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Engraving of an ornate nef-shaped container with carved panels of mythological figures, putti, and sea creatures along its hu

Container for the Royal Napkins (Nef)

Engraving of Jupiter with an eagle and Mercury on clouds, Venus in a dove-drawn chariot at right, from The Fable of Psyche.

Venus in her dove-drawn chariot complaining to Jupiter who is accompanied by Mercury, from 'The Fable of Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Psyche presenting a basket of treasures to two seated sisters before classical columns, with winged figures in c

Plate 11: Psyche gives presents to her sisters, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child, seated in a grassy landscape with a radiant halo and draped robe.

The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, copy

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Psyche speaking with two sisters before classical columns, with a winged Cupid above a rock and Italian verse be

Plate 15: Psyche relating her misfortunes to her sisters, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Satirical etching of a bedroom with a woman in bed, a crowd of men, and many rabbits scattered across the floor.

Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Godlimon in Consultation

William Hogarth, December 1726

Woodcut of a lamb on a book in a radiant circle, surrounded by crowned elders, angels, palms and kneeling figures.

The Adoration of the Lamb, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1497-98

Engraved alpine valley with cliffs, fields and village, plus a castle, a shrine and an inscription cartouche below.

The Inn Valley from the series Civitates Orbis Terrarum, vol. V, plate 59

Simon Novellanus, 1590

Etched frieze with a leopard among acanthus scrolls, a grape basket at left and a grotesque mask at right.

Design for a Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Leopard in the Center, plate 10 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-50

Engraving of a church interior with an apprentice and young woman sharing a hymnal in a pew, organ and congregation behind.

The Industrious 'Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian: IIndustry and Idleness, plate 2

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a reclining piper under a large oak beside a standing shepherd gesturing toward grazing cattle and sheep.

Mercury and Battus, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Book II

Robert Willemsz de Baudous, after 1590

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary holds the infant Christ beside an elderly man while angels and cherubs gather on clouds above

The Nativity

Etching of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a cow, and two figures, one gesturing with a staff, beneath clouds.

Mercury Turning Battus to Stone

Herman van Swanevelt

Engraving of a bearded armored knight with plumed helmet holding a standard, resting on a shield, with a landscape behind.

St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a lands…

Martinus Martini, ca. 1581-1610

Engraving by Christoph Murer, 1596: a poor man and a seated rich man contrasted under a winged figure holding banners.

An Allegory of a Rich Man and a Poor Man (Der Lustige Arme und der Traurige Reiche)

Christoph Murer, 1596

Engraving of an elderly man praying at a table with his family beside a timber house, with a woman serving bread nearby.

Enoch and his family surrounding a meal table and holding their hands in a gesture of prayer; behind them is the open…

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1623

Engraving of an armored warrior with raised sword and shield, a goat at his feet, labeled MARS, 1528.

Mars, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Etching of a lion head with shields, arms trophies and scrollwork above an inscribed oval panel.

Plate 2: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656-58

Engraved cutaway section and elevation of the Colosseum showing arcaded tiers, interior seating and arena floor.

Section and elevation of the Colosseum in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of a dead woman on a street at night, surrounded by arguing men, a lantern, and a crescent moon above.

Cruelty in Perfection (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of an emperor and soldiers, a prophet at an altar, and a reclining nude with angels and putti in a landscape.

The Prophecy of Basilides

Giovanni Cesare Testa, ca. 1650

Engraving of a grape harvest with women carrying baskets, a child, a man pouring from a jug beside a wooden vat, and a Latin

Vintage Scene

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1704

Engraving of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ, with Mary Magdalene and another mourner grieving beside him.

Mater Dolorum

Robert van Audenaerde, 1701

Engraving of a man and woman throwing stones that turn into children, with a classical temple at right.

Plate 8: The Rebirth of Mankind (Reparatio generis humani), from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Engraving of men in period dress arguing around a table in a room with hanging hats and a clock.

The Committee (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudbras, Plate 10)

William Hogarth, 1725-68

Etching of a lion hunt with armored horsemen, archers, a lion, boars and deer in a rocky landscape.

Plate 11: Alexander's Lion Hunt, from "The Deeds of Alexander the Great"

Antonio Tempesta, 1608

Engraving of gods and figures among clouds, with a central seated figure raising his arms, after Sistine frescoes.

Sistine Frescoes, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

René Boyvin, 16th century

Engraving of peasants feasting at a table under a grapevine trellis, with a standing couple at left and a banner above.

Peasants' Feast from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of nude Hercules with bow beside kneeling centaur Nessus and nude Deianira, with a city in the distance.

Hercules Killing Nessus, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Woodcut of haloed Saint Ita reading in a forest with a dove above and a heraldic shield at left.

Saint Ita (of Toggenburg), from "The Habsburg Saints"

Leonhard Beck, 1516-18

Engraving of three draped women reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched niche.

Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of demons and dragons attacking in the sky above a town, forest, and rocky cave with a large tree.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506