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Engraving of Nero seated beside a monument as a robed man holds an urn, with soldiers and a kneeling woman nearby.

Nero Depositing the Ashes of Britannicus

John Sebastian Müller, 1765

Engraving of Christ at a banquet table as a kneeling woman washes his feet, with guests and servants around them.

Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Jesus in the Home of Simon the Pharisee

Michiel Natalis, n.d.

Engraving of a harbor with a tall obelisk, mounted riders, turbaned figures, boats and fortified cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Le Midy

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1742

Engraving of a mounted rider and seated figures on a rocky shore with a sailing ship and hilltop fortress.

L'Apres Dinee (After Dinner)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1742

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf gazing at a naked sleeping infant on draped cloth, with a tree and landscape behind.

Mary and the Sleeping Child

Raffaello Morghen, 1814

Misty etching of a river at dawn with a distant city skyline, smokestacks, boats, and two figures on the shore.

Early Morning

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Three uniformed men with a red Russian naval flag, one seated on a green chair and two standing with a rifle and cane.

Putiatin with His Flag and Two Guards of Honor, from the Album of seven prints of Russian Army and Warship (Roshia se…

Kawahara Keiga, 1853

Etching of nude figures on a rocky cliff above the sea, with winged creatures and the dedication To Arnold Böcklin.

Dedication, plate one from A Love

Max Klinger, 1887

Brown ink drawing of two nude winged figures, Daedalus and Icarus, rising into the sky beside a bare tree branch.

Daedalus and Icarus

called Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi, early 1530s

Grey-blue drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs in an arched composition.

Saint Francis of Assisi Adoring the Virgin and Child

Denys Calvaert, 1607

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling woman before a seated ruler with soldiers, framed by classical figures and putti.

Woman Kneeling Before a Ruler

Circle of Federico Zuccaro, 1566-67

Pen and brown ink drawing of an oval landscape with a large tree, a resting holy family group with a donkey, and a distant ci

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Agostino Carracci, c. 1590

Red chalk drawing of a colonnaded hall with a stepped platform, draped canopy, soldiers with spears, and robed figures.

Pilate Washing His Hands

Jacques Callot, 1631-1634

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with large trees, an arched stone bridge, cattle, and small figures.

A Wooded River Landscape with Jacob, Laban, and His Daughters

Claude Lorrain, 1661

Pen and brown ink drawing of travelers on horseback and on foot beneath a large tree, with resting figures in a wooded landsc

Landscape with Travelers

Valerio Spada, early 1630s

Brown ink and wash study sheet of several seated and reclining male figures, some with walking sticks, on a pale ground.

Study Sheet with Seated Figures

Alessandro Magnasco, 1705/15

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flower bouquet in an urn on a plinth, with red chalk underdrawing.

Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth

Jan van Huysum, early 18th century

Pen or chalk drawing of a thatched farmhouse with chickens, a wheelbarrow, and two children under a tree.

Farm Courtyard

François Boucher, c. 1750

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and a slight smile, wearing a dark coat against a dark background.

Portrait of Claude Charles Deschamps

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1779

Brown ink and wash drawing of a ruined Gothic arch with small figures and a hanging lantern among crumbling buildings.

A Capriccio with a Ruined Gothic Arch

Francesco Guardi, 1770/89

Grey-toned drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees on a grassy bank above a shallow stream with reeds.

Wooded Landscape with Stream

Thomas Gainsborough, 1750-59

Pencil drawing of two draped women and a hidden figure walking through an oval woodland scene, set in a green and gold border

Allegory-Ingenius Love

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1764

Oval grey wash drawing of a ruined Roman arch with columns, a seated statue on the left, and two small figures.

Arch of Constantine with Statue of Nero

Hubert Robert, c. 1770

Black chalk and white highlight sketch on blue paper of two standing soldiers in tricorn hats and uniforms.

Sketch for "Siege of Gibraltar"

John Singleton Copley, 1785-89

Grey wash drawing of a villa with a square tower, arcaded wing, and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

Villa in the Campagna

Jacques-Louis David, 1775-80

Engraving of Moses striking a rock as water flows to a crowd of people below, with divine figures in clouds above.

Moses Striking the Rock

I Jan Collaert, 1555

Black chalk drawing of a reclining nude man with a cloth wrapped around his body, on pink paper.

Study of a Nude Man

Abraham Bloemaert, 1645-51

Pen and brown wash drawing of a farmer in a hat feeding a horse in harness beside a wooden fence and wagon shaft.

A Farmer Feeding his Pony in Geneva (recto); Seated Friar (verso)

Edwin Landseer, 1840 (recto); c. 1840 (verso)

Study sheet of swallows in ink and pencil, showing birds in flight in many poses, some diving and some skimming low.

The Swallows

Félix Bracquemond, c. 1881

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a boy on a fishing boat with a mesh sail, sailboats on calm water behind.

Women on a Fishing Boat

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800