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Black and white woodcut of figures lowering Christ's body from the cross, with mourning women and a crowd in a rocky landscap

The Deposition of Christ, from The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496-97

Black and white print of Christ breaking into hell, with demons, naked souls, and an arched gate.

The Harrowing of Hell - Christ in Limbo, plate nine from The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of Hercules, seen from behind, wrestling the three-headed dog Cerberus beside a cave opening.

The Labors of Hercules: Bringing Cerberus from the Lower World

Gabriel Salmon, c. 1528

Woodcut of Laocoön and his sons entangled by serpents on a stone base, with a village landscape behind.

Laocoön

Niccolò Boldrini, 1540/45

Engraving of animals leaving Noah's ark on a ramp while a family in robes watches, with birds flying above.

Descent from the Ark

Giulio Bonasone, 1544

Woodblock print of children playing archery at a tiger painted on a screen, with bamboo in the background.

Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Children with the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu kodomo juni shi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Mezzotint portrait of a woman in a white gown and fur-trimmed cloak beside a tree, with a wooded landscape behind her.

Margaret, Countess of Carlisle

James Watson, May 10, 1773

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who holds a rosary, with a Latin inscription below.

Virgin and Child

Jean Valdor, n.d.

Japanese kabuki print of a samurai actor with a sword in front of a pale ghostly spirit in a white robe, c. 1771.

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1771

Two kabuki actors in patterned kimono share an oil-paper parasol on a grassy mound in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Chunagon Yukihira (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1771

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono carrying red buckets on a yoke beside pine branches and waves.

The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checked robe and white headdress beside a shell bucket and bamboo fence.

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Moshio (?) in the Play Honda Yayoi Meoto Junrei (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a staff, beside potted plants and a bamboo flower stand.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Plant Seller Awashima no Yonosuke in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, P…

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1781

Japanese woodblock print of a striped tiger crouching with its tail raised, against an olive green background with calligraph

Crouching tiger

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1830

Etching of a pastoral landscape with a tree, stone tower, watermill, grazing goats and cattle, and figures by a river.

The Dance on the River Bank

Claude Lorrain, c. 1634

Sepia drawing of nude male figures carrying a limp body over rocks, with gesturing arms and a dark landscape behind.

Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions

James Jefferys, c. 1779

Charcoal portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, fur stole and pearl necklace, drawn on tan paper.

Harriett Pullman Carolan

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Japanese triptych print of women and men at a riverside banquet with lanterns, boats, and a shamisen player on a veranda.

A Banquet in a Pleasure House on the Bank of the Okawa (Okawa bata giro jo no yusen)

Angyusai Enshi, c. 1792

Woodcut of a dense battle with pikemen, banners, armored horsemen and a castle on a hill beyond.

Battle of Hainaut, plate 3 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Hans Springinklee, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Engraved title page with allegorical female figures, a fruit garland, cherubs, and a central text panel in Latin.

Title page to Symbola varia diversorum

Aegidius Sadeler, 1602

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man with a ruff, above an ornate cartouche with animals and text.

Jan Goltz II, Father of the Artist

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578

Engraving of the personification of Justice with scales amid a crowd, courtroom, executions and clerks, with Latin text below

Justice, from The Seven Virtues

Philips Galle, 1559

Etching of a carriage with canopy by a gothic gateway, travelers and dogs on a road, with trees and a lake beyond.

May, from The Twelve Months of the Year

Jan van de Velde II, 1616

Engraving of an opulent interior with a crowned man counting coins, women in fine dress, a parrot, dog, and monkey.

Allegory of Lust, Wealth and Stupidity

Raphaël Sadeler, 1588

Engraving of a bearded king kneeling before an idol on a pedestal, with a crowned woman and onlookers in a columned hall.

Solomom Adoring the Idols

Hans Brosamer, 1545

Engraving of two winged angels holding a veil displaying a bearded face with a crown of thorns, signed AD 1513.

Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1513

Etching of a village yard with a bearded man, children, and a dog standing on its hind legs before an ivy-covered house.

The Dancing Dog

Cornelis Dusart, 1685

Hand-colored print of kneeling figures praying near a church with bell tower, banana trees, and a dog in a tropical landscape

The Prayer, plate 6 from Paul et Virginie

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, 1795-97

Engraving of an 18th-century interior with a man reading at a breakfast table, a servant pouring tea, and a woman with a dog.

Le Dejeuner Anglais (The English Breakfast)

Géraud Vidal, 1785

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in ochre robe and dark hakama, with sword, against a pink striped backdr

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Thea…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Engraving of an elderly couple seated together under a radiant dove, with fruit, vegetables and bread beside them.

The Pious Old Couple

Jacques de Gheyn III, c. 1618

Pencil tailpiece showing a nude young flute player among reeds, with banners naming Keats's Lamia and its 1888 publisher.

Tail-Peice - The History of the Book

Will Hicock Low, c. 1888