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Pen and brown ink drawing of two draped standing figures in classical robes, sketched on aged paper.

Two Studies of an Ancient Statue (recto); Scylla and a Centaur (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, about 1632-1635

Drawing of the Virgin ascending to heaven among angels while figures below gaze up beside an open tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1624

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling figures, and angels on a cloud.

The Adoration of the Magi

Guillaume Courtois, about 1665

A Muse

Rosalba Carriera, mid-1720s

Painted study of a bearded man's head tilted downward, with grey curly hair and warm rose tones on a pale ground.

Head of Saint Joseph

Federico Barocci, about 1586

Pen and red chalk sketch of a muscular male nude, a satyr, a reclining camel, and two female nudes on aged paper.

Studies of male and female nudes, a satyr, and a camel (recto); Statue of Marcus Aurelius (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, about 1590

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ carrying the cross surrounded by soldiers and onlookers, with a veiled woman at left.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Juan de Juanes, about 1560

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned standing female saint with long curly hair and a heavily draped robe.

Standing Female Saint

Martin Schongauer, 1490

Small engraved scene of Christ crowned with thorns surrounded by soldiers and a crowd, mounted on a cream page.

La Passion de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ

Bisson Frères, 1861

Pen and ink sketch of a winged angel in flowing robes with trailing ribbons, standing barefoot on a pale parchment ground.

[Drawing of an Angel Playing a Viol by Pietro Vannucci, Called Perugino]

Roger Fenton, 1857

Engraved print of a satyr with fruit basket beside a reclining nude woman and a putto, mounted on cream paper.

Caracci's Bacchante, Uffizi Gallery

Fratelli Alinari, about 1856-1872

Kneeling hunter before a stag with a crucifix, beside a white horse and hunting dogs in a forest with a castle on a hill.

Saint Eustache

Bisson Frères, 1861

Reproduction of a painting showing winged angels in a blue sky above armored men and a woman held by a sword-wielding man.

[Painting of scene with angels]

Charles Cros, 1869

Sepia oval print of the Virgin praying beside the sleeping infant Christ on a draped cloth, after Guido Reni.

Christ and the Virgin, by Guido Reni

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

Print of a bearded kneeling saint beside a lion in a rocky landscape with pine trees and a distant town.

Saint Jérôme en pénitence

Bisson Frères, 1861

Engraved view of St Paul's Cathedral across the Thames, with sailing boats, an arched bridge and city rooftops in the foregro

Saint Paul à Londres

Friedrich Salathé, 1842

Engraving of the Holy Family with an older bearded man, a woman holding a rose, and a child beside a bowl of fruit.

The Holy Family with St. Joseph Holding a Rose

Pieter de Jode, about 1595

Pen and ink crowd scene of robed figures and guards on a columned balcony, with onlookers filling the street below and in win

Jésus-Christ Présenté au Peuple

Bisson Frères, 1858

Sepia engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ beside young Saint John the Baptist, within an oval frame.

Madonna della Seggolia

Pierre-Antoine Pelee, 1874

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, columns, and a kneeling figure at right.

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist Adored by an Unidentified Figure

Bartolomeo Cesi, about 1590s

Engraved print of a bearded man in a draped robe holding a blade beside a tree, on a cream mount.

Les cinq disciples de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ

Bisson Frères, 1861

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a bearded barefoot man in a draped robe, holding a book and gazing upward.

Study for Saint Peter

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, about 1533

Red chalk drawing on blue paper with studies of a Madonna's head, a bearded man, a nude child, and hands.

Studies of the Madonna and Child and of Heads (recto); Madonna and Child with Saint John Seated in a Landscape (verso)

Michel Corneille the Younger, about 1670-1690

Black and red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head tilted downward, with a faint study of legs below.

Study for the Head of Saint Joseph (recto); Two Studies of Legs (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, about 1526-1527

Pen and brown wash drawing of Orpheus playing a harp surrounded by lions, deer, dogs, rabbits and birds in a tree.

Orpheus Charming the Animals

Josias Murer II, about 1600

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular man carrying a child on his shoulder, seen from behind, with hatched drapery.

Saint Christopher

Domenico Campagnola, about 1520-1525

Pen and brown ink drawing of a robed male saint with open arms standing on clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs.

A Male Saint in Glory

Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra, about 1660-1689

Brown wash drawing of a ceiling design with the Virgin and Christ in glory, framed by architecture and putti.

Study for a Ceiling with the Virgin and Christ in Glory

Francisco Rizi, about 1678

Pen and brown ink sketch of groups of bearded apostle figures with studies of heads, hands and draped robes.

Three Groups of Apostles in a Last Supper (recto); Three Sketches for Medea and Her Children (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1601-1602

Red chalk drawing of a robed prophet, a kneeling woman, onlookers and a horse beneath dense trees.

The Prophet Elisha and the Shunammite Woman

Claes Moeyaert, about 1630

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall framed by rocks, with a shepherd and two seated women playing a harp below.

A Shepherd and Muses by a Waterfall

Christoph Henrich Kniep, 1798

Red chalk drawing of robed figures gesturing in an arched interior, with onlookers at left beneath a lattice window.

The Archangel Raphael Refusing Tobias’s Gift

Giovanni Biliverti, 1612

Chalk drawing on blue paper of Saint John the Baptist, a bearded man in draped cloth leaning on a tall staff.

Saint John the Baptist

Juan Conchillos Falcó, about 1740