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Chalk drawing of a woman with a red headband and piled dark hair, staring wide-eyed with a furrowed brow.

Medea

Charles-Antoine Coypel, ca. 1715

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman lifted by a draped goddess among clouds, with a deer and kneeling figures below.

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Charles de La Fosse, ca. 1678

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a seated woman holding an infant, with an attendant holding a torch at left.

Allegorical Figures for a Ceiling Decoration

Michel Corneille the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a donkey-riding figure departing between columns, with an armoured guard, attendants, dogs and onlook

The Departure of Sancho Panza for the Island of Barataria

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a formal assembly hall with a canopied dais, seated dignitaries, and armed guards along barriers.

Assemblée des Notables, Versailles, 1787

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1787

Lithograph in black on yellow of two Breton women in white headdresses by a wooden fence, with a rural landscape behind.

Bretonnes à la Barrière, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques"

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Black and white chalk drawing of a young man asleep in a chair, head tilted back, draped in loose robes.

Youth Sleeping in a Chair

François-André Vincent, ca. 1771-72

Blue wash drawing of a sleeping man with bow and arrows beneath a tree, with clouds, a winged figure and a standing woman abo

The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul, from La Fontaine's "Fables", XI, 4

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1732

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a basket beside a small child in a cap holding a bundle of herbs.

Menghina Coming from the Garden Meets Cacasenno

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1665-1747

Pen and wash drawing with four figure studies: a woman carrying a basket, a woman lifting a vase, a seated woman, and an arm

Figure Studies: Woman Carrying a Basket; Woman Carrying a Vase, and Woman Seated at a Table

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown ink and wash sketch of a warrior on horseback with standing draped figures and veiled women studies.

Figure Studies: Warrior on Horseback, and Groups of Standing Female Figures

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Red chalk drawing of a woman holding a horse's bridle while a child points at the horse.

Marcolfa Persuades Cacasenno to Mount a Horse

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1685-1747

Pen and ink sketch of a crowned female allegorical figure seated on a cloud, surrounded by putti and study lines.

Allegorical Figure of Painting

Cesare Dandini, 1596-1656

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a seated Madonna and child, dancing children, nude figures and drapery studies.

Figure Studies: The Holy Family, a Running or Dancing Child, Drapery Studies

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown ink drawing of a man in an oval laurel frame, with enlarged flea and mite illustrations and a name cartouche below.

The Dutch Microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Brown wash drawing of a rider leaping into a chasm while onlookers in classical dress react beside columns.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm (recto); Study of a Seated Crowned Female Figure (verso)

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Pen and ink caricature of four 18th-century men in wigs and coats, one gesturing toward a small dome-topped architectural mod

The Marquis de Vandières, Abbé Jean-Bernard Le Blanc, Germain Soufflot, and Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the Younger

Pier Leone Ghezzi, ca. 1750

Grey wash drawing of a picnic party on a bank: a man in a tricorn hat, a turbaned man pouring wine, and a woman drinking.

A Picnic Party

Claude Simpol, 1716

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a ruffled gown holding a mirror, with trees in a woodland setting.

Lady with a Mirror

Claude Simpol, 1716

Grey wash drawing of a man smoking a pipe and a seated woman with elaborate hair beside a tree.

Tête à Tête

Claude Simpol, 1716

Grey wash drawing of three women in a wooded landscape, one seated on rocks, one standing with folded arms, one kneeling.

Ladies Bathing

Claude Simpol, 1717

Pen and gray wash drawing of five men straining to push and lever a large stone block with wooden poles.

Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone

Jacques Stella, ca.1640-50

Pencil drawing of men clubbing cormorants at a pond while birds fly past a large window frame and a tree.

The Defeat of the Cormorants

Louis Testelin, ca. 1648-53

Chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman pointing right beside a companion, with a forest and a seated figure behind.

Diana and Acteon

François-André Vincent, 1778

Man Seated at a Keyboard Instrument

François-André Vincent, 1774

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated classical ruler with kneeling woman and attendants in an arcaded hall.

The Clemency of Augustus (Corneille, Cinna, V, 3)

François-André Vincent, ca. 1787-88

Caricature of the Artist's Younger Brother Marie-Alexandre-François

François-André Vincent, 1776

Brown ink and wash drawing of Hector embracing Andromache as a nurse holds a frightened infant in a colonnaded hall.

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax

Benjamin West, 1766

Brown ink and wash drawing of two men, one in a turban and draped robe, the other bearded and leaning toward him.

Two Men Seen Three- Quarter Length

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash sketch of a woman seated on a scallop shell, twisting with billowing drapery and hair swirling around her.

Studies of a Reclined Woman on a Seashell, for the Triumph of Galatea (recto and verso)

Paolo de Matteis, ca. 1692