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Pen and wash drawing of African figures among palm trees, with elephants, tusks, a parasol and clay vessels.

Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a riverside village with turreted houses and figures with barrels by the water.

View of a Village alongside a River

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1766

Abstract etching of stippled dark and light tones with two diagonal lines, where a pale form suggests a seated woman.

Seated Woman in Bonnet and Shawl

Edgar Degas, ca. 1879

Etching of robed lawyers seated at a candlelit table in a library, with allegorical figures of Justice and putti floating abo

A Conference of Lawyers

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1776

Etching of Tangier's fortified waterfront with boats on the water and two men on a hill near a round tower and gate.

Part of Tangier from above

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1670

Watercolor of a river ford with rowing boats, a crowd by a thatched inn, a horse and cart, and a sailing ship on the water.

The Inn at the Ford

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775-1827

Engraving of Jael killing the sleeping Sisera with a tent peg while onlookers and soldiers watch in an arched interior.

Jael Killing Sisera, without ornamental frame

Lucas van Leyden, 1517

Engraving of a young man gesturing to a seated bearded elder before a group of onlookers in a columned hall.

Joseph Telling His Dreams to Jacob

Lucas van Leyden, 1512

Woodcut of Saint Paul with a halo, holding a sword and an open book, set against radiating lines.

Saint Paul, from "Christ and the Apostles"

Hans Baldung Grien, 1519

Engraving of the seated Persian Sibyl reading a book, framed by nude figures and architecture, after the Sistine Chapel ceili

The Persian Sibyl, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a chrysanthemum-patterned robe and checkered trousers before a shoji screen.

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Ukishima Danjo

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1769 Autumn

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in green kimono holding a paper lantern beside a bamboo fence at night.

The Second Yamashita Kinsaku as a Woman Standing at Night

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1779

Woodcut-style print of soldiers attacking women and children before classical arcades and columns, with bodies on the ground.

The Massacre of the Innocents (Right side) with group of male figures attacking women and children; classical buildin…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Etching of a man in a headscarf gesturing to a seated woman leaning on a pedestal, in a garden with arched hedges and cypress

Vertumnus and Pomona, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Brown wash drawing of peasants working at a well beside a thatched hut and barrels, with trees and clouds.

Peasants Around a Well

Johann Georg Wille, 1758

Pen and wash design of a decorated wall with an urn in a niche, garlands, and a panel with putti and a female figure.

Design for a Wall Elevation

Simon Schijnvoet, late 17th-early 18th century

Sepia print of a vaulted stone crypt with cattle resting on the floor beside columns and light from an arched opening.

Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey (Liber Studiorum, part VIII, plate 39)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, February 11, 1812

Engraving of an allegorical woman on a cloud with a lamb and child, above a scene of playing nude children.

Innocentia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Woodcut portrait of a bearded king in fur robe and feathered cap, flanked by satyrs and a heraldic shield, dated 1523.

Christian II, King of Denmark

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1523

Etching by Félix-Hilaire Buhot showing an oval child portrait, owls, bottles, vases and birds in layered grey tones.

Japanese Baptism

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1887

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall hat beside a cannon, with a burning tower and fireworks in the background.

Fire, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Woodcut of a kneeling bearded man with a scourge beside a curtain, candles, and an altar in an interior.

The Penitent

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of an artist at an easel drawing a seated man in a curtained room with a bed and candle.

Artist Drawing a Portrait of a Man

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Grey wash allegorical drawing with a draped woman, scientific instruments, a globe and a floating nude figure in clouds.

Design for the Title Page of "Acta Germanica"

Jan Goeree, late 17th-early 18th century

Woodcut of Saint John with halo, holding a chalice with a serpent, before a fence, foliage and distant church spire.

Saint John

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of a seated woman in a canopied bed, a knight with raised sword, and a castle on a hill in the distance.

Illustration from "The Ritter von Turn"

Albrecht Dürer, 1493

Etching of a bearded saint in a flowing cloak holding a tall staff, with hatched shading against a sky at right.

Saint Philip

Parmigianino, early 16th century

Engraving of Salome carrying a platter with the head of John the Baptist into a banquet hall, with a bearded man seated at ri

Salome Receiving the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ child seated on steps by a wall, with a castle and river landscape behind them.

Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Engraved frieze of a winged centaur holding a torch, a putto and foliate scrolls, with a ram's head and garlands.

Ornament frieze with winged Centaur

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the Holy Trinity with God the Father holding the crucified Christ, a dove above, angels and cherub heads around.

The Holy Trinity (reduced copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Head of an old man looking down, facing left, from "Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50