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5,387 works

Black chalk studies of a muscular male figure with twisting torso and legs on tan paper, with a small sketch at upper right.

Studies of a Statuette of Atlas (recto); Studies of a Statuette of Atlas and a Figure Praying (verso)

Jacopo Tintoretto, mid-1570s-1580s

Engraving of the muse Urania holding a celestial sphere, standing before a river landscape with hills.

Urania (astronomy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #12)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Watercolor interior view of St. Peter's Basilica showing the vaulted nave, marble columns, and small figures on the floor.

Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican

Francesco Panini, c. 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of three comic Punchinello figures in tall hats and ruffled collars, one leaning toward another.

Punchinellos Approaching a Woman

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, late 1730s

Engraving of a woman playing a lute in a landscape, labeled Terpsicore XIII, with hills and a distant city.

Terpsichore (dancing and song) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #13)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Haloed friar in yellow habit before brick wall, gesturing to kneeling donors while a figure holds a red flame.

St. Francis of Assisi with Donors in a Historiated Initial from an Unidentified Manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Grey-paper drawing in black chalk and white highlights of a reclining female nude, with a second study of a figure above.

Two Studies of a Reclining Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, 1590-1610

Erato (lyric and love poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #14)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Engraving of the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with the Virgin, infant Christ, and a child beside a curtain and landscap

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Giorgio Ghisi, 1555/57

Woodcut of Venus embracing Cupid in a wooded landscape with squirrels and birds in the trees.

Venus and Cupid

Niccolò Boldrini after Titian, 1566

Engraving of the muse Polyhymnia playing panpipes in long robes, with hills and a town behind her and a decorative border.

Polyhymnia (heroic hymns) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #15)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Engraving of soldiers dragging a large wooden horse through a stone city gate, with men carrying sacks in the foreground.

The Trojan Horse Being Dragged into the City of Troy

Giulio Bonasone, 1545

Engraving of nude winged cupids dancing in a circle on rocky ground against a dark hatched background.

Dance of the Gods of Love

Sebald Beham, after Marcantonio Raimondi, after Raphael

Engraving of a seated woman playing a stringed instrument in a landscape with two trees, framed by a decorative border.

Thalia (comedy, pastoral poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #16)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Etching of a skeletal Death figure seated at right while robed men gather at a doorway and a dog walks in front.

Death Giving Audience, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50, published 1785

Black-and-white print of a plumed knight on a rearing horse surrounded by ornamental arabesque scrollwork and flowers.

Arabesque with Knight

Unknown artist

Engraving of the muse Melpomene playing a long horn in a landscape, with a braided border and the label MELPOMENE XVII.

Melpomene (tragedy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #17)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Etching of a rider standing by his horse with a dog at lower left, drawn in loose hatched lines.

The Rider Standing by His Horse, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50

Engraving of a bearded man in plumed cap and fluted armor holding a staff, with an Italian inscription at upper left.

"El Gran Capitanio"

Unknown artist, c. 1516/1520

Engraved print of a robed woman playing a flute beside a tree, labeled Euterpe XVIII, with a hilly landscape behind her.

Euterpe (music, lyric poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #18)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Engraved title page with floral garlands, draped swags and a decorative border framing dedication text.

Frontispiece from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, published 1785

Portrait of Petrarch

Unknown artist, first half 16th century

Engraving of the muse Clio standing on a swan, with a ribbon and flowing gown, before a hilly landscape with towers.

Clio (history) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #19)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Etching of a woman with hands on a vase by a cliff, with a helmeted soldier and seated man beside a distant sea.

A Woman with her Hands on a Vase, Soldier, and Slave, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling in a cave beside a crucifix, with two lions, a stag, and two ships in a harbor.

Saint Jerome in Penitence, with Two Ships in a Harbor

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1500

The Servant (from the Tarocchi, series E: Conditions of Man, #2)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Etching of a seated woman with chained arms, two standing figures, a pile of bones and trees in a sketchy landscape.

A Woman with her Arms in Chains and Four Other Figures, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50, published 1785

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling in penitence beside a lion, with a crucifix and distant city in a rocky landscape.

Saint Jerome in Penitence

Unknown artist, c. 1500/1515

Engraved tarot card of a crowned figure with a laurel branch, seated on two swans and standing on a star-patterned globe.

Apollo (from the Tarocchi, series D: Apollo and the Muses, #20)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467

Etching of a young soldier beside a shield and helmet, with a bearded astrologer and a chain on the ground.

The Astrologer and the Young Soldier, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a dark coat, hand raised to his temple, beside an inkstand in a carved armchair.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1801, after himself

John Raphael Smith

Engraved print of a hooded robed woman holding a rod and a vessel, labeled Grammatica XXI, within a patterned border.

Grammar (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #21)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, before 1467