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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

Jacob 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

Moulin, 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, 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