Italian Drawings, 16th Century

Window

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Descent of Christ into Limbo

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

St. Sebastian

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

The Agony in the Garden

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Dido and Aeneas (recto); Three Figures Traced in Reverse from Recto an...

Six Studies of a King for an Adoration

Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 16th century

Ceiling Decoration

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Europa

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Skirmish

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design for a Frame with Armorial Trophies, the Medici Coat of Arms and...

Sketch for Wall Monument

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Decoration for a Spandrel in a Cove

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Soldiers Running

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Saint Peter as a Fisherman

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Design for a Tomb with Herms and a Niche with a Bust Portrait

Decoration for a Spandrel in a Cove

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Descent From the Cross

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design for a Tomb with Female Figures, Putti and Mythological Creature...

Project for a Public Building on a Square

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Three Men

Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 16th century

Architectural Design or Stage Set for the Colonna Family

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design for a Wall with Two Windows

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Frieze with Medici Coat of Arms and Putti (Embroidery Design?)

Christ and the Daughter of the Centurion

Figure in Roman Dress (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus) and Study o...

Draped Male Figure Gesturing

Anonymous, Italian, Roman, 16th century

The Holy Family with Angels

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Two Studies for the Madonna and Child (recto); Flagellation (verso)

Designs for Nine Helmets (recto); Designs for Seven Helmets (verso)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design of Antique Pitcher

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Massacre of the Innocents

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

A Saint Healing a Sick Man

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Head of a Man in Profile

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

A Vase

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design for a Cartouche (recto); Fragments of the Plan of a Building (C...

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Young Soldier Showing a Head to the Populace (David?)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Architectural Detail

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Head of a Young Woman, a Probable Finial for Fountain or other Type of...

Anonymous, Italian, Sienese or Marchigian, 16th century

Design for a Mirror with the Sigil of Three Mountains (Family Crest of...

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Figure of a Prophet

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Project for Decoration (Stage Setting)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design for a Rattle and Whistle (recto); Crude Sketches of an Equine A...

Crucifixion

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Architectural Sketches and a Figure (recto); Figure and Anatomical Ske...

Grotesque Decoration and Ceiling Designs (Recto); Geometric Design (Ve...

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

The Volto Santo of Lucca

Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, 16th century

Madonna and a Group of Saints

Sarcophagus

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Architectural detail

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Roman Galley

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

A Saint in Ecstasy (?)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design with Medici Coat of Arms and Harpy (Embroidery Design?)

Altar Frame

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Wall Monument

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Man Seated, Writing on His Knee

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Rearing Horse in Rear Three-Quarter View

Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 16th century

Angel (Recto); Fragmentary Sketches of Same Subject (Verso)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Design for a Lectern

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Design for a Cassone

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Right and Left Halves of Three Candelabras

Studies for Consoles

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Female Figure

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Sarcophagus

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Madonna and Children

Frieze

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Design: Grotteschi with Figures, Cornu...

St. Nicholas and the Three Daughters of the Poor Gentleman

Vase

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580) (Giacomone da Faenza ?)

Sketches

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Piazza with Obelisk

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Portico

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Entombment

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Flora (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Buildings (verso)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design for a Triumphal Arch with Three Arches

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Design for a Facade with Sgraffito Decorations

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Allegory or Goddess (Juno?)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Assumption of the Virgin (Recto); Figure Sketches (Verso)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Design for Pediments with the Resurrected Christ surmounted by a Cruci...

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Standing Nude Female and Putto with Studies of a Hand and an Arm (rect...

Madonna and Child Among the Clouds

Design for a Decorative Vessel

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Ornament design after the antique

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Tomb Design with Reclining Figure on Sarcophagus

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Facade (for Stage Setting)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Designs: Grotesques with Winged Infant...

Drawing of Bas-Relief

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Two Studies of a female Figure or Statue

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Battle Scene

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Madonna and Child on Clouds

Draped Figure

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Saint Margaret and the Dragon

Nude Figure Studies (Recto); Sheet of Figure Studies (Verso)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Battle Scene with the Emblems of the Farnese Family.

Anonymous, Italian?, 16th century (near Francesco Salviati, 1510-1563)

Mucius Scaevola Burning off his Hand before Porcenna

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Design of Antique-Style Ornament ("Grotteschi")

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Facade (for Stage Setting)

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Elevation of a wall with partial pilasters, reliefs, and niche figures

Children Dancing

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)