Dramatic Historical Scenes

Dynamic sketches illustrating intense historical moments featuring figures in classic attire, rendered in pen and wash with expressive details.

The death of Ananias, draughtsman: Alessandro Turchi, 1588 - 1649, paper, pen, brush, h 176 mm × w 231 mm

The death of Ananias, draughtsman: Alessandro Turchi, 1588 - 1649, paper, pen, brush, h 176 mm × w 231 mm

Italian Comedians Performing in a Public Square. Artist: Jacob Matthias Weyer (German, Hamburg 1620-1691 Hamburg). Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 11 13/16 in. (18.6 x 30 cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673-1722 Paris). Date: 1635-91. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Alckmarse van der Berg drawing titled 'Göttermahl' showing a banquet of gods, executed in pen and brown wash on yellow-brown tinted paper, presented in reverse.

Drawing by Andries Cornelis Lens depicting a slaughter scene in front of a temple with a warrior emerging from a womans arm, executed in red chalk on light gray paper.

Allegory with fame, Hercules and Europe. Allegorical performance with fame, hercules and Europe for a ruin of a temple. At the top left an angel with a praise and a crown.

Revival of Lazarus. Design for a print.

Sacrifice of Noah. Artist: Attributed to Lazzaro Baldi (Italian, Pistoia 1622-1703 Rome). Dimensions: 4-9/16 x 6-5/16 in. (11.6 x 16.1 cm). Date: 1622-1703. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Judgement of Solomon, draughtsman: Theodoor van Thulden, (possibly), 1616 - 1669, paper, pen, brush, h 205 mm × w 324 mm

Judith Decapitating Holofernes. Artist: Giorgio Vasari (Italian, Arezzo 1511-1574 Florence) (). Dimensions: 6-1/16 x 4-7/8 in. (15.4 x 12.4 cm). Date: 1511-74. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Depicts Ulysses bidding farewell to Alkinoos, king of the Phaeacians. Black chalk drawing with brownish spots, damaged upper corner, and short horizontal fold.

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso). Artist: Giovanni Baglione (Italian, Rome 1566-1643 Rome). Dimensions: 7-5/8 x 8-1/8 in. (19.4 x 20.6 cm). Date: ca. 1599-1610. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Adoration of the shepherds. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1530. Place: Parma. Measurements: h 205 mm × w 163 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Massacre of the Innocents. Artist: Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, Bologna 1665-1747 Bologna). Dimensions: 17-3/16 x 23-3/8 in. (43.7 x 59.3 cm). Date: 1665-1747. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Christ for his judges, Maerten de Vos, 1542 - 1603 drawing paper. deck paint. ink pen / brush

Personifications of the Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates rivers n.d. Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century Flemish. Personifications of the Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates rivers 347967

Infant Oedipus Brought Home by Shepherd. Possibly Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1640-1711); or after Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669). Date: 1675-1699. Dimensions: 316 × 402 mm. Red chalk with stumping, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Building. Artist: Attributed to Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536-1614 Orvieto). Dimensions: 9-5/8 x 11-1/4 in. (24.5 x 28.6 cm); maximum (lower half of sheet made up). Date: 1536-1614. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), Tobias Braender Fiskens Lever, 1555

Naked warriors in fight.

Chalk and feather drawing on gray paper by an anonymous artist depicting a kneeling monk holding a newborn, additional monks, and the corpses of a man and a woman, gray-lavated, 17th century.

Study for the Annunciation. Lazzaro Baldi; Italian, 1622-1703. Date: 1642-1703. Dimensions: 171 x 108 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), squared in red chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on buff wove card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Naked warriors in combat, draughtsman: Hans Speckaert, 1500 - 1577, paper, pen, brush, h 259 mm × w 427 mm

A pencil and chalk drawing by Franz Xaver Wagenschön depicting the Venue to St. John Nepomuk, showing figures, gestures, and spatial composition.

The Virgin and Child in Glory Adored by Saints Catherine and Lucy mid-16th-early 17th century Dirck Hendricksz., called Centen, also called Teodoro d'Errico Netherlandish. The Virgin and Child in Glory Adored by Saints Catherine and Lucy. Dirck Hendricksz., called Centen, also called Teodoro d'Errico (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1542/43-1618 Amsterdam). mid-16th-early 17th century. Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper. Drawings

This 1588 drawing by Friedrich Sustris depicts Phaëton ascending the sun chariot, created with gray ink, wash, and raster lines on brownish paper.

Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), Peter Og Johannes Praediker, 1557

Pierre-Paul Rubens. The birth of the Virgin (Lugt 65). Brown ink on gray paper,. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. XVIIEM XVIIth XVII 17th 17th 17th century, engraving

Diana and her nymphs after the hunt, Anonymous, After 1600 - Before 1699 drawing Southern Netherlands paper. chalk

Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Child, c. 1665, black chalk on laid paper, squared for transfer in black chalk, sheet: 24.7 x 28.5 cm (9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.), mount: 36 x 39.1 cm (14 3/16 x 15 3/8 in.), Ciro Ferri (artist) Italian, 1634 - 1689

The Vision of St. Hubert 1728-1800 Vittorio Amedeo Rapous Italian. The Vision of St. Hubert 340613

The Sacrifice of Noah 17th century Aureliano Milani Italian. The Sacrifice of Noah 340084

The Holy Family with Two Angels 1598-1654 Alessandro Algardi Italian Trained in Bologna in the "Accademia degli Incaminati" founded by the Carracci, Algardi moved in 1625 to Rome, where he spent the rest of his life, excelling in relief and portrait sculpture. This drawing was surely a model for a relief sculpture or a metal plaquette: the handling of the silvery black chalk is vigorous and sculptural, and the high shine of the figures corresponds to the polish of a bronze relief. The figures are in the same scale as those of a bronze plaquette by Algardi of the Rest on the Flight into Egypt’ in the Museum’s Collection (inv. 38.151.11) and the two works may have been connected with the same commission. The iconography of the drawing is unclear: the three jars held by the child may allude to the gifts brought by the three Magi.It is quite possible that this sheet served as a demonstration drawing (modello’) for a relief sculpture, either in teracotta or bronze, to judge from both the

Drawing, Design for a Ceiling in a Church; Attributed to Matthäus Günther (German, 1705 - 1788); Germany; pen and black ink, brush and brown and black washes on off-white laid paper, laid down; Sheet: 39.5 x 22.9 cm (15 9/16 x 9 in.)

The Flaying of Marsyas. Artist: François van Loo (French, Aix 1708-1732 Turin). Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 16 7/16 in. (24.2 x 41.7 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A stone and chalk drawing by Anton Kern depicting the Solomonian judgment, executed with lead handle and dark brown with gray tones.

Ecce Homo. Artist: Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1532-1603 Antwerp). Dimensions: sheet: 2 7/8 x 2 3/16 in. (7.3 x 5.6 cm). Former Attribution: formerly also attributed to Hans Bol (Netherlandish, Mechelen 1534-1593 Amsterdam). Date: 1584. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Peter denies Christ, presented in the hall of the courthouse, Joseph von Führich, 1810 - 1876 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen court building. story of the denial of Peter (Matthew 26:58, 26:69-75; Mark 14:54, 14:66-72; Luke 22:55-62; John 18:15-18, 18:25-27)

Design for a print, The companions of Ulysses open the bag in which Aeolus had decided the winds, draughtsman: Theodoor van Thulden, draughtsman: Otto van Veen, (rejected attribution), after: Francesco Primaticcio, 1631 - 1633, paper, pen, brush, h 168 mm × w 239 mm

Red chalk drawing by Carlo Maratta depicting the nativity scene of the birth of Mary.

Attributed to Donato Creti, The Adoration of the Magi (recto) The Adoration of the Magi recto

Drawing, Design for a Tapestry: Africa; Designed by Gérard Audran (Flemish, active in France, 1640-1703); France; brush and brown ink, black wash, white gouache,over black chalk on laid paper. framing lines in pen and black ink.; Sheet: 28.5 x 35.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 in.)

Ancient Sacrifice 18th century Philippe Louis Parizeau French. Ancient Sacrifice 399539

Ulysses receives the Homage of the LoyalServing-Women. Artist: Theodore van Thulden, Flemish, 1606-1669 After: Francesco Primaticcio, Italian, 1504-1570

Esther before Ahasverus, Giambattista Zelotti (attributed to), 1536 - 1578 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush Esther before Ahasuerus (Esther 5:1-4)

The Maryrdom of Saint Lawrence. Artist: Cornelis Schut (Flemish, Antwerp 1597-1655 Antwerp); attributed to Rombout Eynhoudts (Dutch, Antwerp 1613-1680 Antwerp). Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (36.8 x 27.6 cm). Former Attribution: Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century. Date: early 17th-mid 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Bacchants tearing Orpheus, created with feather on yellow-brown paper.

Study of Three Figures, Carlo Maratti, Italian, 1625 - 1713, Italy, 17th-19th century, Drawing, Drawing

Design for a painting, Masinissa has the poison cup brought to Sophonisbe, draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, pen, brush, h 284 mm × w 208 mm

The Genius of Salvator Rosa, Rosa, Salvatore (1615-1673)

God the Father with music-making angels. Draughtsman: Raffaellino da Reggio. Dating: 1560 - 1578. Measurements: h 250 mm × w 407 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Red chalk drawing by an anonymous artist depicting an allegorical princess surrounded by Apollo, Hermes, Kronos, and three additional allegorical figures, lavated, early 18th century.

Scourging ofChrist. After: Hans Speckaert, Flemish, ca. 1540-1577 Artist, copy after: Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566-1651 Artist, possibly by: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

France, Lafage, Raymond de, Paris, Ertinger, Franz, Preaching of John the Baptist, verso - stamped, John the Baptist, with staff from which hangs a ribbon, preaches to a seated company. In the background more listeners including a man on horseback and the Roman soldier., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 266 mm, width 415 mm, 1640, print maker, prentmaker, 1652 - 1707, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Frans, 1656-10-01 - 1690-11-04, intermediary draughtsman

Maarten van Heemskkk (1498-1574), Christ and the Rovers on the Cross, 1548

Pietà 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Pietà 340167

Scene From Roman History Artist's working dates 1624-1689 France. Red chalk, with brush and gray-brown and red chalk wash, with touches of black chalk, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on cream laid paper . Thomas Blanchet

Erminia and the Shepherds (a scene from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: 8-15/16 x 8-15/16 in. (22.7 x 22.7 cm). Date: 1650-1700. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Study for the Adoration of the Magi 1610-1615 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized) over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove card . Jacopo Palma Il Giovane

Anonymous (Circle of Paggi, Giovanni Battista) / 'Allegory of a royal marriage / A king seated at a table, with a young woman'. Second half of the XVI century. Wash, White lead, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on tinted paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

François Bouchers drawing depicts a shepherd lying on the ground and a shepherdess feeding a cow, executed in black chalk with white highlights on greenish paper.

Design for a title page with an allegorical performance. Design for a title page.

Scene from Roman History, John Michael Rysbrack, 1694-1770, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1720), undated, Pen and brown ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 inches (13.3 × 17.8 cm), figures, historical subject, men, soldier, women, Europe

Drawing for a Frontispiece 1704-39 Mauro Soderini Italian. Drawing for a Frontispiece 346166

Tobias heals the blind tobit; History of Tobias. Tobias heals his fathers blindness with the bile of a fish. In addition to him the angel Rafael and Anna, the mother of Tobias.

The dance of death: Death appears to the people in the inn and instigates them, the proletariat, to clear the throne to make way for communism. Drawing by or after E. Ille.

Two women and a boy, Abraham Bloemaert, 1625 - 1629 drawing Two sitting women, one reading, one lying boy and two tree stumps. paper. ink. chalk pen lying figure. sitting figure - AA - female human figure

Brown and gray ink figure studies by Francesco Mazzola showing human anatomy, posture, and proportions on paper.

The Adoration of the Shepherds before 1764 Francesco Bartolozzi Italian. The Adoration of the Shepherds 377063

L'Été , Summer, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Rubens, Peter Paul, Ghent, Spruyt, Philippe Lambert Joseph, Visit of the Queen of Sheba, verso - stamped, The Queen of Sheba kneels before King Solomon. Behind her stand her servants with gifts for Solomon., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 297 mm, width 323 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1727-04-03 - 1801-05-05, print maker, printmaker, 1747 - 1801, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30

Two Cavaliers recto. Dated: c. 1850s. Dimensions: sheet: 20.96 × 26.04 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.

Fearlessness of Caius Fabricius Luscinus after the Pyrrhus victory. The fearlessness of the Roman consul Caius Fabricius Luscinus after the Victory of Pyrrhus. Men, women and elephants.

Pietà. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 8-9/16 x 6-3/8 in. (21.8 x 16.2 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Consequences of the respect of the children. Artist: René Boyvin. Draughtsman: anonymous. After Rosso Fiorentino (after). Dating: 1535 - 1620. Measurements: h 289 mm × w 440 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Ink drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a coronation ceremony with figures and ceremonial elements.

Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Mattaeus' KaLdelse, 1571

Adoration of the Shepherds. Artist: Francisco Vieira de Mattos (Il Lusitano) (Portuguese, Lisbon 1699-1783 Lisbon). Dimensions: 6-7/8 x 4-3/4 in. (17.5 x 12.1 cm). Date: 1699-1783. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Still Life of Fruit, Musical Instruments, and Venison, with a Young Man at the Left 1672 Copy after Jan Fijt. Still Life of Fruit, Musical Instruments, and Venison, with a Young Man at the Left. Copy after Jan Fijt (Antwerp 1611-Antwerp 1661). 1672. Brush and brown ink and greasy brownish black chalk over black chalk, heightened with white.. Drawings

Music-Making Angels. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (16.9 x 22.3 cm). Date: 1521. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pencil drawing on parchment by Charles Eisen showing a scene from the epic poem 'Orlando Furioso' by Ariost.

Feder and laved drawing by Giorgio Vasari depicting a smithy at the volcano, showing forge, tools, figures, and interior details, 1555/56.

Bacchanal of putti, Pietro Testa, 1640, draughtsman: Pietro Testa, 1640, paper, pen, h 192 mm × w 247 mm

Bologna, Carracci, Ludovico, Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Saint Benedict expelling a demon, verso - stamped, A wildly struggling, demon-possessed man is held down by two men. In the background on the left stands Saint Benedict, assisted by two men. In the foreground on the right two women duck away., print, prent, prints, enten, height 397 mm, width 272 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1555 - 1619-11-13

Three muses and a putto with a winch, 1530 - 1582 print Three muses are bent over a book. A putto with a winch is floating upstairs. print maker: Italyafter design by: Fontainebleau paper engraving / counterproof cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. lyre, cithara, psaltery. the Muses acting together (as group)

Depiction of Diana and Callto, drawn in black chalk with reinforced contours in dark gray on brownish-pink tinted paper by Cornelis van Poelenburch.

The Destruction of the Pharaoh's Army. Artist: Hendrick de Clerck (Netherlandish, 1570-1629). Dimensions: sheet: 8 9/16 x 15 1/8 in. (21.7 x 38.4 cm). Date: late 16th-early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Depiction by Johann Michael Rottmayr of angels carrying the body of Saint Mary Magdalene into the sky, executed in red chalk with washes and white highlights.

Saint Anthony of Padua kneeling in a landscape, draughtsman: Raymond de Lafage, 1682, paper, pen, brush, h 142 mm × w 184 mm

Brush in red and brown by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione depicting the scene of Hagar, with nine figures, showing gestures and composition; corners and edges damaged.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillos drawing depicts the Holy Family, executed in black stone chalk.

Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26) 1573 Giorgio Vasari Italian. Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26) 340935

Offer and Madonna on a throne, Garophalo, 1491 - 1559 drawing Sketch leaf with above a sacrifice and below a design for a madonna on her throne with two worshiping saints. prepared paper. ink pen / brush

An Audience (recto); Sketch of a nude woman (verso). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 10-1/4 x 7-11/16 in. (26.1 x 19.6 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The TrojanHorse. Artist: Unknown

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'This is the truth'. 1814 - 1815. Red chalk on cream laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Giulio Benso, after Luca Cambiaso, The Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland The Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland

Drawing by Giovanni Battista Tinti depicting the Kaiser, Pope, and a third princely figure with retinue kneeling in adoration before Madonna del Rosario on clouds, executed in red chalk with squaring and corrections.

Adoration of the Madonna and Child 1400-1600 Anonymous, Italian, 15th to 16th century Italian. Adoration of the Madonna and Child 342057

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