Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn) 1555–1556 Pen, ink and chalk, 17.2 x 39.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The drawing, surely from the hand…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, recto (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, recto) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Verso: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso c.1510–1511 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…
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…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Nature morte avec mandoline (Still life with mandolin) 1920 Tempera on paper, 32 x 49 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting is a particularly finished still life study of very high quality, made in the early…
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…