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Title

Esther and Ahasuerus

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Physical Description

Drawing of a male figure on left wearing a headress and holding a stick-like object with three female figures on the right, two of which are standing behind the third as if holding her up.

Artist Life Dates

1591 - 1666

Object Creation Date

1639

Accession Number

2008/1.161

Medium and Support

pen and ink on paper

relevance

rank 11.84571

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Study for the Collectors

Artist

Will Barnet

Physical Description

Study for a portrait of the Vogels, with Herbert in the foreground and Dorothy visible behind him to the left. Line drawing in pencil with erasure marks. The portrait is sketched out in a square drawn on the sheet, and signed in the lower right corner. Notes to himself include: “Dot & Herb position?” (lower left corner), “proportion & lining up of the chins, eyes” (upper right corner).

Artist Life Dates

1911-2012

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

2008/2.220

Medium and Support

pencil on paper

relevance

rank 11.44957

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Study for the Play Scene from Hamlet

Artist

William Orpen

Physical Description

This drawing depicts two groups of figures. A darker, more heavily shadowed group that includes a prominent standing figure appears in the lower right corner. A second group of seated figures, more lightly drawn, appear in the upper left.

Artist Life Dates

(1878 - 1931)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1898-1899

Accession Number

2009/1.509

Medium and Support

graphite and ink wash on paper, mounted on board

relevance

rank 10.58591

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Title

Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican

Artist

Taddeo Zuccaro

Physical Description

This drawing depicts two addorsed female figures reclining on a triangular slope. The women are partly clothed, and the one on the left wears an elephant-shaped headpiece. Between their shoulders appears a blank escutcheon held by two putti. Nude men in the background strain to hold back piles of objects that include shields and spears.

Artist Life Dates

(1529 - 1566)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1564

Accession Number

1966/1.93

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with brown wash on buff paper

relevance

rank 10.08539

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Title

Study of a Male Nude with Floating Drapery

Artist

Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg

Physical Description

This study of a male nude set within a niche combines a skilled portrayal of anatomy with a powerful evocation of movement and emotional intensity. Through the carefully rendered arms and swirling draperies the artist expands and animates the space around the figure, who seems to surge forward even as he turns his head back in a gesture of despair.

Artist Life Dates

1537-1614

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1562-1638

Accession Number

1954/2.54

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and gray wash on laid paper

relevance

rank 9.28589

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Title

Study for the Last Judgement in the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Artist

Federico Zuccaro

Physical Description

This is a preparatory drawing of a group of putti that form part of the painted decoration of the dome of Florence cathedral. The most striking figures are the putti in the upper corners of the drawing who support an architectural cornice and a pair of putto that appear between them. One of these putti holds a shirt and his companion holds three dice. Myriad other putti are rendered more lightly to give the impression that they are positioned in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1543-1609

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1576

Accession Number

1973/2.81

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and wash on buff paper

relevance

rank 8.70730

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Title

Study for 'Image in Xhorkom'

Artist

Arshile Gorky

Physical Description

Black and white drawing of organic forms vaguely resembling human figures flowing into one another in a room-like space. On the right hand side of the grouping stands the most recognizably humanoid figure.

Artist Life Dates

1904 - 1948

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1936

Accession Number

1964/2.41

Medium and Support

graphite and tempera on off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 8.44037

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