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Heads of the Virgin and Child, 1508-1510. Silverpoint on orange-pink paper. PD, 1866-7-14-79
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Heads of the Virgin and Child, 1508-1510. Silverpoint on orange-pink paper. PD...

The massacre of the Innocents, around 1509. Pen and ink. Woman and soldier in the middle ground are the only two figures with red chalk underdrawing. PD, 1860-4-14-446
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The massacre of the Innocents, around 1509. Pen and ink. Woman and soldier in t...

Nude man with raised arms, 1511-1512. This is one of a series of black chalk drawings for an altarpiece on the Resurrecion of Christ. Raphael designed but never painted the altar for the Chigi Chapel in S. Maria della Pace in Rome. PD, 1854-5-13-11
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Nude man with raised arms, 1511-1512. This is one of a series of black chalk dra...

Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi, around 1532. This is the only surviving portrait drawing by Michelangelo. It shows one of several noble youths much admired by Michelangelo. Black chalk on paper. PD 1895-9-15-519
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Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi, around 1532. This is the only surviving portrait d...

The Flight to Egypt, 1557-1559. Angels are shown pulling down the branches of a tree for the infant Jesus to take the fruit and eat. The Virgin Mary and the Christchild are riding on a donkey, led by the aged Saint Joseph.
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The Flight to Egypt, 1557-1559. Angels are shown pulling down the branches of a...

Nude flying figure, around 1790. From the Manuscript Notebook, William Blake's preparatory drawings for his collection of poems "Songs of Innocence and Experience". ID: Add 49460 fol. 57 verso. Pen on paper.
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Nude flying figure, around 1790. From the Manuscript Notebook, William Blake's p...

Self-portrait,1892. Beardsley's style is an entirely original blend of English Pre-Raphaelitism (especially Burne-Jones' style),French Rococo engravings and Japonism. This is an early drawing and was reproduced for the first time in an album of designs published in 1899, the year after Beardsley's death in France. PD, 1906-4-23-1
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Self-portrait,1892. Beardsley's style is an entirely original blend of English P...

Saint Michael and demons,1450-1460. Drawing, 41,5 x 35,5 cm INV.1855-8-11-48 From the Sketchbook of Jacopo Bellini.
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Saint Michael and demons,1450-1460. Drawing, 41,5 x 35,5 cm INV.1855-8-11-48...

'Head of a Woman', 1520. Woman's face with closed eyes; the light falls down the exact centre of her face with the left side in shadow. Her closed eyes and her ideal face may reflect Dürer's construction of an ideal, and not a real head studied from life, although it could be an idealisation of a real model. Dürer was deeply interested in the ideal, human form and had travelled to Italy to study classical sculptures and their proportions. For Dürer, the chief purpose of these theoretical studies was to discover the mathematical proportions of the ideal human body. From his research, he wrote an important treatise, Four Books on Human Proportion. PD, Sl 5218-43
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'Head of a Woman', 1520. Woman's face with closed eyes; the light falls down the...

'The Virgin and Child and the Dove of the Holy Spirit', 1512-1517. Seated on a flowery bank, the Virgin Mary holds the infant Jesus in her arms and is attended by two playful putti. In the lower left corner a tree stump and spray of flowers create a visual balance to the Virgin's long, flowing locks. The Dove of the Holy Spirit hovers and casts Divine rays over the scene. A putto in the lower right corner gently tugs at her cloak, while his playmate dominates the sky above, pulling the Virgin's drapery with him. PD, SL.5218-179
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'The Virgin and Child and the Dove of the Holy Spirit', 1512-1517. Seated on a f...

'A wild man brandishing an uprooted tree trunk', c1528. The style of this drawing, with its simplified outlines, is typical of a design for a glass painting. The figure is framed in pen and ink by elaborate classical architecture. The grey, brown and blue washes are used broadly to suggest the shadows. It was probably intended for a window in the meeting-place of the civic society Zur Hären ('Wild man' or literally, 'the hairy man'), which was based in the north part of the city of Basel. PD, 1895-9-15-992
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'A wild man brandishing an uprooted tree trunk', c1528. The style of this drawin...

'Portrait of an English Woman', c1535. She is drawn in red and black chalk with touches of bodycolour to highlight her features. Holbein used the point of a brush with black ink to reinforce the edge of her cap and facial features. Her eyebrows and eyelashes are particularly delicate. It is likely that she was a lady at the English court of Henry VIII. The original paper was prepared with a soft pink ground, which suggests her flesh tones. However, at some stage the drawing was cut out from its original paper and laid down on another sheet so that the figure is now silhouetted. PD, 1910-2-12-105
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'Portrait of an English Woman', c1535. She is drawn in red and black chalk with...