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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