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Pencil drawing of a river estuary with thatched cottages, figures on the bank, sailboats and distant windmills.

A River Estuary

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with a ruined building, trees, three figures in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with River and Three Figures

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pencil drawing of cows and figures on a riverbank, with sailboats, a windmill, and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

River Scene with Cows

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pencil drawing of winter river scene with skaters, horse-drawn sleds, a tent, and a windmill on the horizon.

River Landscape in Winter with Figures Skating and Sleds

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Grey wash drawing of figures resting near tents and a covered cart in an open landscape under cloudy sky.

Landscape with Figures and Camp Site

Josua de Grave, n.d.

Pale blue wash drawing of a river landscape with tall trees, a statue, a bridge, a church tower and a rider on horseback.

Italian Lanscape

Pieter de Groot, 1769

Chalk drawing of three figures: a woman with lowered eyes, a man whispering beside her, and another man looking out.

Feeding the Dog

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Pencil sketch of a seated man at a tavern table with a jug, surrounded by loosely drawn background figures.

Peasants in a Tavern

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, mid-17th-early 18th century

Drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with ribbed vaults, a pipe organ, and small figures in 17th-century dress.

Interior of Strasbourg Cathedral

Jacob van der Heyden, ca. 1625-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds gathered in a dim arched stable interior with horses in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Samuel van Hoogstraten, early 1640s

Watercolor landscape of rocky mountains, a stream with a footbridge, robed hermits, trees, and a distant church on a hill.

Mountainous Landscape with Hermits

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of rolling fields, trees, shrubs and cottages under an open sky.

Landscape with the Village of Lincent

Constantijn Huygens the Younger, 1675

Grey wash drawing of grapes, peaches and plums in a basket on a ledge, with vine branches and leaves above.

A Basket of Fruit

Jan van Huysum, n.d.

Watercolor of a girl in a bonnet seated in dune grass, looking toward a grey sea with a distant sailboat.

Girl in the Dunes

Jozef Israëls, mid-19th-early 20th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin with outstretched arms surrounded by angels, musicians and kneeling figures.

The Virgin Surrounded by Angels and Representatives of Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of Christ falling under the cross, with soldiers, mourning women and a stone arch.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1732-61

Watercolor and graphite sketch of Dutch sailing boats on choppy water with a windmill on the distant shore.

Dutch Fishing Boats; verso: Sketches of Boats

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1870

Watercolor landscape of a road lined with autumn trees, fields and a distant village under a pale sky.

Road near La Côte-Saint-André

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1885

Watercolor of a windmill with yellow tower and dark sails beside a tree, houses and a cloudy blue sky.

Wind Mill at Antwerp

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1866

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a windblown tree, a dirt path and a grazing cow under a pale sky.

Landscape

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1877

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded picture gallery with many framed paintings and small groups of figures.

Interior of a Picture Gallery

Hans Jordaens III, ca. 1620

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd with oxen and a kneeling priest before a classical colonnaded building.

Saint Paul at Lystra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Watercolor study of a stag beetle surrounded by butterflies, grasshoppers, a dragonfly, a wasp, and a spider, with a wind fac

Insects and the Head of a Wind God

Joris Hoefnagel, ca. 1590-1600

Grisaille study of a ceiling decoration with clouds, a draped woman, winged putti and reclining figures in flanking spandrels

Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Carlo Alberto Baratta, 1754-1815

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with an angel presenting a nude soul below, cherubs and faces above.

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1629-57

Pen and ink wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of rearing horses over clouds, with faint red grid lines.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Rising Sun

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Grey wash drawing of hunters with dead hares and a bird beside a stone wall, with dogs and a saddled horse under trees.

Hunters with Dead Game in a Landscape

Giovanni Agostino Cassana, 1600-1800

Grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with papal tiara, crossed keys, cherubs, allegorical women and an empty cartouche.

Modello for Ceiling Fresco with Papal Coat of Arms

Bernardo Castello, 1557-1629

Pen and wash drawing of a banquet with a seated woman, a man beside her, servants, soldiers and dogs under a draped canopy.

The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century