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16,170 works

Etching of a bullfighter in white gripping a charging bull by the horns in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a man vaulting over a charging bull in a bullring with a pole, spectators watching from the stands.

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a mounted bullfighter striking a bull in an arena while spectators watch from the stands behind a barrier.

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a picador on horseback with a pike facing a bull in an arena, with other riders and figures in the background.

Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching with blue wash of a woman walking a riverside path at night beside street lamps, with a crescent moon and Notre Dame

Decoration for a Plate: Notre Dame

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Watercolor drawing of a dancer in an ornate costume holding a tambourine and wand, with urns in the background.

Miss Horton as Morgana

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, 1830-44

Etching of men seated at tables in an open café under an awning, with wine bottles and glasses on the tables.

Soupe à trois sous

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Engraving of a laureate emperor on a pedestal gesturing to an SPQR standard with an eagle, beside armored soldiers.

Emperor addressing his Soldiers

Antonio Fantuzzi, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of Saint Thomas with a halo, holding a carpenter's square and a book, in a draped robe.

Saint Thomas

Master FVB, ca. 1490-1500

Etching of a vaulted chamber with a stone staircase, skeletons, stacked skulls, clay jars, and a despairing man at right.

Prison Scene

Francesco Piranesi, n.d.

Mezzotint oval portrait of a bewigged clergyman in a dark robe and white collar, with Latin inscription below.

Cottonus Matheris (Cotton Mather)

Peter Pelham, 1728

Watercolor and pen drawing of a Gothic church interior with an ornate carved altarpiece, tall columns, and wooden pews.

Interior of Saint Severin Church in Erfurt

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1855

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church interior with a woman carrying a child, kneeling women, children, and monks.

Saint Elizabeth Carrying Her First-born Son to the Church

Ludwig Emil Grimm, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of a father embracing his barefoot son in a stone courtyard, with onlookers on a balcony and in doorways.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1830-35

Page of nine small religious etchings including Holy Family scenes, with a green-tinted central print of the Virgin and Child

The Holy Family

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1538-42 (?)

Two versions of an etching of figures in robes reaching up toward quails flying overhead, a biblical scene.

Moses Showing the Quails to the Israelites

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545

Etching on a page with a shepherd and sheep by a fire above, and men hauling a net from a boat below.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-52 (?)

Album page with five prints; lower right shows a father embracing a kneeling son in a doorway scene with robed onlookers.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1536-40

Etching with two scenes: a crowd in a temple above, and a nativity with a mother, infant and adoring figures below.

The Presentation in the Temple

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45 (?)

Etching of the Nativity: Virgin with infant Christ in a manger, surrounded by adoring figures in a stone-walled stable.

The Nativity

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1558-60

Etching of the Presentation in the Temple with a priest, infant, and crowd of figures before a classical doorway.

The Presentation in the Temple

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1543-46

Etching of Christ with women on a staircase, plus a Nativity scene above, on an album page.

Christ and the Women on the Staircase

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1541-44 (?)

Etching of two men in clogs digging a trench with shovels in an open field under a cloudy sky.

The Diggers

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1855

Etching of a woman in a headscarf working a wooden churn with a long plunger against a dark background.

The Churner

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1886

Etching of Christ healing lepers, with a central robed figure among a crowd and a group of reaching figures in the foreground

Christ Healing the Lepers

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545 (?)

Woodcut-style prints of crowded figures, including a nude central figure surrounded by bearded men and drapery.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1556-57 (?)

Woodcut of mourners grieving over a draped dead body on rocky ground, with a second scene of struggling soldiers above.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Andrea Schiavone, 1550s

Saint Cecilia with a halo, holding an ornate harp beside a tree, in a green gown and red mantle, with a river and crescent mo

Saint Cecilia

Gustave Moreau, ca. 1890-95

Pen and wash drawing of a stone staircase under a stone arch, with a woman in a long dress climbing the steps.

The Curving Stair

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1778-79

Seated man in red coat and powdered wig beside a bookstand in an elegant room with a window and fireplace, drawn in watercolo

Jean-Pierre de Bougainville

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1760