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Pen and grey wash sketch of two men, one in a dark cloak in the foreground glancing sideways, a lighter figure behind him.

L'Amateur

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Two Male Heads

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Graphite sketch on grey-blue paper of a seated woman in drapery, hands pressed to her face.

Study for Vieille Italienne (recto); Drapery Study (verso)

Edgar Degas, 1856

Grey-blue wash drawing of Roman rooftops and a bell tower with a draped statue on a pedestal in the foreground.

SS. Giovanni e Paolo, seen from the Villa Mattei, Rome

Jean Achille Benouville

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined road with a seated figure, leading toward a town with arches and a domed church.

View of Ariccia

Jean Achille Benouville, 1853

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a garden gate in a low wall, with trees and a pale house with a red-tiled roof behind.

Entrance to a Garden

Paul Cézanne, 1878-80

Drawing of a draped female figure with clasped hands gazing upward, in graphite and white chalk on tan paper with grid lines.

Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Pa…

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1821

Study for “Madame Théodore Gobillard” (Yves Morisot)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Graphite drawing of Pope Pius IX blessing from a balcony, with attendants holding an umbrella and cross and papal arms below.

Pope Pius IX Imparting the Blessing Urbi et Orbi

François-Léon Benouville, 1847

Painted figure of a crowned, bearded king with a halo, holding a sceptre and red shield, in an arched frame.

Hezekiah, King of Judah

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1856-63

Figure in armor and red cloak raises arm toward a pale sun against teal arched background, with golden halo.

Joshua, with the Sun at Upper Left

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1856-63

Graphite and chalk drawing of a hilltop town above a lake, framed by trees, with a small figure on a path.

The Town and Lake of Nemi

Édouard Bertin, 1815-80

Standing Female Saint

Hippolyte Flandrin, 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with charging horsemen, fallen soldiers, and gunsmoke in the distance.

Battle Scene (Waterloo)

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1815-66

Watercolor of the ruined Colosseum in Rome with overgrown arches, small figures on paths, and a cloudy blue sky.

The Colosseum, Rome

Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of tall twisting trees and rocky ground in a forest, on tan paper, arched top.

Trees in a Forest

Édouard Bertin

Ink caricature of a winged woman watching an animal-headed painter with palette and brush, paint drops falling between them.

Caricature of the Art of Painting

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1800-66

Drawing of a young girl in a white communion dress and veil, seated with hands clasped against a dark background.

The Little Communicant (La Petite Communiante)

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1848-84

Pencil sketch of tall trees and rocky ground in a forest clearing, drawn in 1854.

Plateau de la Mare aux Fées (Forest of Fontainebleau)

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1854

Nude Male Figure with a Sword

Alexandre Cabanel, 1878

Graphite study of two veiled, draped standing figures, one with a halo and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Saints Adrian and Natalia

Hippolyte Flandrin, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop palace with an arcaded facade, surrounded by trees and a rolling landscape with distant moun

Castello Colonna at Genazzano, Italy

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, 1835

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a kneeling nude male figure leaning over a low block on gray paper.

Crouching Nude Male Figure

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining classical male figure in draped cloth, with a small seated figure in the upper left.

General Bonchamp Shown in a Pose Designed for His Tomb (recto); Three Figures after Poussin (verso)

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 19th century

The Allegorical Figure of France for the Tomb of General Bonchamp

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 19th century

Pen and ink sheet of studies: an older man's head, a crosshatched head, a lion, a mouse, and a bird head.

Sheet of Studies: Three Male Heads, a Lion and a Mouse

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 1800-1856

Brown wash drawing of a woman with long hair crouching in a fur garment, with pencil outline of legs at right.

Crouching Woman

Fernand Cormon, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a mitred bishop raising his hand above two recumbent figures, with robed onlookers around the scene.

Miracle of St. Sylvester; the Raising of Two Pagan Priests, after Maso di Banco, S. Croce, Florence

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-38

Graphite drawing of a reclining woman with draped cloth, head tilted back and arm extended across the sheet.

Drapery Study for the Figure of the Dying Mary Magdalen

Paul Delaroche, 1815-56

Red chalk drawing of the Nativity: reclining Virgin Mary with halo, seated Joseph, and infant Christ in a manger.

The Nativity

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1860