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13,151 works

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a waterfall, with golden coins falling around him.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Dragon Maiden Disguised as Osaku in the Play Sayo no Nakayama Hiiki no Tsurigane…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned yellow kimono leaning on a lattice beside plum blossoms.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune (Female Fox) Disguised as Omiki in the Play Komachi-mura Shibai no Sh…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1789

Woodblock print of a young kabuki actor in a patterned kimono blowing on his hands in a snowy scene with plum blossoms.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes gripping a katana, with bamboo and a lattice ceiling behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as the Boatman Takihei (?) in the Play Ofunamori Ebi no Kaomise (?), Performed at the Kawa…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1792

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono, with four seated musicians above and three performers below.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Ichimura Kamezo I as Wankyu, and Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama in the play "Mi…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1750

Three women in kimono stand by a river with a wooden bridge, boats, and timber stacks in an Edo-period woodblock print.

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1788

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted samurai actor with raised sword and a kneeling kabuki actor holding a box, in colored c

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Fur…

Kitao Shigemasa, 1765

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon Vll as Iyo no Taro in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater…

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a red parasol and sword in a patterned kimono, with rain falling beside him.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono beside two young attendants in grey floral robes, on an oval tan ground.

Courtesan and Two Kamuro

Komatsuya Hyakki, 1766

Woodblock print of a young man with a yellow umbrella and lantern in night rain, with maple leaves and a lattice window.

Night Rain of Genjo (Genjo no yau), from the series "Parodies of Eight Scenes from Noh Chants (Furyu utai hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in a pale kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a willow tree and bamboo.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysa…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a bowl, with swords at his side, beside a lattice window.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimu…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Grayscale drawing of a rococo altar with a central nativity painting, flanking columns, and sculpted saints.

Study for an Altar Containing a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds

Carl Joseph Haringer, 1767

Etching of a shepherd playing a flute beside resting cattle and a seated woman under a large tree, with a distant landscape.

Shepherd Playing a Flute

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1644/45

Etching of a wooden chapel with a bell tower among pine trees, a large boulder and a walking figure in the foreground.

The Chapel

Allart van Everdingen, n.d.

Etching of a thatched cottage among trees with a millstone in front and figures seated near the wall.

Landscape with a Millstone

Allart van Everdingen, n.d.

Grey watercolor of a stone archway framing classical columns and a distant colonnade, with seated figures and a statue above.

St. Peter’s Seen Through the Porta Angelica

Joseph Mallord William Turner, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a haloed figure offering a chalice to kneeling apostles in an arched columned hall.

Communion of the Apostles

Johann Martin Schuster, n.d.

Etching of two laden mules on a path by a stream, with rocky cliffs, a standing figure and large trees.

The Two Mules, from a set of four Italian Landscapes

Jan Both, 1645/50

Etching of a wooded landscape with a woman riding a mule along a rocky path beside a river.

Upright Italian Landscapes: Woman on a Mule

Etching of an ox-cart on a road beneath tall trees, with figures in the foreground and a rocky cliff and distant town behind.

The Ox-Cart, from Upright Italian Landscapes

Jan Both, 1638/52

Etching of a large tree beside a rocky cliff, with travelers and horses on a path and a distant valley.

The Large Tree, from Upright Italian Landscapes

Jan Both, 1638/52

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man playing a tambourine beside a seated nude woman holding a staff, with a column behind.

Hercules and Iole

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Painting of a rooster and a hen in orange, black, and brown on pale paper, with green grass strokes below.

Cock and Hen

Unknown artist, 18th century

Engraving of a seated woman with children beside a sleeping infant in a cradle, set in an oval wooded landscape.

La Bonne Mere (The Good Mother)

Nicolas Delaunay, 1779

Hand-colored oval portrait of Jean de La Fontaine with long wavy hair, white cravat, and red cloak, 1794 print.

Jean de La Fontaine

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1794

Hand-colored print of haymakers sheltering under a tree in a storm, with a seated woman, a man, a woman and a child.

Haymakers in a Storm

Charles Knight, n.d.

Etched portrait of a smiling young girl with a bob haircut and hair bow, drawn in loose lines on deckled paper.

Herbert Esche's Daughter

Edvard Munch, 1905

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black patterned kimono holding a sword, with a fierce expression, by Utagawa Toyokuni

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon in the play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri," performed at the Ichimura Theate…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810