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Album leaf with pink roses and grey-green leaves beside white blossoms on a branch, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Flower Study

Yun Bing, 17th century

Oil study of a standing man in a red turban, yellow and green robes, and a red shawl, holding a sword against a blue sky.

Study for "Portrait of an Indian"

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1807

Ink and color sketch of a striped tiger beside a rock, with a small fox at the right edge, on a handscroll.

Sketches of Birds and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century, before 1870

Painting of a young woman with a faint smile, wearing a blue shawl, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665-67

Pen and ink sketch of a woman's head broken into angular lines against architectural forms, signed Boccioni.

Analytical Study of a Woman's Head Against Buildings

Umberto Boccioni, 1911

Allegorical white-robed woman beside books and arts objects, with figures in a landscape and scattered chains on a checkered

Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks

Samuel Jennings, ca. 1791-92

Grey and gold wash study of a monument with a gilded statue, two draped female figures, an obelisk, and reclining figures on

Study for a Monument to a Princely Figure

François Boucher

Painting of a smiling young woman with a white shawl and a pearl earring against a dark background.

Study of a young woman.[1] Alternative title(s): Portrait of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Oil study of a burning city at dusk with a winged angel above and fleeing figures in the foreground.

Study for "The Destruction of Sodom"

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1843

Painting of a shaded brook winding through a dense woodland clearing with tall trees and reflections in the water.

A Brook in a Clearing (possibly "Brook, Valley of Fontcouverte; Study")

Gustave Courbet, probably 1862

Studies of Indian Chiefs Made at Fort Laramie

Albert Bierstadt, 1859

Painting of a young woman with long wavy auburn hair, head turned downward, dark clothing and white collar, dark background.

Study Head of a Young Woman

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1618-20

Study of a Nude Man

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1810-20

Head Study of a Fisherman from Capri

Lorenz Frølich, 1849

Oil study of an elderly man with a long white beard, head bowed, against a dark brown background.

Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1617-20

Study of a Woman’s Head

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780

Seated woman in green striped gown and black bodice, looking down and adjusting her sleeve, in a loose painterly interior.

Study in Black and Green

John White Alexander, 1906

Oil portrait of a woman in white dress and blue sash, wearing a plumed hat, turned to the right against green background.

Portrait of a Woman; (reverse, now covered by relining canvas) Study of a Child's Head

John Hoppner, 1790s

Half-length painted portrait of a young woman with curly dark hair, bare shoulders, and a white lace neckline against a brown

Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Sir Peter Lely, 1670s

Seated woman in blue blouse and yellow headscarf against green background, painted in loose Impressionist brushwork.

Washerwoman, Study

Camille Pissarro, 1880

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark beret, gazing downward against a dark background.

Study Head of an Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn

Study of Two Heads

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1609

Oil study of a standing man in a red turban and gold and green robes holding a curved sword, with palm tree and hills.

Study for "Portrait of an Indian"

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1807

Study of cumulus clouds in a blue sky with sunlit tops, grey shadows, pink evening light, and dark trees at the horizon.

Cloud Study (Early Evening)

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806

Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56

Painted sketch of a crowd in robes before a red tent, with a couple in formal dress and colorful banners overhead.

Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1…

Isidore Pils, ca. 1862-67

Pastel portrait of a young woman with blue ribbon in her hair, wearing red drapery and a gold earring, glancing sideways.

Study of a Girl in Red

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Oil study of grey storm clouds over rolling dark hills with a pale unpainted foreground.

Landscape Study with Clouds

Emile Loubon, ca. 1829-31

Oil study of a river bank with water reflections and tall wild plants, including broad leaves and a white flower.

Study of Water and Plants

Thomas Fearnley, 1837