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23,908 works

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man with a cross staff and lamb beneath a tree, with robed figures to the right.

Saint John the Baptist

the younger Ercole Graziani, c. 1748

Brown ink wash drawing of a running Roman warrior in a tunic and billowing cloak, one arm pointing upward.

Running Roman Warrior, Pointing Upwards with Right Hand

Philippe Louis Parizeau, n.d.

Lithograph of a four-horse stagecoach racing along a road, with top-hatted passengers and a soldier riding on the roof.

A Stagecoach

Horace Vernet, 1818

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a city, crowds waving palm fronds, classical buildings behind.

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

the Younger Michel Corneille, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus reclining with grapes as putti play beside him in a shady grove with a distant landscape.

Bacchus and Putti in Shady Grove

Possibly after Nicolas Chaperon, 17th Century

Brown wash drawing of Ceres with a torch confronting an old woman as a boy turns into a lizard by a doorway.

Ceres Changing the Mocking Boy into a Lizard

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the sea god Neptune standing on a shell, holding a trident and pointing, with billowing drapery.

Neptune

Follower of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with a man stretched on a rack, winches, classical busts, and ruins.

The Man on the Rack, plate 2 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a towering round tower with spiraling stairs, walkways and small figures beneath arched vaults.

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Pen and brown wash sketch of a winged figure flying above clouds, with faint red grid lines visible across the sheet.

Iris

Circle of Domenico Piola, n.d.

Etching of vaulted prison-like arches framing a grand piazza with balconies, reliefs, and a wooden crane in the foreground.

The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Pen and wash drawing of two nude male figures seated on dolphins flanking a central urn, with shields and scrolls.

Design for Overdoor: Two Ignudi with Dolphins and Shields

Circle of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Black and cream woodcut print of a horse in center with a dog on a bench at right, surrounded by dense ornamental patterns.

Horse, with Other Animals and Ornaments

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a bishop in a mitre and another bearded saint.

Madonna and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Bambini, n.d.

Pencil drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John pointing upward below in an arched niche.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Tommaso Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano, after, n.d.

Seated Draped Woman in Profile

after Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of two standing draped women with a small child, mounted within red ruled borders.

Two Female Figures with Child

Ascribed to Valerio Belli, 1530/45

Head of a Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1595/1605

Pale sheet with a brown wash arch across the top and a thin drawn border, the lower part of the sheet not visible.

Saint James the Great

called Giovanni Stradano Joannes Stradanus, 1590/1605

Brown ink drawing of a saint and armed figures in a wooded scene, with a bearded man in the foreground.

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr

Circle of Giorgio Vasari, c. 1571

Engraved Baroque title page with oval portrait of Leopold I, crowned lion, allegorical figures, eagles and Latin inscriptions

Leopoldo Magno, Caesar I, from Triumphus Novem Saeculorum Imperii Romano Germanici Leopoldo Magno

Elias Christoph Heiss, c. 1700

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude male figure with draped cloth over one shoulder, after an antique statue.

After the Antique: Statue of Paris

Attributed to Giulio Clovio, n.d.

Graphite drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, hand raised to her face, and heavy draped fabric falling around her.

Seated Female Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, 1873

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a curly-haired winged angel draped over a large billowing scroll.

Angel with Scroll

Attributed to Sebastiano Conca, n.d.

Etching of a theatre interior with costumed dancers in a circle, a crowded audience, and a painted forest backdrop under curt

First Intermezzo of the Veglia of the“Liberation of Tyrsenus and Arnea"

Jacques Callot, 1617, published 1668

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds, including Justice with scales, a helmeted woman with a lion, and a nursing mother w

Allegorical Ceiling Decoration with Justice, Charity, and Fortitude

Follower of Stefano Pozzi, n.d.

Grey wash study of an elderly robed man bending to rescue a youth on the ground, with a boat and sea behind.

Study for Saint Philip Neri Rescuing a Drowning Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1596/99

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with a furrowed brow and curling hair and beard.

Study for Head of Laocoon

Attributed to Andrea Appiani, the elder, n.d.

Lithograph of a mail coach with horses being harnessed on a street, passengers at the windows, and a stone building behind.

Mail Coach

Horace Vernet, 1818

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior confronting a seated man by a tent, with soldiers and a walled city behind.

Scene from the Iliad: Confrontation of Two Warriors

Possibly Vincenzo Camuccini, n.d.