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Etching of a woman in a chariot with a child and doves, set before cypress trees and an arched garden wall.

Game of Fables. Venus. Seventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 504 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with lace collar, framed by cherubs, laurel wreath and fruit garlands, with verse bel

Portrait of Michel Favereau (Dutuit p. 42, Le Blanc 244)

Cornelis II Bloemaert

Brown wash drawing of a boy leaning on a goat beside a resting sheep, with a wooden fence and open countryside behind.

Young boy milking a goat (Lugt 23)

Etching of a seated woman with a dog beside her in a dense wooded landscape with tree trunks.

Game of Fables. Diana. Eighth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 517 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long hair, mustache and white collar, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Portrait of Francesco Boninsignio (Dutuit p. 42, Le Blanc 239)

Cornelis II Bloemaert

Grey wash drawing of a wooded road with a large tree, cloaked figures in the foreground, and a horse-drawn cart.

The two monks and the peasants, on a hilly road (Lugt 93)

Philips Wouwerman

Etching of a plumed, helmeted figure with a Medusa shield and staff, before pyramids and a landscape.

Game of Fables. Pallas. Ninth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 530 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a tall clerical hat and dark gown, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Athanase Kircher (Dutuit p. 42, Le Blanc 246)

Cornelis II Bloemaert, 1655

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man with wavy hair resting his arms in an arched window niche.

Man in a window embrasure, holding his cap (Lugt 60)

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching of Apollo standing with a lyre and quiver, a radiating halo above him, with rocks, trees and a rising sun behind.

Game of Fables. Apollo. Tenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 505 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved title page with a portrait medallion on a tower, two rearing lions, and a winged figure above.

Raffaele de Turre after Grasso (Dutuit p. 44, Le Blanc 261)

Cornelis II Bloemaert

Brown chalk study of a sculpted lion's head with open jaws and a second fragment above, on tan paper.

Study of a sculpted lion's head

Charles Louis Girault

Etching of a standing armored soldier with a cloak and staff, with tents and hills in the background.

Game of Fables. Mars. Eleventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 492 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Colored drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and striped skirt beside bowls of orange food in a hilly landscape.

Breton woman

Pen and ink design of a tall ornate candelabra with scrolled foliage, figures and a lobed circular base.

Bronze candelabra

Charles Louis Girault

Etching of Bacchus walking with a dog beside a garden urn and tree, with a hedge and cloud in the background.

Game of Fables. Bacchus. Twelfth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 518 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal sketch of a woman with hair pinned up, eyes lowered, reading a book held in both hands.

Woman reading

Armand Guillaumin, 1888

Pastel drawing of a smiling boy in a green cap seated on a green wheelbarrow in a dim interior.

Young boy sitting on a wheelbarrow

Etching of Mercury in a plumed winged helmet and cloak, holding a caduceus, standing in a hilly landscape with trees.

Game of Fables. Mercury. Thirteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 531 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil sketch of a cart on a winding road between banks and trees, with a distant village and hazy sky.

Cart in a winding alley (Arcueil) (recto) / Study of a building (verso)

Armand Guillaumin, 1869

Watercolor of a tall umbrella pine on a grassy hill with cypresses and a distant town of red-roofed buildings under pale sky.

Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati

Marius Avy, 1921

Etching of draped figures on the ground with two archers in clouds above, from Della Bella's 1644 Niobe series.

Game of Fables. Niobe. Fourteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 519 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil and chalk study of a barefoot woman in headscarf and apron leaning forward to touch plant stalks.

Woman in profile

Nude woman

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1855

Etching of a man with stag antlers recoiling from nude women bathing in a forest, with dogs in the foreground.

Game of Fables. Actaeon. Fifteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 493 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal and pastel drawing of a vase of white chrysanthemums on a wooden table with a framed picture behind.

Vase of flowers

Pencil sketch of a veiled woman holding a child against her shoulder, on a stained paper sheet.

Sketch of the bust of a woman holding a child

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz

Etching of Venus on a cloud-borne chariot above a sleeping Adonis, with a hunting dog in a wooded landscape.

Game of Fables. Venus and Adonis. Sixteenth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 525 ; Dutuit 116)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Charcoal study of a woman with curled hair and a flower crown playing a flute, drawn on tan paper.

Study for The Song of the Water

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