New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Brown

112,954 works

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ child reading a book in a ruined arcaded hall with fallen columns.

The Virgin and Child

Jean de Gourmont the Elder

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair and white collar, framed by an inscription and a heraldic cartouche below.

J.P. Bignon

Benoît Audran the Elder

Engraving of a painter at an easel with a palette, watched by a bearded man and a woman in an interior with framed pictures.

Peintres et bourgeois

Charles Maurand, 1862

Etching of a farmyard with thatched cottages, trees, a fence, and chickens on a dirt path under a cloudy sky.

A Farmyard

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of an armored man seated on a rock pointing forward while two bearded companions look on, with trees and a spear.

Banditti Taking His Post

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of two seated male figures beside a pool with cattle, goats and sheep in a wooded landscape.

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep

Moses van Uyttenbroeck

Engraving of a winged angel addressing a haloed man in a room, with a chariot and horses traveling a road outside past a tree

The Angel Orders Saint Philip to Accompany the Ethiopian Eunuch

Engraving of Saint Paul in a basket lowered from a city wall at night, with a crescent moon and stars above.

Saint Paul Escapes from Damascus

Engraving of a crowned female saint on clouds holding a sword and palm frond, with a broken wheel at her feet.

Saint Catherine in the Clouds

Peter Paul Rubens

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap, both with halos, Latin inscription below.

O quam tristis et afflicta ...

Hieronymus Wierix

Engraving of two nude male figures embracing and kissing, one holding a torch, against a rocky landscape with a tree.

Eros and Anteros

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of Adam and Eve mourning over Abel's body under a large tree, with smoke rising from an altar in the distance.

Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Etched architectural ornament with scrolled volutes, a central vase with leaves, and a fluted base on a plain background.

Architectural Motif with a Vase

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etched architectural ornament with a central scrolled cartouche, curling foliage and a stepped pedestal base.

Architectural Motif with Three Shields

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Engraved portrait of a seated churchman in clerical robes holding an open book, with a clock and draped curtain behind him.

Claudius de Saint-Simon, Prince-Evêque de Metz

Jean Daullé, 1744

Etching of the sacrifice of Iphigenia: a priest with a knife at an altar, a figure rising in clouds, soldiers and a deer.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Pen and brown wash sketch of nine men in top hats and frock coats gathered by a wooden fence under trees.

Scraps ancient and modern

Frances Elizabeth Wynne, 1854

Engraving of Queen Esther seated with attendants beside a classical column, a man holding a garment, and a city street behind

Esther's Servants Telling Her of Mordecai's Refusal of The Raiment

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1564

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a periwig and ornate coat, with a coat of arms and stacked books below.

Francesco, Count Roncalli-Parolino. Line engraving by F. Zucchi, 1741

Francesco Zucchi

Line engraving portrait of a wigged man in period dress seated beside a skull and surgical instruments on a table.

Johann Jacob Hartlieb. Line engraving by A.C. Fleischmann

August Christian Fleischmann

Hand-coloured aquatint of steep granite rocks above a walled hill fortress beside a lake, with trees and small figures.

Savandurga, near Bangalore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by John William Edy after Robert H. Colebrooke, 1793

Robert H. Colebrooke

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a wig and velvet coat, hand resting on a book beside a botanical sprig.

Christoph Jacob Trew. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after D. van der Smissen, 1748

Dominicus van der Smissen

Engraved portrait of a bearded scholar in a cap, hands on a book, within an arched frame with Latin inscription.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding a book, with an inscribed arch and floral border above.

Guglielmus Gratarolus. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, in an oval frame above a Latin inscription plaque.

Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Mezzotint by J. E. Haid, 1777, after J. J. Kleeman, 1776

Johann Jakob Kleeman

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark academic gown, standing with a cane against a plain background.

Peter Guthrie Tait. Mezzotint by J. Faed after Sir G. Reid

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled hair and cloak, with quill and inkwell, inscribed François Villette.

François Villette. Line engraving by E. Desrochers

Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers

Line engraving portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff collar holding a tube, with inscription below.

Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by F. Allegrini, 1762, after G. Zocchi after J. Sustermans

Justus Sustermans

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe with lace cuffs, seated before bookshelves and a coat of arms.

Willem de Rijck. Line engraving by C. de Visscher, 1655

Cornelis Visscher

Engraving of a strong man standing on a scaffold above three water-filled barrels on a timber stage.

Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching by C. Leigh, 1741, after W.H. Toms

William Henry Toms