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Pencil sketch of a drunken Silenus riding a donkey, surrounded by satyrs and draped figures in a frieze-like procession.

Drunken Silenus Riding on an Ass

Jacques Sarazin, 17th century

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

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

Two black chalk studies of crouching nude male figures on toned paper, with red guide lines and a signature.

Two Crouching Nude Male Figures

Simon Vouet, ca. 1640

Drawing of a bacchanal wedding feast with revelers, musicians, putti, and an elephant beneath grapevines, in red chalk and wa

The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne

Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder, ca. 1709

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

Architectural cross-section drawing of a tiered theater interior with a central royal box, draped curtains and a decorated va

Transverse Section of the Small Theater in the Palace of Caserta with a View Towards the Royal Box

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Watercolor of an old timber mill with a wooden waterwheel beside a river, with two fishermen on the bank.

Riverside Scene (Old Mill)

Peter De Wint, 1805-10 (?)

Watercolor of a busy Venice canal with market boats, gondolas and the Rialto Bridge in the background.

The orange market, with the Rialto Bridge beyond, Venice

James Holland, 1867

Night festival drawing with a glowing star-topped obelisk, crowds dancing, carriages and horsemen along a tree-lined avenue.

Design for the Engraving "Réjouissances du Peuple . . . à Reims le 27 aout 1765"

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1767

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical colonnade, reclining muses, a harp player, a lion and a flying figure in clouds.

Temple of the Muses

Charles Monnet, ca. 1777

Watercolor of a castle on a steep rocky headland above the sea, with small figures on the shore and cloudy sky.

Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland

Thomas Girtin, 1796-97

Colorful fireworks burst over a suspension bridge at night, with steamboats and sailing ships on the river below.

The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations at the Opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and B…

Currier & Ives, 1883

Watercolor ceiling study with three mythological scenes, a central roundel, and pale blue and green ornamental panels with go

Study for a Ceiling

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, ca. 1780-1800

Pen drawing in cutaway perspective of a Venetian palace with a gondola on the canal and figures in the courtyard.

Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1830-79

Pen and wash drawing of three rococo cartouche frames on pedestals decorated with cherubs, garlands and laurel, with a small

Design for Festival Decorations on the Bases of Piers

Carlo Marchionni, 1702-86

Drawing of a ceiling design with cherubs holding scales and a sword above reclining figures in a painted frame.

Design for a ceiling with an allegory of Justice

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man turned left, seen from below, with foreshortened limbs and torso.

Seated Man Turned Towards the Left Seen from Below

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Red chalk drawing of a river scene with trees, houses, reeds and a rower in a small boat on calm water.

River Scene

Abraham Rutgers, 1645-99

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a cottage, and two small figures walking on a winding road.

Hilly Landscape with Two Figures on a Road

William Taverner, mid-18th century

Graphite and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated woman with drapery, a winged figure, and animals.

Venus Lamenting the Dead Adonis (or Diana and Endymion)

Januarius Zick, 1740-97

Grey wash drawing of a castle with stepped gables and a tower beside a moat, with a wooden drawbridge and trees.

The Castle Meerdevoort, near Dordrecht

Roelant Roghman, 1647

Architectural drawing of two Gothic church elevations with tall spires and pointed arch windows, labeled design for proposed

Design for the Proposed Church at Middlesborough

John Green, 1837

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky banks, two figures, and a domed building on a hill.

View of Ariccia, Italy

Jonathan Skelton, ca. 1758