Religion

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)

St Gregory attended by angels praying for souls in purgatory, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white body colour, on paper 

Attributed to Annibale Carracci, The Return from the Flight, pen and brown ink on paper

Attributed to Lattanzio da Rimini (active 1492-1524)

St Mark preaching in the piazza, pen and brown ink on paper

Federico Barocci (1528-1612)

Study for the Virgin greeted by St Elizabeth, black and white chalks, stumped, on prepared blue paper

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Francesco Solimena (1657-1747)

Heliodorus driven from the temple, pen and grey wash, over preliminaries in black chalk, on paper

Giuseppe Porta, called Salviati (1520-1570)

The legend of seven kings paying homage to a pope, pen and brown ink with grey-brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white body colour, on blue paper, squared in black chalk

Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585)

The Holy Family on the Flight with the infant St John adoring the child, pen and brown ink on paper

Paolo Veronese (1528-1588)

The Supper at Emmaus, pen and black ink with brown wash, heightened with white body colour, over preliminaries in black chalk on blue paper

Parmigianino (1503-1540)

The Marriage of the Virgin, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white body colour, on paper

The Virgin and Child, red chalk over preliminary indications with a stylus on paper

Parri Spinelli (about 1387-1453)

Christ and the woman taken in adultery, pen and brown ink, over preliminaries in metalpoint, on paper

Pordenone (1483/84-1539)

The Almighty supported by angels, red chalk on paper

Raphael (1483-1520)

Study for the Transfiguration, red chalk over indentations with the stylus on paper

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Sebastiano del Piombo about (1485-1547)

A reclining apostle, black chalk with brown wash on faded blue paper, heightened with white body colour, and squared in red chalk 

Sir Anthony van Dyck 1599-1641

Christ carrying the Cross, pen and brown ink and grey washes, over preliminaries in black chalk with some red chalk, on paper

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Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566)

The Adoration of the Shepherds, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white body colour, on paper

Vittore Carpaccio (1450-1522)

Cardinal Bessarion presenting to three representatives of the Scuola della Carità In Venice the reliquary with a fragment of the True Cross, pen and brown ink over preliminaries in red chalk on paper