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Oil study of billowing clouds at sunset with pink and golden light above a dark distant horizon with trees.

Study of Clouds with a Sunset near Rome

Simon Alexandre Clément Denis, 1786-1801

Oil portrait study of a man with curly hair, white collar and blue jacket with red shoulder detail, against a dark background

Portrait Study

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Oil study of billowing clouds lit by pink sunset light above a distant treeline and flat horizon.

Study of Clouds with a Sunset near Rome

Simon Denis, 1786

Four Studies of a Male Head

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1617-1620

Oil study of a man with curly hair in a blue jacket and white collar, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of the Model Joseph

Théodore Géricault, about 1818-1819

Saint Augustine in gold vestments writes at a desk, gazing up, as figures sprawl beneath him in a dim study.

Saint Augustine in his Study Trampling the Heretics

Philippe de Champaigne, about 1642

Two lunette drawings: a bearded man pours wine beside a table of vessels, and a youth runs past onlookers near a column.

"Bearded Man Filling a Glass" and "Youth Running"

Giorgio Vasari, about 1544-1545

Studies of lion, compositional group figure study, two caricature head studies

Théodore Géricault, 1812-1814

Opera Fan and Ernest Reyer

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Collage of engravings, painted flowers, gold leaf rays, handwritten verse, angels, a serpent and skulls on a tan ground.

Collage

John Bingley Garland, 1850s-1860s

Botanical watercolor of a Spiraea stem with white flower spikes and serrated green leaves, with Latin caption below.

Spiraea

Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1743

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling veiled woman reading a book at a garlanded pedestal within an arched frame.

The Virgin Annunciate

Lazzaro Bastiani, about 1464-1468

Pen and watercolor street view of a church spire and half-timbered houses with a stone archway, in muted grey and ochre tones

View of the St. Jacob's Church and the Inn, Maastricht

Josua de Grave, 1670

Watercolor drawing of a vaulted cellar with owls, roosters, bats, mice, a monkey in red, and a hooded figure at a curtain.

An Enchanted Cellar with Animals

Cornelis Saftleven, about 1655-1670

Black chalk drawing of a shepherdess beside a tall tree in a pastoral landscape with rocks and distant figures.

Shepherd and Shepherdess in a Bucolic Landscape

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Drawing of a gentleman in armour supporting a young woman beneath a tree, with a walled city and river behind them.

Young Woman Assisted by a Gentleman

Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, about 1609-1611

Chalk drawing of a seated woman with curled hair, lace cuffs and crossed hands, drawn on grayish-blue paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1758-1762

Grey wash drawing of three sailing warships in battle at sea, with gunsmoke and striped flags, on rough water.

A Battle at Sea

Ludolf Backhuyzen, 1692

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a man in a cloth hat, turned three-quarters, on blue-gray paper.

Self-Portrait Wearing a Cloth Hat

Jonathan Richardson the Elder, about 1730-1735

Brown wash drawing of a tall crumbling ruin with shrubs on a rocky outcrop under a pale sky.

Ruins in a Landscape

Jan Asselijn, about 1646

Grey wash drawing of an arched tavern courtyard with a staircase, column, wooden tables, barrels and seated figures.

Courtyard of an Italian Tavern

Thomas Adriaensz. Wyck, about 1644-1653

Three Studies of Women (recto); Four Studies of Hands and a Counterproof of a Kneeling Young Man (verso)

Abraham Bloemaert, 1620s

Pen and ink drawing of the Lamentation: mourners surround Christ's body beside a crown of thorns and a cross on a rocky hills

The Lamentation

Battista Franco, 1545-1550

Stormy sea with fishing boats and sailing ships near a rocky headland, with figures on the shore battling the wind.

Fishing Boats in a Storm

Marco Ricci, about 1715

Graphite portrait drawing of a woman with center-parted hair, facing forward, on cream paper with sketched outlines.

Madame Moitessier

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1851

Pen and ink drawing of a barefoot bearded figure in draped cloth holding a spade on grassy ground.

Christ as the Gardener

Upper Rhenish Master, about 1470-1490

Brown wash drawing of Christ crucified with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and Saint John below, in an arched frame.

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John

Pietro da Cortona, about 1661

Pencil sheet with fourteen numbered vignettes of a tiny boy in scenes with animals, carts, a tower and a tree.

Fourteen Scenes Related to the Tale of Tom Thumb

Oswald Adalbert Sickert, about 1851

Pen and blue wash drawing of a haloed robed figure with outstretched arms among elephants, camels, a peacock and sheep.

Creation of the Animals

Crispijn van den Broeck, 1575

Pen and wash drawing of fashionably dressed figures crowding a lobby with panelled doors and a wall lamp.

Box-Lobby Loungers

Thomas Rowlandson, 1785