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Pencil sketches on a page of a man beside a rearing horse, with several quick studies of horses in motion.

Six studies for man beside a rearing horse

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Ink and wash frontispiece drawing of a standing shepherd with a crook in an oval frame, with a verse inscription below.

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

Angelica Kauffmann, 1779-1781

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded god amid columns, winged putti and a lion, by Pietro da Cortona.

Cybele before the Council of the Gods

Pietro da Cortona, 1633

Chalk study of a draped Venus-like woman reaching out while a winged cupid clings to her leg, on tan paper.

Study for the figures of Venus and Cupid (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Simon Vouet, about 1630-1635

Circular pen and brown wash drawing of a bridal scene with women on a canopied bed and courtly figures in a columned interior

Bridal Scene

Jörg Breu the Elder, about 1520-1525

Drawing of a snarling lion lying down, mouth open showing teeth, rendered in brown and red chalk and wash.

A Lion Snarling

Cornelis Saftleven, about 1625-1633

Brown wash drawing of a rocky outcrop, trees, a dirt road with resting travelers, a cottage, and a distant village.

Mountain Landscape with Figures

Herman Saftleven, 1648-1652

Watercolor collage with a woman in a white dress, a harbor town, a rowboat, sailboats and sky studies.

A Trompe l’oeil Collage

Alfred Stevens, about 1890

Pen and ink drawing of the Resurrection: a risen Christ rises above sleeping soldiers beside a tomb, with angels in clouds.

The Resurrection

Santi di Tito, about 1568

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young man's head with curly hair, looking upward, with cross-hatched shading.

The Head of a Young Man

Parmigianino, about 1539-1540

Black chalk drawing of a young man's head with curly hair, looking directly outward, on aged cream paper.

Head of a Man

Bronzino, about 1550-1555

Pen and wash drawing of a winter village street with a frozen canal, a wooden bridge, skaters, and gabled houses.

A Street in Jisp on a Winter's Day

Abraham Rutgers, before 1664

Forest landscape with hunters, dogs, and a river, framed by an ornate border; Venus and Adonis scene at lower left.

Landscape with the Story of Venus and Adonis

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude dancing male figure with a lion-head drape, set within an oval frame.

Dancing Votary of Bacchus

Nicolas Poussin, about 1635

Brown ink drawing of a river winding past a forest edge, with tree stumps in the foreground and a small cottage beyond.

The Loing River at the Edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau, about 1830

Grey wash drawing of Saint Sebastian with an arrow in his side, tended by hooded figures, one holding a candle, over a grid.

Figures Tending to the Wounded Saint Sebastian

Andrea Lilio, about 1596

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated artist in a cap working beside a large easel in a studio.

An Artist in His Studio

Rembrandt van Rijn, about 1630

Brown ink drawing of an academy lecture hall with tiered benches, a nude model on a platform, students and a dog.

The "Accademia Clementina" Bologna, with a Nude Being Positioned by the Drawing Master, the "Farnese Hercules" beyond

Giampietro Zanotti, 1739

Watercolor of a man drinking from a long horn as a couple and a dog watch beside him, dated 1689.

Drinking Man Observed by a Couple and a Dog

Cornelis Dusart, 1689

Watercolor of villagers feasting and drinking outside a tavern on a village street, with a church spire in the distance.

Peasant Festival on a Town Street

Adriaen van Ostade, 1674

Brown ink and wash drawing of Joseph gesturing to two seated prisoners in a stone prison with arches and a barred window.

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of his Fellow Prisoners

Francesco Fontebasso, about 1750

Pen and brown wash drawing of an armored man handing keys to a bearded robed figure, with helmeted attendants standing behind

Cardinal Albornoz Gives the Farnese the Keys to Valentino

Taddeo Zuccari, about 1565

Ink and wash drawing of a caricatured man in a long overcoat, large wig and buckled shoes, standing frontally.

Caricature of a Man Wearing an Overcoat

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, about 1753-1762

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with an angel and sketched head studies, by Guido Reni.

Holy Family with an Angel

Guido Reni, mid-late 1590s

Brown ink drawing of a rearing horse seen from behind, with flowing mane and tail and small sketches in the corners.

Study of a Rearing Horse

Jacques Callot, about 1616

Black chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair and a lace collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Andrea Previtali, about 1520-1525

Brown ink drawing of a city street with palazzo facades, two men in conversation, and a bearded artist seated at an easel.

Taddeo Rebuffed by Francesco Il Sant'Angelo

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Pen and ink drawing of the Rhine at Koblenz with boats on the river and the Ehrenbreitstein fortress on a cliff at right.

View of Koblenz with the Rhine and Fortress Ehrenbreitstein (recto); View of the Heidelberg Castle (verso)

Johann Adam Klein, 1815

Head of an Old Man

Jacques de Gheyn III, about 1616

Brown ink drawing of a lagoon with sailing boats and a fortress with arcades on the shore.

An Imaginary View of a Venetian Lagoon, with a Fortress by the Shore

Francesco Guardi, about 1750-1755