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Engraving of a chaotic battle with mounted warriors, chariots, fallen soldiers and a burning city behind.

Battle with a Cutlass

Agostino Veneziano, 1530-31

Engraving of Venus on a shell in the sea, Eros rowing a boat, a male figure at left, and putti among clouds above.

Eros in the Sea

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of nude Venus reclining on a dolphin with a winged cupid and butterfly above the sea.

Venus Reclining on a Dolphin

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1516

Engraving of a bacchanalian procession with Silenus riding an ass, satyrs, maenads, a lion, and putti in a classical setting.

The procession of Silenus who is carried on an ass preceeded by a bacchant playing the cymbals and other figures

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1531

Engraving of a messenger blowing a trumpet as figures ride through clouds toward an embracing couple in a roundel above.

The News Brought to Olympus

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Pencil sketch of two women talking in a shadowed doorway beneath a wooden balcony, with steps and a figure on the left.

Two Women Talking in a Doorway

Théodore Rousseau, 1830-31

Brown ink sketch sheet with reclining male figures, a nude torso, and several heads, by Eugène Delacroix.

Figure Studies related to "Liberty Leading the People"

Eugène Delacroix, 1830

Pen and graphite anatomical studies of a flayed figure and two reclining cadaver figures on a pale sheet.

Écorché: Three Studies of a Male Cadaver

Eugène Delacroix, n.d.

Watercolor and pencil design study of Spanish-style tiles with flower motifs, a red and green frame and annotated color notes

A Wall Decorated in Spanish Tiles

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a courtyard with arched doorways, a figure in a doorway, and a domed building behind.

Figure in a Doorway

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Engraving of a draped female figure holding reins while a winged putto peers from behind a column.

Temperance

Agostino Veneziano, 1517

Engraving of a Doric entablature with a bull skull garland, rosette, and triglyphs, dated 1528.

Doric Entablature

Agostino Veneziano, 1528

Engraved frieze with a winged cherub, a siren with fish tail, a griffin and a serpent among acanthus scrolls.

Frieze with Eros and a Siren

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Watercolor drawing of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a seated congregation of men and women in a church interior.

A Sermon in a Village Church

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630

Brown ink sketch of Jupiter with curly hair and billowing drapery, with an eagle form and layered study lines.

Jupiter Hurling a Thunderbolt

Giulio Romano, 1530-37

Engraving of figures gathering manna in a landscape, some kneeling with baskets and jars, beside tents and rocks.

The Israelites Gathering Manna

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of a wolf-headed nude man standing beside a reclining bearded man on a couch, with wolves in a rocky landscape behi

Lycaon Transformed into a Wolf

Agostino Veneziano, 1524

Engraving of nude men climbing rocks beside trees, a clothed youth standing at left and a hilltop town in the distance.

The Climbers

Agostino Veneziano, 1524

Engraving of a winged skeleton holding an open book surrounded by emaciated figures, kneeling mourners and scattered skeletal

Skeletons

Agostino Veneziano, 1518

Pencil and wash design for a book cover titled Les Heures Claires, with Art Nouveau floral ornament and spine lettering.

Design for "Les Heures Claires" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Design drawing of a book cover with stylized roses, title lettering 'Les Heures d'Après Midi', and a spine label on tan paper

Design for "Les Heures d'Après Midi" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Pastel drawing of a sunset with rays of light through clouds above dark hills and trees.

Sunset

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1850

Ink and wash sketch of a mounted rider under a parasol amid robed figures and a crowd along arched street walls.

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1832-33

Graphite sketch sheet by Delacroix showing studies of heads, an arm, a foot, and facial profiles on tan paper.

Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres"

Eugène Delacroix, 1823

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several figure studies of reclining, struggling and draped figures by Delacroix.

Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon

Eugène Delacroix, 1833-35

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of draped women and heads, drawn as preparation for a Lamentation composition.

Studies of the Virgin and Holy Women for "The Lamentation"

Eugène Delacroix, 1842-43

Watercolor interior of a room with green velvet chairs, coffered ceiling, bookcases, lace-curtained windows and a potted palm

Interior of a Smoking-Room or Club-Room

A. Fix, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, including a cardinal in red, viewing a painting in a vaulted cloister corridor.

A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

François Marius Granet, first half 19th century

Ink and wash design for a funeral monument with draped allegorical women, a skull, a trumpeting angel and an inscribed cartou

Design for a Funeral Ticket

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with an oval painted sky, floral garland, medallions and ornate red and gray border

Design for Ceiling: Gallery of Château de Magnitot (recto); Decorative Design (verso)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century