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Lithograph of a woman in a dark dress bending over a metal tub on a red carpet in a room with a fireplace.

Woman with a Tub, plate four from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Japanese woodblock print of an actor as a samurai in rain, holding a sword beneath willow branches, in a black cloak.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Chuko Ryogoku Ori, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed cloak and cap, with a coat of arms below and Latin inscription around the fr

Pompone de Bellièvre

Robert Nanteuil, 1657

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor with long curly hair and a sash, with a coat of arms below, dated 1662.

Le Maréchal de Créqui

Robert Nanteuil, 1662

Oval print of a nude male figure with raised arm standing on a cloud, with a billowing cloak and swirling sky behind him.

Aether, plate six from Demogorgon and the Deities

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1588-90

Engraving of a nude woman in a chariot pulled by bats, holding a torch, with a rooster above, in an oval frame.

Nox, plate seven from Demogorgon and the Deities

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1588-90

Oval print of a nude crowned figure with a trident and a three-headed dog at his feet, by Hendrick Goltzius.

Pluto, plate four from Demogorgon and the Deities

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1588-90

Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Sepia ink and wash drawing of Venus clinging to Adonis, who holds a spear, with a cherub above in a rocky landscape.

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

Attributed to Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Engraved title plate with putti, drapery and an urn framing a central cartouche with a dedication inscription.

Plate One, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in layered floral kimono and hair ornaments, standing before pink patterned panels.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Ghost of the Renegade Monk Seigen in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Black and white lithograph of a woman pointing from a doorway toward a reclining bearded man on a bed in a draped room.

Fronte-boeuf and the Witch, from Ivanhoe

Eugène Delacroix, 1829

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad figure balancing on a box with a fan and staff beside a bamboo railing.

Young Man Playing Ushiwaka

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1725

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor playing flute while riding a black ox beside a fence and flowering branches.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Nanohana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater i…

Okumura Masanobu, 1741

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned blue kimono holding a sword, with calligraphic inscriptions beside the figur

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Momozono in the play "Katakiuchi Mogami no Inabune," performed at the Ichimura Thea…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

Woodblock print of a woman on horseback with attendants and Mount Fuji in the background, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's journey to the east

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black and floral robe holding a fan beside a pillar, c. 1768.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Seigen in the Play Ise-goyomi Daido Ninen, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a drawn sword, with striped props at his feet.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Tezuka no Taro Mitsumori Disguised as the Monkey Trainer Tonkichi Tochibei, in the Pla…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a samurai, two women and a palanquin bearer beneath a pine, with a temple vignette above.

Tokaiji no Bansho, from the series "Shinagawa Hakkei (Eight Views of Shinagawa)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1771

Watercolor of a cathedral ceremony with a bishop, candle bearer, and richly dressed courtiers beneath gothic arches.

Ceremony in a Cathedral

possibly Louis Haghe, n.d.

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono with elaborate hairpins, one holding a bamboo-patterned fan.

Kaoru of the Shin-Kanaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana…

Isoda Koryusai, 1780

Woodblock print of two seated figures in patterned kimono, one holding a red fan, beside a reed-filled pond.

Shingen and Kenshin, from the series "Mirrors of Warriors in Fashionable Parodies (Furyu yatsushi musha kagami)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1769

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono walking before Mount Fuji under a yellow sky, one holding a green parasol.

Act Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779/80

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a sieve and an old man pounding grain in a mortar beside a blossoming tree.

Act Six: Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779/80

Woodblock print of a standing samurai with a sword and a kneeling woman beside a white crane under a pink sunset.

Act Two: The House of Kakogawa Honzo from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779/80

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe holding a plum branch against swirling rain and wind.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as The Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kaga…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral grey kimono with long wild hair, holding a staff, sword and fan.

Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Monk Shunkan in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of the New Year” (“Hime Koma…

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono raising a white cup under plum blossom branches.

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beside a stand of sweets, with a folded cloth and scroll behind her.

Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a kneeling beggar reaching toward elegant women in kimono beside a child and a red veranda.

Begging for Alms

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1771