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138,943 works

Pen and watercolor street view of a church spire and half-timbered houses with a stone archway, in muted grey and ochre tones

View of the St. Jacob's Church and the Inn, Maastricht

Josua de Grave, 1670

Pastel seascape of a calm sea under a pale yellow sunset sky, with small distant sails on the horizon.

Marine, Soleil Couchant

Edgar Degas, 1869

Schreitender Löwe

Philipp Jakob Becker

White-heightened drawing on brown ground of a woman in flowing drapery holding a raised goblet, dated 1524.

Fortuna II

Hans Baldung Grien, 1524

Watercolor of Roman brick ruins with coffered arches, a medieval bell tower, and figures on the street, by Rudolf von Alt.

Blick aus der Konstantinsbasilika in Rom auf S. Francesca Romana

Rudolf von Alt, 1836

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with trees, rocks, a stream and a small waterfall.

Waldlandschaft bei Tivoli

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Watercolor of a classical landscape with waterfalls, a stone bridge, pipe-playing figures and temples on a hill.

Antikische Landschaft

Salomon Gessner, 1779

Charcoal drawing of a mother and child embracing, faces close together, with a handwritten dedication and date below.

Mother and child

Etching of a genteel group in an interior by a tiled stove, with a seated man at left and women in feathered headdresses.

Plate 3 for Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Vicar of Wakefield'

Daniel Berger, 1776

Etching of a man raising a sword at a cloaked figure while women and men crowd into an interior room.

Plate 9 for Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1784

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall framed by trees, with travelers in wide hats on a path beside a thatched hut.

Yōrō waterfall in Mino Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of two men in patterned kimono crossing a wooden bridge with a servant, river and village behind.

Ichikawa Omezō and Sawamura Gennosuke crossing Azuma Bridge

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1804

Woodblock print of a bay with sailboats and a row of thatched houses with travelers on a road at dusk.

Kanagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Woodblock print of a moored sailing boat, rowing boats and a tree-lined shore under a clearing sky, with calligraphy.

Clearing weather at Shibaura

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Woodblock print of a man in a striped kimono and a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink floral robe, with calligraphy.

Shirai Gonpachi and the courtesan Komuraski of the Miura-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Ink poster of a cupid whipping a group of women in long gowns forward, with the headline The Social Season Opens.

The social season opens -Life this week 10 cents

Charles Dana Gibson, 1904

Wartime poster showing sand bucket, shovel, fire extinguisher, first aid kit and flashlight under the words 'Get it now.'

This is your air raid protection Get it now /

Zebedee Johnson, 1941

Watercolor of a stone château with blue conical towers, shuttered windows, a garden bed, and a figure on a path.

Château de Vouzan

Henry Victor Burgy, 1888

Etching of a grinning flame-haired figure standing atop a heavy beast while a second figure falls beside it.

Plate 56 from "Los Caprichos": To rise and to fall (Subir y bajar)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired Cupid leaning on a scroll, with two doves at the lower left.

Cupid with Two Doves

Toussaint Dubreuil

Brown wash drawing of large leafy trees framing a road, with buildings at left and small figures walking in the distance.

View of Buildings and Linden Trees in Rijswijk

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a skeleton Death seated on a canopied throne, with crowns and armor scattered at its feet.

Death on a Canopied Throne (Design for a Title Page)

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Watercolor of a turbaned rider on a brown horse beside a tent, with a seated man and other horsemen in a hilly landscape.

Three Arab Horsemen at an Encampment

Eugène Delacroix, 1832-37

Engraving of an armored man taking leave of a seated woman, with spear-bearing figures in a background interior.

A Man Saying his Farewells to a Woman

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated in a room with a standing woman gesturing toward him and a kneeling woman at left

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Ferdinand Pierre Joseph Ignace Delamonce, n.d.

Engraving of Trojans hauling a huge wooden horse through a city gate while crowds watch and workers break the wall.

The Trojans Bring the Wooden Horse into Their City

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Etching of sailing boats on choppy sea under a cloudy sky, with small dark figures swimming in the foreground waves.

Marine

Édouard Manet, 1865-66

Engraving of a large sailing ship escorted by galleys on rough sea under a sun breaking through clouds.

Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Brown ink and wash drawing of a haloed woman with an ointment jar beside a bearded merchant and coins on a ledge.

Mary Magdalen Buying Ointment

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, 1666-1724

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery holding a small child close against her shoulder.

Virgin and Child

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1574-1625

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with one arm raised high and legs crossed, gazing upward.

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Seated Figure (verso)

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Brown wash drawing of trees beside a river, with a ruined tower on the left and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape

Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1770-1812