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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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