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Red chalk sketch of an angel's half-figure looking upward, with draped robes and wing-like forms on grey paper.

Half-Figure of an Angel Looking Upward (recto); Bust of a Man in Left Profile (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-89

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman facing a stooped bearded man with a staff on a coastal path, with a dog and sea behind.

Hester and the Physician, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman walking with children past a large tree, with a village of half-timbered houses behind.

Pearl, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a village procession with a woman in a plain cloak, townspeople, children, and a church with clock tow

The Procession, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Ink and wash drawing of a rowdy party with dancing men, fallen figures, women watching, and trumpeters in a Gothic-windowed r

A Rowdy Party

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1845

Red chalk drawing of three arched niches with columns, draped canopies, and tomb-like catafalque designs under clouds and a f

Design for a Catafalgue Used on the Occasion of the Canonization of Saint Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Florence, 1669

Baldassare Franceschini, 1669

Brown wash drawing of a curly-haired winged angel leaning forward with arms resting on a closed tablet or book.

Cartoon Fragment for Adolescent Angel Leaning on a Tablet or Closed Book

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1690-95

Graphite sketch of steep rocky cliffs and a ridge with a small ruined tower under a pale sky.

Cliffs of Malbec at Mont-Dore, the Auvergne

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1830

Two Studies of a Woman in Peasant Costume

Alexandr Andreevic Ivanov, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of men handling sacks and barrels among horses and tents on a quayside.

Figures at a Quayside

Johannes Lingelbach, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a herdsman leading a donkey past sheep resting beneath a large tree.

A Herdsman with a Donkey

Jacob Van Der Does, 1658

Brown wash drawing of the Annunciation in a lunette, with the dove of the Holy Spirit radiating light between columns and fig

The Annunciation

Martin Fréminet, ca. 1610-15

Brown wash drawing of a mythological birth scene with a seated woman, an infant, cherubs, satyrs and nymphs in a wooded lands

The Birth of Adonis

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1684

Red chalk drawing of five nude putti playing with a goat on a pale sheet.

Five Putti Playing with a Goat (Bacchanalia)

Carlo Cignani, ca. 1690-95

Pink-toned drawing of a winged angel and a putto holding a looping ribbon banderole, with white highlights on drapery.

Putto and Angel Holding a Banderole

Antonio Franchi, 1706

Reddish-brown wash drawing of a winged angel holding a long pale banderole among clouds.

Angel Holding a Banderole

Antonio Franchi, 1706

Pen and ink sketches of Cain killing Abel beside an altar, with standing women, a hand, and a seated child.

Figure Studies: Three Sketches of Cain Killing Abel, with an Altar of Sacrifice at Center, Two Standing Women, a Hand…

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Pen and wash drawing of a flying draped female figure pointing toward clouds, beside a seated bearded man reading a book.

Allegory with a Flying Victory and a Seated Bearded Man with a Book

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Red chalk drawing of a youth with an outstretched arm and bowed head, sketched on pale laid paper.

Half Figure of a Youth with Outstretched Left Arm and Bowed Head (recto); Two Women, One Holding a Vase, the Other a…

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1554-61

Pen and gray wash drawing of Bacchus and Ceres with putti, a bearded sea deity, an amphora, and wheat.

Bacchus and Ceres Attended by Putti and a Marine Deity

Sebastiano Galeotti, 1676-1741/46

Chalk drawing of a helmeted warrior and seated woman while a painter at an easel gestures toward them in a studio.

Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1793-97

Graphite drawing of mourners around a reclining body on a bed in a classical room, with a standing man gesturing.

The Royal Family of Troy Mourning the Death of Hector

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Night drawing of a crowded city square with fireworks, an illuminated monument, a horse carriage and townhouses.

City Square with Fireworks

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1796

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude stretched across rocky ground, with soft hatched shading.

Reclining Male Nude (recto); Seated Male Nude (verso)

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1728-81

Pen and ink sketch sheet with seated figures, a child, and two flying draped figures in loose studies.

Studies of a Group of Seated Figures and of a Flying Figure

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and brown wash sketch of a reclining river god with a goat head, beside a heraldic shield and emblem studies.

Reclining River God, a Goat's Head, and Studies of Heraldic Emblems (recto); Cavalier Standing on a Globe Supported b…

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and ink sketch of several bending and standing male figures in loose drapery, with faint pencil studies behind.

Standing Figure and Figures Bending Over

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and brown ink sketch of two nude male figures, one seated and bowed, one reclining with raised arm.

Two Nude Male Figures, One Seated and One Reclining

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and brown wash drawing of Abraham raising a sword over Isaac on an altar as an angel intervenes, with a ram and tree at r

Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and brown wash drawing of God the Father appearing in clouds above a kneeling man in a rocky landscape with trees.

God the Father Appearing to a Kneeling Figure

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75