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Pen and brown ink sketch of two women in drapery pulling a load over clouds, with faint graphite grid lines.

Two Women on Clouds, Pulling a Load

Circle of Bernardo Castello (Italian, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a bearded seated man in flowing robes looking upward at a desk.

Evangelist Writing at Desk

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a warrior placing his hand in a flaming brazier before a seated bearded king and soldiers.

Mucius Scaevola Putting His Hand in the Flame before Porsenna

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bearded robed saint seen from behind, carrying a tall staff over his shoulder.

Saint James Major

after Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights showing a seated king, a kneeling woman and draped attendants on tan paper.

Esther before Ahasuerus or Solomon and Sheba with Cross from Wood of Adam's Tomb

Follower of Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, 1590/1600

Red chalk drawing of an older bearded man's head with curly hair and long flowing beard on pale paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 1700/1799

Red chalk drawing of a woman seen from behind with braided hair and a knotted sash across her shoulders.

Muse Seen from the Back

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a father embracing a kneeling son beside a pillar, with robed figures standing nearby.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Attributed to Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, 1536/40

Red chalk drawing of a woman with lowered eyes, curly hair and draped fabric tied in a bow at her shoulder.

Muse

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of the risen Christ with a staff gesturing to a kneeling haloed woman beside a draped canopy and pedestal

Christ Appearing to His Mother

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a banquet with a kneeling woman washing a seated man's feet beside classical columns.

Study for Christ and the Magdalene in the House of Simon

Circle of Giovanni Battista Bertani, 1564/72

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man and a turbaned woman holding a nude infant on ochre paper.

Family Group: Ozias, King of Judah, Nursed by his Mother

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Head of Young Man, in Profile to Right

Style of Benedetto Luti, n.d.

Black and red chalk drawing of a seated woman holding an infant, with an older child kneeling behind her.

Woman and Children

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of soldiers in plumed helmets with horses on a path through trees.

Scene with Soldiers

called Il Cigoli ( Ludovico Cardi, c. 1589

Brown wash drawing of four men at a tavern table, one asleep in a chair and one slumped over the table.

Four Drunken Peasants at Table

Style of David Teniers the Younger, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel descending to a woman and child in a rocky wilderness beneath a tree.

Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness

Pietro Gualla, n.d.

Brown and grey wash drawing of washerwomen by a stream beside an arched stone bridge, with a large tree and ruins.

Washerwomen by Stream in Italianate Landscape

Possibly Andrea Locatelli, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a seated mother with three children, one sleeping on the floor, in a domestic interior.

Mother and Three Children

After Jacopo Amigoni, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical scene with a portrait medallion of a man in armor, angels, and a painter at an easel.

Title Page with Portrait of Viceroy of Naples

After Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Pen drawing of a night eruption, with smoke rising from a volcano over calm water and a moon above, figures on the shore.

Eruption of Vesuvius

Robert Bradstreet, 1800/49

Red chalk portrait of a curly-haired young man in an oval frame, with a Latin inscription on drapery below.

Study for Portrait of Giorgione

Filippo Germisoni, c. 1724

Pencil sketch of a formal garden with a stone staircase, balustraded terrace, urns, tall trees and a distant obelisk.

Staircase and Terrace in Formal Garden

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a columned portico with receding arches, small figures in the distance, and a paved foreground.

Portico

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, n.d.

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of a seated bearded man in heavy drapery, one arm raised, on a toned paper ground.

Seated Bearded Figure (Prophet?)

Attributed to Ferraù Fenzoni, c. 1591

Pencil sketch of a porch with three pointed Gothic arches, slender columns, and trees framing the scene.

Porch with Gothic Arches

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of thatched cottages and a large tree on a hillside, with two seated figures in the foreground.

Cottages and Trees on Hillside

Thomas Monro, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a castle on a rocky island with sailboats in a bay and a crowd of people on the shore.

Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall: Regatta Scene

J. G. Doyle, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of Roman ruins with columns, arches, palm trees and small draped figures under a cloudy sky.

Ruins of Roman Forum, with Figures

called Battista Vicentino Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, c. 1550

Brown wash drawing of rustic figures resting and drinking beside barrels and a ladder outside a building.

Rustic Scene: Men, Women and Children Resting and Drinking Outside Building

Giorgio Giacoboni, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a young man showing a sword to two women in a draped interior, with handwritten caption below.

Look at This Sword, Was it to Be Resisted?, from Eleanora: from the Sorrows of Werter

possibly Haggitt, n.d.

Three oval grey wash sketches on tan paper: a river bridge, a harbor with sailboats and cliffs, and a shore with figures.

Two Views of Ports, one View of River with Bridge

Alexandre Thiollet, n.d.