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Woodblock print of a bearded officer in dark uniform and green cap gripping a sword beside a barred window.

Print - Munakata, 1906

Munakata, ca. 1906

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hair and a patterned kimono, with a cat playing beside her.

Print - Keisai Eisen, 1790

Keisai Eisen, 1790

Woodblock print of two women on a wooden veranda beside a pine, looking over a winding river and figures in grassy fields.

Print - Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Life Drawing

Carle Vanloo, mid-18th century

Ink drawing on paper of birds perched on rocks and branches, with a drooping willow twig at upper left.

Japanese Drawing

Kanō Naonobu, early 19th century

Pink poinsettia-like flowers and green leaves in a watercolor design drawing, with a color swatch key at lower left.

Design Drawing

Tiffany & Co., ca. 1893

Black ink drawing on tan paper of a stylized village with angular rooftops, tall trees, and curving hills.

Drawing 16

Jacoba van Heemskerck, ca. 1916

Watercolor of wildflowers including yellow goldenrod, blue gentians, white asters and dark berries among green and rust leave

Wildflowers

Ellen Robbins, 1875

Moonlit winter landscape with bare trees, snowy hills, a frozen stream and streaky white clouds under a deep blue sky.

Winter Scene in Moonlight

Henry Farrer, 1869

Watercolor of boys in straw hats in a wooden dory on calm water, with sailboats and a shoreline in the distance.

Boys in a Dory

Winslow Homer, 1873

Red chalk drawing of a seated mother nursing an infant while two other children rest nearby in soft shading.

Maternity

Benjamin West, 1784

Woodblock print of a woman standing, a child attending a kneeling woman's hair, beside a red lacquer stand and round lattice

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Grey-toned watercolor of a surgeon at center directing assistants over a patient, with a tiered audience of observers behind.

The Gross Clinic

Thomas Eakins, 1875-76

Watercolor of purple plums on a branch with green leaves and two yellow quinces resting on sandy ground.

Plums

John William Hill, 1870

Watercolor of a shirtless young man wading in turquoise sea, with a sailboat, palm-lined shore and bunting in the background.

The Bather

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of a rower in a red headband and white shirt in a single scull on a river, with sailboats in the distance.

John Biglin in a Single Scull

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1873

Drawing of a woman in a gray skirt lifting a bowl while a dark turkey stands beside her on grass near a pale wall.

Feeding the Turkey

Eastman Johnson, ca. 1872-80

Watercolor of a channel bass fish swimming in blue-green water above dark seaweed on the seabed.

Channel Bass

Winslow Homer, 1904

Watercolor of a banjo player, a standing man in a red cardigan, and a barefoot boy dancing in a plain interior room.

The Dancing Lesson

Thomas Eakins, 1878

Watercolor of the seated Great Buddha at Kamakura with eyes lowered, framed by a bamboo canopy, stone lantern and green folia

The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, Known as the Daibutsu, from the Priest's Garden

John La Farge, 1887

Watercolor of two fishing boats on turquoise water, one white boat labeled Lizzie with billowing sail and crew at work.

Fishing Boats, Key West

Winslow Homer, 1903

Woman seated by a sunny window darning grey socks, with potted plants and a basket of mending beside her.

A Month's Darning

Enoch Wood Perry, 1876

Watercolor of a glowing white-striped morning glory flower with green leaves against a dark blue nocturnal background.

Nocturne

John La Farge, ca. 1885

Watercolor of red and yellow flowers and banana plants before a yellow bungalow with a white roof overlooking blue sea.

Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of a lake with scattered islands and layered mountains under a golden sunset sky, seen from a rocky hillside.

Lake Squam from Red Hill

William Trost Richards, 1874

Watercolor of a pale woman's face and dark hair floating on dark water beside a pink flower under a dusky sky.

The Strange Thing Little Kiosai Saw in the River

John La Farge, 1897

Osage Warrior

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1805-7

Two barefoot boys with a bucket on a sandy beach beside beached sailboats, with a fish lying on the sand.

A Basket of Clams

Winslow Homer, 1873

Watercolor of an underwater scene with anemones, corals, shells, lobsters, and fish over a rocky seabed.

Ocean Life

James M. Sommerville

Watercolor of a river with cliffs, a wooded hillside, grazing cows and walkers in a sunny meadow.

The Palisades

John William Hill, ca. 1870

Watercolor of a harbor city across a bay, with ships, a windmill, a sandy shore and a windswept pine in the foreground.

New York from the Heights near Brooklyn

William Guy Wall, ca. 1820-23

Pastel drawing of a brown brick facade with pink laundry, a dark doorway, and figures on a stone ledge.

Note in Pink and Brown

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1880

Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868

Poster of a dancer in a polka-dot blouse kicking high beside a top-hatted man, with a silhouetted crowd and bold red letterin

Moulin Rouge: La Goulue

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891

Watercolor of a standing woman in a dark gray dress holding a hat, against a black background with brown lower edge.

Lady in Gray

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883

Sepia tonal print of a large nude giant seated on a rock ledge, seen from behind, under a crescent moon.

Seated Giant

Francisco Goya, by 1818 (possibly 1814-18)

Graphite sketch of a plumed warrior with spear and shield at the center of a crowded ancient battle scene among trees.

Leonidas at Thermopylae

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1812-13

Red and black chalk drawing of a bald man's head turned upward, with an open mouth and shaded face on pale paper.

Head of a Man

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718

Pencil drawing of three young women in period dress, one seated at a piano, two standing behind her, 1818.

The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1818

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanal with satyrs, a goat, a fruit basket, and a classical arch.

Bacchanal

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-36

Etching of an imagined Venetian canal scene with a domed church, boats, terraced houses, and a seated man on a wall.

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats…

Canaletto, 1741

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth piping for a reclining satyr under trees, with putti and a landscape behind.

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-50

Watercolor of two women in a whitewashed interior, one seated in embroidered dress and headdress, one in a yellow headscarf b

Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Engraving of Christ bearing the cross through a crowd of soldiers on horseback, onlookers and dogs, with rocky hills behind.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1475-80

Etching of a reclining allegorical man with trumpets, a herm bust, a winged putto, and animals in the foreground.

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47 (published 1648)

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve by a tree with a serpent, surrounded by animals including a cat, stag and parrot.

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Engraving of a Gothic synagogue portico with ribbed vaults, two robed figures, and a rose window in the background.

The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1519

Painted corridor with rows of arches and columns receding to a distant doorway, with a small figure walking on a red brick pa

Corridor in the Asylum

Vincent van Gogh, September 1889

Engraving of a winged seated woman surrounded by geometric objects, a sleeping dog, a sphere, and a magic square on a wall.

Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Etching of a tall double-trunked spruce tree beside a river, with mountains, a castle, and a town in the distance.

Landscape with a Double Spruce

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1521-22

Engraving of a bacchanal with nude revelers, satyrs and putti around a wine vat beneath a grapevine.

Bacchanal with a Wine Vat

Andrea Mantegna, Before 1475

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a sun chariot, Jupiter and an eagle in the sky, and river gods.

The Judgment of Paris: he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above. In the upper…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-20

Etched self-portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, turned over his shoulder toward the viewer, on pale paper.

Self-Portrait, from "The Iconography"

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1640

Pen and ink drawing of a draped standing woman with outstretched arms holding a dagger, on grey paper.

Lucretia

Raphael, 1508-10

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)

Paul Gauguin, ca. 1899

Pen and watercolor drawing of a knight and a noblewoman on horseback facing each other before a river landscape and walled ci

Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen

Bernard van Orley, 1530-35

Pen and wash drawing of a river town with a hilltop castle, wooden bridge, church spire and a sailboat on the water.

View of Heidelberg

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1588-89

Grey wash drawing of a large oak tree on a sandy dune beside a winding road, with hills and a fence in the distance.

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650-55

Chalk drawing of a woman's head tilted down, eyes lowered, with soft wavy hair in shaded tones.

The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right

Leonardo da Vinci, 1510-13

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

Michelangelo, ca. 1510-11

Pen and watercolor drawing of the Spanish Steps in Rome with 18th-century figures, a fountain, and the Trinità dei Monti chur

Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti

Giovanni Paolo Panini, ca. 1756-58

Watercolor of a lake with blue mountains, a shoreline town, bathers in the foreground and a glowing sunset sky.

The Lake of Zug

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1843

Lithograph of fallen bodies among rubble before a stone barricade, with smoke and city buildings in the background.

Civil War

Édouard Manet, 1871-73 [published 1874]

Watercolor interior of a cottage with a man reading, a woman feeding a child, another man leaning on a wall, and a loom.

Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

Adriaen van Ostade, 1673

Chiaroscuro woodcut of Hercules raising a club among classical architecture, with nude women and armed figures around him.

Hercules chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Ugo da Carpi, ca. 1520-27

Misty grey night view of the Thames with a small boat and figure in the foreground, factory chimneys and a spire on the far s

Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Etching of a towering round prison tower with stairs, railed walkways, arches and a wooden crane, with small figures.

The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of three standing draped figures with curly hair and flowing robes on aged paper.

Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso)

Stefano da Verona, 1435-38

Armor

Odilon Redon, 1891

Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Etching of the crucifixion of Christ between two thieves, with soldiers on horseback and a crowd below under radiating light.

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653

Pastel landscape of rolling hills, a winding pale path and green fields under a hazy sky, signed Degas in red.

Landscape

Edgar Degas, 1892

Black chalk drawing of a woman with curled hair, head turned toward viewer, on tinted paper with handwritten inscription.

Portrait of Emma Hamilton

Angelica Kauffmann, 1791

Monochrome drawing of two roses with buds, serrated leaves and thorny stems on a pale paper ground.

Two Roses

Anne Vallayer-Coster, ca. 1810

Chalk drawing of a woman in a white turban seen from behind, looking over her bare shoulder, on tan paper.

Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet)

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1789

Pen and wash drawing of Jupiter and Juno reclining on a draped bed with cherubs, framed by classical columns.

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1532-35

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman having her hair combed by an attendant beside a green tufted armchair.

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Edgar Degas, ca. 1886-88

Miniature painting of a mounted king meeting a veiled woman in a rocky landscape, with a Persian verse panel above.

"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597-98

Persian miniature of a man carving a channel in rocky mountains while a rider on a brown horse watches, with a mountain goat

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami, dated 931 AH/1524-25 CE

Painted manuscript page of dancing dervishes on a flowery hillside, with onlookers and blossoming trees under a blue sky.

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Hafiz, ca. 1480

Miniature painting of a harpist and a seated man on rocks, surrounded by deer, gazelles, birds and a white horse in a hilly l

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597-98

Illustrated manuscript folio with six red-ground painted scenes of a tiger, figures and flowers, with Arabic text.

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1340-41 CE

Two lovers embrace in Persian dress against a gold-flecked background with flowering stalks, a wine flask and fruit.

The Lovers

Riza-yi 'Abbasi, dated 1039 AH/1630 CE

Persian miniature of a youth in a garden pavilion attended by winged fairies, musicians and a crescent moon above.

"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maid…

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597-98

Manuscript page with three lines of black Arabic calligraphy framed by gold and blue illuminated borders and pointed roundel

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, dated 707 AH/1307-8 CE

Painted manuscript page of an elephant clock with a mahout, a dragon, a bird on top, and figures in a canopied tower.

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif, dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Ink drawing of a sinuous dragon with spotted body curling among stylized foliage and clouds, with a calligraphic cartouche.

'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage

Shah Quli, ca. 1540-50

Persian miniature of birds gathered by a stream in a rocky landscape, with a peacock, cranes and a falcon under a tree.

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600

Persian miniature of a seated ruler at a mountain feast beside a central fire, with attendants, grazing animals, and calligra

"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525

Two turbaned figures meet in a rocky landscape, one on a black horse beside a man seated on a brown camel, framed by Persian

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Mustafa ibn Vali, ca. 1595

Persian manuscript painting of a courtyard with a balcony, a bathing pool with nude women, and a garden behind.

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Maulana Azhar, ca. 1430

Pen and ink landscape sketch of thatched village houses with horsemen and travelers on a road beneath a tall tree.

Approach to a Mountain Village with Horsemen on the Road

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1501

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining bearded male figure gazing upward, with hatched shading on tinted paper.

Ecstatic Christ

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1510-11

Pen and wash drawing of a medieval castle east front with a gatehouse, round tower, and small figures on grass.

Warwick Castle: The East Front

Canaletto, 1752

Brown ink drawing of masked, pointed-hatted figures gathered around a body under a brick vault, with a wheelbarrow and poles.

The Burial of Punchinello

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an executioner raising an axe over a kneeling man, with soldiers and a crowd watching.

The Martyrdom of Saint Paul

Taddeo Zuccari, ca. 1557-58