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24,198 works

Pen and ink drawing of mythological figures: a winged figure embracing a woman, a helmeted figure with an infant, and a lyre

An Allegory of Birth (recto); Cupid and Psyche (verso)

Mauritius Lowe, c. 1770-90

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular bearded male nude striding with a billowing cloth behind him.

Academic Male Nude Representing Hercules with Nessus's Robe (recto and verso)

After Baccio Bandinelli, n.d.

Pen and ink sketches of several putti on blue-grey paper, with overlapping figures and loose contour lines.

Sketches of Four Putti (recto); Kneeling Ecclesiastic (verso)

Recto by Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a bearded standing magus in flowing robes holding an ornate vessel aloft.

Standing Magus (recto); Sketch of Stable and Trees (verso)

Peditrobably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of a young man raising a curved sword over a severed head on blue paper, with faint figures at left.

David Beheading Goliath (recto); Sketch of Draped Female Figure with Right Arm Raised Above Head (verso)

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d. (recto); c. 1621 (verso)

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated draped male figure holding a book, with loose cloth folds.

Seated Draped Male Figure with Book (recto); Two Seated Women with Sketch of Left Hand (verso)

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Black chalk sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised, on aged paper with brown stains.

Standing Male Nude (recto); Two Half Length Male Figures, One with Raised Arm, the Other Praying (verso)

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures with cattle, a nude woman and a winged figure under a dark sky.

Study for the Sine Baccho et Cerere Friget Venus (recto); Family of Darius before Alexander (verso)

Attributed to Jacob Jordaens, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of Aeneas in armor with a woman, surrounded by draped figures gesturing in a hatched landscape.

Aeneas in the Elysian Fields (recto); Sketches of Groups of Figures (verso)

Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary, a kneeling Saint Francis holding the Christ Child, angels, and trees.

Vision of St. Francis of Assisi (recto); Saint Jerome, Vision of Saint Francis, and Two Small Sketches of St. Francis…

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, c. 1618

Brown ink drawing of an elderly bearded man with a raised knife, an angel descending, and a kneeling nude youth on a stone al

Sacrifice of Isaac (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

After Domenico Piola, n.d.

Pen drawing of a decorative ceiling and wall design with putti, scrollwork, a helmeted head, and ornamental borders.

Ceiling Design, with Sketches of Ornamental Border, Helmeted Head (recto); Sketches of Ornamental Details (verso)

School of Giovanni da Udine, called Giovanni dei Ricamatori, n.d.

Black chalk sketch of two hooded Carthusian monks, one holding a book, with a smaller head study of a bearded monk below.

Two Studies of Carthusians (recto); Three Sketches of Heads of Carthusians (verso)

called Poccetti Bernardino Barbatelli, 1591/92

Graphite drawing on blue-grey paper of a nude male figure leaning back with one arm raised overhead.

Academic Male Nude in Semi-Reclining Position (recto and verso)

the younger Louis Boullogne, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of robed apostles gathered around a central figure beneath a canopy, sketched in pen and wash.

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (recto); Sketches of Figures (verso)

Style of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining putto with a garland, over a faint red chalk grid, on blue-grey paper.

Putto with Garland

Andrea Lilio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a man with a sword over a kneeling figure, with trees and a distant city in a landscape.

Sacrifice of Isaac (recto); Jacob's Dream (verso)

Guercino, 1613/20

Pencil drawing of a Holy Family scene with a winged angel carrying a ewer, a seated woman, child, and terrace landscape.

Holy Family with Angel Bearing Ewer (recto); Right Half of Sketch for Lunette (verso)

Attributed to Louis Gauffier, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing outward, with sketched heads and an arm beside him on toned paper.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching (recto); Male Nude with Raised Arms and Sketches of Heads (verso)

Luca Giordano, n.d.

Ink and grey wash drawing of three winged cherub heads stacked vertically on blue-grey paper, with cloud forms.

Cherub Heads (recto); Sketches of Heads (verso)

Attributed to Jacques Parmentier, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a pediment design with two female figures, garlands, reclining putti and a blank central medallion.

Soffitt Design with Anthropomorphic Couple and Putti (recto); Putto and Dolphin (verso)

Jean Baptiste Louis Massard, n.d.

Portrait Bust of Man Wearing Cravat (recto); Sketch of Saddle (verso)

Style of Stefano della Bella, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a two-horse team in harness with a driver pulling a wooden cart with spoked wheels.

Two Horse Team with Driver, Pulling Carriage (recto); Sketches of Women Bending Over (verso)

Attributed to David Teniers the Younger, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a crowned seated figure attended by robed men beneath a draped canopy.

Joseph Interpreting the Pharoah's Dream (recto) Joseph before His Brothers (verso)

Circle of Aurelio Lomi, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a rocky promontory with arched ruins, cascading water, and a hilltop building under a pale sky.

Rocky Promontory with Ruins and Cascades (recto); Sketch of Cliff with Buildings (verso)

Attributed to Giles Edme Petit, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of figures gathered before an altar in a church interior with columns and arched niches.

Figures Before Altar in Church (recto); Half-Length Male Nude, Looking Upward to Right (verso)

Style of Francesco Furini, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with loose studies of drapery and figures around the edges.

Virgin and Child (recto); Portion of Altarpiece Sketch (verso)

Attributed to Flaminio Torre, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of Judith with a table, draped curtain, and studies of reclining river god figures below.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes and Sketches of River Gods (recto); Female Head, Looking Upwards (verso)

Recto possibly by Simone Cantarini, c. 1639

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man bending over to reach a jug, with drapery and white highlights on tan paper.

Man Kneeling With Jug (recto); Standing Man (verso)

Possibly Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a crowded classical triumph scene with temples, a mounted rider and a winged figure.

Mythological Scene: Triumph of Alexander (recto)

Possibly François Chauveau, n.d.