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Selected Metalpoint Drawings

Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474), Jean Fouquet French, Metalpoint, black chalk on white prepared paper
Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474)
Jean Fouquet
ca. 1451–55
A Bear Walking, Leonardo da Vinci Italian, silverpoint on light buff prepared paper
A Bear Walking
Leonardo da Vinci
ca. 1482–85
Beggar Walking on a Crutch, Andries Both Dutch, Metalpoint on prepared paper
Beggar Walking on a Crutch
Andries Both
ca. 1632
Portrait of Edward D. Adams, Alphonse Legros French and British, Goldpoint
Portrait of Edward D. Adams
Alphonse Legros
Edward Dean Adams
1892
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso), Filippino Lippi Italian, Metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pink prepared paper (recto); metalpoint, on pink prepared paper (verso)
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)
Filippino Lippi
1457/58–1504
Head of a Boy, Master of the Legend of Saint Ursula Netherlandish, Metalpoint
Head of a Boy
Master of the Legend of Saint Ursula
15th century
Standing Male Figure, Filippino Lippi Italian, Soft metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache (some touches of black chalk probably added by later hand), on ochre prepared paper
Standing Male Figure
Filippino Lippi
ca. 1480
Studies of ten (?) heads and two ears (recto); Studies of three figures and a head (verso), Gerard David Netherlandish, Metalpoint on prepared paper; verso: black chalk
Studies of ten (?) heads and two ears (recto); Studies of three figures and a head (verso)
Gerard David
ca. 1498
Study of a Kneeling Youth and of the Head of Another, Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) Italian, Metalpoint on pale pink-beige prepared paper
Study of a Kneeling Youth and of the Head of Another
Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci)
1500
Studies of Hands, Alphonse Legros French and British, Metalpoint on prepared paper
Studies of Hands
Alphonse Legros
1880–92
Portrait of a Woman, Thomas Wilmer Dewing American, Silverpoint on paper, mounted on pulp board, American
Portrait of a Woman
Thomas Wilmer Dewing
after 1894
Single Flower, Joseph Stella American, Crayon and metalpoint on prepared paper
Single Flower
Joseph Stella
1919
Female Nude, Otto Dix German, Metalpoint on paper prepared with white ground
Female Nude
Otto Dix
1933