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Loose charcoal sketch of several overlapping figures in a crowded composition, framed by vertical architectural lines.

Sketch for a composition with several figures

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz

Etching of a woman drinking from a cup by candlelight, with a child reaching toward her and an old woman in a doorway.

Game of Fables. Ceres. Seventeenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 538 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Watercolor design of a church choir with a painted Ascension scene, stained glass windows, and gilded ornamental wall decorat

Project for the choir of the church of the Trinity

Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle

Pencil and wash design for a Gothic stained glass window with angels in the tracery and narrative panels below.

Project for stained glass for Saint-Etienne-du-Mont

Etching of a bearded man driving a cloud-borne chariot with two horses while a woman reaches out beside him.

Game of fables. Proserpine. Eighteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 512 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Design drawing of a gilded interior wall with a central oval scene of a crowned king judging two women, and a Prudence panel.

Project for the ceiling of the Court of Cassation: The Judgment of Solomon

Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle

Pencil drawing of a haloed woman nursing an infant, surrounded by children, within an oval frame beside a column.

Charity

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1851

Etching of three women walking arm in arm across a grassy garden landscape with trees, hedges and a fountain.

Game of fables. The Three Graces. Nineteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 513 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil sketch of a dog with floppy ears and a collar, seen from the front, drawn on tan paper.

Study of a dog

Emmanuel Frémiet

Watercolor study of Jesus carrying a heavy cross, wearing a crown of thorns, with a Roman soldier and onlookers behind him.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station II: Jesus is loaded with his cross

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of Apollo chasing Daphne, who raises leafy branching arms as she runs across a shadowed landscape.

Game of fables. Apollo and Daphne. Twentieth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 501 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Colored design drawing of an arched stained glass window with heraldic shields, scrollwork, angel figure and decorative panel

Project for stained glass for Saint-Eustache

Watercolor of Jesus being stripped of his clothes by two men while a Roman soldier with a spear looks on.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station X: Jesus is stripped of his clothes

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of Phaeton's falling chariot and rearing horses beneath a radiant sun, with a bearded figure above.

Game of fables. Phaeton. Twenty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 499 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil drawing of a herald on a white horse reading a document to a crowd in a medieval town square with a tower.

Herald reading

Frédéric-Auguste Laguillermie, 1898

Watercolor of Jesus kneeling under a cross as Simon of Cyrene helps carry it, with a Roman soldier and onlookers.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station V: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carr…

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a laurel-crowned figure playing a lyre while seated on a rock beside towers and city walls.

Game of fables. Amphion. Twenty-second number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 528 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Grey drawing of an armored man pointing at seated officials in a stone hall while a crowd of townspeople and clergy watches.

The Bourgeois of Paris refusing to deliberate in the presence of the Nobility and the Clergy

Frédéric-Auguste Laguillermie, 1898

Watercolor study of Jesus falling under the cross, with soldiers and onlookers against a gold patterned arch background.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station III: Jesus falls under the weight o…

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of three women and a seated man under a tree, one woman holding an apple, in a woodland landscape.

Game of fables. The Judgment of Paris. Twenty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 526 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Ink and wash drawing of medieval men gathered by a stone city wall while workers dig with a pickaxe.

Life of Etienne Marcel according to J. Paul Laurens

Frédéric-Auguste Laguillermie, 1881

Watercolour study of Christ's body taken down from the cross, mourned by the Virgin Mary and other figures with halos.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station XIII: Jesus is taken down from the…

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of nine women with musical instruments under a tree, beside a helmeted figure carrying a shield, by Stefano Della Bel

Game of fables. The Nine Muses. Twenty-fourth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 533 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Watercolor study of a baptism in a Gothic church, bishop pouring water over a kneeling man beneath a dove, with angels above.

Study for a project for the decoration of the church Sainte-Clotilde: The Baptism of Clovis

Désiré François Laugée, 1870

Watercolor study of a haloed figure before a robed judge pointing, with a helmeted soldier and attendant on steps.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station I: Jesus is condemned to death

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a woman playing violin while seated on a sea creature amid waves, with a sea horizon behind.

Game of fables

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Haloed woman in pink gown gives alms to poor and sick figures beneath gothic arch, with angels above in a painted panel.

Saint Clotilde helping the poor

Désiré François Laugée, 1870

Watercolor study of Christ carrying the cross as a kneeling woman reaches to wipe his face, watched by a pointing soldier.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station VI: A pious woman wipes the face of…

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a figure riding a large eagle in flight over rough waves and rocks, dated 1644.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Ganymede. Twenty-sixth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 497 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown-toned drawing of a woman in headscarf and dark skirt beside a boy, with color notes and small hand studies at right.

Wretched

Jean-Paul Laurens

Watercolor study of Christ being nailed to the cross, with soldiers and a scroll marked INRI against a patterned blue backgro

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station XI: Jesus is nailed to the cross

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a mythological scene: a seated woman with a child, a standing woman, figures in a pond and a crouching animal in a

Game of fables. Latona and the peasants. Twenty-ninth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 532 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in a hat holding a tool, with two studies of hands at the sides.

Sewer worker

Jean-Paul Laurens

Watercolor study of Jesus falling under a wooden cross, with soldiers and a gold lattice background, by Joseph Hussenot.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station IX: Jesus falls for the third time

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a horned figure chasing a running nude nymph through tall reeds beside water under a cloudy sky.

Game of fables. Pan and Syrinx. Thirty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 523 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal drawing of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat with folded hands resting on a table.

Old sailor at Yport

Jean-Pierre Laurens, 1901

Watercolor of mourners lowering Christ's body into a rocky tomb, with the Virgin Mary and haloed figures, against a gold-latt

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station XIV; Jesus is placed in the tomb

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a figure leaning over a prone body with a dagger, set in a wooded landscape with trees and mountains.

Game of fables. Pyramus and Thisbe. Thirty-second number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 514 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and wash caricature of a crowned, corpulent figure on a barrel labeled La Loupillone, with a bearded man, flag and ships.

La Loupillone

Charles Léandre, 1909

Watercolor study of a kneeling crowned figure with a halo under a wooden cross, with three soldiers around him.

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station VII: Jesus falls for the second time

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of Pallas and Arachne: a helmeted warrior points at a recoiling woman beneath a spider web.

Game of fables. Pallas and Arachne. Thirty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 536 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charles Léandre drawing of muscular male athletes seen from behind in black and red chalk, with smaller study sketches.

The athletes

Charles Léandre

Watercolor study of Jesus carrying the cross as his mother kneels nearby, with haloed figures and a soldier against a blue ar

Study for the Stations of the Cross of the church Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix: Station IV: Jesus meets his most holy mother

Joseph Hussenot, 1876

Etching of a standing man and a seated woman in drapery offering hands in a wooded landscape, by Stefano Della Bella.

Game of fables. Meleager and Atalanta. Thirty-fourth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 509 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal drawing of a hairy ogre offering flowers to a seated man at a table, with a ghostly woman behind.

New Year's Eve

Charles Léandre, 1911

Grey-blue wash sketch of an orator raising his arm before a crowd, with a sign reading LA PATRIE EST EN DANGER.

Sketch for "Méhul teaching patriotic songs to the people of Paris"

Charles Victor Eugène Lefebvre, 1870

Etching of a feathered-helmet warrior with shield facing a coiled dragon beside a tree in a landscape.

Game of fables. Jason. Thirty-fifth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 515 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal caricature of a stout older woman in a fur cloak and flower crown, looking upward, with a heraldic shield at left.

The parvenue

Charles Léandre

Study of a foot

Etching of two seated figures in a garden, one gesturing toward a woman leaning on a stone pedestal.

Game of fables. Vertumnus and Pomona. Thirty-sixth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 498 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a fisherman seen from behind, wearing a cap and carrying two wicker baskets on brown paper.

Fisherman seen from the back

Fernand Legout-Gérard

Charcoal study on brown paper of a raised arm with bent elbow and hand, with shoulder and torso sketched beside it.

Study of an arm

Etching of a centaur carrying a draped rider across a field while a small archer aims a bow from the left.

Game of fables. Hercules and Dejanira. Thirty-seventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 511 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Seated male nude study in chalk and white highlights on brown paper, with draped cloth and a squared transfer grid.

Study for Christ of the afflicted

Watercolor design of angels, a dove in a Gothic arch, and decorative church panels, with a wood-grain inscription panel on th

Sketch for the transept of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

Théodore Pierre Nicolas Maillot

Etching of winged Boreas carrying Orithyia through swirling clouds, her arms raised and hair streaming.

Game of fables. Boreas and Orithyia. Thirty-eighth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 495 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Portrait of a standing man, in profile to the left, walking with his nose in the air, wearing a small round hat

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowned king seated under an oak tree, with courtiers, a kneeling man and a cherub.

Saint Louis rendering justice at the foot of an oak tree

Louis Matout, 1864

Etching of two nude figures embracing at the edge of a pool beneath dense trees, from Della Bella's 1644 fable series.

Game of fables. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. Thirty-ninth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 508 ; Dutuit…

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil drawing of a village street lined with bare trees, leading to a Gothic church with a spire and rose windows.

Village entrance

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin

Red chalk and white highlight study of a seated male nude with one arm raised and the other extended forward.

Nude study

Luc-Olivier Merson

Etching of a seated sculptor touching a nude statue on a pedestal, with a cupid in the upper left corner.

Game of fables. Pygmalion. Fortieth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 521 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a dark coat leaning against a tree in snow, with a small black dog behind her.

A girl

Robert Noir, 1912

Charcoal and chalk study of draped fabric on a seated back figure, with a sketched sleeve and forearm at upper left.

Study of drapery on a three-quarter back figure, cross-legged, and study of a sleeve

Luc-Olivier Merson

Etching of two draped figures throwing stones in a landscape, with a classical temple ruin on the right side.

Game of fables. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Forty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 534 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal and chalk drawing of gnarled trees and undergrowth on brown paper, inscribed Etretat, 1880, by Alexandre Nozal.

Etretat

Alexandre Nozal, 1880

Red chalk drawing on brown paper of a standing nude child holding a stick across the shoulders, eyes lowered.

Frontal study of a standing nude girl

Luc-Olivier Merson

Etching of Jupiter in flames and clouds above a draped woman reclining on a couch beside a curtain.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Semele. Forty-second number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 506 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil and chalk sketch of a winged figure with a trumpet above two figures on a circular base.

Sketch for a commemorative monument

Louise Gabillot van Parys

Red and black chalk sketch of a child figure with feathered wings on toned, stained paper.

A child

Etching of a woman on a rock raising her arm toward a distant two-masted sailing ship on rough sea.

Game of fables. Theseus and Ariadne. Forty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 535 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal and white chalk study of a man with his hand to his head, mouth open, on tan paper.

Study of a man's head wearing a cap

Red chalk study of a headless figure in a voluminous robe with one hand raised, on tan paper.

Study of a man's bust wearing a chasuble

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of two women holding hands and walking past a tree, with a grazing animal and hills in the background.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Callisto. Forty-fourth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 500 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown wash drawing of an acrobat balancing on a pole above a circus ring, with a crowded audience in tiered galleries.

Circus scene

Study of drapery; right sleeve with crossed forearms seen in profile

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of two figures in a landscape, one with a spear and one with a dog, by Stefano Della Bella, 1644.

Game of fables. Cephalus and Procris. Forty-fifth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 540 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated at a cluttered desk before dark bookshelves.

Portrait of Ernest Renan

Fernand Desmoulin

Red chalk study of a right hand raised in blessing on tan paper, with faint sketches of a sleeve and other forms.

Study of a right hand in the gesture of blessing

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of a reclining woman on a bed as gold coins fall from a cloud, with an attendant and a winged figure beside her.

Game of fables. Jupiter and Danae. Forty-sixth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 539 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal drawing of a young woman's head seen frontally, with dark hair and a direct, serious gaze.

Woman's head from the front

John Singer Sargent

Study with forearms resting and hands crossed and study of a hand

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of Orpheus and Eurydice: a woman in flowing drapery reaches back as a bare-chested man strides beside her against a d

Game of fables. Orpheus and Eurydice. Forty-seventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 520 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a hood holding a cigarette, legs crossed, bare feet visible, on cream paper.

Woman with a cigarette

John Singer Sargent

Red chalk drawing of a draped garment with folds and cuffs laid over a chair back, sketched on tan paper.

Study of drapery; garment placed on a seat

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of Perseus holding Medusa's head with a winged horse and a rocky background.

Game of fables. Perseus and Medusa. Forty-eighth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 494 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a veiled woman crouching on the ground, head bowed, wrapped in dark draped cloth.

Algerian woman crouching

John Singer Sargent

Study of drapery; man's bust seen in profile to the right

Alfred Plauzeau, 1918

Etching of Mercury beside a horned cow with Argus reclining in a wooded landscape, signed Bella.

Game of fables. Mercury and Argus. Forty-ninth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 507 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Painted drawing of a soldier drinking from a bottle atop corpses, with a ruined cathedral and smoky sky behind him.

Prussian soldier drinking from the neck of a bottle

Georges Rochegrosse

Sketch of a bearded man with long dark hair, eyes closed and mouth open, draped in white cloth on tan paper.

Mounet-Sully declaiming

Various figures and scribbles. Study of three men on horseback. Fifth number of a series of 23 pieces. (A. de Vesme 4…

Stefano Della Bella

Pencil drawing of an allegorical monument with a draped female figure atop a globe, a torch-bearing figure, and two lions.

The Triumph of the Republic after Dalou

Emile Jean Sulpis, 1879

Portrait of a child

Jean Veber, 1891

Etching of a child walking while carrying a woolly lamb, drawn with loose hatched lines on a pale sheet.

Various figures and scribbles. Child walking while holding a lamb. Eighth number of a series of 23 pieces. (A. de Ves…

Stefano Della Bella

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a woman with curled hair and a ruffled lace bodice, dated 1883.

Portrait of Madame Durot

Guillaume Dubufe, 1883