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4,820 works

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man taking a dance lesson beside a small dog while a violinist plays.

Lord-tolan prenant sa leçon de dance, La Passions, No. 7

Basset, 19th century

Hand-colored print of a rider on a chestnut horse beside a cane-carrying man, with a seated crowd under trees.

Le Boulevard de Gand à Paris

Georges-Jacques Gatine, 19th century

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Etching of an ornate cup base with cherubs, a griffin, a lion and a dog among scrollwork and bead garlands.

Base of an ornamental cup

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Engraving of allegorical figure Fiducia with flag and scroll, trampling a fallen woman surrounded by theatrical masks.

Fiducia, from "Virtues Conquering Vices"

Jan Sadeler, 1579

Etching of a rural landscape with travelers on horseback, a small columned shrine, billowing clouds, and farm buildings among

The First Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a thatched barn and stepped-gable house with shepherds and sheep grazing in a field.

Shed with Cottage, from The Small Landscapes

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Etching of a riverside landscape with ruined arched walls, a tall tower, small figures, moored boats, and trees under clouds.

Riverscape with Ruins of a Castle, from "Landscapes and Ruins"

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1615

Engraving of an old man blessing a kneeling youth as a winged angel stands beside them, with a donkey and dog in a wooded lan

Tobias Blessed by Blind Tobit

Jan van de Velde II, 1620-41

Etching of two dogs fighting on open ground, with another dog behind them and a cloudy sky above.

Fighting Dogs, plate 9 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1657

Etching of two recumbent goats on a grassy slope beside a wooden cart and fence under a cloudy sky.

Recumbent Goats, plate 10 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a horned cow walking forward in the foreground, with two cattle and a bare tree in the background.

Three Cows, plate 5 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a horned bull standing in shallow water, with cattle grazing on a grassy plain in the background.

Bull Standing in Water, plate 6 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a large horse grazing in a pasture, with a foal and sheep behind it and a farmstead on the horizon.

Grazing Horse, plate 7 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a grazing cow in a pasture with distant cattle, hills, trees and a cloudy sky.

Grazing Calf, plate 8 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1658

Etching of a herdsman playing a horn beside a bull on a rope, with a pastoral landscape behind them.

Young Herdsman with a Bull, plate 1 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1659

Etching of a recumbent cow in a grassy field with grazing cows, trees and clouds in the background.

Recumbent Cow, plate 2 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1657

Etching of a standing bull with a resting cow and grazing cattle in a flat meadow with distant trees.

Standing Bull, plate 3 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Two Cows and a Sheep, plate 4 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Engraving of a seated nobleman watching caged songbirds as an old bird seller reaches toward cages, with German and Latin ver

Von allerhandt Freudenvöglen, figure 66 from "Glück und Unglück Spiegel"

Balthasar Schwan, 1652

Etching of a man in a hat holding a horse by the bridle, with a mounted rider, a dog, and a cloudy landscape behind.

Man Holding a Horse by the Bridle, from "The Horses"

Horse Bound to a Post, turned left, from "The Horses"

Etching of a piebald horse tied to a wooden feeding trough beside a farmhouse, with a rooster and distant figures.

Horse Bound to a Feeding Trough, from "The Horses"

Etching of a woodland with large trees, a hunter and dog, a marsh with herons, and a distant tower under clouds.

Woodland scene with marshy banks, from "Six Landscapes in Tyrol"

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Engraving of a rocky cave with tents and figures, donkeys and travelers in the foreground, and a mountain landscape beyond.

Mountainous Landscape with a Group of Gypsies

Aegidius Sadeler, 1586-1629

Engraving of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion beside a tree, shield, and castle in the background.

Hercules, in profile, killing the Nemean lion with his arm around its neck, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1548

Engraving of armored warrior Mars holding a horse's bridle, with an ox and a farmhouse in the background.

Mars, from "The Seven Planets"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1533

Engraving of a skeleton drummer leading a fashionably dressed couple past a lion, with a town in the distance.

Couple and Death with a Drum, from "The Dance of Death"

Engraved city street scene with a central statue, fountain, crowds, soldiers firing muskets, and a sign reading Conspiracy De

The Times, Plate 2

William Hogarth, May 29, 1790

Engraving of a bear holding a tankard and club beside a dog, with books, a palette and a pipe, satirising Charles Churchill.

The Bruiser (Caricature of Charles Churchill)

William Hogarth, August 1, 1762