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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and stern expression, holding a sword within an oval frame, in a patterned k

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Kuro Suketsune

Katsukawa Shunjo, 1781

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a robe and black cap standing beneath willow branches beside rocks.

Zhanggui painted by Sesshu

Isoda Koryusai, 1782

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono holding a lantern beside a lattice screen.

Mimasu Tokujirō in the role of San

Katuskawa Shunkō, 1780

Drawing of a seated turbaned king beside a canopy bed, with a kneeling veiled woman and a standing attendant in an interior.

David's Promise to Bathsheba

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1642-43

Chalk drawing of a seated woman with curled hair holding a deer's head beside her against a shaded forest background.

The Sense of Hearing (recto); light sketch of a woman's head and an arm (verso)

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Gray wash drawing of a farmer and young man with oxen and a plow on a country road, trees framing the scene, a dog in front.

A Farmer Entrusting the Plow to His Son

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling figure held by a man amid a crowd, framed by a shield cartouche with two cherubs.

St. Gregory Reluctant to Accept His Election as Bishop of Rome

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling haloed saint gazing up at Christ and the Virgin among clouds and angels.

Christ and the Virgin Appearing to Saint Francis

Pietro Faccini, 1562-1602

Red chalk drawing of a seated female figure in drapery with loose hatching, head turned downward, by Parmigianino.

Seated Goddess Diana (recto); Studies of a Nude Male Torso Seen from the Rear, and a leg (verso)

Parmigianino, ca. 1522

Brown wash drawing of a saint ascending in clouds toward a cross with angels, while a veiled woman lies on a bed below.

The Ecstasy of the Blessed Giacinta Marescotti

Giuseppe Passeri, 1674-1714

Brown ink drawing of soldiers killing infants among grieving mothers in an arched colonnade, with bodies scattered on the flo

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, ca. 1590

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Engraving of a haloed saint seen from behind, holding a saw and a book, with draped robes and horizontal line background.

Saint Simon standing facing left, holding a saw and a book

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of soldiers pushing bearded philosophers toward a fire where books are burning, with a bare tree at right.

A group of men at right pushing philosophers toward a fire with burning books at the left

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a Roman triumphal procession with armored soldiers, a nude statue on a pedestal, and classical buildings.

The triumph of a Roman Emperor

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1530-50

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants on a street before a stone bridge and city towers.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1512-13

Drawing of a wooded river landscape with two cattle in shallow water beside rocks, under a dramatic cloudy sky.

A wooded river landscape with cattle

the younger Benjamin Barker, 1826

Watercolor and ink design of a Rococo interior with putti on the ceiling, urns, arched doors and painted panels.

Design for an Opera Set, a Congress of Cupids

Carlo Zucchi the Younger, 18th century

Pen and wash study of a crowd of struggling figures beneath a colonnaded building, marked with a squaring grid.

Study for a Massacre of the Innocents

Domenico Passignano, 1580-1636

Ink and wash drawing of a dim barn interior with peasants, cows, and chickens beneath heavy timber roof beams.

Barn Interior with Peasants and Cows (recto); Six Studies of Peasants (verso)

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Engraving of Diogenes seated nude beside his barrel, reading a book, with a geometry diagram and a bird nearby.

Diogenes seated with his barrel behind him, and reading a book while holding a stick that rests on a geometry book to…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1526-27

Etching of a forest scene with a stone grotto, a crowd of figures in period dress, a seated woman, and tall trees.

The Fourth Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a man riding an ox in a barn while a snarling dog guards a hay manger.

The Dog in the Manger (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666

Brown ink and wash elevation of a classical greenhouse with columns, glazed panels, pediment and niche statues.

Design of a Greenhouse for the Right Honorable Earl of Coventry, Croome Court, Worcestershire (Elevation)

Robert Adam, 1760

Pencil design drawing of a classical funerary urn with a draped female figure holding a skull and the words Memento Mori.

Suggestions for Urns

L. V. Grave, 18th century

Engraving of a crowded city square with soldiers, spectators on balconies, a tower and a dog in the foreground.

Large Ecce Homo

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Woodblock print of two pheasants with long tails on a snowy pine branch above a waterfall, with cloud streaks in the sky.

Pheasants in the Snow on a Pine Branch over a Waterfall

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Engraving of St. George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling woman, a castle on a cliff and a distant city.

St. George, from the series The Apostles

Master ES, 15th century

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing and one seated, beside a wooden pillar.

Visiting

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Etching of a dying woman in a canopied bed surrounded by mourners, with angels descending in light from above.

The Death of the Virgin

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Side-view colored drawing of a red and black brougham carriage with blue spoked wheels and a carriage lamp.

Brougham #3682

Brewster & Co., 1881