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Red and black chalk study of a boy's head and two flute players by Watteau, on a tan sheet.

Two Studies of a Flutist and a Study of the Head of a Boy

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718

Graphite drawing of an older man's head turned to the side, with a bald crown, stubbled jaw, and open collar, on tan paper.

Head of a Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, about 1820-1825

Brown ink drawing of a sailing boat on wide water, with reeds on the left and distant towers under an open sky.

A Sailing Boat on a Wide Expanse of Water

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of two boys seated at a table with quill, inkwell, books and papers, c. 1720.

Portraits of Serafino and Francesco Falzacappa

Pier Leone Ghezzi, about 1720

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling nude male figure seen from behind, turning his head and resting one hand on a post.

Study of a Kneeling Figure with a Sketch of a Face (recto); Figure Study and Face (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, 1522-1526

Pen and brown ink sketch of two thatched cottages with a small figure at a doorway and grass in the foreground.

Two Thatched Cottages with Figures at a Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1640

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with lictors carrying bodies, a grieving seated man, and kneeling women beneath col

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

Jacques-Louis David, 1787

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man pouring wine into a glass held by a young attendant beside a table of vessels.

Bearded Man Filling a Glass

Giorgio Vasari, about 1544-1545

Pastel self-portrait of a man in a grey wig and brown coat, leaning on a drawing board with white chalk sketches.

Self-Portrait

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1734

Wash drawing of a reclining bearded old man with draped cloth and a raised fabric fold, in grey and brown tones.

Reclining Old Man

Georges Lallemant, about 1625

Drawing sheet with a seated woman reading in black chalk, a nude statue study in brown ink, and red chalk fragments.

Sheet of Studies

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, late 1760-1779

Pencil drawing of a satyr with a stick beside a reclining nude woman, a child, a rooster and an urn in a landscape.

Dawn

Charles Le Brun, about 1635-1642

Brown ink and wash drawing of a half-timbered cottage among trees, with a figure beside a stone wall and a shed at right.

Cottages among Trees

Jacob van Ruisdael, about 1652-1653

Pastel portrait of a woman nursing an infant as a boy leans beside her, with roses in her hair and blue silk drapery.

Portrait of Madame Charles Mitoire with Her Children

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1783

Black chalk drawing of a kneeling male nude twisting with one arm raised, highlighted in white on blue-grey paper.

Kneeling Figure (recto); Reclining Figure (verso)

Agostino Carracci, about 1582-1585

Colored pencil study of a woman and cow by a pool beneath glowing alpine peaks at dusk.

Study for "La Vita"

Giovanni Segantini, 1897

Three Studies of the Head of a Youth

Francesco Fontebasso, about 1737

Pen and wash drawing of an amorous couple embracing on a chair while an older veiled woman looks on from the side.

Amorous Couple

Jacob Matham, about 1621

Dusk landscape with a bare tree, a plowman in a field, and a distant village with a church steeple.

Landscape with a Bare Tree and a Plowman

Léon Bonvin, 1864

Pen and brown ink drawing of Mars and Venus embracing under a canopy, with cupids and a lion-masked shield.

Mars and Venus

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rocky landscape with a large tree, cliffs, shrubs, and a waterfall.

Rocky Landscape with a Waterfall

Girolamo Muziano, about 1570-1575

Portraits of Wilhelm Völcker and Ludwig Dörr

Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern, 1825-1828

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged putti holding staffs and shields flanking an empty central circle.

Two Child Angels, Symbolizing Patience and Industry

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pencil sketch of a seated stag with antlers, a goat head study, and a hoof on cream paper.

Studies of a seated stag, a fawn, a goat head

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Brown ink drawing of mourners lowering a body onto a stone tomb inside a rocky cave, with kneeling women and winged figures.

The Entombment

Luca Penni, about 1550

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a cap and buttoned collar, shown head and shoulders, facing the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Man, Head and Shoulders, Wearing a Cap

Piero del Pollaiuolo, about 1470

Brown ink and wash drawing of a twisting nude male figure with swirling drapery, shown from behind.

Figure Study

Parmigianino, 1526-1527

Pen and brown wash drawing of a palace facade with scaffolding, winged trumpeters, a horseman and street figures.

Taddeo Decorating the Façade of the Palazzo Mattei

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Drawing of a standing saint with curly hair, holding a staff and a heavy draped robe, in brown chalk with white highlights.

Standing Saint (recto); Studies of Christ at the Column, a Nude from Behind, and Various Figures (verso)

Filippino Lippi, about 1482

Pen and brown ink study of four bearded male heads wearing turbans and head cloths, on tan paper.

Studies of Four Male Heads

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, about 1660-1668

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wide river landscape with a town, rocky peaks, boats, and a winged figure in the sky.

An Extensive Estuary Landscape with the Story of Mercury and Herse

Tobias Verhaecht, about 1610

Sketches of a Café Singer

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pen and ink drawing of a peasant woman in a hood and cloak walking while carrying a jug, on toned paper.

A Peasant Woman Carrying a Jug

Sebald Beham, about 1520

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with cherubs while apostles gaze upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1613-1614

Portrait of Antonio Canova

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1787

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing man gesturing to two seated men, with a head study above, on tan paper.

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1639

Sepia wash drawing of a market scene beneath tall trees, with figures, a draped tent and a woman standing at right.

A Market Scene Under Trees in Katwijk op Rijn

Jan de Bisschop, early 1650s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded man in a long robe holding a book, with hatched shading.

Standing man wearing a turban

Giovanni Bellini, about 1485

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a flat river view with a village skyline and small church tower under open sky.

Landscape with the House with the Little Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1651

Pen and brown ink studies of classical antiquities on paper, including a candelabrum, relief pedestal, draped bust and sandal

Studies of Antiquities (recto); Studies of Antiquities (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, about 1632-1635

Pencil drawing of Amalfi with a chapel in the foreground, terraced town below and mountains and sea beyond.

View of Amalfi

Carl Wagner, 1823

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated wolf with two studies of doves in the upper left corner.

A Wolf and Two Doves

Sinibaldo Scorza, about 1610-1620

Pen and blue wash drawing of a robed bearded figure standing on a globe with arms outstretched beneath sun and moon.

Creation of Light

Crispijn van den Broeck, 1575

Brown wash drawing of a rider with herders, resting cattle and sheep, a large tree, a fence, and sailboats on a river.

Landscape with Cattle, Sheep, and Herders

Jacob van Strij, about 1800-1810

Pen and graphite sketch of a hunting party with a horn-blowing hunter, dogs and horses in a forest with a distant castle.

A Hunting Party

Franz Albert Venus, about 1860-1866

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling man thrusting his hand into flames before armored men, with a tent and city, inside an orn

Mucius Scaevola Thrusting His Right Hand into the Flames before Lars Porsenna

Master from Konstanz, about 1530-1540

Watercolor of Olympian Zeus temple ruins on a plain at sunset, with the Acropolis on a hill behind and small figures in the f

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Greece

Edward Lear, about 1870

Head of Man in Profile to the Left

Girolamo Macchietti, about 1571-1572

Brown-toned drawing of a forest edge with a rowboat by a pond and a bare tree on the right under a dusky sky.

Forest Landscape near a Pond

Adolphe Appian, 1853

Pencil sketches of ballet dancers at a barre and in rehearsal, with seated observers at lower right.

Ballet Dancers Rehearsing

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude woman in a turban, draped cloth over her arm, with a snake near her hand.

Nude Woman with a Snake

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1637

Pen and brown wash drawing of mythological figures, putti and a reclining nude woman, with faint grid lines on the sheet.

Birth of Bacchus

Giulio Romano, about 1533

Red chalk sketch of a crowd of figures on a shore, some with raised arms, under a turbulent sky.

The Crossing of the Red Sea

Nicolas Poussin, about 1626-1628

Red chalk study of several curly-haired and bearded male heads, with a sketched child and draped figure on a pale sheet.

Head and Figure Studies

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, about 1612

Pen and wash drawing of a robed figure raising a reclining man from a bier before a crowd of onlookers and an arch.

Raising of the Son of the Widow of Naim (recto); Madonna and Child with Saints (verso)

Giovanni Battista Naldini, about 1570-1580

Pen and wash drawing of ancient galleys with rams and oars fighting a sea battle under a cloudy sky.

The Roman Fleet Victorious over the Carthaginians at the Battle of Cape Ecnomus

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, about 1763

Brown wash drawing of mourners carrying Christ's body from a tomb, with angels overhead and a crown of thorns in front.

The Entombment

Niccolò Ricciolini, about 1760

Brown wash drawing of men carrying a nude corpse past a stone arch, with a bearded elder and sprawled figures.

Tobias Burying the Dead

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, about 1763-1765

Brown wash drawing of rocky mountains and cliffs rising above a lake, with a village on the shore and a small sailboat.

A View of Mountains Across a Lake

Jacques Callot, about 1632

Rider on a brown horse talks to a man beside a brick inn, with sailing boats on a river behind them.

A Horse Rider Talking to a Man at an Inn

Hendrick Avercamp, about 1630

Pencil sketch page with weapon studies, a helmeted rider with lance, a helmet detail, and a castle scene at upper right.

Weapon studies, compositional study of castle scene

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a tall pine tree beside a hatched rock formation, with handwritten date notes, by Caspar David Friedrich.

Study of Pine Trees and a Rock (recto); Landscape (verso)

Caspar David Friedrich, June 9, 1812

Brown ink and wash drawing of spectators peering over a wooden barricade, with a cloaked figure walking past on the right.

Spectators Hiding behind a Barricade

Guercino, about 1630

Drawing of elegant figures strolling along a tree-lined park avenue beside a fountain, with a stone arch at left.

Park Scene

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744