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Engraved interior scene with four figures in 18th-century dress, a skeleton, a skull, and scientific instruments.

Plate Three, from Marriage à la Mode

Bernard Baron, 1746

Engraved 18th-century interior with elegantly dressed figures, playing cards on the floor, and framed paintings on the walls.

Plate Four, from Marriage à la Mode

Simon François Ravenet, 1745

Engraved interior scene of a man standing over a kneeling woman, with a sword, skull, and startled onlookers in a cluttered r

Plate Five, from Marriage à la Mode

Simon François Ravenet, 1745

Black and white woodblock print of a man reading a letter beside a kneeling woman, with a folded kimono and writing box in a

The Suetsumuhana Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Suetsumuhana), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Engraved interior scene with figures in 18th-century dress, a dog by a dining table, and an overturned chair.

Plate Six, from Marriage à la Mode

Gérard Scotin II, 1745

Black and white print of Christ breaking into hell, with demons, naked souls, and an arched gate.

The Harrowing of Hell - Christ in Limbo, plate nine from The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Lithograph of a Swiss sentry by a wall as a crutch-using man in a top hat walks past in a city street.

Swiss Sentry at the Louvre

Théodore Géricault, 1819

Black-and-white print of four figures in patterned kimono with a koto and maple branch, Genji parody by Okumura Masanobu.

The Momiji-no-ga Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Momiji-no-ga), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Engraving of nude Adam pulling a serpent from a tree while Eve nurses an infant in a wooded landscape, 1540.

Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Engraving of the armored god Mars with a bow and arrows, standing over a bound figure beside a tree and column.

Mars

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Pen and ink study of a seated muscular man raising a sword beside a standing male figure, with red chalk underdrawing.

Saul and David

Baccio Bandinelli, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of female figures on clouds with winged putti, including two cherubs carrying objects below, on an octagon

Mary as Queen of Heaven or Apotheosis of Saint

Attributed to Antonio Balestra, n.d.

Female Head in Profile to Right

Attributed to Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a bearded seated male nude with folded arms on a tan paper ground.

Seated Male Nude

Follower of Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli, 1600/40

Pale drawing of a bearded standing figure in a long robe, raising one hand, set against a dark brown wash background.

Christ Blessing

Possibly Orazio de' Ferraro, n.d.

Brown ink and red wash drawing of a seated woman holding a spindle, with a vase and bowl beside her.

Seated Woman with Spindle

Circle of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in purple kimono and olive hakama holding a tall tasseled pole.

Parody of a daimyo procession

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1805/07

Black-and-white print of a woman playing a shamisen, a seated man, a kneeling attendant, and blossoming cherry branches.

The Hana-no-en Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Hana-no-en), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a checked robe beside a tea tray, with calligraphy and snow above.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1849

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a loose garment with chains at his wrist, gazing upward against a dark background.

The Captive Slave

Edward Francis Finden, published 1827

Black-and-white Japanese print of two women in patterned kimono and a man in a checked robe beside a lattice screen.

The Aoi Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Aoi), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe kneeling beneath pink blossoms, holding a comb.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1847

Oval color print of a woman in blue silk with white plumes in her hair, framed by orange garlands and a caption naming Marie

Marie Antoinette

Jean François Janinet, 1777

Reading (Mr. and Mrs. Ch. Deering)

Anders Zorn, 1893

Ink woodblock print of two figures in kimono beside a shoji screen, one holding a plum branch, from a Genji parody series.

The Sakaki Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Sakaki), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Pencil sketch of two sailing boats on a beach with figures carrying baskets of fish and a horse cart.

The Catch Coming In

Edward William Cooke, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a thatched farm with men handling cows on a dirt road beside a large tree.

Farm with Men and Cows

Possibly Ferdinand Kobell, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a male lion reclining with a lioness standing behind him, with a small engraved lion scene in the lower lef

Lion and Lioness

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim, c. 1882

Hand-colored print of a woman seated on a blue bench in a wooded garden, with a distant town visible at right.

Madame Dugazon in the Opera “Nina, ou La folle par amour” (Nina, or The Woman Maddened by Love)

Jean François Janinet, 1787

Hand-colored print of costumed comedians in a garden, a woman playing lute beside a statue and trees.

The Comedians

Jean François Janinet, n.d.