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Etching of a seated skeleton at right, a crowd of onlookers at a doorway, and a thin dog in the foreground.

Death Giving Audience, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of Hercules strangling the giant Antaeus in a rocky landscape beside a tree, both figures nude.

Hercules and Antaeus

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of two soldiers and two women gathered around a stone bench beneath trees, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Two Soldiers and Two Women, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etched decorative frieze with two lions and a putto among acanthus scrolls, with a printed Paris publisher inscription below.

Frieze

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Etching of crumbling Roman brick ruins with arched openings, overgrown trees, scattered stone fragments and small figures.

Baths of Trajan

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770

Hand-colored caricature of a top-hatted gentleman on a street, pulled by a monkey while a ragged man and a woman look on.

Print - Pierre Maleuvre, 1810

Pierre Maleuvre, 1810

Hand-colored print of ships in a bay below a castle on cliffs, with figures working on the shore in the foreground.

Peep-show, Vue des Environs D'ostende

N. Courteille, 1740

Etching of a forest path with tall trees, a wooden footbridge over a pond, and a distant church tower under an open sky.

Entrance Into a Forest by a Little Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraving comparing a men's bar scene labeled All Right with a women's bar scene labeled All Wrong, both with drinks and spit

Where's the Difference

Thomas Nast, 1860

Engraved street view of The Hague with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, a long building and trees framing the right edge.

Peep-show, View of the Pond Near the Shooting Garden in the Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800

Engraved ornamental panels with scrolling foliage, a bearded mask beneath a fruit bowl, and an old man with two children.

Ornamental Foliage with a Mask and a Bowl of Fruit (Autre, offrant au milieu d'en bas un mascaron...) Ornamental Foli…

Enea Vico, 1530

Engraved street perspective with ornate buildings, a tower, and a standing armored figure in an arched doorway at right.

Angled View of a Street with Standing Halberdier in Arched Opening at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of an arcaded hall with receding rows of columns, vaulted arches, and carved lion-head keystones.

View of an Open-columned Hall

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved print of a dining hall with a beamed ceiling, central fireplace, framed relief scenes and a classical columned doorw

View of a Dining Hall with Flat Beamed Ceiling and Decorated with Framed Scenes

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of a vaulted arcade with herm-figure columns, a vine-covered arbor and a square building at right.

View of an Open Vaulted Hall Supported by Columns Formed of Herms, with a Vine-Covered Arbor and a Square Building at…

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved print of a barrel-vaulted arcaded hall with rows of columns, arched windows, and a canopy at the far end.

View of a Barrel-vaulted Arcaded Hall with a Baldachino at Far End

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved interior of a bed chamber with beamed ceiling, canopy bed, wall fountain, and sculpted figures.

Bed Chamber with Flat Beamed Ceiling and Wall Fountain at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of an arcaded colonnade with Corinthian columns and a palace entrance at right, by Jan van Doetechum, 1560.

View of Open Galleries with Entrance to Palace at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved courtyard with a colonnade, arcaded building, and a rectangular fountain topped by a putto figure.

View of a Courtyard with a Colonnade and a Rectangular Fountain with a Putto

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved title page with the words Calligraphia Latina framed by twisted columns, winged putti and ornate flourishes.

Title Page "Calligraphia Latina," in Dissertatio epistolaris de calligraphiae nomenclatione...

Johann Caspar Schwab, 1750

Engraved perspective of steps leading to a colonnaded, barrel-vaulted hall with statues in niches.

View of Steps Leading to a Colonnaded, Barrel-vaulted Hall Flanked by Statues in Niches

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of a grand hall with a coffered ceiling, statues in niches, arched doorways, and a tiled floor.

Interior view of a Hall with Statuary

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Sepia print of a pastoral landscape with a large tree, cattle and figures by a river, and a bridge in the distance.

Landscape (after Claude Lorrain)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1840

Engraved perspective of a long colonnaded hall with coffered ceiling and sculpted figures, printed on paper.

View of a City Plaza with a Rectangular Fountain at Center, and a Domed Round Building at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved view of a columned arcaded hall with a barrel-vaulted ceiling, checkered floor, and receding arches in perspective.

View of an Arcaded Hall with Central Portion Barrel-vaulted

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of an open colonnaded hall with stepped entrance, a tall column, and a domed building at right.

View of an Open-Columned Hall in a Plaza, with a Column and a Square Building at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of a vaulted hall with statues in wall niches, ornate ceiling scrollwork, and a tiled receding floor.

View of a Cross-vaulted Hall with Statues in Niches

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of a domed fountain with caryatid figures in a columned palace courtyard.

A Round Roofed Fountain with Caryatids in an Arcaded Palace Courtyard

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of an ornate tiered fountain beside a palace with arcades, a spire and rooftop statue, in linear perspective.

Rectangular Wall Fountain at Right, With a Partial View of Palace Beyond

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraving of an arcaded courtyard with columns, a statue, a fountain, fenced garden plots, towers and a tree.

View of an Arcaded Courtyard with a Fountain and Fenced Garden Plots, and Buildings Surmounted by Towers

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560