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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 Kauffmann, 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