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Painted mummy portrait of a woman with curly dark hair, gold laurel wreath, gold jewelry, and a red shroud.

Mummy Portrait of a Woman

Isidora Master, A.D. 100

Bearded man in a gray cloak holds an open book of geometric diagrams beside a stack of books against a dark background.

Euclid

Jusepe de Ribera, about 1630-1635

Pietà by Fernando Gallego: Mary holds the dead Christ beneath a cross, with a town and river landscape behind them.

Pietà

Fernando Gallego, about 1490-1500

Painting of the Wedding Feast at Cana with guests at a table, servants carrying dishes, gold ewers, and a columned hall with

The Wedding Feast at Cana

Lavinia Fontana, about 1575-1580

Still life painting of a glass vase with tulips, roses, poppies and a sunflower, with plums and raspberries on a stone ledge.

Glass Vase with Flowers and Fruit

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, about 1673-1674

Seated woman in black dress with lace collar and pearls, before a teal damask wall, in an 1857 oil portrait.

Portrait of Marie Legentil

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1857

Painting of costumed commedia dell'arte performers, including a figure in white, standing beneath a tree under a cloudy sky.

The Italian Comedians

Jean-Antoine Watteau, about 1720

Gold-ground Gothic altarpiece with the Coronation of the Virgin in the center, saints in side panels, and scenes below.

Polyptych with Coronation of the Virgin and Saints

Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni, 1390s

Gilded panel painting of Saint Luke in red robe and brown mantle, writing in an open book with a quill, gold background.

Saint Luke

Simone Martini, early 1330s

Baroque painting of Venus with Cupid presenting a gilded shield to a nude, bearded Vulcan beside armor and a dove.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan

Francesco Solimena, 1704

Full-length portrait of a woman in black dress and white lace mantilla holding a fan, set in a dusky landscape.

Portrait of the Marquesa de Santiago

Francisco Goya, 1804

Portrait of a bearded man in gilded black armor, with a young page in chain mail holding a helmet beside him.

Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page

Titian, probably January-February 1533

Painting of a nude woman with a crown raising a sword beside a carved bed where a bearded man lies asleep.

The Death of Dido

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1640

Madonna kisses the nude infant Christ while holding cherries, with fruit on a ledge and a landscape through an arched window.

Madonna of the Cherries

Quentin Metsys, about 1520-1525

Painting of Christ being baptized in a forest river as John pours water, a dove descends, and angels watch.

The Baptism of Christ

Paolo Veronese, about 1580-1588

Painting of a female figure pouring coins from a cornucopia among animals including a donkey, bull, sheep, boar and eagle.

Allegory of Fortune

Salvator Rosa, about 1658-1659

Painting of clergy in gold vestments kneeling at an altar as a half-naked Christ appears above with Passion instruments.

The Mass of Saint Gregory the Great

Adriaen Ysenbrandt, about 1510-1550

Painting of a woman with a dagger at her chest, gazing upward, pearls in her hair, against a dark background.

Lucretia

Artemisia Gentileschi, about 1627

Painting of Venus and Adonis in a forest with two cupids overhead, a hunting dog, and white doves on a stone ledge.

Venus and Adonis

Simon Vouet, about 1642

Painting of a woman in white reaching toward a kneeling figure beside an altar, with armored warriors and classical columns.

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Giambattista Pittoni, about 1733-1734

Painting of a levitating bearded saint above a crowd of onlookers and sick people beneath classical columns.

The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1627-1628

Painting of the Holy Family with Joseph, Mary, two infants, a standing woman and a book, before a ruined wall and landscape.

The Holy Family

Giulio Romano, about 1518-1520

Saint Augustine in gold vestments writes at a desk, gazing up, as figures sprawl beneath him in a dim study.

Saint Augustine in his Study Trampling the Heretics

Philippe de Champaigne, about 1642

Studies of lion, compositional group figure study, two caricature head studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Collage of engravings, painted flowers, gold leaf rays, handwritten verse, angels, a serpent and skulls on a tan ground.

Collage

John Bingley Garland, 1850s-1860s

Botanical watercolor of a Spiraea stem with white flower spikes and serrated green leaves, with Latin caption below.

Spiraea

Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1743

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling veiled woman reading a book at a garlanded pedestal within an arched frame.

The Virgin Annunciate

Lazzaro Bastiani, about 1464-1468

Black chalk drawing of a shepherdess beside a tall tree in a pastoral landscape with rocks and distant figures.

Shepherd and Shepherdess in a Bucolic Landscape

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Chalk drawing of a seated woman with curled hair, lace cuffs and crossed hands, drawn on grayish-blue paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1758-1762

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a man in a cloth hat, turned three-quarters, on blue-gray paper.

Self-Portrait Wearing a Cloth Hat

Jonathan Richardson the Elder, about 1730-1735

Brown wash drawing of a tall crumbling ruin with shrubs on a rocky outcrop under a pale sky.

Ruins in a Landscape

Jan Asselijn, about 1646

Three Studies of Women (recto); Four Studies of Hands and a Counterproof of a Kneeling Young Man (verso)

Abraham Bloemaert, 1620s

Pen and ink drawing of the Lamentation: mourners surround Christ's body beside a crown of thorns and a cross on a rocky hills

The Lamentation

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1545-1550

Graphite portrait drawing of a woman with center-parted hair, facing forward, on cream paper with sketched outlines.

Madame Moitessier

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1851

Pen and ink drawing of a barefoot bearded figure in draped cloth holding a spade on grassy ground.

Christ as the Gardener

Upper Rhenish Master, about 1470-1490

Brown wash drawing of Christ crucified with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and Saint John below, in an arched frame.

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John

Pietro da Cortona, about 1661

Pencil sheet with fourteen numbered vignettes of a tiny boy in scenes with animals, carts, a tower and a tree.

Fourteen Scenes Related to the Tale of Tom Thumb

Oswald Adalbert Sickert, about 1851

Three lion studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Brown ink drawing of allegorical figures among clouds: winged Victory with a wreath, bearded Chronos with a scythe, and other

Victory, Janus, Chronos and Gaea

Giulio Romano, about 1532-1534

Brown ink drawing of an old man with a lamp and an old woman smoking a pipe, with a cat and dog, under a crescent moon.

Moralizing Scene with an Old Woman and a Man

Adriaen van de Venne, 1631

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing a bowman in action and a horse with rider, drawn in loose outline.

Three studies of a bowman

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Red chalk drawing of a reclining woman with an upturned face and a faint hovering figure above her, with white highlights.

Truth Illuminating Human Blindness

Baldassare Franceschini, about 1650

Monochrome drawing of a large oak tree beside a forest path, with a distant tower and village on the left.

Forest Scene

Gillis van Coninxloo, about 1595-1610

Pencil sketch of two standing horses above a base, with a rider on a rearing horse and a kneeling figure below.

Two standing horses, Man riding a rearing horse

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and ink sketch of standing male figures, a nude seen from behind and a bearded man, with robed figures sketched around th

Studies for the Disputa (recto); Studies for the Disputa (verso)

Raphael, 1509-1511

Watercolor of a shackled bearded man in a gray cloak standing in a doorway beneath a barred window.

A Hungarian Prisoner

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, April 29, 1831

Brown wash drawing of a woman turning from a bearded man in a classical hall while a spear-bearing youth looks on.

Phaedra Rejecting the Embraces of Theseus

Anne-Louis Girodet, about 1800

Grey wash drawing of ragged travelers with donkeys and sacks meeting armed soldiers near tents and a banner in hills.

The Trickery of the Gibeonites

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1565

Charcoal study of two men seen from behind, one lifting a long pole overhead, with loose clothing and belts.

Figure Studies

Adolf von Menzel, 1872

Head of a Child, an Angel and a Hand (recto); Male Figure (verso)

Fra' Bartolomeo, about 1510-1515

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling saint, with pencil grid lines.

The Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Louis of France

Mariano Salvador Maella, about 1780s

Pencil sketch of a seated stag with branching antlers in side view, with faint vertical strokes suggesting trees behind.

Seated Stag

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and brown ink drawing of a city street with a woman pointing at a boy carrying a basket, and a child writing in the foreg

Taddeo Sent on an Errand by Calabrese's Wife

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman carrying jugs, with a Spanish inscription beneath, by Goya, about 1808-1814.

It's a pity you don't have something else to do

Francisco Goya, about 1808-1814

Pencil sketch sheet with several loose studies of a lion, including a head, a crouching body, and a paw.

Lion studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and wash drawing of a soldier in a plumed hat blowing on his match cord while holding a musket with a rest pole.

A Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match

Jacob de Gheyn II, about 1597

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude with raised arms and studies of a foot and arm on pieced paper.

Study of a Man with Various Sketches (recto); Study of a Man's Draped Leg (verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, about 1535

Sepia drawing of a salon with a man gesturing beside chair and three elegantly dressed women near a sofa and table.

"Have No Fear, My Good Friend"

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1775

Black chalk drawing of a man in a hat and cloak seen from behind, holding a violin and bow, on grey paper.

Violin Player

Adriaen van Ostade, about 1653

Pencil study of a standing woman in a long dress with crossed hands and a brooch, plus a separate hand study at upper right.

Study for the Dress and the Hands of Madame Moitessier

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1851

Seated lion, head of lioness

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude man on a cross, arms raised, head bowed, with fine hatching modeling the body.

Study of the Good Thief

Albrecht Dürer, about 1503-1505

Ink drawing of a two-armed wall sconce with a flame finial, scrolled arms, and handwritten measurement notes.

Drawing for a Wall Light

Jean-Louis Prieur, about 1775

Pencil sketch page with three studies of horses, one rearing at lower left and a head study at right.

Three horse studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Chalk drawing of a man in a turban holding a palette and brushes, inside an oval scrolled cartouche with an inscription below

Self-Portrait

Gaetano Sabbatini, early 1730s

Grey wash drawing of a small boat on stormy waves, with a standing figure at the oar and a hooded figure at the stern.

After the Shipwreck - Design for an Illustration of Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Gustave Doré, about 1875

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in flowing robes holding a child, with a sketched landscape behind her.

Saint Agnes (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Adam Elsheimer, about 1605

Chalk and wash drawing of a woman in a wide hat walking in a garden beside a small child, with trees behind.

A Lady Walking in a Garden with a Child

Thomas Gainsborough, about 1785

Brown wash drawing of a path winding through tall trees toward a sunlit forest clearing.

A Path Leading into a Forest Clearing

Nicolas Poussin, about 1635-1640

Black chalk drawing of a man's head with curly hair and downcast eyes, with draped cloth over the shoulder, on blue paper.

Study for the Figure of Christ Carrying the Cross

Sebastiano del Piombo, about 1513-1514

Sketch of a performer in a blue tutu walking beside a white horse toward a circus audience seated in curved tiers.

Au cirque: Entrèe en piste

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman offering a wreath to a standing man beside a waterfall, with a dog and sheep.

Allegory of Painting and Drawing

Gerard van Nijmegen, 1801

Study of a Seated Boy

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1893

Study of the Virgin (recto); Study of the Virgin and of Hands (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, about 1505

Pen and ink sheet with many studies of folded drapery and cloth creases, c. 1490.

Studies of Christ's Loincloth (recto); Studies of Bookbindings and of Christ's Loincloth (verso)

Master of the Coburg Roundels, about 1490

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a muscular male nude seen from behind with one arm raised.

Study of Triton Blowing a Conch Shell (recto); Partial Study of an Arm (verso)

Annibale Carracci, about 1600

Charcoal sketch of a river bank with a tall pine, reeds, a fallen branch over water, birds and clouds above.

River Landscape

Josef Wenglein, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a kneeling hooded monk with clasped hands and upturned face, with a staff beside him.

Saint Francis (recto); Dead Christ (verso)

Pontormo, about 1517-1518

Red chalk drawing of Christ with a halo addressing a kneeling man, with a group of figures and clouds above.

Christ's Command to St. Peter, "Feed My Sheep!" ("Pasce Oves Mea")

Andrea Sacchi, about 1628

Pencil sketch on cream paper of a horse's head and legs above, with a shaded study of a horse and rider below.

Horse Studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded figure in flowing robes holding a staff, with radiating light behind him.

The Messenger of God Appearing to Joshua

Ferdinand Bol, about 1640-1644

Pencil drawing of a steep Alpine ravine with rocky cliffs, trees, a wooden bridge and distant mountain peaks.

Ravine in the Simplon opposite Isella

John Frederick William Herschel, September 1, 1821

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew with a halo, holding a book and an X-shaped cross, with a town in the distance.

Saint Andrew

Master H.B., about 1530

Brown wash drawing of crumbling ancient arches and broken stone walls with foliage and fallen branches.

Antique Ruins (recto); An Animated Landscape (verso)

Willem Schellinks, about 1650

Drawing of a man in a red cardinal's cap and orange cloak with white collar, holding a paper, on a tan ground.

Portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu

Simon Vouet, about 1632-1634

Black chalk drawing of a standing man in a long robe and tall pleated hat, arms folded, with faint boats at left.

Man in Korean Costume

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1617

Black and white chalk figure study on grey paper of a man bending backward with an arm extended across the page.

Figure Studies (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Federico Barocci, 1603-1607

Pen and brown ink drawing of four studies of male figures in dynamic poses, some standing and one seated, with wash shading.

Four Studies of a Male Figure

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760-1765

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

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 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

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