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Engraving of the Annunciation: the Virgin kneels at left as an angel with a lily approaches, under God and clouds with angels

The Annunciation

Battista Franco Veneziano, before 1557

Brown ink drawing of a clergyman blessing a book before a seated assembly in a grand interior with a raised throne.

An Ecclesiastic (Pope?) Blessing a Book before the Sacred College

Cesare Nebbia, 1580-90

Ink and wash drawing of Juno on a chariot above a reclining woman and bearded river god with a peacock and putti.

Juno on Her Chariot Visiting a Young Woman and a Rivergod

Richard van Orley, late 17th-mid 18th century

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist beneath a large tree, with a landscape behind.

Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and St. John the Baptist

Jan Müller, ca. 1588

Etching of nine women with musical instruments under a tree, with a helmeted warrior holding a mask shield at right.

Les neuf Muses

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown wash drawing of a muscular man leaning on a long staff, wearing draped cloth, looking to the left.

A Man Resting on a Staff

Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Catherine kneeling by a broken wheel as an angel descends with a sword and a crowned ruler watches.

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Mario Cartaro, 1567

Etching of a draped figure bending over a bare-bodied figure bound to a tree, with a landscape and water to the right.

Apollon et Marsyas

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved print of a hooded monk statue on a bracket, with an inscription plaque reading S. Stephanus Grandi Mon.

St. Stephanus Girandi

Conrad Lauwers, 17th century

Engraving allegory of Africa with a central female figure, an elephant, a lion, palm trees, archers and a chameleon.

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. 1590-1600

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with a painted sky opening filled with flying birds and fruit medallions.

Design for a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil sky filled with birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Engraving of Christ bound to a column while soldiers prepare to flog him, with a kneeling figure and city buildings behind.

The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of nude figures with Bacchus at left holding grapes beside a wine tub, a child, and two women near drapery.

Bacchus at left giving grapes to women, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of a veiled female figure leaning on a cross, with a chalice, tiara and keys beside her.

Personification of Faith

Claude Mellan, 1642

Brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with a kneeling king offering a gift to the Christ child in an oval frame.

The Adoration of the Magi

Theodoor van Thulden, mid-17th century

Engraving of a fallen tyrant above kings and nude men striking a corpse, framed by biblical vignettes and Latin text.

Punitio Tirannorum, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Vertical ornament print with a central candelabra, putti riding goats, grotesque masks, and dense scrollwork and foliage.

Candelabra with putti on goats at center

Lambrecht Hopfer, ca. 1525-50

Chromolithograph cigarette card of a pink and red dahlia with buds and green leaves on an orange background.

Dahlia (Dahlia Coccinea), from the Flowers series for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of monks watching workmen topple a seated statue of Apollo from a classical temple beneath a large tree.

Benedict of Nursia Orders the Destruction of the Temple of Apollo at Monte Cassino

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, mid-17th-early 18th century

Oval drawing of a seated nude woman by a tree with a leering satyr peeking from foliage, a dog at her feet, and a distant lan

Diana and a Leering Satyr in a Forest

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Circular brown wash drawing of Venus above Vulcan at a forge, with hammering workers, cupids and scattered armor.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso)

Sebastiano Conca, ca. 1716-18

Grisaille allegory of the baker's trade with putti, baking tools, grain, and oval scenes of bakery work and a street bakery.

Allegory of the Baker's Trade

Johannes Petrus van Horstok, 1807

Two-panel woodblock print: a yellow bird on cherry blossoms at left, and an armored rider on a white horse beside a pine at r

Left: Bird on Branch of a Cherry Tree; Right: Minamotono Yoshiié on Horseback

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of two women in kimono playing a string game together in a room with a folding screen.

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-66

Woodblock print of three women on a wooden veranda with pine, flowering vines and a river landscape behind them.

Three Women on a Veranda

Chobunsai Eishi, 1756-1829

Scroll painting of a mounted nobleman in a procession with attendants in white and yellow robes, with columns of calligraphy.

Procession of the Emperor and Suite

Kano School, 1626

Pastel drawing of a veiled woman with a halo and raised hands, with a gold ring ornament below, on a dark ground.

Blessed Salome

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Brown ink tracing of a horizontal frieze with acanthus scrolls, foliage and an animal figure at right.

Tracing from a frieze with plant and animal motifs

Stanisław Wyspiański

Watercolor interior with a tiled fireplace, wooden sofa, copper kettle and framed paintings on green walls.

Interior from Leveld, the Livingroom

Gerhard Munthe, 1902