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Engraving of an ornate covered vase with a bird-headed handle, a central mask, and hanging fruit garlands.

Vase with Lid, Decorated with a Mask and Garlands

René Boyvin, 17th century (late)

Engraved print of an ornate footed vase with cherub heads, garlands of fruit, a hanging helmet and scrolled rim.

Vase with Cherubs and a Helmet

René Boyvin, 17th century (late)

Engraving of a siren holding a shell in the sea between two sailing ships, with a rocky outcrop and text verses below.

Une Sirène entre deux Vaisseaux (A Siren Between Two Ships), plate 17 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (T…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a crayfish crawling on a sandy shore toward a rising sun, with grasses and Latin and French verse text.

Une Ecrevisse Regardant Le Soleil (A Crayfish Looking at the Sun), plate 18 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloit…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etched print of a row of willows by a riverbank, one tree bent by wind, with French and Latin verses above and below.

Le Saules au Bord de l'Eau (The Willows at the Waterfront), plate 23 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (Th…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etched emblem showing a flaming heart on one stone pedestal and a split heart on another, with Latin and French text below.

Les Deux Coeurs (The Two Hearts), plate 24 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of Moses raising a staff as a crowd crosses rocky cliffs while waters churn beside them, with soldiers and figures.

Le Passage de la Mer Rouge (The Passage of the Red Sea)

Jacques Callot, 1629

Etching of a cat sitting and looking at a birdcage hanging on a wall, with a distant landscape behind.

Le Chat Guettant L'Oiseau en Cage (The Cat Watching the Bird in the Cage), plate 10 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a snake shedding its skin between rocky boulders, with Latin and French text above and below the image.

Le Serpent (The Serpent), plate 9 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a gnarled tree with falling birds, a man with a staff at right, and rolling hills with a distant town.

Le Corbeau et ses Petits (The Raven and its Young), plate 5 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light o…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etched emblem print of tulips beside a rock under a rising sun and starry sky, with verses in French and Latin below.

Les Tulipes et le Soleil (The Tulips and the Sun), plate 6 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Engraved oval portrait of a man with lace collar in an ornate border of flags, drums, trumpets, armor and a crown.

Border at Bottom Center: Portrait of Gaston of France in an Ornamental Border, from "Siège de La Rochelle" (The Seige…

Abraham Bosse, 1628-31

Etching of a crowded military scene with archers and soldiers beside ruined classical arches and a small figure at center.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Jacques Callot, ca. 1631-33

Etching of the Seine with the Pont-Neuf bridge, a large tower, boats, and figures on the banks, by Jacques Callot.

Vue de Pont-Neuf (View of the Pont-Neuf), from "Les Deux Grandes Vues de Paris" (The Two Large Views of Paris)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1630

Etching of an eagle dropping a feather over a hilly landscape with a town and sunbeams, with text below.

Un Aigle Jetant une Vieille Plume (An Eagle Dropping an Old Feather), plate 15 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cl…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a crane flying over rocks with perched birds, a distant tower and sailboat, with Latin and French text below.

Une Grue Volant (A Flying Crane), plate 16 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etched print of a phoenix with outspread wings rising from flames on a hilltop, above a landscape with towers and trees.

Le Phénix se Brulant (The Phoenix is Burning), plate 7 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a crow flying above a snail on a hill, with a shrub at right and printed Latin and French verses below.

Le Corbeau et Le Limaçon (The Raven and the Snail), plate 8 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light o…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of the Louvre palace across the Seine, with boats, flags and crowds on the quay beside a stone tower.

Vue du Louvre (View of the Louvre), from "Les Deux Grandes Vues de Paris" (The Two Large Views of Paris)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1630

Etching of a siege battle with cavalry and soldiers attacking a smoke-covered fortified citadel beside a harbor of ships.

Border at Lower Left: L'Assault Genéral des Anglais a la Citadelle (The Assault of the English General on the Citadel…

Jacques Callot, 1628-31

Etching of a battle on a fortified shore with smoke, soldiers, horsemen and ships in the distant harbor.

Border at Lower Right: Défaite des Anglais (Defeat of the English), from an etching on six plates of a central battle…

Jacques Callot, 1628-31

Green-toned print of soldiers seizing infants while mothers flee among classical arches and ruins, with a city skyline behind

Massacre of the Innocents

Master ND, ca. 1544

Etching of the Nativity: a seated woman with an infant in a room, with bearded figures standing around her and a doorway behi

The Nativity

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Etching of the Entombment: a nude body lies on a stone tomb surrounded by mourners under a cross-hatched sky.

Entombment

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Etching with eight medallions showing scenes of Christ's life and Passion, including an Annunciation, a Last Supper, and a cr

Oval Medallions and Rondels, from "Variae tum Passionis Christi tum vitae beatae Mariae Virginis; Les Mystères de la…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1631

Etched frontispiece of robed astrologers around an armillary sphere in a forest landscape with birds, a stork and ducks.

Frontispiece, from "Sacra Cosmologia, pièce appelée aussi Le Titre aux Astrologues" (Sacra Cosmologia, also called Th…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1630

Engraved emblematic portrait of Charles Delorme in an oval within a six-pointed star, surrounded by trees, animals and Latin

Portrait of Charles Delorme

Jacques Callot, 1630

Etched frontispiece of a kneeling monk with a cross, flanked by saints and angels under clouds, with Latin and French text.

Frontispiece, plate 1 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a watchful dog and an eye-topped staff guarding sheep in a fenced pasture, with Latin and French text below.

L'Oeil Vigilant (The Vigilant Eye), plate 2 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a candlestick in a vaulted room with a latticed window, plus French and Latin verses below.

Le Chandelier (The Candelabra), plate 3 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)

Jacques Callot, 1625-31