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13,165 works

Black and white lithograph of a Gothic church with a tall ornate spire, figures on a path, and sunbeams through clouds.

Kiderich Church in Rheingau

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1823

Lithograph of a Gothic church ruin with vaulted arches, a stone tomb, two standing figures, and trees seen through an open wi

Ruin of the Church of Our Lady with the Tombstones of Genevieve and the Count Palatine Siegfried in the Mosel Valley…

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1821

The Smoker

Wilhelm Leibl, 1873/74

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned red and cream kimono playing with a cat beside a box.

Courtesan Playing with a Cat

Kaigetsudō Dohan, c. 1715

Etching of a reclining saint beside a cross as an angel descends through clouds in a rocky cave with ivy.

The Death of St. Jerome

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Ochre and black woodcut of a woman carrying a fruit basket past palm trees and tropical foliage.

Noa noa (Fragrant)

Paul Gauguin, 1894/95

Hand-coloured caricature of an elderly couple admiring their son, a lawyer in black gown and top hat, in a room with a painti

“- Isn't it marvellous to have a son who is a lawyer... what an honour for the family... Adolph, I want you to remain…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Hand-colored caricature of three men in top hats addressing a lounging man in a red armchair, from Daumier's Caricaturana.

Exploiting friendship. “My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would lik…

Honoré Daumier, 1837

Hand-colored print of an old man helping a toddler stand on garden steps, with a seated woman, a young man with a dog, and a

Paternal Pleasures

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, c.1796

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black robe and red hakama with a drawn sword beside a pine tree.

Kojuro as Sadakuro

Katsukawa Shunzan, about 1786

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor with a woven basket on his back beside a gnarled tree and bamboo.

Actor Ichikawa Yaozo

Chotensai Eiju, about 1785-1790

Woodblock print of a standing man in a green patterned robe and black hat holding a paper, with Japanese calligraphy at upper

Arashi Hinasuke as Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)

Utagawa Toyokuni, about 1805

Lithograph of two men arguing at a theatre gallery railing while a crowd of spectators looks on, by Daumier, 1864.

A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré Daumier, published February 27, 1864

Woodblock print of a samurai in black kimono and striped trousers holding a katana, with a plum blossom screen behind him.

Danjuro as a Samurai

Utagawa Toyomaru, about 1794

Etching of a seated woman among birch trees in a meadow, with a thatched cottage in the distance and a flowering floral borde

Spring

Heinrich Vogeler, 1896

Japanese print of an ikebana arrangement with bamboo, pine and pink plum blossoms in a bronze vase on a red stand.

Three friends Ikebana

Utagawa Toyhiro, Late 18th-early 19th century

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bird with spread wings and long tail inside a pink border on a cream ground.

Sacrificed Animal from a Set of Four Ritual Cards (Tsakalis)

Unknown artist, 20th century

Caricature of a Man in the Small Hat

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red kimono and green hakama holding a sword and staff before a screened interior.

Ichikawa Danjuro VI

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of an elderly man reading at a lectern, with Mount Fuji, a red sun, and a flying bird behind him.

Portrait of Eijudo at Seventy-One

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1798

Engraving of a crowned skeleton rider on a pale horse trampling fallen figures beneath a stormy arched sky.

Death on a Pale Horse

Joseph Haynes, 1784, after the drawing of 1775

Pencil figure studies around an engraved ornamental vase decorated with helmeted warriors, cherubs and masks, by Paul Cézanne

Figure Studies Over an Etching of an Ornamental Vase

Paul Cézanne, 1870/72

Pastel sketch of a narrow courtyard with an archway, hanging laundry, shuttered windows and small figures.

Corte del Paradiso

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Red chalk sketch of two women in long skirts, one turning back over her shoulder and one lifting her drapery.

Two Studies of a Dancer, Raising Her Skirt in Her Two Hands

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1712/13

Woodblock print of a samurai in striped orange armor drawing a bow beside a river, with a bridge and pine trees above.

The Warrior Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna Crossing the Uji River on Horseback

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1760s

Japanese woodblock print of a heron on a pole beside a green boat, with a setting sun and farmers in the distance.

Landscape with Heron and Boat

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above a winding river, with a horse rider in red robes and a thatched house beside pines.

Narihira's Journey to the East 業平東下り (Narihira azuma kudari)

Masanobu Ueda, about 1764

Etching of a large tree over a reclining nude figure beside a cross on rocky ground, with clouds and cherubs.

Mary Magdalene as a Penitent

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, n.d.

Engraved title page with a botanical garland of ferns and flowers surrounding French text for Persian cloth designs.

Cover for Collection of New Flowers of Taste for the Manufacture of Persian Cloth, Invented and Drawn by Jean Pillement

Johann Heinrich Hess, 1765/70

Engraved botanical bouquet of ferns, flowers and berries on a pale sheet, from a Jean Pillement design collection.

Bouquet, from Collection of New Flowers of Taste for the Manufacture of Persian Cloth, Invented and Drawn by Jean Pil…

Johann Heinrich Hess, 1765/70