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Pen and wash drawing of a woman's head tilted downward, with red chalk on cheeks and lips and a ruffled collar.

Head of a Woman

Jacob Jordaens, about 1635

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman holding a nude infant, with loose hatched drapery around them.

Studies of the Madonna and Child (recto); Studies of the Madonna and Child and of an Architectural Detail (verso)

Parmigianino, about 1535

Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude warrior in a helmet leaning on a volute and holding a sword.

Nude Warrior (Mars?) Leaning over a Volute (recto); Nude Child Playing with a Viola (verso)

Toussaint Dubreuil, about 1589-1602

Interior scene of a seated man drawing at a table beside a woman in a white cap at an open window.

The Artist in his Atelier

Christiaan Andriessen, about 1805-1808

Brown ink and wash drawing of farm laborers digging in a hilly landscape with distant mountains and trees under a hazy sky.

Landscape in Latium with Farm Laborers

Claude Lorrain, about 1660-1663

Watercolor still life of a blue lidded pot, white pitcher, teapot and apples on a white cloth and patterned fabric.

Still Life with Blue Pot

Paul Cézanne, about 1900-1906

Brown wash drawing of shepherds and cattle resting under a tree beside a cascade, with a hilltop town in the distance.

A Landscape with Shepherds Resting Under a Tree by a Cascade (recto); Sketch of a Landscape (verso)

Francesco Zuccarelli, mid-1700s

Drawing of loaded horse-drawn wagons and travelers crossing a frozen flat landscape with windmills on the horizon.

A Scene on the Ice with Skaters and Wagons

Moulin, 1655

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining lion with a full mane, head turned toward the viewer, tail curling to the right.

Study of a Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Brown wash drawing of a seated laureled poet beside lyre-playing figures in an oval frame, with the name Savage above.

Frontispiece Design for Bell’s Poets of Great Britain, Savage

Angelica Kauffmann, 1779-1781

Brown wash drawing of monks mourning around a draped body on a bier, with two angels hovering in a vaulted hall.

The Deaths of the Blessed Ugoccione and Sostegno (recto); A Study of the Farnese Hercules (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, about 1604-1612

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted man with a spear approaching a town, flanked by companions and nude figures.

Taddeo Returns to Rome Escorted by Drawing and Spirit toward the Three Graces

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pastoral drawing of a woman on horseback guiding sheep past a palm tree, with shepherds and distant hills.

Pastoral Journey

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, about 1650

Pastel portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat holding a black hat against a grey background.

Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822)

John Russell, 1793

Study for the Figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Fra' Bartolomeo, about 1509

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling falconer with a dog and horse in a rolling landscape with a distant town.

A Falconer in a Landscape

Monogrammist MS, 1557

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, 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

Vincenzo Carducci, 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

Drawing of an angel in flowing robes with outstretched arm, beside a separate study of folded drapery, in brown wash.

Study of an Angel and of Drapery

Innocenzo da Imola, about 1520

Red chalk drawing of a swooning Virgin held by three women, with standing draped men and a nude study at right.

The Swooning Virgin Supported by Three Holy Women and Three Studies of Men (recto); Saint George and the Dragon (verso)

Cesare da Sesto, about 1510

Grey wash drawing of a ruined tower on a rocky hill with trees, a wooden gate and two small seated figures in front.

Landscape with Château Gaillard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Pencil sketch of three entwined figures standing on a mound, drawn on a cream page.

Group of three figures

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor of a woman in a white dress and bonnet raking a garden path beside a tree, with a pavilion behind a hedge.

The Duchess of Chaulnes as a Gardener in an Allée

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1771

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female allegory beside a crowned oval cartouche, with a laurel wreath and drapery abov

Allegory in Honor of Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Charles Errard, about 1672

Watercolor of a plum branch with blossoms, a striped caterpillar, pupa, cocoon, and a pink moth with eyespots above.

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum, plate 13 of the Caterpillar Book

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679

Portrait of Antonio Canova

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1787

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing two lions, one with a full mane at lower left and a muscular body with paws.

Pair of lions

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Watercolor sketch of a picador on a horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, with spectators in the stands.

Bullfight

Édouard Manet, 1865

Charcoal drawing of tall poplar trunks rising from a dark field, with soft light on their upper parts and grainy shading.

Poplars

Georges Seurat, about 1883-1884

Pen and ink drawing of four robed saints standing on steps, one wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a book.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno)

Andrea Mantegna, 1456-1459

Watercolor plate of antique furniture and bronze objects from Herculaneum, including lamps, a lion-footed table and a sphinx

Vases, Furniture and Objects Discovered at Herculaneum

Pierre-Adrien Pâris, 1777

Brown wash drawing of Christ and the Canaanite woman with disciples before a large tree and distant landscape in an arched fr

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Bagnacavallo, about 1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a family with children, a nursing mother, a camel and donkey under a tree in a landscape.

A Family in a Desert Landscape

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Black chalk drawing of a standing woman in a headscarf and long dress holding a muff, on toned brown paper.

Standing Woman Holding a Muff, Turned Slightly to the Left (recto); Studies of Heads (verso)

Pietro Longhi, about 1755-1760

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man in a feathered cap playing a guitar, with a dog at lower right.

A Seated Man Playing a Guitar

Pietro Antonio Novelli, about 1760

Pen and watercolor drawing of a walled city with towers and a church spire beside a river, with blue hills behind.

View of a Walled City in a River Landscape

Master LCz, about 1485