Classical Female Portrait Drawings

A collection of classical drawings of women in various poses, highlighting their profiles and expressions using techniques like chalk and etching.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Head of a Woman Looking Back Over Her Shoulder, French, 1725-1805, red chalk on laid paper

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Head of a Woman Looking Back Over Her Shoulder, French, 1725-1805, red chalk on laid paper

Bust of a young woman, Jan Lievens, 1625 - 1674 print paper etching adult woman

Head of woman with eyes closed, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1647 print print maker: Franceafter own design by: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching head (human). adult woman (+ three-quarter view). adult woman. eyes closed

Bust of a Young Woman Turned to the Left, 1637. Date/Period: 1637. Drawing. Chalk, black chalk and sanguine on brown paper. Author: PIETRO DA CORTONA.

Head of a Woman Looking Back Over Her Shoulder. Dimensions: overall: 43.2 x 29.3 cm (17 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Ms. Foucher, Mother of Mrs. Victor Hugo Achille Deveraia (1800-1857). Ms. Foucher, Mother of Mrs. Victor Hugo. Graphite pencil on lined oiled tissue paper on cardboard. S.D. Paris, Victor Hugo House.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Seated Young Woman 17th century Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde Dutch. Seated Young Woman 334773

Head of an old woman, draughtsman: Pompeo Batoni, 1741 - 1746, prepared paper, h 219 mm × w 154 mm

Portrait of a boy, to the left, draughtsman: Leandro Bassano, 1567 - 1622,

Print from Drawing Book. Dated: c. 1610/1620. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luca Ciamberlano.

Print from Drawing Book, c. 1610/1620, engraving, Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 163.35, Luca Ciamberlano (artist) Italian, 1580 - 1641

Head of a Turbaned Youth, Red chalk on cream paper, Head of a youth, seen frontally, wearing a turban, pendant pearl earrings, and a high collar. His head is tilted slightly back. Featured figure possibly drawn as a 'blackamoor.', Venice, Italy, 1730-40, portraits, Drawing, Drawing

Head of an old woman, Pompeo Batoni, 1741 - 1746 drawing prepared paper. chalk old woman. head (human)

Bust of a woman, three quarters to the left. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Hendrik Nieuwenhuysen. Intermediary draughtsman: Bonon. Dating: 1766. Measurements: h 239 mm × w 187 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing by François Boucher depicting a young woman in portrait view, executed in black chalk.

Study of the main woman with a band in the outer, facing the left, from the series "Principia del disgno"; Della Bella, Stefano (1610-1664); Ca 1643 (1648-00-00-1652-00-00);

Head of Christ. Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. Dimensions: 3-13/16 x 4-1/16 in. (9.7 x 10.3 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Head of a woman en trois quarts. Cairo, Francesco del (1607-1665), draughtsman, cartoonist

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, drew the Madonna with Child in frontal view, turned slightly to the left, in chalk with rounded oval corners.

Portrait of an unknown woman, 1926 drawing paper. pencil. chalk anonymous historical person portrayed

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), book to learn to draw. Young girl head a little leaning forward. Thirteenth number of a suite of 16 pieces. (A. de Vesme 304; Dutuit 146) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), child who embraces a cat (A. de Vesme 95; Dutuit 216.1) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Seated Female Nude, draughtsman: Augustinus Terwesten (I), 1659 - 1711, paper, h 620 mm × w 450 mm

Green Summer - Drapery Study for the Central Figure, 1863-64. Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Study for the Head of a Faun. Date/Period: 1635. Drawing. Black chalk and sanguine on paper. Height: 262 mm (10.31 in); Width: 212 mm (8.34 in). Author: Domenico Maria Canuti.

Red chalk drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting a smiling woman or a Bacchante head, circa 1690

Study of the Head of an Old Woman. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725 - 1805)

Collection of modern heads and hairstyles head of young girl turned left, handkerchief knotted under the chin Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755-1832). Collection of modern heads and hairstyles. Engraving (pencil way, aquatint).

Bust of a screaming woman with headscarf.

Italy, Mary Magdalene, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 120 mm, width 98 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1649, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Head of Saint John the Baptist. Dated: c. 1523. Dimensions: overall: 33 x 23.1 cm (13 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: black chalk on paper laid down on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ANDREA DEL SARTO.

This drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci shows Leonardos style- mirror drawings. Here a young woman is shown. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

Landscape with a woman seated by a river. Above her a circle of seraphim., Landscape with Woman, print maker: Anna Cécile Wilhelmina Jeanette Jacqueline Nahuys, (mentioned on object), Noord-Nederland, 1841 - 1905, paper, etching, h 101 mm × w 68 mm

Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti, Print made by unknown artist, Annotated by James Chelsum, 1738-1801, British, c. 1780, Etching

Anonymous / 'Head of a Woman'. Late XVII century. Black chalk on yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Portrait of F. Guilleret second half of 18th century After Guillaume Thiemet This print is bound in an album made up of sixteen early impressions and one later impression of La Live de Jully's "Recueil de caricatures", etched ca. 1754 after drawings by Jacques François Joseph Saly, eight caricatures etched after Thiemet, and two anonymous prints of a standing man and standing woman.. Portrait of F. Guilleret. After Guillaume Thiemet (French, active ca. 1781/88). second half of 18th century. Etching

A black chalk drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte around 1720 showing two head studies of a young man, focusing on facial features, expression, and anatomy.

Three heads of women, one lightly etched, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1637 print paper etching / brush

Head of a Boy (Gennaro Falcone). Dated: 1635/1640. Dimensions: sheet: 25.6 x 18.6 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.). Medium: red chalk on oatmeal paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Aniello Falcone.

Woman's head Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898). Woman's head.

Head of a boy with a big hat, draughtsman: Jordanus Hoorn, 1763 - 1833, paper, h 175 mm × w 149 mm

Head of a Woman. Artist: Louis Marin Bonnet (French, Paris 1736-1793 Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne); After Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720-1778 Brussels). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 10 7/8 × 7 1/2 in. (27.7 × 19 cm). Date: 1767. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pierre Puvis De Chavannes, Study of a Woman's Head, c. 1865, graphite with stumping on beige wove paper.

'Head of a Woman in a Hood'. France, 1760s. Dimensions: 38,9x31,1 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE.

Woman's head (MCB 167) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898). Woman's head (MCB 167). Black stone on paper glued right on cardboard.

Portrait of an unknown young woman.

Drawing, Study of Child's Head; Italy; red chalk on paper; 8.7 × 7.8 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/16 in.)

Portrait, perhaps of Elizabeth Siddal, 1850 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Drawing, Ink, PortraitPre-Raphaelite, Female

Head of an Angel or Child mid to late 18th century Louis Marin Bonnet. Head of an Angel or Child. Louis Marin Bonnet (French, Paris 1736-1793 Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne). mid to late 18th century. Crayon manner in red. Prints

Portrait of a Girl; Carlo Dolci, Italian (Florentine), 1616 - 1687; about 1665; Black and red chalks on cream-colored paper; 15.4 x 12.4 cm (6 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

A bust of a young man wearing a cap with feathers, turned three-quarters to the left, the coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in top left, title page from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne) 1650 Stefano della Bella Italian. A bust of a young man wearing a cap with feathers, turned three-quarters to the left, the coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in top left, title page from 'Several heads in the Persian style' (Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne) 412402

Sketches of three women's heads. .

The Head of a Young Girl, looking down to the Right. Francois Boucher (1703-1770). Black, red, white and blue chalk on light brown paper, 233 x 186mm.

Ceres, 16th century. Lelio Orsi (Italian, 1511-1587). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; incised, squared in black chalk, framing lines in graphite (left and bottom); sheet: 25.6 x 18.7 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.); secondary support: 29.3 x 22 cm (11 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.).

An African Woman 1625-1635 Holland. Etching in black ink on cream laid paper . Rembrandt van Rijn

Print made by Francesco Curti, 1610-1690, Italian, Studies for the Instruction of Painters, two suites. Rome, c. 1630, ca. 1633. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Seated Female Figure 1562-1602 Pietro Faccini Italian. Seated Female Figure 338627

Men's head. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: August Allebé. Dating: 2-Jan-1848. Measurements: h 317 mm × w 237 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Portrait Study of a Young Man, undated. Pen and browni nk on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.

Portrait of a young Venetian woman. She has a box in her hands. This print is part of an album.

Idealized Female Head, Copied after the Antique late 18th-early 19th century Johann Evangelist Kastner Austrian. Idealized Female Head, Copied after the Antique 338467

Print, Woman with a Turban, ca. 1760-1770; Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino) (Italian, 1591 - 1666); Italy; engraving in brown ink on white paper; 28.4 × 19.9 cm (11 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-273

Rembrandts Mother Seated, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631 print paper etching

Josef Abel black chalk head study referencing Raphael around 1800, with selected white heightening, focusing on facial features, expression, and head posture.

Portret Van Christina Chalon, Jan Chalon, 1748 - 1795 print Portrait in the oval list of Christina Chalon, printing lady and sister of Jan Chalon. Bust and face, something to the left. Northern Netherlands (possibly) paper etching / drypoint

Sleeping man with hat (self-portrait).

Three-quarter left wife head Jean-Achille Benouville (Said Achille Benouville) (1815-1891). Woman's head three-quarters left. Graphite pencil on paper.

Head of graying woman with raised hair.

Head and shoulders, three quarters to the left, he looks at the viewer and has opened his mouth, as if speaking, Portrait of Cornelis Cossiers., draughtsman: Jan Cossiers, Antwerp, 1658, paper, pen, h 267 mm × w 185 mm

Head of Madonna, Bernard Picart, After Anonymous, 1683 - 1733 drawing paper. pencil. chalk Mary (without the Christ-child)

Bust of a young Russian woman. .

Woman behind a balustrade, Jan Chalon, 1748 - 1795 print An adult woman. Bust to the right. She is behind a balustrade. In the background some curtains paper etching / drypoint morphology of human expression (+ adult female (human being)). balustrade

Young Man, Half-Length 1620-69 Workshop of Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch. Young Man, Half-Length 392074

Tête d'homme , Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Deshays, Jean Baptiste Henri, France, Bonnet, Louis Marin, Tête de Putiphar, Potiphar's Wife, verso middle - pencil, Bust of Potiphar's Wife, looking right., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso bottom middle - stamped, H, height 428 mm, width 327 mm, 1736 - 1793-10-12, print maker, printmaker, 1769 - 1769, third quarter 18th century, paper, papier, crayonmanier, kleurendruk, Work conception, French, 1729-05-27 - 1765-02-10

Drawing of Saint Barbara executed in black chalk between 1520 and 1522.

Sketch of a statue of a sitting naked man. Mater Dolorosa (extended from the front) and sketch of a statue of a sitting naked man.

Self -portrait of Moses ter Borch, c. 1660 - c. 1661 Zwolle Paper. Chalk. Framework lines:. Lines: Ink Zwolle Paper. Chalk. Framework lines:. Lines: Ink

Print, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1760-1770; Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called Guercino) (Italian, 1591 - 1666); Italy; engraving in brown ink on light brown paper; 25.2 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-279

Annie 1858 James McNeill Whistler American During a stay in London with his sister Deborah Delano Haden while recuperating from a fall, Whistler made this etching of his niece Annie. His brother-in-law, Seymour Haden, a gifted printmaker, encouraged the artists first serious efforts in the medium. Here, the emphasis on alternating lights and darks, and the omission of the figures legs, demonstrate a greater interest in abstract patterning than portraiture. Whistler gave this print to Thomas Winans, the Baltimore friend who funded his move to Paris in 1855.. Annie 372461

Three Heads of Women, One Lightly Etched. Dated: c. 1637. Dimensions: plate: 12.9 x 10.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn.

Head of a woman with a black cap on, to the right, 1660 drawing Woman with a black cap on, possibly Wiesken Matthijs (mother of Moses) or Wieskens sister Geertruid (wife of Gerard de Jonge). Zwolle paper. ink. chalk brush

Young Man Seated Facing Left, 17th century, Constantijn van Renesse; Artist: Formerly attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (9.9 x 6.3 cm) (sheet), Etching, The Netherlands, 17th century

Portrait of Dirck Helmet Breker. Portrait of the painter dirck helmet breaker.

Portrait of a girl with hood (Karen). Draughtsman: Jan Veth. Dating: 1874 - 1925. Measurements: h 324 mm × w 230 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A portrait of George Gerbier, son of Balthasar Gerbiers, drawn by Peter Paul Rubens in black and reddish chalk, highlighted with white chalk, with brown feather details, dated 1629-1630.

Head of a crying woman. Draughtsman: Bernard Picart. Dating: 1683 - 1733. Measurements: h 137 mm × w 97 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Louis Marin Bonnet, after Jean Baptiste Deshays, Tête de Putiphar (Head of Potiphar's Wife), 1773 Tête de Putiphar (Head of Potiphar's Wife)

Sketches of Turbanned Men (recto); Fragment of a Figure and Sketches of Foliated Architectural Ornament (verso) Artist's working dates 1632-1673 Italy. Although the author of this small sheet is not confirmed, his flair for the exotic is apparent not only in the fantastic oriental headdresses he documented, but in the ferocious, painterly way he used the simple medium of pen and ink, which comes very close to the romantic figures of Salvator Rosa, the Neapolitan master.. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash (recto and verso), on ivory laid paper . Salvator Rosa

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