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14,994 works

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded hermit beside a wooden cross in a rocky landscape, with sketched heads in the corner.

Two Hermits in the Wilderness

Domenico Maria Canuti, 1625-84

Ink and wash drawing of a nude figure with faces at left and a robed bearded figure holding a staff at right.

Christ in Limbo (recto); Saint with Rosary (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man reading a young woman's outstretched hand beside trees, with a child watching.

The Fortune Teller

François Boucher, ca. 1725-28

Ink and wash design for an ornate rococo frame with cherubs, an IHS monogram, and oval saintly medallions around a blank pane

Design for a Frontispiece Surmounted by the Sacred Monogram IHS

François Boucher

Red chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male figure with one arm raised overhead and drapery across his legs.

Fallen Huntsman

François Boucher, ca. 1736

Drypoint print of a swan and duck on rippled water with a faint sketched figure at left.

Swan and Duck, with Portraits of Julie

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Black ink print of a raven in flight with spread wings and extended talons on a cream paper sheet.

The Flying Raven, Ex Libris for "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Lithograph of a man reading at a lamplit desk in a dark room, with a chair at left and loose black hatching.

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Grey-blue drawing with white highlights of a mythological triumph, with a sea goddess and nude figures amid clouds and cherub

The Triumph of a Sea Goddess

Bon Boullogne, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man offering sacrifice at a smoking altar before a statue of Jupiter, with attendants and p

Sacrifice Offered before a Statue of Jupiter

Louis de Boullogne the Elder, 17th century

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude male figure seen from behind, leaning on an urn.

Reclining River God

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1694-1715

Drawing of a seated male nude with arms outstretched, modeled in white chalk on blue paper, signed Louis de Boullogne, 1704.

Seated Male Nude

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1704

Brown wash drawing of a classical landscape with arcaded buildings, trees, a hillside, and small figures near water.

A Classical Landscape with Buildings by a River

Sébastien Bourdon

Engraving of witches preparing for a sabbath in a grotto, with flying demons, a cauldron, rats and a distant town.

Witches Preparing for Sabbath

Andries Jacobsz. Stock, ca. 1610

Pencil sketch of two cover designs: a hunter with dogs and birds on the left, a shield-bearing woman and seated man on the ri

Cover designs for "Ulenspiegel au Salon"

Félicien Rops, ca. 1870

Brown wash drawing of a country chapel with a bell tower among trees, with a distant town at the left.

Landscape with a Country Chapel

Jacques Callot, 1605-35

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers in a camp with tents, a cart and a large tree under a hazy sky.

A Bivouac

Jacques Callot, n.d.

Four quick pen and ink studies of horses in varied poses on a pale sheet of paper.

Four Studies of Horses

Jacques Callot, 16th century

Brown and white wash drawing of cavalry in a skirmish, with a fallen drummer and rearing horses in the foreground.

Cavalry Skirmish with a Fallen Drummer at Left

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 1763

Grey wash drawing of mounted cavalry in a smoky skirmish, with a fallen soldier in the foreground right.

Cavalry Skirmish with a Fallen Soldier at Right

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of the château de Kerjean with a conical tower, a gateway and small figures in the courtyard.

Le château de Kerjean

Louis-François Cassas, 1777

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a young Saint John and two adoring angels.

Madonna and Child with Saint John, Saint Anne, and Two Angels in Adoration

Francesco Stringa, 1635-1709

Pencil drawing of Roman ruins with a tall broken tower, an arched doorway, overgrown shrubs, and two seated figures among fal

Trofei di Mario, Rome

Louis Chaix, 1776

Pencil and chalk drawing of a thatched farmyard shed with barrels, bundled sticks, a stone wall, and a seated figure.

Farmyard

Charles Michel Ange Challe, mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of the Colosseum interior with stone arches, a vaulted ceiling, and small figures among rubble.

View Within the Colosseum, Rome

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Pencil sketch of a cat beside a table with fish and fowl, with a hanging bird above, signed Chardin 1753.

Cat Surveying Fish and Fowl on a Table

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a wide sandy landscape with scrubby bushes, a distant walled city by the water, and small figures restin

Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor

Claude Louis Châtelet, late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a covered wooden bridge over a river with stone buildings, a hillside and small figures on the bank.

The Covered Bridge at Fribourg

Claude Louis Châtelet, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of two winged figures, a bearded man holding a written scroll and a woman writing with a quill.

Allegory of History

François Chauveau, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with trees, a man leading a donkey, and a seated woman with a child by a road.

Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635