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140,310 works

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a fierce mask beside a pine-painted screen.

The Actor Yamanaka Heikuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1705

Woodblock print of pink and cream peonies with green leaves and a red bud on a golden background, with calligraphy.

Peonies

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Drawing of a young man in a powdered wig and white collar, one hand on an open book at a table.

The Little Abbot Reading the Ramayana

Odilon Redon, 1883

Pencil sketches of two birds on tan paper with handwritten notes in the margins.

Sketches of Birds

Henry Stacy Marks, c. 1888

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with arches and a collapsed vault, two peasants and a horse in the foreground.

Roman Ruins with Two Peasants Conversing in the Foreground

Charles-Louis Clérisseau, n.d.

Four arched panels by Mucha showing women personifying winter, spring, summer and autumn with flowing hair and drapery.

The Seasons

Alphonse Mucha, 1897

Sketch of armored knights in polished plate armor standing in a row against a brown background.

Armor Chamber Fantasy

Adolph Menzel, 1866

Sepia drawing of a rocky coast with a moored boat, windswept trees, and a glowing moon rising over the sea.

View of Arkona with moon rising

Caspar David Friedrich, 1805

Hand-coloured plate numbered 1 to 19 showing freshwater snail shells of varied spiral forms on cream paper.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 8

T. A. Conrad & Mannevillette Elihu Dearing Brown, 1834

Black chalk study of a flying nude child angel with outspread wings on brown paper, with faint grid lines.

Fra Bartolommeo - Study for the Flying Child Angel at Top Right in the 'Madonna del Santuario' (Lucca, Cattedrale di…

Fra' Bartolomeo

Woodblock print of dyers hanging cloth on bamboo poles and working at wooden vats beside flowering plants.

Dyers at Work

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a courtesan with ornate hairpins reading a book, wearing a pink kimono with a green obi.

The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 1790s

Hunched bald man with a staff and two dogs beside bare trees and a brick wall, on a tarot card labeled Misero I.

Tarocchi

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Etching of elegant figures in a formal garden with a cascade, fountains, statues and a long water basin.

The Cascades of St. Cloud

Jacques Rigaud, c. 1720-50

Woodblock print of a woman in an orange patterned kimono with ornate hair combs, head bowed, standing before a plain backgrou

Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case

Kitagawa Utamaro II, c. 1810

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono beside a stand holding a ceremonial cap, with cloud-patterned mat.

Young Woman Kneeling by a Stand with a Ceremonial Cap (from the series The Six Immortal Poets in Elegant Modern Dress)

Chobunsai Eishi, mid 1790s

Woodblock print of two women and a boy on a railed path beside a waterfall and green cliffs, with bathers in the falls.

Mount Haruna in Kozuke Province

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1830s

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Gun over His Shoulder

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1730/40s

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1730/40s

Lithograph of a temple hall with tall carved columns, a staircase at left, and robed figures in turbans on the floor.

Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 24, Temple at Esneh

Louis Haghe, 1838

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with cattle and sheep resting in the foreground beside a large tree.

Landscape with Farm Animals

Benjamin Barker, c. 1796-1838

Charcoal drawing of a small rural church with a bell tower and cross, surrounded by trees and a dirt path.

Church in a Landscape

Henry Bright, 1800s

Wash drawing of a sleeping man with angels on a ladder in clouds above a rocky, wooded landscape.

Jacob's Dream

Joseph Goupy, c. 1720

Pen and ink sketch of a battle scene with armored warriors and horses, with a verso showing a nude figure and drapery study.

Reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines (recto) Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1632/35

Watercolor of a ruined Gothic church arch with empty windows, grazing horses on grass, and a blue sky with birds.

Ruin of a Church

Rudolf von Alt, 1849

Drawing of Lot and his daughters in a dim landscape, with a reclining nude and a seated bearded man in red chalk and wash.

Lot and His Daughters

Antoine Pesne, 1756

Watercolor of an uprooted tree leaning over a rocky cliff above a lake, with two small figures by the shore.

Lake Memphremagog

Harry Fenn, c. 1880s

Woodblock print of a woman in a pale kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a willow tree, with grass at her feet.

Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden (from the series Ichimura Theater)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Woodblock print of a man reading a scroll on a veranda beside a dog, with a woman holding a fan and an inset scene.

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801-2

Drawing of seven warriors gathered at an altar with a bull's head under a stormy sky, with a city in the distance.

The Oath of the Seven Chiefs against Thebes

Anne-Louis Girodet, c. 1800

Brown wash drawing of two dancers on a theater stage above a brass orchestra, with glowing gas lamps and audience members.

Valmy and Léa

Jean Béraud, c. 1885-95

Two pencil sketches of a seated woman holding a coffee cup and saucer at a table, recto and verso of one sheet.

After-Dinner Coffee (recto); After-Dinner Coffee (verso)

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889