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796 works

Etching of a bearded penitent man praying on a rock in a wooded wilderness, with hatched shading.

Praying male penitent in the wilderness

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640

Pen and brown ink sketch of allegorical figures on a rocky hillside with trees, including standing women and reclining old me

Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Etching of armored Mars with a helmet, Venus leaning on a tree, and a winged Cupid at her feet in a landscape.

Mars, Venus, and Cupid

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Etching of an armored man bound with rope to a tree trunk, with dense foliage and roots around him.

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree

Salvator Rosa, 1661

Pen and brown wash drawing of travelers on a road beside a tree, one man in a hat leaning on a staff.

Travelers on a Road

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Etching of Saint Sebastian seated nude at a tree, pierced by arrows, with a winged putto holding a palm above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated male figure with a lyre beside a leafy tree under clouds.

Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1661

Pencil sketch of two large bare trees over a woodland scene with figures near a tent and cattle on a path.

Landscape with cattle and figures; sketch for the Rustic Courtship

Gainsborough Dupont, 1755-97

Etching of Saint Sebastian, nude and pierced by arrows, tied to a tree while a cherub holding a palm descends above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639 or after

Etching of Jason in flowing drapery wrestling a winged dragon beneath trees, with shield and sword.

Jason and the Dragon

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1663-64

Graphite drawing of a wooded landscape with a standing man, seated woman, dog, fence and small cottage.

Landscape with Figures

George Frost, 18th or early 19th century

Etching of a gnarled tree with leafy branches above grazing cattle, sheep, and seated figures in a wooded landscape.

Spring, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Engraving of a nude male figure seated on a tree stump in an arched niche, playing pan pipes.

Olympus naked seated on a tree stump holding pipes, set within a niche

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of nude Adam offering fruit to Eve beside trees, with a village and church spire in the background.

Adam and Eve flanked by two trees, a town in the background

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1512-14

Etching of a leaning bare tree, goats on a hill, figures in hats at left and a wooden shed at right.

Winter, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Engraving of a nude woman seated by palm trees, bending to her foot, with a hare and distant town in the landscape.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth next to trees, a hare lower right

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin kneeling before the Christ Child, shepherds, a stable and a lands

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1504

Engraving of a bearded penitent man kneeling beside a lion among rocky cliffs and pine trees, with a distant castle.

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1496

Engraving of a seated nude Venus removing a thorn from her foot beside palms, with a hare and river landscape.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass before her

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and the young John the Baptist beneath a palm tree in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and John the Baptist, called 'The Virgin of the Palm Tree'

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-25

Woodcut of Christ kneeling before an angel with a chalice while disciples sleep nearby and soldiers approach in the distance.

Christ on the Mount of Olives, from The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497-99

Engraving of nude Venus pulling a thorn from her foot beside trees, with a hare eating grass and a river landscape behind.

Venus removing a thorn from her left foot while seated on a cloth beside trees and foliage, a hare eating grass befor…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Virgin with outspread arms standing over the dead Christ lying on a stone ledge, with a landscape behind.

The Pietà: the Virgin standing over the dead Christ, her hands outspread

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1515-17

Engraving of a frightened naiad recoiling from a lion-headed fountain beside a palm tree and cypresses.

The Frightened Naïad (Une naïade échevelée recule d'efroi à la vue d'un lion)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Engraving of Jupiter and Semele embracing with an eagle, a tree with a hanging tablet, and a winged putto with a thunderbolt.

Jupiter and Semele embracing, an eagle beneath them, a tree at right with a blank tablet hanging from a branch, a win…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of John the Baptist with halo, holding a cross-topped staff, standing between two tree trunks in a woodland setting

John the Baptist holding a staff, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Etching of a seated nymph on a shell fountain with a cherub, water falling over dolphin heads, framed by trees.

The Seated Nymph (Une fontaine avec une naïade assise sur une conque)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Engraving of a nude nymph combing her hair on a rock while Pan peers through leafy branches behind a tree.

Pan spying of the nymph Syrinx who is seated on a rock, combing her hair

Marco Dente, ca. 1516-20

Engraving of Saint Sebastian with a halo, bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, with a loincloth and bare torso.

Saint Sebastian tied to tree pierced with arrows, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy forest with lightning, a standing rider and a fallen dead horse in the foreground.

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape