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Pencil drawing of figures in an arched Italian city setting, with a woman gesturing near a basin and a child and dog in front

Scene in an Italian City with Figures Near a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a draped body in an arched composition, with a skull at the right edge.

A Burial Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of an artist pointing at a wall while a crowd of men, women, and children watches in an arched composition.

An Artist Drawing on Wall of a Church Watched by a Crowd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a robed speaker raising his arm before cloaked men, with a large female figure behind a fountain.

Speaker Addressing Male Figures Gathered at Night Around a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded man on horseback with a monkey behind him, passing a crowd in a medieval town.

A Man and a Monkey Riding on Horseback

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash sketch of a baby in a bonnet with a rooster and dog, centered on an album page.

A Baby in 16th century Dress with a Rooster and a Dog

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of two children kneeling by a bed with a pale sheet in a dim room, one looking up.

A Deathbed Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated shepherd with a winged cupid behind him and a ram beside him.

Cupid and a Shepherd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated Venus with a winged Cupid leaning against her shoulder, with clouds behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil drawing of four musical putti in a lunette frame, playing lute, violin and harp, one standing at centre.

Four Musical Putti

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch of a group of naked children in loose scribbled background lines, on a sketchbook page.

A Group of Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil study on a sketchbook page: a large circle with flowing curved and horizontal lines crossing its interior.

Circular Diagram

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Sketches of Figures

Lord Leighton Frederic, 1840-60

Graphite sketchbook page with three studies of young children in varied poses, including a reaching child and a seated child.

Three Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch of three seated children on a sketchbook page, one wearing a round cap, with a handwritten Bruxelles note.

A Group of Seated Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of the Pentecost: Mary and the apostles look up at the Holy Spirit dove and rays of light, with angels above.

The Pentecost

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Engraving of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles below a descending dove, rays of light and angels in clouds.

The Pentecost

Giovanni Battista Mazza, 1574

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure leaning forward with outstretched arm, with two small standing figures to the right.

Male Figure Study

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of the Pentecost: Mary and the apostles gathered in a room beneath a radiant dove and clouds, with flames above the

The Pentecost

Claes Janszoon Visscher II

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of two seated children, one lifting a large jar and one holding out a bowl.

Two Children

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of a kneeling saint being stoned by a crowd before a walled city, with two divine figures in clouds above.

The Martyrdom of St Stephen

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Pencil sketch of a man with round spectacles and curly hair, head resting on a cushion, on a sketchbook page.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1850

Preliminary Studies for Portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and frock coat seated on a balloon-back chair, legs crossed, on a sketchbook page.

Man Seated on a Chair

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a geometric chair-like form on an otherwise blank sketchbook page.

Geometrical Figure

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Engraving of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider, armored horsemen, and heavenly light breaking through clouds above.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Engraving of the Trinity in clouds with a dove, angels, and saints with books gazing upward above a landscape.

The Adoration of the Trinity

Cornelis Cort, 1566

Engraving of enthroned Christ among saints, angels and the Holy Spirit dove, with Church Fathers debating a eucharistic monst

The Dispute of the Church Fathers over the Holy Sacrament

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Etching of merchants at a table showing prints to customers, with a soldier and two children at right, by Jacques Callot.

Frontispiece, from "Varie Figure" (Various Figures)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1620

Engraving of a kneeling man in a forest with a horse, a stag, and a distant village under a cloudy sky.

St. Eustace in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Etching of a masked captain with feathered hat and sword beside a stooped hooded figure, with a town street behind.

Copy of Capitano Spessa Monti and Bagattino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

Etching of two commedia dell'arte figures, Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, facing each other with swords and feathered hats.

Copy of Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

Etching of a haloed bishop preaching to a crowd in a forest clearing, with soldiers at right and a village in the distance.

Saint Amond, St. Nicholas, or St. Séverin

Jacques Callot, ca. 1625

Etching of a rocky landscape with a castle, village, central tree, two travelers with a dog, and a river with boats.

Tobit, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Watercolor interior of a basilica with rows of columns, coffered ceilings, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Interior View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Anton Hallmann, 1833

Pen and wash design drawing of an arched rococo entrance portal with scrollwork, flower garlands and columns.

Design for an Entrance Portal with a Single Door

Michael Furtner the Elder, ca. 1720

Pen and watercolor design for a pulpit with a canopy, carved balustrade, staircase and floor plan on aged paper.

Design for a Pulpit

Michael Furtner the Elder, 1690-1720

Watercolor drawing of a circular domed market hall with a tall column, carts and figures in a cobbled street.

La Halle aux Blés, Exterior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Watercolor interior of a vaulted grain hall with brick arches, columns, a dome at left, and workers stacking flour sacks.

La Halle aux Blés, Interior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a tiered fountain with figures and cascading water, with a circular floor plan below.

Project for a Fountain for La Place Louis XV

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1806

Portrait of Giovanni Ricasoli, aged 5

Luigi Sabatelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of Roman figures in a colonnade, a youth embracing a dying man beside armor, soldiers watching.

Scene from Roman History, depicting a Youth receiving Armor from a Dying Man (Scipio Africanus and His Son?)

Mathieu-Ignace van Bree, late 18th-mid 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of two altarpiece wings with saints John the Baptist and Catherine in arched niches under angels.

Two Wings of an Altarpiece depicting Saints John the Baptist and Catherine in Niches Surmounted by Angels

Jan van Scorel, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, an ox and a donkey under an arched port

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, 1599

Brown wash drawing of Adam and Eve in a forest, Eve holding a branch as a serpent coils around the tree above.

The Temptation of Eve

Pieter van Lint, 1639

Red chalk drawing of a seated sibyl reading a book with putti, plus a lunette study of reclining figures.

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo)

Jean-Robert Ango, 1767

Ink and wash drawing of a funeral monument with a skull, putti, candelabra, draped curtains and a coat of arms.

Design for a Funeral Monument (Preparatory Drawing for a Print)

Johann Jakob Schübler, 1724-41

Engraved ornament panel with two figures embracing in a central roundel, flanked by two tritons among scrolling foliage.

Cimon and Pero Flanked by Two Tritons

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Engraving of three 16th-century soldiers, an ensign, drummer and piper, standing before a fence with a dated German inscripti

Ensign, Drummer and Piper

Sebald Beham, 1543

Black and white print of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John.

The Crucifixion

Sebald Beham, 1521

Engraved symmetric frieze with two half-satyr, half-dragon creatures holding a ribbon above a central leafy finial.

Symmetric Ornamental Frieze with Two Fighting Hybridic Creatures (Half Satyr, Half Dragon) holding Fish

Sebald Beham, 1500-1550

Engraved ornament panel with central armour flanked by two tritons playing horns, with scrolling decoration above.

Horizontal Panel with Armour at Center, Flanked by Two Tritons Playing the Horn

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Black-and-white print of Christ's head crowned with thorns, with long curly hair and beard, gazing forward.

The Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns

Sebald Beham, ca. 1520

Etching of armed men on rocks facing a dragon and grotesque winged demons in a smoky fantastical procession.

Entrée de MM. de Couvonge et de Chalabre (Entrance of Monsieur du Couvonge and of Monsieur de Chalabre), from "Le Com…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a galleon at sea surrounded by mythological sea figures, with a tree on an islet and a domed pavilion below.

Entrée de M. de Brionne (Entrance of Monsieur de Brionne), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraved frontispiece with two allegorical women holding a crown over a coat of arms, with French verse below.

Frontispiece, from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a parade with torch bearers, trumpeters, and an ornate chariot topped by a winged lion, with a cloud scene below.

Entrée du Prince de Pfalzbourg (Entrance of the Prince of Pfalzbourg), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of armored soldiers riding fantastical beasts and pulling ornate carriages, with winged figures and a dragon.

Entrée de Monseigneur Henry de Lorraine (Entrance of Henry of Lorraine), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a processional entrance with a sun chariot, horses, a fountain terrace, a rocky grotto and dancers.

Entrée du duc Charles IV (Entrance of Duke Charles IV), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of the Holy Family at a round table, Saint Joseph guiding the haloed Christ Child with a candle and food on the table

Le Benedicite, estampe appelée aussi La Sainte Famille a Table et St. Joseph Faisant Boire L'Enfant Jésus (The Grace,…

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Hand-colored print of Little Falls at Luzerne, with a waterfall, wooden mill, fisherman and hills under a pale sky.

Little Falls at Luzerne (No. 1 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of a river junction with rapids, a wooden bridge, forested hills, a tall pine and a stormy sky.

Junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers (No. 2 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of a winding river with a windswept tree, dirt road, small figures and rolling wooded hills.

View Near Jessup's Landing (No. 3 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of turbulent river rapids between rocky cliffs, with a fisherman on the bank and trees framing the scene.

Rapids Above Hadley's Falls (No. 4 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of Hadley's Falls, with white rushing water over rock ledges, wooded cliffs and two figures at lower left.

Hadley's Falls (No. 5 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of Glens Falls, with white water cascading past a wooden bridge, a mill, rocks and tall pines.

Glenns Falls (No. 6 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Hand-colored print of a river with a weir, tall pines on a rocky bank, a dirt road, and distant hills under a pale sky.

View Near Sandy Hill (No. 7 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of Baker's Falls on the Hudson, with rushing water over rock ledges, a mill, a standing man, and trees.

Baker's Falls (No. 8 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1823-24

Hand-colored print of a river scene with a leaning tree in the foreground, rocks in the water, an island with evergreens, and

View Near Fort Miller (No. 10 (later changed to No. 9) of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Hand-colored aquatint of a river landscape with wooded islands, grazing cattle, a dirt road, and two walking figures.

Fort Edward (No. 10 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of Troy seen across the Hudson River, with town houses, wooded islands, and a dirt road in the foreground.

Troy from Mount Ida (No. 11 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of the town of Hudson on the river, with fishermen hauling a net, boats on the water, and clouds above.

Hudson (No. 13 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1825

Hand-colored print of Newburgh on the Hudson River with a town, sailboats, and an ox cart on a road in the foreground.

Newburg [Newburgh] (No. 14 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1825

Hand-colored print of a country road, rocks and trees overlooking a river with sailboats and hills.

View Near Hudson (No. 15 (later No. 12) of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Hand-colored print of a Hudson River view with hills, cattle, a steamboat, and sunbeams breaking through clouds.

View from Fishkill Looking To West-Point (No. 15 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1825

Hand-colored print of West Point on the Hudson River with a steamboat, rowboat, rocky shore, and distant hills.

West Point (No. 16 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1825

Hand-colored print of a river valley with a stone house on a rise, a dirt road, two figures, and distant hills under clouds.

View Near Fishkill (No. 17 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1823-24

Hand-colored print of tall columnar cliffs along the Hudson River, with sailboats and a steamboat on the water.

The Palisades (No. 19 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1823-24

Hand-colored print of a choppy harbor with sailboats, a ship, a city skyline, and a brick fort under stormy clouds.

New York from Governor's Island (No. 20 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1823-24

Hand-colored print of a river between wooded cliffs, with a raft of figures and a sailboat on calm water.

View Near Fort Montgomery (No. 22 (later changed to No. 18) of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Engraving of a kneeling robed saint in a rocky wilderness gazing at a radiant vision of a crucifix in the sky.

St Francis Penitent in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Engraving of a kneeling bearded man with a staff and lamb beneath a large tree, with a river and hills in the background.

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1533-78

Engraving of a grand hall with coffered ceiling, crowds of spectators, and small figures moving across the floor below a radi

La Défilé a Pied (The Parade on Foot), from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1627

Engraving of Saint Jerome praying in a rocky wilderness beside a crucifix, with two lions and large trees around him.

St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Engraving of St Jerome writing at a desk beside a crucifix and lion in a rocky wooded landscape with a waterfall.

St Jerome Translating the Bible in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Engraving of a long-haired penitent figure beside a cross in a rocky wooded landscape with a cave and stream.

Mary Magdalen Repentant in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Engraving of a kneeling bearded hermit in a forest clearing with a cross, waterfall and distant mountain.

St Onuphrius in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Etching of a grand hall with a procession of armed men moving down the center between crowds of spectators on galleries.

La Défilé a Pied (The Parade on Foot), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a lance combat in a grand hall, with crowded spectators, armored men with pikes, and a decorated carriage at right

Le Combat (The Combat), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a village fair beneath a large oak tree, with crowds, horse riders, and cottages in the background.

La Fiore de Gondreville pièce appelée aussi La Fête du Village, La Petite Foire, Le Bal Champêtre, Le Jeu de Boules (…

Jacques Callot, 1624-25

Etching of a procession with fantastic creatures, armed soldiers on monsters, and chariots pulled by a dragon, dogs and a che

Entrée de Monseigneur Henry de Lorraine (Entrance of Henry de Lorraine), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of two combatants fighting across a barrier in a vaulted hall, with pikemen and a crowd of spectators.

Le Combat (The Combat), from "Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of demons leading horsemen past a dragon, with spectators on a rock and smoke rising in the sky.

Entrée de MM. de Couvonge et de Chalabre (Entrance of Monsieur de Couvonge and of Monsieur de Chalabre), from "Le Com…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraving of an armored arm emerging from a cloud holding a sword, above French title text on a printed page.

Arm Emerging from a Cloud Holding a Sword, from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a formal garden with a fountain, a castle, a peacock, and a seated woman with playful putti gathering flowers.

Flora with Putti in a Garden

Anton Joseph von Prenner

Etching of twenty-three martyrs in habits crucified on tall crosses, with soldiers below and angels in clouds above.

Les Martyrs du Japon (The Martyrs of Japan)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1627