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Église du Saint Esprit, New York City (front elevation and plan), 183134, Alexander J. Davis (American); Town & Davis, Watercolor and ink on paper (24.66.82) Église du Saint Esprit, New York City (section and two plans), 183134, Alexander J. Davis (American); Town & Davis, Watercolor and ink on paper (24.66.84) |
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A Domestic Scene, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash (1972.133.2) |
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A Dominican Friar [Petrus de Cruce?] and a Companion below the Dragon's Tower, ca. 141720,
Fra Angelico (Italian),
Pen and brush with brown ink, on parchment (1972.118.260) |
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A Dragon in Broken Leaves, second half of 16th century,
Turkey (Ottoman),
Ink on paper (main composition); gold, ink, and colors on paper (borders) (2000.424) |
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A Large Tree, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Neapolitan), Pen and brown ink, on brown paper (11.66.7) |
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Allegorical Design (recto), Stage Design (verso), Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Pen and brown ink (17.142.2) |
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American Institute, New York City (front elevation), ca. 183435 (project), Alexander J. Davis (American); Town & Davis, Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.438) |
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Anatomical Studies: A Left Forearm in Two Positions and a Right Forearm, 16001608, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Drawing, pen and brown ink (1996.75) |
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Angel of the Revelation, ca. 18035, William Blake (British), Watercolor, pen and black ink, over traces of graphite (14.81.1) |
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Annunciation, ca. 152225, Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Parma), Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted extensively with white gouache squared in red chalk, on pink-washed paper (19.76.9) |
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Astor Hotel, New York City (perspective), ca. 1830 (project), Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.30) |
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Autumn, ca. 1594, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, red-brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white (61.25.2) |
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Bacchanal, ca. 163536, Nicolas Poussin (French), French, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over faint black chalk underdrawing (1998.225) |
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Bottle and Wine Glass on a Table, 1912, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Charcoal, ink, cut and pasted newspaper, and graphite on paper (49.70.33) |
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Christ and the Apostles Entering the Temple in Jerusalem in an Initial D, ca. 141113,
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine); Fra Angelico(?) (Italian),
Pen and ink on parchment (1999.391)
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Christ and the Pharisees, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (1980.515) |
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Conversion of Saint Paul, 158789, Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache and cream color oil paint over some black chalk underdrawing (2002.33) |
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Cottage among Trees, 164850, Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) (Dutch), Dutch, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on paper washed with brown (29.100.939) |
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Crowning with Thorns, ca. 152030, Attributed to Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, on paper washed pink (2001.167) |
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Crucifixion, ca. 1570, Hans Speckaert (Flemish), Pen and brown and brownish black iron gall inks, brush and iron ink washes, heightened with white (1999.85) |
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Decorative Cartouche with a River God and Symbols of Francis I, 16th century, Anonymous, School of Fontainebleau, French, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray brown wash, over red chalk underdrawing (2001.514) |
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Design for a Sword Hilt, ca. 1540, German (probably Nuremberg), Pen, ink, and wash on paper (2000.27) |
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Design for Henry Field Memorial Gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago, ca. 189394,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company,
Watercolor, pen and silver- and copper-colored metallic inks, brown and black inks, and graphite on off-white wove watercolor paper (67.654.4) |
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Diagram of the Colors Used to Paint the Portrait of Queen Victoria, ca. 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Brown ink and oil on paper (L.1994.29.6) |
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Diana and Actaeon, ca. 159095, Made by Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white heightening, over traces of black chalk (1997.93) |
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Dirty Bride, or, The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa, ca. 1566, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood (32.63) |
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Eastern Coast of Rügen Island with Shepherd, ca. 18056,
Caspar David Friedrich (German),
Sepia-colored ink, sepia-colored wash, white gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper (2002.260) |
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Fantastic Drawing of a Sculptor at Work on a Colossal Statue, Man Blowing a Trumpet, Carl August Ehrensvärd (Swedish), Pen and brown ink, gray wash, heightened with white, on gray paper (1992.229.1) |
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Figure Studies, ca. 163839,
Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) (Dutch),
Pen and brown ink (2005.330.16) |
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First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn, Giorgio Vasari (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of red chalk (1971.273) |
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Fraktur Motifs, ca. 17701800, Johann Heinrich Otto (American), Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and graphite on off-white laid paper (66.242.1) |
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Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, Charles-Joseph Natoire (French), Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, watercolor, heightened with touches of white, over black and red chalk (65.65) |
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Gate Lodge for Amos G. Hull, Newburgh, New York (front elevation), 1849, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.71) |
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Glen Ellen for Robert Gilmor, Towson, Maryland (perspective, elevation, and plan), 183233, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.17) |
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Grace Hill for Edwin C. Litchfield, Brooklyn, New York (front elevation), 1854, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.67) |
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Grotesque Head: Man in Profile to Right, Copy after Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Italian, Pen and brown ink, on beige paper (17.142.3) |
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Head of a Man in Profile to Left, Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Italian, Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (10.45.1) |
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Holy Family, ca. 151020, Jan Gossaert (Netherlandish), Pen and two colors of light brown ink, over remains of black chalk, on vellum (2001.190) |
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Insect Study, Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, colored washes, and gold paint on vellum (63.200.4) |
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Justice, ca. 142728,
Fra Angelico (Italian),
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash on paper (1975.1.264) |
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Kav-92, 1992,
Jacob El Hanani (Israeli, born Morocco),
Pen and ink on paper (1993.265) |
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ. Nicolas Poussin (French), Pen and brown ink (61.123.1) |
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Lamentation, ca. 151020, Attributed to Jan de Beer (Netherlandish), Pen and black ink, over traces of black chalk (2001.189) |
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Landscape with a Tree and a Farm Building, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (2003.27) |
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Landscape with Architecture, ca. 1730, Isaac de Moucheron (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black ink over traces of black chalk (61.21.2) |
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Landscape with Goat, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Italian, Pen and brown ink (1991.462) |
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Lion and Dragon in Combat, mid-17th century; Safavid, Signed by Muhammad Baqir, Iran, Ink and transparent color on paper (1974.20) |
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Lucretia, 14831520, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Italian, Pen and brown ink over black chalk, partially incised with a stylus (1997.153) |
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Lyndhurst for George Merritt, Tarrytown, New York (first floor plan), 1870, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.42) |
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Lyndhurst for George Merritt, Tarrytown, New York (west [rear] elevation and plan), 1865, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.14) |
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Man Protected by the Shield of Faith, 1559, Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on paper (2000.150) |
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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, Attributed to Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white; contours traced with stylus for transfer (61.68) |
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Mounted Hunter with Dog, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Ink and transparent colors on paper (1975.192.17) |
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Nursery on the Schenkweg, April 1882, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Reed pen and iron gall ink; brush and wash; touches of gouache and scraping on laid paper (1972.118.281) |
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Nymphs and Satyrs in a Landscape, 1599 or before,
Joseph Heintz the Elder (Swiss),
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, red chalk, heightened with white body color, on yellow tinted paper (2007.174) |
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Otto, Count of Nassau and His Wife Adelheid van Vianen, 153035, Bernaert van Orley (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, watercolor over traces of black chalk (1995.12) |
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Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple, Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over red chalk on blue paper (2001.107b) |
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Poynter Apollo, 15013, Albrecht Dürer (German), Pen and brown and black ink (63.212) |
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Project for a Wall Tomb for Pope Julius II, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint or black chalk and ruling (62.93.1) |
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Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, 1658, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French), Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white (1997.156) |
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Rose and nightingale (gul-o-bul-bul) drawing, 19th century; Qajar, Iran, Ink and color on paper (1993.98) |
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Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen, 1830,
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish),
Pen and gray ink with brown wash (2003.180) |
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Samson, ca. 161216, Jacques Bellange (French), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, on tan antique laid paper1 (2001.568) |
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Seated River God, Nymph with an Oar, and Putto, 16961770, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brush with pale (yellow) and dark brown wash, over black chalk (37.165.32) |
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Set of Fifty-Two Playing Cards, ca. 14701480, South Netherlandish; Made in Burgundian Territories, Pasteboard with pen and ink, tempera, applied gold and silver (1983.515.1-52) |
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Silhouette of David Roentgen in Saint Petersburg, ca. 178486, Johann Friedrich Anthing (German, active in Russia), Russian; Saint Petersburg, Cut paper, ink, watercolor, gold foil (48.73.1) |
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Start of the Race of the Barbieri Horses, Rome, 1860,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French),
Pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper (2000.105) |
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Street in Saintes-Maries, ca. July 17, 1888, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Pens (including reed pen), brush, and iron gall ink over chalk on wove paper (backed with wove paper) (48.190.1) |
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Studies for the Movements of Water, Male Nude Sheathing or Unsheathing a Sword, and Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Frontal View (recto); Study of Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Rear View (verso), 15068, Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Charcoal or soft black chalk; pen and dark brown ink, on off-white laid paper (2000.328a,b) |
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Studies for the Nativity (recto); Three Geometrical Diagrams and a Caricature of a Head (verso), 148085, Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Italian, Metalpoint largely reworked with pen and brown ink on salmon-pink prepared paper (17.142.1) |
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Study for The Ascension, 1774, John Singleton Copley (American), Ink ("Bistre") washes, pen and ink, black chalk, and graphite on off-white laid paper (60.44.16) |
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Study for Distortions; Isometric Systems in Isotropic SpaceMap Projections: The Cube, 1978, Agnes Denes (American), Watercolor on graph paper, pen and ink on clear plastic overlay (1983.501.3) |
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Study for the Astor Library (front elevation), 1843, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor and ink on paper (24.66.419) |
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Study for the Fonte Gaia, Siena, Jacopo della Quercia (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on vellum (49.141) |
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Study for the Modeling Stand of the Ugolino Group, ca. 1860,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French),
Pen and brown ink (1975.98.1) |
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Study for two residential rows facing across a court, New York City (perspective), ca. 1831, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor and ink on paper (24.66.1291) |
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Study of a double townhouse (front elevation), ca. 1843, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor and ink on paper (24.66.55) |
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Study of Count Albert of Arenberg, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Pen and brown ink (40.91.16) |
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The Angel of the Annunciation, ca. 1500, Raffaellino del Garbo (Raffaelle di Bartolommeo di Giovanni di Carlo) (Italian, Florentine), Pen and brown ink and wash with white gouache over black chalk (12.56.5a) |
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The Assumption of the Virgin, Francesco de Mura (Italian, Neapolitan), Pen and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk (1971.243) |
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The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius in the Background, 1843,
Christen Købke (Danish),
Pen and black ink over pencil (2003.179) |
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The Burial of Punchinello, ca. 1800, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Pen and brown ink, brown and yellow wash, over black chalk (1975.1.473) |
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The Drunken Silenus ("The Tazza Farnese"), ca. 1600, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Engraving from a silver plate printed in brown ink (27.78.1.150); Study for The Drunken Silenus ("The Tazza Farnese"), 15971601, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, incised for transfer (1972.133.4) |
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The Fall of Phaeton: From the series The Metamorphoses, ca. 1588, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Pen and red-brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, indented for transfer (1992.376) |
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The Garden of Love (two parts), Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish); Christoffel Jegher (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, brown and green wash, heightened with light body color, over black chalk (58.96.1,.2) |
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The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, 1787,
Jacques-Louis David (French),
Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache (2006.264) |
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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, ca. 18035, William Blake (British), Watercolor, brush and gray wash, pen and black ink over graphite (14.81.2) |
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The Presentation in the Temple, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Pen, brush, and brown ink on pale tan paper; reverse, black chalk and brown ink (52.214.3) |
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The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, probably 1874,
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French),
Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas (29.160.26) |
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The Rehearsal Onstage, 1874?,
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French),
Pastel over brush-and-ink drawing on thin cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas (29.100.39) |
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The Sorcerer Altante Abducting Pinabello's Lady, Nicolas Poussin (French), Pen and brown ink (1972.118.224) |
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The Virgin Adored by Saints, ca. 1627, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Pen and brown ink (2002.12a) |
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Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso), 13741438, Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian), Pen and brown ink over traces of charcoal or black chalk on laid off-white paper (1996.364a,b) |
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Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town, ca. 176070,
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian),
Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing outlines by the artist in pen and brown ink on paper (37.165.67) |
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Two Satyrs in a Landscape, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian), Pen and brown ink, highlighted and corrected with white gouache, on off-white laid paper (1999.28) |
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View of Rome, Seen from the Janiculum Hill, Anton van den Wyngaerde (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, brown wash (52.124.1) |
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View of the Queen's Theatre from the Rotunda, ca. 1739, Jacques Rigaud (French), Ink and wash (42.79.7) |
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Virgin and Child Attended by Angels, ca. 14951500, Attributed to Filippino Lippi (Italian, Florentine), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache (68.204) |
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Warwick Castle: The East Front, 1752, Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venetian), Pen and brown ink, gray wash (1975.1.297) |
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Woman from Altmark, 1570, Melchior Lorch (Danish), Pen and brown ink (1995.299) |
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Women of Allah: From Way In Way Out portfolio (published 1996), 1994,
Shirin Neshat (American, born Iran),
Pen and ink on photograph (1997.129.8) |
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Mashq calligraphy page, 19th century, Iran, Ink on parchment (62.152.12) |
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Tughra (Imperial Cipher) of Süleyman the Magnificent (r. 15201566), ca. 1555; Ottoman, Istanbul, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (38.149.1) |
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