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Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist and angels, sketched in loose lines.

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and a Donor

Workshop of Cambiaso, ca. 1560

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular nude Hercules raising a club beside a boar on rocky ground.

Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar

School of Cambiaso, ca. 1550

Pen and ink drawing of a standing young man in a helmet and armor holding a sword, on aged paper.

A Young Man in Armor, Facing Right

Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino, ca. 1425

Drawing of The Last Judgment: enthroned Christ in a mandorla above trumpeting angels, saints, and rising figures in grey-gree

The Last Judgment

Circle of Ottaviano Nelli, early 15th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus blindfolding a winged Cupid, with clouds and drapery around the figures.

Venus Blindfolding Cupid

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young man in armor and helmet, standing with a cloak draped over one shoulder, with faint sket

A Young Man in Armor, Facing Front

Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino, ca. 1425

Pen and brown ink drawing of a group of cloaked, veiled figures with detailed drapery folds on tan paper.

Group of Draped Figures

Antonello da Messina, early 1460s

Ink and wash drawing of the Virgin seated beside two embracing infants, with a figure behind and a distant landscape.

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a staff, set before a sketched architectural background.

A Man Seated on a Throne

Follower of Piero della Francesca, second half 15th century

Pen drawing of a nude figure before a mitred bishop under an arch, with clergy and onlookers in an interior.

Saint Francis Before the Bishop

Niccolò Solimani, ca. 1469

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular bearded men with an angel, an eagle, and an ox among them.

The Four Evangelists

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated bearded saint with halo reading an open book within an arched frame.

A Seated Saint Reading from a Book

Francesco Botticini, ca. 1475

Head of a Man in Profile

Luca Signorelli, 1490s

Charcoal study of a youth's head tilted upward with eyes gazing skyward, on aged paper.

Study of the Head of a Youth Gazing Upward

Pietro Perugino, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of five nude infants in varied poses, one seated on a tree trunk, another holding a bird.

Five Nude Infants in Various Poses

Raphael, ca. 1500

Drawing of a kneeling man in fifteenth-century dress, head raised, hands bound behind him, in brown and white on gray paper.

A Kneeling Man in Fifteenth-Century Costume (recto); a small, fragmentary sketch of a recumbant boy, probably by a la…

Pinturicchio, ca. 1509

Brown ink drawing of armored warriors standing in a group, with helmets, swords and decorated breastplates.

Group of Warriors Standing

Pietro Perugino, late 15th-early 16th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling friar in a hooded robe, gazing upward with arm raised, haloed.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Lo Spagna, early 16th century

Brown ink drawing of an elderly bearded man receiving communion from a robed priest, with two monks attending nearby.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1491-1503(?)

Pencil drawing of two studies of a standing youth in Renaissance clothing, one holding a staff, on tan paper.

Two Studies of a Standing Youth in Quattrocento Clothing (recto); a cardinal's hat on a fragmentary coat of arms with…

Pietro Perugino, ca. 1504

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of a man in a tall cap with curly hair, head turned and eyes lowered.

Head of a Man Wearing a Cap

Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1495-1505

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two haloed robed figures standing side by side, one gesturing with raised hand.

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Bartolomeo di Giovanni, ca. 1485-90

Pen and brown ink drawing of Orpheus among classical ruins, with a lion, a deer and other animals gathered nearby.

Orpheus

Unknown artist, early 16th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of the Madonna adoring the Christ child, with a kneeling angel beside them in a wooden she

The Madonna Adoring the Child, with an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, early 16th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a hilltop city, horsemen and crowds, with a columned niche and steps in the lower left.

Page from a Sketchbook Depicting a City under Siege and a Scene of Homage(?) (recto); standing figures and a horseman…

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520s

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint Sebastian, nude and bound to a tree, with an arrow and halo.

Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the r…

Il Sodoma, early-mid-16th century

Black chalk drawing of a seated nude man with crossed legs, with a smaller sketch of a draped seated figure below.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude

Pontormo, mid-16th century

Pencil portrait drawing of a young woman with a veil, beaded necklace and loose gown on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Pier Francesco Foschi, 1520-39

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude figures on clouds, with a cow, foliage and sketch studies, by Francesco Salviati.

Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso)

Francesco Salviati, mid-16th century