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Engraving of the Pentecost: Mary and the apostles look up at the Holy Spirit dove and rays of light, with angels above.

The Pentecost

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Engraving of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles below a descending dove, rays of light and angels in clouds.

The Pentecost

Giovanni Battista Mazza, 1574

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure leaning forward with outstretched arm, with two small standing figures to the right.

Male Figure Study

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of the Pentecost: Mary and the apostles gathered in a room beneath a radiant dove and clouds, with flames above the

The Pentecost

Claes Janszoon Visscher II

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of two seated children, one lifting a large jar and one holding out a bowl.

Two Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of a kneeling saint being stoned by a crowd before a walled city, with two divine figures in clouds above.

The Martyrdom of St Stephen

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Pencil sketch of a man with round spectacles and curly hair, head resting on a cushion, on a sketchbook page.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1850

Preliminary Studies for Portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and frock coat seated on a balloon-back chair, legs crossed, on a sketchbook page.

Man Seated on a Chair

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a geometric chair-like form on an otherwise blank sketchbook page.

Geometrical Figure

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Engraving of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider, armored horsemen, and heavenly light breaking through clouds above.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Engraving of the Trinity in clouds with a dove, angels, and saints with books gazing upward above a landscape.

The Adoration of the Trinity

Cornelis Cort, 1566

Engraving of enthroned Christ among saints, angels and the Holy Spirit dove, with Church Fathers debating a eucharistic monst

The Dispute of the Church Fathers over the Holy Sacrament

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Etching of merchants at a table showing prints to customers, with a soldier and two children at right, by Jacques Callot.

Frontispiece, from "Varie Figure" (Various Figures)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1620

Engraving of a kneeling man in a forest with a horse, a stag, and a distant village under a cloudy sky.

St. Eustace in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Etching of a masked captain with feathered hat and sword beside a stooped hooded figure, with a town street behind.

Copy of Capitano Spessa Monti and Bagattino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

Etching of two commedia dell'arte figures, Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, facing each other with swords and feathered hats.

Copy of Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

Etching of a haloed bishop preaching to a crowd in a forest clearing, with soldiers at right and a village in the distance.

Saint Amond, St. Nicholas, or St. Séverin

Jacques Callot, ca. 1625

Etching of a rocky landscape with a castle, village, central tree, two travelers with a dog, and a river with boats.

Tobit, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Watercolor interior of a basilica with rows of columns, coffered ceilings, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Interior View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Anton Hallmann, 1833

Pen and wash design drawing of an arched rococo entrance portal with scrollwork, flower garlands and columns.

Design for an Entrance Portal with a Single Door

Michael Furtner the Elder, ca. 1720

Pen and watercolor design for a pulpit with a canopy, carved balustrade, staircase and floor plan on aged paper.

Design for a Pulpit

Michael Furtner the Elder, 1690-1720

Watercolor drawing of a circular domed market hall with a tall column, carts and figures in a cobbled street.

La Halle aux Blés, Exterior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Watercolor interior of a vaulted grain hall with brick arches, columns, a dome at left, and workers stacking flour sacks.

La Halle aux Blés, Interior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a tiered fountain with figures and cascading water, with a circular floor plan below.

Project for a Fountain for La Place Louis XV

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1806

Portrait of Giovanni Ricasoli, aged 5

Luigi Sabatelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of Roman figures in a colonnade, a youth embracing a dying man beside armor, soldiers watching.

Scene from Roman History, depicting a Youth receiving Armor from a Dying Man (Scipio Africanus and His Son?)

Mathieu-Ignace van Bree, late 18th-mid 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of two altarpiece wings with saints John the Baptist and Catherine in arched niches under angels.

Two Wings of an Altarpiece depicting Saints John the Baptist and Catherine in Niches Surmounted by Angels

Jan van Scorel, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, an ox and a donkey under an arched port

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, 1599

Brown wash drawing of Adam and Eve in a forest, Eve holding a branch as a serpent coils around the tree above.

The Temptation of Eve

Pieter van Lint, 1639