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Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling kings, the Christ Child, horses and architecture.

Adoration of the Magi

Possibly school of Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century

Coloured print of a wedding celebration in a park, with a violinist, a bride in white, a groom in blue, and a crowd of guests

La Noce au Chateau (The Night at the Chateau)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1789

Miniature painting of a seated man and a standing woman in a desert with gazelles, rabbits, a blossoming tree, and a camel.

Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert, page from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

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

Red chalk drawing of a park with tall trees, statues on pedestals, balustraded terraces, and a fountain.

Fountain in the Park

Hubert Robert, c. 1765

Woju-style print of a Noh actor in white kimono and gold hakama, holding a sword overhead with long black hair flowing.

Funabashi, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898/1903

Brown wash drawing of classical figures in a wooded grove, with a youth holding a winged Cupid on his knee beside a bearded m

Calypso Watches Telemachus with Cupid on His Knee, While Mentor Watches in Anger, from The Adventures of Telemachus,…

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Brown wash drawing of Telemachus asleep on a ship, with a helmeted goddess, a cupid, and a winged youth among clouds.

The Dream of Telemachus, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 4

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Engraving of an armored man pointing to a headless corpse in a tent, with soldiers and a walled city behind.

The Discovery of Holofernes's Corpse, plate eight from The Story of Judith and Holofernes

Philips Galle, 1564

Watercolor of a sleeping man in a bowler hat and a woman gazing out a window in a railway carriage.

In a Railway Carriage (After a Night's Journey)

Adolph Menzel, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono gathering and carrying cut bamboo through a grove beside a river and a wooden hou

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1798

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a treasure ship beneath a red sun and flying crane.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a Treasure Ship

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1789

Woodcut of Christ praying in a garden while a crowd with torches and banners arrives to arrest him.

The Agony in the Gardens and Christ's Arrest, plate ten from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi

the Elder Urs Graf, c. 1503

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd waves palm branches beneath a walled city.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi

the Elder Urs Graf, c. 1503

Woodcut of Christ being nailed to a cross, with kneeling workers, tools, onlookers and a walled town behind.

Christ Nailed to the Cross, page 85 from the Treasury (Schatzbehalter)

Michael Wolgemut and Workshop, 1491

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono tending an infant beneath a bamboo mosquito net on a patterned futon.

Mosquito Net for a Baby

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Black and white print of mourners lowering a body into a stone tomb inside a dark cave with hanging stalactites.

The Entombment, from The Fall and Redemption of Man

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513

Engraving of the Madonna seated on steps with the infant Christ, a castle and river valley behind them.

Madonna by the Wall

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Woodcut of a seated physician examining a flask held by a skeleton, with an elderly patient and a dog nearby.

The Physician

Hans Holbein the Younger, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono walking beside a black lacquered carriage with a spoked wheel and a parasol.

Women Imitating an Imperial Procession

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1805

Sepia ink and wash drawing of Venus clinging to Adonis, who holds a spear, with a cherub above in a rocky landscape.

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

Attributed to Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Etching of a barefoot pilgrim with a wide-brimmed hat and staff topped with a shell, standing against radiating hatched lines

Saint James the Greater

Master F. P., n.d.

Engraving of nude Venus standing beside a winged Cupid, with clouds, a crescent moon and a seated figure behind.

Venus and Cupid

Giacomo Francia, n.d.

Shoki the Demon Queller Marching to the Left

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1745

Etching of the stone bell tower of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, with pedestrians, a cart and trees along the street.

Tower of St. Germain-des-Prés

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Etching of the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore with rows of Ionic columns, coffered ceiling, and small figures on the marble flo

Interior view of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768

Broadside with woodcut of a penitentiary building, tram and street scene, skeletons, skulls and printed verses.

Here is the Calaveron of the Penitentiary. Don't break, old bones, for your day has just arrived

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Broadside with calavera verse, two skeleton figures in dress, and a skeletal funeral procession carrying a coffin below.

Calavera: Historica-Religiosa (Calavera: Historic-Religious)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Etching of a dim blacksmith's workshop with timber beams, a stone forge, an anvil, hanging tools and a lattice doorway.

The Smithy

David Young Cameron, 1896

Two pen and brown wash studies of standing bearded robed male figures, one with a halo, on paper.

Standing Prophet or Apostle

After Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1545/50

Brown ink and wash drawing of Diana and sleeping Endymion under a tree, with a flying cupid and a dog.

Diana and Endymion

probably after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Engraved battle scene of armored cavalry and infantry fighting, with rearing horses, raised weapons and fallen soldiers.

Battle of Cavaliers and Infantrymen

Etienne Delaune, 1550/1572

Etching of a mounted standard bearer with a tall banner crossing water below rocky cliffs, with riders following behind.

Standard Bearer

Odilon Redon, 1868