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Grey wash drawing of a man and woman in flowing cloaks striding left, with steps and a block at lower left.

Man and Woman Striding Toward the Left

Giovanni Francesco Caroto, early 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a pastoral music scene: women and a man gather under a tree, one playing a lute.

Concert champêtre

Girolamo Romanino, ca. 1520-30

Pen and brown ink drawing of a landscape with a large tree, two seated figures, rolling hills and a village under clouds.

Landscape with Two Seated Figures

Imitator of Domenico Campagnola, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of men seated at a table with a standing boy holding a bowl and a dog in the foreground.

The Supper at Emmaus

Bonifazio Veronese, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of two nude women carrying a third figure, with a small dog at lower right.

Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

Francesco Primaticcio, ca. 1547

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights on blue paper of a winged figure, two draped women, and a standing man.

A Winged Figure, two Women, and a Man

Biagio Pupini, early-mid-16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a classical arched colonnade with a draped standing figure and an embracing seated pair.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Lombardy- The Veneto, mid-16th century

Pencil and red chalk drawing of robed saints on clouds, with a bearded elder holding a staff on the right.

Saint Stephen and Other Saints on Clouds

Friuli, late 16th century

Black chalk drawing with white highlights on grey paper showing a reclining female nude with one arm behind her head.

Reclining Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a group of cloaked, veiled figures with detailed drapery folds on tan paper.

Group of Draped Figures

Antonello da Messina, early 1460s

Brown ink drawing of an elderly bearded man receiving communion from a robed priest, with two monks attending nearby.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1491-1503(?)

Sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated nude figure with one arm raised to the head and legs stretched out.

Seated Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a chaotic battle with horsemen, rearing horses, fallen soldiers, and a distant city.

Battle of Horsemen and Foot Soldiers

Guglielmo della Porta, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with draped male figures and two horses on the right.

Frieze with Male Figures and Two Horses

Polidoro da Caravaggio, mid-16th century

Brown wash drawing of men in a boat carrying off a struggling woman, with a domed rotunda on the shore at right.

The Abduction of Helen

Giuseppe Salviati, mid-16th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining female nude with curved body and soft hatched shading, inside a red and green ruled border.

Recumbent Nude

Emilia, early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of three horses and horsemen in a frieze-like composition beside an obelisk.

Frieze with Three Horsemen

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1530s

Brown ink drawing of a woman driving a chariot over a body while rearing horses pass classical columns and soldiers.

Tullia Driving Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father

Ciro Ferri, ca. 1655-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of putti and angels arranged in a circle among clouds around an open central light area.

A Glory of Angels

Luca Giordano, ca. 1650-69

Watercolor of a farmyard with weathered barns, a haystack, chickens on the grass, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Farm Scene

American Artist, second half 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a moonlit landscape with a tree on the right, a walking figure, and a pale moon among clouds.

Moonlit Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1900-1910

Graphite drawing of a reclining classical figure with bare feet and drapery resting on a cushioned base.

Hermaphrodite

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1780 or ca. 1810

Brown wash drawing of Saint Stephen kneeling as muscular men raise stones to throw at him beneath a tree.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Niccolò Bambini, ca. 1700

Pen and wash drawing of the Grand Canal in Venice, flanked by palace facades with a church spire in the distance.

The Grand Canal from Ca'Moro-Lin and Ca'Foscari to the Carità

Bernardo Bellotto, ca. 1736-37

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity in a stable with an angel, kneeling shepherds, kings, and animals.

The Nativity of Christ, with Shepherds and Kings in Adoration

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, ca. 1782-1844

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with boats, stone embankments, domed churches and a city skyline under a cloudy sky.

Padua: The River Bacchiglione and the Porta Portello

Canaletto, ca. 1750-60

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Grand Canal in Venice with palazzi, a Gothic church facade and a bell tower.

The Grand Canal from the Carità to the Dogana da Mar

Bernardo Bellotto, ca. 1736-37

Watercolor cityscape of Venice's waterfront with the Doge's Palace, campanile, and gondolas on the lagoon.

Panorama of Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, Including the Project for the Proposed Teatro Manin

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1788-93

Brown ink drawing of St Mark's Square in Venice with cloaked figures, the basilica's dome and a tall campanile.

Piazza San Marco from the Southwest Corner, with the Procuratie Nuove on the Right

Canaletto, ca. 1724-80

Pen and wash drawing of the Grand Canal in Venice, with the Rialto Bridge arching over the water between palazzi.

The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, from the North

Bernardo Bellotto, ca. 1736-37