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24,211 works

Engraving of a seated woman holding a comic satyr mask, with an open book at her feet against a dark hatched background.

Thalia, The Muse of Comedy, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman holding a scroll and book, with books and a laurel sprig beside her, representing Melpomene.

Melpomene, The Muse of Tragedy, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman holding a quill and inkwell, with a book at her feet and Latin text below.

Clio, The Muse of History, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman in a headscarf playing a lute, with a book at her feet and Latin text below.

Terpsichore, The Muse of Dance, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman playing a flute, with books and a trumpet at her feet and Latin verse below.

Euterpe, The Muse of Music, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman holding a celestial globe and compasses, with books and a set square at her feet.

Erato, The Muse of Lyric Poetry, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a seated woman in draped robes holding a serpent-entwined staff, with books at her feet and Latin text below.

Polyhymnia, The Muse of Choral Poetry, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of the muse Urania seated with a celestial globe, gazing upward beside an armillary sphere and book.

Urania, The Muse of Astronomy, from The Nine Muses

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Engraving of a formal banquet with seated nobles, servants, candles and musicians in an arched hall, with Latin text below.

The Banquet of Tarquinius Collatinus, from The Story of Lucretia

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578-79

Engraving of Lucretia and women spinning in an interior, with armed men and a horse at an arched doorway at left.

Lucretia and her Women Spinning, from The Story of Lucretia

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578-79

Engraving of a bearded man with a sword approaching a startled nude woman seated on a bed, with a Latin verse below.

Tarquinius and Lucretia, from The Story of Lucretia

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578-79

Engraving of a seated woman surrounded by armored men and an elderly bearded man in a classical interior with a bed and arche

Lucretia Killing Herself, from The Story of Lucretia

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578-79

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside a tree with a serpent, with a dog, porcupine, lion and deer in the scene.

The Fall of Man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Circular engraving of Judith holding a sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with Latin text around the border.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586/87

Engraving of three figures lit by a candle, with a young woman at right and faint sketched child in a manger below.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1599

Woodblock print of a woman with an ornate black hairstyle and gold hairpins, with a small inset landscape of birds and an isl

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Engraving of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river as a dove descends in light, with two angels watching under trees.

The Baptism of Christ

Jan Collaert II, 1585

Engraving of an angel addressing an elderly priest beside a smoking altar in a columned temple interior.

The Annunciation of John's Birth to Zacharias

Adriaen Collaert, 1586

Engraving of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ beneath a tree, with a donkey and rocky outcrop behind them.

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1593

Engraving of a satyr seated by a tree while nymphs tend to a thorn in his foot, with a landscape behind.

Oreads Pulling a Thorn from a Satyr’s Foot

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1590

Engraving of Minerva, Cupid with a caduceus, and Hercules walking together through a rocky landscape with a classical temple.

Minerva and Cupid Leading Hercules and Scipio to the Path of Virtue

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1589-1593

Engraving of nude Venus seated by a column, attended by nymphs offering fruit, with cupids and a satyr above.

Venus Honored by the Nymphs

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1591

Engraving of a seated woman with an infant, an older bearded man behind her, a flower and a fruit bowl, with Latin text below

The Holy Family

Attributed to Pieter de Jode I, c. 1585-1595

Engraving of Mercury embracing a nude Venus, with winged Cupid holding a torch above, and Latin text below.

Mercury, Venus, and Cupid

Pieter de Jode, c. 1585-1600

Engraved landscape of a large windswept tree, two resting figures at its base, a village and hills in the distance.

Landscape with a Shepherd Couple

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Black-and-white print of a thatched farmhouse and haystack beside a dirt road, with figures, birds in the sky, and a distant

Landscape with a Farmhouse

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Black and blue-grey print of a tall rocky cliff on a seashore, with a seated figure, a church steeple, and ships on rough wav

Cliff on a Seashore

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Black-and-white print of a young man with a bundle and walking stick crossing a landscape under cloudy sky.

Standing Young Man with a Cane

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1596-1600

Engraving of the Holy Family on a donkey with angels and putti scattering coins among ruined arches and a palm tree.

Return from the Flight into Egypt

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1592

Circular engraving of the Virgin and Child with the infant John the Baptist holding a cross, set beneath a tree, with Latin b

Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1595