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Sheet of Studies and Sketches by Edgar Degas, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Studies and Sketches

Edgar Degas (d. 1917)

1858 · Drawing, graphite, pen and dark brown ink, and watercolor on thick ivory wove paper

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Studies of a Naked Seated Boy by Jacob de Gheyn II, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Studies of a Naked Seated Boy

Jacob de Gheyn II (d. 1629)

c. 1603 · Drawing, Black chalk and white chalks with stumping on gray-blue antique laid paper

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Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur) by Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)

Jean-Antoine Watteau (d. 1721)

c. 1716 · Drawing, red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)

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Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass

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c. 1750 · Painting, gum tempera on paper

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Floral Still Life (Bleeding Hearts) by Charles Aubry, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Floral Still Life (Bleeding Hearts)

Charles Aubry (d. 1877)

c. 1865 · Photograph, albumen print from glass negative

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Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid) by Peter Paul Rubens, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

Peter Paul Rubens (d. 1640)

c. 1639 · Painting, oil on wood

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Pine Wind from Myriad Villages by Wu Li, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pine Wind from Myriad Villages

Wu Li (d. 1718)

late 1600s–1718 · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

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Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection

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1900–1916 · Miscellaneous, Rubbing, ink on paper, horizontal scroll

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Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman by Claude-Joseph Vernet, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman

Claude-Joseph Vernet (d. 1789)

1700s · Drawing, red chalk (seated man); black chalk (head of a dog); pen and brown ink over black chalk (seated woman)

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Fighting Horses by Théodore Géricault, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fighting Horses

Théodore Géricault (d. 1824)

c. 1820 · Drawing, watercolor over graphite

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