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Brown wash drawing of women under trees, a princess reaching toward a baby, and a kneeling woman beside a basket.

The Finding of Moses

Montalto, ca. 1671

Brown ink and wash drawing of Poseidon with trident and rearing horse facing Athena in armor, with gods above and a city belo

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia, 1570s

Pen and ink ceiling design with a woman in a chariot and putti inside a coffered border surrounded by scrolling ornament.

Design for a Ceiling with a Woman (Aurora?) in a Chariot and Putti (Recto). Design for an Ornamental Frieze (Verso)

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro, 1537-86

Pencil and chalk sketch of a curly-haired young boy in a blue tunic with a ruffled collar, holding a ball.

Sketch of a Young Boy

Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher, 1857

Blue crayon sketch on brown paper of a robed figure with raised arms above an elephant in a decorative panel.

Preliminary Design for the Playbill to "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite"

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Pen and ink drawing of mounted warriors with spears moving through a narrow mountain pass between steep rock walls.

Warriors in a Mountain Pass

Rodolphe Bresdin

Cutaway drawing of a workshop with two seated craftsmen, shelves of labelled boxes, and water-powered machinery below.

Project for the New Buildings Erected in the Year 1796 behind the Cemetries of St. Peter

Pietro Bandiera, 1796

Engraving of two flayed muscular men beside two skeletons, with armor and a drapery backdrop.

Two Flayed Men and Their Skeletons

Domenico del Barbiere, ca. 1540-45

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard

Édouard Detaille, 1891

Drawing of a nude toddler standing and reaching out with one arm, rendered in white highlights on brown paper.

Nude Boy, Walking to the Left

Anselm Feuerbach, 1840-80

Engraving of the Laocoon sculpture with serpents, a temple to Minerva, ships on the sea, and scattered classical fragments.

Ancient bas-reliefs with Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, ca. 1516-20 (?)

Pen and ink study with white highlights showing soldiers, a horse, and a crouching man around a stone block.

Historical Scene (Composition Study for Chapelle de Guise)

Niccolò dell' Abate, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining peasant propped on one elbow, glancing sideways, on grey paper.

A Reclining Peasant (recto); Study of a Young Man (verso)

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Woodblock print of a Yoshiwara interior with sliding screens, seated women in kimono, and a reclining figure on tatami.

An Interior View in the Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada, ca. early 1740s

Grey cover page of Odilon Redon's Songes album with large black title lettering, dedication, and the artist's name and 1891.

Cover of Songes Album

Odilon Redon, n.d.

Side view drawing of a green and black horse-drawn brougham carriage with spoked wheels and an open driver's seat.

Brougham #3729

Brewster & Co., 1881

Side view drawing of a green and black brougham carriage with yellow spoked wheels on a grey background.

Brougham #3776a

Brewster & Co., 1882

Engraving of a Roman-style procession: armored soldiers with spears and palm fronds lead robed senators past a brick arcade.

The Triumph of Caesar: The Senators

Gian Marco Cavalli, ca. 1497

Side-view design drawing of a red and black cabriolet carriage with spoked wheels, labeled number 3568.

Cabriolet #3568

Brewster & Co., 1880

Graphite and white chalk study of a monk's head in three-quarter view, with a tonsured crown and downcast eyes, on tan paper.

Study of the Head of St. Augustine, for the painting of the Madonna and Child with Saint Augustine and Bonifacius (1846)

Eduard von Steinle, 1846

Watercolor ceiling design with two putti on clouds in a central oval, surrounded by flower garlands and gilded ornament.

Design for a painted ceiling with putti on clouds in a central oval

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study of a standing woman in flowing robes, with a faint nude figure sketched beside her.

Drapery Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon, 1817

Watercolor elevation of a stone gate lodge with an arched iron gate, turret, and arched windows, set against wooded hills.

Gate Lodge for Amos G. Hull, Newburgh, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1849

Watercolor of a reclining river-god statue by a pool with figures, swans, trees and a garden trellis.

A Park with Figures at a Statue near Water

Salomon Gessner, 1775 (?)

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man bound and hanging by his wrists from a crossbar between two wooden posts.

A Man Hanging by His Arms (the Corpse of the King?)

Frans Floris, mid-16th century

Print of a risen male figure with billowing cloak standing on a tomb, surrounded by startled armored soldiers and radiating l

Resurrection

Parmigianino, early 16th century

Engraved bird's-eye map of Rome with the Tiber, dense city blocks, surrounding hills, and a dedicatory cartouche in the upper

View of Rome from the West, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1557

Watercolor of a young woman with a stick in a forest, with workers and stacked timber behind her.

Barking Timber in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire

Joshua Cristall, 1818 (?)

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a ballet dancer in a tutu holding an open fan, head tilted upward, on tan paper.

Dancer with a Fan

Edgar Degas, ca. 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a wide hat walking a shore while another woman sits under a thatched shelter.

The Curtain Clam

Suzuki Harunobu

Pencil and red chalk drawing of robed saints on clouds, with a bearded elder holding a staff on the right.

Saint Stephen and Other Saints on Clouds

Friuli, late 16th century

Black-ink Japanese print of two women in patterned robes above a lower panel of a figure beneath willow trees and waves.

"At the Edge of the River Akutagawa" from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)