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Landscape study of a pink-lit cumulus cloud above dark trees, a rail fence, and a distant town on the horizon.

Landscape with a Town

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Textile border design with four stylized lilies, small flower clusters, and a band of oval scallops on ochre ground.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Oil sketch of snowy mountains, a ruined columned temple on a grassy hill, and a dark rock outcrop at right.

Imagined Landscape with Ruined Temple

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Dense tropical vines with heart-shaped leaves and small flowers climb against a dark brown background.

Philodendron Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor of a forest stream cascading over large boulders beneath green trees, signed F. H. Smith and dated 1870.

Study of a stream

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a reclining river god on a monument with putti, a lyre, and inscribed pedestal among trees.

Monument for a poet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate escutcheon with coat of arms, flanked by cherubs and an inscribed cartouche below.

Design of Escutcheon with Coat of Arms

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds with saints, a banner, and cherubs above and below.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints

Antonio de' Dominici, 1740

Engraving of St John the Baptist seated on rocks in a wilderness with a lamb, staff, waterfall and rays of light above.

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Graphite study of a neck and shoulder on grey paper, with soft hatched shading and a partial outline.

Study of Neck for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Engraving of women and a girl feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms on shelves in a timber-beamed workroom.

Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of the entombment of Christ, with mourners around a stone tomb beneath tree trunks.

The Entombment, from The Passion

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Watercolor of a man writing at a desk in a richly furnished study with chandelier, drapes and framed paintings.

The Study of King Louis-Philippe at Neuilly

James Roberts, 1840

Watercolor interior of a room with patterned tile floor, inlaid desk, framed painting, potted plants, and a view to a garden

The Study of Prince Karl of Prussia

Eduard Gaertner, 1840

Watercolor of an ornate chinoiserie salon with a dome ceiling, lanterns, and figures near garden doors.

The Japanese Salon, Villa Hügel, Hietzing, Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Etching of a dark workshop interior with a glowing furnace opening and a small standing figure in the center.

Nocturne: Furnace

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Charcoal and chalk portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark jacket, turned three-quarters to the left.

Benjamin Harrison

Eastman Johnson, 1900

Engraved portrait of an elderly seated man in a dark coat holding a book, with ship masts visible through a window.

Benjamin Franklin

François Denis Née, 1780

Pastel drawing of a woman with tousled dark hair looking upward, surrounded by soft green and yellow foliage strokes on tan p

Blossom

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Sepia wash drawing of a tall tree, a standing man with a staff, rocks, and distant mountains.

Untitled - Charles Conner, 1880

Charles Conner, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted prison with a lantern, sleeping guards, and a robed figure standing in the center.

Die Befreiung Petri

Samuel van Hoogstraten

Grey wash drawing of a hillside village with a chapel, stone houses, bare trees and a rocky path in the foreground.

Landscape with a Chapel and Houses on a Mountainside

Jean Jacques de Boissieu

Grey wash and pencil portrait of a seated woman in a floral dress with hands folded in her lap, in an armchair.

Bildnis Amalie Scholderer, der Schwägerin des Künstlers

Otto Scholderer, 1900

Watercolor of a thatched farmhouse with a boy riding a grey horse, a man at the trough, women by a barrel, and a dog.

Schweizerhaus, am Brunnen Bauer mit einem Schimmel, auf dem ein Knabe reitet

Sigmund Freudenberger, 1798

Pen drawing of a nude woman holding an ornate cup as a bearded nude man lunges toward her through thorny forest undergrowth.

The pursuit of happiness

Ornate title page with scrolling frame, allegorical figures in corners, and the German title Die Temperamente in vier Lebensb

Die Temperamente in vier Lebensbildern: Titelblatt

Eduard Ille, 1862

Watercolor still life of a flower bouquet in a putto-relief urn, with a bird's nest with eggs and a statue behind.

Blumenstrauß in einem figurativ mit einem Putto gestaltenen Topf, dabei ein Vogelnest, im Hintergrund eine Statue

Willem van Leen, 1802

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin: a woman in bed, attendants with dishes, and women bathing a newborn in a basin

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Battista da Vercelli

Oil study of a dark shoe, a hat and a wooden spindle with pink ribbon on a pale ground.

Hat, shoes and spindle

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted arcade with figures on a staircase and angels with the Virgin Mary floating above.

Antikes Gewölbe mit Treppe und mehreren Figuren, oben schwebt Maria mit Engeln

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Watercolor street scene of a farmer with a basket of poultry, seated men, a woman, dogs and a barefoot boy before a brick hou

Vor einem Hause bietet ein Bauer mit einem Korb seine Erzeugnisse zum Kauf an, vorn links ein Hund, im Hintergrund ei…

Hermanus van Brussel

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man in a cap pushing a wooden trough on a cart beside thatched village houses.

Der Ochsenhändler mit Schubkarren und Mulde

Cornelis Dusart