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

Domestic show. Design for a print.

Study for a Thesis Conclusion Presented to the Duke of Mantua 1616-1619 Italy. Pen and brown ink, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . Lodovico Carracci

Peasants 17th century Willem van de Velde I Dutch. Peasants 348227

Virgin and Child with a Cleric. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg). Dimensions: sheet: approx. 6 x 6 3/16 in. (15.2 x 15.7 cm). Date: ca. 1503-5. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Three Studies of a Gentleman. Jean Antoine Watteau; French, 1684-1721. Date: 1710-1711. Dimensions: 166 × 202 mm. Red chalk on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Noah Supervising Construction of the Ark 1678-1746 France. Red chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . Sir Nicolas Dorigny

Five numbered scenes, each after a painter in the Accademia Degl'Incamminati, from IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTINO CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINATI Academici del Disegno: 1. Painting and Poetry mourning the death of Agostino Carracci, painted by Francesco Brizio; 2. Painting with a lyre and Apollo pointing to stars on Carracci's grave, design by Giacomo Cavedone; 3. The head of Christ, painted by Agostino Carracci; 4. Prometheus with a torch and Athena behind him, painted by Alessandro Albini; 5. Aurora abducting Cephalus, painted by Leonello Spada. Artist: Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna); After Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557-1602 Parma); After Francesco Brizio (Italian, Bologna ca. 1574-1623 Bologna); After Giacomo Cavedone (Italian, Sassuolo 1577-1660 Bologna); After Alessandro Albini (Italian, Bologna 1568-1646 Bologna); After Leonello Spada (Italian, Bologna 1576-1622 Parma). Dimensions: sheet: 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (11.5 x 12 cm). Series/Portfolio

Study sheet with 16 standing figures, Nicolaes de Bruyn (attributed to), 1581 - 1656, Study sheet with 16 standing figures, draughtsman: Nicolaes de Bruyn, (attributed to), 1581 - 1656, paper, pen, h 206 mm × w 295 mm

The Dream of Saint Joseph. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 8-3/16 x 8-5/8 in. (20.8 x 21.9 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Heads of three older men with beards.

Photo production of drawing Raphael from Windsor Castle, the last supper.

Linco, Silvio and Dorinda. Dated: 1640. Dimensions: overall: 6.4 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash lightly squared in graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Wilhelm Baur.

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