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Woodcut of skeletons playing trumpets and kettledrums among arches and scattered bones, from The Dance of Death.

Skeletons Making Music (or the Cemetery), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton with a candle reaching toward a woman in bed, while a kneeling woman watches in a richly furnished room

The Nun, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Brown wash drawing of a classical colonnaded hall with figures reacting around a banquet table and a helmeted soldier.

The Death of Britannicus

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, ca. 1814

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a shirtless man with bowed head, one hand raised to his neck.

Half-Length Study of a Man

François Boucher, 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a tiger-patterned kimono and a man holding a parasol before a lattice window.

The Actor Ikushima Daikichi as an Oiran on Parade in the Streets of the Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1701-06

Engraving of a chaotic village festival with masked revelers dancing, tossing balls, and musicians playing in a pavilion.

The Festival of Fools

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, after 1570

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with a kneeling king, Virgin and Child, horses, a camel, and a bright star over a stab

The Adoration of the Magi

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of Mercury with winged helmet and sandals lifting nude Psyche in a dynamic pose, against a striated arched backgrou

Mercury Abducting Psyche (lateral view Psyche's side), from a set of three views of the sculpture

Jan Müller, ca. 1593

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche: a reclining nude woman on a bed, a winged figure beside her, and attendant putti in drapery.

Cupid and Psyche

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Etching of a winged figure carrying a woman with flowing hair through swirling clouds.

Boreas and Oreithyia, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Phaeton's overturned chariot and plunging horses falling through clouds toward a sea and hillside landscape.

Phaeton, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Side-view drawing of a black brougham carriage with blue trim, spoked wheels, and a lamp, numbered 3608 at top.

Brougham #3608

Brewster & Co., 1880

Side-view colored drawing of a blue and black horse-drawn carriage with spoked wheels, labeled No. 3660.

Rockaway #3660

Brewster & Co., 1881

Hand-colored print of a rustic interior with a man reading, a woman feeding a child, and a man leaning over a half-door.

Le Nouvéliste

Jean François Janinet, 1770-1814

Engraving of the Nativity with shepherds crowding around the Christ Child in a stable, angels overhead, and a bare tree at ri

The adoration of the shepherds, various figures surrounding the Christ Child in the centre

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded river landscape with a stone bridge, a tower, and large framing trees.

Ancient buildings next to water in the woods (recto); A variation of the same landscape in reverse (verso)

Robert Adam, 1740-55

Engraving of the risen Christ holding a banner above a tomb while soldiers below recoil and fall in radiant light.

The resurrection of Christ, holding a banner in his right hand, soldiers surrounding the tomb, some falling away

Giulio Bonasone, 1561

Engraving of a woman on horseback with a plumed hat beside a halberd-carrying soldier, with a castle and mountains behind.

The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497

Etching of Judith raising a sword, with an older woman behind her and a cloudy landscape at left.

Judith

Parmigianino, early 16th century

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered turban, turned in three-quarter view, set against dense cross-hatched shadows.

Bust of a Man in a Feathered Turban and Long Beard

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Engraving of a draped woman surrounded by nude putti carrying fruit, framed by classical columns and drapery.

Charity

Lambert Suavius, 1530-76

Engraved ornamental panel with putti, acanthus scrolls, fruit baskets, winged birds and classical figures holding flaming urn

A panel of ornament, putti standing on cornucopia in lower section

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of the Circumcision of Christ: an infant on a draped table, a priest, and onlookers in a columned interior.

The Circumcision of Christ

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1542-46

Etching of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling infant John the Baptist, watched by saints beside classical columns.

Various Saints Witnessing John the Baptist's Homage to the Infant Christ

Andrea Schiavone

Engraving of a violent scene in a church interior with armed men attacking figures, framed by biblical text and emblem border

Dissidium In Ecclesia, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1575-1617

Etching of Saint Paul with halo, holding a sword and open book, in a long draped robe against hatched background.

Saint Paul holding a sword and book, from "Christ and the Apostles"

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-50

Etching of a haloed saint in flowing robes holding a staff, set against fine crosshatched lines.

A saint, possibly Matthew, holding a staff and a book

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-50

Engraved ornamental design with a central grotesque mask, two fauns, an eagle, urns and drapery, dated 1549.

Ornamental Design with a Mask and an Eagle between Two Fauns below

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Etching of a draped female figure seen from behind, drawing a bow beside a tree branch, in hatched linework.

Diana firing her bow viewed from behind

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1538-40

Etching of a bearded robed figure holding a globe, with hatched lines describing drapery and hair.

Christ as the Savior holding a globe, from "Christ and the Apostles"

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-50

Engraving of crucified Christ on a cross surrounded by mourning angels in clouds, with an INRI placard above.

Christ crucified surrounded by mourning angels

Giorgio Ghisi, 1575-79

Woodcut of Ecce Homo, Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by angels and putti in a dense ornamental border of vines.

Ecce Homo with Ornamental Border showing the Triumph of Bacchus

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511