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Circular drawing of an imaginary landscape with classical ruins, a draped statue beside a fountain, and trees.

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins; Fountain in Foreground

Carlo Fantaccini, 1700-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man in a turban and robe, seated on a ledge holding a scroll.

Seated, Bearded Man Holding a Banderole

Paolo Farinati, 1524-1606

Chalk head study of a bearded man turned to the upper left, with white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Grey wash drawing of overgrown classical ruins with receding arches and a large tree, set in a circular vignette.

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

Carlo Fantaccini, 1700-50

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Engraving of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist in a river, with an angel holding robes and God and dove above.

Baptism of Christ

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1470-74

Red chalk drawing of a crowned woman with a unicorn and two putti in an arched niche.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Two Putti (recto); Study of the Same Figures (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1642

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Holy Family in an interior, with the Christ child holding a cross beside Mary and Joseph.

Holy Family in an Interior

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, 1479

Engraving of Christ with a staff and Mary Magdalene kneeling before him in a landscape with a bare tree and fence.

Noli me Tangere

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1470-74

Circular pen and ink drawing of a stoning scene with a man throwing stones at seated elders before a walled city.

The Stoning of the Elders

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of figures fighting in a churchyard with tombstones, a wind-bent tree, and a Gothic church behind them.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1775

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, one a bishop with a crosier.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Girolamo da Treviso, 1498-1544

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical figures in a circular roundel, including a nude man and a kneeling putto among clou

Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Pen and wash drawing of a draped woman with a celestial globe and winged putto within an ornate scrolled frame.

Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Mauro Gandolfi, ca. 1798

Loose brown ink sketch of a charioteer leaning forward while driving a horse-drawn chariot across a pale sheet.

Charioteer

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Brown ink and wash drawing of women finding a child on a riverbank beneath a tree, with a distant hilltop town.

The Finding of Moses

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Watercolor landscape with a blue mountain, a hillside village, a leaning tree, and fishermen hauling a boat on rocks.

Landscape with Fishermen

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Pen and ink sketch of a seated figure receiving an object from a smaller turbaned figure beside him.

Seated Figure Receiving an Object Presented by a Smaller Figure

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and green wash drawing of rococo scrollwork and leafy foliage forming an ornamental border around a blank center.

Design for a Framing Motif

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Pen and ink sketch of two studies of a kneeling male figure in flowing drapery, one facing left and one seen from behind.

Two Studies of a Kneeling Male Figure (recto); Handwritten letter (verso)

Guercino, ca. 1652

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1540

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and infant children, by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1514-22.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Pontormo, 1514-22

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Right

Guercino, 1640's

Red chalk drawing of women gathered around a flower-crowned white bull, with cupids and an eagle above and a ruined column in

The Rape of Europa

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a winged figure supporting a reclining nude reaching toward a round object above clouds.

Time and Truth

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and watercolor sketch of nude bathers beside a tree in a forest clearing, with a seated figure in red drapery.

Bathers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Brown wash drawing of a nude man bound to a cross as robed figures surround him under a cloudy sky.

Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, after Mattia Preti

François-André Vincent, ca. 1774

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by three nude putti in swirling poses.

Woman Transported by Three Putti

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling man on a stepped dais, with two standing clergy under an arch.

Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87