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2,392 works

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman walking with children past a large tree, with a village of half-timbered houses behind.

Pearl, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded saint in robes holding a panel of the Virgin and Child in an arched niche.

Saint Luke Holding a Painting of the Virgin and Child

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1648-1729

Red chalk drawing of an allegorical woman with a unicorn and a putto beside her on toned paper.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Putto (recto); Study of a Nude Boy (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1642

Pen and ink drawing of a village procession with a woman in a plain cloak, townspeople, children, and a church with clock tow

The Procession, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

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

Drawing of a seated woman with a unicorn in a shell niche, with a putto and attendant on clouds below.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1688-89

Pen and ink sketches of a kneeling draped woman, a standing bearded man, a seated figure in a niche, and a small child on pin

Sketches of Figures of the Virgin Kneeling, Saint Peter Standing, Seated Allegorical Figures of Faith and Charity, an…

Francesco di Simone Ferrucci, 1487-88

Pen and ink sketches of Cain killing Abel beside an altar, with standing women, a hand, and a seated child.

Figure Studies: Three Sketches of Cain Killing Abel, with an Altar of Sacrifice at Center, Two Standing Women, a Hand…

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman holding a flaming heart, with an infant, cherubs and clouds under a radiatin

Allegorical Figure of Charity

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1688-89

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a standing man holding a staff, with rough architecture behind.

Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Paul

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and ink sketch of a standing Virgin holding the Christ Child, with drapery studies and two small heads at upper right.

Standing Virgin with Child, Two Heads at Upper Right (recto); Sketch of Steps (verso)

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed woman on clouds holding a chalice and a cross, with a cherub below.

Allegorical Figure of Faith

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1672

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing nude putto beside a sketch of a helmeted head.

Standing Nude Putto and Study of a Helmeted Head

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and wash drawing of mounted cavaliers with a torch-bearer entering a town, and seated women with a child in the foregroun

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-bearer. In the foreground: Two Seated Women and a Ch…

Corrado Giaquinto, 1703-66

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints and angels holding a garland above.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Attendant Saints

Antonio Gionima, 1697-1732

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man with a staff among kneeling and gathering figures, including women and children.

Moses Striking the Rock

Luca Giordano, 1634-1705

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child above two seated female saints, one holding a sword, with a small child beside them

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Agatha and Saint Lucy

Nicola Grassi, 1682-1750

Drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, and turbaned attendants in graphite and chal

Adoration of the Magi

Ercole Graziani the Younger, 1688-1765

Pen and wash drawing of a plumed-hat youth in puffed breeches reaching upward, mounted on a pale blue-grey card mat.

Boy Chasing a Butterfly

Guercino, 1591-1666

Watercolor of an Italian courtyard with women working at a wooden sieve beneath a stone archway, a child seated nearby.

Italian Courtyard and Figures

Cavaliere Pio Joris, 1843-1921

Grey-wash drawing of a wall decoration design with figures, putti, ornamental cartouches and two landscape scenes.

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647

Drawing of the Virgin and Child with a pilgrim saint and two other male saints, brown ink with white highlights.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Roch and Two Other Male Saints

Bernardino Lanino, 1512-83

Pencil and watercolor study sheet showing a boat, figures in Dutch dress, and a stone gateway with trees and a church spire.

Study Sheet with Figures and Landscapes at Arnemuiden (near Middelburg, The Netherlands)

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Drawing of a seated woman nursing a baby while a man in an animal skin leans on a staff beside a rock, with a landscape behin

The Family of Cain

Peter Oliver, ca. 1638-47

Pen and wash drawing of a woman and child on stairs beside a birdcage, a dog, and a hooded figure under a porch.

Woman and Child on Stairs

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

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

Pencil drawing of robed men embracing before a seated figure beside columns, with armed figures and a kneeling person nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Peacemaking

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Drawing of clergy with a banner tending a sick man among plague victims on stone steps, with a classical building behind.

St. Charles Borromeo Distributing Communion to the Victims of the Plague in Milan

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1760

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family with two female saints, angels above, and a palm frond and sword below.

The Holy Family with Two Female Saints

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804