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Colored print of two white kittens lapping spilled milk from a table beside an overturned bowl, with red drapery behind.

My Little White Kitties - Into Mischief

Currier & Ives, 1857-71

Hand-colored section drawing of a Chinese-style pavilion with pagoda roofs, arched interior windows, and a smaller adjoining

Project for a Chinese Pavillion

Michel Barthelemy Hazon, n.d.

Watercolor design of a blue passion flower with green leaves and tendrils on a grey scrolled lattice panel.

Design for Panel Decoration Centered on a Passion Flower

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Red chalk drawing of a young man in a beret, eyes looking upward, with curly hair and loose hatched shading.

Young Man Wearing a Beret

François Boucher, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ancient galley with carved prow and armored soldiers in classical dress.

Studies of Details from Trajan's Column

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635

Pen and wash perspective drawing of a cradle with scrolled feet, ring handle, and finials on a plain ground.

Perspectival Drawing of a Cradle

Peter Flötner, 1500-1546

Pen and wash drawing of two nude children playing a bowling game with a ball and pins in a landscape.

Two Children Playing with a Ball

Peter Flötner, 1500-1546

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap, head turned, with a sketched hand raised at left.

Sketch of Joseph Guichard

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Grey wash drawing of craggy rock formations with boulders and trees, pen outlines on pale paper.

Design for rock-work at Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park

Thomas Sandby, 1780s (?)

Watercolor drawing of rock-work with cascading waterfalls, a cave opening, and a pool, by Thomas Sandby.

Design for rock-work and cascades at Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park (recto). Rock-work Designs (verso)

Thomas Sandby, 1780s (?)

Watercolor of a crowded domed hall with dancing guests, potted trees, and a balcony audience beneath a glass ceiling.

Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York

Fritz Meyer, 1856

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in three-quarter view with a moustache, against dense diagonal hatching.

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, after his own design of 1848

Félix Bracquemond, 1869

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family, Saint Elizabeth and infant John the Baptist beneath a tree, with a hilltop town

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant John the Baptist

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1520-25

Watercolor landscape of a winding river gorge with cliffs and trees, a distant town and hills under cloudy sky.

View of Chepstow, Wales

John Scarlett Davis, 1834

Brown watercolor of a columned mansion above a fenced lawn, with a rowboat on the water and a carriage on the road.

Inner Bay, Staten Island, New York

Augustus Köllner, ca. 1872

Colour print of a seated man in a grey coat with a quill and inkwell on a café table, floral banquette behind him.

Viennese Café: The Man of Letters (Wiener Café: Der Litterat)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Colored print in six panels showing a courtly man and woman with a smiling sun, treasure chest, and handwritten German verse.

A Fulfilled Wish (Der erfüllte Wunsch)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Head of a Woman

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1904

Pen and ink sketch of a head and shoulders of a figure in a tall headdress, turned to the right, with loose hatching.

Study of Head and Shoulders of Woman with Headdress

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man in a hat and long coat holding a gun, with a hatched shadow on the ground.

A sportsman with a gun

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink sketch of a plumed rider with a baton on a horse with an ornate saddle cloth, seen from behind.

A mounted drummer from the front

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Engraved print of men in period dress gathered around a table in a classical hall with hanging flags.

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776

Asher Brown Durand, 1823

Engraving of two women and a man in a field, with an ox-drawn hay wagon behind them at the edge of the trees.

The Last Load (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. I)

Winslow Homer, August 7, 1869

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly itinerant man in a wide-brimmed hat, leaning on a walking stick.

An itinerant

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink drawing of a mounted drummer seen from behind, raising a drumstick beside a horse with a tasselled saddle cloth.

A mounted drummer from the back

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Woodcut print of two men beside a tangle of pale ribbons, with a framed picture above and title text below.

Gespräch eines Redakheurs mit einem Staatsmann (Editor's Conversation with a Statesman)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Engraved cartoon of vultures with human faces on cliffs in a storm, with skulls labeled Law, Justice and Taxpayer below.

A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"-"Let Us Prey" (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 15, p. 889)

Thomas Nast, September 23, 1871

Pen and ink drawing of a young medieval warrior with sword and shield framed by ornate foliate scrollwork.

The Young Siegfried

Julius Hübner, 1839

Watercolor of two children outdoors, a girl in white with a pink sash standing beside a seated boy in a brown jacket.

Portrait of two children

George Richmond, 1837

Lithograph of a hunter with dogs crossing a field at dusk, two figures and a cart in the distance.

Return from the Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes"

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Etching of a partially dressed man in a feathered cap holding a bow and pointing, standing beside a shrub.

A partially dressed man holding a bow in his left hand and pointing with his right, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Arched grey-wash drawing of the Holy Trinity with angels, clouds, kneeling bishops and saints around an altar.

The Adoration of the Holy Trinity in the New Covenant

Friedrich Sustris, 1588 or before

Etching of a nude laurel-crowned figure holding a round shield with a monogram and a hanging laurel branch.

First Frontispiece (with the Monogram)

James Tissot, 1875

Etching of a necromancy scene with a turbaned man, a pointing soldier, a woman with a vessel, and a burning skull on a pedest

A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a sk…

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-57

Etching of a bacchanal: a satyr playing pipes by a tree, and dancing putti and a satyr carrying vines and a basket of fruit.

Bacchanal with satyr playing a lute and surrounded by four figures, who look toward a succession of three putti and a…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Pen and ink sheet of sketches with animal-human figures, caricatured heads, soldiers and a battle scene in a wood.

Sheet of Studies, Including for Reineke Fuchs; verso: Studies of Soldiers and of a Battle in a Wood

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, mid-19th century

Etching of a sleeping warrior leaning on a shield beside a tree, with a sword on the ground and horizontal hatched sky.

A sleeping warrior seated on a rock and leaning on his shield, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven over apostles gathered around a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Johann Christoph Storer, 1641

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of two tall overgrown tree trunks, vines, flowers and rocks on tan paper.

Study of Overgrown Trees; verso: Study of a Cypress and Two Overgrown Trees

Joseph Werner the Younger

Etching of nude children playing with a donkey, one riding on its back while others push and pull around it.

Bacchanale with Children and Donkey

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 19th century

Watercolor of a riverside quay with workers, a wooden crane, moored boats, a domed church and a long palace facade.

View of Berlin with the Dome and Castle

Ludwig Eduard Lütke, 1824

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures around a man carried on another's shoulders.

Christ Healing the Paralytic

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1616-20

Pen and wash drawing of people feasting and boating on a river, with swans and a leafy canopy under a cloudy sky.

July: Amusements on the Water, (Juillet : les Divertissements sur l’eau)

Claude Simpol, ca. 1700

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling robed figure in ecstasy beside a column, crown and skull, with light rays above.

The Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in Ecstasy

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1629

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a ruffled dress seated in a chair, head turned to one side.

Portrait of a young woman seated

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1760

Brown ink and wash drawing of two waterfalls tumbling between rocks into a pool, shaded by overhanging trees.

A View of Lower Rydal Falls, Cumbria

Thomas Fearnley, 1837

Watercolor and pen drawing of tall trees over parkland with grazing cattle and a distant treeline under a pale sky.

The Moat Island, Windsor Great Park

Thomas Sandby, ca. 1754

Brown wash drawing of a spired castle on a hill under a dark stormy sky, with small figures on rocks in the foreground.

Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

Victor Hugo, 1857

Watercolor of a man in a red jacket riding a bay horse, with two mounted attendants and a mountain landscape behind.

Sir John Floyd on horseback

Richard Westall, 1800-14

Grey wash drawing of a ruined castle with stone towers and a half-timbered house on a rocky cliff above a valley.

The Ruin of Liebenstein Castle near Bornhofen am Rhein, Seen from the North-West

Christian Georg Schütz the Younger, 1803

Watercolor botanical study of caper and yellow gorse branches with a red beetle on the leaves, on cream paper.

Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1693

Watercolor of brown-sailed boats on a tidal estuary at low tide, with wooden piers, a crane and a town under clouds.

A town on an estuary at low tide

Edward Duncan, 1868

Pencil drawing of a young woman in a bonnet and draped cloak, standing with one hand at her hip, dated 1850.

Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Cloak and Bonnet

Théodore Chassériau, 1850

Graphite drawing of a standing officer in uniform with medals, holding a plumed hat, with a city skyline behind him.

General Louis-Étienne Dulong de Rosnay

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1818

Pencil portrait of a woman with ringlet curls, lace collar and gloved hands, signed Ingres and dated 1843.

Madame Armand Bertin, née Marie-Anne-Cécile Dollfuss

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1843

Graphite portrait drawing of a seated man in a frock coat holding a top hat, with a handwritten inscription in the lower righ

Armand Bertin

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1842

Graphite portrait drawing of a man in a high-collared waistcoat holding a hat, looking over his shoulder at the viewer.

The Lawyer Paul Grand

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1834

Graphite portrait of a young man in a double-breasted coat and cravat, with the inscription À L'amitié above.

Jean-Joseph Fournier

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1815

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, maroon dress, and gold necklace, dated 1907.

Portrait of a Woman (probably Anna Vilhelmine Johanne Dorthea Halberg, married Bjørner, later Larsen)

P.S. Krøyer, 1907

Etched print of a stoning scene: men raise stones over a kneeling saint while angels appear in clouds above a walled city.

The Martyrdom of St. Stephen, plate 1 from "Les Tableaux de Rome, Les Eglises Jubilaires" (The Paintings of Rome, The…

Jacques Callot, 1607-11

Pen and wash drawing of a bacchanal with nude women, wreathed revelers, putti, grapevines and classical columns in a garden.

Bacchanal

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, ca. 1765-66

Circular drawing of Christ preaching in an arcaded synagogue, with a crowd and figures bringing forward a woman at right.

Christ Preaching in the Synagogue, with the Pharisees Bringing the Woman Taken in Adultery

Dirck Vellert, 1523 (?)

Watercolor drawing of a fiddler in a grey coat playing violin in a tavern, with three men by a fireplace behind him.

A Fiddler in a Tavern, with Three Men in the Background

Johannes Hendrik van West, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet and blue bodice before red drapery, signed and dated 1888.

A Seated Woman

Franz Skarbina, 1888

Etched frontispiece with winged grotesque figures, a crowned coat of arms, and the title Capricci di varie Figure by Callot.

Frontispiece, from "Les Caprices" Series A, The Florence Set

Jacques Callot, 1617

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing drapery, seen from behind, looking down at her gown.

Study of a Standing Woman

Angelica Kauffmann, 1792-96

Etching of a haloed saint surrounded by monks, kneeling figures and angels in clouds, under an arched frame.

The Death of St. Benedict, plate 13 from "Les Eglises Jubilaires" (The Paintings of Rome, The Churches Jubilee)

Jacques Callot, 1607-11

Watercolor portrait of an older man with grey hair in a dark blue coat and black cravat, turned to the side.

Prince Rudolph Joseph of Colloredo-Mansfeld

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1835

Watercolor of a boy in a blue tunic leaning from a cabinet window, surrounded by pencil-sketched toys on cream paper.

Prince Paul Clemens von Metternich as a Child, Surrounded by Toys

Rudolf Gaupmann, 1841

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a dark blue military uniform with a red and white sash and medals, by Josef Kriehuber

Prince Friedrich of Schwarzenberg

Josef Kriehuber, 1847

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a tall fur hat, green sash and jeweled medals, by Moritz Michael Daffinger.

Hussein Khan

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1839

Colored portrait drawing of a man with an eye patch, curled mustache and dark coat, gazing upward, dated 1837.

François Henri Schlick, Count of Bassano de Weisskirchen

Franz Eybl, 1837

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curly hair, white off-shoulder gown, blue cross pendant and a small flower bouquet.

Countess Hélène Esterházy, née Countess Bezobrazov

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1841 (?)

Watercolor portrait of a gray-haired, mustached man in a dark coat and white waistcoat, turned to the left.

Count Georg Esterházy von Galántha

Josef Kriehuber, 1840

Watercolor portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache in a dark blue jacket, with handwritten inscription below.

Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1838

Etching of two women kneeling in tall grass beside a flying bird, with robed figures in the distance under a rayed sky.

S. Aigri, évêque de Verdun (St. Agericus, Bishop of Verdun), December 1st, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Sa…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Chalk portrait of a young man with curly hair, slight smile and open collar, drawn in black and red chalk with white highligh

Portrait of Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791)

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger, 1741

Etching of St. Thomas the Apostle with halo and staff, a boat and a figure on water behind him, in an oval frame.

S. Thomas, apôtre (St. Thomas, Apostle), December 21st, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of St. Sabbas kneeling and reading by a rocky cave, with a lion and ruins in the background.

S. Sabas, abbe (St. Sabas, Abbot), December 5th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of soldiers escorting a haloed figure carrying a cross past a ruined tower and city walls, with a banner on the right

Le Portement de Croix (Jesus Carrying the Cross), from "La Petite Passion" (The Little Passion)

Jacques Callot, 1624-25

Etching of a headless armored martyr holding his severed head, with a halo, in an oval frame with a landscape.

St. Livier, Martyr, November 28th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross, with a boat on the sea and a haloed figure at right.

S. André, apotre et martyr (St. Andrew, Apostle and Martyr), November 30th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et S…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of Saint Barbara holding a tower and palm frond, with a sword-wielding figure and a stone tower in the background.

S. Barbe, vierge et martyre (St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr), December 4th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et S…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of Christ radiant above a hill between two robed figures, with three apostles gesturing below, in an oval frame.

La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur (The Transfiguration of Christ), August 6th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Sainct…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of St. Memmius, a bishop with halo and mitre reading a book, with townspeople and buildings behind him.

S. Memmie, évêque (St. Memmius, Bishop), August 5th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Ima…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist kneeling with an open book, an eagle beside him, rays of light above, in an

S. Jean, apôtre et évangéliste (St. John, Apostle and Evangelist), December 27th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Sainct…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of two haloed apostles with staffs in an oval frame, with a small crucifixion scene and city in the background corner

S. Philippe et S. Jacques, apôtres (St. Phillip and St. James, Apostles), May 1st, from "Les Images De Tous Les Sainc…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of an angel unchaining a haloed saint in a prison cell beneath a barred window, inscribed S. Petrus ad Vincula.

S. Pierre aux liens (St. Peter in Chains), August 1st, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (I…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etched print of a bishop with a crozier and a kneeling man by a fire, inside an oval frame with Latin inscriptions.

S. Alexandre le Charbonnier, évêque (St. Alexander of Comana, Bishop), August 11th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Sain…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of Saint Stephen kneeling as two men raise stones above him, with a radiant light and angel in the clouds.

S. Etienne (St. Stephen), December 26th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All o…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of haloed Saint Erasmus, a bishop, with outstretched arms beside a ship, animals and birds in a landscape.

S. Erasme, évêque (St. Erasmus, Bishop), June 3rd, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Image…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of a bishop with a halo pointing at a kneeling figure beside a beehive with flying bees.

S. Ambroise (St. Ambrose), April 4th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of t…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Watercolor of a ruined castle gatehouse with ivy-covered walls, tall trees, and small figures under a cloudy sky.

Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon

Francis Towne, 1773-80, with additions in 1805

Engraving of Saint Clare in a long veil and habit with halo, holding a vessel, with a procession and town in background.

Ste. Claire, vierge (St. Clare, Virgin), August 12th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Im…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Circular brown wash drawing of Venus above Vulcan at a forge, with hammering workers, cupids and scattered armor.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso)

Sebastiano Conca, ca. 1716-18

Etching of two saints in an oval frame: a bearded pope with a tiara and a youth with arrows and a palm, with small martyrdom

S. Fabien et S. Sébastien (St. Fabian and St. Sebastian), January 20th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saint…

Jacques Callot, 1636