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Watercolor of a busy market square with awnings, figures in bonnets and long dresses, and tall yellow and pink townhouses.

A French Market Scene, possibly Boulogne

David Cox, 1829 or 1832

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword, beside a shoji screen and pine tree.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamu…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono beside a shoji screen, a lacquer chest and hand drum.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Princess Hitomaru (Hitormaru Hime) (?) in te Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu (?), Pe…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Brown ink drawing of a crowned woman debating robed philosophers beside a barred cage, with a crowd and columns behind.

Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers

Livio Agresti, 1562/63

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with an axe in a curved spandrel, with winged putti holding a wreath and palm.

Design for a Spandrel: A Roman Martyr and Two Putti-Saint Jude the Apostle

Livio Agresti, 1573/75

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling monk before a crowd of clergy in a colonnaded hall.

Approval of the Rules of the Franciscan Order by Pope Innocent III in 1209

Livio Agresti, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of a table fountain with a shell basin held up by two male figures entwined with serpents.

Design for a Salt Cellar or a Table Fountain

Attributed to Livio Agresti, 1570-1620

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession in a city square with a central figure, horsemen and classical architectur

Saint Charles Borromeo Entering the Town of Pavia: Design for a Wall Decoration

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown ink and wash drawing of clergymen watching a workman lever open a floor slab in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling cleric venerating relics at an altar, with a crowd of figures in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Venerating the Relics

Workshop of Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Drawing of Saint Catherine in prison converting an empress, flanked by two standing saints with putti in architectural niches

Saint Catherine in Prison Converting the Empress Faustina to Christianity, Flanked by Saints Saturnius and Simon

Federico Zuccaro, 1570/71

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed kabuki figures on a veranda beside a stream with narcissus flowers.

The Actors Nakamura Tomijuro I as Enju Disguised as the Shirbyoshi Gio (right), and Nakamura Noshio I as Goo Disguise…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Triptych of three seated women in patterned skirts and jewelry, gesturing with raised arms against green watercolor backgroun

Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures

John La Farge, 1890/91

Etched portrait of a man with a mustache and swept-back hair, seated with one arm across his body, signed Mary Cassatt.

Edward Schari

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889

Etching of a seated woman in a dress beside a balcony railing and open window, with light hatched shading.

On the Balcony

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889

Etching of an older man and a woman reading together beside a glowing lamp in a dark interior room.

Mr. and Mrs. Cassatt Reading

Mary Cassatt, c. 1882

Lithograph of a disheveled drunkard in a long coat standing in a street, with his hat on the ground and passersby behind him.

The Drunkard, from Le Charivari

Honoré Daumier, Published March 3, 1834

Etched portrait of a woman in a bonnet resting her head on her hand, with a bouquet of flowers in front of her.

Marguerite Degas, the Artist’s Sister

Edgar Degas, 1860/62

A Café-Concert Singer

Edgar Degas, 1877/78

Etching of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, with hatched shading and draped cloth beneath her body.

Reclining Nude, Back View

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Edgar Degas, Standing

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1876

Etching of sailing ships moored at a pier, with figures on the quay, a lighthouse at right, and a cloudy sky.

Pier at the Port of Honfleur

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865

Black and white lithograph of a crowded market, with women in bonnets seen from behind and a man smoking in a hat.

Market in Pointoise

Camille Pissarro, c. 1895

Black and white woodcut of a crowd behind a striped fence, with a speaker in a cap and a figure holding a microphone.

The Winner

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1898

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono by a fence of chrysanthemums, with a small dog and a screen with orchids.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Oiso no Tora (?) (right), and Otani Taniji (left)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Lithograph of a rural Auvergne scene: a woman, a seated man with a dog, and a bagpiper beneath a tree.

Scene d’Auvergne en 1845

Horace Vernet, n.d.

Fine pen-and-ink style print of a crowd of tiny figures in a rocky gorge between towering cliffs under clouds.

Untitled (possibly Caesar and His Legions)

Rodolphe Bresdin, c. 1881

Woodblock print of two women in a snowy tea house scene with bamboo, a cat, and a tea table.

Nikenjaya no Bosetsu, from the series "Azuma Hakkei"

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a courtesan on a veranda with a fan and pipe, overlooking a river with boats and an arched bridge.

The Courtesan Mitsunoto of the Hishiya House, from the series "Sanjurokkasen (Thirty-six Flowers)"

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1772

Woman in white kimono with orange obi stands by a railing, beside a potted pine and flowers, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769/70