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24,211 works

Woodblock print of a canary perched on a twining vine above flowering plants, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Canary and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1840s

Woodblock print of geese flying over a hill with pines and cherry trees, figures walking, and blue mountains beyond.

Descending Geese at Asuka Hill (Asukayama rakugan), from the series "Twelve Views of Edo (Edo juni kei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a leaping carp over teal and blue water in a hexagonal frame, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857.

Carp in the Tone River (Tonegawa no koi), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a figure in a straw rain cape holding an umbrella against slanting rain on a dark ground.

Yui: Kurusawa Dance (Yui, Kurusawa odori), section of sheet no. 5 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Fifty-three…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a curling white wave on turquoise water with flying birds and a blue sky, labeled with Japanese calligraph

Arai, section of sheet no. 8 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Woodblock print of white ocean waves under a blue sky with dark birds flying overhead and wind streaks.

Narumi, section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a full moon over a rocky cliff with pine trees and a pagoda roof against a blue night sky.

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama shugetsu), section of a sheet from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji beyond a river with ferry boats carrying passengers and pine trees on the right.

Ferry Boats Crossing the Fuji River in Suruga Province (Sunshu Fujikawa watashibune no zu), from the series "Famous P…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/39

Woodblock print of Shichirigahama coast with breaking waves, pine-clad cliffs, travelers on the beach, and Mount Fuji in the

Shichirigahama in Sagami Province (Soshu Shichirigahama), from the series "Famous Places of Japan (Honcho meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/39

Woodblock print of travelers in rain on a path beside a blue lake, with pine trees and straw stacks under falling rain.

Evening Rain at Koizumi (Koizumi yau), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/36

Woodblock print of a harbor with windswept pines, moored boats, workers on the shore, and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Shimizu Harbor in Suruga Province (Sunshu Shimizu minato), from the series "Harbors of Japan (Nihon minato zukushi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840/44

Woodblock print of a snowy harbor with moored boats, stone embankment, snow-covered village and pine-covered hills under fall

Uraga in Sagami Province (Soshu Uraga), from the series "Harbors of Japan (Nihon minato zukushi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840/44

Woodblock print of travelers on a bridge and road beside green hills, with houses and a blue mountain behind.

No. 45: Ochiai, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with a coat of arms and inscribed border.

Jan van Broekhoven

Hendrick Goltzius, 1579

Woodblock print of travelers on a mountain path beside a waterfall, with a wooden bridge and a porter carrying bundles.

No. 39: Agematsu, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835-38

Woodblock print of travelers in straw hats sheltering at a teahouse during heavy rain, with horses in silhouette behind.

No. 40: Suhara, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Engraving of the nude muscular Hercules leaning on a club draped with a lion skin, standing in a stone niche.

The Farnese Hercules

Giorgio Ghisi, c. 1577

Oval engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a pleated ruff collar, with inscriptions around the border.

Rutgaert Janszoon

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1596

Engraved title plate with two upright foxes flanking a scrolled cartouche, with a hedgehog and insect below.

Title Plate with Two Foxes, from Fighting Chimeras and Scenes from Aesop's Fables

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Etching of a large bull standing beside a tree, with cows resting in a grassy field and sailboats on water behind.

The Bull, from Various Oxen and Cows

Paulus Potter, 1650

Engraving of an archer aiming a crossbow past a milkmaid with a pail, with cattle and hills in the background.

The Archer and the Milkmaid

After Jacques de Gheyn II, after 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a moustached man in a fur-trimmed cloak, lace collar and chain, with Latin inscriptions.

Burkhard von Berlichingen, Councilor to Rudolph II

Aegidius Sadeler, 1601

Engraved print strip showing a border of flowers, buds and leaves on slender stems against a pale background.

Saint Apollonia

Justus Sadeler, 1590/1600

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, framed by putti, a globe, a skull and an inscribed cartouche.

Hans Bol

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593

Pallas Athena, from Three Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of an allegory of sight: a nude woman, a winged putto with a mirror, an artist at an easel, a cat and a flying bird

Allegory of Visual Perception

Jan Saenredam, 1616

Engraving of a naked child blowing soap bubbles beside a skull, an oyster shell, and a smoking urn, with a Latin inscription

Allegory of Transcience ‘Homo Bulla’

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Engraving of the nude biblical figure Susanna gazing upward beside a fountain, with a classical building and trees behind her

Susanna

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583

Black-and-white print of a waterfall, large tree, and wooden watermill set among rocks with distant hills and birds in the sk

Landscape with a Waterfall

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, seated at a table with drawing tools, a studio scene behind him.

Jacob de Gheyn II

Andries Jacobsz. Stock, 1610