Classical Nude Studies

Engravings and sketches of male and female nudes from classical art. These works focus on forms and poses, often surrounded by symbolic attributes or drapery.

Vuur (Ignis), Jacob Matham (workshop of), after Jacob Matham, 1606 - 1610 print The personification of the Element Vuur (Ignis): A man hits flints next to a fire pit. In the foreground a cat and in the background two figures hit an anvil in a blacksmith. Second print from a series of the four elements. Haarlem paper engraving fire (one of the four elements)

Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Male Nude Seated from panel of "God Separating Light from Dark", 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Sculpture of Emperor Commodus as Gladiator, Anonymous, 1584 Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving

Mars, anonymous, after Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1717 - 1732 print Mars, seen on the back, with shield, helmet and sword. To his left the astronomical symbol for his planet. Standing in an oval cartouche with at the top of the two signs of the zodiac: Ram and Scorpio. Amsterdam paper engraving Mars and his children ('Planetenkinder')

Woman in a gown with a jug on the head. In her right hand, the woman wears a second jug. Leaf 30 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets.

Copper engraving from around 1510-1513 by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting Apollo, showing the god in classical pose with symbolic attributes.

Doornuittrekker, Diana Mantuana, after Cornelis Cort, after anonymous, 1581 print View of the ancient bronze sculpture that is known as the Spinario (thorn overtakers). The sculpture stands on a pedestal and represents a sitting young man who removes a thorn from his foot. paper engraving 'Spinario', child pulling a thorn out of its foot. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

. Apollo, or the personalized sun, with arrow and bow. Above his head the astronomical symbol for his planet. Portrait in an oval cartouche with at the top of the two signs: sun and lion.

Beeld van een faun met Bacchus op zijn schouders.A Faun is in a niche and bears the young Bacchus on his shoulders. On the left a tree stump on which the sheet of a goat and a pan flute.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Apollo Belvedere ca. 1514-36 Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one standard, bound

Vuur (Ignis), Jacob Matham (workshop of), after Jacob Matham, 1606 - 1610 print The personification of the Element Vuur (Ignis): A man hits flints next to a fire pit. In the foreground a cat and in the background two figures hit an anvil in a blacksmith. Second print from a series of the four elements. Haarlem paper engraving fire (one of the four elements)

Commodus. Etching by F. Perrier.

Beham, Barthel, Nuremberg, Judith with sword sitting on the decapitated body of Holofernes, print, prints, height 54 mm, width 37 mm, 1502 - 1540, print maker, printmaker, 1525 - 1525, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Statue of Flora, Roman goddess of flowers and spring, holding a posy of flowers. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 1787. David (1741-1824) drew and engraved the illustrations based on Roman statues, engraved stones and medals in the collection of the Museum de Florence and the cabinet of curiosities of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Feminine Figure. Artist: Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598-1688 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/16 x 3 11/16 in. (15.4 x 9.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Hercules (Hercules in aedibus Card. Burghesij) 16th century Anonymous This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one standard, bound set of

Mars, Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1597 print Mars, seen on the back, with shield, helmet and sword. To his left the astronomical symbol for his planet. Standing in an oval cartouche with at the top of the two signs of the zodiac: Ram and Scorpio. Haarlem paper engraving Mars and his children ('Planetenkinder')

Night, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637 print Niche with the female personification of the night, with stars around her head. She holds a burning torch in her hand. At her feet an owl and a fire pot. In the cartouche under the Nis Venus and Amor. unknown paper engraving personification of the night, 'Nox'; 'Notte', 'Carro della notte', 'Serenití della notte' (Ripa). owls. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Copper engraving of Diana by Giovanni Giacomo Caraglio, 1526, depicting the Roman goddess of the hunt, moon, and nature, shown with classical features and hunting attributes.

Statue of Hercules, François Perrier, 1633 print paper etching (story of) Hercules (Heracles). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Saturnus. Willem Basse, Jan Saenredam, 1633 - 1672

Saint S�bastien (Bartsch 166) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). Saint S�bastien (Bartsch 166). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Portrait of Apollo, god of medicine and music in Greek mythology, shown naked with lyre, cloak and sun hat, petasos. On cornelian from the Duke of Marlborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.

Goltzius, Hendrick, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, The seven planets series A, Venjs, Venus, with next to her Amor with bow and arrow and in her hand a burning heart. To the left of her head the astronomical symbol for her planet. Standing in an oval cartouche with at the top the two signs of the zodiac: Libra and Taurus., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 118 mm, width 77 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, prentmaker, 1597 - 1597, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, intermediary draughtsman

Sitting nude, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Sitting naked man, partly turned to the side, with a garland of acorns. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 9. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). fruits: acorn

Monogrammist AC's 16th-century copper engraving depicts a faun, highlighting the creature's hybrid human-animal form, posture, and classical pose.

Sitting nude, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Sitting naked man, turned to the right, with a garland of acorns over his shoulder. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 12. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). fruits: acorn

. Venus, with beside her amor with arrow and bow and in her hand a burning heart. Left of her head The astronomical symbol for her planet. Portrait in an oval cartouche with the two signs of the zodiac at the top: Libra and bull.

François Perrier, The Farnese Hercules, seen from behind (plate 4), 1638 The Farnese Hercules, seen from behind plate 4

Bliżej Kultury Ferdinand Schenk Verlag für Kunst und Kunstfäwer, Vienna, Solis, Virgilius (1514 1562)

Zeegod Portunus; Portvnvs; Rivier- en zeegoden; Semideorum Marinorum amnicorumque sigillariae imagines perelegantes.The sea stod portunus, seated on a stone. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about river and sea uts.

Water Nymph Largia, Philips Galle, 1587

Venus and Amor; Reliefs in the Loggia of Rafael. Venus reaches a bowl that amor wears above his head.

Death of Lucretia. Death of Lucretia where she is about to cross with a dagger

Male Nude Seated from Panel of 'Creation of Eve', Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, after Michelangelo, 1474/1475-1564, Italian, 1550 to 1585, Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Spring; Far; The four Seasons. Spring personification, naked with leafy wreath on the head and basket with flowers in the right hand. At the top of the three constellations Ram, bull and twins.

Egyptian statue of the goddess Isis with throne headdress, in hard black stone with yellow spots. Copperplate engraving by Giacomo Bossi after an illustration by D. A. from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820.

Fortune Made 1490-1500 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Transience; Respice finem. Imagination of transience. A naked woman, seen from the side, standing with a grave. In her left hand an hourglass and a cloth, in her judge a fruit. At the open grave are a skull, a shovel and a globe.

Rudolf I, Pfalzgraf near Rhein.

Personification of Wisdom, Arnold Houbraken, 1710 - 1719

Apollo: the element fire; The four elements; 4. Principles Musicæ. Apollo with his winch, as allegory on fire element. It is surrounded by dragons and nocturnal animals. In the margin a four-line poem, in two columns, in Latin. Fourded from a series with the four elements.

. In the foreground Susanna. In the background the two elders who spike her. The performance is caught in an oval frame with a peripheral panel. In the margin a three-legged bible quote in Latin. Print from a series with famous women.

Seated man with child; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. Figures from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 54.

Statue of Venus Celeste, Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex and fertility. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 1787. David (1741-1824) drew and engraved the illustrations based on Roman statues, engraved stones and medals in the collection of the Museum de Florence and the cabinet of curiosities of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The Man of Sorrows Standing, with Hands Raised, c. 1500. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving;

Fortuna, Roman goddess of fortune, riding on a dolphin. The naked goddess, daughter of Oceanus, kneels precariously to keep her balance while holding a sail. From an engraved agate gem. Fortuna Delphino Insistens Incis in Achate. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

Man seen from the Front, holding a Rope in his right Hand 16th century Giulio Bonasone Italian. Man seen from the Front, holding a Rope in his right Hand 392792

Mercury. Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617)Polidoro da Caravaggio (after) (Italy, active Messina, circa 1490-1543). Holland, 1592. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Sculpture of Apollo, Anonymous, 1584 print Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Statue of Eros and anteros; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani. Statue of Eros and anteros. Eros approaches the sleeping anteros. On the base the crowned eagle and castle of the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of a series of prints to sculptures in the collection of Giustiniani in Rome.

Fameio (Servant). Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 18.5 x 10.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving with traces of gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Apollo. Dimensions: plate: 19.7 x 16 cm (7 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 26.2 x 21.4 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: comte de Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières Caylus after Edme Bouchardon.

Vissende Sculptuur van een jongen; The boys in the Capitol at Rome, an effigy of piscanti; Antieke Sculpturen in Rome; Of the Ancient Rome, known as the city of statues are to be seen in the public places, and icones.Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Venus is on a waterfront and pinches water from her hair, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1506 print Venus stands on a waterfront and pinches water from her hair. An apple pierced in the tree behind her with an arrow. paper engraving birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair; usually she is awaited by the Hours

The Infant Christ as Redeemer Made 1510-1520 Germany. Woodcut in black on tan laid paper . Lucas Cranach, the Elder

GAIVRY, THE FLYING GIRL with her wings outstretched, ready to fly Date: 1751

Niche with an altar with the statue of young Mars in the middle, armed with helmet, shield and parazonium, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Francesco Cepparoli from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume IV, plate 2, 1757-1787, Naples.

Venus Marina, Anonymous, After Cherubino Alberti, 1570 - 1620 print paper engraving Venus, standing on a shell, sails with her veil over the water (alternatively she is riding on a dolphin): Venus Marina

Sitting nude, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Sitting naked man, partly turned to the left, with a garland of acorns. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 11. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa). fruits: acorn

Bacchante and Cupid, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Francis Vieira, 1765-1806, 1800, Engraving

Copper engraving from 1512-1550 showing Venus and Amor, depicting goddess, winged Cupid, and mythological scene.

Aether, plate six from Demogorgon and the Dieties. Hendrick Goltzius; Dutch, 1558-1617. Date: 1586-1591. Dimensions: 347 x 261 mm (oval). Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and two shades of gray on paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Justice, showing the figure with scales and symbolic representation, created in the 16th century.

Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Christ Child as Redeemer Surrounded by Angels with Instruments of the Passion, verso bottom center - stamped, Christ Child as Redeemer standing on the lid of the opened tomb. He holds an orb and makes a gesture of blessing. He is surrounded by floating angels with instruments of the passion., print, prints, verso bottom left - stamped, height 241 mm, width 167 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1482 - 1553, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Sitting naked; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. No man sitting on a pillow, turned to the left. One of the 'Ignudi' (naked men) from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered at the bottom right: 19.

Half-naked child in a landscape; Children and angels. Half-naked child in a landscape. Print from a series of 24 prints with angels or children.

Matham, Jacob, Haarlem, The four seasons, Ver, Personification of spring (ver), recto lower right - stamped, Spring (Ver) personified by a youth with a flowering plant, with a landscape in the background in which several couples are walking. Representation in an ornamental oval cartouche. At the top the signs of the zodiac belonging to spring: Gemini, Aries and Taurus., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 165 mm, width 107 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, prentmaker, 1588 - 1602, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

. From series of 22 or 29 sheets with cartouches in Italian lobe style, fourth edition.

Venus and Cupid. Venus and Cupid standing in an oval. The print is numbered and therefore seems to be part of a series with planets, but no other prints from this series are known.

Truth; Veritas; Prosopographia, Sive Virtutum, Animi, Corporis, Bonorum Externorum, Vitiorum, ET Affectuum Variorum Deineatio. A naked woman with loose long hair and a small increase. The sun in her right hand. Above her head the Holy Spirit. Under the show two lines text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Statue of Apollo with winch; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Image of the God Apollo with a winch in his hand. His hair is kept together with a hair band. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Copper engraving by Monogrammist AC from the first half of the 16th century showing Mars, Venus, and Cupido with classical figures, symbolic gestures, and mythological motifs.

L'Amour au tambourin. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, 1875. Prints; etchings. Etching

Roman soldier with shield and lance on his back.

Bacco E Mercurio, Le gemme antiche figurate, Agostini, Leonardo, 1593-ca. 1670, Bellori, Giovanni Pietro, 1615-1696., Bussotti, Giovanni Battista, Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, 1615-1669, Etching, 1686, Etching. Plate 13 from vol. 2.

Waternimf Camerina; Camerina; Stroom- en waternimfen; Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum.The Waternimf Camerina, seated on a stone block. The print is part of a seventeen-part series about electricity and water nymphs.

Strength, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Statue of Apollo with skin from Marsyas; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani I. Statue of Apollo with skin from Marsyas. On the base the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Female figure with trident from Neptunus, Anonymous, After Hendrick de Keyser (I), c. 1623 - Before 1656 print A female figure holds a Neptune staff and a shell in hand. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Copper engraving by Barthel Beham, 1524, depicting Cleopatra, highlighting figure, posture, and royal attributes.

Juli en augustus. Iulius, Augustus (title on object). Draughtsman: Walter Pompe. Dating: 1713 - 1777. Measurements: h 8 mm × w 123 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Vrees, Philips Galle, c. 1585 - c. 1590 print A boy runs away with a hare in his arms while he looks back. De Haas is a fearful animal that runs away from the least movement. Under the show two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album. print maker: AntwerpSouthern Netherlands paper engraving Fear, Dread; 'Fear', 'Timide or fear', 'Timor' (Ripa). Rodents: Hare

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Variant Design for a Vase (verso) Ennemond Alexandre Petitot French. Two Designs for Vases (recto); Variant Design for a Vase (verso) 335992

Ticket for the Masked Ball at Ranelagh, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1776, Line engraving

The water nymph Garga, seated on a stone block. In her hands a bouquet of flowers and a stone pitcher from which water flows. The print is part of a seventeen-part series on stream and water nymphs, Water Nymph Garga Garga Stream and water nymphs (series title) Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, Philips Galle, publisher: Philips Galle, Antwerp, 1587, paper, engraving, h 165 mm × w 101 mm

Depicts the figure of Venus, created as a copper engraving by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia between 1500 and 1520, showing the mythological figure and classical details.

Standing Bacchus. Bacchus as a personification of autumn.

Kieboom, Guiliam van den, Southern Netherlands, Cardon, Antoine Alexandre Joseph, Battle of Centaurs, Sculpture with two centaurs and a naked woman (possibly the battle between the Lapiths and Centaurs at the wedding of Hippodamia). Group of statues on a pedestal, seen from the front. Statue made by François van Uffel and Guillaume van den Kieboom. Numbered top right in the plate: 5. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772., print, picture, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 173 mm, width 98 mm, 1739-12-07 - 1822-09-10, print maker, printmaker, 1772 - 1773, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Zuid-Nederlands - 1778-07-26, after image by

. Nis with the statue of a mermaid, which was originally on the Purmerpoort in Edam. According to a medieval sage, she was caught in the Purmermeer in 1403.

Suicide of Lucretia. Lucretia is sitting on a bed with the dagger with which she will square in her hand. On the right a window overlooking a landscape. Italian text in two columns in undermarge.

Suicide of Lucretia.

Sitting Satyrs. Artist: G. King (British, active 1732-49). Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (24.7 x 14.8 cm). Date: after 1732.This decorative borders was added to an authorized copy of Hogarth's "A Harlot's Progress," sold by G. King at the Golden Head in Browlow Street, Drury Lane. The work was issued shortly after Hogarth's own, to undercut cheap pirated copies and Hogarth had nothing to do with these borders. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Walking woman from behind, Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1538 - 1592 drawing From behind -seen woman with a basket on the head and a child on the arm. paper. ink pen

Pigritia Sloth. 1500 - 1550. Pencz, Georg, 1500-1550. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Variant Design for a Vase (verso). Artist: Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (French, Lyons 1727-1801 Parma). Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 8 15/16 in. (33.3 x 22.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A child born with the viscera reversed. Engraving, 1749.

Tirtutis Amor, et Numen. Riminaldi, Orazio, 1593-1630. 1701 - 1730. Mogalli, Cosimo, 1667-1730. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Copper engraving by Benedetto da Montagna from the first half of the 16th century depicting the risen Christ with detailed figures and composition.

Sleeping Cupid. Dated: c. 1640. Dimensions: sheet: 13 x 19.7 cm (5 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.) sheet: 13.3 x 19.8 cm (5 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lorenzo Loli after Guido Reni.

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