Dramatic Historical Drawings

Drawings depicting intense historical or biblical narratives with dynamic compositions, illustrating emotional figures and complex scenes.

Conceptual study for "Rejtan. Fall of Poland"; Matejko, Jan (1838-1893); 1864-1865 (1864-00-00-1865-00-00);

Massacre of the Innocents 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Massacre of the Innocents 340376

Study for the Marriage at Cana 1685-1747 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on Japanese paper . Giuseppe Maria Crespi

A brown ink and chalk drawing from around 1485 by an anonymous artist depicting the biblical story of the Bethlehemitic child murder, showing human figures and narrative composition.

Chalk drawing by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting Frevor consulting the Sibylline books, with blotchy markings.

Collection of Manna, Anonymous, 1600 - 1625 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen / brush the gathering of manna (in baskets and pots)

The Rape of the Sabines 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. The Rape of the Sabines 338074

The Massacre of the Innocents (with the fir tree). After Marcantonio Raimondi (Italy, Argini, circa 1480-before 1534). Italy, 16th century. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Anonymous / 'Saint Peter freed by an Angel'. Second half of the XVII century. Pencil ground, Pencil, Grey-brown wash on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A Design for a Triptych with the Adoration of the Two Saints. Artist: Jan Simonsz. Pynas (Haarlem 1583/84-1631 Amsterdam). Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/16 x 8 13/16 in. (15.4 x 22.4 cm). Date: early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Jan Simonsz. Pynas.

Conceptual study for "Rejtan. Fall of Poland"; Matejko, Jan (1838-1893); 1864-1865 (1864-00-00-1865-00-00);

Stoning of Saint Stephen. Italian, Genoese or Venetian; Late 16th century. Date: 1580-1599. Dimensions: 221 x 292 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, and touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on pale brown wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Unknown Genoese.

Leonard Thirys drawing depicts the Holy Family with Elisabeth and John, while St. Joseph attends to an ox and donkeys, using pen, ink, and brownish brush with Bister.

Pencil study by Ludwig Richter of front-facing motifs, turned 90 degrees to the left, as a composition draft on greenish-yellow paper, circa 1865 or later.

Pietro Perugino, The Adoration of the Shepherds, c 1505 The Adoration of the Shepherds

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 34, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album, ink on paper; sheet: 34 x 38.4 cm (13 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.).

Building 1536-1614 Attributed to Cesare Nebbia Italian. Building 341960

Studies of Cavaliers. Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: 2 15/16 x 4 7/8in. (7.5 x 12.4cm). Date: 1610-64. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Chalk drawing by Franz Xaver Wagenschön depicting a Bacchanal, showing multiple figures, gestures, and dynamic composition.

Rudolf Weyr architectural study focusing on building structures, spatial relationships, and design proportions, drawn as preparatory sketches.

Drawing, Finding of the Cross; Attributed to Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634 - 1705); Italy; red chalk on cream laid paper; 27.3 x 20.2 cm (10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)

Four women and Christ with the Samaritan. Draughtsman: Girolamo da Carpi (follower of). Intermediary draughtsman: Michelangelo. Dating: 1530 - 1600. Measurements: h 260 mm × w 199 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Black chalk drawing by Charles Le Brun depicting the time of Darius on brownish paper, emphasizing historical figures, gestures, and narrative composition, circa 1660/61.

A stone drawing by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich from around 1754 showing the Madonna with the infant Jesus.

Illustration to Scene from the Liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme Liberata). After Bernardo Castello; Italian, 1557-1629. Date: 1585-1590. Dimensions: 197 x 146 mm. Pen and black ink and graphite, with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, tipped on to cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

An Allegory of Bologna 1630-1639 Italy. The coat-of-arms of Bologna is suspended in a fruit tree below which stand Mercury and Minerva; the river god Reno sits to the right with the town of Bologna behind him.. Black chalk on ivory laid paper, partially laid down on ivory laid paper . Alessandro Algardi

Study sheet with part of graftombe. Part of a tomb with Maria with child, female pilgrims, a monk and an ornamental edge decoration.

Saint Francis Before the Bishop ca. 1469 Attributed to Niccolò Solimani (Niccolò da Verona) Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), the son of a prosperous merchant, who abandoned his life of worldly pleasures in order to dedicate himself to the service of God, is portrayed here renouncing his clothing before Bishop Hugo of Assisi, who dresses and protects him. At left, Franciss father, who is angry that his son has proclaimed God as his only father, is restrained. Unlike earlier depictions of this subject in fresco cycles, in which this scene unfolds outdoors in the city of Assisi, here it takes place in a vaulted interior. The drawing was formerly attributed to Giovanni Angelo dAntonio, a painter from the Marches region of Italy. Recently it has been identified as a preparatory study for part of a fresco series portraying the Life of Saint Francis in the Cappella della Rama in the church of San Francesco, Mantua, where there survives a nearly identical sinopia (underdrawing) of this c

Ritual Washing of the Israelites. Dated: 1606. Dimensions: overall: 38.1 x 52.6 cm (15 x 20 11/16 in.). Medium: black chalk and pale blue-green wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Abraham Bloemaert.

Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicts Ulysses shooting through the ax rings, drawn in black chalk, highlighting figure, action, and compositional detail.

Timoteo Viti drawing depicting the miracle of St. Martin, showing a demon on a bull and men interacting with a building, executed with feather and wash, right side damaged, circa 1504.

Feast in the House of Simon. Probably Giovanni Battista Lanzeni (Italian, c.1660-1737); or possibly Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (Italian, 1654-1719); or Unknown Artist, (Italian, 16th-17th century). Date: 1674-1737. Dimensions: 179 x 208 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and lavender wash, with graphite, squared in graphite, on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Giovanni Battista Lanzeni.

Banquet Scene: A Seated Warrior Attended by a Number of Servants (recto); Back View of a Standing Man in a Long Cloak (verso). Artist: Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536-1614 Orvieto). Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/4in. (27.9 x 21cm). Date: 1536-1614. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sheet with caricatural sketches of café and cabaret life, annotated from top left to bottom right, Caricatures Memories of a cosy hour, dedicated to my friend Klaas., draughtsman: Pieter Dupont, (mentioned on object), 1890, paper, pen, brush, h 633 mm × w 782 mm

Attributed to John Carter, 1748-1817, British, Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel, ca. 1780. Graphite on slightly textured, medium thickness, white laid paper.

Madonna and Child with St. Michael. After Lorenzo Sabbattini (Italy, circa 1530-1577). Italy, 1680 - 1820. Drawings. Pen and brown ink

A drawing by Cesare Pollini depicting a dense grouping of seated and standing men and women, executed with metal pen and reddish ink, with feathering and wash.

Adoration of the Magi Artist's working dates 1723-1784 France. Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, with brush and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper . Pupil of François Boucher

Figures in gowns and men in different sitting and bending positions, 1658 - 1728 Page 29 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen standing figure. sitting figure

One Half of a Design for a Frame of a Stage Proscenium, with a Figure of Justice at the Right, and the Barberini Arms in a Cartouche at the Top 18th century Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Italian. One Half of a Design for a Frame of a Stage Proscenium, with a Figure of Justice at the Right, and the Barberini Arms in a Cartouche at the Top 340407

Preparatory drawing for The Waltz, Edward Francis Burney, 1760-1848, British, 1820s, Pen and brown ink, red chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, and graphite, squared for transfer on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)

Wreckage after the fall of the Childrens Crusade. Wojtkiewicz, Witold (1879-1909), draughtsman, cartoonist

A drawing by Lodovico Cardi depicting a sketch leaf fragment with brown feather and brush in brown and green, laved, possibly related to a Bethlehemitic children's scene.

Soldiers Carrying Urns 1501-56 Attributed to Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari) Italian. Soldiers Carrying Urns 338907

Brown ink and stone chalk drawing by Paul Troger depicting an allegory of mercy and peace, showing symbolic figures and gestures.

Drawing, The Birth of John above; John Preaching in the Wilderness below; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Engraved by Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628); Published by Theodor Galle; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash over black chalk on paper; 14.3 x 11.2 cm (5 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

Meeting of David and Abigaïl.

Le triomphe de la Mort: Le départ , Death, Skeletons, Arrivals & departures, Crowds, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti, French, 1724 - 1780, 1748, pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper

The Birth of John above; John Preaching in the Wilderness below. Date: 1595. Pen and Ink, brush and wash over black chalk on paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Reddish feather drawing by Stefano della Bella showing four Polish military figures, circa 1633-1634.

Drawing, Copy of the Crowning with the thorns in the Small Passion by Albrecht Durer, published in 1511; Italy; pen, brush and bistre on paper

God the Father. François Boitard; French, c. 1670-1720. Date: 1630-1725. Dimensions: 181 × 219 mm. Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over traces of red chalk, on tan laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Horsemen and Soldiers 1610-64 Stefano della Bella Italian. Horsemen and Soldiers 338174

A Group of Angels in Glory. Dated: 1607. Dimensions: sheet: 42 x 28.2 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.) mount: 57 x 42 cm (22 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink, pricked for transfer. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 17th Century, after Luca Cambiaso.

Joseph and His Brother in Egypt verso. Dated: 17th century. Dimensions: overall: 28.3 x 42.4 cm (11 1/8 x 16 11/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Italian 17th Century.

Angelic Artillery (recto); Battle Scene (verso) 1800-1899 United Kingdom. Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite (recto), and graphite (verso) on tan wove paper, tipped onto cream laid paper . Unknown artist

Leonidas at Thermopylae ca. 1812-13 Jacques Louis David French This is a compositional study for David's large canvas of the same subject, signed and dated 1814 and today in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The drawing was executed in two distinct stages, offering a view into the artist's creative process. Over a detailed, lightly sketched composition David reworked the sheet in a darker, more emphatic black chalk, refining and simplifying the landscape and figures, especially on the right side. Leonidas, leader of the Spartan troops, is shown calm and unwavering as his men prepare to battle the Persians at the pass of Thermopylae. Many of the poses and figural types used by David refer to classical prototypes, as does the practicedebated during David's timeof depicting classical warriors nude.. Leonidas at Thermopylae 334245

Christ Preaching in the Temple; Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528 - 1588); Italy; about 1548; Pen and brown ink; 7.8 × 17.5 cm (3 1,16 × 6 7,8 in.)

Red chalk sketch by Edme Bouchardon for a Roman festival in honor of the goddess Pales.

Left under corner of a print of the scene of Cebes, Philips Galle, After Frans Floris (I), 1561 - 1596 print Allegory about the salvation road of man. Life as a city with three walled sites, with a temple in the middle. At the outer gate the souls of children are waiting, ready to enter adult life. Before entering, they get something to drink from temptation (seductio), which makes them ignorant. The first walled site shows all kinds of transfers and distractions, such as prejudice (opinion), desire (cupiduas), doubt (error) and ignorance (ignorantia). They prevent the youthful person from penetrating further to the next circle. Only by following the personifications of repentance (Poenitentia), Hope (Spes) and Good desire (Bonnnem Desiderium) can people gain access to the second circle. There he is taught in all forms of worldly knowledge. On the left are the seven Artes Liberales and on the right various scholars debate. Man is put to the test in this circle and confronted with false

Political Allegory by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

Political allegory, 1483-85; pen and ink, by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519), was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology

Studies for a Monument. Dimensions: overall: 19.9 x 32.1 cm (7 13/16 x 12 5/8 in.). Medium: graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOHN FLAXMAN.

Soldiers Carrying Urns. Artist: attributed to Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari) (Italian, Ferrara 1501-1556 Ferrara). Dimensions: 12-5/8 x 9 in. (32.0 x 22.9 cm). Date: 1501-56. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment of a sketch of two horsemen. Draughtsman: Adam Frans van der Meulen. Dating: 1642 - 1690. Measurements: h 149 mm × w 196 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy (Purgatorio 31). Date/Period: 1480 - 1495. Drawing. Pen and brown ink over metalpoint on parchment Pen and brown ink over metalpoint on parchment. Height: 322 mm (12.67 in); Width: 470 mm (18.50 in). Author: SANDRO BOTTICELLI.

Pons or sponge for painting tiles with the presentation of Esther 8: 7, Anonymous, 1700 - 1799 Possed on paper representation of five figures, three standing and two kneeling, with a building and a gallows in the background. Esther 8: 7. Netherlands paper Possed on paper representation of five figures, three standing and two kneeling, with a building and a gallows in the background. Esther 8: 7. Netherlands paper

Krishna and the Gopis Tease an Old Man Indian. Krishna and the Gopis Tease an Old Man, ca. 1790-1800. Blackline with orange outlines added on paper, sheet: 10 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. (25.7 x 31.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1790-1800

Horsemen and Soldiers. Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm). Date: 1610-64. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A pencil drawing by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, circa 1820, depicting the discovery of the Holy Cross with reddish accents.

The Crucifixion. Artist: After Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (31.5 × 23.6 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Dioscuri on Monte Cavallo; verso: Study of a Spiral Staircase ca. 1533 Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish. The Dioscuri on Monte Cavallo; verso: Study of a Spiral Staircase 359491

Twee scènes uit de historie van Jozef. Joseph & Putifar (title on object). Draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen (possibly). Dating: 1677 - 1755. Measurements: h 210 mm × w 327 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Red chalk and feather drawing by Gasparo Diziani from the 18th century depicting a unified scene on a boat with warriors and naked figures, showing interaction and composition.

Six Standing Men and Ten Battling Nudes. Dated: 1470s. Dimensions: overall: 27.8 x 20.1 cm (10 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and ink on prepared paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Circle of Francesco Squarcione.

Proof for textile: 'Pastoral Scene with Peacocks and Poultry', Nicolaes Berchem, Dutch, 1620-1683, Copper engraving in brown gum paste on eight sheets of laid paper with deckle edges, framed in two parts, The scene shows a male flutist seated on a section of masonry, before whom stands a shepherdess; nearby is a dog, some sheep and a reclining cow. At the left is a classical ruin and in the right foreground, a monument., France, after 1761, textile designs, Print, Print

Four Sketches of Putti Hanging Coat of Arms 1702-86 Carlo Marchionni Italian. Four Sketches of Putti Hanging Coat of Arms 343251

Group of Standing and Seated Female Figures (recto); Costumed Female Figure (verso) 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. Group of Standing and Seated Female Figures (recto); Costumed Female Figure (verso) 338058

Studies of Figures.

Winged Genie crowns a general, Giulio Romano, 1532 - 1537 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen

Giulio Romano drawing of the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, executed with brown pen, wash, and black chalk squaring on paper, circa 1531-1534.

Four Knights and a Male Nude Advancing Towards the Right, by Sanzio Raffaello, 1483 - 1520, 15th Century, pen, stylus, paper. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Uffizi Gallery, Drawings and Prints Cabinet. Whole artwork. Horses knights helms plumes flags naked man anatomy drawing sketch sepia tones: hues.

A brown ink drawing over graphite by Theodor van Thulden depicting an allegorical representation of Prince Willem III, owner of the Oranien-Nassau house, with symbolic figures and elements, executed with gray and brown washes.

Three people at a basilica. Draughtsman: Andrea Boscoli. After anonymous. Dating: 1570 - 1607. Measurements: h 124 mm × w 197 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Three men around a table, Jabes Heenck, 1782.

Card 22 Washing hands by Pilate, with: album with drawings depicting reliefs from the chapel of Kalwaria Ujazdowska unknown

Marten de Vos feather drawing in brown with laved and white heighted accents on brownish paper, depicting The Adjoining of the Kings, 1570-1600.

The Holy Family and St. John the Baptist, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Interior with the Madonna seated in the foreground, holding the Child. St. Joseph stands behind her, left. The young St. John stands at right., Italy, Netherlands, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing

The Road toCalvary. Artist: Andrea Boscoli, Italian, 1550-1606

From Herod to Pilate. Date/Period: Ca. 1760. Drawing. Pen and ink wash, and graphite stick on paper. Height: 307 mm (12.08 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in). Author: Francesc Tramulles.

'Two Seated Nudes and a Woman Washing', c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.

Study sheet with motifs borrowed from Italian painting. Draughtsman: Rodolphe Bresdin. Dating: 1832 - 1885. Measurements: h 161 mm × w 124 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Acisclo Antonio Palomino y Velasco / 'Group of musician angels'. XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Sketch sheet with Ascension of Christ. Draughtsman: Antoon Derkinderen. Dating: 1869 - 1925. Measurements: h 618 mm × w 472 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine. Paolo Caliari, called Paolo Veronese; Italian, 1528-1588. Date: 1680-1699. Dimensions: 443 x 298 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Design for Mantelpiece Decoration, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, The left half of the fireplace and of the frieze are shown. A single molding forms the frame. The frieze is decorated with festoons hanging beside an ovoidal medallion at right, with figures in the center. Three children are in the center. A standing woman is shown in the medallion. A siren forms the bracket at the corner. A standing quadruped, the central one. Inside the fireplace is the section along the inner side of the corner bracket. Realized version carved in marble by Vincenzo Pacetti, reliefs for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri., Rome, Italy, 1789, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Study for a fresco for the hall of the Senate, Genova: The relics of St. John Baptist are brought to Genova; Attributed to Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657-1747); Italy; brush and gray wash, pen and ink, over graphite on paper.; 25.4 x 48.2 cm (10 x 19 in.)

A Compartmented Ceiling with Allegories and Myths. Dated: 1590/1600. Medium: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alessandro Maganza.

Bliżej Kultury Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869 1907)

Violin player for an inn, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, After Adriaen van Ostade, 1766 - 1770 A man with violin and a boy with swingers make music at an inn. Listen adults and children. A woman leans over the lower door. The Calque is loose in an album, see page 17. Amsterdam tracing paper. chalk one person playing string instrument (bowed). inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. dog

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