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Pen and ink drawing of crumbling brick ruins with a large arch, broken walls and window openings under a pale sky.

Study of Ruins

Filippo Napoletano, 1548-1608

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, one a bishop with a crosier.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Girolamo da Treviso, 1498-1544

Brown wash drawing of the Annunciation in a lunette, with the dove of the Holy Spirit radiating light between columns and fig

The Annunciation

Martin Fréminet, ca. 1610-15

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior pointing as a kneeling woman reaches toward him beneath a draped canopy, with a city

Hector's Farewell to Andromache and Astyanax

Sebastiano Galeotti, 1676-1741/46

Brown ink drawing of a man in an oval laurel frame, with enlarged flea and mite illustrations and a name cartouche below.

The Dutch Microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Brown ink and wash drawing of women finding a child on a riverbank beneath a tree, with a distant hilltop town.

The Finding of Moses

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Brown wash drawing of a banquet with seated diners, servants with vessels, and a wall inscription in an architectural hall.

The Feast of Belshazzar

Antonio Gionima, 1697-1732

Pen and wash design of a casket with acanthus scrolls and a central eagle on a moulded base, mounted in a decorative border.

Design for a Casket with the Gonzaga Eagle

Giulio Romano, ca. 1527-46

Red chalk drawing of a reclining female nude with arms outstretched and hands studies on tan paper.

Study for Boreas Abducting Oreithyia

François-André Vincent, ca. 1782

Brown wash drawing of Christ handing keys to a kneeling bearded man before a group of onlookers, with angels above.

The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

Jan Boeckhorst, ca. 1660

Chalk drawing of a barefoot man in draped clothing pulling back a curtain with one arm, on gray paper.

Man Pulling a Curtain Aside

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of women handling draped cloth beneath arches and columns, with a dog at lower left.

A Domestic Scene

Pirro Ligorio, 1513-83

Graphite sketch of a standing woman in classical drapery holding a vessel, with a tree trunk behind her, on tan paper.

A Muse of Poetry

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of figures unloading cargo beside sailing ships with masts, on tan paper.

Figures Unloading Cargo from Sailing Vessels

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a pensive young boy with his hand at his chin and a staff behind his shoulder, on toned paper.

Boy With a Staff

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Sketch of a seated hooded monk in a long robe reading an open book against a dark brown background.

Seated Carthusian Holding an Open Book

Jean Restout le jeune, 1711

Brown wash drawing of a classical interior with a robed woman at an altar, smoke rising, attendants and a seated goddess stat

Dido's Sacrifice to Juno

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1772-74

Two black chalk studies of crouching nude male figures on toned paper, with red guide lines and a signature.

Two Crouching Nude Male Figures

Simon Vouet, ca. 1640

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a woman looking upward, leaning on a staff, with draped fabric.

Woman with a Staff Looking Upward

Simon Vouet, early 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of Christ healing at the Pool of Bethesda, with crowds, a circular pool, classical buildings and a descen

Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda

Lambert Lombard, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Vulcan raising a hammer at an anvil in a brick workshop with armour on the floor.

Vulcan

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna bending over the infant Christ, with draped cloth below, on toned paper.

Madonna and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a woman kneeling to anoint Christ's feet at a table with seated figures in an arched interior.

Mary Magdalen Annointing the Feet of Christ

Raffaellino da Reggio, 1570-1573

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man with a raised arm over a nude youth, with a winged angel above at upper left.

Sacrifice of Isaac

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two bearded men seated in clouds beside a tree, one pointing upward, with a figure above.

Death of a Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of seated women, a standing draped figure, a horse head and an infant in an architectural

The Birth of Saint Francis of Assisi

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Pen and brown ink sketch of mourning figures gathered around a reclining body on toned paper.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of winged Saint Michael with spear and sword driving down a mass of falling angels.

Saint Michael Expelling the Fallen Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of mounted soldiers and a standing warrior before classical architecture, with an S.P.Q.R. banner.

Emperor greeted by a warrior

Marcantonio Raimondi, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large gnarled tree with twisting trunk and dense foliage on tan paper.

A Large Tree

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an angel on a light ground.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an Attendant Angel

Aurelio Luini, 1550-60

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill, surrounded by executioners, a mounted soldier and a crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Aurelio Luini, 1580s-early 1590s