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Brown wash drawing of a preaching figure on a rock above a crowd of onlookers, with a white horse and tree at left.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Possibly after Luca Giordano, n.d.

Pencil and chalk study on tan paper of a reclining infant with raised arms, with an adult's legs partly visible below.

Reclining Child

Attributed to Luca Giordano, c. 1670

Engraved Nativity scene with kneeling Virgin holding infant Christ, an angel, ox, donkey, and Joseph in Gothic architecture.

The Nativity

Nicolaus Alexander Mair von Landshut, 1499

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child seated, a kneeling king offering a box, a star above, and a stone bu

Adoration of the Magi

Nicolaus Alexander Mair von Landshut, 1499

Engraving of a wild man with a club beside a curling thistle ornament, with an animal below, in black line on pale paper.

Thistle Ornament With Wild Man

Master E. S., 1450/67

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black and yellow robes holding an orange parasol, with vertical calligraphy beside him.

The actor Fujimura Handayu II as Nowake no Mae in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Okumura Toshinobu, 1719

Brown wash drawing of draped women and nude men making offerings beneath palm trees near a Doric column.

Feast of Ceres

Lodovico Lipparini, n.d.

Engraving of wild horses fighting among trees, with rearing and kicking horses and dense hatched lines.

Wild Horses Fighting

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a river with a man leading a donkey, figures on a rise, and a hilltop castle.

River Landscape with Man and Donkey, Bathers

After Andrea Locatelli, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Anthony tempted by demons, with a feast table above and a seated saint reading below.

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Attributed to Pietro della Vecchia, n.d.

Engraving of St. Anne on a throne holding a book, with the Virgin and Christ child and two angels behind draped banners.

St. Anne, The Virgin and Child

Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, c. 1485

Head of Young Black Man

Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, 1890

Engraving of a man in a powdered wig greeted by robed figures in a forest, with a cherub holding a banner reading La France L

Mirabeau arrive aux Champs Elisees (Mirabeau arrives at the Elysian Fields)

Louis-Joseph Masquelier, Published 1792

Engraved bust-length portrait of a man in embroidered military coat with white sash, holding a hat at his side.

Napoléon Bonaparte, First Counsel

Francesco Bartolozzi, published June 10, 1802

Drawing of a Roman triumphal procession with soldiers carrying banners of cities and trumpeters in wash.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. I

after Andrea Mantegna, n.d.

Engraved sepia portrait of Catherine II in a fur-trimmed gown and tiara, beside an imperial eagle chair and classical statue.

Catherine II, Empress of Russia

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1785

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman procession with urns, trumpets with banners, a garlanded ox, and a classical building.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. IV

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical procession with elephants, an ox, torch bearers and a tower on a hill.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. V

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Ink and watercolor drawing of sailing ships in a harbor beside a round fortress tower and a ruined stone archway.

Malta, Harbor of Valletta

Abraham Storck, 1695

Grey wash drawing of a river with an arched stone bridge, a boat with passengers, trees, and distant hills.

River with Arched Bridge and Boat

Attributed to Herman van Swanevelt, n.d.

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and fur-trimmed robe, framed by heraldic shields.

Elector John Frederick the Magnanimous of Saxony

Georg Pencz, 1543

Group of Four Men in Togas

the younger Gerard ter Borch, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers abducting women in a crowded classical scene before a city wall.

Rape of the Sabines

Jacob Toorenvliet, c. 1681

Pen and wash drawing of Mars and Venus with a child, a helmeted warrior, a draped curtain and a classical pedestal.

Mars and Venus

Jacob Toorenvliet, n.d.

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a crowd of nude and draped men, horses and ropes in a frieze-like procession.

Calvary

Rombout van Troyen, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an elderly man pointing away while a young woman holds a child beside a tree.

Expulsion of Hagar

After Govaert Flinck, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an angel holding a garment above five kneeling saints looking upward in a landscape.

Saints Clement, Sebastian, Bruno, Francis of Paula, Anthony of Padua Worshipping Garment of the Virgin

III Crispin de Passe, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of horsemen in tricorn hats riding through a misty wooded park, one horse rearing at center.

Riders in Park

John Vanderbank, n.d.

Pen and ink sketches of a seated nude nymph, a horned satyr, a second nude figure and a small putto.

Sketches of Nymph, Satyr and Putto

John Vanderbank, n.d.

Pen drawing of a landscape with a large tree, bathing figures by a pond, an arched bridge, and distant hills.

Wooded Pond with Bathing Figures, Vista of River Bridge, and Farms

Possibly Wilhelm Alexander Wolfgang von Kobell, n.d.