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Engraving of armed riders and foot soldiers with spears moving through a rocky landscape, with hounds in the foreground.

The Conversion of St. Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Three armored riders on horseback with plumed helmets, one holding a banner reading Judas Maccabeus, in a line-engraved print

Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabee, from The Nine Heroes

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520

Etching of a village landscape with four trees, a church with steeple, a stone arched bridge, and cottages on hills.

Landscape with Four Trees and a Church at Right

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545 (?)

Pen-and-ink landscape of a church with a spire, a stone arch bridge, four trees and thatched cottages in a village.

Landscape with Four Trees and a Church at Right (counterproof)

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545 (?)

Engraving of soldiers scaling ladders against a fortified city wall during a siege, with defenders above and crowds below.

The Capture of Carthagena by Scipio and His Troops

Georg Pencz, 1539

Etching of Death and a devil approaching two elegantly dressed women, one holding a mirror, on a balcony.

Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Black-and-white print of a wide landscape with large trees, a river, a distant town, mountains and a seated figure at right.

Landscape with Saint John the Evangelist

Virgilius Solis, mid-16th century

Woodcut of multiple scenes from Saint John the Baptist's life in a landscape with large trees, a cave, and a castle tower.

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522

Engraving of a flood with people fleeing on horseback and rooftops, a large ark in the background, and animals in the foregro

The Deluge

Dirck Vellert, 1544

Engraving of turbaned men and women seated at a banquet table with candlesticks and plates, a bearded central figure presidin

King Mulay Hasan and His Retinue at a Repast in Tunis

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, ca. 1535

Etching of the Segovia aqueduct arches above a town, and a towered castle with figures and hills below.

The Aqueduct at Segovia and The Castle of Madrid

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, ca. 1545

Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus, with a figure emerging from a tomb surrounded by robed onlookers and a Latin inscription

The Raising of Lazarus

Lambert Suavius, 1544

Engraved frieze of a Bacchic triumph with centaurs, satyrs, a chariot and putti moving across a landscape strip.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Engraving of a seated woman bathing as a servant holds a cup and a man watches from a balcony, with a bridge and town behind.

David and Bathsheba, from "Scenes from the Old Testament"

Engraving of Lot with a flask beside his seated daughter, while another woman offers a cup before a distant city.

Lot and His Daughters, from "Scenes from the Old Testament"

Engraving of a reclining infant beside an hourglass, with four skulls below on a stone ledge.

Dead Child with Four Skulls

Barthel Beham, mid-16th century

Black and white print of Turkish soldiers, horses and tents in a rocky landscape, framed by decorative turbaned figures.

Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man sprawled in front of a draped woman and a crowd of onlookers with raised hands.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606-8

Pen and ink drawing of a village street with tiled rooftops, chimneys, smoke, and shrubs leading to the horizon.

Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Vincent van Gogh, ca. July 15, 1888

Drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a plan held by a kneeling figure, with attendants and ruins behind, in chalk on blue p

Semiramus Inspecting a Plan of Babylon

Jean-Simon Berthélémy

Brown wash drawing of a rustic farmyard with a wooden balcony, stone walls, straw heap and figures near a bare tree.

Farmyard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ancient interior with a canopied bed, seated woman, standing man and incense burner on a tripod ta

A Scene from Ancient History

François Boitard

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a layered rococo gown with blue, yellow and silver trim, annotated in French.

Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

Louis René Boquet

Red chalk drawing of a feathered female figure drawing a bow while seated on a large animal.

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Pencil sketch of a thatched cottage among trees, with a cart wheel, firewood pile and a seated figure in the foreground.

A Cottage

François Boucher, n.d.

Chalk study of a woman's outstretched arm and hands on tan paper, with a bracelet at the wrist.

Study of the left hand of Mme de Pompadour

François Boucher, 18th century

Grey chalk drawing of Christ and a veiled woman with a crowd of onlookers and bearded elders in a columned interior.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

François Boucher

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rustic cottage with figures, chickens, a wheelbarrow, and trees in a farmyard.

Cottage with Figures

François Boucher

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman in a full period gown holding a fan, drawn in loose strokes on pale paper.

Seated Woman Holding a Fan

François Boucher, 18th century

Chalk drawing of two winged putti with a garland and flowers on tan paper, by François Boucher.

Winged Putti with Flowers

François Boucher, ca. 1750