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Charcoal drawing of a standing lion seen from behind, its shaggy mane shaded in dark strokes on a tan paper ground.

Standing Lion with Shaggy Mane

Frederik Willem Zürcher, n.d.

Etching of a valley town beneath hills, with a sun radiating rays through clouds above the mountains.

Val d'Arno

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Brown ink drawing of Laocoön and two sons struggling against large serpents, rendered in sepia wash on pale paper.

Laocoön

Unknown artist, 1550/59

Ink and wash drawing of helmeted Minerva with a spear, two putti, an owl, and a distant classical temple on blue-grey paper.

Minerva with Two Putti

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of Moses pointing his staff at a rock as crowds of people and horsemen gather in a rocky landscape.

Moses Striking the Rock

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch on tinted paper of a standing nude man beside a plumed warrior in armor.

Male Nude and Warrior in Armor

Style of Giulio Benso, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a nude bound man flanked by two figures, with head studies above.

Study for the Flagellation of Christ

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, c. 1602

Pencil drawing of pine trees on a rocky, grassy hill under an open sky, on a yellowed card.

Trees on Rocky Hill

Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek, c. 1877

Pen and ink study of a standing female allegorical figure in drapery over a red chalk grid, c. 1600.

Allegory of Painting

Andrea Lilio, c. 1600

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and white collar, with red accents on brown paper.

Clergyman

After Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of three cherubs playing near a rock, with a sheep, flowers, and a bird in a landscape.

Three Cherubs Playing around a Rock

Follower of or after Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Drawing of a young woman beside a tree with a spilled jug and women carrying vessels in the background.

Illustration for La Fontaine's Pierrette et le Pot-au-Lait

Follower of François Boucher, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a bearded saint with halo holding keys, within an arched frame.

Saint Peter

Possibly Pietro Novelli, n.d.

Woodblock print of three figures in an interior, one child raising a mallet over a mortar, with calligraphy at upper left.

Settsu, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda, one writing with a brush, a bird flying beside a flowering plant.

The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juni tsuki)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Woodblock print of children rolling a giant snowball beside a red building and snowy pine, with a woman in pink kimono watchi

Making a Giant Snowball

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print: a fierce figure on a cliff holds a dangling child above a woman in striped robes combing her hair by a strea

Shoki in Love

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned pink kimono beneath a cherry tree, with a veiled man behind her.

Courtesan Walking with Veiled Man under Cherry Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Coloured plate of Odontoglossum pescatorei orchid with white spotted flowers and green leaves in a wooden planter.

Reichenbachia - Plate 71

Unknown artist, 1892

Woodblock print of a copper pheasant on a snowy rock beside pine branches, with calligraphy at upper left.

Copper Pheasant by Snowy Waterfall

Utagawa Hiroshige, late 1830s or early 1840s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono and a young attendant walking past rice paddies and a tree.

Omu the Parrot (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Pastel drawing of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan; reverse shows a pencil sketch of a standing woman lifting her

Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1872

Brown chalk drawing of horses drinking at a spring under trees, with a rider, a woman and a cottage.

The Halt at the Spring

Thomas Barker, c. 1789-1847

Woodblock print of three women in kimono with elaborate hair ornaments, one with flowers in her hair, against a plain backgro

Courtesans and Attendants

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Charcoal sketch of circus performers including a tightrope walker, a leaping dog, a monkey, and standing spectators.

The Circus

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1896

Watercolor and ink drawing of a seated woman in a white gown receiving courtiers and uniformed officers in a grand hall.

The Empress Eugénie Receiving the Diplomatic Corps after the Birth of the Imperial Prince

Constantin Guys, 1856

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing woman in a ruffled gown, head turned to the side, by Gustav Klimt.

Hermine Gallia

Gustav Klimt, c. 1904

Woodblock print of two women and a child under a willow at night, one woman raising a round fan toward the sky.

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796-97

Chalk study of an older man in a turban, turned to the right, with red and white highlights on grey-blue paper.

Jacques Dumont, called Le Romain

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, c. 1742

Japanese woodblock print of travelers near a large stone under tall trees, with mountains in the distance.

Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone at Sayo no Nakayama, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848-50

Woodblock print of a bald kabuki actor in stage makeup wearing a blue starburst-patterned kimono, looking sideways.

Nakamura Utaemon III as the Monkey Trainer Yojiro (from the series Famous Kabuki Plays)

Utagawa Kunisada, mid-1810s

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure holding one raised knee, with drapery sketched beneath him.

Seated Male Nude

Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1516-20