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Brown ink drawing of the Château d'Amboise seen from a street with a stone wall, pedestrians, and large trees.

Veue et Perspective du Chasteau d'Amboille

Nicolas Perelle

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourning women beside a tomb, with cypress trees, a lion and a flaming urn.

Landscape with a Memorial Scene

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, ca. 1760-80

Pen and wash drawing of a nude male figure supporting a large covered urn, beside a smaller ornamental vase design.

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Variant Design for a Vase (verso)

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot

Pen and gray wash drawing of two figures in a vine-covered garden pavilion with a tiled roof and feathery plants.

Chinoiserie

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures among clouds with putti, framed by an ornamental border of medallions and panels.

The Triumph of Courage and Wisdom

Johann Michael Rottmayr, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing in a circle of the Holy Family: kneeling Mary, seated Joseph, and the infant Christ on a cloth.

Holy Family in the Stable

Govert Flinck, mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of men raising a large wooden cross as a crowd of robed onlookers watches under a hazy sky.

The Discovery of the True Cross

Bernardo Strozzi, 1599-1644

Charcoal sketch of three male figures, one standing, one bent forward, one lying on the ground, on cream paper.

Vendéan Fusillé

Clément-Auguste Andrieux, 1849-80

Pen drawing of a tiered tomb with a reclining effigy in elevation, with an oval floor plan below.

Design for a Freestanding Tomb Seen in Elevation and Plan

the Younger Antonio da Sangallo, 1530-35

Pen and ink study of three nude warriors, two on rearing horses, one raising a sword and another holding a spear.

Three Warriors and Their Horses, Study for a Bas Relief Sculpture in the Chateau de Tervueren

François Rude, first half 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, arm across knee, on draped cloth.

Study of a seated male figure (Ecce Homo?)

Juan Carreño de Miranda, ca. 1665-75

Pen and wash drawing of a street market with merchants and crowds above, and imprisoned figures in arches below.

Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtor's Prison (?)

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a figure driving crowds from a colonnaded temple, with a fallen table and arching gestures.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Frans Floris, 1530-70

Pen and brown ink drawing of an eagle in a tree preaching to deer, a lion, sheep, and birds gathered below.

An Eagle Preaching to the Animals

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, 16th century

Blue wash drawing of a couple in period dress in a bedchamber with a canopy bed, a dog, and a third woman at right.

Study for an engraving in the Hortus Voluptatum

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1599

Pen and brown ink ornamental design with cherubs, garlands, a floral urn, and scrollwork, framed by a double border.

Ornamental Design

Jacob Roer, ca. 1694

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers and onlookers gathered beneath a draped tent canopy in a military camp.

Design for a Title Page: A General and His Army Looking at a Map

Jan Antoine Coxie, late 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table, servants, and draped curtains in an interi

The Last Supper

Nicolaas van der Horst, early to mid-17th century

Pen drawing of a man in a hat pruning a bare tree with a curved knife, inside an oval frame labeled FEBRVARIVS.

The Month of February: Man Pruning a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a hat grafting a leafy branch onto a tree, labeled APRILIS, in an oval frame.

The Month of April: Man Grafting a Branch onto a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen drawing of a man in period dress holding a flower, with a sword and shield, labeled MAY, in an oval frame.

The Month of May: An Elegant Man Holding a Flower and Lute

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winged putto blowing a horn while holding a cloud, with a face in the sky above.

Putto Holding a Cloud and Horn

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Red chalk drawing of nude Andromeda chained to rock as a sea monster with open jaws rears at left.

Andromeda, after Agostino Carracci

Pieter Tanjé, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of an interior with two robed figures, an open book and tablets, and a town square beyond.

Vanitas

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, mid-16th-early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures, a globe, a nude statue on a pedestal and a winged trumpeter under classical arches.

Design for a Frontispiece of a Title Page

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Pencil sketches of horses in various poses, including rearing and galloping figures, on pale paper.

Studies of Horses

Eugène Delacroix

Graphite study of a hooded rider on horseback leading robed attendants and a crowd before a city wall, with a parasol overhea

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Watercolor of a bearded man in a blue doublet and red breeches writing with a quill at a desk in an interior.

Mathurin Régnier

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1846

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a turban and draped Moroccan-style costume, one arm extended.

Standing Woman in Moroccan Costume

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1834

Pen sketch sheet with a marriage procession of riders and a canopied carriage, a trophy of arms, and a winged rider on a hors

Sheet of Studies: A Marriage Procession in Sixteenth-Century Dress; a Cavalier; and a Trophy of Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863