Studies of Human Figures

Drawings of standing and seated figures, capturing fluid motion and emotion, utilizing soft chalk and pencil techniques to convey depth and character.

Young man (Theagenes), Leaning against a table, Simon Vouet, 1600 - 1649, paper, chalk, h 385 mm × w 217 mm

The Virgin with the Child, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Brush and brown-gray watercolor on paper, The Virgin, in open country, with her right hand resting on the handle of a basket in which the Child lies. At right, in the background, is a farmhouse. Framing line., Rome, Italy, 1820-1850, Drawing, Drawing

A black chalk and white heighted drawing by Ludolph de Jongh of a young man associated with music, on brown-tinted paper, with a cut-out beret mounted on a supplementary pad and upper edge damage.

Pencil drawing by Franz Wacik from 1915 showing an officer leaning over a table, depicting posture, clothing, table objects, and spatial composition.

Sketch of boy walking to the right. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 25-Sep-1651. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 123 mm × w 88 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Nude, woman kneeling , Nudes. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

A vase with flowers in a niche.

Sketches for portraits of Gerbrand van den Eeckhout and the brothers Jacques and Wallerant Vaillant, Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780, paper, pen, brush, h 151 mm × w 96 mm

A pencil drawing from Josef von Führich's May 1807 drawing book depicting studies of figures, gestures, and drapery for artistic composition.

Angelic figure shown from the right back, turned toward right. The head is lowered. Graphite on paper. Date: ca. 1893. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

A pencil sheet by Peter Fendi depicting the Mother of God, from the Liechtensteinalbum (Fendi album).

Pencil sketch by Hanuš Johann Peter Paul Schwaiger showing a man in medieval costume, created in 1881.

Standing young man, full-length, draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1699,

Blowball, 1666 Decorated with leaf motifs and an owl by a hand held a hand. Page 40 Recto from a sketchbook with 49 sheets. paper. chalk. ink brush bellows

Costume study for a portrait of Madame Molet, draughtsman: anonymous, 1795, paper, h 148 mm × w 100 mm

Two standing figures in historical costumes. Possible stage players. Page 14 From a sketchbook with 18 sheets.

Standing boy wearing a cloak, seen from behind, Gerard ter Borch (II), 1627 - c. 1655, Standing boy with right arm extended forward, the cloak over the left shoulder, seen from behind., draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, draughtsman: Moses ter Borch, Zwolle, 1627 - c. 1655, paper, h 218 mm × w 130 mm

Pencil drawing by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting Louis XI holding Tristan Lhermites arm, study for a painting showing the cardinal Jean La Balue caught in an iron cage, around 1853.

Paljas or torero, with raised arm. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1867 - 1923. Measurements: h 192 mm × w 231 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

St Theophilus and the Angel - Study of a Court Lady, 1863-67. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones

Barn. Rear bract from a sketchbook with 32 sheets.

Feather drawing by Stefano della Bella showing a Romni man on horseback to the right with a child seated in front and another on the back, circa 1633-1634.

Old man in a high hat; Guercino (1591-1666); 1620-1640 (1611-00-00-1666-00-00);Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902), Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902) - collections, Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, Italian drawings, old people

Muscles and bones of the upper arm, shoulder and elbow: two figures. Soft orange crayon and pencil drawing by A. Durelli, ca. 1837.

Genius of Time, plate 32 from Genii and Virtues 1460-1470 Italy. The deck of fifty so-called Tarocchi are not tarots in the modern, fortune-telling sense, nor were they intended as playing cards. No cut-out impressions mounted for play are known, and they lack the suits and numbers of a regular deck. Instead, these delicately engraved didactic allegories are grouped in five numbered ranks describing the workings of the spheres of man, the muses, the liberal arts, the cosmos, and the heavens in order of increasing significance, and offer a didactic sequence to educate courtly youths or possibly university students, who could have used them as flashcards or a pamphlet.. Engraving on paper . Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Standing female saint, with jet wreath, anonymous, 1500 - 1599 drawing North-Italy paper. ink pen / brush

A Lock. Dimensions: overall: 6 x 2.8 cm (2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and black-brown ink with gray wash on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sir David Wilkie.

Study: The right hand of a man around a stick, Black, red and white crayons on brown paper, Vertical composition of a man's right hand holding a stick. The beginning of the forearm is shown in the lower left., Italy, 1700-1750, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Current woman, 1651 drawing Zwolle paper. chalk

Handicraft girl sitting in a tree. Draughtsman: Jacob Maris. Dating: 1847 - 1899. Measurements: h 123 mm × w 75 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sketch of a running man, to the left ..

Studies of Figures verso. Dimensions: overall: 27.3 x 20.2 cm (10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anicet-Charles-Gabriel Lemonnier.

Fra Bartolommeo, A Monk (verso), c 1500 A Monk verso

Two standing boys, the first from Opzij, the second on the back, Isaac van Ostade, c. 1631 - c. 1649 drawing Netherlands paper. chalk

Anonymous drawing of the Madonna standing on a globe, executed in chalk with white highlights on brownish paper, cut along the figure.

Three Scribes.

Drawing, An Adoring Angel; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Francisco Bayeu / 'Allegory of Faith'. 1778. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Saint Simon. Attributed to Antonio da Trento (Italy, active Bologna, circa 1510-circa 1550)Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (called Parmigianino) (Italy, Parma, 1503-1540)Attributed to Niccolò Vicentino (Italy, Vicenza, active mid-16th century)Andrea Andreani (Italy, Mantua, circa 1558-1629). Italy, 1540s; printed early 17th century. Prints; woodcuts. Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks

Urania. Artist: Léon Davent (French, active 1540-56); After Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5-1570 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (22.5 × 18 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Muses and the Three Great Goddesses. Date: ca. 1542-45. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Colored woodcut fragment depicting the Oilberg scene, anonymous artist.

VIRGEN-DIBUJO PREPARATORIO PARA LA ANUNCIACION DEL MUSEO SAN FRANCISCO - SIGLO XVIII. Author: JACINTO MELENDEZ MIGUEL (1679-1731). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

Study of Two Men Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875). Study of Two Men, ca. 1854. Conté crayon on newspaper pulpboard, 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (31.1 x 20 cm). European Art ca. 1854

Sir David Wilkie, A Padlock A Padlock

Man in oriental clothes at a railing. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner (signed by artist). Dating: c. 1871 - c. 1872 and/or 1874 - 1876. Place: Rotterdam. Measurements: h 208 mm × w 134 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Lady in the Rain, 1914 Lady in the Rain

Alonso Cano () / 'The Immaculate Conception'. 1630 - 1640. Grey-brown wash, Pencil on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Rafael Ximeno y Planes / 'Niobe Protecting her Children'. XVIII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

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Sketch of boy, walking to the right, 1651 drawing Zwolle prepared paper. ink

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist 1580-1585 Italy. Black chalk and brush and pale brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper . Denys Calvaert

Draped dress hanging on two points.

Study for a Virgin with the Unicorn by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

Feder drawing by Albrecht Dürer depicting the Kluge virgin, showing posture, drapery, and facial details

St Simon, 1523, Germany, by Albrecht Dürer. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1959.

Standing Woman, Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 - 1773, Graphite on paper, lined, A standing woman, facing left, holding her apron with both hands., Italy, 1700-1773, figures, Drawing, Drawing

A graphite pencil drawing by Ignaz Flurer showing Saint Rochus standing and sitting, with a beard, illustrating posture and anatomy of the saint.

Caricature. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 13 x 10 in. (33.0 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1776-86. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A pencil drawing on blue paper by Johann Evangelist Scheffer von Leonhartshoff depicting a kneeling angel to the left, with white heightening for highlights.

Sketch, 1912. Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919). Graphite;

Woman with basket and chicken, from behind, Harmen ter Borch, 1651, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 8-Oct-1651, paper, h 212 mm × w 122 mm

Modifying man on horseback, draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1799, paper, h 225 mm × w 107 mm

Ebrak with a stick; Bartels, Artur (1818-1885); 1856 (1856-00-00-1856-00-00);

Gabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin, Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing, c 1769 Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing

Sitting man, Jacob Hoolaart, 1728 - 1789 print Dordrecht paper etching sitting figure

Study of a hand. Łopieński, Ignacy (1865-1941), graphic artist

Seen skating boy on the back, François Joseph Pfeiffer (II), 1788 - 1835 drawing paper. chalk skates (winter sports)

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Ongoing man, to the left, seen from the side, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing paper. chalk

Print Seller. Artist: Annibale Carracci. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1600 - c. 1699. Measurements: h 283 mm × w 188 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Woman with basket and chicken, from behind, 1651 drawing Zwolle paper. chalk

Studie voor een portret van een dame met een brede kraag. Schetsbladen met figuurstudies (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1610 - 1630. Place: Verona. Measurements: h 265 mm × w 192 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Pencil drawing depicting the back view of a seated figure, possibly a Bootknecht, created by Emerich Alexius Swoboda around 1871.

The Virgin sits in a niche, upon a lion, turned toward the right .She is in royal attire with crown, mace, and globe. The child, seen from the left, kneels in her lap, his head turned toward her. Date: 1800-1825. Brush and dark brown and sepia wash on paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Portrait of Karel Petrus Cornelis de Bazel. Draughtsman: Jan Veth. Dating: c. 1918 - c. 1922. Measurements: h 175 mm × w 288 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Black and white chalk drawing by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer depicting one of Joseph's brothers with an extended right arm on blue paper, early 1630s.

Genius of the Sun, plate 31 from Genii and Virtues 1460-1470 Italy. The deck of fifty so-called Tarocchi are not tarots in the modern, fortune-telling sense, nor were they intended as playing cards. No cut-out impressions mounted for play are known, and they lack the suits and numbers of a regular deck. Instead, these delicately engraved didactic allegories are grouped in five numbered ranks describing the workings of the spheres of man, the muses, the liberal arts, the cosmos, and the heavens in order of increasing significance, and offer a didactic sequence to educate courtly youths or possibly university students, who could have used them as flashcards or a pamphlet.. Engraving on paper . Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

The actor Willem Bartholensz Ruyter as King Ahasuerus on his Throne, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1635 - c. 1640 drawing Amsterdam prepared paper. ink pen / brush the story of Esther. the story of Esther

Standing woman, Jacob Hoolaart, 1728 - 1789 print Dordrecht paper etching standing figure

Patriot on guard, 1787, anonymous, 1787, Caricature of an old patriot, on guard in a tented camp, standing on a stool. Cartoon of the patriots after the restoration of the Prince of Orange in 1787., draughtsman: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1787, paper, h 334 mm × w 195 mm

Drawing by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich depicting Venus and Amor on gray-brown primed paper using a lead handle, showing figures, gestures, and composition.

'A Moor with Quiver and sunshade', 1752, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Study of an angel with a lance. Draughtsman: Simone Peterzano (rejected attribution). Dating: 1550 - 1600. Measurements: h 225 mm × w 118 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Standing woman and child in a landscape. Draughtsman: Richard Roland Holst. Dating: 1878 - 1938. Measurements: h 320 mm × w 233 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Caricature of a standing fat man, draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825, paper, h 145 mm × w 108 mm

Anonymous drawing showing a painter at an easel, executed in red chalk.

Character standing in hat Henry Cros (1840-1907). Character standing in hat. Pencil.

Naaktstudie (original title). Draughtsman: Charles Donker (signed by artist). Dating: c. 1986. Measurements: h 278 mm × w 200 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study of a standing man knocking; sketch of a sitting man. Artist: François-Claudius Compte-Calix (French, Lyon 1813-1880 Chazay d'Azergues). Dimensions: sheet: 15 9/16 x 9 11/16 in. (39.6 x 24.6 cm). Date: 1830-80. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: FRANCOIS-CLAUDIUS COMPTE-CALIX.

Hurdy-Gurdy Player 1833-1894 France. Drypoint on ivory wove paper . Charles Émile Jacque

Spinning woman. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 360 mm × w 234 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Pencil and black chalk drawing by Benjamin West depicting an alchemist in an oriental robe observing a chemical experiment.

Greek clergyman, leisure from: "Recueil de cent Estamps Repressentant Differences Nations du Levant, Grave'ta Sur Les Tableaux Peints d'Amre`s nature en 1707 & 1708, Par Les Ordres de M. de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du Roi a la porte , et mis au jour en 1712 & 1713 Par Les Soins de M. Le Hay ", tab. 67; Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911), Franssiéres, Jacques de (Fl. 1714-1715), Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste (1671-1737); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

Josef II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window Artist's working dates 1758-1820 United States. Black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk, on gray laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card . Benjamin West

Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777 - 1810), A Stalk of Lilies with Six Blooms, 1808, pen and black ink over graphite on very light green laid paper

Peasant Woman Standing, print maker: Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, intermediary draughtsman: Jozua Breckerveld, Netherlands, 1798 - 1837, paper, etching, h 117 mm × w 75 mm

Standing height, turned to the left (Bartsch 163) Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter. Standing height, turned to the left (Bartsch 163). Floor, dry tip and chisel on European paper, 1630. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Abraham Bloemaert, Seated Bishop Seated Bishop

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