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Black chalk portrait of a young woman with a tall feathered hairstyle and ruffled collar, holding a fan, seated in a chair.

Portrait of a Young Woman Holding a Fan

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1781

Pen drawing of a rider on horseback looking up at rays of light and a descending figure, with a tree and castle in the landsc

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Wolf Huber, 1531

Black chalk drawing of a bearded older man in a lace collar and dark doublet, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Portrait of Hendrick van Balen

Anthony van Dyck, about 1627-1632

Pen and watercolor drawing of an armored man and a woman riding horses through a landscape, with two coats of arms above.

Johan IV van Nassau and His Wife Maria van Loon-Heinsberg

Bernaert van Orley, about 1528-1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of an artist sketching the Laocoön statue group in a Roman courtyard with classical statues.

Taddeo in the Belvedere Court in the Vatican Drawing the Laocoön

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pencil sketch of windswept trees above a rocky bank and stream, on grey paper, with an inscription in the lower right.

Tree Studies

Josef Wenglein, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing on tan paper of a large outstretched arm and four smaller studies of hands in different gesture

Studies of Hands

Alphonse Legros, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of God reaching toward nude Adam, with animals including a lion and peacock in a landscape.

Creation of Adam

Crispijn van den Broeck, 1575

Sleeping Girl

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, about 1652

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame with ornamental scrollwork and an architectural base.

Self-Portrait

Annibale Carracci, early 1580s

Centaur galloping with a bow while a young archer shoots beside him across a green landscape under a stormy sky.

The Education of Achilles

Eugène Delacroix, 1862

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered grey wig and grey coat with gold embroidery and white lace at the collar.

Portrait of Théophile Van Robais

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1770

Standing cavalier

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Black chalk drawing of a figure with raised arms, bare chest and flowing drapery seated on clouds, by Raphael.

Christ in Glory

Raphael, about 1519-1520

Charcoal drawing of two men tending a smoldering charcoal mound in a smoky field beneath dark trees.

Charcoal burners (Les charbonniers)

Rosa Bonheur, 1880-1890s

Chalk drawing of a man's head turned left, with curly grey hair, red-accented lips and cheek on a tan background.

Head of King Louis XV

François Le Moyne, about 1729

Brown ink drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched cottages, bare trees and a horse and cart on a road.

The Village of Beekbergen in Winter

Constantin Huygens, December 31, 1675

Brown wash drawing of a round castle by the sea with a cannon firing, a man and donkey on a path, and sailing ships offshore.

West Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight

Lambert Doomer, 1646

Brown wash drawing of a figure leaning on a rock beside a slender tree and large boulders in a landscape.

Fontainebleau, Figure Leaning Against a Rock

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, about 1830-1835

Pen drawing of a plumed standard-bearer holding a flag pole, with a castle tower and trees in a circular landscape.

A Standard-Bearer before a Castle

Master of the Berlin Roundels, about 1515

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a crowned standing man in a draped cloak, with a pointing hand at upper left.

Midas, King of Phrygia

Nicolas Mignard, about 1655

Pencil drawing of sailing boats on calm water with a low town skyline and church tower along the distant shore.

Calm Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, about 1665-1666

Brown ink and wash drawing of two draped young women with winged putti on a pale sheet.

Two Young Women with Putti

Charles Mellin, about 1630s

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated women with an ox, donkey, lion head and sheep beside a blank central circle.

Allegories of Fortitude and Patience

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude figure with raised arms, beside a bearded head and a sketched landscape.

David with the Head of Goliath

Parmigianino, about 1535

Drawing of a standing draped figure seen from behind, with heavy folds of cloth and a red chalk grid behind it.

Study of an Apostle

Bernardino Gatti, about 1560-1570

Brown ink and wash drawing of four travelers in a hilly landscape, with a circular inset of a building in the upper left.

Taddeo's Hallucination

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Red chalk drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched cottage, dense trees and two resting figures on a path.

Landscape with Figures

François Boucher, about 1726-1728

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly man in draped robes, seated, gazing upward with one hand raised.

Saint Paul

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, about 1720-1730

Portrait of Voltaire, after His Bust by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770s

Charcoal portrait drawing of a woman with short dark hair and a rounded collar, looking straight ahead.

Head of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin, about 1892

Graphite drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised overhead, with handwritten French inscription at right.

Standing Female Nude

Gustave Courbet, 1849

Red chalk drawing with white highlights showing studies of arms, hands and a bearded figure's head on a tan ground.

Study of God the Father with Angels

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1555-1560

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, white collar and grey doublet, resting his hand on a book against a warm background.

Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys

Charles Le Brun, 1657

Pen and ink drawing of a man's face in three-quarter view under a dark cap, with dense hatched shading.

Self-Portrait

Charles Samuel Keene, about 1845

Pen and brown ink drawing of a boy and older men in turbans and caps, with feathered wing forms rising behind them.

Boy in a Turban, Winged Angel and Three Companions

Jacques de Gheyn II, about 1600

Sketches of Men in Profile

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Brown chalk drawing of three young men in a studio with easels, a palette, and a seated figure holding a canvas.

Three Young Artists in a Studio

Louis-Léopold Boilly, about 1820

Sketches of a Ballet Master

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of an imaginary walled city on a river below distant hilltop castles and mountains.

Mountain Landscape with an Imaginary City

Hanns Lautensack, 1554-1555

Man in Profile

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Two pencil studies of a rearing horse on a cream sketchbook page with a green spine edge.

Two studies of a rearing horse

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Cartoon for the Head of Saint James

Sebastiano del Piombo, about 1520

Pencil sketch of two lions on a sketchbook page, one looking up and one resting with its head lowered.

Two lion studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Red chalk drawing of a seated muscular male nude with studies of drapery and hands on tan paper.

Studies of a Male Nude, a Drapery, and a Hand

Giorgio Vasari, about 1555-1565

Charcoal self-portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view against a dark, hatched background.

Self-Portrait

François Bonvin, 1846-1847

Pen and brown ink drawing of an interior with a fireplace, a hanging basket on a pulley, and figures at work.

Taddeo in the House of Giovanni Piero Calabrese

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Grey wash drawing of a farmyard with thatched cottages, men repairing a cart wheel, barrels, and a large tree.

A Farmyard with Men Repairing a Wheel

Pieter Molijn, 1654

Pastel portrait of a standing man in a blue coat beside a mirror, fireplace, and chinoiserie screen.

Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1763

Sepia architectural drawing of a domed neoclassical church section with coffered dome, columns, and painted clouds above.

Architectural Project for the Church of the Madeleine

Etienne-Louis Boullée, 1777-1785

Watercolor of a woman in blue seated beside a fallen armored knight in a forest, with a sword and helmet on the ground.

The Death of Lara

Eugène Delacroix, about 1824

Black chalk portrait drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and wide collar, by Claude Mellan, 1636.

Portrait of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

Claude Mellan, 1636

Brown wash drawing of a sailboat moored by a riverbank with a wooden shed, figures, and trees under a pale sky.

The Corner of the Bulwark at Utrecht

Herman Saftleven the Younger, 1650s

Pen and brown wash drawing of three groups of classical figures, some reclining and some turned toward each other.

Studies of Figures for the Apotheosis of Bodoni

Giuseppe Bossi, about 1800

Pen and wash drawing of an older bearded man clasping the hand of a young man with a sword beside a vine-covered house, with

The Departure of the Prodigal Son

George Friedrich Kayser, 1841

Brown wash drawing of Christ before Pilate with soldiers, onlookers, and a barred window in a stone architectural setting.

Christ Before Pilate

Nikolaus Knüpfer, about 1640-1650

Sepia drawing of a woman embracing a seated man as he watches a shadow traced on a wall beside a lamp.

The Invention of Drawing (recto); Sketch of Lower Leg Bones of Human Skeleton (verso)

Joseph-Benoît Suvée, about 1791

Graphite sketch of two women in headscarves seen half-length, with a separate study of a hand between them.

Two Female Figures in Half-length and a Study of a Hand

Friedrich Preller, 1861

Portrait of Émile Augier

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], about 1852

Head of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, about 1755

Pen drawing of a kneeling prophet over a child on a bed, with a seated woman in an adjoining room and a jug in the foreground

Elijah Revives the Son of the Widow of Zarephath

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1842

Watercolor of a horse and hay cart with peasants on a road, a town with a church spire visible in the distance.

Austrian Peasants with a Horse and Cart, with a View of Vienna in the Distance

Johann Adam Klein, 1816-1818

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded regatta on the Grand Canal with gondolas, spectators and palazzi along the water.

A Regatta on the Grand Canal

Francesco Guardi, about 1778

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a castle beside a moonlit loch with hills and a full moon in a grey sky.

[Castle in Moonlight]

James Makgill Heriot Maitland, mid-19th century