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Pen and brown wash drawing of women handling draped cloth beneath arches and columns, with a dog at lower left.

A Domestic Scene

Pirro Ligorio, 1513-83

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with men on ladders lowering Christ and mourners below.

The Descent from the Cross with Saint Francis and Another Friar

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1619

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

Brown wash drawing of a Punchinello-style figure in a pointed hat and ruffled costume holding a round object and a ladle.

Punchinello with Dumpling or Fritter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Poster of a girl with yellow hair and a large black bow against blue, advertising In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler M

In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler Moulton, Pictured by Ethel Reed

Ethel Reed, 1896

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80

Sketch of soldiers carrying a general in triumph past trumpeters, spearmen and a draped tent, in grey pencil on paper.

Illustration for a Book: General Carried in Triumph

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and infant children, by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1514-22.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Pontormo, 1514-22

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint on a cloud with an ox, pointing upward beside a female figure holding a mirror.

Illustration for a Book: Saint Luke with a Female Allegorical Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated robed figure with a lion and dog, attendants, and a cloaked man holding a scroll.

Illustration for a Book: Allegory of Venice

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink sketch of two kneeling monks before two seated rulers under a canopy, with attendants in an arched interior.

Illustration for a Book: Two Monks Kneeling before a Doge and an Emperor (Doge Ziani and Emperor Barbarossa?)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of two scenes with crowned figures seated on steps in an arcaded hall, attended by guards and courtiers.

Illustration for a Book: Two Scenes of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of soldiers with banners beside oxen-drawn carts crossing an open landscape.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Driving Ox Carts with Banners

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a seated general in a columned hall, with two attendants carrying trays and an armored soldier at left.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Offering the Decapitated Head of a Man and Keys to a General

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of robed men embracing before a seated figure beside columns, with armed figures and a kneeling person nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Peacemaking

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a tense interior scene with figures struggling around a candlelit table, one gesturing at right.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of a Murder in an Interior

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a procession with riders, horses, banners and a figure holding a tray beside a stone wall.

Illustration for a Book: Keys of a City Offered to a Procession of Cardinals Headed by a Riderless Horse

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a cloaked rider and soldiers on a path, with a soldier pointing toward a fortified hilltop.

Illustration for a Book: Cardinal with Troops Facing a Fortification on a Hilltop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of robed monks meeting near a stone gate, with a tree and distant landscape at right.

Illustration for a Book: Reception of Monks at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of figures with bundles leaving a walled city through a stone archway.

Illustration for a Book: Inhabitants Leaving a Conquered City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of armored soldiers with spears and shields advancing toward a walled city with round towers.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Storming a City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of soldiers with bows and shields attacking a walled city, with banners and fallen figures in the foreground.

Illustration for a Book: Siege of a City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a battle on a rocky slope, with a helmeted warrior and horse in front and soldiers with spears above.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Combat

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of soldiers and a crowd meeting before a walled town with an arched gate beside a river.

Illustration for a Book: Meeting Between Two Generals (?) before a Fortified Town

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of kneeling supplicants before a seated emperor on a platform, with onlookers and torch bearer among rocky cliffs.

Illustration for a Book: Supplicants Imploring an Emperor for Peace

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of bishops and monks greeted by a mitred dignitary on a ship deck, with rigging and sails behind.

Illustration for a Book: Bishops and Monks Being Received at a Ship by a Venerable Dignitary

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a crowned rider and soldiers with a kneeling man before them, and a walled city on the right.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Surrendering to an Emperor, with a City in the Background

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of a helmeted soldier holding a severed head on a staff beside a seated commander, with fallen warriors below.

Illustration for a Book: Soldier in front of "General" Holding up a Decapitated Head on a Staff

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of a mitred bishop on horseback leading armed riders toward a city gate, where robed figures gesture in greeting.

Illustration for a Book: Reception of a Bishop Leading an Army at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a ceremonial scene with trumpeters, robed figures, and soldiers in an arched interior.

Illustration for a Book: Allegorical Scene of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770