Historic Scenes and Narratives

Drawings depicting dramatic historical or biblical events with dynamic compositions, showcasing figures interacting within rich landscapes.

The Skeletons, from Grotteschi(Grotesques). Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Fall of Antiochus From His Chariot 18th century Noël Hallé French. Fall of Antiochus From His Chariot 385475

Chalk drawing by Ignaz Flurer on bluish natural paper showing a scene from the Old Testament, with white heighted details and compositional arrangement of figures.

Feder drawing in brown and gray by Anonym depicting Christ expelling the money changers from the temple, laved and mounted on a gold rim.

Death of a General. Dimensions: image: 11.43 × 17.78 cm (4 1/2 × 7 in.) sheet: 14.4 × 20.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Benjamin West.

Feather drawing by Paolo Pagani showing Consul Manus Curius Dentatus refusing to give gold to the Samnites, including figures, gestures, and landscape elements with olive green bushes.

The Skeletons, from Grotteschi(Grotesques). Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Salvator Rosa, The Crucifixion of Polycrates, c 1662 The Crucifixion of Polycrates

Rape of Europa ca. 1636 Simone Cantarini Italian. Rape of Europa 341507

Carlo Maratta chalk drawing of the Baptism of Christ, showing figures in a biblical scene; the lower corners of the sheet are worn.

The Arms of Carl Phillipp von Greiffenklau, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight intoEgypt). Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1727-1804

A brown feather and ink drawing by Pietro Testa showing St. Stephanus kneeling in the landscape while stones are thrown, with a large tree above and Jerusalem in the background.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Tomb of Nero, published 1750 1759 The Tomb of Nero

Birth of Salmon, J. Hattu, 1600 - 1699 print Woman on horseback, presumably the mother of Salmon, the son of Nahesson. Man with banner and many others in mountain landscape. Possibly a performance of the forty -year trip through the wilderness. paper etching horse. mountains. 'en route', traveller under way

A black chalk and gray brush drawing by Hendrick Verschuring showing a resting tour group with horse-drawn wagons under overhanging rocks, with brownish spots and small edge damage.

Masquerade on the street. Gillot, Claude (1673-1722), draughtsman, cartoonist

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Allemans Gading, Jan Luyken, 1708 - 1710, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jan Luyken, 1708 - 1710, paper, pen, h 107 mm × w 117 mm

The Baptism of Christ (with a Woman Holding a Child Among the Spectators at the Right) ca. 1770-90 Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian. The Baptism of Christ (with a Woman Holding a Child Among the Spectators at the Right). Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). ca. 1770-90. Pen and brown ink, brown wash. Drawings

Scene from Ancient History 1785-1807 Giuseppe Piattoli Italian. Scene from Ancient History 340474

Wszyscy wici w MNK Unknovown, Simmers, Józf (1823 1868)

Death of Regulus 1615-73 After Salvator Rosa Italian. Death of Regulus 340636

Gideon commands his men to drink, Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1585, Obeying God's command, Gideon commands his men to drink so that he may choose among them. Design for a print., draughtsman: Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1585, paper, pen, brush, h 190 mm × w 267 mm

Religious performance with figures in clouds, Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), 1725 - 1790 print France paper etching / engraving clouds. angels. flying mammals: bat

Storm van 's-Gravesande, Carel Nicolaas, Harbor view, recto lower left - handwritten, print, prent, prints, verso - stamped, 3rd proof, height 357 mm, width 534 mm, English, 1841-01-21 - 1924-02-07, print maker, printmaker, 1889 - 1903, paper, papier, drypoint, dry needle, plaattoon

Drawing by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner depicting the Petrus fish train, created with a lead handle, spring, and brush on gray-blue paper, featuring gray tones and oxidized white highlights.

The Muses on Parnassus 17th century Pieter Fransz. de Grebber Dutch. The Muses on Parnassus 372001

The Adoration of the Magi 1550-78 Raffaellino da Reggio (Raffaello Motta) Italian. The Adoration of the Magi 340815

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria 1567 Mario Cartaro Italian. Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Mario Cartaro (Italian, born Viterbo, active Rome ca. 1557-88, died 1620). 1567. Engraving; second state of two. Prints

Saint Lambert Trampling his Murderers, Surrounded by the Four Church Fathers. Artist: Antoine Sallaert (Flemish, Brussels ca. 1580/85-1650 Brussels). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in. (23.7 x 15.5 cm). Date: early 17th-mid 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Society in the forest; Bar, Bonaventure DE (1700-1729); 1720-1730 (1720-00-00-1729-00-00);Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902), Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902) - collections, Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, trees, forests, message (provenance), French drawings, genre scenes , French exhibition 2009, fun (iconogr.)

Road to Cavalry 1585 Italy. Black chalk and charcoal heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove board . Leandro Bassano

After Jacques Callot, The Float of the Sun The Float of the Sun

Horseman's quarrel, Esaias van de Velde, 1629, draughtsman: Esaias van de Velde, 1629, paper, brush, h 227 mm × w 389 mm

A Family in a Desert Landscape. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609 - 1664)

Drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a cross direction executed in black chalk with gray wash, dated around 1633-1635.

Domenico Beccafumi: Abraham sacrifices isaak, detail of the floor in the cathedral of Siena. .

Chalk drawing by Pietro Testa showing the death of St. Francis, with two angels supporting him, putti around, a violin-playing putto, and a hermit with animals; executed on paper with reddish grid traces.

A dead knight (Orlando) is carried away by a woman and genius while a current god and two naiads watch, Dead knight (Orlando) is carried away by a woman and genius., draughtsman: Jean Cotelle (II), 1652 - 1708, paper, pen, brush, h 200 mm × w 287 mm

A feather drawing by Andrea di Leone depicting a Roman warrior tied to two figures in a dramatic scene, on a blue and white-lavated background.

Rape of Persephone. Artist: Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734-1802 Bologna). Dimensions: Plate: 2 3/4 x 4 5/16 in. (7 x 11 cm). Date: ca. 1755-90.The talented painter and fluent draftsman Gandolfi also created reproductive engravings and a small number of exquisite etchings, including this spirited Rococo rendition of Pluto and Persephone entering into the flames of the underworld. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Circle of) / 'The Baptism of Christ'. XVIII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Christ Crowned with Thorns ca. 1748-72 Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian. Christ Crowned with Thorns. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). ca. 1748-72. Pen and brown ink. Drawings

The Miracle of the Santa Casa of Loreto (recto); The Virgin and Child Carried by Angels (verso), c. 1700, Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, Italian, (Rome), 1663 - 1716, 16 9/16 × 10 11/16 in. (42.07 × 27.15 cm) (sheet)26 7/16 × 20 3/8 × 2 in. (67.15 × 51.75 × 5.08 cm) (outer frame), Pen and brown ink with brown wash (white heightening on verso), Italy, 18th century, The successful Roman painter Pietro Antonio de Pietri was a celebrated draftsman. In this drawing, de Pietri represents the miracle of the Holy House of Loreto. According to legend, the ancient house of the Virgin Mary and Joseph was brought by angels from Nazareth to the Italian town of Loreto in 1291 when it was under threat of destruction by the Saracens who were driving the Crusaders out of the Holy Land. The Santa Casa shrine is an important Catholic pilgrimage site.

Orpheus and Eurydice in Hades (recto); Triumph of Bacchus in a Landscape (verso), c. 1800-1805, Pietro Fancelli, Italian, (Bologna), 1764 - 1850, 16 x 22 1/8 in. (40.64 x 56.2 cm) (sheet)23 5/8 × 29 5/8 in. (60.01 × 75.25 cm) (outer frame), Pen and brown ink over graphite, Italy, 18th century, Dense and rapidly executed, this drawing shows an artist freely exploring a subject for his own creative purposes. In this story from classical mythology, the poet and musician Orpheus attempts to rescue his bride, Eurydice, from the underworld. Journeying down into Hades he secures her release through the power of his music. But Pluto imposes a condition: Orpheus cannot look back at her until the two have emerged into the upper world. Fancelli depicted the fateful moment when Orpheus turns to look. As he grasps at her, Eurydice is pulled back into the depths.

Allégorie pour la commémoration d'un mariage 18th century Gilles Demarteau French. Allégorie pour la commémoration d'un mariage. Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). 18th century. Crayon-manner etching printed in red ink. Prints

Royal () Couple kneeling for a general.

Amaryllis and Myrtillo, Jan de Bisschop, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1648 - 1671 drawing Amaryllis en myrtillo uit gurini's "Il Pastor Fido paper. ink. chalk pen / brush (scenes from) specific works of literature: Guarini, Pastor Fido. homosexual love - CC - homosexual love between women: lesbianism

The Israelites Passing the Red Sea, from Diversarum Iconum...Series Secunda Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder Italian After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) Italian 1740 This print is bound in an album containing 30 chiaroscuro woodcuts, 1 engraving by Orsolini, 8 engravings by Faldoni, and 10 etchings by Tiepolo. View more. The Israelites Passing the Red Sea, from Diversarum Iconum...Series Secunda. Diversarum Iconum...Series Secunda. Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder (Italian, Venice 1680-1767 Venice). 1740. Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in yellow-green ink. Prints

Graflegging van Christus, Andrea Mantegna, 1460 - 1470 print Italy paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Neptune Calming the Tempest Raised Against the Fleet of Aeneas Attributed to Giulio Bonasone Italian In Mariette Album, folio 82. Neptune Calming the Tempest Raised Against the Fleet of Aeneas 366792

Etching by Rembrandt from 1641 depicting a baptism scene in a chamber, executed with drypoint techniques and detailed etching.

Rider fight. Artist: Pieter de Molijn. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II) (possibly). Dating: 1630 - 1649. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 192 mm × w 280 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Tomb of Nero, from the Grotteschi (Grotesques). Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720-1778 Rome). Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 3/16 in. (49.5 x 64 cm)Plate: 15 3/16 x 21 7/16 in. (38.6 x 54.4 cm). Publisher: Giovanni Bouchard (French, ca. 1716-1795). Series/Portfolio: Grotteschi (Grotesques). Date: ca. 1748. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches, Theodoor Schaepkens, 1825 - 1883 print paper. etching / drypoint Macbeth

Atrocities in a farmhouse, 1672, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1673 print Presentation of the atrocities worked out by the French troops in Dutch villages in the year 1672. The performance shows the interior of a house with a fireplace on the right and a box bed in the background. paper etching massacre ~ war. violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Bodegraven. Zwammerdam

Robbery on a carriage. Draughtsman: Cornelis Troost. Dating: 1706 - 1750. Measurements: h 365 mm × w 496 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Allegory of Navigation. Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649-1712); or Anthonie Palamedesz (Dutch, 1601-1673); or the circle of Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649-1712). Date: 1621-1712. Dimensions: 68 x 183 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on buff laid paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Drawing, Sketch for a Mural; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; graphite on paper; 16.9 × 24.6 cm (6 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); 1914-38-229

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), various figures and scratches. Woman on horseback with her child followed by a camel and sheep. Seventeenth issue of a suite of 23 pieces. (A. de Vesme 475; Dutuit 123) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Judgment of Paris. In a forest landscape, Pallas, Juno and Venus are opposite Paris with a shepherd's staff and a RAM next to itself. Above them, Amor floats that with Arrow and Arch focused on Paris. On the right, Mercury is hiding in a tree. In the undermaster a four-line Latin text. Reconstructed from two fragments.

Aristotle and Phyllis, draughtsman: Arent van Bolten, 1583 - 1625, paper, pen, brush, h 182 mm × w 160 mm

Kaulbach Friedrich August (1850-1920), murals in the staircase of the new museum in Berlin (approx. 1900): Photography after a stab of the "Homer and the Greeks" painting. Photo on paper, 32.7 x 44.4 cm (including scan edges) Kaulbach Friedrich August (1850-1920): Wandgemälde im Treppenhaus des Neuen Museums, Berlin

Finding Moses, Gesina ter Borch, c. 1655 - c. 1656, draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch, Zwolle, c. 1655 - c. 1656, paper, h 122 mm × w 134 mm

Anonymous drawing showing an equestrian battle with brown pen, black chalk, brushwork, and brown wash.

Fragment of a relief, Constantijn Huygens (II) (Attributed to), After Anonymous, 1665 drawing paper. chalk pen / brush piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ Roman art). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ Roman art)

'Satan Sowing Darnel (Tares)'. Italy, First quarter of the 17th century. Dimensions: 24,5x20 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: DOMENICO FETTI.

Study Vignette-Frontispiece for Lucain's La Pharsale 1756-1773 France. Pen and black ink, with graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimter mounted on ivory laid paper . Hubert François Gravelot

Adoration of the kings. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Giovanni Coli. Draughtsman: Filippo Gherardi. Dating: 1600 - 1699. Measurements: h 227 mm × w 489 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen on paper, Classical architecture in background with dancing female figures in center and male and female figures engaged in bacchanalian pursuits on lower right corner., Italy, late 18th-early 19th century, classicism, Drawing, Drawing

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'He deserved it (Disasters of War, 29)'. 1810 - 1814. Etching, Burnisher, Burin, Drypoint on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Youth gives a chalice to a woman on a throne.

Drawing, Death of the Virgin; Italy; graphite on paper

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Maratti, Carlo, Giovane, Francesco, Adoration of the Shepherds, verso - stamped, The Holy Family sits before a stable surrounded by shepherds and angels adoring the Christ Child., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 384 mm, width 361 mm, Italian, 1611 - 1669, print maker, prentmaker, 1621 - 1669, paper, papier, etching, etchings, counterproof, tegendruk, Work conception, 1625-05-15 - 1713-12-15, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher, uitgever

The final according to Mikha A. Telescope - an anion carrying a cross; Beatrizet, Nicolas (1507 cars 1515-Ca 1565), Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564); 1562 (1562-00-00-1562-00-00);Sistine chapel (Vatican), Rome (Italy), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, final court (iconogr.), Vatican, Italy (state), angels (iconogr.), Renaissance (style) , religious scenes, Italian (culture)

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The meeting of Jephtha and his daughter, draughtsman: anonymous, draughtsman: Conrad Goltz, (rejected attribution), 1700 - 1800, paper, pen, brush, h 193 mm × w 245 mm

'Ware Washing!', c1860, (1922). Artist: Hablot Knight Browne.

Photo production of drawing Raphael from Windsor Castle, naked students with books.

Fall of the Magician Hermogenes, Pieter Bruegel (I), 1564, Design for a print., draughtsman: Pieter Bruegel (I), 1564, paper, pen, h 233 mm × w 296 mm

Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers CarryingTrophies. After: Andrea Mantegna, Italian, ca. 1431-1506

Saint Catherine of Alexandria at the Wheel. Nicolò dell'Abate (Italian, 1509/1512 - 1571)

The Sabijnse Virgin Roof, Mattheus Terwest, 1680 - 1757 drawing paper. pencil brush rape of the Sabine women: they are carried off by Romulus and his men during a feast

Peasants' Dance Outdoors 1745-70 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Richard German. Peasants' Dance Outdoors 336979

Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham". Dated: 1779. Dimensions: sheet: 30.7 × 49.5 cm (12 1/16 × 19 1/2 in.). Medium: graphite and white chalk on discolored blue paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Singleton Copley.

Illustration for a Book: Inhabitants Leaving a Conquered City 1696-1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian. Illustration for a Book: Inhabitants Leaving a Conquered City 339295

The Babin Republic, sketch. Matejko, Jan (1838-1893), painter

Men, women and children at a tree, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print A group of men, women and children, possibly Roma, arrives at a tree. A man with two crutches runs right in the foreground. Behind the group an open landscape that is bordered by hills paper etching wandering communities: Romani or Roma. crutches

'Conversion of Saul'. France, 1657/1658. Dimensions: 31x22,7 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.

A black chalk drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck showing Zephyr blowing into the sails of Ulysses ships.

Medieval Hunting Scene ca. 1807 Franz Pforr German. Medieval Hunting Scene 635402

The unbelieving Thomas and Hagar and the angel in the desert, 1593 - 1690 drawing Draughtsman: Zwolledraughtsman: Zwolle (Possible) Draughtsman: Zwolledraughtsman: Zwolledraughtsman: Zwolle (Possible) Draughtsman: Zwolledraughtsman: Netherlands paper. ink brush

Olimp (Council of Gods); (according to Peter Paul Rubens) Normand, Charles (1765 1840), Rubens, Peter Paul (1577 1640)

Brémond, Jean-François (n.1807-09-09-D.1868-03-02), Drawing for the Saint-Jacques-Saint-Christophe de la Villette church, graphite pencil, black ink pen, ink wash On paper glued paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Sacrifice to Pan, c. 1760-1763, Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, French, 1739 - 1821, 8 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (22.54 x 32.39 cm) (plate)9 5/16 x 13 1/8 in. (23.65 x 33.34 cm) (sheet), Etching, France, 18th century, The faithful have come to pay homage to Pan, the god of Arcadia-the woods, fields, and other wild places. Centaurs, satyrs, and humans come together to celebrate the life force that Pan represents. Here the long-lived Jean-Jacques Lagrenée operates in a light-hearted mode of Rococo art. Later in his career, his interest in antique themes would be channeled into the more austere style of Neoclassicism.

Caligula Appointing His Horse Incitatus to the Consulship. Style of Pietro da Cortona; Italian, 1596-1669. Date: 1616-1669. Dimensions: 156 x 225 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on collage of ivory wove papers, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The times, anno 1783 , Statesmen, International relations, John Bull Symbolic character, Lángara, Juan de, 1736-1806. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

Two workers with rope and shelves, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print Two workers with hats, one sitting and the other standing. The sitting man binds a rope around a tree trunk. The standing man holds a stack of demolition wood. In the background, two workers pry with a rod under a rectangular object. paper. pencil. chalk engraving working class, labourers. plank, board ~ building material. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope

Bliżej Kultury H. Kleinmann & Co Haarlem, Wouwerman, Pieter (ca 1623 ca 1682)

Anonymous (Circle of Zuccaro, Federico) / 'The Adoration of the Shepherds'. Second half of the XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

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