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Sepia drawing of an oxcart and figures approaching a fortified stone tower, framed by large trees and a stream.

Oxcart Approaching a Fortified Building

Achille Etna Michallon, 1817

Brown and white wash drawing of a bearded man in robes gazing upward, holding an open book in an arched niche.

Saint Matthew

Domenico Beccafumi, 1538

Charcoal drawing of three laborers resting on a grassy bank beside a tree, with shovels and tools in the foreground.

Roadworkers at Lunch

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1850-52

Charcoal sketch of a peasant woman in a cap working at a churn beside a wooden tub.

Woman with a Churn

Jean-François Millet, 1854

Etching of a shepherdess in a cloak and cap beside a tree, with a grazing sheep flock in an open field behind her.

Shepherdess Knitting

Jean-François Millet, 1862

Charcoal sketch of a standing man leaning on a spade, with a study of a seated figure to the right.

Man with a Spade

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1855-58

Charcoal drawing of a shepherdess with a staff beside her grazing sheep flock, with tall trees on the right.

A Shepherdess with Her Flock

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1852

Black and grey lithograph of a bowed seated woman beside a standing man, with a tree and a figure in its branches above.

Human Misery, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a headscarf leaning on a pitchfork beside a smoky field fire.

A Woman Burning Weeds

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Pastel drawing of a shepherdess leaning on a tree beside grazing sheep and a dog in a shaded pastoral landscape.

A Shepherdess and Her Flock in the Shade of Trees

Jean-François Millet, 1854-55

Drawing of a woman shearing a sheep beside a man in a hat under a large tree, with a fence and cottage behind.

Sheepshearing Beneath a Tree

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1854

Charcoal drawing of a woodcutter raising an axe over bundled faggots beside a stacked pile of wood, with a forest behind.

Woodcutter Trimming Faggots

Jean-François Millet, 1853-54

Pen and ink landscape drawing with green wash showing sandy dunes, a cluster of trees, and shrubs under open sky.

Landscape, Vichy

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1866-67

Charcoal sketch of a seated shepherd with a crook, a standing dog, and resting sheep in an open field.

A Seated Shepherd with His Dog and Sheep

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Sepia drawing of a classical building with arched entrance and cupola, with wind-blown trees at left.

A Building

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling draped male figure leaning on a ledge, signed and dated 1776.

Kneeling Draped Male Figure

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1776

Grey wash drawing of a seated man refusing gifts from robed visitors beside a hearth, with onlookers above.

Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1795-96

Pen and watercolor drawing of two women in bonnets and striped skirts chatting face to face.

The Two Gossips (Les Deux Commères)

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1832

Pen and wash drawing of an 18th-century tea party with musicians, seated guests in powdered wigs, and a dog in the foreground

Tea Party at the Prince de Conti's

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, mid-19th century

The Society Man (Monsieur Joseph Prudhomme)

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1874

Brown ink and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers and riders passing through a wooded landscape with dogs.

Outing in a Wood

Jean-Michel Moreau, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sleeping nude Venus on a couch with Cupid and putti.

Venus and Cupid (recto); Studies of a Woman (verso)

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1620-60

Paul Gauguin's 1889 cover design: a woman embraced by a swan within a circle on yellow, with flowers and birds.

("Leda") Design for a Plate: Shame on Those Who Evil Think (Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense) ; cover illustration for the "…

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Monochrome print of a reclining nude woman on a white sheet, watched by a dark spirit figure and a carved idol at right.

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Paul Gauguin, April-June 1894

Gauguin print of a dark figure beside rippling water under a cloudy sky, with pale ochre and pink tones.

Auti Te Pape

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Black and white woodcut of cattle beside a wooden cross, with three hooded figures at left and a hillside behind.

Le Calvarie Breton

Paul Gauguin, 1898-99

Black-and-white woodcut of a crucified Christ figure with a halo, framed by tall decorative panels with carved motifs and mas

Christ on the Cross

Paul Gauguin, 1926

Monochrome print of a standing woman holding a child on her shoulder before a dark arched background with a pale circle.

la Orana Maria

Paul Gauguin, 1894-95

Brown and grey wash drawing of three men in tricorn hats seated at a table, one raising a finger mid-conversation.

Three Men at a Table

Étienne Jeaurat, 1763

Grey wash drawing of a gnarled, hollow tree trunk with broken limbs and exposed roots over grassy ground.

Study of a Tree

Roelant Savery, ca. 1606-7