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Red and black chalk drawing of a bowed, nude male torso leaning forward on grey paper.

Half Figure of a Man, Nude to the Waist

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a nobleman giving coins to a kneeling beggar in a Roman piazza with a dog and the Coliseum behind.

Nobleman Giving Alms to Beggar in Piazza near the Coliseum

Conrad Martin Metz, 1813

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling friar with a rosary, gazing at angels in clouds, beside a cherub and a column.

St. Paschal Baylon Adoring the Blessed Sacrament

Claude François, 17th century

Drawing of a woman in a long dress carrying a child on her shoulders, with figures and trees in a brown landscape behind.

Hail Mary (Ia Orana Maria)

Paul Gauguin, ca. 1893-95

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of nymphs bathing, a horned hunter with a dog, and winged figures in clouds.

Diana and Actaeon

Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1580-85

Brown wash drawing of three nude women on a draped bed with curtains, while cherubs play with cloth and grapes around them.

Les Grâces lutinées par les amours

Louis Jean François Lagrenée, 1778

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated woman in a draped skirt, leaning and looking downward, on grey paper.

Woman Seated on the Ground

Nicolas Lancret, early 18th century

Red chalk drawing on tan paper showing a seated figure, a reclining figure with upturned head, and a foot study.

Two Muses

Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Drawing of a half-nude armored warrior raising his fist before a crowd of Roman soldiers and onlookers in a classical city sq

Coriolanus Vows Eternal Hatred to Rome

Henri Lérambert, 1560-1609

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd in a interior, with a man lifting a reclining figure on the floor.

Saint Paul Restoring Eutychus to Life

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Sepia wash drawing of a village with a church steeple in an alpine valley, with a winding river and mountains behind.

Village in an Alpine Valley

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of an ornate vase with a winged finial, flanked by figures, resting on a carved console bracket.

Design for a Vase and Supporting Console

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the enthroned Madonna and Child with two saints and a kneeling donor in an arched setting.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Basil the Great and Saint John the Baptist and Donor

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1540-50

Drawing of the Judgment of Paris with three goddesses, a young shepherd, and a messenger in a wooded landscape with clouds.

The Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Allori, 1583

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded male river god with a muscular torso and an extended arm.

A River God (recto); Sketches for the Vestibule of the Laurenziana, Florence (verso)

Bartolomeo Ammanati, 1511-92

Brown wash drawing of a reclining muscular male nude with draped cloth on a pale ledge, within an octagonal outline.

Nude Male Figure Seated on the Ground

Amico Aspertini, ca. 1535-40

Brown wash drawing of nude revelers in a bacchanalian scene, with a reclining woman embracing a man at the center.

Bacchanalian Scene

Amico Aspertini, 1520-35

Red chalk allegory: winged figure above a papal shield, scholars around a star globe, and a domed city on the right.

Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Pompeo Batoni, ca. 1745

Pen and brown wash drawing of embracing female figures, some holding musical scores, with sketched heads behind them.

Embracing Female Figures, Some Holding Musical Scores

Girolamo Mirola, 1570-73

Pen and brown ink sheet of overlapping figure studies: nudes, cherubs, sea creatures and classical heads.

Figure Studies for Various Female and Male Figures (recto); Threes Amors in the Garden of Venus (verso)

Agostino Carracci, 1600-02

Black chalk study of a muscular male nude crawling on hands and knees, with an arm reaching forward, on grey paper.

Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus)

Annibale Carracci, 1593

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman in drapery beside a city gate with figures on a path in the distance.

The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Brown wash drawing of two seated bearded men, one looking upward wrapped in a red-brown mantle, with white highlights on the

Two Seated Bearded Male Figures

Sigismondo Caula, 1637-1713

Profile Head of a Youth Looking to Upper Left, and Study of Clasped Hands

Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with two bearded male saints with halos, on clouds.

The Virgin and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660

Two Male Nudes, One Seated and One Semi-reclining

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1771

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded figure in robes presenting a woman to a sleeping man beneath a tree.

The Creation of Eve

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures in a temple, with a mitred priest greeting a young girl at the steps.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and brown ink drawing of three putti beside a small keyboard instrument on a ledge, in a horizontal frieze strip.

Putti with a Small Keyboard Instrument and Music Books

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man gesturing before kneeling figures and a crowd near classical columns and steps.

Thanksgiving, for the Acquittal of Susanna (Daniel 13:63)

Baldassare Croce, 1553-1628

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel with a lily approaching the Virgin beside classical columns.

The Annunciation

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and the apostles gathered around a long table.

The Last Supper

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608