Classical Figural Sketches

A collection of drawings featuring winged figures, putti, and allegorical representations. The artworks exhibit a blend of ink and chalk techniques, showcasing dynamic poses and expressions.

Juno asks Argus de Koe to guard, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. pencil. ink pen / brush Juno appoints Argus to watch the cow (Io metamorphosed)

Winged figure holding strap with putto, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Winged figure holding bandella or strap, floating above putto. Figure holds an end of the strap in each hand and looks upward. One leg is bent at the knee so that the lower part of the leg is not visible. The putto holds his left arm above his head., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for a Fountain; Unknown (Italian); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and wash, graphite on paper; 39.5 x 12 cm (15 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Dark brown ink drawing with white highlights by Johann Karl von Reselfeld depicting the Madonna and Child adored by a saint on brown paper.

Drawing, Winged figure holding strap with putto; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

Child is bitten by snake, Jacob de Wit (copy after), 1695 - 1705 drawing Allegorical representation of the danger. paper. ink. pencil. deck paint pen / brush snakes

Disegni Varii di Polifilo Zancarli. Artist: Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600-1625); Odoardo Fialetti (Italian, Bologna 1573-1637/38 Venice). Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/16 x 5 3/4 in. (23.6 x 14.6 cm). Published in: Venice. Publisher: Tasio Giancarli (Italian, active in Venice () ca. 1625). Date: 1628 before.Vertical panel design with an acanthus rinceau with various figures. On the lower left, a satyr, seen from behind, holds up a vase from which a multitude of snakes escape. To the right two putti are depicted taunting a small dragon-like creature. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Love couple with two putti. A woman with a bare torso lies under a canopy and leans against a man. In addition to the figures two putti, one of which rides on a dog. Page 69 From a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Design for a Vignette () with Two Figures flanking a Vase 18th century Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century Italian. Design for a Vignette () with Two Figures flanking a Vase 340302

Juno asks Argus de Koe to guard, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 drawing paper. pencil. ink pen / brush Juno appoints Argus to watch the cow (Io metamorphosed)

Allegorical show. Combination of various allegorical performances including an allegory of art (s) with a woman with palette and brushes and a man with a lute. Two chained (possibly tortured) men sitting and lying at a pillar. Page 16 from a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich drawing of a child with a sheep and a dog, executed with lead pencil in 1764, showing interaction and composition.

Drawing, Ceiling detail of figure and decorative motif; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

Martyrdom of H. Petrus Martyr, Domenico Maria Canuti (Attributed to), 1630 - 1684 drawing paper. chalk St. Peter Martyr is murdered (in a forest) by two assassins with a sword; with his blood he writes on the ground 'Credo in Deum' (usually a fellow friar is also attacked or murdered)

Demons try to seduce Sint-Antonius, Henri François Schaefels, 1853 print paper etching St. Antony Abbot tormented by devils, attacking him on the ground or carrying him aloft

Appearance of an angel. An angel appears to a man in piping with a beard standing for a open book. Also a composition with figures and ornaments. Page 48 from a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Human figures and putti with an eagle in the clouds, draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1799, paper, pen, brush, h 175 mm × w 253 mm

Three Angels Appearing to Abraham 1723-1733 Italy. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper . Giambattista Tiepolo

Design for a Pediment with Putti and a Blank Escutcheon. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century. Dimensions: 4 11/16 x 15 1/2 in. (11.9 x 39.4 cm). Date: 1680-1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Two figures; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

A chalk and feather drawing by Donato Creti depicting Diana and Endymion from classical mythology, based on Appollodorus, Bibliotheca I, 56f.

Archangel Michaël, Anonymous, After Pietro Testa, c. 1650 - c. 1750 print The archangel Michaël with a large cross tramples a monstrous being, half a devil half snake. Italy paper etching the Archangel Michael fighting the dragon (devil, Satan)

French 18th Century, Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 18th century Venus at the Forge of Vulcan

Floating Putto, Abraham Bloemaert, 1574 - 1651 drawing paper. paint (coating). chalk. ink pen / brush Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Anonymous / 'The Virgin and Child with Saints'. XVIII century. Black chalk, Pencil on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Tiger hunt, James Ensor, circa 1880-1890, drawing, Belgian Art

Black chalk drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte around 1720 showing a study of a Hydra with detailed anatomy and multiple heads.

Sleep; Le Sommeil; Four prints with children. Two sleeping children and a cat.

A drawing by Daniel Gran depicting Diana and Endymion, executed with pen and pencil, showing the mythological figures and their interaction.

Print, Léda; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); Print Maker: Claude Augustin Duflos (French, 1700-1786); Published by Nicolas de Larmessin IV (French, 1684 - 1755); France; etching and engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 50.8 x 26.2 cm (20 x 10 5/16 in.) Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

Vier Putti, Jacob de Wit, 1760 - 1799 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Paris paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Study of a Vase, Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Undated, Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 × 3 3/8 inches (12.7 × 8.6 cm) and Spine: 5 inches (12.7 cm)

King David. Date/Period: 1750-1766. Drawing. Brush and blue wash, pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper. Author: Antonio Bicchierari.

Félicien Rops, La Dernière Maja, 1880 La Dernière Maja

Leef of the body of Christ, Willem van Mieris, 1672 - 1747 drawing parchment (animal material). pencil. chalk Christ's body supported

A red chalk and feather drawing on lavated paper by an anonymous artist depicting martyrs on clouds.

A study sheet by Rudolf Weyr containing multiple pencil sketches, focusing on figures, anatomy, and compositional layout.

Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene. Artist: Anton Domenico Gabbiani (Italian, Florence 1652-1726 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in. (19.2 x 14 cm). Date: 1724. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Winged figure with a horn and putto with fasces; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

A drawing by Raymond Lafage depicting the sacrifice of Iphigenia from Greek mythology, executed with brown ink.

Design drawing allegorical group. .

Etching by Rudolf Jettmar from 1919-1920 depicting monsters of the previous world in the realm of death, representing allegorical imagery and existential themes.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Apollo and Marsyas. Twenty-eighth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 522; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

The Ecstasy of St. Francis, Black chalk and brush and white gouache on cream paper, St. Francis is seen kneeling, facing one-quarter left; his right arm is supported by an angel, while another grasps his left wrist., Italy, 1800-20, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Cupid Blindfolded, on a Cloud Supported by Two Attendant Putti ca. 1770-90 Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian. Cupid Blindfolded, on a Cloud Supported by Two Attendant Putti. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). ca. 1770-90. Pen and two shades of brown ink, brownish gray wash. Drawings

Drawing, Project for a Ceiling Fresco: Leda and the Swan; Francesco Saverio Mergolo (Italian, 1746-1786); Southern Italy; brush and grey wash, pen and brown ink, graphite on paper; 30.5 x 21.2 cm (12 in. x 8 3/8 in.)

Diana and a Leering Satyr in a Forest. Artist: Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen (Netherlandish, Utrecht ca. 1570-ca. 1613/14 Prague). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 in. (13.4 × 10.1 cm). Former Attribution: Adam van Vianen I (Dutch, Utrecht ca. 1568/69-1627 Utrecht). Date: ca. 1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Allegories Van de Lento, Pietro Testa, 1621 - 1650 print Allegorical performance of the Spring season. The sun, displayed as the god Apollo on his solar car, floats in the top left. Venus and Amor float on clouds next to the car. Straight a group of putti. On the ground a winged figure, sitting on a ball of fire, pulled through two swans over water. Various personifications of flowers and couples in love around the water. Italy paper etching / engraving spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa). the chariot of the sun. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). couple of lovers. (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Corrado Giaquinto / 'The Death of the Virgin'. XVIII century. Grey wash, Grey-brown wash, Black chalk, Pencil, Grey ink on white paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Adoration of the Shepherds 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. The Adoration of the Shepherds 340169

Fountain with Two Cupids. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (34.3 × 24.2 cm). Date: ca. 1773. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Assumption of the Virgin. Probably Ubaldo Gandolfi (Italian, 1728-1781) or follower of; or possibly Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609). Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 296 x 211 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk and charcoal, on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

God the Father Regarding the Infant Christ. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called il Grechetto) (Italy, Genoa, 1609-1664). Italy, circa 1645-1647. Prints; etchings. Etching

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Lafage, Raymond (1656 1684), Wolff, Jeremias (1663/73 1724)

A drawing by Charles François Hutin showing Diana covering the nymph Arethusa with a cloud in front of the river god Alphelos, executed in black chalk with brush, brown wash, and white heightening, 1775.

The Fall of the Giants. Artist: Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615-1673 Rome). Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 11/16in. (26.1 x 19.5cm). Date: 1615-73. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Expulsion from the Garden 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. The Expulsion from the Garden 340152

Depiction by Philippe Louis Parizeau of Diana surprising Actaeon in the bath, executed in black and brown ink with brown washes over black chalk.

In the service of the witch (young witch fights in the air for a stolen magic book) Taf. III: the life of a witch in drawings. 1860. Dresden: Slub 52.Gl.2.17

Winged figure shown from feet, on clouds, recumbent and sleeping. The wind blows the drapery upward. Date: 1880-95. Brush and brown watercolor, graphite on brown paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Ludovico Carracci depicted Alexander and Thais in flames using brown feather and ink with wash on brownish paper, showing figures and dynamic posture.

Sketch sheet with at the top a composition design for a painted family group and at the bottom a row of figures during a round dance., A family and figures during a round dance., draughtsman: George Romney, 1744 - 1767, paper, pen, h 199 mm × w 154 mm

The Vision of Joan of Arc late 19th century Eduard Jakob von Steinle Austrian. The Vision of Joan of Arc 415525

Christ Being Crowned with Thorns. Artist: Karl Dankwart (Polish, died after 1703). Dimensions: sheet: 12 13/16 x 10 1/2 in. (32.5 x 26.7 cm). Date: 1700-1740. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An etching by Pieter Soutman created between 1600 and 1657 depicting a crocodile and hippopotamus hunt, showing hunters and animals in a dynamic 17th-century engraving composition.

Four saints worship Maria, Jacopo da Empoli, 1564 - 1640 drawing Four saints worship Mary, who travels into the clouds. paper. ink pen / brush

Narcissus in Echo, c. 1701 Narcissus is located on a bank and looks at his mirror image in the water. In the background the Nymph Echo and a passer -by. Leaf 38 Recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. chalk Narcissus is located on a bank and looks at his mirror image in the water. In the background the Nymph Echo and a passer -by. Leaf 38 Recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. chalk

Load carrier and a man with a jug on a path. On a path a man walks with a stick over the shoulder and a load in a bag on the back. On the path there is a man who leaves a liquid from a jug. He holds a newspaper in the left hand. Leaf 42 Recto from a sketchbook with 49 sheets.

Love and Cupid Carried by Dolphins, 1500s. Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486-1527), retouched by Francesco Villamena (Italian, 1566-1624), after Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Engraving; image: 26.8 x 17.4 cm (10 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.); secondary support: 34.8 x 25.2 cm (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.).

Allegorical figures. Six male and female figures and a putto. Some figures have a fleur-de-lis in hand. The performance is caught in a frame including putti and musical instruments, among others

Half Lunette with Putto and Monster. Artist: Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin (French, Rouen 1733-1793 Paris). Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (13.4 x 22.2 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Devil's figure, David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, 1821 print The naked figure is on a border and has a rowing belt in his hands. Detail from Michelangelo's last judgment. Leiden paper human-shaped devil. oaring, sculling. Last Judgement

Apollo in his solar car. Apollo drives his solar car, drawn by four horses, through the air. It is accompanied by personnifications of the eight hours and by the personification of time. At the bottom right there are a man and a woman, possibly aurora and Tithonus, and a putto.

Head of a woman playing the flute, James Ensor, circa 1880-1890, drawing, Belgian Art

Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures 18th century Martin Johann Schmidt Austrian. Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures 383920 Artist: Martin Johann Schmidt, Austrian, Grafenwrth 17181801 Stein, Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures, 18th century, Pen and brown ink, sheet: 12 5/16 x 7 15/16 in. (31.3 x 20.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008 (2008.624)

Dark brown ink drawing by Paul Troger showing four angels in clouds, with figures, gestures, and composition details.

Two putti. The putto left in every hand holds a branch with fruits. Obachiep-sided copy to two putti on prints from the Diverses figures a l'Eau Forte series ...

Standing woman with sword and lance. Above the woman floats an angel that provides her an object. Studies of figures. Page 40 From a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Study of Four Putti (recto); Detail from 'Lot and His Daughters' (verso)

Camels and groups of waiting and gesticulating people, draughtsman: Paolo Veronese, (manner of), 1550 - 1620, paper, pen, h 280 mm × w 196 mm

Pieter Claesz Soutman and Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Defeat of Sennacherib, 1618 1620 The Defeat of Sennacherib

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons ca. 1470-75 Martin Schongauer German. Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons 336639

The rest on the flight into Egypt: a night piece, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1644 print paper counterproof / counterproof / etching / drypoint rest on the flight into Egypt

Telemachus kills De Leeuw, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink. pencil pen / brush most important deeds: Telemachus in search of his father Ulysses (post-Homeric version). beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Modonna and Child, Graphite, pen and ink on paper, Madonna and Child, with framing lines., Italy, possibly 17th century, Drawing, Drawing

Two cupids double sided drawing, verso: leg sketch unknown

Alessandro Maganza, A Compartmented Ceiling with Allegories and Myths, late 1580s A Compartmented Ceiling with Allegories and Myths

Fall of the Damned (recto) Male Torso (verso). Circle of Ludovico Cardi, called Il Cigoli; Italian, 1559-1613. Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 287 x 202 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash over black chalk, on tan laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Drawing, Robed figure with whip; Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773); France; red chalk on paper

German 17th Century, Allegorical Female Figure in a Landscape (recto), c 1600 Allegorical Female Figure in a Landscape recto

Moser & Harris, Rijn, Rembrandt van, Vivares, François, Seated beggar, warming his hands at a chafing dish, verso - stamped, print, prints, 18, height 79 mm, width 53 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1719 - 1780, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Work conception, French, English, 1709-07-11 - 1780-11-26, naar prent van, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, Publication (Event), Publicatie, bekend, publisher

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Venus Lamenting Adonis, c 1608 1612 Venus Lamenting Adonis

Mei, Denis Boutemie (possibly), 1633 - 1643 print Personification of the month of May. A grotesque figure with a feathery hat on his head and flowers in his hands. Paris paper etching May; 'Maggio' (Ripa)

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), the five dead. Death takes a woman with her head downstairs on her right shoulder. Fourth issue of a sequence of 5 rooms. (A. de Vesme 90; dutuit 137) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Design for A Sleigh in the Form of a Griffin, Drawn by a Horse. 1610-64 Stefano della Bella Italian. Design for A Sleigh in the Form of a Griffin, Drawn by a Horse. 342021

Maria and the Christ child on a globe surrounded by angels. Probably copied to a painting or sculpture. Figure studies. Leaf 3 recto from a sketchbook with 11 sheets.

Gilles Marie Oppenord drawing of a gathering of gods on Olympus, executed in pen and ink.

Design for a Painted Wall, Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, Two flying putti with a cloth between them., Italy, early 19th century, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Woman with Hoorn of Abundance and Korenaren, Anonymous, After Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1679 - c. 1750 print Standing woman with a bundle of Korenaren in the left hand, a horn of abundance in the right hand. Two men behind her hold up their hands for an alms. Copy to a performance from the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert, in the edition of Nicolaas Visscher. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving / etching 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Print, Title Page, from "IXe Cahier de Fragment"; After Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); France; crayon-manner engraving in red ink on paper; 21.9 × 30.8 cm (8 5/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

Hamlet Winstanley, 1698-1756, British, Various Sketches of Heads, between 1715 and 1720. Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

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