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Charcoal drawing of tall poplar trunks rising from a dark field, with soft light on their upper parts and grainy shading.

Poplars

Georges Seurat, about 1883-1884

Brown wash drawing of shepherds and cattle resting under a tree beside a cascade, with a hilltop town in the distance.

A Landscape with Shepherds Resting Under a Tree by a Cascade (recto); Sketch of a Landscape (verso)

Francesco Zuccarelli, mid-1700s

Circular ink and wash drawing of a crowned king on a throne with a sword-bearing soldier, a kneeling woman, and infants.

The Judgment of Solomon

Hans von Kulmbach, about 1510-1515

Chalk drawing of two women, one in a white turban whispering with a finger to her lips toward the other.

Le Secret (The Secret)

François-André Vincent, 1795

Brown ink and wash drawing of two winged angels leading a boy away from a couple on a city street, c. 1595.

Taddeo Leaving Home Escorted by Two Guardian Angels

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Brown ink and wash drawing of a half-timbered cottage among trees, with a figure beside a stone wall and a shed at right.

Cottages among Trees

Jacob van Ruisdael, about 1652-1653

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with wavy gray hair, wearing a dark overcoat and bow tie against a dark background.

Nathaniel Appleton

Thomas Lewis, 1879

Hand-colored print of yellow and red chrysanthemums in a bamboo-patterned pot before a painted folding screen.

Chrysanthemum

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1896

Black chalk drawing of reclining and embracing nude figures in a landscape with a stone bench and clouds.

Night

Charles Le Brun, about 1635-1642

Watercolor interior design of a columned hall with coffered ceiling, checkered floor, staircase and period-dressed figures.

Entwurf für die Rathausvorhalle in Karlsruhe

Soldier on horseback leading a grey horse past a stone farmhouse, with a dog in the foreground, in a warm watercolor drawing.

Soldat mit 2 Pferden vor Gehöft

Johann Georg Pforr

Watercolour of the Karlsruhe court theatre with a columned portico, a carriage and elegantly dressed pedestrians in a square.

Das großherzogliche Hoftheater in Karlsruhe

Kaspar Obach, 1840

Brown wash drawing of gnarled trees over rocks, with figures attacking a traveler on a path beneath a stormy sky.

Der Überfall auf den Wanderer

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1855

Woodblock print of a thatched house by a misty river in rain, with a rider under an umbrella and tall pines.

Rain at Igusa

Takahashi Hiroaki, 1926

Etching of a winged demon and grotesque creatures looming over a hunched figure covering its face with a hand.

Tale-bearers--Blasts of wind

Francisco Goya, 1799

Engraving of a satyr, a nude youth, a winged figure, birds and foliage in an ornamental frieze.

Ornamental Frieze

Giulio Bonasone, 1539

Engraving of a robed man clasping the hand of a kneeling figure with a staff, watched by a crowd in a colonnade.

Christ Healing the Paralytic

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1530

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior beside a lattice blind, by Isoda Koryūsai, 1775.

The courtesan Nishikini of Yotsumei-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1775

Woodblock print of a woman holding a blue-patterned cloth in a garden, with figures inside a traditional house behind her.

View of Akasaka

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Japanese woodblock print of a muscular warrior hurling men into a river beside a waterfall, 1813.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1813

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge over a river with boats, people crossing, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Beneath Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a river sandbar toward misty mountains under a pink dawn sky.

Kanaya

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a staff, with a large hat above and calligrap

Umegawa and Chūbei

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Poster of two children shaping a sand mound, one in a striped shirt and one in a red dress, with title Sand Modeling.

Sand modeling W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 /

Shari Weisberg, 1936

Watercolor of rapids tumbling over boulders into a pool, with cliffs and pine trees rising on both sides.

On the Ausable

James David Smillie, 1869

Watercolor of a crowded hall with feathered figures on a wooden stage, a standing man, and spectators.

Exhibition of Indian Tribal Ceremonies at the Olympic Theater, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of a mounted French cuirassier in armor and red-plumed helmet on a bay horse, with cavalry lined up behind.

French Cuirassier

Édouard Detaille, 1872

Lithograph of a ship deck with rigging and two dark standing figures, with the printed title L'Oeuvre at lower left.

Announcement for the Théâtre de L'Oeuvre

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Study sheet on grey paper with several white hollyhock blossoms, pink centers, yellow stamens, and a stem with buds.

White Hollyhocks

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table among apostles, a spaniel at lower right, under a coffered ceiling.

The Last Supper, with a Spaniel

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, ca. 1500

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin with the infant Christ surrounded by shepherds and an older bearded man.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Etching of a seated woman with bare feet in a basin, in a dark interior with a curtain and bed.

The Toilette

Édouard Manet, 1862