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13,129 works

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, wearing a dark jacket and cravat, on a light sheet.

Portrait of Armand Guéraud of Nantes, Printer and Man of Letters

Charles Meryon, 1861-62

Printseller's address card with red decorative border, Gothic church, bridge with statue, and text reading Estampes anciennes

Address-Card of the Printseller, Rochoux

Charles Meryon, c. 1855

Etching with stacked vignettes of a cliff, a shore with a boat, an interior, and seated sailors around a mast in an oval.

Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'

Charles Meryon, January 1866

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf carding wool beside a spinning wheel in a dim interior.

The Wool-Carder

Jean-François Millet, 1855-56

Mrs. Cotton II

Anders Zorn, 1901

Woodblock print of a skeletal ghost with long hair rising from a red-railed boat over dark blue water.

Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling friar with a book, crucifix and skull, sketched studies at the margins.

Saint Francis Praying

Possibly after Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Woodblock print of the pale ghost Oiwa with long black hair beside a lantern, reeds and a dark blue night sky.

Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Woodblock print of a pale ghostly woman with long black hair and smoke rising from her mouth above a wooden well at night.

The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Woodblock print of a laughing demoness with fangs holding a severed head by the hair against a blue background.

The Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Japanese print of a coiled snake beside a memorial tablet, bowl with a leaf, and folded white paper on blue ground.

Memorial Anniversary (Shunen), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Japanese woodblock print of travelers on a path beside a stream below a steep green hill, with distant blue mountains.

Spring View from the Foot of Asuka Hill (Asukayama shita haru no kei), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern C…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/44

Woodblock print of women on a red-railed temple veranda above figures with umbrellas beneath willow and cherry trees.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms from Kiyomizu Hall at Toeizan in Ueno (Ueno Toeizan chu Kiyomizudo no hanami), from the serie…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/44

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom on a hill above the sea, with boats, a vendor woman and a child.

Flowers at Goten Hill in Spring (Haru Gotenyama no hana), from the series "Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (S…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Woodblock print of a brown sparrow on green bamboo with dark leaves against pale blue, with calligraphy and red seals.

Sparrow and bamboo

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Japanese woodblock print of yellow and pink chrysanthemums on stems with green leaves, with calligraphy at upper left.

Chrysanthemums

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a blue dragonfly on pink begonia stems with green leaves and Japanese calligraphy on a pale background.

Dragonfly and begonia

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a peacock beside pink and white peonies and a rock, with fanned tail feathers on a teal background.

Peacock and peonies

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a small reddish owl perched on a pine branch beside a crescent moon, with calligraphy at upper right.

Small-horned owl, pine, and crescent moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a blue white-eye bird on a branch beside orange persimmons and leaves, with calligraphy above.

Japanese white-eye and persimmons

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a cuckoo flying past a pine branch in front of a full moon against a blue night sky.

Cuckoo, pine branch, and full moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Japanese woodblock print of two green birds flying above blue hydrangea blossoms and dark leaves.

Green birds and hydrangeas

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a small bird perched on a pink chrysanthemum with green leaves and a second bloom below.

Bird and chrysanthemums

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of two women by a moonlit river with pine-covered hills and reeds, with calligraphy at upper right.

The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Kinuta), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Various Provinces…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a river bank with pine trees, green hills, and three figures in court robes seated near the water.

The Noji Jewel River in Omi Province (Omi Noji), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Various Provinces (Shokoku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of horsemen and an attendant crossing a blue river past green hills, cherry blossoms and a dark mountain.

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Various Provinces…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of women washing cloth by a winding river, with willows, thatched houses and snowy Mount Fuji in the distance

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Vario…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of travelers beside a blue river, with a waterfall, pagoda and pine-covered mountain behind them.

The Koya Jewel River in Kii Province (Kii Koya), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Various Provinces (Shokoku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a blue bay with pines, thatched houses, and two travelers on a grassy shore beneath hills.

The Noda Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Noda), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Various Provinces (Shok…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Brown wash drawing of two standing classical figures in draped robes, one in armor, with a small sketched head at lower left.

Two Standing Female Allegorical Figures: Anger and Sloth

Circle of Pirro Ligorio, n.d.