Baroque Figure Drawings

A collection of 17th-century drawings showcasing mythological and historical figures, often characterized by dynamic compositions and detailed expressions.

Death of Absalom, draughtsman: Antonio Maria Viani, 1570 - 1629, paper, pen, brush, h 128 mm × w 179 mm

Figures and a River God 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Figures and a River God 339991

Brown ink and pencil drawing by Johann Georg Bergmüller showing the glory of three sacred martyrs: Saint Sebastian, Saint Stephan, and a female saint, with detailed composition and figures.

Anton Romako brown ink drawing depicting the conversion of Widukind, focusing on the central figure and composition.

Death of Absalom, draughtsman: Antonio Maria Viani, 1570 - 1629, paper, pen, brush, h 128 mm × w 179 mm

A chalk and feather drawing of Thetis dipping her son Achilles in the Styx, surrounded by titans, with a river god on the right, on brown and gray-blue washed paper, holey.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria. Artist: Bernardino Poccetti (Italian, San Marino di Valdelsa 1548-1612 Florence). Dimensions: 7 x 10 1/16in. (17.8 x 25.6cm). Date: 1548-1612. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Recto: Zeuxis painting Helen; Verso: Ecce Homo, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Recto:Zeuxis sits in the center of a room, painting. At left is a platform with a girl posing. It is surrounded by two seated girls and a standing one. The latter combs her hair. The fifth girl watches Zeuxis at work. An old man apparently grinds colors at a table in the right foreground. . Below framing line, near the lower edge part of the upper framing line of another design. Verso: the available space is nearly filled with the figures of Christ, Pilate, two soldiers and a crowd. A man and part of the temple in the background, left. At the right edge, part of the framing line of another design., Netherlands, 1590-1599, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Chalk drawing by Andrea Michieli (Vicentino) showing Doge Sebastiano Ziani presenting Pope Alexander III to Prince Otto, executed on gray paper.

Detail of an anonymous drawing showing the adoration of the child, executed in brown feather between 1600 and 1700.

$Sketch for a Mural, Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849 - 1909, Graphite on paper, Meeting of frontiersman and Native American at edge of woods, mountains beyond. Mathematical equations with fracctions below. Verso: Drawing of man's head, center., USA, ca. 1895, mural designs, Drawing, Drawing$

Feather drawing by Michael Ribestein depicting fighting men, showing posture, movement, and composition.

Rudolf Weyr brown ink sketch sheet showing line work and preliminary study of forms and composition.

Animals and Figures before the Ark. Artist: Circle of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609-1664 Mantua). Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 14 1/2in. (24.4 x 36.9cm). Date: 1660-64. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saint Hyacinth Walking on the Waters 1599 Francesco Vanni Italian. Saint Hyacinth Walking on the Waters 340928

Landscape with a group sitting and kneeling figures. The figures are in a semicircle. In the background a donkey and a building. Leaf 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

Jacob de Wit created a design sketch of Moses before the burning bush, executed in red chalk and wiped for effect.

Drawing by Federico Zuccari before 1579 depicting punishment of the excessive in hell, executed in pen with brown and red wash.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Women Surprised by Soldiers'. 1810 - 1814. Red chalk, Conté crayon on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Feather and ink studies by Girolamo Sellari showing five studies for Paul from Raphael's 'School of Athens', including a standing female figure in coat and hood.

The Pregnancy of Callisto Discovered by Diana 1612-66 Antonio Molinari Italian. The Pregnancy of Callisto Discovered by Diana 340808

Bleigriffel drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte depicting Augustus and the Sibyl, dated around 1720.

Drawing (Italy)

Black pencil drawing by Lucas Stipperger showing the Baptist before Herod, emphasizing figures, gesture, and narrative composition.

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 8, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album, ink on paper; sheet: 34.2 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.).

Lead pencil drawing by Franz Xaver Wagenschön showing four floating angels and putti, with details of figures, wings, and gestures.

Mutilation of the bodies of the De Witt brothers, 1672, 1728 drawing The mutilation of the bodies of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt, August 20, 1672. In the foreground parts of the body are torn and sold. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper. chalk attempt, political murder. violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death (+ death by lynching). lynching. mutilation of the corpse The Hague

Alessandro Magnascos study sheet in red chalk depicts three men with a pick-up and a head study, featuring original uneven high stripe details and squared composition.

Diverse figure sketches by Donato Creti, drawn with feather, depicting multiple human forms and postures with attention to proportion and gesture.

Drawing (Italy)

Sketch of mythological representation with standing young man (Paris) near seated Venus, in the background Minerva, a river god and other figures, Standing young man (Paris) near seated Venus, draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1775, paper, h 267 mm × w 386 mm

Maarten van Heemskkk (1498-1574), Judith Hugger Head of Holofernes, 1564

Anonymous / 'Studies of angels / Sketches of children's bodies and a foot'. Second half of the XVII century. Pencil, Chalk ground on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Fall of the Damned (recto) Male Torso (verso) Artist's working dates 1500-1599 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash over black chalk, on tan laid paper . Circle of Cigoli

Sketch of a child murder in Bethlehem. Draughtsman: Federico Zuccaro. Dating: 1550 - 1609. Measurements: h 196 mm × w 135 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A pencil and colored pen drawing on paus paper by August Eisenmenger depicting different groups in a curtain dispatch, showing figures, arrangement, and color.

The Companions of Ulysses Opening the Bag ofWinds. Artist: Theodore van Thulden, Flemish, 1606-1669 After: Francesco Primaticcio, Italian, 1504-1570

Vignette with drawing and painting gear, Derk Anthony van de Wart, 1782 - 1824.

David Teniers the Younger depicts three gentlemen in an inn, drawn in graphite pencil with minor brownish dirt on the right and stronger marks on the back figure and edges.

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Flight of Clelia. After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio; Italian, c. 1499-c. 1543. Date: 1519-1530. Dimensions: 221 x 327 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 8-1/16 x 6-9/16 in. (20.5 x 16.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Coal drawing by Pietro Liberi depicting a mythological scene with classical figures and motifs, emphasizing form and composition.

A chalk and feather study sheet by Baldassare Franceschini depicting a group of prophets and Sibyls surrounded by Joshua and Moses, along with other figure studies, dated 1653-1661.

Studies for a Conversion of Saul and anEntombment. Artist, attributed to: Ambrogio Giovanni Figino, Italian, 1548-1608 Artist, formerly attributed to: Giovanni Battista Franco (called Il Semolei), Italian, 1498(?)-1561

Studies of Putti and bottom right H. Joris of Perseus, Charles Joseph Natoire, 1710 - 1777 drawing Large sketch magazine with various performances, most with putti. At the top they shake their gifts, with a grape voucher, for a youthful Bacchus, underneath they surround a shell and, even lower, a vase. Downstairs on horseback, Saint Joris or Perseus, fighting. paper pen cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. the warrior martyr George (Georgius); possible attributes: banner (red cross on white field), (red) cross, dragon, (white) horse, broken lance, shield (with cross), sword. (story of) Perseus

Caligula Appointing His Horse Incitatus to the Consulship 1616-1669 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on collage of ivory wove papers, laid down on ivory laid paper . Style of Pietro da Cortona

Unidentified Scene: Figures in a Landscape 1624-63 Francesco Allegrini Italian. Unidentified Scene: Figures in a Landscape. Francesco Allegrini (Italian, Cantiano () 1615/20-after 1679 Gubbio ()). 1624-63. Pen and brown ink. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Drawings

Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr, draughtsman: Marco Marcola, (possibly), 1750 - 1793, paper, pen, brush, h 513 mm × w 354 mm

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple verso. Dated: c. 1620. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 18.7 cm (11 x 7 3/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Antonio Zanchi.

St George Killing the Dragon with a Lance, by Sanzio Raffaello, 1483 - 1520, 15th Century, pen, black pencil, red pencil, pen, white paper. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Uffizi Gallery, Drawings and Prints Cabinet. Whole artwork. St George knight armor helm lance: spear halberd fighting rampart horse harness dragon demon background man kneeling prayer foreshortened view landscape trees rocks houses village.

Joshua Commanding the Israelites. Circle of Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia (Italian, 1544-1573/77); or Circle of Federico Zuccaro (Italian, 1540/41-1609. Date: 1564-1574. Dimensions: 195 x 223 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink with red chalk and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Circle of Jacopo Zanguidi Bertoja.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching. Luca Cambiaso; Italian, 1527-1585. Date: 1582-1586. Dimensions: 302 x 222 mm (max.). Pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Last carrier and a man with a jug on a path, 1666 On a path a man with a stick walks over the shoulder and a burden in a bag on the back. On the path is a man who makes a liquid flow from a jug. He holds a newspaper in the left hand. Leaf 42 Recto from a sketchbook with 49 sheets. paper. chalk. pencil. ink brush carrying something in basket, bag, rucksack, etc.. fence, wall, paling. pouring

Allegory at the anniversary of Dutch Freedom, 1648-1748, Simon Fokke, 1748 drawing Allegory on the 100-year anniversary of Dutch freedom, 1648-1748. The personification of Dutch freedom with lance, hat and banner with Prince William IV receives the century that descends from the clouds. On the throne sky Bustes of Willem I, Maurits and Frederik Hendrik, at the feet of freedom the enemies defeated during the uprising: King, Catholics and the Duke of Alva. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper. pencil. chalk symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). proclamation of peace. Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)

Alessandro Magnasco, Figures in a Storm Figures in a Storm

Feather and red chalk drawing by Ludovico Carracci depicting the capture of Christ.

Saint Ildefonso Receiving a Chasuble from the Virgin Artist's working dates 1745-1800 Italy. Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper . Marco Tullio Merolle

A Group from Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" Fresco. 1501 - 1600. Domenico Fiorentino, approximately 1506-approximately 1565. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Il Bergamasco (Attributed to) / 'Horatius Cocles on horseback defending the Sublician Bridge against Lars Porsenna and the Etruscan'. XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Group devils, draughtsman: Cornelis Saftleven, 1617 - 1681, paper, h 155 mm × w 203 mm

Eight studies of a fighting Hercules, draughtsman: Raffaele da Montelupo, 1515 - 1566, paper, pen, h 201 mm × w 267 mm

Giovanni Bilivertis red chalk study explores movement in a seated female nude figure, with one head cut off in the drawing.

A drawing by Raymond Lafage showing a dynamic fighting scene, executed with brown ink and hints of red.

The Large Lion Hunt. Dated: 1641. Dimensions: plate: 22.4 x 30.1 cm (8 13/16 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 23.3 x 30.9 cm (9 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn.

Archers Shooting at a Herm, Triumph of Bacchus and Other Studies, after Michelangelo Buonarroti and Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Entombment ca. 1595-1600 Guido Reni Italian In the Mariette Album, folio 4b (left). Not described by Bartsch, the print was recognized by Zani as being Guido Reni's copy of Parmigianino's print, an attribution accepted by Birke. Mariette, former owner of this impression, did not think it was by Reni, and wrote on its verso 'je crois que d'apres cette estampe que Le Guide a grave la sienne qui est a mon avis encor plus belle et tournee a gauche'. Following Oberhuber most scholars now accept that Parmigianino made two versions of this deisgn (B.XVI.8.5 and B.XVIII.300.46), one of which (B.XVIII.300.46) was formerly attributed to Reni. Entombment. Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna). ca. 1595-1600. Etching. Prints

Mythological Composition with Chronos and Harpies recto. Dimensions: overall: 21.9 x 27.8 cm (8 5/8 x 10 15/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Cipriani.

Feather drawing by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (il Guercino) depicting two groups in an adoration scene, lavished between 1600 and 1700.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 18th century. Louis Félix de La Rue (French, 1731-1777). Pen and brown ink, and brown wash (bistre) with red chalk and traces of graphite; sheet: 19.6 x 32.2 cm (7 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); overall: 19.9 x 32.6 cm (7 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.). Venus, the goddess of love, descends on a cloud into the forge of Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking. This scene illustrates an episode from Virgils Aeneid in which Venus has come to collect the suit of armor she asked Vulcan to make for her son, Aeneas. Several putti on the left play with the finished product.

Etching by Bernhard Rode, 1785, depicting Albrecht Achilles in a historical event, illustrating 18th-century figures and actions.

The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso) 1675-1741 Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini Italian. The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso) 339778

Studies of Cavaliers 1610-64 Stefano della Bella Italian. Studies of Cavaliers 338177

Etching from the School of Fontainebleau, 1540-1555, depicting Hylas with nymphs in a mythological scene.

Design for a title page of a book about architecture or antiquities. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1790 - 1799. Place: France. Measurements: h 248 mm × w 320 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Adoration of the Magi first quarter 16th century Flemish This drawing of elegant figures worshipping the Virgin and Child set amidst the ruins of antiquity was once attributed to Lucas van Leyden (1489/94-1533), hence the L added later to the architectural base at the lower right.. Adoration of the Magi 459279

Pan and Syrinx, draughtsman: Francesco Fontebasso, draughtsman: Giovanni Fontana, draughtsman: Giacomo Triga, 1719 - 1769 and/or c. 1731 - c. 1736 and/or c. 1656 - 1746, paper, pen, brush, h 324 mm × w 265 mm

Study sheet with a love couple, hunter and falling man with dog. Also studies of figures, including a seated woman at a table. Leaf 36 Recto from a sketchbook with 51 sheets.

Archangel Uriel and the Dragon. Date/Period: 1637. Drawing. Black chalk and sanguine on brown paper, some of the outlines indented with the stylus. Height: 272 mm (10.70 in); Width: 209 mm (8.22 in). Author: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), pastoral scene (main title), 1895. Graphite on bis paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Battle Scene. Italian, Neapolitan or Genoese; Mid/late 16th century. Date: 1560-1600. Dimensions: 157 x 177 mm. Pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Unknown Neapolitan.

Graphite and brush drawing by Philipp Joseph Tassaert depicting the robbery of the Sabine women, executed in reddish tones with wash, showing fold and tear marks.

"Pen and lead pencil drawing by Daniel Gran showing multiple studies of various saints, focusing on posture and gesture."

Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicts Ulysses passing the island of the sirens with the cliffs of Skylla in the background, using black chalk and brown pen retouching, on paper with minor brown stains and folds.

Design for a title page of a book about architecture or antiquities, Anonymous, 1790 - 1799 drawing France paper. chalk brush

Feather drawing in reddish tones by an anonymous artist depicting the ascension of Mary in a lying oval composition, showing figure and posture.

Brown ink drawings on gray-backed paper depicting scenes from the legend of Saint Ursula, emphasizing figures, actions, and narrative context, circa 1460.

Part of the Crowd at the Ecce Homo. Dimensions: overall: 32.4 x 41 cm (12 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.). Medium: black and red chalk, pen and black ink on laid paper laid down on Japanese paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sir Peter Paul Rubens over Anonymous Italian after Titian.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Pan and Syrinx. Thirtieth number of a sequel of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 523; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

A brown ink drawing by Michel Corneille the Younger depicting the Triumph of Amphitrite, showing mythological figures and classical composition, with reddish tones applied.

Drawing, The Gathering of Manna; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on paper; 11 × 14.6 cm (4 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Jacob Jordaens, The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, c 1620 1621 The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'The same elsewhere (Disasters of War, 23)'. 1810 - 1814. Red chalk on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Volatile Sketch for the Apostle Thomas, Federico Barocci, 1545 - 1595 drawing paper. chalk

Death of Regulus. Artist: After Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615-1673 Rome). Dimensions: 18-1/8 x 28-7/8 in. (46 x 73.4 cm). Date: 1615-73. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus Dividing the Roman Empire, with Bologna in the Background 1617-1623 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid card . Francesco Brizio

Study sheet with men in gown and a kneeling man, 1658 - 1728 Page 26 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen kneeling figure. sitting figure

Design for a print, The Fall of the Giants, draughtsman: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (I), Giulio Romano, (rejected attribution), 1540 - 1544, paper, pen, brush, h 275 mm × w 408 mm

Trophy with angel, flags and weapons; Trophées Nouvelement. A trophy with a female angel with a shield and a bazuin. She stands on a high pedestal under a canopy with draperies held by Putti. An old man is sitting on either side of the pedestal. Around the men's flags, harnesses and weapons. A cartouche flanked by fantasy animals at the bottom.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Bitter presence'. 1810 - 1814. Red chalk on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'There is No Time Left'. 1810 - 1814. Pencil, Red chalk on ivory laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

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