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Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a wooden bridge, large trees, a walking figure, and a house on the right.

Landscape

Roelant Roghman, 17th century

Hand-colored page with watercolor cattle and sheep above a poem, The Clod & the Pebble, and small ducks and frogs below.

Songs of Experience: The Clod & the Pebble

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Page from Blake's Songs of Experience with the poem Holy Thursday, watercolor scenes of a standing woman, mountains and child

Songs of Experience: Holy Thursday

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting among cattle, sheep and goats, with a piper and a ruined tower on a hill.

Pastoral

Willem Romeyn, 1640-94

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure beside a row of heads and partial figures on tan paper.

Alcibiades Interrupting the Symposium (recto); Sketches of the Baptism of Christ and of a Man (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1601-02 (recto); ca. 1601 (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling figure before standing robed women on stone steps, after Rubens.

Presentation in the Temple

Peter Paul Rubens, recto 1611; verso 1601-2

Illuminated page with the poem The Little Girl Lost, two embracing figures, a lion, and a vine border in watercolor.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Lost

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Blake illuminated page: a reclining woman in pink beside tents, and a lioness below beneath a branch, with poem text.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Lost (second plate); The Little Girl Found

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a poem in red text, showing a reclining nude, two children, lions, and a twisted tree.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Found (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored print of a small figure in snow beside a cottage, with a poem titled The Chimney Sweeper above.

Songs of Experience: The Chimney Sweeper

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored Blake page with a verse above a woman in pink combing a child's hair beside vines and a seated figure.

Songs of Experience: Nurses Song

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a thorny rose plant, a worm in the foreground, and the printed poem The Sick Rose by William Blake.

Songs of Experience: The Sick Rose

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor illustration of a woman and child beneath a tree, with a winged figure and a poem about a fly above.

Songs of Experience: The Fly

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page by William Blake showing a reclining woman and a winged angel beneath a tree, with the poem The Angel below

Songs of Experience: The Angel

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page of Blake's poems My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower and The Lilly, with a watercolor vignette of two figur

Songs of Experience: My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower, The Lilly

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pen sketch of a man in plumed cap and armor and a woman in jeweled headdress, with handwritten colour notes.

Carolus, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Gerberga

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill surrounded by soldiers, a kneeling fire tender, and an angel above, in gray chalk.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Peter Paul Rubens, early 17th century

Hand-colored page with William Blake's poem The Tyger, showing a striped tiger beside a tree under a watercolor sky.

Songs of Experience: The Tyger

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior from behind, surrounded by rearing horses, soldiers, and raised spears in a battle.

Battle Scene

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Hand-colored page with three robed figures by a barred gate in a garden, above the handwritten poem The Garden of Love.

Songs of Experience: The Garden of Love

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a embracing seated couple under radiant light, verse titled The Little Vagabond, and figures by a fire

Songs of Experience: The Little Vagabond

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with an old man in blue bending toward a child beside a brick wall, above the poem "London".

Songs of Experience: London

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page with hand-colored poem The Human Abstract above a bearded man in blue clutching his head beside a tree.

Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing a mother in pink reaching for a naked infant on a bed beneath the poem Infant Sorrow.

Songs of Experience: Infant Sorrow

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Experience with the poem A Poison Tree, a tree, and a reclining figure below.

Songs of Experience: A Poison Tree

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem A Little Boy Lost, kneeling figures, flames and a thorny green vine beside the text.

Songs of Experience: A Little Boy Lost

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored illuminated page of Blake's poem A Little Girl Lost, with red script and a tree with vines on the right.

Songs of Experience: A Little Girl Lost

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored illuminated page with poem To Tirzah above three robed figures tending a reclining nude beside green hills.

Songs of Experience: To Tirzah

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Study of a Standing Female Saint

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Hand-colored page of Blake's poem The School Boy, framed by vines with small children at the base and a climbing figure.

Songs of Experience: The School Boy

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page with hand-lettered verse and watercolor scene of a bearded bard playing a harp before a group of robed figur

Songs of Experience: The Voice of the Ancient Bard

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Brown ink and wash drawing of a scowling bearded satyr face with curly hair on an oval sheet.

Head of a Satyr (Silenus)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620-30

Pen and ink study of a bearded man's head tilted downward, with curly hair and beard, on toned paper.

Head of Silenus

Peter Paul Rubens, early 17th century

Oval drawing of a mythological feast with a donkey-riding figure, revelers at a table, and cherubs, in white ink on blue pape

King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Oval drawing on blue paper of nymphs reclining and dancing beside satyrs, one lifting a vessel, under a tree.

Nymphs And Satyrs

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude figure with long flowing hair and a twisted torso, on pale paper.

Hermaphrodite

Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a nude man turned left, with a bearded satyr head sketched beside him on pale paper.

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Left, Head of a Satyr

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Pen and white-heightened drawing of nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded glade, with seated musicians at the edges.

Dancing Nymphs in a Glade

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white heightened drawing on blue paper of classical gods feasting at a table among clouds, with cupids overhead.

Feast of the Gods

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Oval drawing of gods on clouds above sprawled nude giants among rocks, one figure holding a torch and a ladder nearby.

Fall of the Giants

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown and white wash drawing on blue paper of hunters on horseback and a nude man spearing a charging boar, with hounds.

Hunt of the Calydonian Boar

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white-heightened drawing on blue paper of Niobe's children being struck by arrows, with horses and a temple in the ba

Death of Niobe and Her Children

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Drawing of Perseus holding Medusa's head amid fallen warriors in a columned palace hall, with a banquet at left.

Fight Between Perseus And Phineus in the Palace of Cephus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of two draped prophets, one standing with a scroll and one seated reading, with a figure gesturing behind.

The Prophets David and Daniel

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1601-2

Pen and gray wash drawing of a canal with a wooden hut, a fisherman with a rod, a rowboat, and trees.

Canal Landscape with a Fisherman

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Engraving of a fortune teller reading the palm of a seated woman beneath a large tree, with onlookers and a small dog nearby.

The Fortune Teller and the Lady

Jacob de Gheyn II, ca. 1608

Pen and wash landscape of two figures talking in a field, a church tower and trees on the horizon, cloudy sky.

Landscape with Two Figures Conversing

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a cottage among trees, with a man and dog crossing a wooden footbridge at right.

House among Trees, at Right Man and Dog on a Footbridge

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a wooden dredging machine working in a canal beside brick houses.

Dredging a Canal

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pen and wash panorama of ruined Delft after the 1654 gunpowder explosion, with collapsed houses, debris, and church towers.

View of Delft after the Explosion of the Gunpowder Arsenal on October 12, 1654

Herman Saftleven, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river valley with rocky cliffs, a castle on a crag, boats on the water, and figures in the foregrou

River Landscape with Mountains

Herman Saftleven, 17th century

Graphite study of three standing men in long cloaks, one holding a torch and others holding hats, on pale paper.

Study of Figures: an Old Man Holding a Hat and Facing Forwards, and a Young Man Holding a Torch and a Hat, seen from…

Antoine Sallaert, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a river with a masted sailing boat and rowboat beside a densely wooded bank.

River Scene with Boats before a densely Wooded Bank

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a rocky cliff, ruins, a hilltop castle and a town with church spires.

View of Saumur

Willem Schellinks, mid-17th century

Drawing of a man in a cap playing a violin with head tilted back, beside a jug on a stool.

Man Playing The Violin

Hendrick Sorgh, 1645

Etched portrait of a young man with curly hair, dark coat and cravat, signed by Félix Bracquemond, 1893.

Portrait of Théodore Chassériau

Félix Bracquemond, 1893

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded river landscape with the Virgin and Child, a donkey, and kneeling angels in the foregr

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Herman van Swanevelt, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a horse-drawn covered carriage on a road beside a leaning tree and a horseman.

Carriage In A Landscape

Gérard ter Borch, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat handing a letter to a woman beside a tree on a cobbled street.

Scene From A Comedy

Jacob Buys, 1740-1801

Drawing of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a winding path, and a distant village on blue-grey paper.

Wooded Landscape with a House by a River

Lucas van Uden, 17th century

Chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair, lace collar and pearl ornament, shown head and shoulders on grey paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Wallerant Vaillant, 17th century

Ink and brown wash drawing of a spreading tree with drooping branches on a grassy mound.

Study of a Tree

Marten van Valckenborch, mid-16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded street with figures, a statue on a pedestal, and a hanging banner.

Emblematic Scene

Otto van Veen, 1607 or before (?)

Drawing of a sleeping pig lying on its side, head resting on the ground, rendered in soft graphite with a thin border.

A Sleeping Swine

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Dutch Ship: The Tholen (?)

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1625-93

Pen and ink wash drawing of peasants in hats and cloaks gathered in conversation, one man seated on a mound.

Peasants

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a three-masted warship at anchor with smaller ships on calm water.

Dutch Men of War at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large Dutch warship under sail in choppy sea, with smaller boats nearby.

Dutch Men Of War

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Old Ship Model

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of Dutch sailing ships with flags and rowboats on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships on a Harbour

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of warships in battle, with gunsmoke rising around a central ship flying a flag on calm water.

Sea Fight

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of becalmed sailing boats on calm water with a figure holding a long pole on a sandbank.

Boats Becalmed

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a line of sailing ships on calm water, with a large ornate stern vessel in the foreground.

A Fleet

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink sketches of sailing ships and small boats with masts and sails arranged in four rows on pale paper.

Studies of Ships and Boats

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship near a rocky coastline with cliffs and hills under a pale sky.

Coast Scene

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

The French Vessel "Courtisan"

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a rustic stone osteria with arched doorways, a wooden ladder, clay pots and climbing vines.

An Osteria in the Campagna

Jacob van der Ulft, mid-17th-late 17th century

Sepia drawing of a ruined Romanesque church with a rose window and bell tower under a cloudy sky, with small figures in front

The Mariakerk In Utrecht

Jacob van der Ulft, late 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman, a man in a plumed hat, a skeleton behind a curtain, and a child on a tiled floor.

To Each His Own Pastime (Elck Sijn Tijt-Verdrijff)

Adriaen van de Venne, ca. 1632 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a coastal dune landscape with figures, horses, a sailing boat, and a ruined building.

Landscape with Figures

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Pale brown wash drawing of a flat canal landscape with sailboats, a rowing boat of figures, windmills and a farmhouse.

Canal Landscape with Figures

Abraham de Verwer, 17th century

Pencil drawing of cows grazing in a flat landscape with a herdsman, sheep, trees and distant windmills under a cloudy sky.

Cows in a Landscape

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, 19th century

Graphite drawing of sheep and a lamb resting by a wooden fence, with a hen and a distant village in an open landscape.

Sheep in a Landscape

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, 1870

Engraved title page showing a reclining skeleton on a shrouded bier, flames, and an inverted nude figure holding a goblet.

The Skeleton Re-Animated, Title Page to "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Brown ink drawing of a mountainous valley with a hilltop town, travelers with staffs, a bridge, and a watermill.

Mountainous Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Tobias Verhaecht, 1575-1631

Engraving of a dying muscular man on a bed, a spirit rising above him, a woman mourning and a figure covering their face at r

Death of the Strong Wicked Man, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Pen and ink landscape of jagged mountains, pine trees, a wooden bridge over a river, and travelers on a road.

Mountainous Landscape with Travelers on a Road

Tobias Verhaecht, 1616

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a dark gown, white collar and lace cap, hands folded in her lap.

Portrait of a Lady

Cornelis Visscher, ca. 1655

Reddish-brown print of a man in a wide hat walking under an arch, with a sunburst at his side and handwritten text above.

Frontispiece to Jerusalem, the Emanation of the Great Albion

William Blake, [ca. 1804-20] (?)

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone interior with stacked arches and small figures and a dog in the foreground.

The Interior of the So-called Stables of Maecenas at Tivoli

Hendrik Voogd, 1793

Brown ink drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a bearded figure pouring water, a crowd of onlookers, and angels in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

Maerten de Vos, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of refugees leaving a shore with ships, a fortified city behind them, and a Dutch verse below.

Leaving Troy

Sebastiaen Vrancx, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with a rocky cliff, boats, and a town with church spires on the far bank.

View of Vienne on the Rhone

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, ca. 1587-89

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with trees, shrubs, clouds, and a traveler with a dog on a path.

River Landscape with Traveler

Cornelis Vroom, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of bare trees framing a stone arched bridge and a house with a steep roof beside a path.

A House near a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Pencil drawing of thatched farm buildings, a mill wheel, a rowboat and a bare tree in a rolling landscape.

Landscape with a Mill (recto); A Steepled Façade and Farm House (verso)

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century