w 82 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Walking Mans Figure, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing paper. pencil

God the Father with Angels. Dated: 1600 - 1699. Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 17th Century.

Pencil sketches by Josef von Führich from his Cratzau drawing book, begun February 2, 1806, with studies of figures, landscapes, and compositions.

Verona Sketchbook:Study of hands and skull (page 21), 1760. Francesco Lorenzi (Italian, 1723-1787). Black chalk with white heightening, underdrawing with brown ink ; sheet: 32 x 23 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.).

Studies of Hands, Unknown artist, previously attributed to Sir Peter Lely, 1618-1680, Dutch, active in England (from 1643), undated, Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough wove paper, Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 inches (34.9 × 25.4 cm), child, figure study, hands

Study of a pair of hands, stabbing from cuffs. .

Design for an Armor Helmet with Tournament Headdress ca. 1620-56 Possibly by Baccio del Bianco Italian Side view of a design for an armor helmet with an open visor (facing the left). The design of the helmet itself is raelatively simple, but it has been decorated with an elaborate arched, almost s-shaped headdress, made up out of plumes of feathers, flowers and arching straps decorated with ribbons.. Design for an Armor Helmet with Tournament Headdress 410319

Sitting figure. Draughtsman: Jozef Israëls. Dating: 1834 - 1911. Measurements: h 255 mm × w 165 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Study of a Sitting Figure, 1805undated. Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper.

Torso of a running man. Draughtsman: Bartolomeo Schedoni. Dating: 1588 - 1615. Measurements: h 156 mm × w 104 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Study ot the Backside of a Nude Figure, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

Sketches of a woman. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1867 - 1923. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 117 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Head of a Man; Tete d'Homme. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1955. 28.8 x 13.6cm.

Bartolomeo Passarotti's drawing depicts four men's hands in natural size, executed with pen on brownish paper around 1570-1575.

Nude woman lying on her stomach, study of the pose of the foreground figure in the composition Treasures of Sesame". Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869-1907), draughtsman, cartoonist

Woman Holding Basket, 19th century, Anton Krafft, German, 1798 - 1829, 6 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (15.88 x 7.3 cm) (image), Graphite and charcoal, Germany, 19th century

Sketches of a cycling race: cyclist. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 90 mm × w 152 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Woman blowing a fire with a bellows, Harmen ter Borch, 1651, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, Zwolle, Feb-1651, paper, h 85 mm × w 94 mm

Two boys, seen from behind. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II). Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch. Intermediary draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II). Dating: 1631 - 1650. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 213 mm × w 166 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

attributed to William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Grotesque Female Head, undated. Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Sketch sheet with children's faces. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 428 mm × w 356 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sketch of a running man, to the left. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 7-Dec-1649. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 141 mm × w 79 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sign example of two lying naked men and a snake; Varie Figvre Academic / Diversche Figvren Wt de Academia. Sign example of two lying naked men. The man right grabs a branch of the tree. A snake winds around his right arm. This print is part of an album.

Collection of sketches by an anonymous artist created with feather pen between 1600-1700, showing studies of figures, gestures, and compositional elements.

Sketches of Putti (recto); Study for Ornament (verso) Artist's working dates 1837-1875 England. Black chalk (recto), and graphite (verso), on ivory wove paper . Alfred George Stevens

Running woman.

Tailor on a stool, seen from behind, c. 1648 drawing Zwolle paper. ink. chalk

Study, possibly a cityscape. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: c. 1886 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 61 mm × w 104 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cottonverver. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: c. 1868 - c. 1892. Measurements: h 298 mm × w 210 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A Striding Youth with His Arms Raised, Seen from Behind. Dated: c. 1579. Dimensions: overall: 36.3 × 22.2 cm (14 5/16 × 8 3/4 in.). Medium: charcoal on oatmeal paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacopo Tintoretto.

Study of an arm, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper. chalk postures and gestures of arms and hands. arm stretched forward

A red chalk drawing by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich depicting a right hand holding a violin arch, created around 1740-1741, emphasizing posture and detail.

Sketchbook Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, 1817-1895). Sketchbook, 1857. Graphite with ink and watercolor on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.9 x 1 cm). This forty-two-page sketchbook contains drawings by the history painter Peter Frederick Rothermel of scenes in Genazzano, Italy, forty miles east of Rome. He documented the local architecture, sculpture, landscape, and people, while also including sketches for narrative subjects. The costumes and daily life of the townfolk are captured in several skillful figure studies, including this image of a man leaning against a stone wall. American Art 1857

Architecture studies and an animal, possibly a maki. Page 16 from a sketchbook with 16 sheets.

Costume Design with a Large Headdress and Long Cape ca. 1620-56 Baccio del Bianco Italian. Costume Design with a Large Headdress and Long Cape 410247

James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, Studies of Feet and Legs, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Study of two folded hands ..

Drawing (Italy)

A red chalk drawing from the 16th century showing a right arm holding a roller, focusing on anatomy, posture, and hand positioning.

A girl shown frontally, recumbent, and leaning on both hands. The head is at left. Graphite on tracing paper. Date: 1893-94. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Running man with a jug. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 93 mm × w 45 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, The rat poison seller, The rat catcher, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 39 mm, width 34 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1632 - 1632, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08

Study of a Coat and Breeches, James Ward, 1769-1859, British, undated, Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 3/8 x 6 inches (23.8 x 15.2 cm) and Mount: 10 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (27.3 × 19.4 cm), breeches, coat, still life

Saint Carlo Borromeo. Red chalk drawing.

Verona Sketchbook: Figure with upraised right arm and drapery studies (page 68), 1760. Francesco Lorenzi (Italian, 1723-1787). Black chalk with white heightening ; sheet: 32 x 23 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.).

Hand of mayor Jan Cornelisz. Geelvinck Mayor Geelvinck, draughtsman: Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (I), 1641 - in or before 1646, paper, h 174 mm × w 230 mm

The Prodigal Son. Dimensions: overall: 8.4 x 6.3 cm (3 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

A black and white chalk drawing by Daniel Gran showing the head of a saint on gray natural paper, emphasizing facial features and expression.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Dated: c. 1667. Dimensions: sheet: 19.4 x 15.4 cm (7 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on cream laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Baldassare Franceschini.

attributed to William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Grotesque Male Head, undated. Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Standing man with a round object. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 121 mm × w 65 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Left eyes of two men. Drawing, c. 1794.

Study magazine, including with a dog, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1895 Page 42, Rear Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 20 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk dog

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