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Charcoal and watercolor sketch of a narrow street with old buildings, a dark boat in the foreground, and a small figure.

Venetian Street Scene

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Loose watercolor of a Venetian-style canal with pale buildings, dark boats on the water, and an obelisk under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Loose watercolor of tall Venetian palaces along a canal with dark gondolas and figures at the water's edge under blue sky.

On the Grand Canal, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Loose watercolor of San Giorgio Maggiore's bell tower and dome across a grey Venetian lagoon at dusk.

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1840-1906

Watercolor and graphite seaport with masted ships, hazy buildings on the right, and figures on the quay in the foreground.

Seaport after Claude Lorraine (recto); Indecipherable sketch (verso)

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1840-1906

Pen and wash drawing of a thatched rustic cottage with a seated figure, barrels and baskets in the yard, and trees at left.

Cottage on the Road from Lausanne to Geneva

Joseph Farington, ca. 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded heavenly scene with clouds, angels, and saints arranged in four numbered sections.

Paradise

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1519-94

Black chalk and white highlight study of a muscular reclining male figure with curly hair on blue paper.

Study after Michelangelo's Giorno (recto and verso)

Jacopo Tintoretto, ca. 1550-55

Brown ink drawing of a group of trees with twisting trunks and leafy canopy above a rocky ground.

Group of Trees

Titian, 1485/90-1576

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a village with rooftops and a tower, with shrubs, tree stumps and a goat in the foregr

Landscape with a Goat

Titian, 1500-11

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Circumcision of Jesus, with a kneeling Virgin, a priest at an altar and onlookers in a temp

The Circumcision of Jesus

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 1555-1619

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man pointing to a monstrance on an altar, with a group of men and a column.

A Male Saint Followed by a Group of Men, Pointing to a Monstrance on an Altar

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 1555-1619

Pen and ink drawing of King Solomon in a niche beside the Visitation, with two haloed women embracing before columns.

The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth; King Solomon in a Niche at Left

Carlo Urbino, 1510-85

Pen and ink drawing of four draped female figures on pedestals, arms raised overhead, over a faint grid.

Four Canephori

Carlo Urbino, 1510-85

Red chalk and ink drawing of a crowned king and queen enthroned under a canopy, with courtiers and columns flanking the stage

The Coronation of Esther

Carlo Urbino, 1510-85

Sketch in red chalk and wash of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet while a group of haloed onlookers watches.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Francesco Vanni, 1583-1610

Red chalk drawing of a crowd of figures in ancient dress around a platform, with banners and spears behind them.

Scene from Ancient History (recto); Leg and Arm of a Nude Male Figure (verso)

Nicola Marcola, 1738-70

Pen and ink study of the Virgin with angels, putti, a saint and kneeling woman, plus scrollwork and a city skyline sketch.

The Virgin Protectress of the City of Siena

Francesco Vanni, 1588

Pen and ink figure studies of robed clerics, Adam and Eve, and a reclining skeleton on a pale sheet.

Figure Studies: Standing and Kneeling Clerics and Religious, Adam and Eve, and a Reclining Skeleton

Francesco Vanni, ca. 1602

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling cardinal with rosary among haloed saints and an angel, with a city view behind.

Cardinal Paolo Sfondrato Kneeling Before Saint Cecilia, Accompanied by other Saints

Francesco Vanni, 1563-1610

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded god receiving offerings from figures, with a goat, a reclining woman, and a distant c

The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn

Giorgio Vasari, 1555-56

Pen and red chalk design for a wall decoration with niches, saints, a chariot with horses, and clouds.

Design for a Wall Decoration: Representations of the Ascension and of the Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch

Giovanni de' Vecchi, ca. 1600

Muted drawing of a pale nude body being mourned by two hooded draped figures against a swirling dark background.

The Entombment

Edward Burne-Jones, 1879

Pen-and-ink drawing of a horse facing left, covered with measurement lines and handwritten numbers on aged paper.

Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left (recto)

Andrea del Verrocchio, ca. 1480-88

Sepia drawing of a crowded Italian town square with a church bell tower, a monument, and townspeople.

The Main Square in Andria (Bari)

Achille Vianelli, 1803-94

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed figure striding with a staff while a kneeling man reaches toward him.

Domine, Quo Vadis

Jacopo Vignali, 1592-1664

Fan mount design with a dancing couple, elegant seated women in gowns, arched colonnade and an oval landscape vignette.

Fan Mount: The Spanish Piazza

Charles Conder, 1896

Graphite landscape drawing of a winding path through woodland with pollarded trees framing a cloudy sky.

Young pollards

John Constable, ca. 1801

Pencil sketch of a cloudy sky over a low horizon with a few trees and small distant figures.

Cloud Study at Hampstead Heath

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1850-87

Grey wash drawing of a rolling landscape with clusters of trees, a winding path, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Derbyshire landscape

John Constable, ca. 1801-2