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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

Watercolor night landscape with yellow stars and blue dashes above a dark silhouetted treeline.

Landscape with Stars

Henri-Edmond Cross, ca. 1905-1908

Pen and brown wash drawing of a rocky coast with a winged horse, figures, a large tree and a hazy sea.

Perseus and the Origin of Coral

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1671

Charcoal study of a standing nude figure with arms lowered, set against a dark textured background and a bench.

Study for "Poseuses"

Georges Seurat, 1886-87

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman turning her head and gesturing, with white highlights on tan paper.

Seated Woman

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1716-17

Pencil and wash drawing of a road lined with pollarded willows, with a figure sweeping in the foreground and walkers in the d

Road in Etten

Vincent van Gogh, 1881

Red chalk drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles seated at a long table in a sketched interior.

The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634-35

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a bearded man's head and shoulders in the form of a classical bust, gazing upward.

Bust of Pseudo-Seneca

Peter Paul Rubens, 1600-1626

Pen drawing of men shoveling a pile of wooden chairs along a curved arch, with a large empty area in the center.

Men Shoveling Chairs (Scupstoel)

Vranke van der Stockt, 1444-50

Pen and ink sketch of men in hats crowding around a painting on an easel, with a seated figure in the foreground.

Satire on Art Criticism

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644

Head of a Young Woman

Albrecht Dürer, 1522

Pencil portrait of a seated woman in a lace cap and ruffled dress with gold bracelets, resting her arm on a chair.

Madame Félix Gallois

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1852

Pen and ink drawing of an older man in a fur-trimmed hat gazing upward, rendered in brown hatching on tan paper.

Bust of a Man in a Hat Gazing Upward

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1480-90

Red-ground drawing with white heightening showing draped seated female figures, a standing figure with a staff, and small stu

Three Virtues (Temperance, Hope, and Fortitude or Justice) and Studies of a Seated Man

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1420

Brown ink drawing of Venice lagoon with gondolas, sailing boats, and a domed church on the distant waterfront.

Panaromic View of the Bacino di San Marco, Looking up the Giudecca Canal

Francesco Guardi, 1780-93

Brown ink and wash drawing of reclining Bacchus with a thyrsus staff, Ariadne, and putti among clouds.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Brown wash drawing of a crowd gathered around a bearded man with a flowering staff and a veiled woman in an interior.

The Betrothal of the Virgin

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of a thatched cottage and shed beside trees, with a figure in the doorway and a barrel nearby.

Cottage near the Entrance to a Wood

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644

Sketch of a rider in a top hat on a brown horse in a circus ring, with two spectators in red at the barrier.

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Watercolor of a woman in a lavender dress seated by a yellow fireplace with a fan, mirror and blue vase.

The Yellow Room

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883-84

Pencil and chalk study of two female arms and hands on tan paper, one holding strands of hair.

Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn"

Evelyn De Morgan, 1905

Grey chalk drawing of a woman in a voluminous gown and flowered powdered hair standing in a garden by a stone pedestal.

Marie Antoinette in a Park

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, ca. 1780-81

Painting of a narrow rocky ravine with ivy-covered cliffs, trees, and a glimpse of blue sky above.

Ravine at Sorrento

Édouard Bertin, 1821 or later

Loose oil sketch of oak trees and rocky ground in a sunlit forest clearing under a blue sky with white clouds.

Fontainebleau: Oak Trees at Bas-Bréau

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1832 or 1833

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair on brown paper, with a sketched second face at upper right, by Edgar Degas.

The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell (Mathilde Musson, 1841-1878)

Edgar Degas, 1873

Dark lava fields in the foreground, a town with red roofs beyond, and snow-capped Mount Etna rising under a pale sky.

Catania and Mount Etna

Edward Lear, 1847

Small oil landscape study of sunlit rocky banks, dark trees on the left, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Italian Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1825-28

Pastel drawing of a nude woman bending over a shallow tub to dry her leg, with warm ochre and blue tones.

Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub

Edgar Degas, 1885

Loose painted portrait of a man with a red beard in a dark jacket and striped cravat against a grey background.

George Moore (1852-1933)

Édouard Manet, 1879

Oil sketch of a curving lake below a green hillside with a pale hilltop town and tower under a pale sky.

Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1826-27

Pastel drawing of a red-haired nude woman seen from behind, drying herself with a grey towel against a yellow and blue backgr

Woman with a Towel

Edgar Degas, 1894 or 1898

Mademoiselle Isabelle Lemonnier (1857-1926)

Édouard Manet, 1879-82

Fan-shaped drawing of three women gathering cabbages in a field beneath a cloudy sky, with a village on the horizon.

Fan Mount: The Cabbage Gatherers

Camille Pissarro, ca. 1878-79