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24,211 works

Pen and watercolor drawing of gnarled cedar trees with spreading branches, small robed figures on rocky ground, and a pale sk

The Cedars of Lebanon

Edward Lear, 1858

Woodblock print of women on a veranda at night, one playing a shamisen, with lanterns, moored boats and a shoreline behind.

Evening party at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790

Engraving of a muscular nude man twisting around a tree trunk with raised arms, with a distant town at lower right.

A Crucified Man (Haman)

Melchior Lorck, 1550

Woodblock print of women in kimono at a garden teahouse beside a peacock aviary, with a servant carrying tea.

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono, one seated with a fan, beneath a calligraphy cartouche.

Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woman in a black floral kimono seated by a lacquer table, turned toward a hanging scroll, Edo period woodblock print.

The Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi (Bijin nana Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus reclining with cupid, beside Ceres and Bacchus with grapes and a barrel, amid clouds.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590-95

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono holding a round fan and a tea bowl on a black tray, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "A Fashionable Set of Three (Furyu sanpuku tsui)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woman in a kimono holds a fan beneath a large striped parasol beside a pine tree and rocks in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a black crested kimono with swords, with a child in orange robes tugging his sl

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI and a boy

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a black frame with a painted white horse.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the packhorse-man Muchizo in the play "Miyamairi Musubi no Kamigaki," performed at t…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono holding a fan and sword, with a stern expression.

Otawaya: Onoe Matsusuke I as Oboshi Yuranosuke, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugat…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Watercolor of a white-walled coastal city with a tall tower and red roofs, seen across calm blue sea under a pale sky.

Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Watercolor of a sea and hills at sunset seen through a circular porthole against a dark background.

Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono and red cloak, holding a sword, by Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794.

Yamatoya: Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an olive-green robe and black outer garment, with a red patterned hem and hairpin.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with long trailing hem and decorative hair pins, by Utagawa Toyokuni

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Japanese kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a black hood and patterned pink and yellow robes, standing against a dark gr

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Etching of a three-masted ship and smaller boats in a calm harbor, with trees on the left and a quay on the right.

Seascape with Boats

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1898

Woodblock print of a bald kabuki actor in a red dotted kimono with a fan, glancing sideways with a stern expression.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the play "Edo no Hana Ako no Shiogama," performed at the Kiri T…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796

Pencil elevations of a carved console table and chair with a plan view and scale notations on cream paper.

Design Projects, Table and Chair Elevations

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Japanese woodblock portrait of a figure in striped grey kimono and pink sash, wearing a towel headwrap.

Nakayama Tomisaburo. Dressed as a Woman Wearing a Towel on Her Head

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1795

Architectural elevation drawing of an ornate boudoir mantel with arched beveled mirror, pilasters, and carved frieze.

William Borden, Esq. Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Mantel Details

Richard Morris Hunt, c. 1887

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with a mother and child on a grand staircase, surrounded by soldiers, banners and clas

Adoration of the Magi

Henri Mauperché, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of two women beside wooden buckets in a bathhouse, one wringing cloth, with patterned kimonos and ca

A Public Bath House

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a screaming head with snakes writhing in place of hair, the Medusa subject, signed Maes.

Head of Medusa

Godfried Maes, 1680

Engraving of an ornate theater interior with tiered audience, chandeliers, stage arch, and cherubs in the border.

Decoration of the Hall of Spectacles

Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger, 1745

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono clutching his throat, with a woman in patterned robes behind him.

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Kojoro of the Mikuniya and Arashi Sanpachi I as her elder brother Kuj…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1798

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a red patterned robe holding a fan, the other in a striped kimono with a headban

The actors Arashi Sanpachi I and Ichikawa Omezo I

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a woman with a yellow hairpin and a man in a green robe with a floral sleeve.

Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Takebe Genzo and Iwai Kiyotaro in the Role of Tonami

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796