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Engraved landscape with a leaning tree, a woman with a pitcher by a river, an arched bridge and town buildings.

Design: Landscape Study, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of the Farnese Hercules showing front, back, and side views with proportion guides, plus head, arm, and pelvis

Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of male figure studies in front, back and side views with proportion measurements, plus feet and head details.

Design: Proportions of the Antinoüs Statue, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate showing four figure studies of the Pythian Apollo with proportion lines and measurement notes.

Design: Proportions of the Pythian Apollo, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate with three figure studies of the Laocoon statue annotated with proportion measurements and serpents.

Design: Proportions of the Laocoon statue, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of the Medici Venus in front, back and side views with proportion annotations and detail studies of head, hand

Design: Proportions of the Medici Venus, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a dark voluminous skirt and off-shoulder ruffled bodice, with curled hair.

Standing Woman

Constantin Guys, c. 1870-1875

Lithograph of a wooden bridge over a river with a figure rowing a small boat in the foreground and a hazy city beyond.

The Broad Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Brown ink and wash sketch of a man's head with wavy hair and downcast eyes, mounted on a card with handwritten labels.

Head of a Man

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1600/11

Etching of two figures on a wooden bridge over a river in a steep rocky gorge lined with pine trees.

In Höllenthal

Johann Christoph Erhard, c. 1818

Print of a castle built into a cliff face above a forest and a pool, with a cave opening and a footbridge.

Predjama Castle in Krein, Twelve Hours from Trieste

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1816

Pen-and-ink perspective drawing of a Victorian mansard-roof house with wraparound porch, framed by a decorative border, 1876.

N. C. Thompson House, Rockford, Illinois, Perspective

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1876

Three watercolor design studies of brick and terra cotta cornice details with stepped patterns and moldings on cream paper.

Cornice Studies, Chicago, Illinois, Design Drawing

Drake + Wight, c. 1873-1876

Black and white print of grape clusters, leaves and curling vine tendrils forming a decorative tailpiece design.

Tailpiece to La Forêt de Fontainebleu

Louis Auguste Lepère, published 1908

Grey wash watercolor of a man in a rowboat holding a fishing rod and landing net over calm, reflective water.

Netting the Fish

Winslow Homer, 1889

Japanese woodblock print of white chrysanthemums and pink pinks in a black two-handled vase on a red stand.

White Chrysanthemums and Pinks in a Black Vase

Attributed to Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765/70

A Young Woman in Profile

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1750/59

Engraved portrait of a boy with tousled hair holding a dog against his shoulder, both gazing toward the viewer.

A Boy with a Dog

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1750/59

Engraving of a woman filling a jug at a brass fountain in a kitchen with copper pots and barrels, figure in doorway.

La fontaine (The Fountain)

Charles-Nicolas Cochin, 1739

Etching of a bare-chested man raising his arm among pine trees in a dark forest, with a cart in the foreground.

Kullervo Cursing

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1896

Chalk study of a bearded man gazing upward on tan paper, with white highlights on the forehead and cheeks.

Head of Saint Stephen: Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Jacopo Cavedone, 1627/30

Drawing of a tree-lined park alley with a circular fountain on the right and an arched opening in the distance.

View of the Park at Arcueil

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744

Loose ink sketch of two circus clowns mid-performance in a ring, with spectators and a horse in the background.

Footit and Chocolat

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894, printed 1939 or 1947

Soft pastel print of a veiled woman in a sunlit interior with a garden, trellis, and white lilies beyond.

Life Becomes Precious, Discreet, plate eleven from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Soft pastel lithograph of a sleeping woman on a couch beneath a rose-covered trellis, with a stone bust at left.

Allegory, plate one from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Color print of a woman with closed eyes holding a flower, with trees and a small figure in a park behind her.

Attitudes are Easy and Chaste, plate two from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

The Knight Did Not Die at the Crusade, plate five from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Color lithograph of a seated woman in a red polka-dot skirt beside a child reading a book on a patterned sofa.

On the Pale Silver Sofa, plate ten from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Lithograph of two women at a patterned table, one holding a pale rose, with a yellow fan and roses in the background.

Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, plate nine from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Pastel lithograph of a woman with roses at her neck and a hand reaching forward beside a tree and green lawn.

And It is the Caress of Their Hands, plate eight from Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899