Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studio di un uomo nudo, in piedi (Study of a naked man, standing) c.1524 Black stone, on red chalk lines, traces of incision with a stylus, 38.5 x 24 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Project for one of the…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Esquisse pour l’Hommage à Delacroix (Sketch for the Homage to Delacroix) c.1863 Oil on canvas, 25.5 × 26 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Delacroix,…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Testa di donna inclinata, sorridente, occhi bassi (Woman’s head tilted, smiling, eyes downcast) c.1543 Black chalk on paper, 28.8 × 21.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the young woman appearing on the far left of the composition…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Maîtresse de Baudelaire (Baudelaire’s Mistress) c.1862 Watercolor, 16.7 x 23.8 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’éventail 1862 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest See also: • Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867) | Duval, Jeanne (c.1820-c.1862)
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Baigneurs, étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Bathers, Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) 1883–1884 Oil on wood National Gallery of Art, Washington A grassy riverbank cuts across the lower left corner of this painting, in front of a river…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Cheval et barques, étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Horse and Boats, Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) 1883–1884 Oil on wood, 15.88 × 25.08 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Baigneurs, étude pour “Une…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi di figure per la volta della Sistina (Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling, verso) 1510–1511 Chalk over charcoal on paper, 34.3 x 24.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Universally considered one of the greatest artists of the Italian…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studio per giovane nudo sul profeta Daniele (Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel, recto) 1510–1511 Chalk over charcoal on paper, 34.3 x 24.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Universally considered one of the greatest artists…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Étude de Femme nue assise dessinant (Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing) 1888–1898 Black chalk on paper, 23.7 x 30.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
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…