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Watercolor of a brick tower and hilltop town beside a river, with moored sailing boats and figures in boats.

Villeneuve lez Avignon

William Callow, 1840

Graphite drawing of a laurel-crowned painter at an easel, a helmeted man gesturing toward a seated nude woman in a classical

Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1819

Daumier drawing of a lawyer in a blue robe gesturing in a courtroom, with a leaning companion and a watching officer.

A Criminal Case

Honoré Daumier, about 1865

Caricature of Two Men Seen in Profile

Guercino, about 1635

Brown ink drawing of a chained bearded man looking up at angels on clouds, with soldiers on a bridge behind him.

Manasseh, Repentant Sinner from the Old Testament

Karel van Mander, 1596

Sheet of painted studies of butterflies, moths, a dragonfly, a grasshopper and beetles on a pale background.

Sheet of Studies of a Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles

Pieter Holsteyn II, about 1636

Pen and wash drawing of a timber yard with log cabins, a bell frame, a barn and two figures near a fence.

Norwegian Landscape with a Timber Yard

Allart van Everdingen, 1644

Pencil study of a violent struggle with a muscular man and a fallen woman, with sketched figures at the left.

Study for the Death of Messalina

Francesco Solimena, about 1704/1712

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young saint seated on rocks with a cross-topped staff beside a lamb.

The Youthful Saint John the Baptist Seated in a Landscape (recto); Unidentified Figure Composition (Dido and Aeneas?)…

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, about 1655

Charcoal drawing of a dim interior with a lit candle on a table, an open door, and a curtain in shadow.

Still Life with Candle

Albert Lebourg, about 1867-1870

Red chalk sheet of studies: a seated nude man, a youthful head, and a caricature of a man playing a pipe.

Sheet of Studies: A Seated Nude Man, A Youthful Head and a Caricature Head of a Man Playing a Pipe

Domenico Maria Canuti, about 1669-1671

Three dragonflies seen from above in a watercolor drawing on pale paper, with a handwritten inscription along the bottom edge

Three Dragonflies

Rochus van Veen, 1681

Watercolor drawing of four beetles and a flying stink bug on cream paper, with a grassy mound at the bottom.

Four Beetles and a Flying Stink Bug

Nicolaas Struyck, 1715

Brown and white chalk drawing of an old woman in a headscarf with both arms outstretched, standing on tan paper.

Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

Black chalk drawing of a bowed armored warrior beneath a bearded old man pointing into a stormy sky.

The Dream of Aeneas

Salvator Rosa, about 1663

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ in clouds above four saints in an arched composition.

Christ the Saviour above Saints John the Baptist, Jerome, Catherine and Thomas

Giuseppe Porta, about 1550-1559

Seated female nude drawn in white and black chalk on blue paper, one arm raised above her head.

Study of a Female Nude

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, about 1800

Portrait of Anton Rem

Hans Schwarz, about 1518

Pen and ink drawing of seated nude Hercules with a club, surrounded by severed serpent heads and a tree.

Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra

Giulio Romano, about 1535

Pen and brown ink drawing of a round fortified tower, arched harbor walls, figures on a quay, and a sailing ship at right.

Landscape with a View of a Fortified Port

Guercino, about 1635

Brown ink drawing of a crowd at a classical temple sacrifice with oxen, an altar, a statue, and robed figures reacting.

The Sacrifice at Lystra

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, about 1529-1530

Pen and ink drawing of a standing peasant woman with a basket, beside a gate, windmill and flat landscape.

A Peasant Girl from Alkmaar

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, about 1621

Brown ink drawing of a gnarled tree with a full canopy beside a wooden fence in an open dune landscape.

Knotty Old Tree in the Dunes with a Fence

Claes van Beresteyn, about 1650-1670

Pencil drawing of a hilly valley with trees, a distant village, mountain ridges, and a seated figure in the foreground.

View from Civitella, near Olevano

Victor Paul Mohn, 1866

Pen and brown ink drawing of an owl pendant design with scrolling foliage, hanging drops and gemstones.

Design for a Pendant Jewel

Theodor de Bry, about 1580-1590

Pen and ink sketches of a child reclining with a lamb, with mirrored handwritten notes along the top edge.

Studies for the Christ Child with a Lamb (recto); Head of an Old Man, and Studies of Machinery (verso)

Leonardo da Vinci, about 1503-1506

Grisaille drawing of a fallen charioteer thrown from a chariot as panicked horses rear across a rocky mountain landscape.

Death of Hippolytos

Carle Vernet, 1800

Grey wash drawing of shepherds and a horseman on a sandy dune with a tree, distant hills beyond.

Dune Landscape with Shepherds

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1652

Watercolor of a ribbed cactus in a terracotta pot with two large white flowers and a bud against a dark background.

Flowering Cactus

Marie-Alexandrine-Olimpe Arson, about 1840

Pen and ink drawing with white heightening of a winged angel in robes with a scroll, on a gray arched sheet.

Study of an Angel

Mair von Landshut, 1498

Drawing of a muscular male nude with billowing drapery standing on a sea creature beside a pillar, in brown ink.

Neptune

Giulio Campi, 1541

Head of a Young Girl in Profile

Odilon Redon, 1895

Watercolor of a dark sailboat battling a stormy sea with a breaking white wave and a distant ship under a brown sky.

Sailboat on a Raging Sea

Théodore Géricault, about 1818-1819

Watercolor of a classical villa courtyard with columns, statues, a marble fountain, and two women walking.

Interior Garden of a Villa, with Two Ladies Walking

Frances Maria Lushington, about 1828

Brown ink drawing of two muscular male nudes, one seen from behind, studied for anatomy.

Anatomical Studies

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1600-1605

Pen and ink design of a horizontal frieze with scrolling grapevines, grape clusters, and a central urn, dated 1537.

Design for a Frieze of Grapevines

Virgilius Solis, 1537

Pencil sketch of cavalry horses and riders in battle, drawn in loose overlapping lines on a small cream page.

Cavalry battle

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor drawing of Apollo and Daphne, two nude figures in a windy landscape, Daphne turning into laurel branches.

Apollo and Daphne

Jan Boeckhorst, about 1668

Watercolor of a turquoise alpine river flowing past boulders and pine trees toward distant mountain peaks.

Wooded River Landscape in the Alps

Thomas Ender, about 1850-1870

Graphite sketch of a lion hunt with overlapping horses and riders, plus small architectural interior studies above.

Two compositional studies of a lion hunt

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pencil sketch of a cavalry skirmish with overlapping horses and riders on cream paper, a rider at upper right.

Cavalry skirmish with four horsemen

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Botanical drawing of a cinnamon branch with broad oval leaves and clusters of small white flowers.

Cinnamomum

Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1759

Grey wash drawing of people picking and sorting fruit in an orchard, with ladders, baskets and a donkey loaded with produce.

September: Picking Fruit

Claude Simpol, about 1700

Pen and wash drawing of winged angels on clouds carrying a tall column, with small putti assisting below.

Angels Bearing the Column of the Passion

Friedrich Sustris, about 1580-1590

Two women in a dim interior, one sewing by an oil lamp, the other seated at a table, rendered in soft chalk.

The Mother and Wife of the Artist Sewing by Lamplight (La mère et la femme de l'artiste cousant à la lumière d'une la…

Albert Lebourg, 1880

Red and black chalk drawing of a mystic marriage scene with a seated woman, infant, saint and figures in a wooded landscape.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (after Correggio)

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Red and black chalk drawing of a boy's head tilted downward, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Boy (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Federico Barocci, about 1586-1589

Brown ink drawing of helmeted Pallas Athena pointing to a landscape with ruins while a boy raises his hand beside her.

Pallas Athena Shows Taddeo the Prospect of Rome

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Watercolor landscape with a large spreading tree, wooded banks, distant blue hills and a small cottage at right.

Landscape

Anthony van Dyck, about 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of costumed figures in a theatrical interior, with a seated man writing at a table.

Scene from the Italian Comedy (recto); Figure Study (verso)

Claude Gillot, about 1700

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing male nude raising his arms and holding a sword, with a reclining figure nearby.

Study for the Figure of Abraham

Domenico Beccafumi, 1547

Head of an Angel (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Francesco Paolo Michetti, about 1890

Pencil sketch of a lion head with a hatched mane on a sketchbook page, with faint outlines of a seated lion below.

Head on view of seated lion

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pencil drawing of a hilltop town with a church complex above a river valley, with mountains and two figures on a path.

View of Benevento

Edmund Friedrich Kanoldt, 1874

Black chalk portrait of a young woman with a tall feathered hairstyle and ruffled collar, holding a fan, seated in a chair.

Portrait of a Young Woman Holding a Fan

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1781

Pen drawing of a rider on horseback looking up at rays of light and a descending figure, with a tree and castle in the landsc

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Wolf Huber, 1531

Black chalk drawing of a bearded older man in a lace collar and dark doublet, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Portrait of Hendrick van Balen

Anthony van Dyck, about 1627-1632

Pen and watercolor drawing of an armored man and a woman riding horses through a landscape, with two coats of arms above.

Johan IV van Nassau and His Wife Maria van Loon-Heinsberg

Bernaert van Orley, about 1528-1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of an artist sketching the Laocoön statue group in a Roman courtyard with classical statues.

Taddeo in the Belvedere Court in the Vatican Drawing the Laocoön

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pencil sketch of windswept trees above a rocky bank and stream, on grey paper, with an inscription in the lower right.

Tree Studies

Josef Wenglein, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing on tan paper of a large outstretched arm and four smaller studies of hands in different gesture

Studies of Hands

Alphonse Legros, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of God reaching toward nude Adam, with animals including a lion and peacock in a landscape.

Creation of Adam

Crispijn van den Broeck, 1575

Sleeping Girl

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, about 1652

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame with ornamental scrollwork and an architectural base.

Self-Portrait

Annibale Carracci, early 1580s

Centaur galloping with a bow while a young archer shoots beside him across a green landscape under a stormy sky.

The Education of Achilles

Eugène Delacroix, 1862

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered grey wig and grey coat with gold embroidery and white lace at the collar.

Portrait of Théophile Van Robais

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1770

Standing cavalier

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Black chalk drawing of a figure with raised arms, bare chest and flowing drapery seated on clouds, by Raphael.

Christ in Glory

Raphael, about 1519-1520

Charcoal drawing of two men tending a smoldering charcoal mound in a smoky field beneath dark trees.

Charcoal burners (Les charbonniers)

Rosa Bonheur, 1880-1890s

Chalk drawing of a man's head turned left, with curly grey hair, red-accented lips and cheek on a tan background.

Head of King Louis XV

François Lemoyne, about 1729

Brown ink drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched cottages, bare trees and a horse and cart on a road.

The Village of Beekbergen in Winter

Constantin Huygens, December 31, 1675

Brown wash drawing of a round castle by the sea with a cannon firing, a man and donkey on a path, and sailing ships offshore.

West Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight

Lambert Doomer, 1646

Brown wash drawing of a figure leaning on a rock beside a slender tree and large boulders in a landscape.

Fontainebleau, Figure Leaning Against a Rock

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, about 1830-1835

Pen drawing of a plumed standard-bearer holding a flag pole, with a castle tower and trees in a circular landscape.

A Standard-Bearer before a Castle

Master of the Berlin Roundels, about 1515

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a crowned standing man in a draped cloak, with a pointing hand at upper left.

Midas, King of Phrygia

Nicolas Mignard, about 1655

Pencil drawing of sailing boats on calm water with a low town skyline and church tower along the distant shore.

Calm Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, about 1665-1666

Brown ink and wash drawing of two draped young women with winged putti on a pale sheet.

Two Young Women with Putti

Charles Mellin, about 1630s

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated women with an ox, donkey, lion head and sheep beside a blank central circle.

Allegories of Fortitude and Patience

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude figure with raised arms, beside a bearded head and a sketched landscape.

David with the Head of Goliath

Parmigianino, about 1535

Drawing of a standing draped figure seen from behind, with heavy folds of cloth and a red chalk grid behind it.

Study of an Apostle

Bernardino Gatti, about 1560-1570

Brown ink and wash drawing of four travelers in a hilly landscape, with a circular inset of a building in the upper left.

Taddeo's Hallucination

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Red chalk drawing of a village with a church spire, thatched cottage, dense trees and two resting figures on a path.

Landscape with Figures

François Boucher, about 1726-1728

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly man in draped robes, seated, gazing upward with one hand raised.

Saint Paul

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, about 1720-1730

Portrait of Voltaire, after His Bust by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770s

Charcoal portrait drawing of a woman with short dark hair and a rounded collar, looking straight ahead.

Head of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin, about 1892

Graphite drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised overhead, with handwritten French inscription at right.

Standing Female Nude

Gustave Courbet, 1849

Red chalk drawing with white highlights showing studies of arms, hands and a bearded figure's head on a tan ground.

Study of God the Father with Angels

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1555-1560

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, white collar and grey doublet, resting his hand on a book against a warm background.

Portrait of M. Quatrehomme du Lys

Charles Le Brun, 1657

Pen and ink drawing of a man's face in three-quarter view under a dark cap, with dense hatched shading.

Self-Portrait

Charles Samuel Keene, about 1845

Pen and brown ink drawing of a boy and older men in turbans and caps, with feathered wing forms rising behind them.

Boy in a Turban, Winged Angel and Three Companions

Jacob de Gheyn II, about 1600

Sketches of Men in Profile

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Brown chalk drawing of three young men in a studio with easels, a palette, and a seated figure holding a canvas.

Three Young Artists in a Studio

Louis-Léopold Boilly, about 1820

Sketches of a Ballet Master

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of an imaginary walled city on a river below distant hilltop castles and mountains.

Mountain Landscape with an Imaginary City

Hanns Lautensack, 1554-1555

Man in Profile

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Two pencil studies of a rearing horse on a cream sketchbook page with a green spine edge.

Two studies of a rearing horse

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814