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Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling old man greeting three winged angels, with a woman behind a curtain at left.

Three Angels Visiting Abraham

Charles Meynier, 1793

Standing Man with His Right Hand on His Chest

François-André Vincent, ca. 1787

Pencil sketch of a cat resting on all fours, seen from behind, with its head turned to the side.

A Cat Resting on All Fours, Seen from Behind

Édouard Manet, 1861

Grey wash drawing of a priest raising the host at an altar while kneeling worshippers fill a vaulted church interior.

Mass

Théodore Chassériau, ca. 1837-38

Ink and pencil sketch of a parade with musicians, a large drum, a brass instrument, and a crowd on a street.

A Parade

George Cruikshank, ca. 1850

Pastel drawing of a ballerina in a pale green tutu on pointe, one arm raised, against a soft green and ochre background.

Dancer in Green

Edgar Degas, ca. 1883

Pen and ink drawing of a standing nude male figure holding a bow, with fine hatching modeling the muscular body.

Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ("Poynter Apollo")

Albrecht Dürer, 1501-3

Red chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders, turned sideways with curly hair and an open-mouthed, upward gaze.

Bust of a Man

Wolfgang Huber, 1522

Pen and ink sketch of two women in full skirts beside a folding screen, with a swan, window and oval medallion in an interior

Study for "On Guardian's Power," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pen and gray wash design of a nude female figure holding a celestial globe inside an ornate oval scrolled cartouche.

Design for an Ornamental Panel with the Figure of Astronomy

Johann Matthias Kager, 1590-1637

Pen drawing of a wounded crane with an arrow in its breast, flying before a setting sun with radiating rays.

Wounded Crane with an Arrow in its Breast Before Setting Sun

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen sketch of figures in a circular medal design over a squared grid, with an arched inscription band above.

Design for a Box-Lid or Medal

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, ca. 1785

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of two reclining nude figures, a winged cherub, and drapery, titled Diana and Endymion.

Diana and Endymion

Januarius Zick, 1745-97

Pen and wash drawing of a hexagonal heraldic cartouche with a central shield, winged putti, garlands and scrollwork.

Design for a Coat of Arms with Putti holding Garlands

Tobias Stimmer, 1550-84

Pen drawing of an oval design with a flower garland framing a domed pavilion, cherubs and a reclining figure.

Design for a Navette

Hubert François Gravelot

Ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical classical facade with caryatids, balustrades, and a frieze of figures and a chariot.

Design for a Stage Set

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

Head of a Horse, after the Parthenon

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1825

Two watercolor designs for a rectangular box with canted corners, showing blue and pink borders, laurel garlands and pink bow

Two Separate Designs for the Top and Bottom of a Rectangular Gold Enameled Box with Canted Corners

Watercolor of a reclining man and seated woman in embroidered dress on a sunlit terrace with cushions and a rug.

A Moroccan Couple on Their Terrace

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man embracing a young woman who looks down, within an oval frame.

The Illmatched Couple

Jacob Matham, 1602

Six studies for Corréard and Savigny in the "Raft of the Medusa"

Théodore Géricault, 1818-1819

Head of a Young Girl and Studies of Hands and of her Right Foot

Charles de La Fosse, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of putti around a panel showing a nude archer aiming at pigeons.

Putti grouped around a rectangular panel

Half Figure of a Woman

Thomas Blanchet, 1660

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plump child with flowers, an urn on a pedestal, and a distant landscape with a tree.

Design for an Emblem with a Child Picking Flowers

Georg Strauch, 1633-75

Watercolor of a domed classical pavilion behind a formal garden with elegant strollers, a rocky basin and tall trees.

The Garden Façade of Bagatelle

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1779

Ink and wash drawing of a woman holding a child in a room with a bearded man, a pot, and a lattice window.

Mother and Child with a Doll

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Watercolor of imagined Roman ruins with arches, columns, carved reliefs, a statue in a niche, and overgrown stones.

Architectural Fantasy with Roman Ruins

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

A Lyre Bird

Charles Meryon, ca. 1846-55