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Engraved portrait of P. C. Hooft as a laurel-crowned bust in an arched niche, with the inscription ALTER TACITUS below.

Portret van Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Johannes Lutma, 1634

Engraved funerary monument with Latin inscription, oval portrait of a bearded man, and two draped allegorical women flanking

Grafmonument met het portret van Johannes Schelhammer

François van Bleyswijck, 1730

Black and white print of rear brick houses on the Doelenstraat in Amsterdam, with moored boats on the canal in front.

Gezicht op de achterhuizen van de Doelenstraat

Willem Wenckebach, 1870

Black and white print of stepped-gable warehouses along a canal with bare trees in front.

Gezicht op de Groenlandse Pakhuizen

Willem Wenckebach, 1870

Caricature of an elderly man in a long coat shaking hands with a tiny exaggerated woman by a fireplace, with a dog nearby.

Abraham Prikkie schudt Eliza Laurillard de hand

Hendrik Jan Carel Linse, 1894

Black-and-white print of a draped ceremonial canopy with ornate chairs inside the New Synagogue in Amsterdam.

Choepa van de Nieuwe Synagoge te Amsterdam

Joseph Barmes, 1907

Engraved bird's-eye map of central Amsterdam showing canals, ships, churches and rows of houses, dated 1647.

Plattegrond van Amsterdam (blad midden)

Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode, 1647

Engraved bird's-eye map of central Amsterdam showing canals, the Damrak harbor with ships, and labeled churches and streets.

Plattegrond van Amsterdam (blad midden)

Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode, 1625

Printed clipping with a photo of a woman in a period opera costume as Margaretha in Faust, beside Dutch review text.

Portret van Fannie Francisca als Marguerite in de opera Faust

H.C. de Graaff, 1902

Caricature of a bearded man in a wide hat shaking hands with a thin, horned figure, from a Dutch magazine page.

Abraham Prikkie schudt Johan Schmier de hand

Hendrik Jan Carel Linse, 1893

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude viewed from behind, arm extended, with studies of a foot at right.

Nude

Domenico Corvi, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of a horizontal decorative frieze with oval medallions, scrolling foliage, and grotesque masks.

Design for a Frieze

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink sketch of figures gathered around a round well with water jars, camels, and architecture in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink drawing of sea gods and nude nymphs in churning waves, with a trident at upper left.

Study of the Landing of Maria de' Medici to Marsala, after Peter Paul Rubens

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus mourning the dying Adonis, with cupids, a boar and a hilly landscape behind.

Death of Adonis

Felice Giani, 1810

Soft pencil sketch on tan paper of a young woman with a draped head covering and lowered eyes.

Madonna

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a paneled entrance wall with cherubs, garlands, classical urns and a central double door.

The elevation of the entrance wall of a drawing room with alternative suggestions

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of fishing boats on a beach with figures carrying baskets and two sailboats on the sea behind.

Beach with Four Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Tan-toned mural design sketch showing a central female figure with shield and staff, flanked by caryatid figures under a clou

Mural Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Two fishermen in blue stand on rocks at sunset, casting lines into a calm cove beneath a wooded hill.

Lobster Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1860

Oil sketch of a volcano erupting with a dark smoke plume and glowing orange summit under a pale sky, rocky slopes below.

Sangay Erupting, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a sunlit hillside with a winding dirt path, shrubs and rounded trees under a pale blue sky.

Hillside, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ornamental textile design on ochre ground with swags, perched birds, floral garlands and scrolled bouquets.

Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," "Gilet" Design

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Sketch of a seated man in dark dress holding a book, with a white cravat, red chair and gold drapery behind him.

Study for "Portrait of James Cornell Biddle," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Thomas Sully, 1840

Pencil and wash sketch of two women in period costume facing each other, one wearing a mask, on brown paper.

Two Masked Ladies Bowing

Édouard de Beaumont, 1850

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated draped figure in a vaulted stone interior with arches and pillars.

Sketch, Seated Allegory in Architectural Setting

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Engraving of a burning city with fleeing figures, cattle, and a robed elder blowing a trumpet, with Latin text below.

The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'

Flemish Marten de Vos, 1600

Chalk and graphite drapery study of folded white cloth on tan paper, with highlights modeling its folds.

Drapery Study for "Martha Reproved"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Engraved design of an ornate ewer with a shell body, dolphin handle, and bearded sea figures on a fluted pedestal.

Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels

Flemish Cornelis Floris II, 1540

Red chalk sketch of a man's head and shoulders on tan paper, with wavy hair and a slight smile.

Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman

Harriet Blackstone, 1920

Theodosia Bartow Burr Alston

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and armor, with Latin inscription below naming Philip III.

Philip III

Unknown artist