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79,663 works

Two pale oval shapes with red speckles on a tan sheet, with handwritten Dutch inscription below.

Antieke camee met portretkop, in profiel naar rechts

Peter Paul Rubens, 1613

Antieke camee met portretkop, in profiel naar links

Peter Paul Rubens, 1613

Pen and brown ink drawing of a brick castle tower with stepped gable beside a river, with trees and reeds in the foreground.

Kasteel aan de oever van een rivier

Hendrick Hondius, 1583

Grey wash drawing of cattle resting and drinking before a walled town gate and a ruined temple on a hill.

Cattle in front of the Porta Sant’Angelo in Tivoli

Willem Romeyn, 1660

Zeichner und Dame am Tisch

Gustav Schraegle, 1917

Red chalk drawing of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, turned three-quarters right, on an oval brown sheet.

Richard Brocklesby, physician

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1764-1802

Brown ink drawing of a standing classical woman in draped robes holding a comedy mask.

De muze Thalia

Jan de Bisschop

Antieke vrouwenbuste

David Teniers, 1620

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of an older man in a curled wig, turned three-quarter view, on an oval tan sheet.

Charles Pratt, Baron Camden (later 1st Earl Camden)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1764-1802

Hand-painted plate of numbered New Zealand beetles showing adult beetles, larvae and pupae with scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Beetles [Plate XVII]

George Hudson, 1934

Oval red and black chalk portrait of a man in a buttoned coat, turned three-quarters, on tan paper.

Frederick, Lord North

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1764-1802

Grey wash drawing of castle ruins with a gothic arch, leaning trees, and goats grazing in a meadow.

Ruine der Burg Hohen-Baden

Stephan Christian von Stengel, 1798

Pen drawing of a roller skater bending forward on a rink, a woman in white watching, a couple nearby, and a gazebo behind.

1878 Klinger Handschuh 02 Handlung anagoria

Max Klinger, 1878

Watercolour of a wide river with a wooden bridge, a small boat, a house on the left bank and wooded hills beyond.

Parramatta River (No 7)

George Sherriff

Self-portrait in profile

Gustav Schraegle, 1917

Drawing of a man with a curled wig and high collar, in red chalk and pencil on an oval sheet.

Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham and 9th Baron Howard

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1764-1802

Pencil sketch of a woman with hair pulled back and earrings, elongated face and neck, on tan paper.

Beatrice Hastings

Amedeo Modigliani, 1914

Head of a Woman

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1760-1815

Charcoal drawing of an ornate baroque pulpit canopy with cherubs, a radiant sunburst and rococo scrollwork.

Die Bekrönung der Kanzel der Augustinerkirche in Würzburg

Adolph Menzel, 1890

Blue crayon drawing of a bent female figure with elongated limbs on pale paper, by Amedeo Modigliani.

Caryatid

Amedeo Modigliani, 1913

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman in a long dress resting her arm on a dog beside her, with curtains behind.

Kauerndes Mädchen mit Hund

Gustav Schraegle, 1916

Grey wash drawing of shepherds and sheep in a hilly landscape, with an angel appearing in the sky above.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Jacopo Bassano, 1510-92

Drawing of a servant woman in a white cap and apron filling a copper pot from a fountain spigot in a dim kitchen.

Servant Drawing Water from the Fountain

François Bonvin, 1861

Red chalk drawing of a stone staircase with washerwomen at a fountain, an ivy-covered building and figures on a terrace.

Freitreppe mit Brunnen und Wäscherinnen

Hubert Robert, 1774

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in a shirt and bow tie holding a paintbrush and palette against hatched shading.

Portrait of Whistler with a Paintbrush

Harper Pennington

Chalk drawing of an elderly man in a white cap, head turned three-quarters, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Pope(?) (recto); Two Studies of Left Hand (verso)

Jacopo Bassano, 1550-1600

Watercolor landscape of a wooded gorge with rocky slopes, tall trees, and a pale blue sky with clouds.

Landscape with River Gorge

George Sand, 1860/69

Chalk drawing of a laurel-crowned armored rider on a rearing horse before an arched niche, with white highlights on blue pape

Reitermonument vor flacher Wandnische

Donato Bramante, 1480

Loose ink sketch of a pensive woman with curly hair resting her head on her hand, drawn with quick scribbled lines.

Brooding woman

Gustav Schraegle, 1915

Graphite and gray wash drawing of a young woman with a spear gazing upward in a forest beside a resting dog and sheep.

Joan of Arc Hearing the Voices

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1895

Pencil sketch of a man bent over playing guitar beside a wooden chair in a cluttered room.

Guitar player

Gustav Schraegle, 1916

Grey chalk drawing of a nude martyr with raised arms surrounded by soldiers beneath classical columns and arches.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Leandro Bassano, 1557-1622