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Black and white lithograph of a Gothic street in Mechelen with a turreted corner building and figures on cobblestones.

Kraenstrate Maline, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white lithograph of Mechelen's cathedral tower and market square with gabled houses, pedestrians and a carriage.

Maline, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Pen and ink street scene of Gothic buildings and washerwomen on riverside steps in Coblence, by Samuel Prout.

Coblence, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white lithograph of a narrow Frankfurt street with timber-framed houses, balconies, hanging laundry and figures.

Sachsenhausen Francfort, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Sketch of a Gothic tower and bridge over a river, with women washing laundry and a distant church spire.

Andernach, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Pen-and-ink style print of an ornate Mainz chateau with luggage and figures in the street below.

Chateau de Martinsbourg, Mayence, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Pen-and-ink style print of a Gothic cathedral towering over a market square crowded with stalls and townspeople.

Cathedral at Mayence, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white lithograph of a Utrecht canal with a stone bridge, a boat, gabled houses and the Hotel de Ville tower.

Hotel de Ville, Utrecht, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Pen-style street view of Antwerp with a tall Gothic cathedral tower, stepped gabled houses, and a busy market with vendors.

Antwerp, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Black and white print of Cologne's riverfront with a tall medieval tower, moored boats, figures on the quay, and church spire

Cologne, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Pencil-style print of a carved Roman pillar at Igel beside a village path, with a church spire, trees and a cloaked figure.

Roman Pillar at Igel, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany

Samuel Prout, 1833

Drawing of a nude woman raising her arm among fallen soldiers, with a dark cloaked figure and charging horsemen above.

Allegory of War

Clément-Auguste Andrieux, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of Death with a scythe embracing a woman above a battlefield of fallen soldiers.

Allegory of Death

Clément-Auguste Andrieux, c. 1860

Engraving of a muscular bearded man in a helmet with arms folded, draped in cloth, shown in fine cross-hatched lines.

Joseph of Arimathea

Attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet, 1549/60

Black-line print of a sleeping winged cupid with curly hair resting his head on a cushion, one wing raised behind him.

Bust of Sleeping Cupid

Bartolomeo Coriolano, 1627/53

Etching of a standing nude model beside a seated figure, with palm fronds and a dark interior background.

The Artist Drawing from the Model

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639

Pen and ink sketch of nude men bathing and resting by water beneath trees, signed Rembrandt and dated 1651.

The Bathers

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Engraving of mourners burying the dead before classical architecture, with an obelisk and columns in the background.

To Bury the Dead, from The Works of Mercy

Sébastien Bourdon, 1656-57

Etching of the risen Christ ascending above a tomb while soldiers in armor recoil and fall below amid clouds.

The Resurrection of Christ

Jonas Umbach the Elder, n.d.

Engraving of the Acropolis in Athens with the Parthenon on a hill, stone steps and rocks in the foreground.

The Acropolis, Athens: The Pnyx, Areopagus, Acropolis and Mount Hymmettos

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1845

Etched portrait of a bearded seated man with clasped hands, beside an easel and a sketched dog on the wall.

Portrait of Vicomte Ludovic Napoléon Lepic

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1876

Etching of a nude, winged male figure with a intense gaze against dense dark hatching, titled Lucifer by Franz von Stuck.

Lucifer

Franz von Stuck, c. 1890

Red chalk drawing of robed figures pointing toward a landscape beside classical columns, with distant trees and figures.

The Miracle of the Ticino River

Camillo Procaccini, 1610/1619

Hand-colored etching of two women with a basket beside a fence, a third figure behind the railing, and trees in the backgroun

Beggar Women

Camille Pissarro, c. 1894, printed 1930

Brown ink and wash sketch of a horseback rider, a dog, walking figures, trees, a dock and a boat in a park.

Figures Walking and on Horseback in a Park

French School, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of dense trees and foliage with two small children beneath the branches, by Fragonard, 1760.

Arbor with Two Children (Le Nid d'Armour)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped female figure with curled hair and classical folds of cloth on tan paper.

Standing Draped Female Figure

Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, c. 1550

Pen and ink drawing of the seated Virgin and Child with kneeling saints and a standing young figure with a staff.

Seated Virgin and Child with Bishop Saint and Monastic Saint, and Saint John the Baptist

After Bernardino Campi, n.d.

Blue wash drawing of Perseus on a winged horse Pegasus, holding a sword and Medusa's head.

Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa, with Pegasus in the Background

After Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat with hands in pockets, shaded background, on pale paper.

Study for Portrait of Thomas Way

James McNeill Whistler, 1896