Artistic Pencil Drawings

Sketches and studies portraying various scenes and figures, highlighting artistic technique and style from different artists.

On the race stand, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1880 and circa 1886, Belgian Art

A pencil drawing by Franz Rumpler depicting a concert scene, showing musicians, instruments, and audience composition.

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

On the race stand, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1880 and circa 1886, Belgian Art

Aurora (after boucher). Floral goddess with a putto on clouds

La Danse barbare (Devant Salomé etHérode). Artist: Pablo Picasso, Spanish, active France, 1881-1973

Horse pulling cart, woman's face hunter bit by fox, horse studies, figure studies; on verso, studies of a horse - bone structure of back leg, horse pulling carriage , Horses, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Honoré Daumier, Sheet of Studies with Two Large Men on the Ground Sheet of Studies with Two Large Men on the Ground

Birth of Man, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 inches (12.1 x 17.8 cm), birth, children, drama, historical subject

Pen and pencil drawing by Joseph Heicke depicting a picnic scene, showing figures seated outdoors, trees, and picnic elements around 1850.

Father and Son. Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London). Dimensions: Image: 8 5/16 × 6 1/8 in. (21.1 × 15.6 cm)Sheet: 11 7/16 × 9 3/16 in. (29 × 23.3 cm). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Composition Including Pagan and Christian Elements, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Pen and bistre ink on paper, Seated and standing on steps in the foreground are a group of four classical figures, three of them nude. Figure at right plays the lyre. Within the haze of clouds, in the background, are two figures with haloes., Rome, Italy, ca. 1825, Drawing, Drawing

Study sheet with figures. Among other studies of an old man with beard, a man with a turban and figures in different attitudes. Page 10 from a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Figure of God the shown flying at upper center, arms outstretched. An angel is kneeling immediately beneath him upon a cloud, upon which four other angels are also kneeling and sitting further down. A small angel holds a palm branch. Date: late 18th century. Black and red chalk on thick cream paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Anonymous / 'St. Mary Magdalene / Partial study of an ornate, architectural framework'. XVI century. Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Collection of sketches by Alexander Rothaug from around 1930 using pencil and ink feather, some partially over glued, showing varied subjects and compositions.

. Study sheet with figures in different postures. In the middle a standing man with hat, crossed legs.

Cover designs for "Ulenspiegel au Salon". Artist: Félicien Rops (Belgian, Namur 1833-1898 Essonnes). Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 13/16 in. (21.9 x 35.1 cm). Date: ca. 1870. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Decorative Motif, Carlo Bianconi, Italian, 1732-1802, Angelo Ferri, Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, graphite on cream paper, A trophy, composed of a lyre, bow, arrows, quiver, torch, olive branch, ribbon, urn and a fantastic winged beast is flanked by a tripod containing fire, left, and a burning candle-standard, right. Verso: sketch of a ground plan of a building., Bologna, Italy, 1770-90, trophies, Drawing, Drawing

Seven Sketches of Pairs of Boxers or Wrestlers. Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault; French, 1791-1824. Date: 1818-1819. Dimensions: 226 × 289 mm. Graphite, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Etching by Franz Riepenhausen showing a scene from the Iliupersis with classical figures, architecture, and landscape elements, created in 1829.

Young man kisses the hand of a lady, Moritz Retzsch, 1823 print paper etching kissing the hand (lovers)

Figurengroep.Figures group. Leaf 3 from a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

B .... it clips, an Algerian! (IT)

Women and children waiting for an outdoor show Fran�ois-Joseph Watteau (1758-1823). "Women and children waiting for an outdoor show". Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.

Hand-working girl sitting in a tree, Jacob Maris, 1847 - 1899, paper, pencil, h 123 mm × w 75 mm

Study sheet with dressed and naked women and putti. Page 22 From a sketchbook with 72 pages.

The ancient beauty and the Christian mysticism Albert Besnard (1849-1934). Ancient beauty and Christian mysticism. Pencil on paper. 1906.

Figure studies by Moritz von Schwind in black pencil and pen for 'Cinderella', emphasizing body posture, gestures, and proportions, 1852-1853.

Figure Studies, 1895 drawing Possibly only women. The Hague paper. chalk adult woman (+ back view)

An anonymous artist made studies for an 'Adoration of the Child' and a figure in pink using gray chalk and feder, showing composition, gestures, and figures, 18th century.

Interior with a man and woman, 1819 - 1849 The man sits on a chair and bends to the standing woman. There is a globe in the background and a painting hangs on the wall. Page 42 Recto from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. paper. pencil interior of the house. sitting figure. standing figure

Figure studies. Among other studies of a pipe-smelling and skating man. Leaf 37 Recto from a sketchbook with 51 sheets.

A pencil drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte around 1720 showing Saint Klara in the sky, highlighting divine figure and composition.

Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781-1867, British, Sketch of an Entrance to a Palace in the Streets of Prague, 1804. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige, wove paper.

Pencil sketches by Josef Danhauser from 1844 depicting a man's head with a hat, a woman, and various compositional studies.

Sketches for Scenes Four and Five of Cartoon for Cotton Printing: L'Histoire de Henri IV, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Graphite on cream-colored paper, mounted, Island scene from Voltaire's epic, La Henriade. Henri IV taking leave of his mistress, Gavrielle d'Estrées, before the Temple of Love, returns with his friend Duplessis-Mornay, to the army., possibly Munster, France, ca. 1820, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

A pencil study by Anton Romako showing a woman crouching on the ground, capturing posture, anatomy, and body proportions.

A series of sketches by George Minne created in 1888 using pen and pencil, depicting various figures and scenes.

Putti, an angel with a torch and figures, 1860 - 1861 Page 5 Recto from a sketchbook with 29 sheets. paper. pencil Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Angels. Anatomy (non-medical)

Pencil drawing by Carl Müller representing modern art, emphasizing abstract forms, composition, and technique.

Horseman's fight, Gerard ter Borch (II) (possibly), after Pieter de Molijn, 1630 - 1649, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), (possibly), Pieter de Molijn, Zwolle, (possibly), 1630 - 1649, paper, h 192 mm × w 280 mm

Drawing depicting a mythological subject in pencil, illustrating a legendary or ancient theme.

Sitting woman on Card 39 unknown

Interiors with figures, 1819 - 1849 Four drawings in frameworks. Possibly preliminary studies or copies to paintings. Leaf 48 Verso from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. paper. pencil interior of the house

Design for illustration in the Amsterdammer: conductor for a concert hall (on the verso a standing naked figure) (December 7, 1918). Design for a print.

Men and women in historical costume. Possibly drawn to prints. Leaf 32 Verso from a sketchbook with 45 sheets.

Sketches of spectators in the theater.

Szkic kompozycji Święty z dwojgiem dzieci (); verso: Szkic kompozycji Dzieci bawiące się przy fontannie. Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, Anna (1854-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Figures on a courtyard, possibly a market. Also a study of a man with beard and oriental headdress. Page 82 from a sketchbook with 54 sheets.

Outlines of figures, landscape, & cattle, etched by T. Rowlandson, for the use of learners, no. 13, 14, 15, or 16 , Dance, Horses, Horseback riding, Wheelbarrows, Courtship. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Carl Spitzweg created two pencil studies of a girl sitting in the grass with her hat removed around 1860, focusing on posture and clothing details.

A drawing by Francesco la Marra of a female figure kneeling to the left, composed of seven parts, created with money and feather.

Study magazine with love couples, a standing man and loaf woman.Leaf 12 verso from a sketchbook with 38 sheets.

A sketch by Rudolf Weyr shows figure studies, depicting human anatomy, movement, and posture for preparatory purposes.

The Entombment of Christ. Andrea Mantegna, after; Italian, 1431-1506; 1465/1475. Date: 1451-1506. Dimensions: 318 x 415 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink, on cream tracing paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Female Figure Reclining (Allegory of Fame Vanquished by Time), Architectural Studies (recto); Three Studies of a Female Figure Reclining, Studies of Sculptural Ornament (verso), 1660s-1670s, Baldassare Franceschini (il Volterrano), Italian, 1611 - 1690, 10 7/16 x 15 1/4 in. (26.5 x 38.8 cm) (sheet, irregular)19 5/8 × 23 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (49.85 × 59.69 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame) (excluding pedestal), Black chalk (recto); black chalk with touches of pen and brown ink (verso), Italy, 17th century, Volterranos boundless imagination is on display in this lively double-sided sheet, where the artists hand seems to race to keep pace with the inventions pouring onto the page. In addition to some rapidly sketched thoughts for a chapel wall design and sculpted decoration, he explored four ways to represent a woman swooning. In the study on the recto, which was brought to the highest degree of finish, the figure clearly has wings and holds a trumpet in her lap, identifying her as an allegory of fam

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Studies of Fountain Decorations, c 1850s Studies of Fountain Decorations

Apollo and Diana for "The Destruction of Niobe's Children". Drawing. Brown ink and graphite on medium moderately textured beige laid paper. Height: 321 mm (12.63 in); Width: 524 mm (20.62 in). Author: GEORGE ROMNEY.

At right, Saint John, standing, and pointing at the lamb beside him, addressing a kneeling devout at left, probably a woman. Behind her stands the bishop, without headgear, carrying the pastoral staff in his left hand and leaning his right hand against the shoulder of the woman. Outer-most, at left, is a kneeling girl, with a book in her right hand. T he scenery represents a vaulted structure, with two openings at the back. Framing line. Graphite on paper. Date: 1820-1850. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Study for the Ugolino Group. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827-1875 Courbevoie). Dimensions: 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (9.2 x 12.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A drawing by Rudolf Weyr showing two standing figures positioned against an architectural background, emphasizing scale and relationship to surroundings.

Sketch of a group of characters in a forest Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876). Sketch of a group of characters in a forest. Graphite pencil on printed paper.

Das Gespenst des Dion (The Apparition Appears to Dion Wielding a Broom, Plutarch, Dion, 55) 1806 Johann Heinrich Lips. Das Gespenst des Dion (The Apparition Appears to Dion Wielding a Broom, Plutarch, Dion, 55). Heinrich Fuessli's Sämmtliche Werke, 1807, part I, no. 2. After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741-1825 London). 1806. Outline engraving and etching. Johann Heinrich Lips (Swiss, Kloten 1758-1817 Zurich). Prints

Graphite pencil drawing by Bartolomeo Pinelli depicting Sabine women interposing between fighting fathers and husbands, executed in gray tones with blotchy marks.

The Balloon, Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811, British, undated, Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (27.6 × 39.1 cm)

Also studies of figures. Page 49 from a sketchbook with 72 pages, Standing man with hand on chest., draughtsman: anonymous, Italy, (possibly), c. 1650 - c. 1799, paper, pen, brush

Male and child at a column for a gate or entrance, 1819 - 1849 Also a study of two kneeling figures and of two figures in an interior. The three sketches are framed by a frame. Probably composition sketches for paintings. Page 7 Recto from a sketchbook with 36 sheets. paper. pencil interior of the house. kneeling figure. column, pillar ~ architecture. gate, entrance

Drawing, Sketch of Apollo, the nine Muses and Pegasus upon the summit of the Helicon; Italy; pencil on paper

Design for illustration in the Amsterdammer: conductor for a concert hall (on the Verso a standing naked figure) (December 7, 1918), Johan Braakensiek, 1918 drawing Design for a print. paper. chalk political caricatures and satires. historical events and situations

Kneaded figures on the land, c. 1882 - c. 1884 The figures, possibly only women, are at work. Page 5 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets. Ewijkshoeve (possibly) paper. chalk cultivated land (+ landscape with figures, staffage). kneeling figure - AA - female human figure

Studies of a Draught Horse, a Blacksmith and a Young Woman. Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault; French, 1791-1824. Date: 1813-1814. Dimensions: 174 × 231 mm. Graphite, on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Sketch magazine with some figure studies and landscape, Jean François Millet, 1825 - 1875 print paper drypoint art (+ preliminary presentation of work of art, sketch, model). postures of the human figure

Robe hunting from a rowing boat in imitation bamboo frame. .

John Hamilton Mortimer, Designs for Decorative Vases Designs for Decorative Vases

Indonesian women in an interior, 1931 Pages 44 and 45 from a sketchbook with 74 sheets. Indonesia pencil interior of the house. Asiatic races and peoples. adult woman. folk costume, regional costume

Centaur and a woman (); Kowalski, Leon (1870-1937); 1910 (1910-00-00-1910-00-00);Venice (Italy), Italy (state), women, allegorical scenes, characters sketches, purchase (provenance)

A set of pencil and ink sketches by Alexander Rothaug around 1930, including spring-themed compositions with figures and objects.

Study of man on horseback and a cannon (p. 51 of the sketch book). Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Study of man on horseback and a cannon (p. 51 of the sketch book). Drawing, 1870.

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

Farmers interior with a woman at a spinning wheel. In the foreground a seated woman who is possible to handle. Leaf 14 Recto from a sketchbook with 43 sheets.

Study of four people in a framework. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Study of four people in a framework. Drawing, around 1869.

Putti, an angel with a torch and figures. Leaf 5 Recto from a sketchbook with 29 sheets.

Triton fleeing for the wind. .

Pencil drawing by Josef von Führich around 1855 showing studies of angel heads, singing men, planting men, and female half-figures.

Copper engraving of Saint George by Meister E.S., created in the second third of the 15th century, showing the saint in medieval armor with detailed religious iconography.

Angels bearing the instruments of passion

Apotheosis of Saint Mary Magdalen. Artist: After Luca Cambiaso (Italian, Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid). Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 8 11/16in. (31.1 x 22.1cm). Date: 1527-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Group of figures - (unidentified illustration) (Aunt Eunice”?). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Untitled pencil drawing showing human figure, gesture, and posture in a neutral, observational composition.

Daniel Gran's 1749 pen and pencil sketch depicts an angel playing a trombone, emphasizing winged anatomy, musical instrument, and figure composition.

Son and Donkey. Dated: c. 1859. Dimensions: sheet: 9.8 × 15.2 cm (3 7/8 × 6 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elihu Vedder.

Two Algerians for a Poort, 1922 The men are turned together and traditionally wear North African costume. Page 46 from a sketchbook with 31 sheets. Algeria paper. watercolor (paint). pencil brush Africans. folk costume, regional costume. adult man. arch, archivolt ~ architecture

Professor Andreas Bonn opens the drawing room of Felix Meritis with a drawing lesson about the undressed model. The attendees are (roughly from left to right): Schoonegevel, Hidde Heeremiet, J. Tersteeg, P. Barbiers, S. Goblé, Adriaan de Lelie, Dirk Versteegh., Hendrik de Flines, L. Kuyper, J. Ekels, H. Numan, N. v.d. Meer jr, J.E. Grave, J.H. Middelhuysen, Daniël du Pré, J.W. de Normant, G. v.d. Voort, B. v. Heiningen, Egbert van Drielst, J.J. de Flines, J. Kersjens, W. v.d. Vuurst, C. v. Heurn, J. Gildemeester, J.B. v. Aerde, P. Fouquet, J. Goll v. Frankenstein, D.A. v.d. Wart, G. v. Rooyen, C.S. Roos, C.R.T. Krayenhoff, J. de Frey, H. Lageman, I. Lauwer, J. Swart and Jean Grandjean.., Andreas Bonn opens the drawing room of Felix Meritis, 1792., draughtsman: Adriaan de Lelie, (attributed to), after: Adriaan de Lelie, c. 1792, paper, pen, brush, h 286 mm × w 473 mm

EL JUEGO DE CORTESANAS - SIGLO XVIII - 20X29 CM. Author: MANUEL TRAMULLES (1715-1791). Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Study by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich depicting a scene after a battle, executed with lead and light brown materials in 1732.

Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), Selling of Cupids, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Women Dancing, undated. Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

A drawing by an anonymous artist representing an allegory of the arts, executed in feather and laved techniques after 1763, showing figures, symbols, and artistic motifs.

Sitting mother with child and children playing, Pieter de Mare, After Christina Chalon, 1779 print Two etchings printed from one plate on a non -cut leaf. Leiden paper etching mother and baby or young child. children's games and plays

Le Bruleur dHerbes (The Grass Burner). Artist: Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911

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