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Black-and-white etched landscape of a village with a church spire beside a stream, trees, boats and cloudy sky.

Village by a Stream at Nighttime, plate 3 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Black and white etching of two travellers on a road by trees, a stone bridge, a church and village houses under a cloudy sky.

Travellers on a Road by a Village, plate 5 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Etching of a stone millhouse with a water wheel and smoking chimney, with a tree, figures, and rolling hills.

A Millhouse, plate 4 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Etching of a tall brick tower beside a church under dramatic clouds, with trees and a path in the landscape.

A Tower by a Church, plate 2 from Landscapes in the Manner of Jan van de Velde

Jacob van der Heyden, c. 1600/40

Engraving of Prometheus giving fire to a nude man, with animals, clouds and a sun chariot in the landscape.

Prometheus Making Man and Animating Him with Fire From Heaven, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of nude figures in a lush forest beneath fruiting trees, with Jupiter on a cloud above, illustrating Ovid's Golden

The Golden Age, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of a farmer ploughing with oxen beneath Jupiter on a cloud, with a goddess holding wheat at right.

The Age of Silver, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of nude giants fighting armored gods in clouds, with Latin verses below, from Ovid's Metamorphoses.

The Giants Climbing the Heavens, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of a banquet where a figure turns into a wolf beside a table, with a city burning behind them.

Lycaon Changed into a Wolf, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Neptune with a trident directing nude figures pouring water from urns into a stream below mountains.

Neptune Plotting the Destruction of Man, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of a nude couple with a child and deer in foreground, figures in floodwaters and a hilltop under a stormy sky.

The Deluge, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing stones over their shoulders in a rocky landscape with a temple and stormy sky.

Deucalion and Pyrrha Repopulating the World, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Etching of a skeleton rider on a galloping horse holding a banner and trumpet, with skeletal figures and a battlefield below.

The Five Deaths

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1645-62

Engraving of a sailing ship with furled sails, rigging and an arrow pennant on rough waves.

Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right

Master W with the Key, 1475/85

Long engraved procession of dancing women, putti, oxen and a reclining figure on a cart under a canopy.

The Triumph of the Phallus

Monogrammist CLF, c. 1720-40

Black and white print of a crowded village fair with church, castle, feasting, dancing, jousting horsemen and a maypole.

The Large Village Fair

Sebald Beham, 1535

Print of four seated portrait studies in a grid: a woman in a bonnet and three men in period coats, in fine line.

Four Family Portraits

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1815

Engraving of a fool in a bell cap and a foolish woman with ear-like hood talking on a bench by a fence.

The Fool and the Foolish Woman

Sebald Beham, n.d.

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and white collar, printed in warm brown ink.

Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman

Christoffel Jegher, 1632/36

Soft colored crayon portrait of a woman with lowered eyes, long flowing hair, and stylized plants framing her.

Reverie

Edmond Aman-Jean, c. 1900

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur turban and fur collar, with a small sketched head in the upper left corner.

Old Man with a Turban

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, n.d.

Etching of a forest road with large trees, a shepherd with sheep, a wooden fence, and birds in the sky.

Road Scene, Heathersett

John Crome, 1812

Lithograph of four men in period costume seated and standing in a niche beneath draped curtains and a coat of arms.

The Four Magistrates of Besançon

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1825

Engraved street scene of a crowd in early 1800s Paris fashion before a building with posted placards and a vendor.

Les Courses du Matin ou La Porte d'un Riche (The Morning Courses or At the Door of a Wealthy Home from Moers et Ridic…

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1805

Etching of a large tree beside a stone house and tower, with small figures, a river, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a House

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, n.d.

Etching of a wooded landscape with two figures on a hill, a river with a small boat, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky

Two Men on a Mountain Top

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, n.d.

Etching of a forest clearing with tall trees and a small group of figures on a mound, with distant hills.

Flaying of Marsyas

Henri Mauperché, n.d.

Etching of Christ being seized by soldiers with raised spears at night, a kneeling figure in the foreground and a dark-clad o

Christ Taken, from The Passion

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, c. 1635

Lithograph of a mounted herder with a long spear driving bulls across rocky ground, a second rider and a dog behind.

Butchers of Rome

Théodore Géricault, 1817

Three engravings of a muscular male figure raising a club over a crouched figure, shown in arched niche frames.

Samson and the Two Philistines

Lucas Killian, 1600/20