Raffaello (1483-1520) Studio della testa e della spalla sinistra di una donna (Study of the Head and Left Shoulder of a Woman) 1519–1520 Chalk on paper, 35 x 24.2 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This splendid drawing demonstrates Raphael’s flair for delineating a…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II di Francia (Design for an Equestrian Statue of Henry II of France) 1559–1564 Chalk on paper, 13 x 12 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In 1559 Catherine of Medici commissioned Michelangelo to create…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Studio di un cranio (Study of a skull) c.1545 Chalk on paper, 13.5 x 17.2 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Study for the Christ Child in the Virgin’s Arms 1876 Chalk on paper, 50.8 x 5.6 cm Tate Britain, London Study for the Christ Child in the Virgin’s Arms for ‘The Triumph of the Innocents’ (first version). One…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt 1880 Chalk and pastel on paper, 42.8 x 33.8 cm Tate Britain, London Edith Holman Hunt was the artist’s second wife, the sister of his first wife Fanny. It was a…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Head of a girl s.d. Black chalk, 33.9 x 26.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Estudios de cabeza y oreja (Studies of a Head and Ear) 1665–1670 Red and black chalk, 18.4 x 14.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The descriptive use of red and black chalk to depict color is…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Busto di giovane (Bust of a Youth and Caricature Head of an Old Man, Both in Left Profile) c.1530 Black chalk on tan laid paper, 18.3 × 12.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton During the 1520s and early…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Tête de Christ couronné d’épines (Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns) s.d. Black, white and brown chalk on brown paper, 42 x 31.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Standing Pregnant Woman with a Man (study for Hope I) 1902–1903 Black chalk and charcoal, 44.8 x 30.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Hope I 1903 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa