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Pencil sketches of figures in an interior: a standing man, a woman with a fan seated on a sofa, and other seated figures.

Soirée

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pencil sketch of a seated dog in a room with a draped table, sword, helmet, open book and bed.

[sketch of a dog]

Eliza Willis, mid-19th century

Red chalk drawing of a nude male torso and leg with a study of a hand at left, on pale paper.

Seated Figure (recto); Reclining Figure (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling nude man and a seated woman reaching out, with faint figure studies behind.

Classical Nudes (recto); Classical Statuary (verso)

Théodore Géricault, about 1814-1815

Brown wash drawing of a charitable woman and a girl visiting an elderly man lying in bed in a draped interior.

The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1772-1775

Brown wash drawing of a banquet hall with columns, a woman kneeling at a seated man's feet, guards with spears, and a dog.

Christ at Supper with Simon the Pharisee, with the Anointment of Christ's Feet by Mary Magdalen

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, about 1785

Drawing of God the Father with a long beard, blessing with one hand and holding a globe topped by a cross, among clouds.

God the Father (recto); Standing Christ (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, about 1495-1500

Sepia drawing of Dido confronting Aeneas on a colonnaded terrace, with onlookers and a city with builders behind.

Dido Excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the "Aeneid"

Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune, 1803

Drawing of St. Jerome with a halo and a lion, gazing up at a trumpet blown from clouds above a rocky landscape.

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Vicente Carducho, about 1626-1632

Brown wash drawing of a river view with a castle and town on the far bank, shepherds and goats in the foreground.

The Town and Castle of Saumur from across the Loire

Lambert Doomer, about 1670

Drawing of a young boy in period dress with a ruffled collar, absorbed in reading an open book against a dark background.

Study of a Boy Reading

Joseph Wright of Derby, about 1766

Figure studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Graphite study of a man's right hand on aged tan paper, showing knuckles, tendons and curled fingers.

Study of a man's right hand (recto); Studies of four heads and of a nude figure seen from the rear (verso)

Bronzino, about 1545-1552

Brown wash drawing of Moses holding tablets as Israelites dance around a golden calf on a pedestal.

The Israelites Dancing around the Golden Calf

Sébastien Bourdon, about 1645

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Anne, flanked by angels and cherubs above.

Holy Family with Saint Anne (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

Pietro Testa, about 1645-1650

Pen and brown ink sketch of an older standing man leaning toward a seated woman, with a pillar at the right.

Study of a Man Talking to a Woman Seated on the Left

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1635-1636

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing tree trunks and foliage drawn with loose hatched shading.

Landscape with a row of trees

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor of a wide valley under heavy clouds, with a curving dirt road in the foreground and distant blue hills.

View of a Valley in Normandy

Paul Huet, about 1825-1830

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a running youth among a crowd of figures beside a classical column.

Youth Running

Giorgio Vasari, about 1544-1545

Drawn bust portrait of a man in a broad cap and white collar, gazing upward against a warm brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Lucas Cranach the Elder, about 1530

Pencil sketch of two men seated at a table, leaning together, one holding a tankard, with cards on the table.

Card Players

Myles Birket Foster, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures embracing among trees, with a winged figure above.

Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?)

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588-about 1594

Drawing of a slumped man supported by an angel as another angel offers a chalice, with clouds and cherubs above.

The Agony in the Garden

Carle Vanloo, about 1760

Drawing of an angel in flowing robes with outstretched arm, beside a separate study of folded drapery, in brown wash.

Study of an Angel and of Drapery

Innocenzo da Imola, about 1520

Red chalk drawing of a swooning Virgin held by three women, with standing draped men and a nude study at right.

The Swooning Virgin Supported by Three Holy Women and Three Studies of Men (recto); Saint George and the Dragon (verso)

Cesare da Sesto, about 1510

Grey wash drawing of a ruined tower on a rocky hill with trees, a wooden gate and two small seated figures in front.

Landscape with Château Gaillard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Pencil sketch of three entwined figures standing on a mound, drawn on a cream page.

Group of three figures

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor of a woman in a white dress and bonnet raking a garden path beside a tree, with a pavilion behind a hedge.

The Duchess of Chaulnes as a Gardener in an Allée

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1771

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female allegory beside a crowned oval cartouche, with a laurel wreath and drapery abov

Allegory in Honor of Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Charles Errard, about 1672

Watercolor of a plum branch with blossoms, a striped caterpillar, pupa, cocoon, and a pink moth with eyespots above.

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum, plate 13 of the Caterpillar Book

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Portrait of Antonio Canova

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1787

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing two lions, one with a full mane at lower left and a muscular body with paws.

Pair of lions

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor sketch of a picador on a horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, with spectators in the stands.

Bullfight

Édouard Manet, 1865

Charcoal drawing of tall poplar trunks rising from a dark field, with soft light on their upper parts and grainy shading.

Poplars

Georges Seurat, about 1883-1884

Pen and ink drawing of four robed saints standing on steps, one wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a book.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno)

Andrea Mantegna, 1456-1459

Watercolor plate of antique furniture and bronze objects from Herculaneum, including lamps, a lion-footed table and a sphinx

Vases, Furniture and Objects Discovered at Herculaneum

Pierre-Adrien Pâris, 1777

Brown wash drawing of Christ and the Canaanite woman with disciples before a large tree and distant landscape in an arched fr

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Bagnacavallo, about 1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a family with children, a nursing mother, a camel and donkey under a tree in a landscape.

A Family in a Desert Landscape

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Black chalk drawing of a standing woman in a headscarf and long dress holding a muff, on toned brown paper.

Standing Woman Holding a Muff, Turned Slightly to the Left (recto); Studies of Heads (verso)

Pietro Longhi, about 1755-1760

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man in a feathered cap playing a guitar, with a dog at lower right.

A Seated Man Playing a Guitar

Pietro Antonio Novelli, about 1760

Pen and watercolor drawing of a walled city with towers and a church spire beside a river, with blue hills behind.

View of a Walled City in a River Landscape

Master LCz, about 1485

Drawing of a swan among tall reeds beside a pond with water lilies, under a glowing full moon behind clouds.

A Swan Among the Reeds, by Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus, September 18, 1852

Winged nude figure with shield and spear soars over a reclining woman entwined by a serpent, in ochre and green washes.

Satan Exulting over Eve

William Blake, 1795

Brown ink and red chalk drawing of the Descent from the Cross with mourners beneath a cloudy sky.

Descent from the Cross

Phillip Roos, about 1696

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a rocky cliff on the left, tall trees, and distant hills under a pale sky.

A Wooded Landscape

Herman van Swanevelt, about 1629-1643

Chalk drawing of a woman's head with downcast eyes and curly hair highlighted in white on tan paper.

Head of a Female Figure (recto); Female Nude (verso)

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, about 1610

Red chalk drawing of a bearded haloed saint standing on a pedestal, holding a book under draped robes.

Standing Saint

Francesco Morone, about 1510

Brown wash drawing of an archer beside a seated mother holding an infant, in an oval frame with a verse caption below.

Frontispiece Design for Bell’s Poets of Great Britain, Churchill

Angelica Kauffman, 1779-1781

Watercolor of a teal and blue bird with a curved bill perched on a bare, lichen-covered branch.

Coracias Benghalensis

Sarah Stone, 1788

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling emperor before a pope and clergy in an ornate Venetian-style square crowded with onlookers.

The Submission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III

Federico Zuccaro, about 1585

Drawing of a garden doorway with trellis walls, stone steps rising to a balustraded terrace and a flower urn.

Landscape with a Staircase and a Balustrade

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, about 1744-1747

Watercolor of a chained, turbaned man seated on a rug looking up at a woman holding a lamp in a stone prison cell.

Episode from "The Corsair" by Lord Byron

Eugène Delacroix, about 1831

Brown wash drawing of a crowned enthroned woman on clouds with a scales-bearing companion and putti holding a blank scroll.

Faith and Justice Enthroned

Carlo Maratti, about 1676

Watercolor of a classical street with a temple, a chariot arriving, colonnades, an inscribed arch and robed figures.

Street Scene with Temple, Chariot Arriving

Frances Maria Lushington, 1839 ?

Pen and brown ink drawing of allegorical figures, winged beings and putti arranged among clouds.

An Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga

Giulio Romano, about 1530

Pen and wash drawing of the crowned Madonna and Child in glory above saints, including an arrow-pierced figure and a kneeling

The Crowned Madonna and Child in Glory, with Saints Sebastian, Roch, Jerome, and John Nepomuk

Gaspare Diziani, about 1718

Sepia ink drawing of two cloaked men crossing a frozen lake crowded with huddled figures, after Dante's Inferno.

Dante and Virgil Passing over the Frozen Lake of Traitors

Giovanni Battista Paggi, about 1590

Pencil drawing of a woman in period dress playing a Gothic organ beside tracery windows and an arched landscape view.

Saint Cecilia

Joseph Anton Draeger, 1822

Circular drawing of a seated woman holding a heraldic shield beneath a tree, with a castle landscape and Latin lettering.

Study for a Stained Glass Window with the Coat of Arms of the Barons von Paar (recto); Study for a Sceptre with the I…

Georg Pencz, about 1540

Brown wash drawing of Hagar and Ishmael expelled by Abraham beside a column, with a dog and a winged angel.

The Expulsion of Hagar

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Head of a Young Boy

Jan Cossiers, about 1658

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a ladder-back chair and a child seated in an armchair making lace.

A Lady and a Child Making Lace

Gérard ter Borch, January 21, 1629

Brown wash drawing of a bound, thorn-crowned nude figure tied to a column while two men whip him in an arched niche.

The Flagellation

Bernardino Lanino, about 1550

Pen and brown ink drawing of a winding forest path with tall trees and a cottage where figures gather at the door.

View of a Path in the Hague Forest, with Beggars at the Door of a Cottage

Jan Lievens, about 1654-1658

Brown wash drawing of ferry boats with masts and tents moored by a riverbank, trees behind, figures working on deck.

The Valkenburg Ferry Boat

Jan de Bisschop, 1655-1660

Botanical study of a peony, irises and a star-shaped flower with several beetles on a pale background.

Flowers and Beetles

Hans Hoffmann, 1582

Drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds, with angels bearing Passion symbols and kneeling figures before an altar.

Madonna and Child with Angels Bearing Symbols of the Passion

Friedrich Sustris, about 1583

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and Diana on clouds shooting arrows at fallen figures before a classical building.

The Sons of Niobe Being Slain by Apollo and Diana

Jan de Bisschop, about 1660-1670

Pen and watercolor drawing of riders in red coats with hounds in a field, with a castle on a hill behind trees.

Landscape with Hunting Scene

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted church crypt with stone columns, a wooden chest, and two men sleeping on the floor.

The Crypt of a Church with Two Men Sleeping

Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger, possibly 1625

Chalk drawing of a boy in a feathered cap raising a pear, with white highlights on a brown paper ground.

A Boy Holding a Pear (Giacomo Piazzetta?)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, about 1737

Pencil sketch of horse tack studies including a bridle, fringed tassels, and a horse's leg and hoof.

Horse Studies and Tassels

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and wash drawing of three nude male figures at a forge, the central one raising a hammer beside an anvil.

Vulcan at His Forge

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1550

Grey-toned drawing of two muscular male nudes seen from behind against a wooded landscape with draped cloth below.

Two Male Nudes

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, about 1590

Pencil sketch of a walking lion with a separate study of a lioness head above it, on a small page.

Lion walking, head of a lioness

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel seen from behind, arm raised, carrying a cross, with draped cloth.

An Angel, Seen from Behind, Carrying the Cross

Charles de La Fosse, about 1700-1702

Pen and brown ink sketch of a curly-haired child holding a lamb, with a shepherd's staff behind him.

The Christ Child as the Good Shepherd

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, about 1675-1680

Watercolor of butterflies, a caterpillar, moths, beetles and insects arranged around red and white currant sprigs on a pale g

Butterfly, Caterpillar, Moth, Insects, and Currants

Jan van Kessel I, about 1650-1655

Brown ink drawing of a man sketching at a window under a crescent moon, with a city view and figure studies on the walls.

Taddeo Drawing by Moonlight in Calabrese's House

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Watercolor and pencil drawing of Roman imperial palace ruins with arched brick walls, trees, a stream, and grazing goats unde

The Ruins of the Imperial Palaces in Rome

Carl Rottmann, about 1831

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men conversing in a prison interior with barred window and bench.

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler

Govert Flinck, about 1639

Pencil sketch of a rustic house beside a tree and fence, framed by an embossed floral border.

[Drawing of a House]

James G. Jones, 1865

Arched chalk drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned among saints and angels in clouds above.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Fra Bartolommeo, 1510-1513

Charcoal sketch of a woman bending forward to dry her outstretched arm with a cloth on a bath surface.

Woman in the Bath Drying her Arm

Edgar Degas, 1880s or 1890s

Watercolor of a ruined stone gateway and tower with a man, woman, child and dog in the foreground.

Ruin of the Tiefburg at Handschuhsheim

Carl Philipp Fohr, 1813/1814

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped standing woman holding a flute, with ornamental scrollwork at left.

Female Figure with a Tibia, and Ornamental Studies (recto); Ornamental Studies (verso)

Raphael, about 1504-1508

Red and black chalk drawing of two seated men in tricorn hats and draped coats, one leaning back, one gazing upward.

Two Seated Men

Nicolas Lancret, about 1725-1730

Pen and brown ink drawing of three muscular male nudes seen from behind, standing closely together.

Nude Studies

Bartolomeo Passarotti, about 1570-1580

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a tower, trees, grazing sheep and cattle, and farm buildings under a wide sky.

The House with the Little Tower Seen from the Northeast

Adriaen van de Velde, about 1660

Painted study of two red peony blossoms and a branch with buds and green leaves on aged paper.

Studies of Peonies

Martin Schongauer, about 1472-1473

Ink and wash drawing of a draftsman copying nude figures from a wall, with a column and jug beside him.

Taddeo in the Sistine Chapel Drawing Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen and brown ink study of a crowd of seated and standing figures around architectural steps and blocks.

Christ Preaching in the Temple

Paolo Veronese, 1560s

Watercolor study of a young woman in a checked dress resting in a bentwood rocking chair, hand at her chin.

Young Woman in a Rocking Chair, study for the painting "The Last Evening"

Jacques Joseph Tissot, about 1873

Brown wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary and Joseph kneeling before the glowing infant Christ, an angel and cherubs above

The Nativity

Francesco Vanni, about 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a dead tree beside a stream, with a wooden bridge and a farmhouse on a hill.

Dead Tree by a Stream at the Foot of a Hill

Jacob van Ruisdael, about 1650-1660