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Etching of a man riding a flying white horse with large dark wings and a grotesque creature above him.

Flying Folly (Disparate volante), from the series Los Disparates

Francisco Goya, 1816

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two winged angels, one holding a book and one playing a lute, with a third figure

Angel Musicians (recto); Head Studies (verso)

Morazzone, about 1598-1599

Pencil sketch of windswept trees above a rocky bank and stream, on grey paper, with an inscription in the lower right.

Tree Studies

Josef Wenglein, n.d.

Grisaille drawing of a fallen charioteer thrown from a chariot as panicked horses rear across a rocky mountain landscape.

Death of Hippolytos

Carle Vernet, 1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men conversing in a prison interior with barred window and bench.

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler

Govert Flinck, about 1639

Drawing of a swan among tall reeds beside a pond with water lilies, under a glowing full moon behind clouds.

A Swan Among the Reeds, by Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus, September 18, 1852

Brown wash drawing of monks mourning around a draped body on a bier, with two angels hovering in a vaulted hall.

The Deaths of the Blessed Ugoccione and Sostegno (recto); A Study of the Farnese Hercules (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, about 1604-1612

Drawing of an ornate ceiling design with a central oval of a female figure on clouds, surrounded by putti and drapery.

Study for a Ceiling

Lattanzio Gambara, 1565-1570

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Gothic church interior with tall columns, arches, an organ and small figures on the floor.

The Choir and North Ambulatory of the Church of Saint Bavo, Haarlem

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, November 1634

Watercolor of villagers feasting and drinking outside a tavern on a village street, with a church spire in the distance.

Peasant Festival on a Town Street

Adriaen van Ostade, 1674

Pen and brown wash drawing of a reclining figure on a couch in a columned interior, with soldiers and putti nearby.

The Death of Cleopatra

Luca Cambiaso, about 1560

Brown ink and wash drawing of three crucifixions on a hill, with mourners, soldiers, and a distant town.

The Crucifixion

Samuel van Hoogstraten, about 1650

Watercolor of a stone staircase and archway among rocks and gnarled trees in a shaded garden park.

Aus dem Park der Villa Chigi in Ariccia

Ernst Fries, 1824

Watercolor of a shaded forest with gnarled trees and rocks, opening onto a distant hilly landscape with a town under a pale s

Waldlandschaft mit Blick auf Olevano und den Monte Cavo

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1839

Etched landscape with a large tree, a village with a church tower, a stone wall and buildings beside a path.

Landschaft mit Ortschaft entlang eines Grabens

Johann Andreas Pfeffel, 1731

Drawing of Adam and Eve beside the serpent in the tree of knowledge, with a castle on a cliff and distant hills, in brown ink

Der Sündenfall

Circle of Albrecht Altdorfer

Pen drawing with white highlights of Saint Christopher wading through water, carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder.

Der Heilige Christophorus

Workshop of Baldung gen. Grien, 1513

Brown wash drawing of a hussar smoking a pipe on horseback, with distant riders and hills in the background.

Reitender Husar

Salomon Landolt

Brown ink drawing of figures with a flute player, a raised arm, flowing drapery and feathered headdresses.

Der Triumph Davids

Watercolor of two fig tree trunks with buttress roots, undergrowth, and a distant palm and hills in a tropical landscape.

Figeira-Stämme am Ufer des Parahyba

Ferdinand Keller, 1859

Brown wash drawing of a rocky hillside with birch trees, travelers on a path, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Harzlandschaft

Karl Friedrich Lessing, 1842

Pencil drawing of a ruined tower and rural buildings below a shaded mountain slope, with shrubs in the foreground.

Blick auf Martinsweiler im Schwarzwald

Gustav Kampmann, 1898

Man in fur coat and blue hat stands with two horses, one drinking at a stream, with a hut and hills behind.

Türke mit zwei Pferden am Bach

Johann Georg Pforr

Pen and white-highlight drawing of a knight on horseback with a lance near a dragon among swirling trees.

Der Hl. Georg im Drachenkampf

Circle of Albrecht Altdorfer

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a balding man in a high embroidered collar, turned three-quarters, on tan paper.

Bildnis Förster Bachmeyer

Feodor Iwanowitsch Kalmück

Colored pencil drawing by James Ensor showing soldiers, flags and a crowd of onlookers in a busy street scene.

The strike

James Ensor, 1888

Lithograph of a pensive man seated at a desk with an inkwell, quill and papers, beside a heavy curtain.

Portraits

Félicien Rops, 1857

Woodblock-style print of a ferry boat with passengers crossing a rain-soaked river, reeds and trees on the shore.

River Ferry on Rainy Day

Takahashi Hiroaki, 1929

Etching of a bearded man in period costume with feathered hat and sword, standing before an ornate patterned wall.

Le Sire de Lumey

Japanese print of an old white-haired figure with a dragon staff beside two women holding flaming orbs, with calligraphy abov

The yokyoku tamanoi (jewelled well)

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen of flowers, with a mountain landscape behind.

Ichimura Takenojo IV as a flower vendor

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1726

Woman in green kimono with pink obi holding a fan beside a shamisen, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Itsutomi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793