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Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a standing male figure in a long robe, one hand raised to the chest.

Three-Quarter View of a Standing Male Robed Figure

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Pencil sketch by Gustave Doré of figures in a crowd beside a figure on a cross, with draped cloth above.

Sketch of a Draper's or Upholsterer's Shop

Ink drawing of a woman in a ruffled period dress holding a crosshatched parasol, with hatched shading on pale paper.

Lady with a Parasol

Achille Devéria, 1838

Watercolor sketch of a bearded man in a dark fur hat framed in gold, surrounded by handwritten French verses on paper.

Satirical Drawing of the Sâr Joséphin Peladan

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1891

Architectural drawing with chapel interior, building elevations and radial floor plan with French handwritten notes.

Architectural Drawing for a Chapel and Hospital

de la Maire, ca. 1767

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a costumed male figure with a sword, framed by radiating drapery and an ornate border.

A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy forest with lightning, a standing rider and a fallen dead horse in the foreground.

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

Ink and wash drawing of a crouching grotesque figure reaching toward a cat, with a standing woman and an older man looking on

The Pampered Idiot (Niño zangolotino)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical scene with a reclining man surrounded by a crowd beneath an arched portico.

The Death of Socrates

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, ca. 1749

Etching of a child blowing a soap bubble beside a man holding a hat, a parrot perched on a chair, and a bowl on a table.

Soap Bubbles

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1799

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle, sheep and a goat resting in an Italianate landscape with trees and hills.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a receding colonnade with Corinthian columns, a niche statue, and small figures in a courtyard.

A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Black chalk study on blue paper of a standing peasant man in a fur hat and long coat, leaning on a ledge.

Study of a Standing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a family gathered around a table drinking, with a woman in an apron standing at right and a dog below.

A Family Carousing

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of the Virgin with a halo, praying among clouds and winged angels holding a palm and banner.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds

Friedrich Sustris, ca. 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lunette with two kneeling saints flanking a central pedestal, angels and putti above in cloud

Two Saints in Adoration

Ventura Salimbeni, n.d.

Charcoal drawing on blue paper of a bearded saint in draped robes standing beside a diagonal cross.

St. Andrew

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 17th century

Red chalk study of a draped standing figure holding a chalice, with sketched wing fragments at the right edge.

Study of St. John (recto); Study of a Warrior (verso)

Eugenio Caxés, 17th century

Brown and green wash drawing of a military trophy with draped figure, ornate shields, helmet, urn and goblet.

Design for a Military Trophy

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1752-1821

Engraving of Lot led by two winged angels away from a walled city, with women following behind and a tree on the left.

Lot's Flight from Sodom

Hendrick Goltzius, 1582

Engraving of a Venetian wedding: elegant figures in a columned hall overlooking a lagoon with boats and a distant city.

The Venetian Wedding

Hendrick Goltzius, 1584

Engraving of a beached pilot whale on a sandy shore, with men pulling ropes and onlookers and boats in the distance.

A beached pilot whale near Zandvoort on 21 November, 1594

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Engraving of the back of a muscular nude Hercules statue on a pedestal, with a cloak and two onlookers below.

Farnese Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1592, dated 1617

Engraving of Christ bound to a column while executioners with rods and a torch surround him in a city square.

The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure shown on a balcony above a crowd, with a man carrying a cross below and a city tower

Ecce Homo, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of the Laocoön group: a muscular bearded man and two sons wrestling with serpents before a stone wall.

Laocoön and his sons being attacked by serpents

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Laocoön struggling with serpents beside a pedestal, with a Minerva temple, ships, and the sea behind.

Laocoön and his two sons being attacked by serpents upon a pedestal, a temple to Minerva behind them, another temple…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of emaciated figures gathered around a skeleton on the ground, with a winged skeleton of Death holding an open book

The Skeletons, a group of emaciated men and women gathered around a skeleton laid on the ground and a figure of Death…

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of a bearded rider on a prancing horse atop a stone pedestal, with a distant city and walls behind.

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of Galatea in a shell chariot pulled by dolphins, with cupids above and sea figures around her.

Galatea riding in a shell pulled through the water by dolphins, a cupid below and four more above, at left a triton e…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27