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Engraving of a musketeer in a plumed hat shaking powder from a matchlock musket's pan, with bandolier and pike beside him.

A soldier shaking the powder from the top of the pan, from the Musketeers series, plate 19, in "Wapenhandelinghe van…

Jacob de Gheyn II

Engraving of a plumed soldier in armour holding a pike horizontally across his shoulders, facing right.

The second movement for bringing the pike on to the shoulder and holding it horizontally, from the Lansquenet series,…

Jacob de Gheyn II

Engraving of a nude youth crowned with cypress branches beside a wounded stag in an oval woodland scene.

Cyparissus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Etching of a ship-shaped parade float in an oval arena with riders, crowds in stands, and an eagle emblem atop a rocky hill.

Parade float in the form of a ship, coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Modena at top

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a procession with horses and camels entering a city, with a crowned coat of arms at the left edge.

Plate 1: The Entrance of the Polish Ambassador into Rome, the Medici coat of arms at left

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etching of a pastoral caravan with donkeys, sheep, and travelers moving along a rocky ridge under clouds.

The Journey of Jacob in Egypt

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Cosimo de Medici, Prince of Tuscany, and His Wife, Marguerite Louise d'Orleans

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Etching of a curly-haired boy with a halo biting fruit, holding a staff, beside a grazing animal in an oval landscape.

Saint John the Baptist Biting a Piece of Fruit

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a haloed young Saint John the Baptist with a fur garment, staff and lamb, by Stefano della Bella.

Saint John the Baptist holding his folded robe

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a child with a halo eating fruit beside a grazing sheep, with a staff and an open landscape behind.

Saint John the Baptist eating a piece of fruit, an oval composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Round etching of the Virgin and Child with the infant Saint John holding a cross-shaped staff, against hatched background.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John, a round composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a feathered-cap figure leading a horse by the bridle beside two men, one seen from behind, in hatched lines.

A Pole Leading a Horse by the Bridle and Speaking with Two Other Men

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Charles Henri Plantade

Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de La Richardière, 1806

Engraving of Triptolemus holding a grain basket beside a winged dragon, with a barn and tree in an oval frame.

Triptolemus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Engraving of Sylvanus, god of the woods, with goat legs and a leaf crown holding a palm branch, in an oval landscape.

Sylvanus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Engraved view of overgrown Roman ruins with broken arches, walls and tiny figures in the foreground.

View of ruins, possibly the Baths of Caracalla, from "The Small book of Roman ruins and buildings" (Operum antiquorum…

Hieronymus Cock, 1561

Etching of Roman ruins on the Palatine Hill with a tall brick tower, arched walls, and overgrown vegetation under clouds.

View of ruins on the Palatine Hill with trabeated facade at left and arcades at center, from "The Ruins of Rome" (Pra…

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with broken columns, arcades, and a large arch, with small figures and rubble in the foreground.

View of unidentified ruins with trabeated facade at left, arcades at center, and arch at right, from "The Roman Ruins…

Hieronymus Cock, 1551

Engraving of the Capitoline Hill square with an equestrian statue, a palace staircase, colonnades and small figures and horse

View of the Campidoglio on the Capitoline Hill, with equestrian statue at lower right, from "The Small book of Roman…

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1562

Etching of Roman Forum ruins with columns and arches, a hunting scene with dogs and deer in the foreground, and a large tree

View of the Roman Forum, looking toward the Palatine Hill, from "The Small book of Roman ruins and buildings" (Operum…

Hieronymus Cock, 1562

Etching of a river landscape with ruined buildings on a hill, two cows and a seated herder in the foreground.

Les Deux Vaches Au Bord De L'Eau

Etching of a thatched farmhouse with a wooden door, a leaning tree, and small figures on a path under clouds.

Landscape with Farmhouse

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1613

Etching of fishermen collecting crabs and shellfish from tidal flats and boats, with a distant town and church towers.

1 of 8 plates on Hunting and Fishing

Etching of drinking men beside a jug, one man in a feathered hat pouring wine, two figures sprawled on the ground.

Pleasures of Occupation

Cornelis Bloemaert

Etching of two ballet dancers in tutus on a stage with audience and candle-holding statues, with a height scale below.

The Charmers of the Age

Richard Livesay, March 1, 1782

Engraved interior scene of four men in period dress around a curtained bed with a seated woman, with a Latin caption below.

The Discovery

Samuel Ireland, 1788

Etching of a herdsman on horseback driving cattle and goats across a stream below a rocky cliff, with a woman carrying a chil

Le Troupeau Traversant Le Ruisseau

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Etching of two men on a rocky outlook beside a tall spruce, overlooking a wooded valley, village and distant hills.

Two Men on a Rock Terrace

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of cloaked figures in a dark landscape, one man covering his face and a woman gesturing forward.

The Exhortations, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Brown wash drawing of a man with closed eyes, curly hair and high collar, inscribed Benjamin Mocatta at top.

Portrait of Benjamin Mocatta (1802-1865)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 19th century

Engraved alpine valley with cliffs, fields and village, plus a castle, a shrine and an inscription cartouche below.

The Inn Valley from the series Civitates Orbis Terrarum, vol. V, plate 59

Simon Novellanus, 1590

Etching of a stage set with trees and rocks, a central figure and attendants walking a path under a cloudy sky.

View of the scene in which is represented the Judgment of Paris (Prospettiva della scena in cui si rappresentò il Giu…

Remigio Cantagallina, 1608

Circular engraving of an alchemist's laboratory with a kneeling scholar, furnaces, flasks, and a ring of Latin text.

The Alchemist's Laboratory from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae

Peter van der Doort, n.d.

Circular engraved Kabbalistic diagram with Hebrew letters, Latin text, a central figure, rays and clouds.

Scheme of Christian Kabbalism from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae

Peter van der Doort, n.d.

Circular alchemical diagram with concentric text rings, a central globe labeled Chaos, and a winged figure in the middle.

The Philosopher's Stone from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae

Peter van der Doort, n.d.

Engraved concentric diagram with Latin and Hebrew text, a central triangle, a figure and an open book, from Khunrath's Amphit

Syzygy or the Conjunction of the Macrocosmic Unity with the Microcosmic Triunity from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum…

Peter van der Doort, n.d.

Engraving of a frieze-like procession of satyrs, children and robed figures beneath draped curtains, with a banquet scene at

Frieze-like composition of figures walking alongside draped curtains: at left satyrs and children bear a statue of Ba…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etched frieze of draped women carrying offerings in procession, with a man sacrificing a ram at an altar on the right.

Frieze-like procession of draped women bearing offerings and horns, at right a man cuts a ram's throat before an alta…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etching of a frieze-like procession of satyrs, draped figures, goats and a cow led to sacrifice beneath grapevines.

Procession of satyrs and draped figures leading two goats and cow to sacrifice, at right the figure of Pan stands on…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etched frieze of draped dancers, basket-bearing women, musicians and a bound satyr on a pyre beneath garlands.

Procession of draped female dancers, women bearing baskets, and male musicians, at right a satyr lies bound on a pyre…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Engraved frieze of classical figures, archers, an altar with a sacrifice, goats, and garlands, by Pierre Brebiette.

Plate 4 from "Les Grandes Frises"

Pierre Brébiette, Before 1626

Etching of satyrs and dancing nymphs in a garlanded bacchanal, with a banquet table at right and a putto playing a pipe.

Plate 5 from "Les Grandes Frises"

Pierre Brébiette, Before 1626

Etching of a classical bacchanal with nymphs, satyrs, putti and goats among vines, by Pierre Brebiette.

Plate 6 from "Les Grandes Frises"

Pierre Brébiette, Before 1626

Engraved frieze of draped women, a lion, a donkey and goats in a procession under hanging garlands.

Procession of draped women leading captives and animals, at left Envy rides a lion, at right Silenus rides a donkey,…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Engraved frieze of putti, satyrs, Silenus on a leopard skin, and a donkey being shod beneath grapevines and a bust.

Composition of figures between a Pan herm and a sculpted bust: at left putti carry grapevines, at center a satyr supp…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etching of Ceres sowing seed behind a goat-drawn plough, with a lion-skinned man and embracing satyr figures on the right.

Ceres sows seeds and walks behind a goat-drawn plough, at right a man draped with a lion skin grasps a woman's garmen…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etching of a bacchanal with young Bacchus reaching for grapes, satyrs, putti, a donkey, and a goat nursing a child in a grove

Bacchanal with young Bacchus grasping grapes in his raised left hand; at left a satyr, putti, and a donkey crowd arou…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etched frieze with satyrs riding a goat, putti with a bow, a woman struggling at left, and a pedestal among trees.

Composition with three figure groups: at left a woman struggles with a male assailant, at center a female satyr and m…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Etching of mythological figures in a landscape: a satyr with a bow, a draped woman, Mercury, nude figures on a goat, and a st

Composition of figures arranged in a landscape foreground before a statue of a female goddess, at left two nude figur…

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1617-25

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of a woman holding a severed bearded head by the hair, with a servant behind her.

Judith

Ludolf Büsinck

Etching of a bearded old beggar in ragged clothes leaning on a walking stick, looking over his shoulder.

Bearded man, dressed in rags, holding his head with one hand and a walking stick with the other, from "The Beggars" (…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1622-23

Etching of a ship with tritons and mermaids in the sea, a tree with the Golden Fleece over a dragon, and a winged Fame blowin

The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mer…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of soldiers sacking a village with burning houses, a church behind, carts, fleeing villagers and driven livestock.

Plate 7: A town being sacked with church in the background, from "The Large Miseries of War" (Les misères et les malh…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1633

Etching of a stone building with an arched gateway beside a river, with fishermen in boats and a distant town under a rising

Landscape with water-mill and figures fishing in boat on the left river on the right, from "Italian landscapes" (Dive…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Etching of a naval battle with sailing ships, smoke rising from ruined rocky battlements, and a distant town on the coast.

Naval battle with ruined ship and smoking battlements, from "Italian landscapes" (Diverse vedute designate in Fiorenz…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Etching of figures and a mounted rider beside a river and arched bridge, with farmhouses, rocky hills and a large tree.

Walking and mounted figures surrounding a river traversed by a bridge, with a hilly outcrop and windmill, from "Itali…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Engraving of a circular garden fountain with a cascading jet, statues in arched niches, and figures among tall trees.

Book IV, plate 7: the fountain of the Tiburtine sibyl in the garden at Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from "The fountains of t…

Giovanni Francesco Venturini, ca. 1676-1700

Etching of a Florentine church interior with a tall candle-lit catafalque, mourners, draped columns, and skeleton figures at

Catafalque of the Emperor Mathias with performance of funeral inside the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etching of a travelling procession with plumed riders, cloaked women with infants, and walkers carrying long poles across an

The Marching Gypsies (Les bohémiens en marche), also called The Advance Guard (L'avant-garde)

Jacques Callot, 1621-31

Etching of a travelling caravan with a cart, mounted riders, a cracking whip, and many figures walking on foot.

The marching gypsies: the rear guard (Les bohémiens en marche: l'arrière-garde), also called The Departure (Le départ…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1592-1635

Etching of a roadside halt with fortune-tellers, a cart, a thatched barn and a horseback rider beneath a large tree.

The stopping place of the gypsies: the fortune-tellers (La Halte des bohémiens: les diseuses de bonne aventure), from…

Jacques Callot, 1621-31

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the infant Jesus as a kneeling king offers a gift, with a procession behind.

Adoration of the Magi, with Mary bracing Jesus with her right hand and reaching for a gift with her left

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-35

Etching of bathers in a river beside an arched stone building, with a rowing boat and distant town under cloudy sky.

View of bathers and a large building at the right, from "Italian landscapes" (Diverse vedute designate in Fiorenza /…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Etching of hunters on horses and foot chasing hounds and a stag past stone buildings on a hill.

Hunters on horses and on foot, with hounds pursuing a stag, and two buildings in a hilly landscape, from "Italian lan…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-35

Engraving of two plumed riders on decorated horses, one with a trumpet and banner, the other with a baton, beneath a floating

Plate 30 from "Course des Tetes et Bagues"

François Chauveau, ca. 1662

Etching of a harbor with a colonnade, stone towers, sailing ships, and figures working boats on the shore.

Harbor with rising sun, figures in foreground, colonnade on left

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1634

Etching of a harbor with a large round tower at left, moored sailing ships, and figures carrying cargo on the shore.

Harbor with large tower at left, and figures in the foreground

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-40

Etched landscape with large trees on the right, figures on a bank, and a distant town with spires across water.

A landscape with a monk and an angel in the center, a town to the left (The Vision)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630-40

Etching of a shepherd and shepherdess with cattle and goats in a wooded landscape, a bridge and boat on a river beyond.

Shepherd and shepherdess conversing in a landscape, with a bridge in the background

Claude Lorrain, ca.1650-55

Engraved ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls and a central urn held by two putti, dated ca. 1777.

Design for a Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Vase with Two Putti in the Center

Le Roy, ca. 1777

Portrait of a Man

Louis Lafitte, 1793

Engraved horizontal frieze with acanthus scrolls, grape vines, and a central urn filled with fruit flanked by lion heads.

Design for a Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Vase in the Center

Gilles Paul Cauvet, ca. 1777

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of nymphs surprised near a bath, with a reclining river god in the foreground.

Diana Surprised at her Bath

Hans Rottenhammer, after 1610

Engraved frontispiece with two seated allegorical women flanking a title cartouche, coat of arms and laurel branches above.

Frontispiece from "Fiesole Destroyed" (Fiesole Distrutta)

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving with six cameo-style scenes of mythological figures, putti, dolphins, horses, a triton and a seated man on a sea cr

Six subjects after antique cameos: female figures tending to a seated male figure; putti and dolphins; female figure…

Battista Franco Veneziano

Etching of a reclining bearded man draped in cloth, arm around a rock, with a reed cross in the foreground.

John the Baptist, lying on the ground naked except for a cloth covering his thighs, with his right arm curled around…

Battista Franco Veneziano

Engraving of Neptune raising a conch shell, with a seated triton at left and another figure rising from waves at lower right.

Seated Neptune holding a conch shell to his mouth, accompanied by a seated triton and another emerging from the water…

Etched landscape with a multi-arched bridge over a river, small boats, large trees, a rocky foreground and figures.

Landscape with bridge traversing a river occupied with three small boats, one of which is encroaching the near river…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, ca. 1626-80

Engraved landscape of robed travelers on a road toward a walled town, framed by a border of flowers and animals.

The Sending Out of the Apostles

Adriaen Collaert, ca. 1584

Etching of a woman with raised arms among hooded figures at a dark doorway, with a pale ghostly figure at left.

'Poor Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Engraving of a young woman with windswept hair embracing a classical column, draped in flowing cloth on grass.

A young woman personifying Force or Strength holding a column

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Etched title page with a drawn theater curtain, the inscription Il Nino Figlio Tragedia, a coat of arms, and an audience belo

Title page for "The Child Nino" (Il Nino Figlio), a stage with the curtain drawn, the coat of arms of the duke of Mod…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1655

Engraving of three seated muses reading books beneath a flying putto in a cruciform composition.

Three Muses seated underneath a flying putto who gestures downward, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight c…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1560-69

Engraving of three seated muses reading a book beneath a flying putto holding a lyre, in a cruciform composition.

Three Muses seated below a flying putto who grasps a lyre with both hands, a cruciform composition, from a series of…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1560-69

Engraving of Venus, Cupid and two goddesses reclining on a cloud with putti in an oval frame.

Venus and Cupid and two other goddesses seated on a cloud under an arch and accompanied by a putto, an oval compositi…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1560-69

Engraving of reclining goddesses on clouds, with a child and fruit at right, in an oval composition.

Juno and two goddesses reclining on clouds with two child figures and fruits at right, an oval composition, from a se…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1560-69

Engraving of mythological gods reclining on a cloud, one holding a trident and another wearing a helmet, in an oval frame.

Apollo, Neptune, Pluto, and Athena seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight compo…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1560-69

Engraving of four mythological male figures, some wearing grape wreaths, seated on a cloud within an oval frame.

Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, and another god seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1560-69

Engraving of a seated sibyl with an open book on a lectern, holding a vessel, with crosshatched shading.

Sibyl seated before an open book upon which she rests her left hand, she twists her face away from the book and holds…

Antonio Fantuzzi

Engraving of a draped female figure holding a flute, standing on a pedestal, by Antonio Fantuzzi.

Euterpe

Antonio Fantuzzi

Engraving of a Frascati hall with a fountain of Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus and small figures on the tiled floor.

Stanza di Venti nel Teatro di Belvedere di Frascati

Giovanni Battista Falda, 1660-78

Etching of the god Pan seated nude, holding pan pipes aloft, gazing upward beside a wall with foliage and clouds.

Seated Pan holding a pipe in his left hand

Odoardo Fialetti, 1600-30

Engraving of Mars seated on a wall, holding a flaming torch aloft, with armor and a sword at his feet.

Mars, seated on a wall and holding a flame in his right hand, with armor below

Odoardo Fialetti, 1600-30

Etching of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John and a lamb on a hillside, with a distant town and mountains.

Seated Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and a lamb on a hillside

Orazio Farinati, 1580-1616

Engraving of the sleeping winged Cupid lying beside a tree, with his bow and quiver nearby, against a rocky background.

Sleeping Cupid

Paolo Farinati, ca. 1560-1606

Etching of a reclining bearded man with a staff, a small winged figure, and a standing draped woman beside a tree and pedesta

Saturn, Eros, and a Woman

Giuseppe Diamantini, 1650-1700