21/internal/media/dispatcher/6539/fullDraped male figure seen from behind1481-1482Pietro PeruginoFAS/D/5489087149This is a study after a figure of an apostle seen on the right in the fresco 'La Consegna delle Chiavi' or 'Delivery of the Keys' by Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, dated 1481-2. It is possibly a training exercise executed by one of Perugino's pupils copying from the master's fresco./internal/media/dispatcher/6606/fullStudy of a Young Man Standing1494Vittore CarpaccioFAS/D/4489569820A preparatory study for the figure dressed in red in the centre-left of Carpaccio's opening panel 'Arrival of the Ambassadors' from the Life of St Ursula Cycle, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice./internal/media/dispatcher/13758/fullSt Catherine of Alexandria disputing with the Fifty Philosophersc. 1580-1630Giovanni BalducciFAS/D/2354898761194The scene depicted shows St Catherine of Alexandria, in the centre, a highly intelligent and devout Christian woman, disputing with fifty pagan philosophers, featured behind her, at the request of Emperor Maxentius, who is the second figure on the left, seated on a throne. The emperor hoped to convince her to renounce her faith, but Catherine's eloquent arguments and conversion of the philosophers instead led to her own martyrdom. /internal/media/dispatcher/20290/fullA knight of the Order of St John and three other male figures1755-1761Antoine FavrayFAS/D/144898771222Studies showing four full-length male figures. The figure on top right wearing the tabbard of the Order of St John is a study for a painting by Antoine Favray showing the interior of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, which is at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg./internal/media/dispatcher/20293/fullA veiled lady seen in profile facing left (R) / Drapery studies (V)1744-1798Antoine FavrayFAS/D/24898781225(R) A half-figure of a lady in profile looking towards the left. / (V) Drapery studies of two sleeves./internal/media/dispatcher/20301/fullA kneeling woman (R.) / A male figure (V.)1755-1761Antoine FavrayFAS/D/2024898791228(R.) A study of a woman kneeling facing left in profile view with her hands resting on a stool. She wears a mantle and a veil. This is a preparatory figure study for a painting by Antoine Favray showing the interior of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, which is at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. (V.) A study of a half length male figure wearing a coat./internal/media/dispatcher/13959/fullVirgin and Child with Young St John the Baptist1650-1695Andrea AndreaniFAS/D/7714898801246This drawing is a 17th-century copy after a chiaroscuro woodcut by Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani which was made in 1591. It appears to be a training exercise as it is almost a traced copy of the woodcut with black pen lines matching the line block, but freehand brown washes that reproduce the effect of the two tone blocks, and chalk to mimic the blank paper used by Casolani to create highlights. It may have been made as a study in creating tonal effects using ink washes and white chalk, by copying the light-dark (chiaroscuro) effects in the print. /internal/media/dispatcher/14051/fullMale nude seen from the back1763Ubaldo GandolfiFAS/D/8104898811285An academic study of a male nude seen from the back, with the figure's left knee and hand on a boulder and the right hand leaning on a stick. Drawn from a live model by Bolognese artist Ubaldo Gandolfi in oiled chalk and white chalk heightening. Gandolfi masterfully used the varying thickness of the oiled black chalk outline, the black chalk shading, and the white chalk to accurately depict how the bright light coming from the left falls on the figure. /internal/media/dispatcher/28230/fullA kneeling male figure seen from the rearJacopo da EmpoliFAS/D/294898821304This is a preparatory figure drawing for a bigger composition. Depicting a young man on one knee in traditional florentine clothing as seen from the back lifting his right arm. /internal/media/dispatcher/27736/fullAllegorical figure of Piety (Pietas) (R); Veiled female figure and draped figure holding a book (V)1650-1700Lorenzo PasinelliFAS/D/344898831310This drawing of a standing crowned female figure, attributed to Lorenzo Pasinelli, may represent an Allegorical Personification of Piety (Pietas), sometimes identified by a flaming altar as seen on the left of the figure. On the verso are two drawings on either side of the folding line; a female figure wearing a veil, and a study of the drapery of a figure holding a book./internal/media/dispatcher/13857/fullA draped kneeling male figure in profile facing right with additional studies of drapery and a hand holding an urnlate 16th-early 17th CenturyCristoforo RoncalliFAS/D/314898841312The drawing shows a kneeling male figure in profile, facing right, with right arm raised. Two separate studies on the recto show details of the hand offering a vessel at top left, and a drapery study at the bottom. It is a preparatory figure study for an unknown painting, possibly an Adoration of the Magi. Roncalli used this drawing to study the fall of light on the drapery folds of the figure, while the face is rendered masterfully through a few light strokes, without details and minimal shading./internal/media/dispatcher/13805/fullCrowning with thorns1570-1590Bartolomeo PassarottiFAS/D/254898851322This drawing by the mannerist Bolognese artist Bartolomeo Passarotti depicts Christ being crowned with thorns and mocked. The composition is structured around six figures which fill up the drawing space, without any details suggesting the setting, making this scene reminiscent of a theatrical stage, specifically the Passion plays performed as part of religious processions during Holy Week. Christ is seated in the centre flanked by two figures, one on either side, affixing the crown of thorns on his head. To the right a kneeling figure mocks Christ, whilst to the far left two standing figures in oriental garments discuss the event. The composition is rendered quite energetically with quick pen strokes defining the bold gestural action of the figures, their bodies and faces bordering on the grottesque and denoting the influence of Northern mannerism./internal/media/dispatcher/28228/fullTempio di Vesta detto della Sibilla in Tivoli1810-1825Filippo Maria GiuntotardiFAS/D/21044900551932This drawing by Giuntotardi of the Temple of Vesta, known as della Sibilla, in Tivoli seems to be in preparation for the etching published in 1825 by him and Antonio Testa as a series of prints after Giuntotardi’s drawings of Tivoli and its nearby locations. The etching, although larger in size, reproduces the lines and shading in this drawing faithfully, while other versions of this drawing show variations in the depiction of clouds and foliage, as well as the number of figures./internal/media/dispatcher/6644/fullJuno with the peacockLuca CambiasoFAS/D/40505824825The drawing depicts the Roman goddess Juno reclined on clouds. The peacock to the left represents the moment when, jealous of the nightingale, the peacock protested to Juno as it did not have a beautiful voice, to which Juno replied that the nightingale may have a beautiful voice, but the peacock had beauty and size. This episode was widely popularised in Aesop’s Fables./internal/media/dispatcher/14003/fullLandscape with wooden dwellingsAdriaen van de VeldeFAS/D/7925058261272A landscape framed by a tree on the left, with wooden dwellings and shrubbery. /internal/media/dispatcher/41847/fullRocky landscape with three seated figuresJean-Antoine ConstantinFAS/D/2435058251252In this landscape, three seated figures, possibly friars, are resting along a path next to a high rocky wall surrounded by forest. In the distance, a fourth figure is crossing a suspended pathway bridging a waterfall. /internal/media/dispatcher/6641/fullA monk offering alms in a church (R.) / Various sketches (V.)Giovanni BalducciFAS/D/27505904824(R.) A monk offering alms in a church in front of an altar. / (V.) Various studies which include: a banquet scene with figures around a table, a scene with four figures around a font, an arm holding an ewer, and two hands holding goblets./internal/media/dispatcher/20267/fullStudy for the Knight of Malta Fra Alerano Parpaglia (R.) / St John the Baptist Beheaded (V.)1661-1666Mattia PretiFAS/D/95059051199(R.) Study for a portrait of the knight Fra Alerano Parpaglia on the ceiling of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The Knight wears a tabard of the Order. (V.) The beheaded corpse of St John the Baptist, still holding the cross-staff lies on the ground. This work is a study of the painting entitled 'Saint John the Baptist Beheaded' at the Archbishop's Palace in Seville, Spain. /internal/media/dispatcher/6634/fullThe Shipwreck1752-1753Adrien ManglardFAS/D/245505910823Seascape depicting a shipwreck, with survivors struggling to reach the shore. Ruins of an arch frame the composition on the left, balanced by a tower on the right. This drawing was probably made by Adrien Manglard as a 'ricordo' of one of his paintings. He would have made other versions of this drawing in preparation for an etching he published in 1753-4. This drawing was not used directly for transfer and there are additional figures and details in the drawing that do not appear in the final print. /internal/media/dispatcher/20389/fullStudy of a reclining male nudeAndrea SacchiFAS/D/165059121319Red chalk academic drawing of a reclined male nude. It is possibly the work of a student in Rome during the second half of the 17th century, working in a baroque classicist tradition./internal/media/dispatcher/20353/fullStudy of a young man's faceAnonymousFAS/D/7915059111283Counterproof of a study of a young male head with eyes looking upwards in red chalk. Possibly by a French artist, late 18th century.