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Watercolor landscape of a dark mountain above a lake under a cloudy sky, with warm light and small figures by the shore.

Study for "The Ferry"-Snowdon from Lyyn Padran, North Wales

Peter De Wint, after 1829

Watercolor landscape of large trees along a dirt road on a grassy slope, with a dusky blue sky and distant hills.

A Parkland View at Dusk

William Leighton Leitch, ca. 1879

Watercolor of grey-sailed fishing luggers on calm water beside a stone pier at sunset, with figures and distant sails.

Fishing Luggers (Chasse-marée) Making Sail, Off Calais

Louis François Thomas Francia, ca. 1823

Sepia drawing of a rocky cave with a hunter playing a horn and a dog running in front of overhanging cliffs.

Rocky Landscape with Hunters

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1786

Etching of workmen hoisting an Egyptian obelisk with a wooden derrick, hieroglyphic blocks on the ground, and spectators at n

The Excavation of an Obelisk from the Campo Marzo

Jean Barbault, ca. 1749

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with figures harvesting wine, barrels, a temple and a distant city.

Landscape with Wine Harvest

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1630

Etching of a courtyard with a stone well, pulley bucket, brick ruins, washing basins, a donkey, and a figure at work.

The Well, from the series Landscape Scenes

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a tall obelisk beside a thatched cottage and footbridge in a flat landscape with distant buildings.

Cottage and Boundary Post on the Spaarndammerdijk ('L'Obelisque')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650

Engraved panorama of a Venetian ceremonial procession with gondolas on the water and crowds in a city square.

Procession of the Doge to the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, with a View of Venice, ca. 1565

Jost Amman, 1697

Red chalk and white highlight drawing on blue paper of a kneeling draped figure seen from behind, bare feet visible.

Study of a Draped Figure

Jean-François de Troy, ca. 1736-39

Pen and watercolor drawing of a chained prisoner in a vaulted stone cell, surrounded by armed guards and a monk.

Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen

Pierre Révoil, 1819

Red chalk sketch of a young man bent over a reclining figure, on an arched-top cream sheet.

A Young Man Seated, Bent over a Reclining Figure

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1845-50

Brown ink drawing of a wide dune landscape with a herdsman and sheep under a cloudy sky.

A Panoramic Landscape with a Herdsman and His Flock

Jan Ruischer, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate festival decoration with a staircase, candelabra, columns, relief panels and winged figures

Festival decoration

Antonio Gherardi, late 17th century

Charcoal drawing of slender trees on a slope overlooking calm water, low hills and a cloud-filled sky.

Le Cap Martin

Henri Harpignies, 1910

Etching of a sinking sailing ship in smoke, crew in lifeboats and swimmers in rough sea, with a steamship at left.

Combat Naval (L'Alabama coulant sous le feu de Kearsage)

Charles Longueville, August 1864

Etching of a great windblown beech tree with twisted roots, with two small figures and a dog in woodland at left.

The Great Beech (Two Farmers with their Dog)

Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1652

Etching of a great tree with a spiral wooden staircase on a stone terrace, surrounded by tall pines and small figures.

The Tree House at Pratolino

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of Christ crucified between two thieves, lit from above, with soldiers on horseback and a crowd below.

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1660

Engraving of a crowned king fleeing a unicorn through a forest, with armored horsemen and a stone archway nearby.

A King Pursued by a Unicorn, from the Unicorn Series

Jean Duvet, ca. 1555

Etched design of an ornate fireplace with a bird in a shell, armor frieze, overmantel with candelabra, and flanking chairs.

Bird in shell at the center of the lintel, with a frieze of trophies, surmounted by an overmantel with candelabra and…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769 (?)

Sepia print of a ruined Gothic abbey with arched windows, a seated figure on a slope, and a windblown tree.

Rivaux Abbey, Yorkshire, part X, plate 51 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812

Engraving with a seated bearded man, a skeleton, winged allegorical figures, and an oval portrait of a woman with a skull-hol

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Aegidius Sadeler, 1600

Etching of a young nude girl riding a satyr within an oval frame surrounded by leafy foliage, with a vessel on the ground.

A Young Girl Astride a Satyr

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Pen and wash design drawing of three rococo ribband back chairs with carved ribbon splats and cabriole legs.

Ribband Back Chairs

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Etching of three thatched gabled cottages beside a dirt road, with a large tree on the right and a distant village at left.

Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages Beside a Road

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Reddish-brown chiaroscuro woodcut in three panels showing nude men abducting women among horses and classical architecture.

The Rape of the Sabines

Andrea Andreani, 1585

Etching of a bull attacked by dogs in a bullring while a mounted horseman in a plumed hat watches from the right.

Plate 25 from "La Tauromaquia": They loose dogs on the bull

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull above a crowd of spectators tumbling over a wooden barrier in a bullring, by Goya, 1816.

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Tor…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Hand-colored caricature of exaggerated musicians playing flute, double bass, piano, horn, trombone and violin together.

The Pic-Nic Orchestra

James Gillray, April 23, 1802