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Etching of a melancholic seated woman holding a skull, surrounded by a globe, urn, cat, dog and scattered instruments.

Melancholia

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, before 1647

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels while onlookers gesture upward below a stone terrace.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Possibly Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Ceres with a torch confronting an old woman as a boy turns into a lizard by a doorway.

Ceres Changing the Mocking Boy into a Lizard

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman by a tree with an infant and several draped women around a stone basin.

Birth of Adonis

Possibly after Giulio Romano, n.d.

Coloured plate of three grey pigeons with black wing bars and red feet standing on a wooden ledge before a brick wall.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 250)

Unknown artist, 1876

Woodblock print of four women in patterned kimono in a room with shoji screens, one writing on a scroll, geese flying outside

Courtesans at Leisure from the series The Six Immortal Poets

Katsukawa Shunzan, early 1780s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red hakama and patterned robe, with two swords, against a pale background.

Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu

Katsukawa Shunzan, 1781

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red robe with white crest, holding a sword before a yellow screen.

Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna

Katsukawa Shunzan, 1781

Woodblock print of court ladies seated on a mat making dolls, with courtiers kneeling on a veranda beside a bare tree.

Court Ladies Making Dolls

Kubo Shunman, 1790s

Graphite drawing on gray paper of a standing nude woman gathering drapery at her waist, head turned to the right.

Nude Woman

Alphonse Legros, c. 1853-1911

Standing Male Figure

Ludovico Cardi Cigoli, c. 1610/13

Head of a Woman in Profile with a Scarf

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1720-31

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a veiled woman in flowing drapes holding a small child on brown paper.

The Virgin and Child

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, second half 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds resting by rocks, sheep grazing near a wooden bridge, and mountains in the distance.

Landscape with Shepherds

Domenico I Piola, c. 1700?

Study sheet of several sheep in black and white chalk on brown paper, showing standing poses and heads.

Studies of Sheep

Anton Mauve, c. 1850-88

Woodblock print of a courtesan and two attendants on a wooden veranda, with a garden of pines and a bamboo fence beside them.

Courtesan Standing on a Veranda

Utagawa Toyokuni, early 1790s

Drawing of a standing nude man with arms behind his back and head tilted upward, on a toned grey-brown sheet.

Saint Sebastian

Pietro Perugino, c. 1493

Pen and wash drawing of a warrior carrying an old man on his back, with a child and a woman in a ruined classical interior.

Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy

Federico Barocci, 1587-88

Grey-toned drawing of a tall, knotted tree trunk with bare branches and faint sketched foliage at its base.

Tree

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, c. 1835-45

Brown ink landscape drawing of a river with a sailing boat carrying figures, framed by trees, with distant boats and building

River Landscape with Boats

Annibale Carracci, c. 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman holding a staff, with a winged child behind her and clouds below.

Allegorical Figure (verso)

Niccolò dell'Abbate, 1500s

Brown wash drawing of worshippers gathered at a street shrine with lanterns and arched buildings in the background.

Worshippers at a Street Shrine

Alessandro Magnasco, 1730/40

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wild sow and piglets attacked by hunting dogs beside a large tree.

Wild Sow and Her Young Attacked by Dogs

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1748

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with a draped funeral catafalque, candelabra and rows of mourners.

Funeral for Marie-Thérèse of Spain, Dauphine of France, in the Church of Nôtre Dame, Paris, on November 24, 1746

Charles-Nicolas Cochin, c. 1746

Charcoal sketch of a seated peasant leaning on a hoe, head bowed, drawn on grey paper.

Seated Peasant Resting on a Hoe

Jean-François Millet, 1829-75

Brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Child with crowned kings offering gifts in an interior.

Adoration of the Magi

Maerten de Vos, c. 1590

Japanese woodblock print of women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree and garden.

Women on a Veranda

Hishikawa Sōri III, c. 1800

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of robed warriors and a white horse in a snowy pine landscape with mountains.

Winter Scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1790

Early 1900s poster for the Pfälz-Gewerbemuseum Kaiserslautern with coats of arms, a fish, a lion, and craft tools.

Pfälz-Gewerbemuseum Kaiserslautern. affiche, non identifié

Unknown artist, 1900

Colour theatrical poster showing a wounded officer on a bench, women tending him, and soldiers with rifles in a mountain sett

Bronson Howard's Greater Shenandoah

Strobridge & Co. Lith., 1898

Printed 1921 poster for Striček Vanja at Narodno gledališče Maribor, with bold title, cast list and ticket prices.

Plakat za predstavo Striček Vanja v Narodnem gledališču v Mariboru 30. novembra 1921

Unknown artist, 1921

Printed 1921 Maribor theatre poster announcing the play SVET, with cast list, seating prices and a coat of arms at top.

Plakat za predstavo Svet v Narodnem gledališču v Mariboru 26. decembra 1921

Unknown artist, 1921