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Black chalk drawing of a young man in half-length with a loose tunic and banded sleeves, mounted on a card.

Study of a Young Man (recto); Study of a Standing Man with a Beard (verso), accidental offset

Andrea del Sarto, 1523

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered wig, white cravat and brown coat with a blue drape, gazing at the viewer.

Sir James Gray, 2nd Bt.

Rosalba Carriera, about 1744-1745

Drawing of a leaning ivy-covered tree beside a winding path leading to a small house among rocks and distant trees.

A Wooded Landscape with a Path to a House

Lucas Achtschellinck, about 1640-1650

Portrait of a Lady

Jan van de Velde, 1639

Charcoal study of a nude seated young man leaning forward, with a reclining figure below, on toned paper.

Study of a Seated Young Man

Guercino, about 1619

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a plumed hat and decorated cape, holding a stick and sword, dated 1556.

An Officer of the Rank of 'Oberster Feldprofoss' in the Imperial Army

Jost Amman, 1556

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman in a turban with drapery over one arm, signed and dated 1855.

Female Nude with a Turban

Christian Friedrich Gille, 1855

Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, about 1500

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded old man seated at a table in an arched niche, wearing a cap and robe.

St. Jerome (recto); Kneeling Male Nude, with His Head and Shoulders Leaning Back (verso)

Juan del Castillo, about 1630-1650

Pastel portrait of a man in a gray wig, blue sash and dark cloak, hands clasped before a gray drapery backdrop.

Portrait of a Man

Joseph Vivien, about 1725

Drawing of a kneeling female saint looking up at angels and putti in clouds, with a city and ruins below.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria at the Wheel

Nicolò dell'Abate, 1547-1550

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds with a monk and a kneeling female saint in prayer below.

St. Francis (?) Interceding with the Virgin on behalf of a Female Saint

Juan Martín Cabezalero, about 1665-1670

Seated lion, two lion head studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Pen and ink drawing of harvesters in a wheat field with sheaves, a town skyline with church towers and a chimney behind.

Arles: View from the Wheatfields

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing female saint holding a palm frond, wearing a draped robe.

Saint Lucy

Fra Paolino, about 1525-1530

Graphite study of a seated bearded man in flowing drapery, one arm raised and the other holding a staff, on toned paper.

Study for the figure of Astasius

Eustache Le Sueur, about 1652

Botanical drawing of a guava branch with green leaves, white flowers, and two yellow fruits on a cream background.

Guava

Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1750s

Pencil and wash drawing of a slender tree with branching limbs and smaller trees with foliage at the lower left, on aged pape

Three Studies of Trees

Fra Bartolommeo, about 1508

Pen and ink drawing of a classical altar with Corinthian columns, a pediment, and statues in niches.

Design for an Altar

Baldassare Peruzzi, about 1527

Black chalk drawing of a standing man in a cap and cloak on blue-grey paper.

Standing Male Figure

Franciabigio, about 1515

Pencil drawing of a standing man in a long draped coat with hands clasped, head turned slightly to one side.

Joseph Wintergerst in a Floor-length Coat, Standing, with his Hands Placed on Top of one another

Wilhelm von Schadow, about 1811-1813

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing studies of armored, turbaned and kneeling figures with faint architectural outlin

Studies of Figures and Architecture (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Perino del Vaga, about 1542-1545

Pen and ink drawing of a toad-like creature clutching coins, an allegory of greed by Jacques de Gheyn II.

Allegory of Avarice

Jacques de Gheyn II, about 1609

Bishop Holding a Candle (recto); Draped Legs (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1493

Pencil sketch on sketchbook page with three studies of figure groups, including a standing man and horsemen.

Three compositional studies of figure group

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

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 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 Kauffman, 1779-1781

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

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 Bartolommeo, about 1509

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

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

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 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 le jeune, 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

Vicente Carducho, about 1626-1632

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Drawing of a swan among tall reeds beside a pond with water lilies, under a glowing full moon behind clouds.

A Swan Among the Reeds, by Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus, September 18, 1852

Brown ink and red chalk drawing of the Descent from the Cross with mourners beneath a cloudy sky.

Descent from the Cross

Phillip Roos, about 1696

Chalk drawing of a woman's head with downcast eyes and curly hair highlighted in white on tan paper.

Head of a Female Figure (recto); Female Nude (verso)

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, about 1610

Red chalk drawing of a bearded haloed saint standing on a pedestal, holding a book under draped robes.

Standing Saint

Francesco Morone, about 1510