Dramatic Religious Studies

Ink drawings featuring scenes of martyrdom and religious figures, showcasing expressive movements and emotional depth.

Studies of Figures and Architecture (recto), Figure Studies (verso); Perino del Vaga (Piero Buonaccorsi), Italian, about 1501 - 1547; Italy, Europe; about 1542 - 1545; Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, traces of black chalk; partly incised for transfer (recto); pen and brown ink and brown wash (verso); 32.7 x 22.2 cm (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

The Death of Saint Joseph. Artist: Niccolò Ricciolini (Italian, Rome 1687-1772 Rome). Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 4 3/16in. (18 x 10.7cm). Date: 1739. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria 1548-1612 Bernardino Poccetti Italian. The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria 340498

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Saint Jerome in the Wilderness 340147

Studies of Figures and Architecture (recto), Figure Studies (verso); Perino del Vaga (Piero Buonaccorsi), Italian, about 1501 - 1547; Italy, Europe; about 1542 - 1545; Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, traces of black chalk; partly incised for transfer (recto); pen and brown ink and brown wash (verso); 32.7 x 22.2 cm (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Giulio Romano, The Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter The Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter

The Lamentation of Christ. Artist: Circle of Hans Baldung Grien (German, 1484-1545). Culture: German. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (31.4 x 22.4 cm). Date: ca. 1513.Until recently, this drawing in fragile condition was thought to have been a study by Baldung for a painted Lamentation (Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck). It is now considered a copy of a lost Baldung drawing, which presumably was preparatory to the Innsbruck painting. The existence today of several other variant drawings related to the same picture attest to its broad popularity in the sixteenth century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lamentation over Christ. Date/Period: Ca. 1800. Drawing. Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper, laid down. Author: Francesco Saverio Mergolo.

French 18th Century, Jacob and Rebecca before Isaac (recto), early 18th century Jacob and Rebecca before Isaac recto

Soldiers of Cyrus Tearing Apart the Army of Spargabise. After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio; Italian, c. 1499-c. 1543. Date: 1680-1720. Dimensions: 116 x 134 mm. Black chalk on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

An ink and feather drawing by Martin Johann Schmidt depicting Jupiter and Semele, with laved and white-heighted details on gray-green primed paper, dated 1794.

The Vision of Saint John of Matha. Artist: Giacinto Calandrucci (Italian, Palermo 1646-1707 Palermo). Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 7/16in. (36.2 x 26.5cm). Date: 1646-1707. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing of the holy family. Cesare, da Sesto, 1477-1523. Drawings, Illustrations. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Seated Virgin and Child with Bishop Saint and Monastic Saint, and Saint John the Baptist Artist's working dates 1541-1591 Italy. Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with touches of lead white, on tan laid paper . Bernardino Campi

Saint Roch Recommending a Woman with a Sick Child to the Virgin (recto); Figure of a Man Holding a Book; Nude Figure of a Man (verso) 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Saint Roch Recommending a Woman with a Sick Child to the Virgin (recto); Figure of a Man Holding a Book; Nude Figure of a Man (verso) 341835

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

Depiction of the Madonna of Loreto by Carlo Maratta, executed in chalk with light gray washes.

Flowered women. Only prisoners of war are followed by the left to the left.

Drawing depicting Penelope's servants welcoming Ulysses, executed in red chalk with reddish washes. The surface shows gray, brown, and blue spots with minor white or rose residues.

"Pen drawing by Baccio Bandinelli depicting the biblical scene of the Sacrifice of Isaac, executed on brown paper, focusing on figures, gesture, and narrative composition."

Assumption of the Virgin. Pietro Antonio di Pietri; Italian, 1663-1716. Date: 1683-1716. Dimensions: 265 x 190 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), over traces of black chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Ascension of Mary. Draughtsman: Francesco II Bassano. Dating: 1570 - 1590. Measurements: h 579 mm × w 470 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Venus Lamenting the Dead Adonis (or Diana and Endymion) 1740-97 Januarius Zick German. Venus Lamenting the Dead Adonis (or Diana and Endymion) 349684

Vision of a Saint (recto); Complex of Buildings(verso). Artist: Giovanni Battista Passeri, Italian, 1610-1679

Tobias and the Angel. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 9-1/16 x 5-1/16 in. (23 x 12.8 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Two Women with Sun and Bird (recto); Two Men Fighting and a Fallen Horse (verso) Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 16th century Italian 16th century

A Group of Shepherds, and Other Studies; Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557 - 1602); Italy; about 1598 - 1600; Pen and brown ink; 40.5 x 30.8 cm (15 15,16 x 12 1,8 in.)

Church Triumphant over Falsehood. Date/Period: 17-19th ca. Drawing. Pen, brown ink, brush and wash on paper. Height: 270 mm (10.62 in); Width: 192 mm (7.55 in). Author: Paolo De Matteis.

Five putti with flowers and garlands at vase, print maker: Leendert Brasser, Jacob de Wit, (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1770, paper, etching, h 216 mm × w 156 mm

Adoration of the shepherds, draughtsman: anonymous, Parma, c. 1530, paper, h 205 mm × w 163 mm

A 16th-century ink and feather drawing depicting the biblical figures Rebekka and Eleasar.

Pietá Artist's working dates 1745-1805 French. Lithograph in sanguine on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . Louis Jean François Lagrenée, I

Chalk drawing by Giovanni Battista Mengardi depicting Neptune with water horses and zephires in the scene 'Quos ego'.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (1 Kings 19:4-8) 1687-1749 Alessandro Magnasco Italian. Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (1 Kings 19:4-8). Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, Genoa 1667-1749 Genoa). 1687-1749. Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on light brown paper. Drawings

Figure Studies: Three Sketches of Cain Killing Abel, with an Altar of Sacrifice at Center, Two Standing Women, a Hand, and a Seated Child with a Squirrel 1510-61 Battista Franco Italian. Figure Studies: Three Sketches of Cain Killing Abel, with an Altar of Sacrifice at Center, Two Standing Women, a Hand, and a Seated Child with a Squirrel 338801

Abraham and Isaac on their way to the place of sacrifice, draughtsman: Monogrammist VCH of HVC, 1553, paper, pen, brush, h 245 mm × w 296 mm

The Adoration of the Magi. Artist: Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Correggio, active by 1514-died 1534 Correggio). Dimensions: 11-7/16 x 7-3/4 in. (29.1 x 19.7 cm). Date: ca. 1517.It is possible Correggio produced this drawing as an autonomous work in and of itself, as a proud display of his draftsmanship, rather than as a preparatory study for a painting, given the state of surface elaboration of the design and the degree of completion of the details. Be this as it may, none of the artist's later drawings would exhibit a similarly finished composition.A. E. Popham first compared the Metropolitan Museum sheet to the motif at left in Correggio's painting of the Adoration of the Magi, of ca. 1517, today in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. The drawing and the Brera painting have been reunited for the first time in their modern history for two exhibitions done in 2008 ('Correggio e l'antico,' Galleria Borghese, Rome) and 2015 ('Il Primato del Disegno,' Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.) The

Genre Scene with Old Man, Peasant Women and Children Artist's working dates 1745-1805 France. Graphite on vellum . Style of Jean Baptiste Greuze

Drawing by Benedetto Luti showing a martyr captured by soldiers, sinking with the view of a young mans back, executed in chalk with white highlights on brown paper.

Saint Filippo Neri in adoration kneeling before the Madonna, Alonso Cano (possibly), 1611 - 1667, draughtsman: Alonso Cano, (possibly), 1611 - 1667, paper, pen, brush, h 381 mm × w 257 mm

The Death of Seneca (recto); Study of a Man (verso). Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659 - 1734)

Drawing, Studies of Five Figures; Attributed to Tomaso D'Antonio Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano (1536 - 1571); Italy; red chalk on cream laid paper; 25.2 x 17.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

The Holy Trinity. Franceschini, Marcantonio (1648-1729), draughtsman, cartoonist

Fantastic Subject: Five Nude Male Figures Punishing Another 1609-64 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian. Fantastic Subject: Five Nude Male Figures Punishing Another 335662

Three putti, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Three putti. Two seated at right. Possibly part of a mirror image behind the third., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Christ Stilling the Tempest 1662-1728 attributed to Paolo De Matteis Italian. Christ Stilling the Tempest 340779

Denys Calvaert (Attributed to) / 'Elijah visited by the angel'. Second half of the XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Grey-brown ink, Pencil strokes on dark yellow laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Drawing, A Sleeping Man and Mother with Baby; Designed by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762 - 1844); Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), sed Libera Nos (Men Fri OS), 1571

An anonymous allegorical drawing from around 1600, depicting the price of art, executed in brown ink on rosy paper with blue laving.

Red chalk drawing on reddish primed paper showing Odysseus sacrificing black goats to Pluton while preventing shadows from drinking the blood of the sacrifices.

Quos Ego, draughtsman: Catharina Picart, after: Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1700 - 1800, paper, h 385 mm × w 515 mm

17th-century drawing depicting Loth, his family guided by angels escaping, with angels casting fire over Sodom on the reverse, executed in chalk and feather on brownish paper.

A depiction of Emperor Trajan in combat against the Dacians by Andrea Mantegna, drawn in chalk and feather after 1488/1489, showing soldiers, weapons, and battle action.

Fighting farmers; Haarlijlck!.

Drawing, Allegorical Composition; Italy; red and black chalk on paper; 20.6 × 29.1 cm (8 1/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

Judgment ofSolomon. Artist, possibly by: Alessandro Maganza, Italian, 1556-1630

Girolamo Genga, Battle Scene Battle Scene

The encounter of Jefta and his daughter.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 5-1/16 x 7-7/16 in. (12.9 x 18.9 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Good Samaritan 1689-1767 Gaspare Diziani Italian. The Good Samaritan 339996

Group of Men in a Boat, Francesco Primaticcio, Italian, 1504-1570, Graphite, brush and gray wash on paper, In the foreground, a group of men in classical garb crowded into a small open boat. Beyond, a man being helped by two others, other figures and the portion of a facade of a Renaissance building., Italy, 1600-1630, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Andrea Vicentino, The Crucifixion, c 1575 The Crucifixion

Four seasons proposed by four children, Anthonie van den Bos, after Jan Punt, 1778 - 1838 print Spring with floral wreath is in the middle, back right in the summer with corn sheaf, left the autumn that bears fruit and the winter that warms itself on a fire. paper counterproof seasons of the year (esp. personifications); 'Stagione', 'Le quattro stagione dell'anno' (Ripa). seasons of the year represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape

Figure studies, draughtsman: anonymous, France, 1700 - 1800, paper, h 303 mm × w 209 mm

Parmigianino, Italy, Trento, Antonio da, Female saint receiving the Christ child, verso - stamped, A female saint, possibly Francesca Romana, kneels and receives the Christ child from Mary. On the right two male saints, one wearing a bishop's mitre., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 306 mm, width 217 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1550, print maker, prentmaker, 1520 - 1550, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24

Saint Cecilia, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Agnes, Angels with Palm Branches and Crowns Above (recto); Sketches of Three Standing Figures and Arithmetic Calculations (verso). Artist: Panfilo Nuvolone (Italian, Cremona circa 1578/1581-1651 Milan). Dimensions: 15 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (38.3 × 26.7 cm). Date: ca. 1609. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Red chalk drawing by Johann Heinrich Schönfeld depicting Mucius before the judges, showing classical figures in dramatic poses.

Kneeling, Seated and Standing Figures (recto); Seated, Kneeling and Reclining Figures (verso) 1501-47 Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian Many of Perinos most appealing drawings exhibit thefluid, energetic, and scribbly style seen here. The mannerin which the entire sheet is filled with quick, unrelatedsketches reveals the artists creative imagination at work.Although none of the figures or vignettes has been connectedwith a specific painting or other finished composition, atleast some appear to represent ideas for an Adoration of theChrist Child. Venus and Cupid are recognizable amongthe sketches on the verso, while some of the reclining figureswith upraised arms may be preliminary ideas for Jupiterand Juno in the monumental design for a tapestry of thatsubject exhibited nearby.. Kneeling, Seated and Standing Figures (recto); Seated, Kneeling and Reclining Figures (verso) 340463

Sacrifice of Abel 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Sacrifice of Abel 340061

The Adoration of the Shepherds ca. 1565 Trometta (Nicolò Martinelli) Italian. The Adoration of the Shepherds. Trometta (Nicolò Martinelli) (Italian, Pesaro ca. 1535-1611 Rome). ca. 1565. Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over traces of black chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper. Drawings

Depicts the mythological figures Jupiter and Danae, drawn in red chalk, focusing on figure composition and gesture.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt.

Pieta, Camillo Procaccini, 1561 - 1578, draughtsman: Camillo Procaccini, 1561 - 1578, paper, pen, h 171 mm × w 106 mm

Antonio del Castillo Saavedra / 'Peasant Scene'. Ca. 1665. Pencil on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Narcissus. Artist: Unknown

A chalk and feather drawing showing Maria in glory between Joachim and Anna, with Old Testament design below, laved with white and blue highlights.

Draft for a ceiling picture titled 'The Latest Court' by Matthäus Gundelach, executed in brown ink and black chalk; some areas crushed.

Lambert Sustris' black chalk drawing depicts a group of three men with books, showing posture, gestures, and spatial arrangement.

Design for a ceiling painting with Christ in heaven between saints, draughtsman: Giovanni Battista Gaulli, (possibly), draughtsman: anonymous, 1649 - 1709, paper, pen, h 272 mm × w 160 mm

Brown pen draft of a sled with brown-lavated shading from the 17th-18th century.

Hagar and Ismaël in the desert, Louis Deyster, 1666 - 1711 print Hagar and Ismaël in the desert. In the Latin rule of Text out: Gen 21. South of the Netherlands paper etching the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:9-21)

Lamentation. Giulio Clovio; Croatian, active Italy, 1498-1578. Date: 1540-1568. Dimensions: 273 x 229 mm. Black chalk on ivory laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Giorgio Giulio Clovio.

Drawing by Taddeo Zuccaro depicting the birth of Mary, showing the infant with attendants and domestic interior elements, executed with feather and wash, circa 1551.

Ippolito Scarsella (Attributed to) / 'Saint Cecilia'. XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Black chalk, Pencil on brown paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Bliżej Kultury Carracci, Annibale (1560 1609), Normand, Charles (1765 1840)

Bacchanalia with a Goat, Raymond Lafage, French, 1656-1684, Engraving on paper, In the center, around a goat, are grouped satyrs, bacchantes and cupids. A cupid feeding the goat. Next to him kneeling woman embraced by a satyr. Mountains in background., France, ca. 1680, Print, Print

Depicts Lucrezia under her maids, drawn in red chalk and feather on laved, brownish paper, showing figures, gestures, and interaction.

Album n � 4; Stained glass project for Guadalaxara: the resurrection of Saint Lazare Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 4; Stained glass project for Guadalaxara: the resurrection of Saint Lazare. Pencil.

The Temptation of St. Anthony. Lucas Cranach the Elder (Germany, Kronach, 1472-1553). Germany, 1506. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut

Chariot of Apollo. Artist: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill (British, Woolland, Dorset () 1675/76-1734 Stalbridge, Dorset). Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (16.4 x 24.1 cm). Date: 1700-1734.As the leading decorative painter in Britain, Thornhill created ceiling and wall decorations for Chatworth (1702-8), the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich (1707-21), Hampton Court (1715) and Blenheim (1716), as well as designing a scheme for the cupola of St. Paul's Cathedral cupola (1714-17). This image has not been connected to a particular commission, but its primary elements appear in many Thornhill ceilings (Apollo's chariot, for example, is found in the lower hall at Greenwich). Basing his draftsmanship on Italian models, the artist outlined forms fluidly in pen before shading them delicately with brush and wash. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An ink and feather drawing by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione depicting an allegory of spring with four women and five children playing races under trees near a fountain.

Federico Barocci, Figure Studies Figure Studies

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Martyrdom of Saint Andrew 340228

Allegory of Reason (in box with 43 drawings), Reason, 'Ragione' (Ripa), Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1775, paper, ink, pencil, brush, h 75 mm × w 77 mm

Depicts Athene appearing to Ulysses as a young man. Executed in black chalk with heavy pressure, the drawing has irregular upper and damaged lower corners.

Roman Galley 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Roman Galley 342210

17th-century red chalk drawing by an unknown artist depicting a mountainous landscape where one man holds a young man's body while another digs a grave, with visible corner damage.

Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), Triumfvognogn. Humilitas (ydmyghed), 1563

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence 1557-1622 Leandro Bassano Italian. The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence 338164

Study for the Purification of the Virgin 1575-1579 Italy. Red and black chalk with stumping, and incising, over pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, squared in black chalk . Giovanni Battista Naldini

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