16th Century Drawings

Pen drawing on paper representing "The Holy Family" by Girolamo Muziano. Pen drawing on paper, "The Holy Family" by Girolamo Muziano (1528-1592), nicely framed, preparatory drawing ...

Two 16th century ‘modellini’ of angels in adoration, attributed to Carlo Urbino Carlo Urbino Lombardy, Italy; ca. 1575-85 (angel with head turned left); ca. 1585 (angel with open arms) Black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white on blue prepared paper Approximate size: 13.5 x 9.3 cm each Carlo Urbino was a painter from Crema, active during the last half of the 16th century, whose oeuvre and artistic personality have only recently emerged during the last half-century of scholarship. Urbino’s sketches are infused with the influence of Gian Paolo Lomazzo, to whom many of Urbino’s sketches were originally attributed. He is best recognized for his successful role as one of the leading painters of Lombard Mannerism. The present pair of drawings, depicting angels in adoration, are immediately relatable to a series of black-and-white chalk studies on blue paper by Urbino at the at the Ambrosiana in Milan (see Invs. F252, F255, et al). Our pair of sketches conform with what Giuseppe Cirillo described as “modellini:” small sketches...

Antique French painting from the 16th century. Artwork oil on panel depicting a historical religious subject The Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sybil of excellent pictorial quali...

Antique Flemish painting from the 16th century. Oil panel framework depicting Lamentation over the Dead Christ, of excellent pictorial quality. Panel of beautiful size and great qual...

Sebastian Munster (1488-1652) Woodcut print of exotic animals, "De Rhinocerote" from Sebatian Munster's edition of Cosmograhia Universalis, DK s...

Woodcut, 1510, on laid paper, watermark A in a Circle with letters HW (M. 304), a good Meder d impression, after the text edition of 1511 with narrow margins on all sides, the darker...

Fine red chalk drawing of Jesus at a fountain in front of city scenery. Framed behind glass. Image size: 8.3 x 6.4 cm.  

Rare and fine framed engraving map of the Americas "Americae Sive Novi Orbin Nova Descriptio" by Abraham Ortelius (hand colored later) Ortelius' map of the Americas is the most re...

Incredible old master drawing of a marriage depicting a man and woman in Elizabethan garb standing with crowns suspended overhead. This charming depiction shows their hearts entwined...