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Pencil sketch of a lion resting its head on the ground with eyes closed, mane shaded in loose strokes.

The Head of a Recumbent Lion

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a seated female nude on the right page and faint blue outline on the left.

Album of Forty-five Figure Studies

Edgar Degas, ca. 1882-85

Loose pencil and blue crayon sketch of two riders on horses beside sketched trees on cream paper.

A Woman and a Man on Horseback

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1879-81

Pencil study of an intertwined group of figures within an arched niche, drawn in loose overlapping strokes on paper.

Study for the Ugolino Group

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 19th century

Loose grey and white wash study of horses and riders in motion, a preparatory sketch for The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur.

Study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 19th century

Etching of two philosophers on a parapet, one pointing at a partly eclipsed sun beside an armillary sphere and classical buil

Two Philosophers Watching an Eclipse

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Loose watercolor and pencil landscape of a valley seen through trees, with green fields and a distant village under a pale sk

In the Oise Valley

Paul Cézanne, 1878-80

Charcoal drawing of a busy harbor promenade with a masted ship, townhouses, and walking figures under a pale sky.

The Port, Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1840-98

Two Dogs

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with a tower above shrubby foreground and rolling hills beyond.

View of Nemi

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1843 or 1826

Three sketched male heads in ink and brown watercolor on tan paper, signed with initials at lower left.

Three Male Heads

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Two Male Heads

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Grey-blue wash drawing of Roman rooftops and a bell tower with a draped statue on a pedestal in the foreground.

SS. Giovanni e Paolo, seen from the Villa Mattei, Rome

Jean Achille Benouville

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined road with a seated figure, leading toward a town with arches and a domed church.

View of Ariccia

Jean Achille Benouville, 1853

Study for “Madame Théodore Gobillard” (Yves Morisot)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Five O'Clock: Supper in London

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Lithograph of a red-haired woman in a pale dress reclining on red cushions, with a second figure resting behind her and black

Débauché

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Red chalk sketch on grey paper of a sprawled figure on a bed, a standing nude at center, and a seated figure in an interior.

Collapsed on the Bed

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Graphite and chalk drawing of a hilltop town above a lake, framed by trees, with a small figure on a path.

The Town and Lake of Nemi

Édouard Bertin, 1815-80

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with charging horsemen, fallen soldiers, and gunsmoke in the distance.

Battle Scene (Waterloo)

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1815-66

Etching of sea gods, nymphs and cherubs feasting and riding chariots across waves, with a female figure holding a conch horn.

Neptune and Amphitrite

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Etching of two women in a shell chariot pulled by sea creatures across waves, with tritons and musicians on the right.

Two Women Sitting in a Shell

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Engraving of Jacob drawing water at a well for sheep and a camel, with a woman in a flowing robe at left.

Jacob Draws Water for Rachel's Animals (Jacob abreuve le troupeau de Rachel)

Etching of a bull tossing a man over its back in an arena while a second man holds out sticks and others stand behind.

Plate 8 from "Tauromaquia": A moor caught by the bull in the ring

Francisco Goya, ca. 1816

Etching of dogs attacking a bull in a bullring, with a mounted rider and caped figures watching beside the wooden barrier.

Plate C: The dogs let loose on the bull, from "Tauromaquia"

Francisco Goya, ca. 1816

Etching of several bulls leaping and tumbling in chaotic motion against a dark background.

Little Bulls' Folly, from "The Disparates" (Disparates, Plate D)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1877)

Watercolor of the ruined Colosseum in Rome with overgrown arches, small figures on paths, and a cloudy blue sky.

The Colosseum, Rome

Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, n.d.

Pencil sketch of tall trees and rocky ground in a forest clearing, drawn in 1854.

Plateau de la Mare aux Fées (Forest of Fontainebleau)

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1854

Etching of a hanged man from a tree beside a seated figure in a cap, numbered 36, from Goya's Disasters of War.

Not [in this case] either (Tampoco), plate 36 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra)

Francisco Goya, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop palace with an arcaded facade, surrounded by trees and a rolling landscape with distant moun

Castello Colonna at Genazzano, Italy

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1835