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Woodcut of an angel pointing to a kneeling woman in prayer beside a candle and book, with a dove above her.

The Annunciation, from "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting on a mound beside a bare tree, with cattle, a donkey and a rifleman in a rocky landsc

Shepherds at rest

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with herders and cattle, a ruined tower on a hill, and a sailboat on the water.

Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River

Jan van der Meer the Younger, 1686

Engraving of Hercules wrestling a lion beside a tree and rocks, with a club and lion skin on the ground.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Etching of a mounted figure raising a sword before a crowd with staves, a dog and horses, trees behind, by William Hogarth.

The Encounter with Talgol and Magnano (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 3)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a crowd of men with staves, a bear on a leash, and a mounted rider gesturing beneath a large tree.

Hudibras First Adventure (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 2)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a lawyer and a knight confronting each other in a library office, with clerks writing at a desk and dogs in the fo

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 12)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Satirical etching of a bedroom with a woman in bed, a crowd of men, and many rabbits scattered across the floor.

Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Godlimon in Consultation

William Hogarth, December 1726

Etching of two mounted prisoners led through a street by a jeering crowd of men and women carrying cudgels, beside a building

Hudibras and Ralpho Made Prisoners and Carried to the Stocks (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudib…

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a seated man, a standing woman holding a child, and a bulldog in an interior with a curtain and bust.

The Child and the Bulldog

Marguerite Gérard, 1778

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in a garden with animals, a shepherd scene, and an angel in the clouds above.

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1597

Etching of the Expulsion of Hagar: an angel above a grieving woman and child, a bearded man, and onlookers before classical c

The Expulsion of Hagar

Charles Massé, 1646-70

Etching of Esau leaving with his family, sheep, dogs, horses and a donkey through a rocky landscape beside a large tree.

Esau and his family parting ways with Jacob (Esau con le mogli figli e sostanze si separa dal fratello Giacobbe)

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Engraving of a turbaned shepherd on horseback leading sheep and an ox across a stream, with trees and clouds in the backgroun

One of the Sons of Noah who Goes to Populate a Part of the Earth (Uno de figli di Noè che va a popolare una parte del…

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Etching of two shepherds resting under a tree with a donkey, bread, a pitcher and sheep grazing in a distant landscape.

Two shepherds, a donkey and other animals in a landscape

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1638-40

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a staff, in an oval frame.

The Virgin with the Christ Child and the young Saint John the Baptist holding a bird at right, an oval composition, a…

Lorenzo Loli, ca. 1630-80

Woodcut of a writing evangelist with an eagle and the Virgin holding the Christ Child, under a Gothic title.

The Virgin and Saint John, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of four horsemen charging over fallen figures beneath a winged angel in a cloudy sky.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497/1498

Woodcut of four winged angels with swords striking down falling figures, with trumpeting angels and riders in the sky above.

Four Avenging Angels, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1497-98

Engraving of allegorical Fortune within a ring above courtiers, soldiers, a beggar family and a distant naval battle.

The Fortune of France

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a central female bust in an oval, flanked by women, with reclining figures and ornamental frieze below.

Bust of a woman flanked by three women on each side, set within an elaborate frame

Battista d'Agnolo, ca. 1540-80

Etching of hunters on horseback and foot chasing a boar with dogs across an open landscape with trees and clouds.

Boar hunt in a landscape

Ercole Bazicaluva, ca. 1620-38

Etching of a landscape with tents, classical gateway, fountain, a turbaned man and a lion at right, city spires beyond.

View with a man in a turban and a lion standing at right, tents and classical architecture in the background

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1680-1710

Etching of a horseman looking back at a nude corpse on a battlefield, with a fallen horse and mounted soldiers with flags beh

Battlefield with horseman looking over his left shoulder toward stripped corpse on the ground, a clothed figure and h…

Karel Dujardin, 1652

Etching of two donkeys in a grassy yard beside a brick wall with windows, a dog at left, by Karel Dujardin.

Two donkeys standing in a grassy yard, one in profile view facing right and another behind in three-quarter view, a d…

Karel Dujardin, 1652

Engraving of foolish figures under a tree with an owl and a monkey, with Latin verses printed in two columns below.

The Wisdom of Fools, from "Six Proverbs"

Jacob de Gheyn II

Etching of a ship-shaped parade float in an oval arena with riders, crowds in stands, and an eagle emblem atop a rocky hill.

Parade float in the form of a ship, coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Modena at top

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a pastoral caravan with donkeys, sheep, and travelers moving along a rocky ridge under clouds.

The Journey of Jacob in Egypt

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of a curly-haired boy with a halo biting fruit, holding a staff, beside a grazing animal in an oval landscape.

Saint John the Baptist Biting a Piece of Fruit

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a child with a halo eating fruit beside a grazing sheep, with a staff and an open landscape behind.

Saint John the Baptist eating a piece of fruit, an oval composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641