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Brown wash drawing of Moses holding tablets as Israelites dance around a golden calf on a pedestal.

The Israelites Dancing around the Golden Calf

Sébastien Bourdon, about 1645

Pen and brown ink drawing of a tiered wall decoration with a crucifixion scene in the center and narrative panels around it.

Project for a Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, about 1522

Study for the Figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Fra' Bartolomeo, about 1509

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining lion with a full mane, head turned toward the viewer, tail curling to the right.

Study of a Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Pen and wash drawing of a woman's head tilted downward, with red chalk on cheeks and lips and a ruffled collar.

Head of a Woman

Jacob Jordaens, about 1635

Pen and wash drawing of two cabbages and a trailing marrow plant with leaves and a gourd on pale paper.

Studies of a Marrow Plant and Cabbages

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1605-1614

Red and black chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman on a bed with an older woman seated beside her.

The Remedy

Jean-Antoine Watteau, about 1716-1717

Graphite study of a seated bearded man in flowing drapery, one arm raised and the other holding a staff, on toned paper.

Study for the figure of Astasius

Eustache Le Sueur, about 1652

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing female saint holding a palm frond, wearing a draped robe.

Saint Lucy

Fra Paolino, about 1525-1530

Brown ink and white heightening drawing of a plumed rider on a rearing horse, with onlookers in the background.

Equestrian Portrait of Don Juan José of Austria

José Ximénez Donoso, about 1660-1680

Charcoal drawing of a bedroom with a four-poster canopy bed, a standing figure beside it, and patterned wallpaper.

Chambre de V. Hugo

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], 1885

Red and black chalk drawing of three women in flowing gowns, one seated holding a fan, two standing.

Studies of Three Women

Jean-Antoine Watteau, about 1715-1716

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of figures working on small boats and merchant vessels with billowing sails.

Figures on Board Small Merchant Vessels

Willem van de Velde the Elder, about 1650-1655

Two Studies of the Head of an Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626

Brown ink and wash drawing of seated Charity nursing an infant, with a second child beside her and studies of architectural c

Charity and Studies of Entablatures (recto); Frieze of Putti (verso)

Paolo Farinati, about 1580

Portrait of a Young Girl

Edwin Landseer, about 1840-1845

Red chalk drawing of a haloed saint in armor riding a rearing horse, holding a banner, with a town in the distance.

A Saint on Horseback

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, about 1510

The Head of King Priam in Profile

Gaetano Gandolfi, about 1797-1799

Brown wash drawing of nude figures, animals and a cave in a rocky landscape, with winged figures holding a banner above.

The Age of Gold

Jacopo Zucchi, about 1575

Brown ink drawing of nude Venus and Mars on a bed, with Vulcan holding a net and gods on clouds above.

Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan

Hendrick Goltzius, about 1585

Brown wash drawing of haloed Christ with a soldier gripping his arm and veiled women watching behind him.

Christ Carrying the Cross (recto); The Resurrection (verso)

Il Sodoma, about 1535

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large tree, three robed figures on a path, a classical doorway, and sheep near a wel

Landscape with Abraham and the Three Angels in the Valley of Mambre

Joseph Anton Koch, 1797

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, with a sketched animal head beside her on tan paper.

Study of a Reclining Nude

François Boucher, 1732-1735

Red chalk drawing of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mourners, mounted soldiers and a crowd on rocky ground.

The Crucifixion

Antoine Coypel, 1692

Watercolor of two seated men in red fezzes talking beside a doorway, with two standing figures in shadow behind them.

Turkish Guardsmen

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1841

Bust of an Angel

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Pen and wash drawing of a man gesturing to a group of women in classical dress beside columns, in an oval frame.

Odysseus and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Baldassare Peruzzi, about 1520

Head of an Old Man

Jacques de Gheyn III, about 1616

Black chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair and a lace collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Andrea Previtali, about 1520-1525

Chalk study of a draped Venus-like woman reaching out while a winged cupid clings to her leg, on tan paper.

Study for the figures of Venus and Cupid (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Simon Vouet, about 1630-1635

Pen and brown wash drawing of figures gathered at a table before a town building, with trees and a landscape beyond.

Scenes from the Life of the Prodigal Son

Master of Saint Christopher, about 1530

Sepia drawing of an ornate Moorish arch framing a lit doorway with a small figure and three arched windows above.

Moorish Arch

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, about 1827