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Drawing of the Virgin ascending to heaven among angels while figures below gaze up beside an open tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1624

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a draped standing figure with a bare foot on grey-green paper.

Asclepius (recto); Study of a Male Youth Bearing Some Leaves (verso)

Anton Raphael Mengs, about 1762

Studies of Horses (after the Elgin marbles)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1871

Brown ink and chalk drawing of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat reaching up with a pail beside her.

A Milkmaid

Aelbert Cuyp, about 1642-1646

Brown wash drawing of cows and a sheep crossing a ford under a tree, with a woman, a dog, and a man with a staff.

Cows Crossing a Ford with a Couple and a Dog

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1656

Pencil drawing of a tall tree and rocky foreground, with a village by a lake and steep mountains rising behind.

Bonneville near Geneva on the Road to Chamonix

John Frederick William Herschel, August 13, 1821

Painted head study of an elderly woman in a white cap and brown garment, with handwritten notes on a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Annibale Carracci, about 1582

Pen and wash drawing of a farm courtyard with a brick house, thatched barns, wooden fences and leaning ladders.

View of a Farm Courtyard (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1600

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling figures, and angels on a cloud.

The Adoration of the Magi

Guillaume Courtois, about 1665

Pen drawing of ships and sailboats on calm water, with an overturned boat and driftwood on grassy sand in the foreground.

The Beach at Wieck near Greifswald

Caspar David Friedrich, about 1815-1821

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed cloak, hand resting on a ledge, signed 1607.

Portrait of a Man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1607

Pen drawing of a crowded tavern with men playing backgammon, a hanging birdcage, and people in a loft above.

Tavern-Goers Playing Backgammon and Merrymaking

Cornelis Dusart, 1694

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing hatched foliage and branch shapes spreading diagonally across the sheet.

Studies of clouds

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a folding fan, pearl earrings, lace collar and blue flowered dress.

Young Woman with a Fan

Pietro Rotari, early 1750s

Painted illustration of an orange crested bird with black tail feathers perched on a lichen-covered branch.

Rupicola Rupicola

Sarah Stone, 1788

Drawing of a nude seated woman beside a lion, with a radiant sun face, obelisk and niche statue in the background.

Design for the central section of The Mirror of Virtue

Cornelis Ketel, about 1594

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young boy's head with curly hair and a sketched laurel wreath, on toned paper.

The Head of a Young Boy Crowned with Laurel

Lorenzo di Credi, about 1500-1505

Pastel drawing of a rocky green hillside under a dark stormy sky with a bright lightning bolt and falling rain.

Landscape with a Thunderstorm

Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, 1896

A Muse

Rosalba Carriera, mid-1720s

Pen and ink drawing of a vaulted crypt with tombs, inscribed plaques, and small kneeling figures approaching a distant altar.

Interior of the Tomb of Louis-Philippe and the Orléans Family

François Marius Granet, 1845

Painted study of a bearded man's head tilted downward, with grey curly hair and warm rose tones on a pale ground.

Head of Saint Joseph

Federico Barocci, about 1586

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised and the other extended, on a light paper ground.

Female Nude

Karel van Mander, about 1590

Brown ink drawing of travellers in a carriage and on horseback on a country road among trees, with a distant town.

Landscape with Travellers, Two Riding in a Carriage Driven by a Postilion and a Third on Horseback behind

Marco Ricci, about 1720

Brown chalk drawing of a woman arranging fruit and vegetables at a table beside an arched window with a landscape.

Personification of September

Joachim von Sandrart

Pencil and watercolor portrait of a man with curly red hair and dark coat, signed John Linnell, 1824.

Portrait of John Varley

John Linnell, 1824

Drawing of a man in armor in a circular medallion with ornate floral and heraldic border and inscriptions.

Portrait of Napoleone Orsini II

Giovanni Campagna, about 1619

Brown ink drawing of a feasting table in an arched hall, with a beggar and two dogs in the foreground.

Lazarus Begging for Crumbs from Dives's Table

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Portrait of Painter Jan Antoon Verschaeren (recto); Landscape (verso)

Friedrich Preller, 1829

Pen and red chalk sketch of a muscular male nude, a satyr, a reclining camel, and two female nudes on aged paper.

Studies of male and female nudes, a satyr, and a camel (recto); Statue of Marcus Aurelius (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, about 1590

Drawing of an older man in a wig and robe with his hand on a sculpted relief, beside an open book and stacked volumes.

Portrait of Cavaliere Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri

Domenico Ferretti, 1740

Pen and ink drawing of a standing young peasant holding a jar, with a sword at his side and stools on the floor.

A Young Peasant Holding a Jar

Sebald Beham, about 1520

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ carrying the cross surrounded by soldiers and onlookers, with a veiled woman at left.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Juan de Juanes, about 1560

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a chariot driving horses over a fallen body, with a winged figure beside the wheel.

Tullia about to Ride over the Body of Her Father in Her Chariot

Giuseppe Cades, about 1770-1775

Drawing on green paper of a ballet dancer in a tutu with arms outstretched, plus a sketch of a crouching dancer below.

Two Studies of Dancers

Edgar Degas, about 1873

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned standing female saint with long curly hair and a heavily draped robe.

Standing Female Saint

Martin Schongauer, 1490

Watercolor still life of a flower bouquet with peonies, roses and poppies in a stone urn, with a butterfly on the vase.

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, after 1802

Pen and brown ink drawing of a fortified harbor with a round tower, ships, rowboats, and riders on a hillside under a cloudy

Figures in a Landscape before a Harbor

Claude Lorrain, late 1630s

Black chalk drawing of a seated armored man beside a helmeted winged putto, with a shield, on grey paper.

Seated Male Figure with Putto and Armor

Paris Bordone, about 1550

Black chalk and white highlight sketch of a seated man in a cap holding a stick, on tan paper.

Study of a Seated Man (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, about 1720-1725

Watercolor of a vaulted timber-roofed hall with gothic windows, rubble on the floor and a small figure standing at right.

Interior of a Dormitory of the Ipswich Blackfriars at the End of its Period of Occupation by Ipswich School

John Sell Cotman, about 1838-1842

Head of a Woman: Study for "The Happy Mother" (L'Heureuse mère)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1810

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman raising one arm, with a large draped cloth at upper right.

Papal Authority

Carlo Saraceni, 1616

Brown wash drawing of a tall waterfall and stepped cascades among rocky cliffs and trees, with small figures on the rocks.

The Cascades at Terni

Louis-François Cassas, 1780

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, columns, and a kneeling figure at right.

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist Adored by an Unidentified Figure

Bartolomeo Cesi, about 1590s

Watercolor still life of a bouquet with red anemones, yellow chrysanthemums and blue morning glories in a glass bowl, with bu

Still Life made for Joanna Koerten Blok’s Album Amicorum

Herman Henstenburgh, 1718

The Maid of Honor (La Demoiselle d’honneur)

Eva Gonzalès, 1879

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a bearded barefoot man in a draped robe, holding a book and gazing upward.

Study for Saint Peter

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, about 1533

Red chalk drawing on blue paper with studies of a Madonna's head, a bearded man, a nude child, and hands.

Studies of the Madonna and Child and of Heads (recto); Madonna and Child with Saint John Seated in a Landscape (verso)

Michel Corneille the Younger, about 1670-1690

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a kneeling, veiled woman with clasped hands and draped robes, with a sketched halo above.

The Virgin Annunciate (recto); Sketch of a Figure (verso)

Francisco Bayeu y Subias, about 1769

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man with a plumed hat holding a staff, draped in a flowing cloak.

A Young Man with a Fur Hat Holding a Staff (recto); Study of the Head of a Man with a White Collar (verso)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, late 1640s

Black and red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head tilted downward, with a faint study of legs below.

Study for the Head of Saint Joseph (recto); Two Studies of Legs (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, about 1526-1527

Watercolor of Durham Cathedral and castle towers above a stone bridge and river weir, with figures and rooftops below.

Durham Cathedral and Castle

Thomas Girtin, about 1800

Red chalk frontispiece design with two allegorical women, a floating putto, a tree-lined avenue, and a central portrait medal

A Design for a Frontispiece: ‘Viridarium sacrae ac profanae eruditionis’

Grégoire Huret, about 1632

Pastel drawing of a nude woman drying herself with a towel beside a bathtub in a patterned interior.

Après le bain (Femme s'essuyant)

Edgar Degas, about 1895

Pencil and wash drawing of a flat river landscape with a village, two church spires, meadows, and two figures on a path.

View of the Rhine River Valley (recto); View of the Heideberger Mill Near Cleves (verso)

Aelbert Cuyp, about 1651-1652

Black chalk drawing of a muscular marine god with flowing hair and a dolphin, set above rocks on pale paper.

A Marine God with a Dolphin

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1652-1653

Pen and brown wash drawing of Orpheus playing a harp surrounded by lions, deer, dogs, rabbits and birds in a tree.

Orpheus Charming the Animals

Josias Murer II, about 1600

Grey and white wash drawing of a trident-bearing figure above a fire with nude figures and billowing smoke, framed in blue.

Belphagore

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1734

Woman Strolling (Une élégante)

Georges Seurat, about 1884

Watercolor of a sunlit mountain peak breaking through clouds above rocky ground and a lake.

Mount Snowdon through Clearing Clouds

Alfred William Hunt, 1857

Watercolor of two seated men in red fezzes talking beside a doorway, with two standing figures in shadow behind them.

Turkish Guardsmen

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1841

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular man carrying a child on his shoulder, seen from behind, with hatched drapery.

Saint Christopher

Domenico Campagnola, about 1520-1525

Pen and wash drawing of the Judgment of Midas: a seated musician, a piper, nude women, and a crowned king in a wooded setting

The Judgment of Midas

Hermann Weyer, 1616

Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother (Madame Seurat, mère)

Georges Seurat, about 1882-1883

Pen and wash drawing of a circular heraldic design with a man and woman standing on beehives above two coat of arms shields.

Stained Glass Design for a Married Couple

Hieronymus Lang, 1553

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior embracing a grieving woman while another woman holds a frightened infant nearby.

The Fright of Astyanax (Hector Bidding Farewell to Andromache)

Benjamin West, 1797

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man tending an injured nude figure beside a horse, with a village on a hill behind.

The Good Samaritan

Master of the Egmont Albums, about 1580-1590

Allegory of Justice

Georg Pencz, 1533

Pen and brown ink drawing of a robed male saint with open arms standing on clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs.

A Male Saint in Glory

Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra, about 1660-1689

Pen and ink and wash drawing of an embracing couple with a nude figure and a separate leg study on beige paper.

Embracing Couple or Prodigal Son

Auguste Rodin, about 1880

Brown wash drawing of a ceiling design with the Virgin and Christ in glory, framed by architecture and putti.

Study for a Ceiling with the Virgin and Christ in Glory

Francisco Rizi, about 1678

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude woman holding a mirror, standing on a ledge against cross-hatched background.

Nude Woman with a Mirror

Hans von Kulmbach, about 1500-1505

Red chalk drawing of an arched gallery with classical statues and a seated draftsman sketching in the foreground.

A Draftsman in the Capitoline Gallery

Hubert Robert, about 1765

Red chalk drawing of ruined stone walls, arches and tall cypress trees with a small standing figure on a terrace.

Ruins of an Imperial Palace, Rome

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of Job on a dung hill tormented by a devil, framed by ornate putti and garland decoration.

Job on the Dung Hill

Werner Kuebler the Elder, 1581

Pastel drawing of a head in a dark oval within a blue-dotted aureole and pink haze, by Odilon Redon.

Head within an Aureole

Odilon Redon, about 1894-1895

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with Corinthian ruins, a fisherman with a dog, and washerwomen by the water.

Landscape with Ruins

Hubert Robert, 1772

Pen and ink drawing of a pleated skirt with gathered top and crumpled hem, shaded with fine hatching on a tan sheet.

Study of a Pleated Skirt

Hans Brosamer, about 1530-1540

Pen and brown ink sketch of groups of bearded apostle figures with studies of heads, hands and draped robes.

Three Groups of Apostles in a Last Supper (recto); Three Sketches for Medea and Her Children (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1601-1602

Red chalk drawing of a robed prophet, a kneeling woman, onlookers and a horse beneath dense trees.

The Prophet Elisha and the Shunammite Woman

Claes Moeyaert, about 1630

Pen and watercolor sketch of Petra's rock-cut cliffs, curved stone theatre tiers, and a seated figure in the foreground.

Petra, April 14, 1858

Edward Lear, 1858

Pastel and chalk drawing of a seated nude woman drying herself, leaning forward against green vertical strokes.

Au repos après le bain

Edgar Degas, 1896

Pen and watercolor study of a standing woman in a veil and gown on a gilded pedestal with a crown.

Study for a Statue of Queen Isabella

Pedro Mena y Medrano, 1673-1674

Black and white chalk drawing of a reclining female nude seen from behind, resting on draped cloth on blue paper.

Reclining Female Nude

Ferdinand Bol, about 1655-1661

Rêverie (Portrait of Hélène Linder)

Armand Point, 1895

Brown wash drawing of a Punchinello figure riding a camel at the head of a caravan, with a dog, men with staves, and a pyrami

The Punchinello Riding a Camel at the Head of a Caravan

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, late 1790s

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a cap and buttoned doublet, hands resting on a table.

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Tobias Stimmer, 1576

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall framed by rocks, with a shepherd and two seated women playing a harp below.

A Shepherd and Muses by a Waterfall

Christoph Henrich Kniep, 1798

Red chalk drawing of robed figures gesturing in an arched interior, with onlookers at left beneath a lattice window.

The Archangel Raphael Refusing Tobias’s Gift

Giovanni Biliverti, 1612

Painted study of large butterbur leaves and grass spreading over brown ground under a pale sky.

Large Butterbur Leaves and Grass

Gilles-François-Joseph Closson, about 1825-1829

Pencil sketch of several cavalry riders in plumed helmets on rearing and turning horses, drawn across an aged sheet.

Horses and Riders (recto); Horses (verso)

Théodore Géricault, 1813-1814

Chalk drawing on blue paper of Saint John the Baptist, a bearded man in draped cloth leaning on a tall staff.

Saint John the Baptist

Juan Conchillos Falcó, about 1740

Pen drawing of a Turkish procession with a canopied seated figure, mounted riders, camels and banners in a landscape.

A Turkish Procession

Erhard Schön, 1532

Pencil sketches of horses and riders with faint triangular compositional guidelines on an aged page.

Compositional studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Charcoal drawing of a young peasant girl in a white bonnet and puffed-sleeve dress standing in a dark doorway.

A young peasant girl from the Vendée

Charles Milcendeau, 1899

Blue wash drawing of a lion, bear, stag, donkey and leopard gathered under a tree near rocks, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry.

The Plague-stricken Animals

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1731