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Watercolor of a busy Venice canal with market boats, gondolas and the Rialto Bridge in the background.

The orange market, with the Rialto Bridge beyond, Venice

James Holland, 1867

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of an elderly bald man with a beard, turned three-quarters, with an inscription below.

Portrait of a Man: Francesco Albani ?

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Pen and gray wash drawing of Jupiter with an eagle and putti among clouds within an oval composition.

Jupiter with his Eagle (recto)

Francesco Solimena, 1657-1747

Night festival drawing with a glowing star-topped obelisk, crowds dancing, carriages and horsemen along a tree-lined avenue.

Design for the Engraving "Réjouissances du Peuple . . . à Reims le 27 aout 1765"

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1767

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a group of reclining nude women, with curly hair, overlapping in a tangle of bodies.

Group of Six Reclining Nude Women (Nymphs Bathing) (recto); Sketch of a Leg (verso)

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing soldier in doublet and breeches holding a tall halberd upright.

Soldier with Halberd

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical colonnade, reclining muses, a harp player, a lion and a flying figure in clouds.

Temple of the Muses

Charles Monnet, ca. 1777

Watercolor of a castle on a steep rocky headland above the sea, with small figures on the shore and cloudy sky.

Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland

Thomas Girtin, 1796-97

Pen and wash drawing of studies for a circular composition of bathing nymphs around a central figure, with reclining figures.

Studies for a Circular Composition of Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing (recto); Studies for the Same Composition (verso)

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Watercolor ceiling study with three mythological scenes, a central roundel, and pale blue and green ornamental panels with go

Study for a Ceiling

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, ca. 1780-1800

Pen drawing in cutaway perspective of a Venetian palace with a gondola on the canal and figures in the courtyard.

Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1830-79

Pencil sketch of a seated figure and a standing figure beside a table, loosely drawn in light grey lines.

Study of two figures: one seated, the other standing (recto). Study of a head looking upwards (verso)

George Romney, ca. 1777

Brown ink and wash costume design of a horned demon figure with an outstretched arm, beside a crowned devil head.

Costume Design for a Demon (Señor Remon), for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louis…

Charles de La Traverse, ca. 1764

Pen and wash drawing of three rococo cartouche frames on pedestals decorated with cherubs, garlands and laurel, with a small

Design for Festival Decorations on the Bases of Piers

Carlo Marchionni, 1702-86

Drawing of a ceiling design with cherubs holding scales and a sword above reclining figures in a painted frame.

Design for a ceiling with an allegory of Justice

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man turned left, seen from below, with foreshortened limbs and torso.

Seated Man Turned Towards the Left Seen from Below

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a scowling bearded man with wild curly hair, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Head of Silenus

Paul Cézanne, 1855-1906

Watercolor design of a blue urn with gold mounts, a female mask, rope handles, and a gilded pedestal on a paper sheet.

Design for an Urn

George Heinrich von Kirn, ca. 1770-90

Red chalk drawing of a river scene with trees, houses, reeds and a rower in a small boat on calm water.

River Scene

Abraham Rutgers, 1645-99

Pen and wash drawing of two officers meeting before soldiers, flags and a city gateway, in a circular composition.

Captain de Bours handing over the Keys to the Citadel of Antwerp to the Estates General

Maerten de Vos, mid-16th-early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowned woman beside a lion, looking up at clouds, rushing water and muscular figures in a storm.

The Deliverance of Cybele, an Allegory of the Seasons

Gabriel François Doyen, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a cottage, and two small figures walking on a winding road.

Hilly Landscape with Two Figures on a Road

William Taverner, mid-18th century

Ink drawing of an ornate wall elevation with a semicircular window, scrolled ornament and a shell niche with a head.

Design for the Upper Half of a Wall Elevation with a Semicircular Window

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval of a bearded man with curly hair looking upward, hands on a cross, rays behind.

Christ with the Cross

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-15 (?)

Graphite and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated woman with drapery, a winged figure, and animals.

Venus Lamenting the Dead Adonis (or Diana and Endymion)

Januarius Zick, 1740-97

Grey wash drawing of a castle with stepped gables and a tower beside a moat, with a wooden drawbridge and trees.

The Castle Meerdevoort, near Dordrecht

Roelant Roghman, 1647

Pen and wash drawing of two sailing ships moored at a Copenhagen quay with rowboats and waterfront buildings.

Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1830

Watercolor of a vaulted stone prison interior with arches, staircases, balconies, a hanging lantern, and small figures.

Dark Prison (Carcere Oscura)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1790-99

Architectural drawing of two Gothic church elevations with tall spires and pointed arch windows, labeled design for proposed

Design for the Proposed Church at Middlesborough

John Green, 1837

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky banks, two figures, and a domed building on a hill.

View of Ariccia, Italy

Jonathan Skelton, ca. 1758