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Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude warrior in a helmet leaning on a volute and holding a sword.

Nude Warrior (Mars?) Leaning over a Volute (recto); Nude Child Playing with a Viola (verso)

Toussaint Dubreuil, about 1589-1602

Interior scene of a seated man drawing at a table beside a woman in a white cap at an open window.

The Artist in his Atelier

Christiaan Andriessen, about 1805-1808

Brown wash drawing of a seated laureled poet beside lyre-playing figures in an oval frame, with the name Savage above.

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

Angelica Kauffman, 1779-1781

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted man with a spear approaching a town, flanked by companions and nude figures.

Taddeo Returns to Rome Escorted by Drawing and Spirit toward the Three Graces

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pastel portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat holding a black hat against a grey background.

Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822)

John Russell, 1793

Study for the Figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Fra Bartolommeo, about 1509

Sketch of a robed man led by a winged angel past sleeping guards in a prison interior.

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Laurent de La Hyre, about 1647

Pen and brown ink drawing of a tiered wall decoration with a crucifixion scene in the center and narrative panels around it.

Project for a Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, about 1522

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 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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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