Drawings & Sketches

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded male river god with a muscular torso and an extended arm.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling woman seen from behind, holding a small child turned toward the right.

Brown wash drawing of an interior with a woman in a curtained bed, attendants, and seated figures in a doorway.

Red chalk drawing of two studied hands, one gripping a vertical form and one clenched, with drapery sketched below.

Drawing of a seated nude young man playing a harp inside an oval niche, in chalk on blue paper with a grid.

Pen and brown ink drawing of Aurora riding a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with putti below.

Pencil study of two draped female figures on a squared grid, with the labels Thalia and Erato written above.

Graphite sketch on squared paper of nude and draped female figures labeled as the Muses, by Andrea Appiani.

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude man in an ornate architectural niche with pilasters, statues and an oval cartouche.

Brown wash drawing of a reclining muscular male nude with draped cloth on a pale ledge, within an octagonal outline.