Classical Figurative Drawings

Series of classical-themed sketches showcasing mythological and religious figures. Emphasizes dynamic poses, intricate details, and elegant compositions.

Hercules at Omphale, Zacharias Blijhooft, 1664 drawing On the left is Hercules with Ompale's spider skirts. Omphale with the club is at his feet. Omphale's servants around them. paper. ink. graphite (mineral). chalk pen / brush Hercules in love with Omphale; the hero is set to spin wool or to do other women's work among the servants, while Omphale wears his lion's skin and wields his club and bow

Hercules on the Tweersprong, Mattheus Terwest, after Augustine Terwest (I), 1680 - 1757 drawing paper. chalk Hercules at the cross-roads, 'Herkules am Scheidewege': the choice of Hercules

Drawing by Raymond Lafage of the Baptism of Christ, executed in brown pen with black chalk traces and gray brush accents.

Allegory of courage, c. 1567 drawing On the right in the foreground is the young warrior who has to pronounce the judgment. On the far left is Venus, accompanied by Amor. A little more to the back are Juno and Minerva. In the middle of the foreground a woman kneels, who offers the young warrior three shields. Jupiter floats above the group, accompanied by his eagle. Florence paper. chalk brush / pen Courage, Bravery, Valiance, Manliness; 'Ardire magnanimo et generoso', 'Gagliardezza', 'Value', 'Herica virtue', 'Virtue of the soul and body' (Ripa)

Resurrected Christ Appearing to His Mother Artist's working dates 1605-1658 Italy. Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card . Cesare Dandini

Standing Youth Seen from Behind, and OtherFigures. Artist: Unknown After: Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566-1651

The Rape of Europa 1635-1640 Flanders. Black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on ivory laid paper . Cornelis Schut, I

Resurrected Christ Appearing to His Mother. Attributed to Cesare Dandini (Italian, c. 1595-1658); or Ottavio Vannini (Italian, 1585-1643); or Camillo Procaccini (Italian, c. 1551-1629). Date: 1605-1658. Dimensions: 295 x 212 mm. Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Anonymous / 'Resurrection of Christ'. Early XVIII century. Red chalk on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Trinity in theClouds. Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1727-1804

Hercules at Omphale, Zacharias Blijhooft, 1664 drawing On the left is Hercules with Ompale's spider skirts. Omphale with the club is at his feet. Omphale's servants around them. paper. ink. graphite (mineral). chalk pen / brush Hercules in love with Omphale; the hero is set to spin wool or to do other women's work among the servants, while Omphale wears his lion's skin and wields his club and bow

Venus, Love in Saters, 1783 print paper etching Venus taking care of Cupid

Nessus is affected by the poison arrow of Hercules; Roof from Proserpina. A river god watches how Nessus tries to remove the poison arrow from Hercules from his back. Deïanira is on its back. In the background Hercules is, his bow is still in hand.

Fight between Lapithen and Centaurs.

The Deluge, from the Loggia of the Vatican. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 14.3 x 20.6 cm (5 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Raphael.

A brown ink drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck from 1568 depicting the planet Mars, illustrating its surface features.

Red chalk drawing by Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio from 1525 showing three naked female figures seated in front of a split tree trunk, two combing their hair, arranged in a near-square format.

Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicts Ulysses on the island of Calypso using black chalk, showing Ulysses, Calypso, landscape, and gestures on paper.

Chalk drawing by Ciro Ferri depicting God the Father appearing to Adam.

A drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Adam and Eve kneeling after the fall, facing each other and looking at God the Father on a cloud, using chalk, feather, and wash.

Aurora and Cephalus. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: 10 x 12 3/8 in. (25.4 x 31.5 cm). Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mars and Cupid (recto); Female Standing Figure with a Helmet and a Shield (Bellona) (verso). Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510-1563 Venice). Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (15.5 x 10.2 cm). Date: 1501-63. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hercules Worstelt met Acheloüs, Anthony Tempesta, 1608 print Hercules in a fight with the river god Acheloüs for Deïanira, the daughter of the river god Oeneus. On the left, Acheloüs took the form of a serpent. In the foreground he has taken the form of a bull. On the right he is struggling with Hercules in human form. paper etching most important deeds of Hercules: the Twelve Labours. while fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a serpent. Nereids, daughters of Nereus; sea-nymphs

Giovanni Battista Cipriani drawing of Kephalos and Prokris from Ovid's Metamorphoses, executed in red chalk with a color stain in the lower right corner.

Three young people are thrown into a fiery oven; History of the three young people. On the right in the foreground, one of the youngsters, whose feet and hands are tied; Another is thrown into the oven and the third is in the flames with an angel next to it. The flames merge the servants; In the background, Nebuchadnezzar on horseback next to the idol. Design for a print.

Entombment 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Entombment 341924

Beheading of Paul with two horsemen in the background. Draughtsman: Avanzino Nucci. Dating: 1561 - 1629. Measurements: h 237 mm × w 296 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Man and Woman, Woman and Face and Rider who attacks foot, Girolamo da Carpi (Follower of), 1530 - 1600 drawing Study sheet with a sitting man at the top of a standing woman and a woman and face on the right; At the bottom of a rider who attacks some foot servants. paper. ink pen

Minerva appears to Odysseus in the form of his son Telemachus, Anonymous, After Theodoor van Thulden, 1631 - 1650 drawing paper. chalk Ulysses awakes on the shore where the Phaeacians left him; Minerva disguises him as an old beggar (Homer, Odyssey XIII)

Maarten van Heemskkk (1498-1574), Josias commands that all things that were made for Ba'al must be destroyed and the pr�sterne drawers, 1569

A Vision of St. Philip ofNeri. Artist, attributed to: Carlo Maratti, Italian, 1625-1713

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit ( ) 1645-1674 Italy. Red oil paint on ivory laid paper . Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Sketch with above a Sacrifice and below a design for a Madonna on her throne with two worshiping saints, Sacrifice and Madonna on a throne, draughtsman: Garofalo, 1491 - 1559, prepared paper, pen, brush, h 192 mm × w 147 mm

Witches' Sabbath (recto); Figures Gathered around a tree (verso). Artist: Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615-1673 Rome). Dimensions: 8-9/16 x 12-1/2 in. (21.8 x 31.7 cm). Date: 1615-73. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vulcanus. Vulcanus is in the front floor with a hammer. In the foreground right is a naked figure on a knee. In the air, a naked figure with large ears floats.

Design for a Frame of a Ceiling 1800-1900 Anonymous, Italian, 19th century Italian. Design for a Frame of a Ceiling 390131

The liberation of Petrus from prison.

Five putti with flowers and garlands at vase.

Italy, Possenti, Giovanni Pietro, Hercules kills the centaur Nessus, verso - stamped, The centaur Nessus lies on the ground with an arrow in his back. On the right are Hercules and Deïanira., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 151 mm, width 193 mm, Italian, 1618 - 1659, print maker, prentmaker, 1628 - 1659, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Horses and Dog. Artist: Anonymous, 17th century; After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence). Dimensions: 5 9/16 x 4 1/8 in. (14.2 x 10.4 cm). Former Attribution: formerly attributed to Pieter Soutman (Dutch, ca. 1580-1657); formerly attributed to Pieter de Kempeneer (Flemish, 1503-1580). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anonymous / 'The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian'. 1601 - 1625. Grey-brown wash, Black chalk, Pencil, Red chalk on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Studies of female nudist figures.

Display of Guido Reni's Aurora, Raphael Morghen, After Guido Reni, 1771 - 1833 drawing Design for a print. paper. chalk personification of the morning, 'Aurora'; 'Aurora' (Ripa). Apollo in the chariot of the sun, drawn by four horses, usually preceded by Aurora holding a torch; 'Carro del Sole' (Ripa)

Feather drawing by an anonymous artist from the early 18th century depicting Luna and Endymion, with one male figure seated to the left beside another.

A pencil drawing by Franz Xaver Wagenschön depicting Saint Maria Magdalena, showing figure, posture, and drapery details.

Francesco Solimenas drawing before 1701 depicts the Apotheosis of Louis XIV, executed in chalk and feather with laved shading.

Young Bacchus and Companions Artist's working dates 1705-1732 Holland. Pen and brown ink over graphite, on buff laid paper, laid down on board . Ignatius van Logteren

Diana with Nymphs andPutti. Artist: Unknown Artist, formerly attributed to: Sébastien Bourdon, French, 1616-1671

Illustration for a Book: Allegory of Venice. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: 2-7/8 x 6 in. (7.3 x 15.2 cm). Series/Portfolio: See Metropolitan Museum of Art acc. nos. 59.600.176 - 59.600.212. Date: 1696-1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bacchic Putti. Artist: Anonymous, French, 17th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 4 13/16 in. (9.3 × 12.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Concert champêtre. Artist: Girolamo Romanino (Italian, Brescia 1484/87-1560 Brescia). Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 16 1/8 in. (29.1 x 40.9 cm). Date: ca. 1520-30.Romanino probably trained as a painter in his native Bresciabut soon came under the influence of Venetian painting. Thesubject of this sketch, a group of ladies and a satyr playingmusic in a landscape, was inspired by works by Giorgioneand Titian, the predominant Venetian painters of the earlysixteenth century. In this sheet the artist tried more than onecompositional idea, changing the satyr at far right from astanding to a seated position. The drawing has been connectedto frescoes with similar themes that Romanino painted inthe Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trent in 1531-32. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Canopy project representing a scene of passion Jean Gaspard Jules or Johann Caspar Julius Gsell (1814-1904). Verrière project representing a scene of passion. Pencil.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Beggar, warming hands at a brazier, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 77 mm, width 46 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1632, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Paris, Denon, Dominique Vivant (baron), Family portrait, height 299 mm, width 386 mm, French, 1747-01-04 - 1825-04-28, 1817 - 1817, lithography (

Forest Landscape with Wild Animals 1545-1599 Flanders. This drawingbelongs to a group of some 20 similar sheets that record compositions by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (most of which are now lost). Far from direct observation, they are inventions that use landscape motifs for imaginative purposes. Because of the relative novelty of landscape compositions as independent of narrative or devotional subjects, Bruegelís landscape drawings provided new inspiration for the artists who had access to his works. As such, drawings made after his compositions not only attest to Bruegelís influence in the rise of landscape as a distinct genre of artistic expression, they also record some of his compositions that would otherwise be unknown.. Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on card . Pieter Bruegel, the elder

A study sheet by Jacob de Gheyn II executed with gray-brown pen, showing figure studies.

Rinaldo in the Arms ofAmida, 17thcentury, Pen and brown ink over brown wash with white, over graphite, 30.1 × 42 cm (11 7/8 × 16 9/16in.), French, 17thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Holy family and a satyr carried by two children and a faun. Draughtsman: Girolamo da Carpi (follower of). After Michelangelo. Dating: 1530 - 1600. Measurements: h 268 mm × w 184 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Three Nude men, Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian, 1762 - 1844, Pen and ink on paper, Two nude men speak together while a third sits upon a square stone. Verso text: Candelle Tappolo Pistone di netro., late 18th century, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Study for the Omen of the Future Greatness of Augustus: Left Portion. after Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano; Italian, c. 1499-1546. Date: 1519-1546. Dimensions: 372 x 295 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, tipped on to cream wove card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Jean Honoré Fragonard, Orlando and Angelica Arrive at Charlemagne's Camp Orlando and Angelica Arrive at Charlemagne's Camp

Putto on the waterfront. A putto is sitting on the waterfront with a sprig in his hand. In the water a study of swimming people. The left half of the print has left almost completely empty.

Europe abducted by Jupiter in the form of a bull (), Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1742 - 1806 drawing paper. chalk Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame, 1590s. Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Italian, c. 1548-1628). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; sheet: 20.4 x 26.1 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.); secondary support: 26.3 x 31.9 cm (10 3/8 x 12 9/16 in.).

Ink drawing by Josef Kremer depicting shepherds adoring the child, executed in brown ink.

Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and John the Baptist (recto); Saint John the Baptist (verso) Artist's working dates 1583-1647 Italy. Black chalk (recto), and black chalk and pen and black ink (verso), on ivory laid paper . Pietro d' Asaro

Allegorical drawing by Gerard de Lairesse representing Orpheus at Eurydices tomb, executed in reddish chalks.

Sheet of Figure Studies and Ornamental Motifs (recto and verso). Artist: Vincenzo Tamagni (Italian, San Gimignano 1492-ca. 1530 San Gimignano). Dimensions: Overall: 8 3/16 x 13 1/8 in. (20.8 x 33.3 cm). Date: 1520-35.Acquired by the Museum as 'Anonymous Florentine,' this double-sided sheet from a dismembered sketchbook reveals stylistic elements closely indebted to the Roman vocabulary of Raphael and the young Polidoro da Caravaggio. Tamagni, who was born in San Gimignano (and probably trained by Sebastiano Mainardi) retained a Tuscan sense of sculptural 'disegno,' but whose graphic vocabulary appears transformed by contact with Raphael's 'bottega' in Rome ca. 1512-1520, as it attained a new measure of Classical monumentality. While this sketchbook page is not easily datable, it is plausibly from 1515-1530, and perhaps even from the mid-to-late 1520s, as it is exactly comparable in style to a sheet of sketches for Tamagni's signed altarpiece of the Assumption at the Madonna del Soccor

Chalk and feather drawing by an anonymous artist depicting the creation of Eve in a tondo composition, executed with gray lavation.

Three studies of a man, drawn by a child to the arm.

Battle Scene. Dimensions: Overall (approximate): 20.2 x 20.3 cm (7 15/16 x 8 in.) support: 37.4 x 37.9 cm (14 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Girolamo Genga.

Apollo Slaying the Python 17th century Anonymous, 17th century. Apollo Slaying the Python 341988

Giovanni Francesco Romanellis drawing in chalk depicts Minerva with a coat, the Three Graces weaving flowers and jewelry, and Hermes descending with a vase, all set on clouds.

Group of Figures Copied from Michelangelo's Last Judgment 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. Group of Figures Copied from Michelangelo's Last Judgment 338019

Entombment of Christ by angels. Artist: Pierre Daret. Draughtsman: anonymous. After Simon Vouet. Dating: 1641 - 1700. Measurements: h 545 mm × w 407 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sheet with multiple Designs: Figurative Scene with Two Women (top) and Two Satyrs Playing Horns, Seated Back to Back (bottom) (recto); Three Candelabra Grotesques (verso) ca. 1545-60 attributed to Andrés de Melgar Spanish. Sheet with multiple Designs: Figurative Scene with Two Women (top) and Two Satyrs Playing Horns, Seated Back to Back (bottom) (recto); Three Candelabra Grotesques (verso) 337564

Anonymous drawing of Mars and Venus on clouds with Amor and a female figure resembling the Sibyl of Michelangelos Sistine Chapel, executed in pen, wash, and white on greenish paper.

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper depicting a mythological allegory by an anonymous artist, late 18th century.

A drawing by an anonymous artist showing figures resting during an escape, executed in brown ink on brownish spotted paper.

Andrea Mantegna (Italian, c. 1431-1506), Battle of the Sea Gods left half, c. 1485-1488, engraving

Fries with naked children, Pieter van Avont, 1622 - 1652

Images and Prints, Anonymous, After Francesco Colonna, 1550 - 1570 drawing Album "Maarten de Vos sketchbook", magazine 3V (12) Low Countries paper. ink. chalk pen

Venus and Adonis ca. 1637-39 Simone Cantarini Italian. Venus and Adonis 341519

Sketchbook Folio, Pope Gregorio VII and Four Angels, Study after Raphael "Persons of the Papacy"; Antique Bench; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk on white laid paper; 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in.)

Consequences of the respect of the children. Anphinomus and Anapias saved their parents from the fire of Catania.

The collection of the manna, anonymous, after Giulio Campi, c. 1560, after a painting in the San Sigismondo at Cremona., draughtsman: anonymous, draughtsman: Perino del Vaga, (rejected attribution), Giulio Campi, (copy after), Italy, c. 1560, paper, pen, h 215 mm × w 321 mm

Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra; Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi), Italian (Roman), before 1499 - 1546; Italy, Europe; about 1535; Pen and brown ink (recto); Black chalk, incised for transfer (verso); 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)

Giovanni Balducci / 'Apollo and the Muses'. Early Último cuarto del siglo XVI - XVII century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A drawing by Bernhard Rode showing Saint Boniface cutting down a sacrificial tree in Hesse, executed with brush in yellow-brown tones.

Drawing, Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies; Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1692 - 1770); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on white laid paper

Archers shooting at a herm. Date/Period: Ca. 1530. Drawing. Red chalk (two shades) on paper. Height: 219 mm (8.62 in); Width: 323 mm (12.71 in). Author: Michelangelo.

The Nurturing of Jupiter 1635-1673 Italy. Brush and brown and gray (possibly discolored) washes and pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper; laid down on tan paper; ruled along edges in yellow metallic paint . Salvator Rosa

Two Kneeling and Two Standing Figures 1690-1758 Nicola Maria Rossi Italian. Two Kneeling and Two Standing Figures 340668

The Destruction of the Pharaohs Army late 16th-early 17th century Hendrick de Clerck Netherlandish. The Destruction of the Pharaohs Army 399224

Studies of putti, Peter Paul Rubens (possibly), after Jean Antoine Watteau, 1700 - 1800, Sketch sheet with studies of putti., intermediary draughtsman: Peter Paul Rubens, (possibly), intermediary draughtsman: Jean Antoine Watteau, (possibly), draughtsman: anonymous, 1700 - 1800, paper, pen, brush, h 328 mm × w 216 mm

Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death. Dated: c. 1760. Dimensions: sheet: 42.5 x 53.4 cm (16 3/4 x 21 in.). Medium: black chalk and white chalk with stumping. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gabriel Francois Doyen.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt.

Figure of a Soldier on Horseback Holding a Flag. Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. Dimensions: 7-1/4 x 8 in. (18.4 x 20.3 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Esther before Ahasuerus or Solomon and Sheba with Cross from Wood of Adam's Tomb. Follower of Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino; Italian, 1503-1540. Date: 1590-1600. Dimensions: 110 x 171 mm. Pen and brush and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Anonymous / 'Jupiter and a woman standing before him'. Late XVI century. Wash, Grey-brown wash, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Four studies of a seated boy.

The last judgment, leaf G. a detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgment' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. Marked at the bottom right: G.

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