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Etching of Christ being nailed to the cross, with a ladder, crowd and soldiers under a cloudy sky, Station XI.

Christ is Nailed to the Cross, plate eleven from Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1748, published 1749

Etching of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, grieving women kneeling below, and soldiers at left under a cloudy sky.

The Crucifixion, plate twelve from Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1748, published 1749

Etching of the deposition: mourners lower Christ's body beside a cross and ladder while a haloed figure stands at right.

The Deposition, plate thirteen from Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1748, published 1749

Etching of mourners lowering a body into a stone tomb in a cave, with a kneeling man in the foreground.

The Entombment, plate fourteen from Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1748, published 1749

Line drawing of a dancer bending over a barre to put on her ballet shoe, on a pale background.

Dancer Putting on Her Shoe

Edgar Degas, c. 1888

Charcoal and pastel sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu bending forward, drawn on gray-green paper.

Dancer Bending Forward

Edgar Degas, 1874/79

Pastel landscape of a grassy hill with a row of trees and a large leaning tree under a pale blue sky.

Ploughed Field Bordered by Trees

Edgar Degas, c. 1892

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono at a red railing, with a river and hills behind her.

Saishin, from the series "Fashionable Women as the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin (Fuzoku onna Suik…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30

Engraved ornamental panel with central palmette, scrolling acanthus leaves, dragon heads and horns of plenty.

Ornament with a Palmette

Sebald Beham, n.d.

Engraving of a praying woman with clasped hands and a bird in a nest at her feet, within a twisted rope border.

Hope, plate 39 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraved print of winged Mercury playing a pipe, holding a caduceus, with a rooster and severed head below.

Mercury, plate 42 from Planets and Spheres

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of a winged angel holding a star-covered celestial sphere, with a rope border and OCTAVA SPERA inscription.

The Angel and the Eighth Sphere, plate 48 from Planets and Spheres

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of bearded Saturn in a crown and robe holding a sickle and an infant, with four seated children below.

Saturn, plate 47 from Planets and Spheres

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraved print of a standing woman holding a chalice and cross staff, with a small dog seated beside her.

Faith plate 40 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of Venus with a winged archer, a seated woman in water, nude women on a rocky shore, and doves in the sky.

Venus, plate 43 from Planets and Spheres

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraved card of a winged woman driving a horse-drawn chariot across the sky above a falling figure and a river landscape.

The Sun, plate 44 from Planets and Spheres

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of an armored warrior seated on a throne with a sword, a dog at his feet, inscribed MARTE XXXXV.

Mars, plate 45 from Planets and Spheres

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Woodblock print of a young figure at a game board beside a bearded armored warrior, with a sword and layered armor.

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) defeats Benkei in a game of sugoroku

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Woodblock print of a samurai in striped armor facing a snarling red demon face with green eyes and sword raised.

Raiko (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) and the demon kite

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a sleeping man dreaming of a red child wrestling a bear with an axe above a mountain.

Kintaro dreaming of his childhood

Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped green kimono beside a pine tray and red fish, with calligraphy.

Courtesan carrying a decorated tray

Totoya Hokkei, early to mid-1820s

Woodblock print of two women in an interior room, one in a blue floral kimono beside a flowering branch, with calligraphy abo

Promise (Seiyaku no ukei), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiba…

Totoya Hokkei, 1831

Woodblock print of a robed warrior with a sword in a boat fighting a dragon among stylized blue waves.

Yu the Great battling a dragon

Totoya Hokkei, late 1820s

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a yellow kimono beside an incense burner and bowl, with a poem panel above.

Zeng Shen (Jp: So Shin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Woodblock print of a fierce warrior in patterned armor holding an axe, with calligraphy panels beside him.

Metal: Li Kui (Kin, Riki), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Japanese woodblock print of a seated courtier with a fan beside poetry, above a fan-shaped view of pine islands and clouds.

Matsushima: Shunzei, No. 1 from "Three Famous Scenes (Sankei no uchi: Sono ichi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1833

Woodblock print of a decorated purse with tassel and mallet beside a round spiral-patterned object, with calligraphy above.

Purse and mallet

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of bearded warrior Guan Yu seated under white blossoms, holding a black fan, with poem cartouche.

No. 2: Guan Yu (Sono ni: Kan'u), from the series "Three Heroes of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Woodblock print of a bearded warrior seated under white blossoms beside a large jar, with a poem cartouche above.

No. 3: Zhang Fei (Sono san: Chohi), from the series "Three Heroes of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blossom-patterned white kimono with a floating paper, framed by an ornamental border

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822