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Pen and wash drawing of a winged grotesque figure on a scroll pedestal above tumbling nude figures and acanthus leaves.

Door Knocker with Zeus Vanguishing Giants

or Anonymous Anonymous, late 17th or early 18th century

Six chalk studies of women's heads with varied curled and braided hairstyles on a tan paper sheet.

Studies of Women's Heads

Michel Corneille, 1680s or 1690s

Etching of a village festival with dancing peasants, a tavern, climbing pole with flags, and a crowd in the street.

Village Festival

Cornelis Dusart, 1685

Autumn landscape with a large tree, golden hillside, small harvesters and a red-cloaked figure under a dusky sky.

Harvesters by Firelight

Samuel Palmer, 1830

Loose ink sketch of robed figures on steps, a kneeling man in a hat, a pointing figure at left, and a crowd at right.

The Adulteress

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1910

Black and white chalk drawing of a male nude seated on rocks with one arm raised, against a sketched wooded background.

Male Nude Seated on Rocks

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, c. 1710

Brown ink drawing of a man with a whip facing a rearing horse on open ground beside a tree.

Landscape with the Taming of a Horse

Guercino, 1620/1630

Muted watercolor of sailboats on grey sea under cloudy sky, with figures on a sandy beach in the foreground.

Violet [Note?]...The Return of the Fishing Boats

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1885

Watercolor of a brick shop front with arched doorways, a paned window, and two children with a dog on a sunlit street.

Village Shop, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1883/1884

Red and black chalk sketch of a crowd of figures supporting a reclining nude man in a procession.

The March of Silenus [recto]

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1715/1716

Pencil and red chalk sketch of two students in a bohemian room, one seated in a hat and cloak, one reclining, with a trunk an

Students in the Latin Quarter, Paris

Elihu Vedder, c. 1858

Pencil sketch of a man riding a donkey past two women and a standing man near cypress trees and an arched doorway.

The Parable of the Miller and the Donkey

Elihu Vedder, c. 1859

Pen and brown ink drawing of an elderly man in a cloak and cap leaning on a walking stick, with white highlights.

Reverie

Brown wash drawing of mythological figures: two women by a mirror, a reclining figure in drapery, and a winged child.

A Mythological Scene with Sea Gods

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Brown wash drawing of a haloed martyr kneeling in an arena as a winged angel descends above scattered bodies and prowling bea

Christian Martyrs

Gustave Doré, 1869/1871

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a winged allegorical female figure soaring with arms raised, with drapery studies at right.

An Allegorical Female Figure

Follower of Charles Le Brun

Black chalk sketch on grey paper of three standing men in period dress, one plumed hat, gesturing toward another.

A Judge and Two Gentlemen Lawyers

Attributed to Eustache Le Sueur

Brown wash drawing of nude giants fighting upward toward gods in clouds, a mythological battle scene.

Battle of the Gods and Giants from Mount Olympus and Mount Othrys

Brown-toned drawing of armored Roman figures beside a draped tent in a military camp, with reclining and kneeling figures.

A Scene from the Life of Trajan

Conrad Martin Metz, 1817

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin, infant Christ, angels and kneeling shepherds.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giuseppe Passeri

Pen and brown wash drawing of four evangelists writing in an arcaded scriptorium with an ox, lion, eagle and angel.

Four Evangelists in a Scriptorium

Master I.K., 1539

Tan cover of Whistler's Notes portfolio with spaced capital title, a small ornament, and the artist's name in italic.

Notes

James McNeill Whistler, published 1887

Daniel Kemper

after Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin Anonymous, 19th century

Brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings carrying a young man upward through clouds.

The Rape of Ganymede

Niccolò dell' Abate, c. 1545

Brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with a high priest, kneeling girl, doves and attendants.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Attributed to Federico Barocci, c. 1600

Chalk drawing of a man in a broad-brimmed hat, turned to the left, with red-tinted lips and a loose white shirt.

Portrait of a Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

after Hans Holbein the Younger Anonymous, c. 1526

Drawing of a knight in plate armor with a helmet, holding a halberd upright, rendered in brown ink and white highlights.

Knight in Armor, Holding a Halberd

Swabian School, c. 1500

Sketch of helmeted Minerva in draped robe holding a spear, black and white chalk on rust-toned paper, 1886.

Minerva

Edward Poynter, 1886

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tall conifer on a mound, with distant hills and village buildings on a yellow-ochre ground.

Study of Trees in a Landscape

Chalk study on brown paper of an extended right arm with draped sleeve and a separate open left hand.

Study of a Right Arm and a Left Hand

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a stream winding through a gnarled ancient forest toward distant hills.

Stream through an Ancient Forest

Red and black chalk drawing of robed men debating in a columned hall, with a central figure gesturing among them.

Christ among the Doctors