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Watercolor of young women in white gowns pulling ribbons in a parlor, with onlookers and overturned furniture around them.

Frightful Result

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a pale road curving through a dark valley toward a flat-topped mountain ridge under a dusky sky.

Algerian Landscape

Albert Lebourg, 1873

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned, bearded seated man raising an arm while a younger figure leans at his knee.

Samuel Enthroned

Cesare Nebbia, 1586/89

Brown wash drawing of two bearded standing men draped in robes, placed side by side in a rectangular niche.

Two Standing Prisoners in a Niche

Bernardino Campi, c. 1549

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Benedict raising his arm as men strain to move a stone beside classical columns and trees.

Saint Benedict Moving the Stone which a Demon Had Made Immobile

after Ludovico Carracci, after 1606

Saint Bernardino of Siena Preaching from an Open Book

Sienese Italian, 1570/90

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two reclining beggars and a seated woman holding a child beside steps.

Two Reclining Beggars, and Seated Mother and Child, at Foot of Steps

after Girolamo Macchietti, n.d.

Architectural drawing of ornamental plaster details with foliate reliefs, a circular medallion, and electric light fixtures o

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details with Electric Lights

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Ink architectural drawing of ornamental plaster balcony details with scrolling foliage, columns, and dimension lines on tan p

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Pencil elevation sketch of ornate exposition buildings with spires, arched bridge, and flags on tan paper.

World's Columbian Exposition Buildings, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Sketch

John Wellborn Root, c. 1890

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat beside a window and drapery in an interior.

Portrait of a Man Standing in Front of Window

Benjamin West, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a lattice fence under a blossoming cherry

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a dancer in a patterned kimono standing in a boat beneath drooping willow branches.

Shirabyoshi Dancer Standing in Asazuma Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Brown wash drawing of a classical colonnaded hall with a seated ruler, crowds, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Donation of Constantine

Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, after, n.d.

Brown watercolor of a rocky coast with cliffs, trees, crashing waves and a storm sky, with small figures on the rocks.

Coastal Landscape with Storm Approaching

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, c. 1800

Sketch in chalk on tan paper of a nude woman seen from behind, head bowed, arm raised, with drapery at her legs.

Crouching Woman

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a red lacquer box and a pine tree.

The Waitress Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse Holding a Fan

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Hand-colored print of two gluttonous men at a dining table, a servant with a platter, a boy, and dogs in a richly furnished r

Studious Gluttons

Thomas Rowlandson, published October 1788

Charcoal sketch of two men in an interior: a balding man leaning forward and a top-hatted man writing in a notebook.

The Reporter

Jean-Louis Forain, n.d.

Drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, attendants and horses in an architectural se

Adoration of the Magi

Benedetto Caliari, 1590/98

Red chalk study of a muscular right hand and forearm on yellowed paper, with hatched shading on the fingers and tendons.

Right Hand of Jupiter

Bernard Baron, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded man scratching his leg beside a dog, with trees and a distant village behind him.

Seated Man Scratching His Leg

After Adam Elsheimer, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a seated man in flowing robes holding a small child beside a stone pedestal.

Man with Hands Clasped

Style of Thomas Willeboirts, n.d.

Reddish-brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a draped robe holding a carpenter's square on his shoulder.

Saint Thomas

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of cavalry soldiers with swords charging amid rearing horses and fallen men on a battlefield.

Cavalry Skirmish

Attributed to Joseph François Parrocel, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bald saint in a flowing robe reaching upward, on worn, aged paper.

Saint Geminianus

After Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a kneeling monastic saint in a hooded robe with arms raised, on tan paper.

Kneeling Monastic Saint with Raised Arms

Circle of Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1500/25

Red chalk drawing of a bearded older man seated beside books, leaning on his hand, attributed to Guercino.

Bearded Man Seated at Table

Attributed to Guercino, 1650/59

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded saint with a lion, skull and two angels in an arched frame.

Study for Saint Jerome

after Ludovico Carracci, after 1598

Standing Draped Male Figure

Unknown artist, n.d.

Red-brown ink drawing of the Deposition with Christ lowered from the cross by figures on ladders and mourners below.

Deposition, with Saint Francis of Assisi and Another Male Saint (Stephen?)

Attributed to Simone De Magistris, c. 1576

Pen and ink anatomical study of a kneeling male figure with a separate sketch of muscles and tendons below.

Anatomical Study and Sketch of Kneeling Figure

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.