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A man at left in profile giving a handful of hay to a horse at center, a horseman to the right in background

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

A Polish valet, seen from behind, holding the bridle of a horse to right, a Polish horseman in profile to left in the…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a turbaned valet riding one horse and leading another through shallow water beside a distant hill.

A valet taking two horses to bathe, sitting atop one horse in a river, the other beside him to right

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a large twisted tree at right and a rider on horseback seen from behind at lower left.

A large tree at right, a man on horseback at left, seen from behind riding towards the left, plate 18 from "Various f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a horseman watering his horse at a fountain beside ruins, with a second rider in the distance.

A rider making his horse drink from a basin of a fountain at left, another horseman seen from behind riding towards t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a peasant in a hat walking right with a bundle and basket, a horse descending a hill behind him among trees.

Plate 11: A peasant wearing a hat at center, walking towards the right, a horse descending a mountain to right in the…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of animals including cattle, sheep and a dog gathering near trees, with a distant village and boat at left.

Entry of the animals into Noah's ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650-55

Engraved battle scene of Roman soldiers and horses fighting, with horn-players and fallen warriors in the foreground.

Roman soldiers fighting against Dacians, battle scene in shallow depth with horses and horn-players (after a bas-reli…

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1553

Brown wash drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross, with a crowd, a mounted rider, and a temple.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Otto van Veen, ca. 1595

Engraving of a woman in a robe beside a birdcage, with a parrot on a branch above and songbirds on a perch behind her.

Air, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of two robed children seated beneath a gnarled tree with a large hanging fruit and foliage.

Taste

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a robe, each holding a small animal, beside a tree and a fan.

Touch

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman nursing an infant in a rustic room with children, a dog, chickens and a wicker basket.

Plate 1: Young Woman Feeding her Infant, from Premier Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (First Book of Subjects and Pasto…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a shepherd teasing a sleeping shepherdess with straw, with sheep, a dog and a thatched hut in a wooded pastoral se

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a waterfall between rocky cliffs with cattle, goats and a seated woman under trees in the foreground.

A waterfall descending from the mountains in the center background, various animals and a woman and child beneath a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a woman riding a mule with a peasant, a fisherman at a river, and a stone bridge among hills and trees.

A mule carrying a woman and a peasant walking with a mule to left, a fisherman to right casting his line towards the…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching in a circle: a peasant woman on horseback leads a herd of cows, sheep, goats and dogs across a landscape.

A peasant woman seated on a horse to left, facing right, surrounded by a herd of cows, goats, sheep, and dogs, from "…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching in a circle of satyrs and a faun watching children dance beside a leafy wooded landscape.

Two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs and another satyr with an child on his shoulders danc…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of two horsemen and a walking man descending a hill toward a castle set among jagged mountains.

Two horsemen descend a hill in center, following another man on foot, a castle in the mountains in the center backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Circular etching of cows in a river landscape with two women at left, trees and hills behind.

Two cows in center, followed by two peasant women and other cows in the river to left, from "Six Animal Subjects" (Si…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a woman carrying a child across a river beside cows, with a second woman at right and mountains behind, in a circu

A woman carrying a child in center, seen from behind, another woman to right, facing left, following a group of cows…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a cow drinking at a fountain beside a standing shepherd woman, with a large tree and distant building.

A cow in center drinking from a fountain adorned with the Medici coat of arms at left, accompanied by a shepherd stan…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching in a circle of a shepherd with a staff herding cattle and goats downhill, with a mountain in the distance.

A shepherd at right, facing left, driving a group of animals downhill, from "Six Animal Subjects" (Six Sujets d'Animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a large tree in a landscape with a fisherman, two horsemen in a stream, and castle ruins in the distance.

Plate 6: a fisherman carrying a net to left, two horsemen in a stream to right, a tree in center, castle ruins to rig…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a shepherd on horseback crossing a stream with dogs and goats, a large tree at left and hills behind.

A shepherd on horseback in the middle of a stream, dogs, goats and cows follow, a large tree to left and mountains to…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of a tall leaning tree with a seated fisherman at its base, a horse and rider on a path, and distant hills.

A fisherman leaning against a large tree, a woman walking next to a horse in the background, from "Four large landsca…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of a large gnarled tree at left, a rider on horseback at right, and a distant city beneath hatched clouds.

A woman on horseback descending a hill, a large tree to the left, landscape of Florence in the background, from "Four…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of two horsemen in cloaks riding on a hill as wind bends trees in a forest, in a circular frame.

Plate 3: a gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, the wind blowing, from "Roman landscapes and rui…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Circular etching of shepherds with cattle and sheep beside a ruined monument, a Corinthian capital and distant ruins.

Plate 4: a Corinthian capital on the ground, a monument with figures in low relief, various animals and two shepherds…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a grazing horse, a mare nursing a foal, and a seated figure beside a pyramid and ruins in a circular frame.

Plate 11: the pyramid of Caius Cestius, a horse grazing, a foal suckling a mare, a seated shepherd and another standi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48