Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure, verso) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Recto: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La testa della Vergine di tre quarti rivolta a destra (The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right) 1510–1513 Black, red and white chalk and charcoal, 20.3 x 15.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
Guercino (1591-1666) Studio per Il Martirio di San Bartolomeo (Study for “The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew”) c.1635–1636 Red chalk on cream laid paper, 37.6 x 28.5 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Autoritratto Studio di autoritratto (Self portrait Self portrait study) s.d. Pencil on buff paper, 17.2 × 15.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Baigneurs sur la Seine (Bathers in the Seine) 1874–1876 Oil on canvas, 134 x 100 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo The alternative title “Study from the Nude,” as Camesasca notes (1987, p. 67), is an indication of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise (Study for The Surprised Nymph) 1861 Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 cm Private collection Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise 1861 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue de la Seine (View of the Seine) 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 15.9 x 24.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York At the beginning of Seurat’s career he made about seventy oil studies on small wood…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Herbeux berge de rivière (Grassy Riverbank) 1881–1882 Oil on canvas, 32.7 × 40.64 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In 1881 and 1882, Georges Seurat spent hours along the shores of the River Seine, northwest of Paris.…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse (The Bather) c.1880–1881 Chalk on paper mounted on board, 84.535 x 65.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This is among the most important surviving drawings by Renoir. It relates, without question, to the famous…
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Retrato de Manuelita Rosas, estudio (Portrait of Manuelita Rosas, study) 1851 Oil on canvas, 37.7 x 30.3 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires There are no surviving sketches by Prilidiano Pueyrredón, except for unfinished works…