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13,165 works

Reddish-brown etching titled Japonisme with a heron, frog, vase, monkey on a scroll, and birds, by Felix Buhot, 1883.

Japonisme

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1883

Woodblock print of a blue and green parrot perched on a branch with pink blossoms and green leaves.

Parrot on a blossoming branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Green bush warbler singing on a thorny plum branch with pink blossoms, vertical Japanese woodblock print.

Bush warbler and plum

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap with lowered eyes and a faint smile, dense hatched lines.

Head of an Apostle

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Woodblock print of two swallows flying beside a drooping branch of white and pink cherry blossoms on a cream background.

Shidare-zakura ni Tsubame

Utagawa Hiroshige, c.1840

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ while Joseph and a cherub head appear above in cross-hatched lines.

The Holy Family

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1613/15

Etching of Saint Catherine of Siena standing before a glowing crucifix with angels above, hatched in fine parallel lines.

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

Francesco Vanni, c. 1595

Woodblock print of a golden pheasant on snowy ground beside snow-covered bamboo, with falling snow and calligraphy.

A Golden Pheasant amid Snow-Covered Bamboo on a Steep Hillside

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a blue and grey bird hanging from a branch among lavender wisteria blossoms and green leaves.

Bird on wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a dark bird with pale head hanging from a red-leaved ivy vine, with calligraphy at left.

White-headed bird and ivy

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Woodblock print of bamboo stalks and leaves in pale tan on a dark blue background, with red seals at lower right.

Bamboo

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Japanese woodblock print of a swallow flying above pink hibiscus flowers and green leaves, with calligraphy.

Swallow and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of a black-naped oriole perched on a hibiscus stem with pink blossoms and buds against a green background.

Blacked-naped oriole on hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Woodblock print of a butterfly and pink pinks on tall stems with grass, with calligraphy and a red seal in the upper left.

Butterfly and pinks

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1840s

Woodblock print of a sparrow perched on a branch of blue wisteria blossoms and leaves against a pale background.

Sparrow and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Woodblock print of two swallows flying above a kingfisher perched on pink hibiscus blossoms with green leaves.

Swallows, kingfisher, and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Japanese woodblock print of a cuckoo in flight above pink iris flowers and green leaves against a pale background.

Cuckoo and iris

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Japanese woodblock print of a long-tailed bird flying beside yellow hibiscus flowers against a green background.

Long-tailed bird and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Soldier in Profile Holding a Pike, from Capricci e habiti militari

Filippo Napoletano, 1610/29

Woodblock print of two green white-eye birds on stalks beside pink chrysanthemums and bamboo, with calligraphy at left.

Japanese White-eyes and Chrysanthemums

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830/44

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with a young boy holding a candle and sketched angels above.

Holy Family with St. John and Two Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures gathered in a timber-framed courtyard beneath a barn structure.

Farmer Requesting Permission to Marry a Nobleman's Daughter

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1761

Woodblock print of a pink hibiscus blossom with green leaves and buds, with a calligraphic poem above.

Hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a sparrow flying above pink begonia flowers and green leaves, with calligraphy beside the bird.

Sparrow flying over begonias

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1840s

Woodblock print of pink peonies on bamboo stakes with two butterflies fluttering above, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Botan hana ni chocho

Utagawa Hiroshige, 7th month dragon year, 1856

Engraving of the infant Christ seated on a flaming heart beneath a crown of thorns, surrounded by clouds and rays of light.

The Small Savior

Diana Scultori, 1577

Watercolor of a vaulted tunnel with a hanging lamp, horsemen, carriages, pedestrians and sheep on the road.

The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)

Louis Jean Desprez, 1785/90

Woodblock print of a red and blue macaw perched on a pine branch with needles and cones, against a pale background.

Macaw on pine branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a pheasant with a long tail perched on a snowy pine branch with green needles.

Pheasant on a Snow-Covered Pine Tree

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Woodblock print of a cuckoo flying through slanting rain above dark tree branches, with calligraphy at upper right.

Cuckoo flying in rain

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 1830s