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Beatrice d'Este

Ethel Gabain, 1883

Etching of the interior nave of St. John Lateran basilica, with coffered ceiling, columns, statues and a distant altar.

Interior view of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768

Tan broadside of skeletal figures carrying a coffin in procession above columns of printed verse and decorative borders.

Calavera de la hora oficial (Calavera of the Official Time)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape of figures bathing in a brook beneath trees, with rolling hills and clouds in the distance.

Bathers in a Brook

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Medieval manuscript page with Latin text, a blue and gold decorated initial, and green and blue foliate borders.

Illuminated Initial "H" from a Psalter or Breviary

German or Southern Netherlandish, c. 1450s

Drawing of a standing female nude in white and dark chalk on tan paper, head turned upward, signed by Arthur B. Davies.

Standing Female Nude

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1882/93

Engraving of a haloed figure with a staff above a lion and ox, surrounded by seated figures, angels and skeletons.

The Triumph of Eternity, plate six from The Triumphs of Petrarch

Georg Pencz, c. 1539

Black chalk drawing of a standing man with raised arms and flowing robes on a toned grey sheet.

Man Standing in Prayer (recto); Drapery Study (verso)

Domenico Fiasella, 1550/70

Turbaned Soldier Holding a Lance

Michael Kirmer, c. 1570

Wash drawing of Christ among elderly doctors in a colonnaded hall, with a standing boy and onlookers in robes.

Christ Among the Doctors

School of Lambert Lombard, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop standing above two seated saints who clasp hands, with a faint red chalk grid.

Saint Clement Flanked by Saints Sebastian and Roch

Andrea Lilli, n.d.

Three Bearded Male Heads, Two in Profile to the Right

Circle of Bernardino Lanino, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a bare tree on sandy dunes, with a distant factory and smokestack under a cloudy sky.

Industrial Town in Dunes

George-Ernest Colby, 1897

Brown drawing of a helmeted figure leaning over a cauldron holding a skull and a pale face amid dark smoke.

Cauldron of the Sorceress

Odilon Redon, 1879

Charcoal and chalk study of the Virgin and Child in clouds with saints, a kneeling donor and angels on tinted paper.

Fra Bartolommeo - Composition Drawing for the 'Carondelet Madonna' (Virgin and Child in Clouds Surrounded by Five Sai…

Fra' Bartolomeo

Engraving of St. Matthew writing at a desk while a winged angel leans over and points toward his book.

The Evangelists: St. Matthew

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1518-33

Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairstyles, one holding a candle stand and the other carrying a tray with a

Two Geishas beside a Candle

Kitagawa Kikumaro, mid 1800s

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one with decorated hairpins and a red checkered robe, the other with floral

Making Love

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a large pine trunk, with travelers and porters on a hillside path under clouds.

Fuji from the Pass of Mishima, Koshu Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849

Grey wash drawing of pigs foraging near log farm buildings beneath large trees.

Farm with Pigs Foraging

Henry Edridge, c. 1789-1821

Brown ink and wash drawing of a deathbed scene, with a kneeling figure beside a reclining man, and sketched heads on the reve

Extreme Unction (recto); Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, 1643-44

Woodblock print of a young woman under a yellow umbrella in falling snow, wearing a pink patterned kimono.

Young Woman Standing Under an Umbrella in the Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767-68

Woodblock print of women in kimono watching a girl dance with shells while a woman plays a shamisen.

Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono with a child in red reaching toward a hanging fishbowl.

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. mid 1720s

Woodblock print of a woman in a black autumn-leaf kimono beside a birdcage, peacock feathers, and a hanging fan.

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793-97

The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1797 or 1798

Hand-colored print of two nude women bathing by a waterfall while two young men fish from a cliff above.

The Pranksters (The Pranksters)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, c. 1798

Watercolor drawing of a christening in a Gothic church interior with a crowd, a clergyman, and seated musicians.

A Christening in Revolutionary France

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, late 18th century

Hotei holds a round jewel aloft while two children kneel and reach toward him in a tall Japanese print.

Two Children Begging Hotei for a Jewel

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770s

Vertical Japanese print of a woman in a kimono beside a lattice window overlooking a moonlit bay with sailboats.

Courtesan in a Room Overlooking Edo Bay

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a paper lantern and bamboo blind, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Two Geisha on a Balcony

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Sepia poster portrait of a woman with curly hair in a white gown, gazing upward, framed with ornate scrollwork.

1899 MildredHolland byElmerChickering LibraryOfCongress

Elmer Chickering, 1899