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Eino Leino

Joseph Alanen, 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with draped figures bringing offerings to a flaming altar within stone architecture.

Design for a Frieze with Worshipers Bringing Sacrificial Offerings

Lelio Orsi, about 1555

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a chariot driving horses over a fallen body, with a winged figure beside the wheel.

Tullia about to Ride over the Body of Her Father in Her Chariot

Giuseppe Cades, about 1770-1775

Charcoal drawing of a young peasant girl in a white bonnet and puffed-sleeve dress standing in a dark doorway.

A young peasant girl from the Vendée

Charles Milcendeau, 1899

Drawing of soldiers in armor carrying a pole with a model city, classical buildings behind them, in brown ink and white highl

Soldiers Carrying a Model of a City

Taddeo Zuccari, about 1548

Pen and ink drawing of two nude men feasting in a kitchen with hanging birds, cheeses, a pig and a jug.

Allegory of Gluttony

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1590

Brown wash drawing of the Entombment, with men lowering Christ's body while women mourn beside a rocky landscape.

The Entombment

Federico Barocci, about 1579-1582

Brown ink drawing of a large tree beside a river, with a castle and bridge in the distance and a holy family group at right.

Landscape with the Holy Family (Rest on the Flight into Egypt)

Alessandro Algardi, about 1650

Brown ink drawing of armored cavalry charging across a hilly battlefield with infantry ranks and an eagle banner.

The Battle of Scannagallo (recto); Mother of the Gracchi and her Female Companions (verso)

Stradanus, 1583 ?

Pen and ink drawing of a shepherd with sheep and goats beneath trees, with a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Pastoral Scene

Titian, about 1565

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man kneeling over a stone ledge, his draped cloak rendered in light and shadow.

Man Kneeling, Facing Right (recto); Sketches of Figures (verso)

Jacob Jordaens, about 1630-1635

Red and black chalk drawing of a nude woman adjusting her hair beside a cupid holding a bow and quiver.

The Toilette of Venus

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1594

Brown wash drawing of Christ before Pilate with soldiers, onlookers, and a barred window in a stone architectural setting.

Christ Before Pilate

Nikolaus Knüpfer, about 1640-1650

Cartoon for the Head of Saint James

Sebastiano del Piombo, about 1520

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of an imaginary walled city on a river below distant hilltop castles and mountains.

Mountain Landscape with an Imaginary City

Hanns Lautensack, 1554-1555

Pen and brown ink drawing of a boy and older men in turbans and caps, with feathered wing forms rising behind them.

Boy in a Turban, Winged Angel and Three Companions

Jacob de Gheyn II, about 1600

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, white collar and grey doublet, resting his hand on a book against a warm background.

Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys

Charles Le Brun, 1657

Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude figure with raised arms, beside a bearded head and a sketched landscape.

David with the Head of Goliath

Parmigianino, about 1535

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame with ornamental scrollwork and an architectural base.

Self-Portrait

Annibale Carracci, early 1580s

Black and white chalk drawing on tan paper of a large outstretched arm and four smaller studies of hands in different gesture

Studies of Hands

Alphonse Legros, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of Apollo and Daphne, two nude figures in a windy landscape, Daphne turning into laurel branches.

Apollo and Daphne

Jan Boeckhorst, about 1668

Brown ink drawing of a crowd at a classical temple sacrifice with oxen, an altar, a statue, and robed figures reacting.

The Sacrifice at Lystra

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, about 1529-1530

Brown and white chalk drawing of an old woman in a headscarf with both arms outstretched, standing on tan paper.

Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

Brown wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary and Joseph kneeling before the glowing infant Christ, an angel and cherubs above

The Nativity

Francesco Vanni, about 1600

Painted head study of an elderly woman in a white cap and brown garment, with handwritten notes on a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Annibale Carracci, about 1582

Pen and brown ink drawing of three muscular male nudes seen from behind, standing closely together.

Nude Studies

Bartolomeo Passarotti, about 1570-1580

Red and black chalk drawing of two seated men in tricorn hats and draped coats, one leaning back, one gazing upward.

Two Seated Men

Nicolas Lancret, about 1725-1730

Brown wash drawing of Hagar and Ishmael expelled by Abraham beside a column, with a dog and a winged angel.

The Expulsion of Hagar

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a draped standing figure with a bare foot on grey-green paper.

Asclepius (recto); Study of a Male Youth Bearing Some Leaves (verso)

Anton Raphael Mengs, about 1762

Watercolor sketch of a picador on a horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, with spectators in the stands.

Bullfight

Édouard Manet, 1865

Oil study of a man with dark skin in a white turban and draped white cloth against a reddish-brown background.

Study for Balthazar

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1609-1611

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures embracing among trees, with a winged figure above.

Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?)

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588-about 1594