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13,165 works

Engraved print of armored Saint Gangulphus with sword, shield, plumed helmet, cloak and halo, standing on a mound.

Saint Gangulphus, from Saints of the North and South Netherlands

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraving of Saint Bavo in plumed hat and armor, with a falcon on his wrist and a sword in hand, halo behind his head.

Saint Bavo, from Saints of the North and South Netherlands

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraving of a woman holding a swaddled baby beside a child with a pot, with children and a landscape behind them.

The Bohemian Woman

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1655

The Second Bohemian (Tweede Heidinne - Seconde Bohemienne)

Pieter de Mare, c. 1772-1796

Engraved portrait of Saint Boniface, a bishop with mitre, halo, sword, crozier and book, in embroidered vestments.

Saint Boniface, from Saints of the North and South Netherlands

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Poster for Lippincott's January issue showing a woman in a red coat resting her chin on her hand, holding the magazine.

Lippincott's for January

Will Carqueville, 1895, published

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono and orange obi, holding a sword behind his back, glaring over his shoulder.

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush War…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1764

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green checked kimono and orange robe, glaring over his shoulder, with a sword at his s

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Thea…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1765

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan and two attendants by a lattice window with an incense burner.

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya House and Her Kamuro Namiji and Kashiko

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1771

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and white robe with a sword and elaborate headdress, against a beige background.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Cla…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Etching of Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes beside an older woman, with dense crosshatched drapery.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Marco San Martino, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono beside a black ox and a waterfall.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Princess Hatsune (Hatsune Hime) (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1785

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red face paint holding a striped parasol and patterned kimono.

Half-Length Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu in Act Three of the play Kitekaer…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a flame-patterned kimono with long dark hair and a fan crest on the chest.

Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Retired Emperor Sutoku

Katsukawa Shunkō, About 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a youth dancing with a spear, wearing a pink floral kimono and black sleeved overgarment.

Youth Dancing with a Spear

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono and red hakama holding a katana, glancing sideways with a stern expression.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Kakogawa Honzo in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theat…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1795

Line print of a standing man and seated woman in an interior, with a figure peeking through a curtain at left.

Act Ten: The Amakawaya House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of three figures on a veranda beside bamboo, one in patterned armor with swords.

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Vertical poster of a woman in a blue gown lifting an oil lamp against red, with Saxoléine text below.

Saxoleine

Jules Chéret, 1893

Woodblock print of three women in kimono in a room with patterned screens, a bamboo plant and a hanging lantern.

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Virtues in the Manners of Women (Fuzoku onna gojo)"

Katsukawa Shunzan, c. 1781/1801

Drawing of Saint John the Evangelist holding a chalice, rendered in white heightening on a brown ground.

Saint John the Evangelist

the Elder Hans Franckenberger, 1519

Japanese kabuki print of a samurai actor with a sword in front of a pale ghostly spirit in a white robe, c. 1771.

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1771

Woodblock print of a figure in white robes with red lining, raising a hood, beside bamboo and a snowy fence.

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a fan and sword, standing on a green stage floor.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Thea…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a wild-haired hermit holding a red staff, in grey and orange patterned robes.

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as an Immortal Hermit in “Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home” (“Tenjiku Tokubei kok…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1768

Woodblock print of an actor in a floral kimono dancing with a fan and white cloth on a wooden stage floor.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisegawa in a "Nuno Sarashi" Dance, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki,…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodcut of Saint Barbara seated with a chalice beside a round tower, with a landscape and sailboat behind her.

Saint Barbara

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505/07

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary crowned and haloed, seated on a grassy bench holding the Christ child, with a town in the backgrou

Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505-07

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one seated gripping his foot while an older man in red and green le

Actors playing the roles of Giheiji and his son-in-law, Danshichi Kurobei

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a pink and grey autumn-leaf kimono and holding a fan.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Lady Kikusui (Kikusui Gozen) (?) in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki (?), Performed…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779