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24,211 works

Loose watercolor sketch of elegantly dressed people with parasols strolling across a pale open beach.

People on the Beach at Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1864

Pen and ink drawing of a riverside village with stilt houses, palm trees, a canoe and towering rock cliffs.

Exotic Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of craggy cliffs with horsemen in turbans in the foreground and a distant domed city on the right.

Mountainous Landscape with Horsemen

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a bearded figure with arms outstretched among clouds, identified as God the Father by Bernardino Campi.

God the Father

Bernardino Campi, 1567/70

Charcoal drawing of a reclining nude male figure resting one arm on a stool, head turned toward the viewer.

Male Nude

Paul Cézanne, 1863/66

Graphite drawing of a standing bearded male nude seen from behind, with faint notes and small sketches on tan paper.

Academic Nude, Seen from the Back

Paul Cézanne, 1862

Charcoal drawing of woodcutters in a forest, with a man atop a large log on a trestle and workers around cut logs.

The Woodcutters

Gustave Courbet, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a top-hatted man reading a newspaper beside two shadowy passengers in a railway carriage.

Third Class Carriage

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated man in a cap leaning forward to write on a small sheet on his knee.

The Clothing of the Prisoner of war

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1915

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a long flowing robe, one arm extended, on grey-blue toned paper.

Noah

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, late 16th/early 17th century

Pen and wash sketch of a child leading three harnessed horses pulling a covered wagon across an open ground.

Child Leading Three Horses and Wagon

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a river landscape with a large leaning tree at right, a church on the far bank, and distant mountains.

River Landscape with Mountains in Distance, Large Tree in Foreground

Style of Israel Silvestre, the younger, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of women tending a newborn beside a canopied bed, with a procession of figures and columns b

Study for the Allegory of Birth

After Giorgio Vasari, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a theatrical stage set with arched vaults, columns, a grand staircase, and statues in niches.

Stage Setting

School of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a group of figures in ancient armor and robes gathered in an outdoor scene with a central boy.

Alexander the Great and King Taxiles

After Sisto Badalocchio, c. 1615

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman with drapery and a folio resting on her lap.

Seated Woman with Folio Resting on Her Lap

Style of Mario Balassi, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor panoramic drawing of a seaside town with buildings, a tower, a windmill, and rolling hills.

Panoramic View of Seaside Town

John Skinner Prout, n.d.

Graphite study of a reclining nude man raising one arm and looking upward, shaded with soft pencil hatching.

Study of a Male Nude

Edgar Degas, 1858

Pointillist watercolor of a village with a church spire, red roofs, trees, and a blue river under a dotted sky.

Morning on the Marne at Meaux

Albert Dubois-Pillet, 1885/86

Pen drawing of two cloaked men with a dagger confronting a seated woman holding an infant, with a dog, in a forest.

Genoveva’s Murderers Take Pity

Joseph von Führich, c. 1830

Pen and ink sketch of a horse pulling a hansom cab past a street lamp, with a coachman and a top-hatted passenger.

Whistler in a Hansom Cab

George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier, n.d.

Engraved print of Saint John the Baptist standing in a landscape with trees and a distant tower, dated c. 1505.

Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Campagnola, c. 1505

Muted landscape with a thatched cottage, church spire, tall trees, and small figures with sheep on a path.

Wooded Landscape with Village Scene

Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s (not later than 1772)

Red chalk drawing of a chained bearded man before seated judges in a classical hall, with a guard, scribes and an eagle sculp

Paul Before Felix

William Hogarth, c. 1751

Red chalk drawing of a child presented to a seated noblewoman beneath draped curtains, with classical architecture behind.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh’s Daughter

William Hogarth, 1751

Watercolor of sailing boats and rowboats in a harbor with a distant town under a cloudy sky.

The Port of Honfleur

Jean Barthold Jongkind, September 14, 1864

Graphite drawing of a male nude seen from behind, standing on a block with both hands raised to his head.

Male Nude

Gustav Klimt, January 29, 1880

Hand-colored print of a river landscape with a rowboat, large trees on the right, and wooded hills under cloudy sky.

View above the Falls of Schuylkill, plate three of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Ink and wash sketch of a caricatured seated man, a seated woman at a table, a standing man, and an inverted head.

Sketches from “The Gypsies,” “The Spanish Ballet,” and “Lola de Valence” for “L’Autographe au Salon de 1865”

Édouard Manet, 1865

Hand-colored engraving of a rider on a white horse on a wooded path beside tall trees and a split-rail fence.

View of the Spot Where General Ross Fell, Near Baltimore, plate six of the first number of Picturesque Views of Ameri…

John Hill, 1819/21