Classical Ceiling Studies

Artistic studies of mythological figures and classical themes, featuring dynamic poses and elaborate detailing, evoking a sense of grandeur and historical artistry.

Seated Female Nude, draughtsman: Mattheus Terwesten, intermediary draughtsman: Augustinus Terwesten (I), 1680 - 1757,

Giuseppe Porta, Saint Michael with Lucifer, c 1556 1560 Saint Michael with Lucifer

David with the Head of Goliath (recto); Two Studies, One of a Woman (verso); Domenico Fetti (Italian, about 1589 - 1623); about 1620; Red, black, and white chalk (recto); red chalk (verso); 28.9 x 20.3 cm (11 3,8 x 8 in.)

Design for a Half Frame Decorated with Angels, Volutes and Garlands. Artist: attributed to Ciro Ferri (Italian, Rome 1634-1689 Rome) (). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 11/16 x 6 9/16 in. (37.3 x 16.6 cm). Date: 1634-89. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A standing male nude with cloak: arms folded around a staff. Red chalk drawing by J.J. Masquerier.

Barbari, Jacopo de', Italy, Standing Christ as Salvator Mundi, verso lower left - stamped, Standing Christ as Salvator Mundi with a cross banner makes a blessing gesture., print, prints, height 188 mm, width 88 mm, 1440 - 1516, print maker, 1503 - 1509, first quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, according to our own design from

Female Personification of Summer or Abundance. Artist: Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo (Spanish, Madrid 1619-1671 Madrid). Dimensions: 8-3/8 x 10-9/16 in. (21.3 x 26.8 cm). Date: 1619-71. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mercury standing holding a cadecus in his right hand, a lyre in his left ca. 1536-40 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. Mercury standing holding a cadecus in his right hand, a lyre in his left 396473

Two Male Nudes. Dated: c. 1520. Dimensions: overall: 34.7 x 27 cm (13 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: BACCIO BANDINELLI.

Woman Carrying a Tray. Dated: 1527/1530. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master F. P.

The Phlegmatic personality was calm and thought to be caused by the dominance of the humor phlegm. It is personified by a bare-breasted young woman, with an owl on her shoulder, while she sits on a ram's back at water's edge, with the waves crashing about her. She holds a short staff and a ladle. Engraving by Virgil Solis (German, 1514-1562).

Print made by Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, Cupid, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper.

The scope of Christ, Sebastiano del Piombo, 1500 - 1547 drawing paper. ink pen

Fortuna without feet, standing on a sphere, Jan Snellinck (i), Chrispijn van den Broeck (Rejected Attribution), c. 1575 - c. 1580 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Aurea fortune', 'Good luck', 'peaceful luck overo Clemente', 'fate' (Ripa) (+ nude)

Matham, Jacob, Netherlands, Christ Child with lamb sitting on a cushion, recto lower right in the corner of the representation - stamped, The Christ Child is sitting on a cushion next to a lamb. In his hand he holds an orb and he is making a gesture of blessing. In the middle above the dove of the Holy Spirit., print, prints, verso - stamped, height 215 mm, width 150 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1620, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20

Sketchbook Folio, Blinded Soldier, Detail from the Conversion of St. Paul, Study after Agostino Carracci; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper; 30.7 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.)

Juno, Jacob Binck, After Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, Florentine Red After, 1510 - 1569 print The goddess Juno, seen from behind, is in a niche with a peacock. paper engraving (story of) Juno (Hera). attributes of Juno

Died warrior; Mascaroons and helmets. A mascaroon with a man with hair band and scarf, turned to the left.

. Spring personification: a woman's figure with flowers and floral wreath on the head, in a landscape. Figures of figures in the background; Free, eating and musical. At the top of the corresponding signs of the zodiac: twins, bull and ram.

Copper engraving by Jacopo de' Barbari depicting Venus, created at the end of the 15th century or beginning of the 16th century.

Buste Van Mandricardo, Anonymous, 1550 - 1599 print Buste van Mandricardo, a character from Ludovico Ariosto's epic 'Orlando Furioso'. On his head he carries a helmet decorated with leaves, feathers and long spines. At the top of the title and four Italian verses, possibly from the epic. paper engraving / etching male characters from 'Orlando Furioso' : Use 82A(...). helmet

Hoffmann, Samuel.

Leda and the swan. Leda is naked on a bed and is visited by Jupiter in the shape of a swan. On the left a look out and a vase from which smell rises.

Cupid Flying. Artist: After Luca Cambiaso (Italian, Moneglia 1527-1585 Madrid). Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 8 1/2in. (32.1 x 21.6cm). Date: 1527-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sibille from cumae; Sibilles. The sibille of cumae is sitting on a tree stump. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a tachy series about the Sibilles.

Polyhymnia, Cornelis Bos (possibly), after Francesco Primaticcio, after Léon Davent, c. 1540 - c. 1555 print The Muze Polyhymnia leaning on a bow, blows air out of her mouth. Her name in Greek and a reference in Latin are on the arch. paper engraving Polyhymnia (one of the Muses); 'Polinnia' (Ripa)

Old Man Facing Left, Wearing Glasses and Threading a Needle mid-17th century Anton Crussens Flemish. Old Man Facing Left, Wearing Glasses and Threading a Needle 335188

Moses with the tables of the law. .

Vestaal Virgin Tucco carries water in sieve. Vestaal Virgo Tucco is standing on the waterfront of Tiber and wears a sieve filled with water to prove its loyalty to the oath to virginity with this miracle.

Polyhymnia; 9 Muzes, Juno, Pallas and Venus to F. Primaticcio. The muse polyhymnia leaning on a bow, blows air from her mouth. Her name in the Greek and a reference in Latin are on the bow.

Amsterdam, Muller, Jan Harmensz., Bubble blowing child, recto center bottom - handwritten, A child blows bubbles next to a vase, from which smoke comes., print, engraving, prints, verso - stamped, Joan Muller fecit, diameter 85 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1581 - 1628, paper, engraving (printing process)

Prophet Daniel; Volpato, Giovanni (1740-1803), Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564), Tofanelli, Stefano (1752-1812); 18th century (1701-00-00-1800-00-00);

A pencil sketch by Emerich Alexius Swoboda featuring figure sketches of Aphrodite, created between March and July 1877, emphasizing posture, anatomy, and composition.

Outline composition for a decoration of a festival, c1500-1520. Artist: Raphael. Raphael(1483-1520) was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of human grandeur.

Justice. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (10.8 × 7.9 cm). Date: ca. 1499. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Angel on a cloud in a book reading.

Ercole Procaccini il Giovanes red chalk drawing depicts two studies of putti, showing posture and gesture.

Angel Playing a Flute. Circle of Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino; Italian, 1568-1640. Date: 1589-1593. Dimensions: 205 x 136 mm. Black and red chalk, with traces of pen and brown ink, on buff laid paper, incised. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Andriana Palma and Diogenes the Cynic 1596 Italy. Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Jacopo Palma Il Giovane

Edme Bouchardon allegorical drawing of Autumn, created in red chalk.

Christ child with the hand of Maria, Federico Barocci, 1545 - 1577 drawing paper. chalk

A Flying Angel. Dated: 1580/1590. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 27.4 x 17.4 cm (10 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink, heightened with white, over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacopo Palma il Giovane.

Old Man Facing Left, Wearing Glasses and Threading a Needle. Artist: Anton Crussens (Flemish, active Brussels, mid-17th century). Dimensions: 3 11/16 x 3 9/16 in. (9.3 x 9.1 cm). Date: mid-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Death carrying a child, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 7 in. × 5 13/16 in. (17.8 × 14.7 cm). Printmaker: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Series/Portfolio: 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts). Date: ca. 1648.Stefano della Bella was one of the most talented and prolific printmakers of the seventeenth century. Unlike most etchers of his time, who had careers as painters, della Bella devoted himself almost exclusively to printmaking, although he is also highly regarded for the spirited drawings he made in preparation for his prints. Despite their higher degree of finish, his etchings retain much of the fluidity and dynamism of his drawings. Late in his career, he experimented with duplicating the tonal washes of his drawings in his prints. Della Bella's etchings are especially admired for their rich textures and atmospheric effects and for the wide range of subject matter depicted in a direct and engaging wa

fine arts, Mannerism, Italy, charcoal drawing, artistic sphere of Francesco Mazzola, called Parmagianino (1503 - 1540), 37 cm x 20 cm, private collection,

Drawing (Italy)

Cartouche with Skeletons 1647 Stefano della Bella Italian. Cartouche with Skeletons 377757

Putti with horns. Draughtsman: unknown (mentioned on object). Dating: 1600 - 1800. Measurements: h 132 mm × w 198 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Woman who blonde her hair, Francesco Villamena (Possible), After Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, c. 1576 - 1624 print A woman sitting on a chair with a hat with a wide edge on the head. Her hairs are pulled through the openwork top of the hat, so that they are bleached by the sun. In the left hand she holds a mirror and in the right hand a sponge with which she moistens the hair. paper engraving care of the hair. comb, brush and other tools (care of the hair). making toilet - AA - (for) women. folk costume, regional costume

Anonymous artist depicted a flying angel to the right using chalk and feather, mounted on blue paper with a gold rim, showing posture, wings, and flowing drapery.

Desiderius Erasmus, David Joris and Jan Snellinck I. Design for a print.

Hugo of Arles and Vienne, King of Italy.

Horned Genius. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Mignon.

Drawing (Italy)

Wenceslaus Hollar, after Peeter van Avont, Three Cherubs and Two Boys on Clouds, 1646 Three Cherubs and Two Boys on Clouds

Drawing, Figural Study; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Running child, Pieter van Avont, 1630 - 1652 print Seen running away from behind. Print from a series of 24 prints with angels or children. paper etching / engraving child

Child with tambourine and hourglass, Jacob Matham, After Titian, 1593 - 1597 print A child, sitting on a plinth in a landscape, plays on a tambourine. For him an hourglass where a snake winds around. In the background a dog catches a hare. Haarlem paper engraving tambourine. hourglass. child. snakes (+ animals used symbolically)

fine arts, Lucas van Leyden (1494 - 1533), graphic, series ""The Virtues"", page ""Justice"", private collection,

Image of a male nude, presumably Apollo Lyceus, Anonymous, 1552 print Image of a male nude with an arm above the head. In the inscription this figure is interpreted as Hermaphroditus, but the figure is very similar to the type of Apollo Lyceus. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). (story of) Hermaphroditus

Apostle Bartholomeus, 1589 print The Holy Bartholomeus Halven, a knife in the left hand. In margin under the print some lines of Latin. Print from a series of fourteen. paper engraving the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff

Standing angel with arms to the right, Pieter van Avont, 1630 - 1652 print Standing angel with arms to the right. Print from a series of 24 prints with angels or children. paper etching / engraving angels

Head of an angel, blowing on a trumpet, draughtsman: Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733, paper, h 195 mm × w 248 mm

Lisbon, Portugal. Traditional Portuguese Azulejo ceramic tiles.

Copper engraving by Monogrammist BG from the second half of the 15th century depicting a child with a Breinapf in the grass.

Figure of Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC. Depicted at her suicide, with her face under her arm, like many similar statues. In carnelian. Cleopatra. In corniola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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