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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, 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

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

Brown wash drawing of an archer beside a seated mother holding an infant, in an oval frame with a verse caption below.

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

Angelica Kauffmann, 1779-1781