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Pen and ink sketch sheet with a clergyman, sailboat, tree, reclining figure and lettering reading Anseremme.

Une Soirée Anseremme

Félicien Rops, 1876

Pencil sketch of three riders on horseback with a rough architectural background and handwritten French notes on the page.

Three figures on horseback with indications at right

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of stooping peasant figures and a central loosely drawn group, with handwritten notes.

Sheet with various peasants

Figure study

Pencil sketch of a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat and long cloak against a shaded landscape with tall trees.

Shepherd

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a high-collared jacket, with loose scribbled hatching around him.

Victor Vanhove

Félicien Rops, 1833-98

Graphite sketch of a little girl with hair ribbon leaning on a railing, skirt loosely hatched, signed upper right.

Little Girl

Félicien Rops, 1873

Pencil sketch of a reclining man beside an older man in a hat, with handwritten notes in the upper right corner.

Study for Uylenspiegel

Pencil sketch of a crowded beach with bathing huts, tents, strollers in period dress, and people playing on the sand.

The Beach at Blankenberghe

Félicien Rops, 1863

Pencil sketch of two soldiers in helmets and long cloaks on an open plain, one with a lion emblem on his cloak.

Two Belgian Soldiers

Charcoal drawing of a standing man holding two mugs in a dim tavern interior, with a seated figure in the background.

Standing man with beer mugs

Pen and ink sketch sheet with studies of heads in hats, a bearded soldier, a draped figure and flower sprigs.

Sketch Sheet

Félicien Rops, 1878

Pen-and-ink letter to Théo with a sketch of a seated figure against a bare tree trunk.

Letter to Theo Hanon, from Rops, signed Fély

Pencil sketch of a bearded older man wearing a checked turban and dark coat, shown in bust length on pale paper.

Man with a Turban

Vertical drawing with three circular panels labeled Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, showing a couple, a ballot box, and a nurse

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Notebook with sketches and notes

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ with the Virgin and St. Joseph above, and apostles gesturing below.

The Risen Christ between the Virgin and St. Joseph, Appearing to St. Peter and other Apostles

Jean Daret, ca. 1630-68

Graphite sketch of a robed bearded figure with arms outstretched, seated on clouds and gazing upward.

Study for Christ as Mediator

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with attendant women and cherubs in clouds above a classical landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Adrien Dassier, 1666

Loose pencil sketch of a bowed, bearded man in a long robe leaning on a staff, with a faint second head at upper right.

Standing Figure of a Man with a Staff

Honoré Daumier, 1825-79

Pen and wash drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside a nude woman, with Neptune and nymphs on a sea creature and a city behind.

Apollo and Galatea in a Landscape with Neptune and Three Nymphs

Orazio Samacchini, 1550-60

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman playing a flute beside a seated man, with faint sketched heads at left.

A Frieze Portraying a Music Party

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1512-71

Ink and wash drawing of Christopher Columbus in an oval frame, surrounded by navigational instruments, allegorical figures an

Christopher Columbus

Jean-Baptiste Dedéban, 1805-49

Pen and ink sketches of classical architecture, columns, scrollwork and putti for a decorative casket design.

Sketches for the Design of a Casket (recto); Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths(?) (verso)

Girolamo da Carpi, 1545-55

Pencil drawing of six women in flowing gowns dancing in a circle, holding hands, before a wooded landscape.

The Round Dance, or Rays of Sunlight

Anne-François-Louis Janmot, 1835-55

Red and black chalk portrait of a bearded man in a plumed cap and ruffed collar, turned to the left.

Portrait of La Val de Pramence

François Clouet, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of sea gods kneeling before a standing king on a pedestal, with cherubs and clouds above a harbor.

Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV

Michel Corneille the Younger, n.d.

Charcoal study of a kneeling draped female figure seen from behind, with a separate head study of hair at upper right.

Studies of a Draped Female Figure, Kneeling, Seen from the Back, for the East Transept of the Chruch of Sainte-Clothi…

Henri Lehmann, 1858

Graphite and chalk study of a woman in a long gown carrying a basket of bread, drawn on squared blue-grey paper.

A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of M…

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1850-53

Charcoal and chalk drawing of crowded bookshelves with stacked books and loose papers on the floor.

Bookshelves, Study for "Edmond Duranty"

Edgar Degas, 1879