Figural Studies in Drawing

A range of chalk drawings focusing on figure studies, showcasing poses and gestures of diverse characters, highlighting the artists' skill in capturing human form.

Italy, Michelangelo, Rome, Raphael, Salviati, Francesco, The Hague, Bisschop, Jan de, Paradigmata Graphices variorum Artificum, Sibyl, verso - stamped, A Sibyl sitting with a book on her lap. Numbered top right: 22., print, prints, height 225 mm, width 140 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1628 - 1671-11-06, print maker, printmaker, 1671 - 1671, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plate tone, Italian, 1510 - 1563-11-11, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a painting by, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18

Chalk drawing by Lodovico Cardi showing a seated youth, repeated head studies, a kneeling praying female figure, and a floating angel, with red chalk and blue accents.

Anonymous chalk drawing of two standing apostles showing head studies, whitewashed, circa 1600.

Standing figure with raised arm looking upward, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Standing bearded male figure in robes. He looks upward and holds up his right hand. He holds something to his chest with his left hand and arm., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Italy, Michelangelo, Rome, Raphael, Salviati, Francesco, The Hague, Bisschop, Jan de, Paradigmata Graphices variorum Artificum, Sibyl, verso - stamped, A Sibyl sitting with a book on her lap. Numbered top right: 22., print, prints, height 225 mm, width 140 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1628 - 1671-11-06, print maker, printmaker, 1671 - 1671, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plate tone, Italian, 1510 - 1563-11-11, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a painting by, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18

Standing woman, used to left, anonymous, after Parmigianino, 1523 - 1620 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush

A red chalk drawing by Claude Vignon around 1650 showing Christ as the risen figure holding a victory flag, accompanied by the twelve apostles.

Draped Male Figure Gesturing 16th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman, 16th century Italian. Draped Male Figure Gesturing 342206

Study of an angel with a lance, draughtsman: Simone Peterzano, (rejected attribution), 1550 - 1600, paper, pen, brush, h 225 mm × w 118 mm

Saint Jude facing left, book under his left arm, from 'Christ and the Apostles' ca. 1548-50 Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian. Saint Jude facing left, book under his left arm, from 'Christ and the Apostles' 396449

Apostle Simon, draughtsman: Joos van Winghe, 1554 - 1603, paper, pen, brush, h 288 mm × w 163 mm

Young Edelman, Bent to the left, Simon Fokke, 1710 - 1779 drawing paper. chalk standing figure

Painting depicting two female figures by Paolo Farinato. The upper figure sits on a slope holding a book, viewed from the front and angled to the bottom left. The lower figure is shown from the back, looking into a mirror. The work includes feather details and uses yellow-brown paper.

Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso). Artist: Bernardino Poccetti (Italian, San Marino di Valdelsa 1548-1612 Florence). Dimensions: 12-1/8 x 8-7/16 in. (30.8 x 21.4 cm). Date: 1548-1612. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Temperance, plate 34 from Genii and Virtues. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 180 x 100 mm (plate); 187 x 104 mm (sheet). Engraving on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Allegorical Figure (verso), 1500s. Niccolo dell' Abbate (Italian, c. 1512-1571). Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 28.8 x 19 cm (11 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.); secondary support: 43.3 x 28.8 cm (17 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.).

Fragment of a standing man figure with crucifix, draughtsman: Cristofano Allori, (attributed to), 1616 - 1621, paper, h 216 mm × w 197 mm

Saint Francis Holding a Crucifix Artist's working dates 1718-1762 France. Red chalk on buff laid paper . Edme Bouchardon

Saint John the Baptist and San Bernardo degli Uberti. After Andrea del Sarto; Italian, 1486-1530. Date: 1580-1599. Dimensions: 199 x 102 mm. Black and red chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on card. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Cherubino Alberti, Prudence (recto), c 1601 Prudence recto

Study of Matthan, Maarten van Heemskerck (circle of), after Michelangelo, 1536, Study after the depiction of Matthan on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel., draughtsman: Maarten van Heemskerck, (circle of), after: Michelangelo, 1536, paper, pen, h 193 mm × w 155 mm

This Caltnadel engraving by Andrea Meldolla, created circa 1548-1550, depicts Saint Paul, showing the apostle in traditional Christian iconography with symbolic attributes.

Angel with large wings, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 -1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on paper, Angel with large wings and flowing garments. The angel's left arm crosses the chest, and the right leg is exposed., France, ca. 1759-70, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Moses. After Michelangelo Buonarroti; Italian, 1475-1564. Date: 1729-1739. Dimensions: 562 x 319 mm (max.). Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

De Heilige Filippo Benizzi, Baldassare Franceschini, 1666 - 1671 drawing paper. chalk prior general of the Order of the Servites, Philip Benizzi of Florence; possible attributes: book, cross, lily, tiara at his feet

Study by Matthan, Maarten van Heemskerck (Circle of), After Michelangelo, 1536 drawing Study into the image of Matthan on the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel. paper. ink pen ancestors and parents of Christ

Reverse Copy of Le Gueux Appuyé sur son Baton (The Beggar Leaning on His Cane), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons) 17th century Anonymous. Reverse Copy of Le Gueux Appuyé sur son Baton (The Beggar Leaning on His Cane), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons). Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons. Anonymous. 17th century. Etching. Prints

Study for the Figure of Christ 18th century Giacomo Zoboli. Study for the Figure of Christ. Giacomo Zoboli (Italian, Modena 1681-1767 Rome). 18th century. Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on gray paper. Drawings

Paul with Zwaard, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1517 - 1527 print paper engraving the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword

Allegorical Figure of Religion (recto); Study of a Griffon and of a Seated Figure (verso) 1553-1615 attributed to Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) Italian. Allegorical Figure of Religion (recto); Study of a Griffon and of a Seated Figure (verso) 337998

Beholding Saint Hilarius, the Trinity, draughtsman: Guillaume Courtois, 1654 - 1656, paper, h 260 mm × w 196 mm

Standing Soldier with a Spear Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century Spanish 17th century

Sketch on the decoration of the Saint-Michel Fountain, Saint-Michel Place, 6th arrondissement.

Study of a drapery.

Christ at the scourge pole, draughtsman: anonymous, Emilia, 1550 - 1599, paper, pen, brush, h 160 mm × w 100 mm

Summer; Estate; Four Seasons. Switch with the Summer's Personification: a woman with a cornucopia in her right hand.

Holy Christoffel with the Christ child, Anonymous, c. 1440 - c. 1475 drawing paper. ink pen the giant and martyr Christophorus; possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Christ

A feather drawing on brown paper depicting the apostle Philippus standing in a niche, in poor condition, by an anonymous artist.

Study for a prayer (Jerome Bignon) Fran�ois de Troy (1645-1730). Study for a alderman in prayer (J�r�me Bignon). Black stone and white chalk.

Rider and Standing Draped Man, after the Antique verso. Dated: c. 1500. Dimensions: overall: 26.9 x 13.2 cm (10 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Style of Pietro Perugino.

Full-Length Figure of a Woman 1550-1599 Italy. Pen and iron gall ink on ivory laid paper, formerly laid down on album p. 21 . Unknown Sienese

St Christopher and the Infant Christ, 1867 Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Pencil, Religion, Christian, Sketch, Religion, Saint, Religion, Jesus Christ

Old woman with baby and half figure of singing wife, Jan Josef Horemans (II), 1724 - 1790 drawing Sitting old woman with baby and half figure of singing woman with a lifted right hand. paper. chalk female singer. taking care of children. grandparent(s) with grandchild(ren) (family group)

Seated Madonna and Child. possibly Ciro Ferri (Italian, 1634-1689); or a follower of Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713). Date: 1654-1689. Dimensions: 270 x 194 mm. Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on gray-brown laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Anonymous / 'Saint Francis'. XVIII century. Red chalk on grey paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Alonso Cano / 'Saint Elizabeth with Infant Saint John'. Ca. 1645. Charcoal on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Drawing, Project for Part of a Decoration; Attributions: François Duquesnoy (Flemish, 1597 - 1643); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash bistre on laid paper.; 14.3 × 7.9 cm (5 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.) Mount: 18.9 × 11.3 cm (7 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

Afgunst (Invidia), Jacob Matham (attributed to), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1589 print The personalized envy; An old female figure with snakes like her, gnawing on a heart and with a snake in her hand. A dog next to her. Haarlem paper engraving / drypoint Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Recueil de morceaux d'architecture et de divers fragmens de monumens antiques fait en Italie par Marie Joseph Peyre architecte du Roy ancien pensionnaire de Sa Majesté à Rome, Peyre, Marie-Joseph, 1730-1785, pencil, ink, pen, wash, black and red chalk, watercolor, 1786, Album of architectural drawings with sketches and some fully realized drawings includes drawings of architectural fragments and details (some with measurements), two views, ancient and Baroque sculpture, urns and coffers, and designs for fountains and buildings.

Allegorical Figure of Faith. Artist: Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (Italian, Genoa 1639-1709 Rome). Dimensions: 9-1/8 x 6-7/16 in. (23.1 x 16.3 cm). Date: 1672.Baciccio designed the frescoes in the vault of Santa Marta al Collegio Romano in Rome about 1672. The decoration was conceived as a series of three tondi, each framed by pendentives with personifications of Virtues. This study is for one of the allegorical figures, Faith. The drawing was identified by Maria Vittoria Brugnoli (1966: see here 'References') as Gaulli's study for the allegorical figure of Faith that appears in a triangular section of the vaulting in the church of Santa Marta al Collegio Romano in Rome. Gaulli was responsible for the overall design of the frescoes in the vault, but only executed the central tondo with Saint Martha in Glory and the Virtues in the four surrounding pendentives (ca. 1672). The two other tondos and the remaining eight pendentives, including that with Faith, are said to have been

Allegoria dellAbbondanza, Parmigianino, 1503-1540., 1767 - 1820. Etchings, Aquatints., Plate mark dimensions are 7 1/16 x 3 1/8 in. (18 x 8 cm). Paper / Sheet dimensions are also 7 1/16 x 3 1/8 in. (18 x 8 cm). Material Cream wove paper

Great Woman with two children, Willem Jacob Herreyns, 1753 - 1827 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen / brush mother and baby or young child. mourning the dead

Photo production of drawing Raphael from Windsor Castle, standing Greek sages.

Charles Wesley Jarvis, Character Study, 1820s Character Study

Saint Jerome 1590-1602 Italy. Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper . Agostino Carracci

Christ on the Mount of Olives (recto); Study of a Cypress (verso). Artist: Alonso Cano (Spanish, Granada 1601-1667 Granada). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (13.4 x 17.1 cm). Date: ca. 1640-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Female Figure Holding Wreaths. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: sheet: 4 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (12.1 x 4.7 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Antonio da Trento depicting Saint John, created with three plates around 1524-1527.

Two Figures of Angels Standing 1490-1505 Workshop of Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) Italian. Two Figures of Angels Standing 340470

Design for a statue of Christ.design for a statue of Christ, for at the entrance to a cemetery.

A woman with a pitcher of water on her head and a second pitcher in her hand walks down a flight of stairs to help put out a fire, Woman with a pitcher on her head Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, (mentioned on object), after: Rafaël, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Pieter P. Donker, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1668 - 1671, paper, etching, h 234 mm × w 113 mm

Head of Updating Woman.

A drawing by Giovanni Battista Naldini depicting a martyr approaching with a palm and book, using gray brush, white highlights, and blue accents, emphasizing posture, gesture, and drapery.

Painting by Fra Filippo Lippi depicting the archangel Gabriel kneeling to the right, executed on feather with washes and collage elements showing figure, posture, and wings.

Francisco Bayeu / 'Saint Paul'. 1781. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Giuseppe Nicola Vicentino (Rossigliani) from around 1539-1545 depicting Hope allegorically across three plates, showing figures with symbolic gestures and expressions.

Etching sketch by Rembrandt van Rijn titled 'The Calm on the Escape', created in 1645, depicting a serene scene during an escape.

Christ in Glory; Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (Italian, 1483 - 1520); Italy; about 1519 - 1520; Black chalk, brush with gray wash, heightened with white chalk; 22.5 × 17.9 cm (8 7,8 × 7 1,16 in.)

Genius of Time, plate 32 from Genii and Virtues. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 178 x 100 mm (plate); 183 x 105 mm (sheet). Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saint Helena with True Cross S. Helena (title on object), print maker: Pieter de Bailliu (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter de Bailliu (I), (mentioned on object), unknown, (mentioned on object), 1623 - 1660, paper, engraving, h 221 mm × w 112 mm

Moses Striding to the Left, Pointing with Left Hand. after Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto; Italian, 1518-1594. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 308 x 200 mm (max.). Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on blue gray laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Three Magi: Melchior, c. 1615. Jacques Bellange (French, c.1575-1616). Etching;

The Virgin holding the infant Christ, an oval composition, counterproof ca. 1600-1640 Guido Reni Italian Counterproof. Verso not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper.. The Virgin holding the infant Christ, an oval composition, counterproof 666278

Painting by Filippo Angeli depicting the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus, executed in Smart technique.

Caution, Ugo da Carpi (Possible), After Parmigianino, 1502 - 1532 print A female personification of caution (prudentia) with a round mirror in hand. Italy paper Prudentia (Prudence) as Roman personification

Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace 1615-73 Salvator Rosa Italian. Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace 340649

Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll () mid-15th century Veronese School Although the artist cannot be identified, the sculptural, even classical, tone of the figure—perhaps a Sibyl—points to a Veronese origin. The artist has focused on the softly modeled drapery, which cascades in rhythmic folds. As in other drawings of the Veronese school, the color of the paper is reserved for the lightest parts of the drapery, while the range of darker tonalities is built up through the use of hatched pen lines.. Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (). Veronese School (mid-fifteenth century). Italian, Verona. mid-15th century. Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk. Drawings

Standing Female Figure with an Anchor ("Spes"). Artist: Hinrich Degener (German, Hamburg, ca. 1615/16). Date: 1600-1630. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Melancholia ca. 1729-40 Henri Simon Thomassin A detailed and tightly executed red chalk copy after Domenico Fettis painting, La Melancholie, ca.1618, acquired in 1685 by Louis XIV and today in the musée du Louvre, Paris (Inv. 281). The drawing was presumably used by Thomassin as the model for his print (in reverse direction) for the Recueil destampes daprès les plus beaux tableaux [.. qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roi [.. & dans dautres cabinets, Paris, 1763, vol.II, pl. CL.. Melancholia. Henri Simon Thomassin (French, Paris 1687-1741). ca. 1729-40. Red chalk. Drawings

Young woman with raised hands; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1890 (1890-00-00-1890-00-00);

Chastity. The female personification of chastity (Castitas) is sitting with the unicorn next to her. On the right a bass relief and on the left in the background a landscape.

Holy Andreas, monogram miss FP (Italy; 16th century), After Parmigianino, c. 1500 - c. 1599 print paper etching the apostle Andrew; possible attributes: book, X-shaped cross, fish, fishing-net, rope, scroll

'Gypsy with a Child'. France, Early 17th century ( ). Dimensions: 30x16,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacques Charles de Bellange.

Apollo 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Apollo 340211

Seated allegorical female figure. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1700 - c. 1800. Measurements: h 102 mm × w 85 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Christ with the Cross 1528-1532 Italy. Black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper . Circle of Fiorentino Rosso

Oil grisaille by Joachim von Sandrart depicting an apostle to the right, emphasizing figure, robe, gesture, and position.

Two sketches of female figures -Bellona (Mitol.), Lubomirski, Henryk (1905-1986 - Jesuit), Lubomirski, Kazimierz (1869-1930), peace (personification), Vente Carrier Belleuse (auction - Paris - 1887), Wenus (mitol.), War (war ( Personification), French drawings, academic study, purchase (provenance)

Follower of Charles Le Brun, An Allegorical Female Figure, black and red chalks, heightened with white, on tan laid paper

Photo production of drawing Raphael from Windsor Castle, Moses with the dining of the law, with framing.

Venus, Block-printed paper, Vertical rectangle. Female figure, suggestive of sculpture, in costume of classical antiquity, standing on a pedestal with guilloche decoration. Printed in grays and neutral yellow on gray ground., France, 1825-1835, Wallcoverings, Decorative panel, Decorative panel

Cosmas Damian Asam, German (1686-1739), Saint George Kneeling (recto), 1720-1721, red chalk with gray-brown wash with traces of black chalk on laid paper (verso red chalk)

Judith with her maidservant. Artist: Parmigianino. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1525 - 1620. Measurements: h 197 mm × w 115 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Ludovisi Menander. Dated: 1752/1756. Dimensions: overall: 26.5 x 19.4 cm (10 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Pajou.

Studies: Figure Holding a Candlestand, Woman with Left Arm Extended, Head Looking Down towards the Right, Kneeling Woman 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Studies: Figure Holding a Candlestand, Woman with Left Arm Extended, Head Looking Down towards the Right, Kneeling Woman 339986

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah. Date/Period: Ca. 1510. Drawing. Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white and squared for transfer on laid paper. Height: 26.20 mm (1.03 in); Width: 20 mm (0.78 in). Author: RAPHAEL.

Anonymous / 'Man with his hands raised'. 1501 - 1600. Pencil on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Drawing, Project for a Frame; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white paper on secondary paper support

Francisco Bayeu / 'Saint Julian'. XVIII century. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

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