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24,211 works

Brown watercolor of a laurel-crowned young man addressing bearded elders seated under trees before classical columns and a cr

Telemachus Describes How He Was Admitted into the Assembly in Crete, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 5

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1808

Pen and watercolor sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint holding a palm frond, in blue and ochre tones.

Virgin and Child with Saints

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a busy canal market with crowds, stalls, boats, and a church tower on the horizon.

Market near a Canal

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Japanese print of a shrine courtyard with torii gate, stone stairs, pine trees, seated robed figures and a bay with boats.

Act I (Shodan), from the series Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Uki-e Kanadahon…

Kitao Masayoshi, c.1791-94

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted samurai in a courtyard before a palace with veranda, women, and a garden with pines.

Act II (Nidanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushin…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Perspective woodblock print of a palace courtyard with a pond, pine trees, and samurai figures in combat.

Act III (Sandanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chush…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Japanese perspective print of samurai in a courtyard beside a red gate and a palace hall with seated figures and pine trees.

Act IV (Yondanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushi…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai under an umbrella beside pines, rice paddies, a waterfall, and farmers in the distance.

Act V (Godanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushing…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Japanese woodblock print of samurai on a thatched pavilion veranda, a palanquin with attendants, and rice fields beyond a fen

Act VI (Rokudanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chush…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Woodblock print of a perspective interior with samurai and women in kimono, a moonlit garden, and a pine tree at right.

Act VII (Shichidanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Ch…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a curving shoreline, with pine-covered cliffs and two women in kimono in the foreground.

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Ch…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Woodblock print of a snowy pavilion with women on a veranda, a pine tree, and a figure with a basket by a thatched hut.

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushin…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Woodblock print of samurai attacking a figure in a wooden interior at night, with a woman watching from a doorway.

Act X (Judanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushing…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Woodblock print of samurai attacking figures inside a wooden hall at night, with a garden visible through open screens.

Perspective Picture of the Night Attack from Act XI of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura juichidanme you…

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1791/94

Engraving of the seated Delphic Sibyl with a scroll, surrounded by putti, arches, and figures with children.

The Delphic Sibyl

Giorgio Ghisi, early 1570s

Etching of a landscape with a classical statue on a pedestal, stone steps, a large tree, and a distant river view.

Landscape with Classical Statue

Louis Gabriel Moreau, 1779/97

Etching of a ragged man with a feathered hat carrying a banner inscribed Capitano de Baroni, with small figures and a church

Captain of the Barons, frontispiece to The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, plate two from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of two ragged pilgrims with tall staves and hats, with small townspeople and a church in the background.

The Two Pilgrims, plate three from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Engraving of a fashionable couple walking arm in arm through a winter landscape with dogs and a windmill.

Winter, from The Four Seasons

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Painting of a blue-skinned archer in a chariot drawing a bow toward warriors on horseback under a blue sky with clouds.

Arjuna Slays Karna, page from a Mahabharata series

Unknown artist, c. 19th century

Beggar on Crutches Wearing a Hat, plate four from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of a ragged beggar seen from behind, wearing a wide hat and leaning on a long staff.

Beggar on Crutches and Wearing a Hat, seen from Back, plate five from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Engraved oval portrait of William III in crown, robes and lace collar, holding a sceptre, with Latin and Dutch text.

William III, King of England

Pieter Schenk, 1690s

Engraving of nude warriors fighting centaurs, with a woman carried at center and a classical rotunda in the distance.

Combat of the Lapiths and Centaurs

Enea Vico, 1542

Woodcut of the Man of Sorrows seated before a column, embraced by an angel, with a crown of thorns on the floor.

Man of Sorrows before the Column

Hans Baldung Grien, 1517

Engraving of a crowd watching a showman with a pointer beside a violinist, with a board of scenes and an ornate border.

The Improvement of Morals

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1786

Etching of an elderly bearded beggar in a ragged cloak leaning on a staff and holding a footwarmer.

The Beggar with a Footwarmer, plate six from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf and long cloak, leaning on a staff and holding a rosary.

Woman Beggar with a Rosary, plate seven from The Beggars

Jacques Callot, c. 1622

Woodcut of four men in top hats struggling to carry a coffin around a tight corner between dark walls.

A Tight Corner

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1893