Renaissance Drawing Studies

Detailed drawings illustrating narrative scenes from history or mythology, employing chiaroscuro techniques and intricate compositions typical of the Renaissance.

Drawing, Pope Receiving Visitor; Belisario Corenzio (Italian, active 1590-1646); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on cream laid paper, lined; 23.1 x 32.7 cm (9 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)

Masinissa lets the poison cup bring Sophonisbe. Design for a painting.

Drawing, Pope Receiving Visitor; Belisario Corenzio (Italian, active 1590-1646); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on cream laid paper, lined; 23.1 x 32.7 cm (9 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)

Chalk and sepia drawing by Girolamo Brusaferro depicting the death of St. Avertano, created with feather technique and gray lavated tones.

José del Castillo / 'Episode in the Life of a Saint'. Second half of the XVIII century. White chalk, Black chalk on pink paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Woman Kneeling Before a Ruler 1566-1567 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with touches of thin white gouache, on tan laid paper . Federico Zuccaro

Saint Cecilia Distributing Alms to the Poor 1615-1799 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Domenichino

Chalk drawing by Giovanni Balducci depicting the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, executed with white chalk on blue paper with half-round format and scheduled corners.

Hercules at Omphale. Left is Hercules with omphal's spin skirts. Upphal is located on his feet with the clock of the hero. Omphal's servants around them.

Etching by Francesco Mazzola depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, showing the nativity scene, figures, and gestures in religious context.

Paul Decker the Youngers red chalk drawing depicts a memorial dedicated to Johann Paul Baumgartner, a Septemvir of Nuremberg.

Amorous Couple in aLandscape. Artist, attributed to: Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish, 1607-1678

Painting by Crispin van den Broeck depicting the healing of a possessed figure, executed in brown ink with brown-blue wash.

The Lamentation ca. 1475 Master IAM of Zwolle Netherlandish. The Lamentation 367223

Tirsenia, turned into a lemon tree, Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, after Cornelis Bloemaert (II), 1620 - 1700, Tirsenia, mother of Harmonillus, turned into a lemon tree., intermediary draughtsman: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), draughtsman: anonymous, 1620 - 1700, paper, brush, h 305 mm × w 206 mm

Hubert François Gravelot drawing of a scene from Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, executed in black pen with brown wash, circa 1740-1744.

Figures in a Temple 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Figures in a Temple 340139

Bologna, Reni, Guido, Italy, Bolognini, Gian Battista (I), Massacre of the Innocents at Bethlehem, verso - stamped, Desperate mothers try to protect their children from Herod's soldiers. Buildings in the background. Top left two putti with bunches of palm branches on clouds., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 397 mm, width 264 mm, 1611 - 1688-11-02, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1688, paper, papier, pen (veer), etching, etchings, drawing, teken, Italië, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18

The Adoration of the Magi. Artist: Raffaellino da Reggio (Raffaello Motta) (Italian, Reggio Emilia ca. 1550-1578 Rome). Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 12 3/8in. (39.4 x 31.4cm). Date: 1550-78. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sacrifice Offered before a Statue of Jupiter 17th century Louis de Boullogne the Elder French Louis de Boullogne The Elder (French, Paris 1609-1674 Paris) travelled to Rome in 1631 where he stayed until 1637. There, he studied with Sebastien Bourdon, a painter whose influence can be felt in Boullognes work. In 1648, Boullogne was one of the twelve founding members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he would attain the position of Professor in 1656. In this vigorous drawing, the artist used a strong ink line to emphasize the elegant contours of the figures, which he then heightened with thinned white gouache. The translucent white washes allow the free black chalk underdrawing to show through, adding to the appeal of the sheet. Figures draped and coiffed in a Roman style are arranged in a sober antique architectural setting, indicated only by two steps, a sacrificial altar, and two fluted columns. A statue of Jupiter, cropped at the knees, but recognizable by his

Minerva Beautifies Ulysses 19th century Anonymous, Italian, 19th century Italian. Minerva Beautifies Ulysses 342151

Francesco de Mura depicts an ancient victim scene with eight figures; a priestess points to a smoking victim shell, using chalk, feather, gray lavated on brownish paper.

Depiction by Pierre Mignard of Diana with her entourage at the bath, executed in red and black chalk with grid lines, around 1679.

Abduction of Helen 1627-1799 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on cream laid paper prepared with brown wash, laid down on cream laid paper . Guido Reni

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. (13.35 x 21.55 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Maarten van Heemskkk (1498-1574), Ester is crowned by Ahasverus, 1563

On the left is Hercules with Omphale's spider skirts. At his feet lies Omphale with the hero's club. Around them Omphale's servants, Hercules at Omphale., draughtsman: Zacharias Blijhooft, 1664, paper, pen, brush, h 176 mm × w 175 mm

Anonymous depiction of the Muses on Mount Helicon, showing multiple figures arranged at the summit, executed with feather and laved technique.

Drawing (Italy)

Faith(Fides) Allegory on the Faith, draughtsman: Leonaert Bramer, 1606 - 1674, paper, brush, pen, h 391 mm × w 293 mm

Allegory of Sculpture 1704 Jan Claudius de Cock Flemish. Allegory of Sculpture 395062

The Miracle of Naim 1786 Adam von Bartsch Austrian. The Miracle of Naim 400688

Allegory of the Trinitarian Order 1577-1668 Alessandro Tiarini Italian. Allegory of the Trinitarian Order 341656

Red chalk drawing with white heightening by François Verdier on brown paper, depicting the martyrdom of Saint Andrew.

Joseph and his Brothers, Joseph Bergler the younger, Austrian, 1753 - 1829, Chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, The brothers have entered the vestibule of a palace and observe the salutation of Benjamin by Joseph. One of them is shown in the lower left corner, kneeling and covering his eyes with the left hand. Framing lines., Italy, 1782-1785, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Sketches for Paintings, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, white heightening on paper, At top, an expulsion. Below, a battle scene with an Amazon., Italy, ca. 1800, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Copy after Andrea del Sartos “Assumption of the Virgin”. Artist: Unknown After: Andrea del Sarto, Italian, 1486-1530

Adoration of the Magi 1600-1699 Flanders. Red chalk and brush and red chalk wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper . School of Peter Paul Rubens

Opwekking by Lazarus, Hans von Aachen, 1510 - 1590 drawing paper. chalk. ink pen / brush the raising of Lazarus ('Lazarus, come out')

Georg Wilhelm Neunhertz, The Disputation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1727 The Disputation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Chalk drawing by Francesco Vanni showing the encounter between Maria and Anna, with Saint Katharina and St. Lucia, and a mountain landscape in the background.

Rest on the Flight to Egypt 16th century Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century Netherlandish. Rest on the Flight to Egypt 335873

Annunciation. Artist: Marchigian artist near Filippo Bellini (Italian, Urbino 1550/55-1604 Macerata). Dimensions: 8-5/8 x 8-1/8 in. (21.9 x 20.6 cm). Date: 1560-1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

De Verkondiging, Perino del Vaga (Follower of), 1530 - 1620 drawing paper. chalk. ink pen / brush

Rome and the Tiber Paying Homage to a Pope (Clement XI ) 1625-1713 Circle of Carlo Maratti Italian. Rome and the Tiber Paying Homage to a Pope (Clement XI ) 340770

Circumcision 1654-1689 Italy. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Ciro Ferri

Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Safira's Doed, 1572

Death of Sapphira Artist's working dates 1639-1730 France. Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . François Verdier

Thorn crown, anonymous, 1600 - 1699, draughtsman: anonymous, , 1600 - 1699, paper, pen, brush, h 200 mm × w 162 mm

Offer Van Iphigenia, Pietro Testa, c. 1640 print In the foreground iPhigenia that is about to be sacrificed. On the left Diana and the deer with which she replaced iPhigenia at the last minute. On the right Achilles and a group of frightened spectators. Left Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. print maker: Italyafter own design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching Iphigenia is saved by Diana, who puts a stag (hind) in her place. winds

Brown lead handle, spring, and brush drawing by Bernhard Rode showing Scipio and the downfall of Carthage from Schröckh's general world history, highlighting figures and battle scene composition.

Scene with Woman and Child, and Beggar 17th century Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Scene with Woman and Child, and Beggar 340096

Sarcophagus and allegorical figures, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Sarcophagus and allegorical figures., Italy, 1746-1809, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Maerten van Heemskerck, Satan Challenges God to Remove his Protection from Job, 1562 Satan Challenges God to Remove his Protection from Job

Anonymous historical scene depicting two deceased men on a shoreline, with a young man attempting to lift an older man onto a large stone, observed by numerous spectators, drawn in feather on brownish paper.

Drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck shows Ulysses as a beggar at his palace entrance in black chalk, with top right brown dirt and patched upper corner, highlighting figure and architectural details.

Lot and his daughters, Jan Swart van Groningen, 1535 - 1560 drawing Designed in front of one glass panel. prepared paper. paint (coating). ink. chalk pen / brush Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)

Transport of the Ark of the Covenant, Jacob Folkema, 1722 print In a frame the transport of the Ark of the Covenant. The coffin stands on a cart in the midst of a procession of soldiers and priests. Left is Moses. A woman with a child near Obelisk and a grieving woman in a ruin of an obelisk flank the frame. publisher: Dordrechtpublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing transportation of the Ark of the Covenant (in general) ~ Jewish religion

Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine. Copy after Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk;

Pen and brush drawing by Jan de Bray depicting Joseph and Potiphars wife, using brown pen, gray brush, and graphite pencil, showing narrative interaction and figure composition.

Interior of an art cabinet. A painter behind his donkey and a man at a table in an interior with many paintings and art objects.

Youth gives a chalice to a woman on a throne. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Jacob de Wit (rejected attribution). Intermediary draughtsman: Nicolas Poussin (rejected attribution). Dating: 1600 - 1699. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 275 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary. Artist: François Perrier (French, Saint-Jean-du-Losne/Mâcon 1584-1650 Paris). Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 6 9/16 in. (20.8 x 16.6 cm). Date: ca. 1640. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Francois Perrier.

Birth of the Virgin, Filippo Bellini, c. 1590 - c. 1595, draughtsman: Filippo Bellini, c. 1590 - c. 1595, prepared paper, pen, brush, h 386 mm × w 267 mm

Drawing attributed to Anonym showing Lot with his daughters, executed in feather pen with wash and white highlights.

Painting woman between angels (personification of painting), A female figure (personification of painting) sits in front of an easel with a palette and brushes in her hand. She looks up at an angel trying to put a laurel wreath on her head. Around angels and putti., Pictura ', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, painting, 'Pittura' (Ripa), cupids: 'amores' ' amoretti ' ' putti ', Giuseppe Diamantini (mentioned on object), Italy, 1631 - 1705, paper, etching, h 288 mm × w 205 mm

Adoration of the shepherds. Artist: Vincenzo Caccianemici. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1500 - 1600. Place: Noord-Italië. Measurements: h 177 mm × w 130 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design of Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels a Saint. Artist: Marco Marchetti (Marco da Faenza) (Italian, Faenza before 1528-1588 Faenza). Dimensions: 7-13/16 x 6-7/16 in. (19.8 x 16.4 cm) irregular borders. Date: 1553-88. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sketch for the decoration of the hotel: Allegorie for the birth of the Duke of Burgundy (Father of Louis XV) in February 1682 Fran�ois de Troy (1645-1730). Sketch for the decoration of the City Hotel: Allegorie for the birth of the Duke of Burgundy (Father of Louis XV) in February 1682. Black Stone, Blood and Lavis Bistur, White Enhancer.

Empress Faustina by Saint Catharina converted into her dungeon.design for a fresco.

Christ Being Crowning with Thorns. Date/Period: Ca. 1548. Pen. Pen, brown ink and black chalk on buff paper. Height: 255 mm (10.03 in); Width: 204 mm (8.03 in). Author: Maarten Van Heemskerck.

Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Statter Wapan Laeser on AF Lovbogen for Kong Josias, Der Soenderriver Sine Claeder, 1569

Two designs for a lunette painting: on the left the Twelve year old Christ in the Temple, on the right the Liberation of Peter from prison, Twelve year old Chistus in the Temple and the Liberation of Peter., draughtsman: Boccaccio Boccaccino, (attributed to), 1475 - 1518, paper, pen, brush, h 151 mm × w 214 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

François-Anthelme Lagrenée the Younger drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, executed with pen, bister wash, and heightening over lead handle.

EcceHomo. Artist: Leonard Bramer, Dutch, 1596-1674

Naples (Le Plafond de S. Domenico Maggiore). Solimena, Francesco, 1657-1747. 1710 - 1780. Marra, Francesco la, approximately 1710-approximately 1780. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

May (one of a series representing the labors of the months) 1690 or slightly earlier Jonas Umbach German. May (one of a series representing the labors of the months) 383563 Artist: Jonas Umbach, German, Augsburg 16241693 Augsburg, May (one of a series representing the labors of the months), 1690 or slightly earlier, Red chalk, sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 (17.97.30)

Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba 1500-1599 Italy. Pen and gray ink with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white, with traces of red watercolor, on blue laid paper . Cesare Rossetti

The suicide of Sophonisba, Anthony Van Dyck, 1618 - 1621 drawing paper. chalk. ink pen / brush death of Sophonisbe: she receives from a servant a cup of poison sent to her by Masinissa. death of Sophonisbe: she receives from a servant a cup of poison sent to her by Masinissa

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), The Birth of Pyrrhus, 1797. Engraving.

Esther and Mordecai before King Ahasuerus (Esther 8:1- 12). Artist: Giovanni de' Vecchi (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1536/37-1615 Rome). Dimensions: 12 7/16 x 8 13/16in. (31.6 x 22.4cm). Date: 1536/7-1615.Of Tuscan origins, Giovanni de' Vecchi spent most of his career in Rome, where he was active as a fresco painter on some of the city's most prestigious commissions. This detailed sheet, executed in a painterly, animated style in pen and ink with delicate washes, has been identified as a scene from the Book of Esther. King Ahasuerus presents to Mordecai a signet ring (here enlarged by the artist for emphasis) that once belonged to the evil Haman as Queen Esther stands at right. The work is perhaps a modello (demonstration drawing) for a fresco, though no related final work exists. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jan Claudius de Cock created a drawing titled 'The Manmarks' using brown ink and gray wash over graphite pencil on light gray tinted paper.

Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII 1709-87 Francesco Zugno Italian. Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII 339962

Departure of Tobit (recto); Sketch of Crucifixion (verso) 1580-1599 Italy. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto) and pen and brown ink (verso), on tan laid paper . Unknown Genoese

A draft by Jean-Jacques Caffieri for a tomb, executed in black chalk, showing design elements and compositional outlines for the monument.

Studies of Angels (recto); Panthea before Cyrus (verso), 1655-60. Michel Dorigny (French, 1617-1665). Black chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: 20 x 25.7 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.). Dorigny was the collaborator and son-in-law of Simon Vouet, the leading painter working in Paris in the mid-1600s. Their drawing styles are similar, and this sheet was once attributed to Vouet. However, the airy, floating drapery, firm contour lines, and regular parallel hatching lines are all typical of Dorigny's technique in black chalk. Although we do not know of a painting to which this drawing relates, the flying angels indicate that Dorigny had a religious subject in mind when he drew them.

Black chalk and brush drawing by Michel François Dandré-Bardon showing a princess entering a city, using brown wash and heightened white to depict figures, architecture, and cityscape.

Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), Korsnedtagelsen, About 1548

Study for The Allegory of Spring 1579 Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) Italian Related to the frescoed ceiling of Federico's home in Florence ('Casa Zuccari'), this newly discovered drawing presents the season of Spring as a combat between Chastity and Love. In the central fountain, a virgin is seated beside a unicorn who purifies the fountain with his horn. At left, the chaste nymphs of the huntress Diana are seen bathing, while at right other nymphs dance around a statue of Flora and are attacked by cupids' arrows. All these features appear in the fresco, but the drawing contains additional figures-nymphs of Diana who break one cupid's bow and bind another, as well as cupids who fight with each other. The more complicated iconography of the drawing, together with its rectangular format-the fresco fields are irregularly shaped-and elaborate border, suggest that Federico may have planned to publicize this private project through an engraving.This drawing by Federico Zuccaro, a study for the

A Pope Recieving a Saint. Artist: Anonymous, German, 18th century (). Dimensions: Oval: 10 1/8 x 10 13/16 in. (25.7 x 27.5 cm)Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (26.4 x 37.2 cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Anonymous, German, 19th century. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Nativity ca. 1527-30 Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) Italian. The Nativity 419441

Bartolommeo (Fra), Fenton, Roger, Photographic reproduction of a sketch of the Virgin Mary enthroned with Christ as a child, by Fra Bartolomeo, recto - handwritten, This photograph is part of a cover with eight photographs, two text sheets and a cover sheet., photograph, photo, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Hooly family #4, height 309 mm, width 255 mm, English, 1819 - 1869-08-08, photographer, 1853 - 1858, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Work conception, Italian, 1472-03-28 - 1517-10-31

Geldleer at a meeting for his prince.

Depiction of the Coronation by Abraham van Diepenbeeck using brown feather and gray brushwork, with vertical fold on the paper.

Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1697 print Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, History XIII. Naked man and woman on their knees in bed. The woman touches the man. There is a painting of the crucifixion on the wall. Netherlands paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Boccaccio, Decamerone

Feather drawing by Giovanni Baglione showing five studies of an evangelist accompanied by a putto holding a book.

Vittorio Maria Bigari / 'The Incredulity of Saint Thomas'. XVIII century. Black chalk, Touches of white chalk on brown paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Study for a Fresco: Allegory in Honor of Ranuccio Farnese, Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 - 1563, Ranuccio Farnese, Italian, 1530 - 1535, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white oxidized gouache, black chalk on white laid paper, A king at center on his throne holds court as figures gather around; buildings in the background., Rome, Italy, before 1553, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Ecce Homo. Artist: After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1694-1752 Paris). Dimensions: 11 3/16 x 8 1/8 in. (28.4 x 20.6 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Je suis vengé de toi: l'on te hait, et l'on m'aime. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 26.7 x 19.9 cm (10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.). Medium: red chalk and graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hubert François Gravelot.

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