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Etching of a sleeping man on a rock with a winged messenger holding a caduceus descending from clouds above.

The Dream of Aeneas

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1757

Etching of ruined Roman brick arches and Corinthian columns of the Antoninian Conduit with small figures and clouds.

Monument of the Antoninian Conduit, under the arch of which the Via Appia passed

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756

Engraving of a dragon attacking muscular nude men among skulls, with a spearman in a distant landscape, by Hendrick Goltzius,

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

Sepia etching of a man leaping over a charging bull in a bullring while spectators watch from the side.

More of his (Martincho's) madness in the same Ring (Otra locura suya en la misma plaza) from the series Tauromaquia

Francisco Goya, 1815

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling saint embracing the Christ Child, with the Virgin, angels and light rays above.

Vision of Saint Gaetano Thiene

Ubaldo Gandolfi, about 1775

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a folding fan, pearl earrings, lace collar and blue flowered dress.

Young Woman with a Fan

Pietro Rotari, early 1750s

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted church crypt with stone columns, a wooden chest, and two men sleeping on the floor.

The Crypt of a Church with Two Men Sleeping

Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger, possibly 1625

Brown wash drawing of a river view with a castle and town on the far bank, shepherds and goats in the foreground.

The Town and Castle of Saumur from across the Loire

Lambert Doomer, about 1670

Grey wash drawing of a family in a dim room, a man raising his arm as others plead and a soldier stands by a door.

The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, about 1778

Drawing of a snarling lion lying down, mouth open showing teeth, rendered in brown and red chalk and wash.

A Lion Snarling

Cornelis Saftleven, about 1625-1633

Leaping

Eadweard Muybridge, negative 1878-1879; print 1881

Hand-colored print of a tall Columbus monument in a Genoa square, with pedestrians, palms and hillside buildings.

[Columbus Monument, Genoa, Italy]

Detroit Publishing Co., about 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a forest landscape with a chapel, a shepherd resting with goats, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Forest Chapel

Heinrich Johann Gärtner, 1847

Brown ink and wash drawing of a waterfall below a stone bridge, with trees, hills and a distant church tower.

Der alte Fall des Anio in Tivoli

Claude Gellée gen. Lorrain, 1640

Woodcut of a winged basilisk holding a Basel coat of arms shield in its beak, framed by foliate ornament and Gothic text.

Basilisk mit dem Basler Wappen, das er mit dem Schnabel am Riemen hält

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall under a stone arch bridge in a rocky mountain gorge, with figures and cattle crossing.

Konvolut mit 29 Zeichnungen, Blatt 19

Friedrich Weinbrenner, 1792

Sepia print of a river plunging through a rocky gorge beneath a fallen tree bridge, with small figures on the cliffs.

Ansicht der »Perte du Rhône« (Verschwinden der Rhone)

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1791

Colored drawing of a young man in a red beret and pink cloak with a dated inscription of 1529 along the bottom.

Bildnis eines Knaben

Monogrammist CH, 1529

Monochrome print of a woman in a feathered hat and long dress standing against a dark, shadowy background.

Premier pas

Etching of figures gathered around a laundry basket in a room with hanging linens, one man in a doublet reaching in.

Plate 8 for Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1784

Engraving of a laurel-crowned woman drawing back a curtain to reveal a relief of soldiers, with German verse below.

Plate 4 for 'Moral and Satiric Content'

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1778

Triptych woodblock print of samurai in armor battling, with a mounted commander, smoke-filled sky and advancing spearmen.

The Death of Yamamoto Dōki at the Great Battle of Kawanakajima

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1866

Woodblock print of a red-railed stone arch bridge over a river, with pink blossoms, willows, pines and mountains behind.

Megane Bridge at Ōtani in Yamashiro Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of two figures in conical hats gathering mushrooms by rope down a steep gorge above a rushing river.

Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Triptych woodblock print of samurai battling on a rocky shore beside blue waves, with pine trees and a boat with a red banner

Battle at Yashima Dannoura

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1855

Woodblock print of travelers in rain passing pine trees and thatched houses along a village road, with the sea beyond.

Oiso

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with a parasol and attendants beneath flowering cherry branches.

Courtesan beneath cherry blossoms

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1785

Woodblock print of a courtesan and male guest reclining in an interior with a painted screen and lacquer boxes.

Courtesan and her guest in bed

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Poster for the Federal W.P.A. Yiddish Theatre Unit's comedy The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper, with a sewing machine and smili

Federal W.P.A. Theatre Yiddish Unit presents "The tailor becomes a storekeeper" A comedy by David Pinski with music

David Pinski, 1936

Federal Theatre Project poster for Counsellor at Law, showing a black silhouette of a gesturing man in a suit above bold titl

"Counsellor at law" by Elmer Rice

Elmer Rice, 1938