Framed Charcoal Portraits

Many of the Framed Charcoal Portraits are dedicated to the works of art produced during the Renaissance period, which also represented the pinnacle of the movement. Leonardo da Vinci has created several such works of art, with Study for the head of a soldier in the Battle of Anghiari to be found next to Raphael’s Madonna on the Chair or Michelangelo’s Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi. Albrecht Durer used charcoal for many of his drawings, including the St George and the Dragon.

Hans Holbein the Younger proved to be one of the most prolific painters when it came to charcoal drawings and his most relevant works are available among the Framed Charcoal Portraits. He focused on the noblemen of his time and most of his protagonists are rich people who paid a hefty paycheck to have their faces immortalized in artwork. Francois Clouet walked down the same path and the result is a broad collection of portraits dedicated to the important figures of his time, with some ordering more than one drawing.