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Charcoal and chalk sketch of mounted riders in robes charging with raised spears across hilly desert ground.

Arab Skirmish

Eugène Fromentin, 19th century

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves, mourners at the base and soldiers on horseback.

The Crucifixion of Christ

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Engraving of Europa seated on a bull with two women attending, one holding a flower garland, in fine hatched lines.

The Rape of Europa

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Brown wash drawing of a seated pontiff receiving homage from kneeling figures and clergy, framed in an ornate cartouche with

The Clergy of Rome Paying Homage to St. Gregory after His Investiture

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man giving alms to a kneeling woman and child in a city street, within an arched frame.

St. Gregory Distributing His Worldly Goods to the Poor

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Drawing of a woman shearing a sheep beside a man in a hat under a large tree, with a fence and cottage behind.

Sheepshearing Beneath a Tree

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1854

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ washing the disciples' feet in a columned hall, with onlookers and a laid table.

Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed Christ seated under a canopy, preaching to kneeling figures in a columned architectural hall.

Christ Preaching

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe gesturing toward a bound nude figure on a balcony, with onlookers and steps b

Ecce Homo

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Engraving of Venus and Cupid riding sea monsters over the sea, with wind heads in clouds and a distant city.

Venus and Cupid riding two sea monsters, Cupid raises an arrow in his right hand, two heads representing wind in the…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Brown ink drawing of two robed men beside a kneeling woman, a tent camp behind them, and a figure climbing a cloudy mountain.

Aaron and Nadab Taking Leave of Elisheba (?), with the Israelites Camped before Mount Sinai and Moses Ascending the M…

Adam van Noort, late 16th-mid 17th century

Engraving of muscular Hercules with a club facing a winged, many-headed hydra coiled among rocks under a cloudy sky.

Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro

Woodcut of a skeleton guiding a straining man at a plough, with a nursing woman and bare trees beside them.

Adam Ploughing, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a seated pope in a crown with skeletal Death figures and a kneeling man, with a devil above.

The Pope, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Engraving of the Nativity with the infant Christ on the ground, surrounded by kneeling figures, an elderly seated man, and an

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1544-48

Woodcut of an enthroned figure above a zodiac globe, with nude figures below and clouds and angels in the sky.

The Last Judgment, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising above clouds with a halo and radiating light, an angel below her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1535-73

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a sword and lantern beside straw bundles and flowering plants.

The First Ichikawa Komazo (who in 1772 became the fourth Matsumoto Koshiro) in the Role of Yoemon

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of a woman looking down at a young man reading a letter beneath a wooden veranda.

A Beauty Looking Down upon a Young Man Reading a Love Letter

Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1771

Brown wash drawing of a woodland stream tumbling over rocks and a small waterfall, framed by tall trees and ferns.

Woodland Scene with Mountain Stream

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1790s

Woodcut print of skeletons riding bicycles, some in top hats and sombreros, with a winged skeleton at center on tan paper.

Skeletons (calaveras) riding bicycles

José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1891

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist seated in a wooded landscape, Saint Joseph at lef

The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist in a landscape, St Joseph at the left

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1503

Etching of a woman's head in three-quarter view, looking upward, wearing a wrapped headscarf, with a decorative frame.

Head of a Woman in Three Quarter View, from "Various heads and figures" (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Side-view painted design drawing of a blue and black brougham carriage with red-trimmed spoked wheels on a grey background.

Brougham #3906

Brewster & Co., 1884

Side-elevation drawing of a victoria carriage with red-spoked wheels and a raised driver's seat on tan paper.

Victoria #4049

Brewster & Co., 1889

Painted design for a coffered ceiling with pink, peach and green panels, gold scrollwork and central rosettes.

Design for the painted decoration of a coffered ceiling incorporating the initial: H

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of the Trinity: God the Father holds crucified Christ, a dove above, with angels and cherub heads around them.

The Trinity (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of three men in conversation, one holding a basket of eggs and another wearing a turban, with hatched shading.

Three Peasants in Conversation (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a flayed male figure with visible muscles carrying a tree branch over his head against a hatched background.

Flayed man holding the branch of a tree

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk praying at a stone pedestal beside a cross and skull, with rocks and a tree behind.

St. Claude

Claude Mellan, 1664

Engraving of a muscular male figure seen from behind, holding a skull in one hand, against horizontal hatched lines.

Man seen from behind, holding a skull in his right hand

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Small etching of a man in a fur cap with a rat beside him and a cage at the right edge.

Head of a Rat Catcher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century