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Etching of Achilles in a chariot dragging a nude body, with a winged figure above and a ruined city with a colonnade behind.

Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, attendants, horses, and angels around a radi

Adoration of the Magi

Pietro Testa, 1636-38

Black and white print of a veiled woman mourning a haloed body on the ground, with crosses and a tree behind.

Lamentation over the Body of Christ

Giuseppe Scolari, late 1500s-early 1600s

Engraving of a fierce siege with soldiers scaling ladders against a round fortified city and a large banner in the centre.

The Seige of Carthage

Georg Pencz, 1539

Engraving of the prophet Joel reading a scroll, seated in an architectural frame with putti and a cartouche labeled IOEL.

The Prophet Joel

Giorgio Ghisi, early 1570s

Color print of a woman in a large dark plumed hat and high collar, against a green background, titled Cléo de Mérode.

Cléo de Mérode

Alfredo Müller, c. 1903

Etching of St. George on a rearing white horse spearing a winged dragon, with broken lance pieces on the ground.

St. George and the Dragon (1)

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1885

Print of a knight in plumed armor on a rearing white horse, lancing a winged dragon beside broken lances.

St. George and the Dragon (2)

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1885

Engraving of St. George on a rearing white horse lancing a winged dragon, with trees and a small figure in the background.

St. George and the Dragon (3)

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1885

Engraving of St. George on a rearing white horse striking a winged dragon with a sword, with broken lances on the ground.

St. George and the Dragon (4)

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1885

Etching of a ritual sacrifice: a draped woman reaches toward a smoking altar beside a horned sheep and a bearded man.

Sacrifice

Giovanni David, c. 1775-76

Engraved landscape of mounted soldiers, camels and herded animals procession past mountains and a lake, with Chinese inscript

Receiving Surrender from the Eli: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imper…

Giuseppe Castiglione, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1755

Monochrome print of cavalry and archers battling in a mountain valley, with Chinese calligraphy inscribed at upper right.

Battle at Heshi Kuluke: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1766

Engraved battle scene of mounted soldiers, archers and camels in a rocky valley, with Chinese inscription in the upper left.

Battle at A'erchu'er: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1766

Engraved battle scene of mounted archers and infantry fighting in a rocky mountain valley beside a river, with Chinese callig

Battle at Yixi'er Ku'ernao'er: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial…

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1766

Engraved print of a military encampment with tents, banners, horsemen and a central pavilion beneath mountains.

Khan of Bada Shan Presenting Tribute: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with I…

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1759

Engraved print of a ceremonial procession with soldiers, officials, tents and banners across a mountainous landscape.

Rewards to Generals and Officers in Quelling the Uigurs: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the West…

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1760

Engraved battle scene of cavalry attacking a tented camp in a mountain valley, with Chinese calligraphy at upper left.

Attacking the Camp at Gatan Ola: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Region, with Imperia…

Giuseppe Castiglione, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1755

Engraved panorama of a military camp of tents and flags outside a walled city, with soldiers, horses and mountains.

Chieftain Wushe Surrendering the City: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of the Rebellions in the Western Regions, w…

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1758

Engraved battle scene of mounted soldiers and camels in a mountain landscape, with Chinese inscription across the top.

Breaking Through the Siege at Hesui: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with im…

Giuseppe Castiglione, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1759

Monochrome battle scene of mounted archers and infantry in a mountain valley, with Chinese calligraphy across the top.

Great Victory at Hu'erman: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems

Jean Damascene Sallusti, c. 1765-74; poem dated 1759

Etching of a turbaned magician leaning over two seated youths beside a tree and ruined wall, with onlookers behind.

Scherzi di Fantasia: Magician Pointing Out a Burning Head to Two Youths

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750-60

Engraving of an allegorical courtroom: a seated judge with donkey ears, a torch-bearing figure, and a nude man dragged forwar

The Calumny of Apelles

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560

Etching of the Holy Family resting beneath trees, with Joseph pointing toward a donkey and distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Camillo Procaccini, 1587-90

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with angels above, a manger, ox and donkey, and ruins in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Battista Franco Veneziano, c. 1552

Young Girl in Profile

Félix Vallotton, 1891

Circular engraving of the bearded head of Silenus with a scowling face, protruding tongue, and ivy and foliage border.

Head of Silenus

Adamo Scultori, c. 1547-87

Brown ink landscape drawing of a river with a sailing boat carrying figures, framed by trees, with distant boats and building

River Landscape with Boats

Annibale Carracci, c. 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel above a sleeping man, an ox, a kneeling woman, an infant, and putti in architecture.

The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph

Parmigianino, c. 1527/30?

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of cloaked figures in pointed hats around a struggle near a shuttered window.

Punchinello Arrested

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790s

Bust of a Woman (recto); Head of a Man, Two Studies of a Woman's Profile, and a Study of An Angel (verso)

Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1458

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child on his shoulders across a landscape.

Saint Christopher

Andrea Mantegna, c. 1500