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Old masters at the Ashmolean - in pictures

Old master drawings: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Saskia in Bed
Rembrandt's Saskia in Bed Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Raphael (1483-1520), Self Portrait
A self-portrait by Raphael Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Leonardo da Vinci (1467-1519), A Maiden with a Unicorn
A Maiden with a Unicorn by Leonardo da Vinci Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Lucas van Leyden (1489/94-1533), St Jerome
Lucas van Leyden's St Jerome Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean: Study of a Woman
Thomas Gainsborough's Study of a Woman, Seen from the Back
Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Ignace-Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), A Woman Sewing
Henri Fantin-Latour's A Woman Sewing Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: James Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) The Transept of Tintern Abbey
The Transept of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire by JMW Turner Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean: Two Apostles
Raphael's Studies of Two Apostles for the Transfiguration
Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Walter Sickert (1860-1942), Noctes Ambrosianae. Pastel
Noctes Ambrosianae by Walter Sickert Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean: Young Girl
Gwen John's A Seated Girl
Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), View of the Cembra Valley
Albrecht Dürer's View of the Cembra Valley Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Head of a Boy facing Right
Head of a Boy Facing Right by Antoine Watteau Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Two Men Fighting
Francisco Goya's Two Men Fighting Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: John Everett Millais (1829-1896), The Race Meeting
The Race Meeting by John Everett Millais Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Beatrice and Dante in Gemini
William Blake's Beatrice and Dante in Gemini, Amid the Spheres of Flame Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Ideal Head
Michelangelo's Ideal Head Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Landscape with an Obelisk
Landscape with an Obelisk by Caspar David Friedrich Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine by Guercino Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: François Boucher (1703-1770), The Invention of Drawing
François Boucher's The Invention of Drawing Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Entrance to the Valley of the Grande Chartreuse in Dauphiné
Entrance to the Valley of the Grande Chartreuse in Dauphiné by John Robert Cozens Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), A Nude Man seen partly from behind
Peter Paul Rubens' A Nude Man Seen Partly from Behind Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Giambattista Piazzetta (1682-1754), Head of a Youth
Head of a Youth by Giambattista Piazzetta Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569), The Temptation of St Anthony
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Temptation of St Anthony Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Old master drawings: John Ruskin (1819-1900), Study of a Kingfisher
John Ruskin's Study of a Kingfisher Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean: Palmer
A self-portrait by Samuel Palmer
Photograph: Ashmolean Museum
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