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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Watercolor of a riverside scene on the Thames with a large tree, brick buildings, a chimney, a sailing boat and figures.

On the Thames at Hammersmith

John Varley, ca. 1836

Grey wash drawing of waterfalls cascading beside an arched stone bridge and hilltop buildings in a rocky landscape.

View of a Bridge and Waterfalls in Tivoli (recto); View of a Waterfall in Tivoli From Within a Cave (verso)

Guilliam du Gardijn, ca. 1640-45 (?)

Charcoal drawing of a laurel-crowned young man playing a long trumpet before two women on a couch in a paneled room.

Two Women in an Interior Listening to a Young Musician in Antique Times

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1902

Graphite double portrait of two men in open-collared shirts, with handwritten names and an Italian inscription below.

Double Portrait of the Artists E.F. Kloss and G. Pellicia

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1836-40

Pen and brown wash drawing of two alternative designs for a flower pedestal supported by figures, with ornamental scrollwork.

Two Designs for a Flower Pedestal

Guglielmo della Porta, ca. 1550-70

Ink drawing of a standing young woman in a long buttoned dress removing her gloves, with a seated figure in a hat beside her.

A Standing Young Lady Taking Off Her Gloves

Alfred Stevens, 1876 or after

Watercolor of a three-masted warship at anchor in calm harbor water beside a stone quay with figures and boats.

A Man O'War Lying at Anchor

Johannes Christiaan Schotel, early 19th century

Circular Latin anagram drawing with crown, cross, animal scenes, and ribbon banners honoring Duke Charles III of Lorraine.

Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1595-1605

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a stone arch bridge, a small building, and a tiny figure in the foreground.

View of the Ponte San Rocco at Tivoli; verso: Buildings on the River Aniene near Tivoli (?)

Guilliam du Gardijn, ca. 1640-45 (?)

Grisaille allegory of the baker's trade with putti, baking tools, grain, and oval scenes of bakery work and a street bakery.

Allegory of the Baker's Trade

Johannes Petrus van Horstok, 1807

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a chaotic battle with warriors, horses, a chariot, and billowing cloaks.

The Battle of Diomedes and Aeneas (from the Story of Achilles)

Jan van Orley, ca. 1720-30

Pen and gray wash ceiling design of an oval with putti, a wine press, and allegorical female figures in clouds.

Ceiling Design with the Mystical Wine Press

Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner, ca. 1750

Pencil drawing of a hilltop village above a wooded valley with a river, arched bridge, and hazy mountains beyond.

A View of Cavi in the Sabine Hills

Louis Gurlitt, 1848

Pencil drawing of soldiers in armor carrying a wrapped body through a timber-beamed room with a curtain and urn.

The Dead Wallenstein Being Carried Away by Soldiers

Karl von Piloty, 1871

Grey wash drawing of soldiers distributing sacks of grain to crowds of desperate townspeople in a colonnaded city.

Roman Soldiers Defending a City Plagued by Famine

Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1734

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop town on a cliff above the sea, with trees and two figures in the foreground.

View of Capri

Carl Wagner, 1823

Pen and brown wash drawing of Neptune with trident in a sea chariot drawn by sea horses above a shell-shaped fountain base.

Design for a Fountain with Neptune in his Chariot

Francesco Fontebasso, ca. 1740-60

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate covered ciborium with a cross finial, cherub heads, and an eagle on its stem.

Ciborium for the Coronation of Napoléon I

Charles Percier, 1804

Grey wash drawing of three fishermen hauling a net by a rowboat, with a harbor town and flying cherubs in an oval frame.

Emblem Drawing ("Hope sustains me")

Jacob Matham, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a group of men in a formal room gathered around a conference table, one in military uniform.

President Lincoln and His Cabinet

Christian Schussele, ca. 1861

Watercolor of Rome seen from ruined brick walls overgrown with trees, with a river, bridges, and a large dome in the distance

A View of Rome from the Palatine

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1813-17 (?)

Seated woman in a pale dress with clasped hands, drawn in black and white chalk on brown paper.

Portrait of Frederikke Tuxen

P.S. Krøyer, 1882

Watercolor of a ruined arched castle on a hilltop with rocks, a path with two figures, and a lake under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Fantastic Castle

George Sand, 1865

Caricature of a Standing Man

Hippolyte Mailly, 1857

Watercolor of a winding road through a rocky gorge with a red cross, figures, pine trees and a stone wall.

A Road in a Gorge near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1782

Graphite drawing of a woman looking upward beside a turbaned bearded man holding a sleeping child.

A Woman and a Turbaned Man in Despair with a Young Child

François Joseph Navez, 1807-69

Drawing of a young pipe bearer in red cap and white robe holding a hookah, with a faint turbaned head behind him.

Study for "The Pipe Bearer"

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Oval pen and wash drawing of a woman in a ruffled gown leaning on a pedestal before a hazy landscape.

Portrait of Marguerite Le Comte

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Graphite drawing of a young man with closed eyes wearing a wrapped turban and draped cloth, labeled Assan.

Assan, a Young Man

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1855-56

Brown wash drawing of a draped standing figure holding a chalice in a shadowed niche.

St. John the Evangelist

John Flaxman, ca. 1811