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24,211 works

Woodcut of two crowned men in ceremonial robes beside a crowned woman presenting a heraldic shield, with Latin text above.

Betrothal of Phillipp with Johanna, plate 15 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Tr…

Albrecht Dürer, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of armored soldiers with pikes and banners advancing before a walled town and mountains.

Swiss War, plate 16 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Wolf Traut, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of armored cavalry and pikemen in close battle before a walled city with towers and a gate.

Conquest of Naples, plate 17 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Wolf Traut, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of a dense battle with armored pikemen, large shields, a cannon, and a Latin caption above the scene.

Bavarian War, plate 18 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Wolf Traut, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of a battle with knights and pikemen, burning houses, and livestock fleeing across a field beneath a Latin inscriptio

Second War with Guelders, plate 19 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Hans Springinklee, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of a dense battle with pikemen and armored knights, banners above, a walled city and mountains behind, Latin text at

War with Venice, plate 21 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Hans Springinklee, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of mounted knights and soldiers with banners before a battle and walled town, with Latin text above.

Maximilian and Henry VIII of England, plate 22 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the…

Albrecht Dürer, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of crowned rulers and a betrothed couple in a vaulted hall, with heraldic shields and a Latin inscription above.

Congress and double Betrothal in Vienna, plate 23 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from t…

Albrecht Dürer, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Printed page in dense black gothic blackletter listing the imperial titles of Emperor Maximilian, on aged cream paper.

Titles of Emperor Maximilian, from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

written by Benedictus Chelidonius, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Woodcut of a crowned effigy lying on a tomb in a vaulted chamber, with candles, draped banners, and heraldic shields.

Gruftblatt, plate 24 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

Hans Burgkmair, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Brown wash drawing of a boat tied to a pier with figures, trees and rocks in misty light.

A Boat Tied to a Pier

Edvard Munch, 1892

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child on steps, a kneeling king offering a vessel, and attendants by a colum

Adoration of the Magi

Attributed to Francesco Brizio, c. 1595

Etching of the Holy Family beside a column, with God the Father and cherubs in clouds above.

Holy Family

Giulio Carpioni, 1640/1660

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in a blue kimono holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy beside him.

Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a misty river landscape with a distant mountain, a wooden bridge, and framing pine trees.

Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1832

Woodblock print of travelers on a hillside path among autumn maple trees, with a bay, boat, mountains, and river below.

Viewing Maple Trees

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1835

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel above kneeling figures, sheep, cattle and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Three women in kimono walk under a cherry tree in bloom, one reaching toward a branch, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Famous Trees in the Eastern Capital: The Cherry Tree at Naruko (Toto meiboku Naruko no sakura)

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1807

Lithograph of an older man's large head in dark shadow, with a city street and walking figures visible at right.

Henrik Ibsen at the Grand Café

Edvard Munch, 1902

Chromolithograph of goddess Sarasvati in yellow robes playing a veena beside a swan on a lotus pond, with Bengali advertising

Sarasvati

Unknown artist, 1878/80

Woodblock print of two robed figures on a ledge beside a tall waterfall, with a pine branch arching across the sky.

Li Bai (Japanese: Ri Haku), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Two studies of a right hand in red and grey chalk on pale paper, one palm up and one with fingers spread.

Two Studies of a Right Hand

Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800

Woodblock print of travelers on a riverside path below a cliff, with thatched houses and a mountain over the sea.

Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a rider on a white horse on a winding path above a river, with a traveler under a red umbrella and a willo

Young Man Departing (Shonenko), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of courtiers on a moonlit shore with pine trees, boats and red-roofed houses under a crescent moon.

The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashinkyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Engraving of Hercules spinning thread with a distaff while Omphale sits beside him in an interior with classical busts and a

Hercules and Omphale

II Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1600

Woodblock print of a horseman and a fur-coated traveler crossing a snowy cliff beside a snow-laden pine tree.

Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a robed scholar with a poem scroll on a rocky shore beside a boat, with red peaks and clouds above.

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a man climbing a tree beside a stone wall, with two attendants at a yellow door and a rooster on a roof.

Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge over a pond, with hanging wisteria and two women and a child on the bank.

Wisteria in Full Bloom over the Pond at Kameido Shrine (Kameido ike chu fujibana no sakari), from the series "Famous…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38