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3,363 works

Etching of an elderly man by a fireplace with companions, a skeleton inside a clock case, and French verse below.

Old Age, plate four from Depicting the Four Ages of Man

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Black and white woodblock print of morning glory vines and blossoms arranged around a woven basket and bamboo stand.

An Arrangement of Morning Glories

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796

Engraving of four nude women standing in an arched interior, two seen from behind, with a skull on the floor.

The Four Naked Women

Albrecht Dürer, 1497

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono holding round fans, with ornate hairpins and patterned robes.

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Etching of a man embracing a young woman in a rustic interior beside a barrel with cards and a bottle.

A Man Caressing the Young Hostess

Cornelis Pietersz Bega, 1660/64

Engraving of a nude male figure seen from behind, turning his head left, with detailed muscles drawn in fine lines.

Man Turning His Head to the Left

Juste de Juste, c. 1543

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom above a riverbank, with two women and a seated man near wooden pilings.

The Embankment at Mimeguri

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in patterned kimono with a child peeking from behind her pink robe.

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wak…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/94

Woodblock print of two women preparing bean curd beneath a red Gion lantern, one cutting food at a table.

Women Preparing Gion Bean Curd, from the series "Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni-ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an updo holding up a patterned sheer cloth before her face.

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Japanese print of two women with ornate hairstyles, one holding a red tray with a tea bowl while the other adjusts a hairpin.

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and hairpins, in a patterned kimono with orange obi, against yellow.

Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with elaborate hairstyles against a pale yellow background, one holding a folding fan.

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series "Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue kimono and headcloth, hand raised to his face, against a pale blue flora

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the dipty…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a brown and blue kimono with an upswept hairstyle against a pale floral background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagam…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1802/03

Ink architectural elevation of the State Street facade of the Ontario apartment building, with balconies, arched windows and

Ontario Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation

Treat & Foltz, 1880

Blue-line ninth floor plan of the Temple building showing room partitions, vaults, staircases and corridors with red dimensio

Women's Temple Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ninth Floor Plan

Burnham and Root, July 23, 1891

Engraving of a nude woman standing on a skull, holding a sundial and globe, with a landscape and castle behind her.

Memento Mori

Master M. Z., 1500/02

Woodblock print of a woman with long black hair, head tilted back, holding a round green fan beside her.

A Wife of the Middle Rank (Chubon no nyobo), from the series "A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tosei onna fuzo…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a black updo and hairpin, holding a fan before her face against a floral background.

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, one standing by a screen while a white cat plays with her robe.

Two Young Women after a Bath

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1803

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan seated on a veranda beside a bamboo blind, wearing a patterned kimono.

Woman Sitting on Veranda

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798

Four women in kimono under cherry blossoms, one holding a turtle over a basin, with a lacquer box and calligraphy.

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining court woman in patterned robes with a fan, beside a panel of calligraphy and sunset c

The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), 1801

Woodblock print of three elegantly dressed women with ornate hairpins, one holding a round hand mirror, in pastel kimono.

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1797

Head of a Bearded Man in Half-Profile

Adolf von Menzel, 1894

Engraving of a muscular nude man twisting around a tree trunk with raised arms, with a distant town at lower right.

A Crucified Man (Haman)

Melchior Lorck, 1550

Woodblock print of women in kimono at a garden teahouse beside a peacock aviary, with a servant carrying tea.

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of a woman and a man in kimono looking up at a moon and ball beside bamboo stalks.

The actor Segawa Kikunojo and a young woman kicking a ball

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.