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Studies of Heads

Battista Franco (d. 1561)

16th century · Engraving with etching

Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)

Carletto Caliari (d. 1596)

c. 1586 · Drawing, charcoal (stumped in places) heightened with white chalk; black chalk with pen and brown ink

Studies of a Man's Head and of His Hands

Federico Barocci (d. 1612)

1592–99 · Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk and touches of red chalk, on blue-gray paper

The Feast of Herod (recto); Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens (d. 1640)

c. 1637–38 · Drawing, pen and brown ink, with black and red chalk, touched with white gouache

Studies of Arms, Shoulders and Hands

Giacomo Franco (d. 1620)

1548–1628 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto) Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right)

John Brown (d. 1787)

c. 1770–75 · Drawing, graphite and gray and black wash with point of brush

Studies of Hands

Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (d. 1680)

1630–80 · Red, black, and white chalk

Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens (d. 1640)

c. 1637–38 · Drawing, pen and brown ink, with black and red chalk

Studies of Heads and Hands

Anonymous, French, 17th century (d. 1700)

17th century · Black and red chalk

The Feast of Herod (recto)

Peter Paul Rubens (d. 1640)

c. 1637–38 · Drawing, pen and brown ink, with black and red chalk, touched with white gouache

Sheet of Studies: Heads, Hands, and Doves

Luigi Garzi (d. 1721)

1638–1721 · Red chalk (the heads and hands) and black chalk (the doves), on blue paper

Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right)

John Brown (d. 1787)

c. 1770–75 · Drawing, left: graphite; right: gray and black wash with point of brush and graphite