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Etching of the Barberini Palace in Rome with arched windows, columns, ruins and figures in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from View…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the baroque facade of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, with statues, a bell tower, and figures in the foregroun

View of the Façade of the Basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme [the Holy Cross in Jerusalem], from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal in Rome, with a sculpted group on the roof and figures in the street.

View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secretariat, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Engraved view of a columned customs house facade on a busy Roman piazza with carts, horses and figures.

View of the Customs House in Piazza di Pietra, which was built within the ruins of the Temple of Marcus Aurelius Anto…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the basilica of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way, with a ruined arch, travelers, and a wrought iron gate in the fo

View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vie…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of a curved ruined building with arched windows and small figures among fallen stones, by Piranesi.

Remains of the so-called Temple of Apollo at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768

Etching of ruined vaulted hall with brick arches, columns and small figures among fallen stones at Hadrian's Villa.

Remains of a room belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1774, published 1800-07

Hand-colored print of a young girl with a red ribbon holding a green pot at a table with a fruit on a blue plate.

Little Girl with Pot

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1890

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a tall column, a baroque church dome, and small figures in the square.

Arch of Septimius Severus through which passed the ancient Sacred Way, bringing victors to the Capitol, from Views of…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of Piazza Navona in Rome showing an obelisk, fountain, domed church and crowds of people in the square.

View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome showing a central obelisk, two domed churches, carriages and pedestrians.

View of the Piazza del Popolo, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Trevi Fountain in Rome with a baroque facade, rock cascade, horses, crowds and carriages in the street.

View of the large Trevi Fountain formerly called the Acqua Vergine, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome with city walls, overgrown trees, ruins and figures in the foreground.

The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59, published 1800-07

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over blue waves and boats, with travelers on a green hillside path at right.

Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Engraved view of a grand palazzo facade on a busy Roman street with columns, balconies, and workers in the foreground.

View along the Via del Corso of the Palazzo dell' Accademia established by Louis XIV, King of France for French stude…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Triptych print of a Noh dancer in an Okina mask and robe, flanked by seated musicians and courtiers beneath a pine tree.

Okina, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898/1903

Etching of a large moored sailing boat in the foreground with smaller boats on calm water beneath a hatched sky.

Sketch of a Boat

Charles A. Platt, 1881

Etching of two bulls with lowered horns facing each other in a pasture, with trees at left and a bird in the sky.

Two Bulls Fighting

Paulus Potter, n.d.

Pen drawing of an Italian landscape with a hilltop town, large framing trees, and three small figures on a path.

Italian Landscape with Three Figures

the Younger Michel Corneille, n.d.

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated man with a dog, a reclining figure, and small figure studies on pale paper.

Two Sketches: Man with Dog, Group of Figures

School of Alessandro Magnasco, n.d.

Grey-toned frieze drawing of a satyr, a nymph with a fish tail, and putti among foliage and grapevines.

Frieze with Satyr, Nymph, and Putti

Circle of Giovanni Antonio de'Sacchis, called Il Pordenone, 1503/39

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman's head tilted upward with closed eyes and wavy hair.

Female Head

Attributed to Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, n.d.

Print of a Gothic churchyard in Regensburg with a tall stone cross, a church tower, robed figures and trees under a cloudy sk

Former Cathedral Churchyard near the Old Rectory and Minster in Regensberg

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1818

Etching of a seated nude woman seen from behind, head turned, wearing a light head wrap, on a pale background.

Nude Seen from Behind

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Lithograph of a nude woman standing by dark trees, a white cloth draped at her hip, with a small head sketch below.

Standing Bather, second plate

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1896

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman and two boys with sheep under a tree, with a distant ruined tower on the right.

Pastoral Scene

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1771

Etched sheet of four figure studies: a nude man, two clothed men in caps, and a bearded man in a headcloth.

Sheet of Skteches

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1829

Soldier carrying an infant across a smoky battlefield past a fallen comrade, in a lithograph by Raffet.

I Will Save Him or Perish

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1825

Black and white lithograph of a seated soldier embraced by a woman, with celebrating figures and marching troops behind them.

We Have Won!

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1825-26

Lithograph of soldiers drinking outside a tavern on a city street, with a woman in a doorway and a caption below.

You Have Honor...

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1825-26