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24,211 works

Etching of the Holy Family arriving at a city gate, with a donkey, a crowd of figures, and a hanging lantern under an arch.

The Holy Family Arriving at a City Gate, plate 27 from The Flight into Eypt

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with arches, hanging lanterns, chains on a pier, and two small figures on steps.

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with arches, staircases, scaffolding, and small figures working near a sawhorse.

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of vast vaulted stone arches, staircases and railings with small figures, from Piranesi's Imaginary Prisons.

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of a dark vaulted prison interior with a well bucket on a crane, stone stairs, and small figures among chains.

The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Engraving of a seated scholar with an angel, a lion and a swan, and a walled city with women on a boat above.

Duvet Studying the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, 1555

Etching of a towering round prison with winding staircases, railed bridges, iron scaffolding and tiny figures in vaulted hall

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of a massive stone arch framing a bridge with sculpted figures, a tall column, and small figures in a vast architectu

The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with a stone pier, lamp, and lion-head rings beneath dramatic arches.

The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Woodblock print of porters carrying loads over a bridge beside a large willow tree, with thatched houses and a river.

Goyu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with P…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Etching of vaulted arches, stairs and balconies in a deep imaginary prison interior, with small figures and rising smoke.

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750-60

Etching of a vast vaulted interior with a grand staircase, arches, scaffolding and small figures below.

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of a labyrinthine prison interior with arched bridges, staircases, railings, small figures and a pulley machine.

The Drawbridge, plate 7 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with a giant wheel, stone blocks, arches and tiny figures.

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748/50

Etching of a vaulted imaginary prison with walkways, a hanging chain, and prisoners on a projecting platform at left.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750-60

Etching of tall stone arches and a hanging lantern in an imaginary prison interior, with small figures and rigging in the for

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Woodcut of the Virgin seated on a crescent moon nursing the Christ child, surrounded by rays of light and stars.

The Virgin on the Crescent, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1511, published 1511

Engraving of an angel writing in an arched interior with a winged lion, a dragon, and the Trinity above.

St. John on the Island of Patmos

Jean Duvet, 1550/60

Woodcut of a betrothal scene: a man and young woman join hands before a bearded priest in an arched temple, with onlookers.

The Betrothal of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1504, published 1511

Woodcut of the Circumcision of Christ showing a crowd in a vaulted Gothic temple interior with an arched doorway.

The Circumcision of Christ, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1505, published 1511

Woodcut of Christ among seated doctors in an arched temple interior, with a glowing disc of light above and onlookers at left

Christ Among the Doctors, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1503, published 1511

Woodcut of Christ taking leave of the Virgin, with kneeling and standing women beside a post, a bare tree, and a walled town

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1504; published 1511

Black and white woodcut of the Virgin on a canopy bed surrounded by mourning apostles in an arched room.

The Death of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, 1510, published 1511

Etching of an imaginary prison with chains, vaults, a staircase and an inscribed title plaque by Piranesi.

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750-60

Engraved heraldic coat of arms with a crowned lion crest, peacock feathers, and a shield with lions and stars.

Coat of Arms of Wilhelm and Wolfgang Rogendorf

After Albrecht Dürer, 1864 (copy); 1520 (original)

Etching of two women seated on a stool mending a fishing net, with a sailing ship on the calm sea behind them.

Net Menders

Winslow Homer, n.d.

Woodblock print of pine trees, travelers and a packhorse on a road beside thatched buildings under a full moon.

Akasaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido wit…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Lithograph of caricatured men seated in tiered legislative benches around a curved desk with a top hat, by Daumier.

The Legislative belly. View of the ministerial benches in the Improstituted House of 1834, plate 18 from L’Associatio…

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Black and white print of the Holy Family with two angels inside an arched, vaulted hall with a round window.

The Holy Family with Two Angels in a Vaulted Hall

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1503-04

Woodcut of seated Christ with crown of thorns mocked by an armored soldier holding a reed scepter, with Latin text below.

Christ, Man of Sorrows, Mocked by a Soldier, from The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1511