This exquisite sketch produces a complete and nuanced characterization with the barest means, integrating the empty whiteness of the paper into the image in such a way as to suggest the figures sense of inner emptiness, exhaustion, or despair.
In this self-portrait, painted at the age of […]
Probably made in less that ten seconds, this […]
Half-human, half-goat, Pan was the god of primeval […]
This exquisite sketch produces a complete and nuanced […]
The vitality and the humor of the sketch […]
In 2006, Peter was diagnosed with the cancer […]
Peter made many portraits of historical figures. He […]
Harpies – like mermaids, sirens, and sphinxes – […]
In developing his original drawing, Peter photocopied and […]
This image of Fortuna (Fortune, or more precisely, […]
Peter produced several variations on this theme, making […]
One of Peter’s most inspired images represents a […]
This design is one of more than a […]
Making some adjustments in the original design – […]
This sampling of the many magnetized medallions that […]
Peter’s images of Eros (or Cupid) are true […]
In the oldest source of the story – […]
Nero, the famously tyrannical and corrupt emperor of […]
According to the ancient myth, the Greek sculptor […]
One of Peter’s largest and most beautiful stamped […]
Unshaven and unkempt, a brutish-looking man seizes a […]
Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia, first published in 1593, was […]
This image and the one following seem to […]
Like the preceding sketch, this image achieves perfect […]
The tale of the freedom-fighter William Tell, based […]