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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

Pencil drawing of a coat of arms with a princely crown and two winged victory figures supporting an oval shield.

Coat of Arms of the Rezzonico Family, capped by a Princely Crown and Supported by Two Winged Victories

Giuseppe Cades, 1767-1779

Brown ink drawing of a sailing boat with mast on shore and several rowboats lying in shallow water.

Boats on Shore and in Water

Jan de Bisschop, 1648-1652

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

Red chalk drawing of a muscular man with raised arm beside a lion and sketched heads, on a pale sheet.

Studies of Saints John the Baptist and Jerome, a Crucifix, and Various Heads (recto); Studies of the Christ Child, a…

Parmigianino, about 1525-1527

Moonlit drawing of a stone fort on a rocky headland with anchored sailing ships and a glowing fire on the shore.

[Fort and ships]

James Makgill Heriot Maitland, 1840s-1850s

Pencil sketches of figures in an interior: a standing man, a woman with a fan seated on a sofa, and other seated figures.

Soirée

Edgar Degas, about 1877

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 ink and wash drawing of a kneeling nude man and a seated woman reaching out, with faint figure studies behind.

Classical Nudes (recto); Classical Statuary (verso)

Théodore Géricault, about 1814-1815

Brown wash drawing of a charitable woman and a girl visiting an elderly man lying in bed in a draped interior.

The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1772-1775

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

Brown wash drawing of a river view with a castle and town on the far bank, shepherds and goats in the foreground.

The Town and Castle of Saumur from across the Loire

Lambert Doomer, about 1670

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

Graphite study of a man's right hand on aged tan paper, showing knuckles, tendons and curled fingers.

Study of a man's right hand (recto); Studies of four heads and of a nude figure seen from the rear (verso)

Bronzino, about 1545-1552

Brown wash drawing of Moses holding tablets as Israelites dance around a golden calf on a pedestal.

The Israelites Dancing around the Golden Calf

Sébastien Bourdon, about 1645

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

Pen and brown ink sketch of an older standing man leaning toward a seated woman, with a pillar at the right.

Study of a Man Talking to a Woman Seated on the Left

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1635-1636

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

Watercolor of a wide valley under heavy clouds, with a curving dirt road in the foreground and distant blue hills.

View of a Valley in Normandy

Paul Huet, about 1825-1830

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

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.

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures embracing among trees, with a winged figure above.

Embracing Couple (Mercury and Lara?)

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1588-about 1594

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