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Grey wash drawing of grapes, peaches and plums in a basket on a ledge, with vine branches and leaves above.

A Basket of Fruit

Jan van Huysum, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a nude figure seen from behind among swirling, struggling figures in a dark, dramatic composition.

The Chastisement of Luxury

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude saint resting his hand on a lion in a church interior with arches and a crucifix.

Saint Jerome and the Lion

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of a chaotic battle with armored warriors, a chariot, rearing horses, banners and fallen soldiers in the foreground

A Battle

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of a crowded classical banquet hall with columns, fruit garlands, dining men, musicians and a dog in the foreground

Banquet of Scipio

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543

Brown wash drawing of a praying deacon before a crowd, an angel above, and kneeling figures in an ornate cartouche frame.

Saint Gregory as Deacon Directing Prayers and Processions for the Cessation of the Plague

Carle Vanloo, 1762

Engraving of a nude youth guiding an ox plow as helmeted warriors rise from the earth among tree trunks.

Cadmus Tilling the Field Where He Sawed the Dragon's Teeth

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of Phaeton falling from his chariot as horses rear, with Jupiter hurling a thunderbolt from the clouds above.

The Fall of Phaeton

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1545

Brown wash drawing of a robed priest at an altar with a kneeling woman, candle, angels and cartouche frame.

The Mass of St. Gregory

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing nude female nymphs bathing among trees in a landscape.

Nymphs Bathing

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Oval drawing of Venus above Neptune with sea horses, Cybele, cherubs and a sun chariot in brown wash and white heightening.

The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus)

Niccolò Berrettoni, ca. 1670-80

Watercolor of a Venetian palace water entrance with an arched doorway, a moored gondola and leaded windows above the canal.

Portal of a Venetian Palace

Daniele Bucciarelli, 1839-1911

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of a draped female figure holding a tablet and crown, with handwritten notes below.

Project for the Decoration of a Spandrel: Winged Female Figure Holding a Tablet and a Crown

Paolo Farinati, 1524-1606

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors fighting on horseback while women plead among them, with classical buildings a

The Sabine Women Pleading for Peace

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown wash drawing of a cloaked man tending a wounded nude figure beside a horse under trees.

The Good Samaritan

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Brown ink drawing of robed figures, a laurel-crowned man holding an infant, a flaming altar, and a classical rotunda behind.

Roman Scene

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Brown ink and wash drawing of angel musicians playing an organ and lute, with cherubs on clouds above and below.

Group of Angel Musicians

Avanzino Nucci, 1551-1629

Brown-toned drawing of a tall carved Maya stela at Copán framed by jungle plants and palm trees.

Stela at Copán

Frederick Catherwood, 1843

Brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with a bishop, priests, a young girl and angels.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (recto); Another Design for the Same Composition (verso)

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Watercolor of a river lined with old buildings, moored sailing boats with masts, and figures on the quay under a pale sky.

River at Norwich

Thomas Girtin, early 19th century

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Anne, Saint Elizabeth, and a cherub beside a basin in an interior.

The Virgin holding the Christ Child, St Anne standing above with arms outstretched, St Elizabeth at the left

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520

Engraving of a satyr with goat legs wrestling a horned ram before an obelisk and classical buildings.

A Satyr and a Ram Clashing, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Apollo seated with a lyre beside a cow and dog, with classical columns and a tree in the background.

Apollo Tending the Flocks of Admetus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of a classical ceiling design with a central dome, coffered rosettes, garlands and an oculus.

Architectural Design for a Ceiling with a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Pen and wash drawing of a steep rocky cliff with foliage and a hazy distant horizon at the left edge.

Study of the Side of a Rocky Cliff; Verso: Dam on a Mountain Stream

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1600-1605

Sepia print of a garden with a stone terrace, staircase, tall cypress trees, and small seated figures near lion sculptures.

La Jeu de la Palette

Richard de Saint-Non, 1766

Ink and wash drawing of two seated men at a table, an old man with a staff watching, and a village landscape behind.

A Proverb: Wealth and Poverty

Karel van Mander I, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of an old man setting a saw beside a woman and dog on a city street with music shop signs.

The Saw-Setter

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Engraving of sea gods, tritons and sea monsters battling in choppy water, with a trident-bearing figure among reeds behind.

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Brown-toned print of a seated nude man seen from behind beside a large tree, with a reclining figure in the lower left.

Man seated viewed from behind (Narcissus)

Antonio da Trento, ca. 1527-30

Hand-colored 1817 plan of the Bagatelle gardens by Pierre Lapie, with paths, ponds, a compass rose, and a watercolor vignette

Plan for the Garden of the Château de Bagatelle

Pierre Lapie, 1817

Etching of a columned interior with domed vault, central altar, and small figures in period dress on the floor.

S. Constanza (erroneously callled Temple of Bacchus) (Veduta interna del Sepolcro di S. Constanza, fabbricato da Cost…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756