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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

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 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

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

Winged nude figure with shield and spear soars over a reclining woman entwined by a serpent, in ochre and green washes.

Satan Exulting over Eve

William Blake, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a rocky cliff on the left, tall trees, and distant hills under a pale sky.

A Wooded Landscape

Herman van Swanevelt, about 1629-1643

Drawing of a garden doorway with trellis walls, stone steps rising to a balustraded terrace and a flower urn.

Landscape with a Staircase and a Balustrade

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, about 1744-1747

Watercolor of a classical street with a temple, a chariot arriving, colonnades, an inscribed arch and robed figures.

Street Scene with Temple, Chariot Arriving

Frances Maria Lushington, 1839 ?

Pen and brown ink drawing of allegorical figures, winged beings and putti arranged among clouds.

An Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga

Giulio Romano, about 1530

Sepia ink drawing of two cloaked men crossing a frozen lake crowded with huddled figures, after Dante's Inferno.

Dante and Virgil Passing over the Frozen Lake of Traitors

Giovanni Battista Paggi, about 1590

Brown wash drawing of Hagar and Ishmael expelled by Abraham beside a column, with a dog and a winged angel.

The Expulsion of Hagar

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a ladder-back chair and a child seated in an armchair making lace.

A Lady and a Child Making Lace

Gérard ter Borch, January 21, 1629

Pen and brown ink drawing of a winding forest path with tall trees and a cottage where figures gather at the door.

View of a Path in the Hague Forest, with Beggars at the Door of a Cottage

Jan Lievens, about 1654-1658

Brown wash drawing of ferry boats with masts and tents moored by a riverbank, trees behind, figures working on deck.

The Valkenburg Ferry Boat

Jan de Bisschop, 1655-1660

Botanical study of a peony, irises and a star-shaped flower with several beetles on a pale background.

Flowers and Beetles

Hans Hoffmann, 1582

Pen and watercolor drawing of riders in red coats with hounds in a field, with a castle on a hill behind trees.

Landscape with Hunting Scene

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780s

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and Diana on clouds shooting arrows at fallen figures before a classical building.

The Sons of Niobe Being Slain by Apollo and Diana

Jan de Bisschop, about 1660-1670

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted church crypt with stone columns, a wooden chest, and two men sleeping on the floor.

The Crypt of a Church with Two Men Sleeping

Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger, possibly 1625

Watercolor of butterflies, a caterpillar, moths, beetles and insects arranged around red and white currant sprigs on a pale g

Butterfly, Caterpillar, Moth, Insects, and Currants

Jan van Kessel I, about 1650-1655

Watercolor and pencil drawing of Roman imperial palace ruins with arched brick walls, trees, a stream, and grazing goats unde

The Ruins of the Imperial Palaces in Rome

Carl Rottmann, about 1831

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men conversing in a prison interior with barred window and bench.

Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler

Govert Flinck, about 1639

Watercolor of a ruined stone gateway and tower with a man, woman, child and dog in the foreground.

Ruin of the Tiefburg at Handschuhsheim

Carl Philipp Fohr, 1813/1814

Red and black chalk drawing of two seated men in tricorn hats and draped coats, one leaning back, one gazing upward.

Two Seated Men

Nicolas Lancret, about 1725-1730

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a tower, trees, grazing sheep and cattle, and farm buildings under a wide sky.

The House with the Little Tower Seen from the Northeast

Adriaen van de Velde, about 1660

Painted study of two red peony blossoms and a branch with buds and green leaves on aged paper.

Studies of Peonies

Martin Schongauer, about 1472-1473

Pen and brown ink study of a crowd of seated and standing figures around architectural steps and blocks.

Christ Preaching in the Temple

Paolo Veronese, 1560s

Watercolor study of a young woman in a checked dress resting in a bentwood rocking chair, hand at her chin.

Young Woman in a Rocking Chair, study for the painting "The Last Evening"

Jacques Joseph Tissot, about 1873

Pen and wash drawing of a dead tree beside a stream, with a wooden bridge and a farmhouse on a hill.

Dead Tree by a Stream at the Foot of a Hill

Jacob van Ruisdael, about 1650-1660

Watercolor of a curving country road with a man, a carriage, trees, and a stone tower under a cloudy sky.

Louveciennes, Route de Saint-Germain

Camille Pissarro, 1871