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Watercolor of a pink rose branch with open blooms, a bud, and green leaves on a brown background.

Pink Roses

Fidelia Bridges, 1875

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono kneeling by reeds and water, with a calligraphic poem above her.

Lady Ise by the Riverbank (18th century)

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Pen and ink sketch of a feathered woman fleeing two pursuers past trees and a distant shoreline.

Eine Frau ("La Pazza") mit sonderbarem Kopfputz flieht vor zwei Verfolgern

Ludovico Carracci

Dark still life painting of a ceramic pitcher, a small cup, and a dish of fried eggs on a shadowed table.

Stilleben mit Spiegeleiern

Théodule Augustin Ribot

Print of the Holy Family in an oval frame with angels, a child with a lamb, and an older man drawing back a curtain.

Holy Family in an Oval Frame

Ludwig Büsinck, 1623

Hand-colored print of boats and crowds celebrating on a river, with a castle on a hill above the water under cloudy skies.

Celebration of the Fourth of June at Eton

C. O. Lewis, 1837

Engraving of a woman grabbing a fleeing young man's cloak in a draped bedchamber, with a bearded figure watching behind.

Joseph and Potipher's Wife

Marcantonio Raimondi, n.d.

Persian manuscript page with Nasta'liq calligraphy in columns, framed by a painted border of flowers and birds.

Page from a manuscript in Nasta'liq with an illuminated border

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century

Engraving of the sacrifice of Iphigenia with a flaming altar, a priest, an eagle, a deer, and a classical city behind.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1553

Pen and chalk drawing of Christ before Pilate showing a robed figure on steps surrounded by a crowd in an interior.

Christ before Pilate

called Jacopo da Pontormo Jacopo Carucci, 1522/23

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono with a gold hair ornament, with calligraphy above.

Young Woman after a Bath

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1745

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin seated with the nude Christ Child on her lap, with red chalk accents and loose cloud sketch

Virgin and Child (recto); Sketch of Three Saints and Caricature Sketch (verso)

After Parmigianino

Brown ink vignette of two girls in bonnets and long dresses holding hands, framed by an oval vine border.

Vignette of Two Girls (recto); Athena (verso)

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Watercolor of a sleeping woman in a pale dress and rose crown, seated in an armchair beside a mirror.

Woman in Evening Dress Asleep in Armchair

Attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon, c. 1840

Woodcut of winged angels with swords striking falling crowds, with God and trumpeting angels and an altar in the sky above.

The Four Avenging Angels of Euphrates, from The Apocalypse

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496-98, published 1511

Crowded engraved caricature of a huge musical festival with brass bands, choirs, and a piano, banners naming cities, and a ba

Let Us Have Peace! -Fortissimo, from Harper's Weekly

Charles Green Bush, published June 19, 1869

Strip of seven circular pen drawings satirizing political events of the week, including Santa Claus, the Lexow committee and

Pen Pictures of The Leading Events of the Week, from Chicago Tribune

H. R. H., published December 30, 1894

Woodblock print of a young man in red kimono playing flute while three women watch from a latticed window above.

Young Man Playing Flute as Three Girls Watch

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Hand-colored print of climbers in period dress roping across icy crevasses and spires of the Glacier du Tacconnay at dusk.

The Glacier du Tacconnay, from The Ascent of Mont Blanc

George Baxter, 1855

Ink architectural elevation of the Standard Club facade with arched windows and stone courses, plus section and plan details.

Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois, Revised Elevation and Details

Adler and Sullivan, 1887

Red chalk sketch of a reclining woman on a bed beside a standing female figure in a loosely drawn interior.

Woman Lying on her Back, Lassitude, plate ten from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Woodblock print of a teahouse waitress in patterned kimono carrying a cup of tea beside a kettle, with a distant island view

The Waitress Osen of the Kagiya teahouse Carrying a Cup of Tea

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Sepia wash drawing of an armored soldier, a seated veiled figure with a cup, and a robed man inside a tent.

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

Benjamin West, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a fan beside a bare tree, c. 1794.

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Guard Yahazu no Yadahei in the Play Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue, Performed at the…

Katsukawa Shun'en, c. 1794

Brown wash drawing of Telemachus speaking to Calypso in a grotto with attendants, a harp, and waterfalls.

Telemachus Relates His Adventures to the Goddess Calypso, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 1

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Pen and brown wash drawing of Telemachus wrestling a lion while shepherds look on near a tree in a pastoral landscape.

Telemachus Battles the Lion, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 2

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow patterned kimono beside blossoming branches and a round family crest.

The Actor Hanaoka Miyako

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing figure in a checkered kimono with floral patterned robe and tall hair ornamen

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1743

Brown ink and wash drawing of a birth scene with a newborn over a basin, attendants, a canopied bed, and winged putti.

Birth of the Virgin

Giuseppe Cades, c. 1784

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding an umbrella beside a blossoming plum branch and a wooden bucket.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku as a woman walking in the snow

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1742

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimonos, with a woman holding a fan beside a dark horse.

The Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Okichi, Bando Hikosaburo II as Shuntokumaru, and Onoe Kikugoro I as Sagizaka Bannai i…

Torii Kiyohiro, 1754

Japanese woodblock print of a sparrowhawk on a branch and a red macaw on a stand with a chain, c. 1718.

Sparrowhawk and Macaw (Konori taka, inko)

Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1718