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Study for the Age of Bronze by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for the Age of Bronze

Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (d. 1669)

1637 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Study for Saint Gervasius by Eustache Le Sueur, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Saint Gervasius

Eustache Le Sueur (d. 1655)

ca. 1652 · Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray-beige paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink

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Study of Two Soldiers and a Hand by Adam Frans van der Meulen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of Two Soldiers and a Hand

Adam Frans van der Meulen (d. 1690)

17th century · Black and white chalk, heightened with cream-colored gouache, on blue paper

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Study of Two Soldiers Swordfighting by Adam Frans van der Meulen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of Two Soldiers Swordfighting

Adam Frans van der Meulen (d. 1690)

17th century · Black and white chalk, heightened with cream-colored gouache, on blue paper

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Two Soldiers, One Standing Holding a Flag, One Seated Seen from Behind by Matthias Pfenninger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Soldiers, One Standing Holding a Flag, One Seated Seen from Behind

Matthias Pfenninger (d. 1813)

1764 · Etching

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Two Soldiers, One Standing Holding a Lance, One Seated by Matthias Pfenninger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Soldiers, One Standing Holding a Lance, One Seated

Matthias Pfenninger (d. 1813)

1764 · Etching

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Two Soldiers, One Standing with Sword, Bow and Arrows, One Seated Seen from Behind by Matthias Pfenninger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Soldiers, One Standing with Sword, Bow and Arrows, One Seated Seen from Behind

Matthias Pfenninger (d. 1813)

1764 · Etching

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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Officers, Two Standing and One Kneeling by John Singleton Copley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Officers, Two Standing and One Kneeling

John Singleton Copley (d. 1815)

1785–86 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

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View of the Alter Kranen in Würzburg (recto); Study of Three Soldiers and Two More Figures (verso) by Johann Adam Klein, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the Alter Kranen in Würzburg (recto); Study of Three Soldiers and Two More Figures (verso)

Johann Adam Klein (d. 1875)

1815 · Graphite

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The Evacuation of Fort Sumter by Osborn's Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Evacuation of Fort Sumter

Osborn's Gallery (d. 1869)

April 1861 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives

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The Zouave by Vincent van Gogh, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Zouave

Vincent van Gogh (d. 1890)

ca. June 20, 1888 · Reed pen and brown ink, wax crayon and watercolor, over graphite on wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Two Soldiers at Arras

John Singer Sargent (d. 1925)

1918 · Watercolor and graphite on paper

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