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Chalk drawing on grey paper of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, with a white lace collar, hand on his chest.

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, ca. 1645-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young girl climbing temple steps toward a robed priest, with onlookers and vaulted architectu

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Valerio Castello, 1624-59

Engraving of a seated nude sibyl writing at a sloped desk beside a lamp, with fine crosshatched shading and draped cloth.

A Sibyl

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of Actaeon with stag antlers beside nude women bathing at a fountain, framed by a decorative grotesque border.

The Metamorphosis of Actaeon

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Engraving of the Lamentation over Christ with mourners around the reclined body, a ladder and skull, in an ornate fruit-and-f

The Lamentation over Christ

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Head of Christ

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Brown wash drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with lilies speaks to a seated Virgin at a lectern beneath a dove and cherub

The Annunciation

Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari, 1735-87

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision with a priest, the Virgin, attendants and cherubs around an altar.

The Circumcision, Study for an Engraving

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Ink and wash architectural study of a vaulted interior with classical columns, ornate ceiling and small figures.

Architectural Study (recto); Separate Sheet with Architectural Drawing (verso)

Filippo Juvarra, 1676-1736

Chalk drawing of a man with a mustache and fur-trimmed collar, shown in three-quarter bust view on grey paper.

Portrait of Piermarino Bernabò

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1618

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped figures in a festival procession, some carrying a vessel and garlands.

Festival Procession

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Study for stained glass showing a blue-robed Christ rising above haloed angels, with apostles in brown robes gazing upward.

Ascension of Christ (Acts I, 1-9): study for stained-glass window

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1875-84

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist, with draped curtains and an angel above.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1521-75

Engraving of a ram sacrifice: a naked man leads a ram to a flaming altar as a hooded priest and young attendant look on.

The Sacrifice of a Ram; naked man at right guiding a ram towards an altar pyre, hooded priest at left with a young at…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Night festival drawing with a glowing star-topped obelisk, crowds dancing, carriages and horsemen along a tree-lined avenue.

Design for the Engraving "Réjouissances du Peuple . . . à Reims le 27 aout 1765"

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1767

Grey wash drawing of crumbling Roman arches, columns and a pedimented doorway overgrown with shrubs.

View of Ancient Roman Ruins, an Arch and a Triangular-Pedimented Doorway

Filippo Mochi, 18th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, balustrades and ribbed vaulting, with grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Church Interior

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate festival decoration with a staircase, candelabra, columns, relief panels and winged figures

Festival decoration

Antonio Gherardi, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of old buildings, a tower, and ruined arches beside a sloping field under a pale sky.

House of Pompey at Albano

Richard Wilson, 1753-56

Watercolor of a two-masted ship and sailboats in a calm harbor below hills and a row of coastal houses at dusk.

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Engraving of a warrior seizing an elderly man at an altar while women flee and a youth lies dead in a burning colonnaded hall

The Sack of Troy-Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Pierre Lombart, before 1654

Woodcut of a skeletal Death figure in a cloak and leaf wreath with a walking stick, beside a skeleton carrying tools.

The Old Woman, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Engraving of a man with a sword reaching his hand into billowing flames beside a stone altar.

Mutius Scaevola placing his hand in the flames (left half of a composition, the right half of which shows a woman ext…

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: nude youth among goddesses, winged figures and putti in a landscape, with gods on clouds

The Judgment of Paris

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-60

Engraving of a winged female allegorical figure in flowing robes holding a large sphere beside a niche.

Female Winged Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

Giorgio Ghisi, 1558/1559

Woodcut landscape with Saint Jerome at left, a lion and bear fighting at center, and a mule with two figures in the distance.

Landscape with Saint Jerome at left looking towards lion and bear fighting at center; two figures with mule in the ba…

Domenico Campagnola, ca. 1530-35

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ gesturing to a kneeling centurion while soldiers with spears stand nearby.

Christ and the Centurion (recto); Figure Waving to Departing Ship (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1665-1714

Engraving of Mercury in winged helmet and sandals lifting nude Psyche in a dynamic pose within an arched frame.

Mercury Abducting Psyche (lateral view Mercury's side), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Engraving of the parable of the wise and foolish virgins with an angel in clouds, a Gothic hall, and dancing figures.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1560-63

Engraving of mourners lowering Christ's body into a stone tomb, with three crosses on a hill and a rocky landscape behind.

The entombment of Christ, the crosses on Calvary visble in left background

Giulio Bonasone, 1563

Engraving of Saint Roch standing barefoot with a tall staff, a dog beside him, and a village in the background.

Saint Roch standing holding a staff in his left hand, a dog by his side

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Ecce Homo: crowned Christ shown on a balcony above a crowd, soldiers and a robed official in a city street.

Ecce Homo, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623