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4,796 works

Etching of the Segovia aqueduct arches above a town, and a towered castle with figures and hills below.

The Aqueduct at Segovia and The Castle of Madrid

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, ca. 1545

Woodcut of a skeleton guiding a horse-drawn plough while a peasant pushes it across a field toward a village and rising sun.

The Peasant (or Ploughman), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Graphite study of a bearded, bare-chested man with one arm raised high and fist clenched, on cream paper.

Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1852-53

Red chalk drawing of a feathered female figure drawing a bow while seated on a large animal.

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rustic cottage with figures, chickens, a wheelbarrow, and trees in a farmyard.

Cottage with Figures

François Boucher

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude saint resting his hand on a lion in a church interior with arches and a crucifix.

Saint Jerome and the Lion

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a woman in a chariot drawn by lions, with inscription and 1740 below.

Design for a jeton or a token: Maison de la Reine 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Black ink print of a raven in flight with spread wings and extended talons on a cream paper sheet.

The Flying Raven, Ex Libris for "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Engraving of witches preparing for a sabbath in a grotto, with flying demons, a cauldron, rats and a distant town.

Witches Preparing for Sabbath

Andries Jacobsz. Stock, ca. 1610

Red chalk drawing of a child holding a flowering vase, with a dog sniffing the ground below, within an oval frame.

The Sense of Smell

Edmé Bouchardon

Lithograph of a man at an open shutter watching a raven fly over a dark city skyline of chimneys and rooftops.

Open Here I Flung the Shutter, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Pencil sketch of two cover designs: a hunter with dogs and birds on the left, a shield-bearing woman and seated man on the ri

Cover designs for "Ulenspiegel au Salon"

Félicien Rops, ca. 1870

Design for the poster and cover for "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Four quick pen and ink studies of horses in varied poses on a pale sheet of paper.

Four Studies of Horses

Jacques Callot, 16th century

Brown and white wash drawing of cavalry in a skirmish, with a fallen drummer and rearing horses in the foreground.

Cavalry Skirmish with a Fallen Drummer at Left

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 1763

Grey wash drawing of mounted cavalry in a smoky skirmish, with a fallen soldier in the foreground right.

Cavalry Skirmish with a Fallen Soldier at Right

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, 18th century

Pencil sketch of a cat beside a table with fish and fowl, with a hanging bird above, signed Chardin 1753.

Cat Surveying Fish and Fowl on a Table

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1753

Watercolor of a sunlit road with umbrella pines, whitewashed buildings, an oxcart, and travelers near a column.

Road Leading to the Grotto of Posillipo

Claude Louis Châtelet, 18th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with trees, a man leading a donkey, and a seated woman with a child by a road.

Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635

Pen and ink landscape with tall trees, a distant castle, a shepherd and cattle beside a stream.

Sunrise (recto); Landscape with Figures (verso)

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a family traveling by donkey along a path beneath palm trees, with a distant hazy landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Wash drawing of a wooded landscape with robed figures gathered on rocks beside a waterfall and swans in the pool below.

Landscape with Apollo and the Muses

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Sepia drawing of the Pentecost scene with a dove and flames above robed figures gathered in clouds.

The Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Pen and brown wash drawing of satyrs, nymphs and an infant beside a goat in a forest with an altar and urn.

The Nurture of Jupiter

Jean-Baptiste Corneille

Drawing of a kneeling bearded saint embracing an X-shaped cross, with an angel descending above and onlookers around.

The Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Michel Corneille the Younger

Pen and ink sketch of fallen warriors, a rearing horse, and a distant battle over hills, by Eugène Delacroix.

Fallen Warriors and a Runaway Horse

Eugène Delacroix, 1862

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crouching lioness beside a caricatured male head at upper left, by Eugène Delacroix.

A Lioness and a Caricature of Ingres

Eugène Delacroix, 1850s

Brown ink and wash drawing of mounted cavalry fighting, with soldiers firing pistols and fallen men on the ground.

Combat of Cavalry

Jacques Courtois, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a cavalry battle with mounted soldiers, rearing horses, fallen men and smoke in the sky.

Cavalry Battle

Jacques Courtois, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a cavalry battle with riders, rearing horses, fallen soldiers, and smoke over a field.

Battle Scene: a Cavalry Engagement

Jacques Courtois, 17th century