Anatomical Studies in Drawing

Sketches depicting male nudes and mythological figures, focusing on anatomical precision and dynamic postures, created by notable Italian artists, showcasing classical drawing techniques.

Nude study of a kneeling man, Simone Pignoni, 1677 - 1682 drawing paper. chalk kneeling figure

Study of a naked man with raised leg.

Black chalk drawing with white chalk highlights by Michel Corneille the Younger depicting Neptune and other figures, showing anatomical studies and posture.

Putto Lifting Curtain (recto); Infant St. John (verso). Style of Mattia Preti (Italian, 1613-1699); or Circle of Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713); or Francesco Albani (Italian, 1578-1660). Date: 1632-1713. Dimensions: 190 x 126 mm. Red chalk (recto) and black chalk (verso) on tan laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Drawing, Angel Playing Lute; Verso Angels with Cross; Italy; red chalk on paper

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back 1596-1602 attributed to Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) Italian The nude figure above holds the sawlike "bretessed bend" that figures, with six stars, in the arms of Pope Clement VIII Aldobrandini (1536-1605, r. 1592-1605). Many such nude figures holding these emblems appear, in large or small scale, in the frescoed vault of the Sala Clementina in the Vatican Palace painted between 1596 and 1602 by the brothers Giovanni and Cherubino Alberti. The dismembered sketchbook from which this drawing came contained at least five other chalk studies of 'ignudi' associable with the Sala Clementina vault fresco. In addition, there are studies for these nude figures in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan (see: Bora, 1976, no. 149, as Giovanni Alberti) and in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1977, pp. 271-2; repr, Bollettino d'arte, LXV, 5, 1980, p. 51, fig. 22, as Giovanni Alberti).. Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back 337999

Nude study of a kneeling man, Simone Pignoni, 1677 - 1682 drawing paper. chalk kneeling figure

Two Figures (recto); Standing Figure (Young Hercules) (verso). Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. Dimensions: 10-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. (26.7 x 19.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, St. Sebastian Fettered to a Tree; Italy; red crayon, pen and brown ink on paper

Study for a figure of Mars.

Studies of a Seated Nude Male Figure ca. 1602-05 Giulio Cesare Procaccini Italian Previously considered anonymous, this drawing was identified as by the Bolognese artists, based in Milan, Giulio Cesare Procaccini by an un named visitor to the museum (note on the mount). This attribution was confirmed by Giulio Bora (written communication, July 13, 2014). This is a leaf from the artist's sketchbook in which some of the original deckled borders of the blue paper are still intact.. Studies of a Seated Nude Male Figure 342148

Drawing, Angel Seated on a Volute; Léonard Chailleat (Italian, active 1640 - 1650); France; pen and black ink, brush and white gouache, chalk on cream laid paper

Man of Sorrows and Two Studies of Heads 17th century Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century Flemish. Man of Sorrows and Two Studies of Heads 381432 Artist: Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century, Man of Sorrows and Two Studies of Heads, 17th century, Pen and brown ink, red chalk; offset of a drawing in brush and black ink., sheet: 7 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (19.7 x 18.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880 (80.3.241)

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgement; Vicente Carducho (Spanish, born Italy, about 1576 - 1638); about 1626 - 1632; Black chalk with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, squared in black chalk; 31.8 x 21.6 cm (12 1,2 x 8 1,2 in.)

Male Nude Leaning on His Elbow (verso). Dated: 1752/1753. Dimensions: sheet: 28.8 x 36.8 cm (11 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.). Medium: red chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Design for a sculpture group with the personifications of greatness, strength and envy, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing Design for a sculpture. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush Strength, power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortress of mind and body', 'Fortress of the joint body with the genericity of the soul', 'Fortress & value of the joint body with prudence & virtue of the soul', 'Force' (Ripa). Piece of Sculpture, Reproduction of a Piece of Sculpture. Magnanimity; 'Greatness and robustness of mind', 'magnanimity' (Ripa) (+ one concept conquering the other). Jealousy; 'Jealousy', 'Rammarico del Ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ Strife Bethaeen Concepts)

Study for a figure of Mars, Carlo Cignani, 1660 - 1668 drawing prepared paper. chalk (story of) Mars (Ares)

Annibale Carracci, Italian (1560-1609), Satyr Holding a Roundel, 1597-1600, black chalk on gray-blue paper

TwoCupids. Artist, attributed to: Jacobus Buys, Dutch, 1724-1801

Depiction of a falling male figure by Peter Paul Rubens, executed in black chalk with white highlights on irregularly cropped paper, showing body, posture, and gesture.

A Seated Man Holding a Tablet. Dimensions: overall: 39 x 27 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.). Medium: red chalk with white heightening on blue laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CARLO MARATTA.

Male nude kneeling on one knee, the left arm stretched, anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. chalk

Graphite drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte from around 1720 showing a kneeling woman floating on clouds, depicting posture, gesture, and composition.

Drawing (Italy)

Drawing, Design for Cupid and Trophy of Arms; Paolo de Mattheis (Italian, 1662 - 1728); Italy; red chalk on paper; 13.2 x 9.8 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Tantalo. Capricho 9'. 1797 - 1798. Pencil, Red chalk on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Polidoro da Caravaggio, Fleeing Barbarian, early 1520s Fleeing Barbarian

Study by François Perrier depicting a plague patient, drawn in red chalk with traces of white highlights, dated between 1610 and 1650.

Standing Male Nude, first half 1900s. England(), 20th century. Red chalk; sheet: 39.1 x 27.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 in.).

Male nude kneeling on one knee, the left arm stretched.

Study of legs, feet, and a young man leaning. This study is a good example of the kind of sketches that artists kept in their artistic archive’. They could draw from it at will when composing a painting or a sculpture. Bloemaert used this study for his painting The Adoration of the Shepherds (Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover).

Two sitting women. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1800. Measurements: h 105 mm × w 145 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Sketch for a Baptism of Christ Sketch for a Baptism of Christ

Reclining Male Nude (recto); Seated Male Nude (verso) 1728-81 Ubaldo Gandolfi Italian. Reclining Male Nude (recto); Seated Male Nude (verso) 338832

Venus with Cupid and Putto 1527-1530 Italy. Red chalk, heightened with white, with traces of incising, on brown laid paper, laid down on cream card . Parmigianino

Study for an Atlant ..

Maria with child. Maria with the Christ child on her arm.

Dresden. Zwinger - a garden river showing Neptune with nymphs; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1833 (1833-00-00-1833-00-00);Dresden (Germany), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912) - collection , Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Neptune (Mitol.), Zwinger (Dresden), Baroque (style), gift (provenance), Nymphs (mitol.), Sculptures, garden sculptures

Figure Studies: Men Standing by a Large Vase, a Falling Nude Figure, and Other Figures. Artist: Giulio Carpioni (Italian, Venice 1613-1678 Venice). Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 6 5/16in. (23.5 x 16cm). Date: 1613-78. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing by Carpoforo Tencalla depicting an allegorical scene, executed with feather and brown brush between 1623 and 1685.

A study by Eustache Le Sueur depicting an angel or amor flying right while carrying a crown, drawn in black chalk with white highlights on gray-brown paper between 1650 and 1655.

Guard Drawing His Sword 1600-1699 Italy. Black chalk on tan laid paper, edge mounted on buff laid paper . Raphael

A mythological drawing showing four figures rendered in chalk with visible stains, presenting a classical subject in a traditional medium.

Studies of the Dead Christ supported by an Angel, with subsidiary studies for the same composition ca. 1570 Poppi (Francesco Morandini) Italian A fine example of Poppis draftsmanship, these studies from a living model present three variations for the design of a dead Christ supported by an angel, and were preparatory for a panel painting of the Pietà (Cleveland, Private collection). A leading Florentine Mannerist painter, Poppi used here a sharp stick of red chalk to describe most precisely the naturalistic details of the main figure, placed at the center of the sheet, and adopted black chalk to draw the smaller variations of the composition seen at lower left.. Studies of the Dead Christ supported by an Angel, with subsidiary studies for the same composition 399145

Engel op wolken. Schetsbladen met figuurstudies (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Pietro Bernardi (attributed to). Dating: 1610 - 1630. Place: Verona. Measurements: h 281 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Christ Baptized; Juan Carreño de Miranda (Spanish, 1614 - 1685); about 1682; Charcoal, red and white chalk, with stumping; 35.2 x 20 cm (13 7,8 x 7 7,8 in.)

Statue of Mercury Artist's working dates 1750-1767 Denmark. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and orange wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper . Michael Henry Spang

A Clair-obscur woodcut by Andrea Andreani from 1584 depicting the robbery of a Sabiner using three plates, showing figures, gestures, and compositional arrangement.

Studies of Five Figures, Red chalk on cream laid paper, Upper row, left: nearly nude man with bald head lays on a stone slab, at right, a cloaked man with his left hand upon a stone block and his head, right elbow on his right knee. Center, left: a gentleman, walking rests his right hand upon a walking stick. Below: a man, with his left hand in his pocket walks up stairs and gives something to a barefoot and bald man (who is probably a friar) in an overcoat, seen from the back., Florence, Italy, ca. 1570, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Ecce Homo. Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda (Spanish, Avilés 1614-1685 Madrid). Dimensions: 10-7/16 x 7-3/16 in. (26.5 x 18.3 cm). Date: 1666-75. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Federico Barocci (Italian, probably 1535 - 1612), Two Nude Youths recto, c. 1565-1567, black chalk heightened with white, contours (of standing figure) incised, on blue paper

Mercury standing in a niche with a violin and an ibis. Design for a print.

Red chalk drawing by an anonymous artist showing a seated female nude figure looking toward the upper left.

Moses with the Tables of the Law, Domenico Fontana, After Parmigianino, 1644 print Moses sat on a pedestal keeps the two leglines above his head, ready to break them. The two rays come from his head. paper etching Moses comes down with the new tablets and is awaited by Aaron and the assembled people, who notice that 'his face is shining' (Moses' face is depicted with rays of light or with horns). on seeing the idolaters Moses breaks the tables of the law

A Sheet of Anatomical Studies. Peter Paul Rubens; Flemish, 1577-1640. Date: 1605-1615. Dimensions: 271 × 188 mm. Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper with a watermark. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Flying putto with raised arms, draughtsman: Agostino Carracci, (attributed to), 1582 - 1602, paper, h 199 mm × w 133 mm

Giovanni Battista Benaschi depicted the coronation of Mary on yellowish paper, with figures arranged around the scene and ornamental composition.

Silenus holding the infant Bacchus: view from the front left. Etching by F. Perrier.

Two studies for a floating God the Father, one above the other, draughtsman: Guglielmo Cortese, 1664 - 1666, paper, h 246 mm × w 183 mm

Girolamo Mirola's drawing depicts two studies of a female act, executed with brown pen and brown lavated ink on gray-brown paper, with traces of black pen presentation.

The Fall of Icarus 1650-1700 Giuseppe Diamantini. The Fall of Icarus. Giuseppe Diamantini (Italian, Fossombrone 1621-1705 Fossombrone). 1650-1700. Etching. Prints

Study of draped woman Eug�ne Delacroix (1798-1863). Study of draped woman. Graphite pencil on paper.

Drawing (Italy)

Venus and Sleeping Cupid 1600-1625 Hans Stutte German. Venus and Sleeping Cupid 392339

A Sheet of Anatomical Studies 1600-1610 Flanders. In addition to his study of Classical antiquity, Peter Paul Rubens also developed his sense of ideal anatomical form through proto-scientific treatises, some of which represented the muscles of the body with the skin flayed. Rubens adopted this manner, known as ÈcorchÈ, for his compelling representation of two interlocking forearms and a face. A virtuoso performance of the use of pen and ink (perhaps the most unforgiving media since it cannot be easily blended or erased), the drawing belongs to a group of about a dozen similar sheets that Rubens intended to publish as an anatomical treatise. The project was never realized, but one of the members of his workshop distributed a series of engravings years after the artistís death that included these images together with other highlights of the artistís repertoire.. Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper . Peter Paul Rubens

Annunciation to the Virgin. Date/Period: 1547/1550. Black chalk, outlines indented. Width: 11.69 in. Height: 15.13 in. Author: Michelangelo.

Two Studies of a Nude Woman, c. 1603 drawing Twice a lying, naked woman with a cloth over her legs. The left supports her head on her right hand. The judge lies with her head on her crushed arms. The Hague paper. chalk. ink pen woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. lying figure - AA - female human figure

Judith Slaying Holofernes, with Old Woman Servant 17th century Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century Spanish. Judith Slaying Holofernes, with Old Woman Servant. Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. 17th century. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing. On off-white paper. Drawings

Nude studies of a man. Draughtsman: Battista Franco. Dating: 1520 - 1561. Measurements: h 328 mm × w 404 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter. Artist: Giovanni Battista Ricci (Giovanni Battista da Novara) (Italian, Novara 1537-1627 Rome). Dimensions: 14 3/16 x 9 1/8in. (36 x 23.2cm). Date: 1537-1627. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anonymous 16th-century drawing depicting kneeling saints on clouds, executed in chalk with pink brush and lavated technique, folded to the right.

Black chalk drawing by Michel Corneille the Younger showing a figure study for a cross acceptance, highlighting the human form, posture, and anatomical details.

Design for a painting, Apollo makes a myrtle tree sprout on the tomb of Leucotho., draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, pen, brush, h 209 mm × w 163 mm

SABIJNSE MAAGDENROOF, Andrea Andreani, After Giambologna, 1584 print There is a Roman man with a stolen Sabine Virgin in his arms on a rock. She turns away from him with open mouth. A defeated Sabine man squats between the legs of the Roman. Florence paper rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast

Group of angels and a horizontal man. Group of grieving angels and a man seen in the shortened man with raised knees.

Moretto da Brescia's artwork depicts the Madonna, executed in red chalk with lavated shading and white highlights to accentuate form and details.

Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso). Artist: Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477-1549 Siena). Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (26.4 x 18.4 cm). Date: early-mid-16th century.This sheet may have served as a preparatory study for the figure of Saint Sebastian in a painting, God the Father and Saints, in the church of San Domenico, Siena. In the painting, the serpentine figure of Saint Sebastian is similarly posed with his arms bound to a tree. Both works may be attributed to a follower of the Sienese artist Sodoma. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Standing woman.

Kain kills Abel, draughtsman: anonymous, Low Countries, c. 1590, paper, pen, brush, h 259 mm × w 180 mm

Anonymous drawing of Mary Magdalene kneeling on a boulder, created with red chalk, white highlights, and oxidized brownish paper with worn edges.

Jupiter and Antiope: the Larger Plate. Date/Period: 1659. Print. Etching, drypoint and burin on laid paper. Height: 12.7 cm (5 in); Width: 20.3 cm (7.9 in). Author: HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN REMBRANDT.

Male nude, lying on the side, to the left, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1726 drawing paper. chalk the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Giovanni Baglione depicted two studies of a young man turning left and drawing a sword using red chalk and feather around 1600, showing posture and gesture.

Study of two naked men with a bunch of straw, Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, 1895 print Paris paper bending figure. carrying something. agricultural products and by-products: straw

A chalk drawing by Giovanni Antonio Sogliani depicting the Visitation, showing figures of Mary and Elizabeth in a religious composition.

Young Man with Cup, Raphael, Raffaello S.

CAPRICHO 9 - TANTALO - SIGLO XVIII - DIBUJO PREPARATORIO. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-DIBUJOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Male Figure with Arms Raised to the Left Seen From the Rear (recto); Male Figures with Arms Raised to the Left (front view of figure on recto) (verso) 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Male Figure with Arms Raised to the Left Seen From the Rear (recto); Male Figures with Arms Raised to the Left (front view of figure on recto) (verso) 340003

Landsknecht. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Dimensions: sheet: 10 x 6 15/16 in. (25.4 x 17.6 cm). Date: early 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Braun, Adolphe, Photo reproduction of a drawing by Raphael (two angels), photograph, foto, foto's, height 252 mm, width 187 mm, French, German, 1812 - 1877, photographer, 1880 - 1900, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, carbon print, carbon pressure

Seated satyr, with enlarged head of same (recto); head of a woman (verso) 1527-96 Pellegrino Tibaldi Italian. Seated satyr, with enlarged head of same (recto); head of a woman (verso). Pellegrino Tibaldi (Italian, Puria di Valsolda 1527-1596 Milan). 1527-96. Recto, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with traces of highlighting in white gouache on faded blue paper (recto); black chalk and charcoal highlighted with traces of white chalk () (verso). Drawings

Man and woman, woman and face and rider attacking foot soldiers. Draughtsman: Girolamo da Carpi (follower of). Dating: 1530 - 1600. Measurements: h 260 mm × w 199 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Black chalk drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a battle involving Tritons.

Studies of putti, Black chalk and white heightening on grey paper, A flying putto holds his arms aaloft with something in his hands. Another flying putto and a study of the head and shoulders of a putto., Verso: sketch of the back of a flying putto., France, 1770, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Study of male nude, lying on the back, in shortened. Draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg. Dating: 1703 - 1775. Measurements: h 239 mm × w 210 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Red chalk study sheet by Giulio Cesare Procaccini including the Sacrifice of Isaac and individual studies of Isaac and Abraham's heads, arm, and coat.

Holy Dominic Guzman. Artist: Bartholomeus Spranger. Artist: Antonie Wierix (II). Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch. Dating: c. 1656 - c. 1657. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 161 mm × w 210 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Tracing from a copy of Praxiteles sculpture in the type of the Capitoline Venus. Boznańska, Olga (1865-1940), painter

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