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Drawing of a draped grey cloth with soft folds, shaded in black chalk and highlighted in white on blue-grey paper.

Study of Drapery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1813

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall in a wooded landscape, with a mother and child seated on a rock at lower left.

Landscape with Waterfall and a Mother and Child

Johann Peter Beer, 1800

Portrait of Julius Olivier, the Artist's Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1846

Pen drawing of the risen Christ with a banner rising above tumbling soldiers, with a tomb in the upper left.

The Resurrection

Bernard van Orley, early 16th century

Engraved print of putti, musicians and lily stems rising through clouds beneath a sunburst, framed by ornamental borders.

Morning, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraved allegorical print of a seated woman with cherubs under a floral arch, with a lily and daisy wreath above.

Day, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraved print of a haloed female figure among playing cherubs, roses and stars within an ornamental border.

Evening, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraving of a veiled female figure with cherubs above a sunflower, owls and sleeping figures in a botanical border.

Night, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Watercolor botanical study of a red catchfly with blue and red flowers, green leaves and a branching stem on pale paper.

Study of a red catchfly (Lychnis hirsuta)

Herman Saftleven, 1680

Grey wash allegory: a seated woman with brushes is crowned by a putto, flanked by a woman and a man with a compass.

An Allegory of the Arts with Isis and Geometry Attending the Three-headed Figure of Painting and Sculpture, a Putto C…

Erasmus Quellinus, 17th century

Etching of a feathered-hat man leading a horse by the bridle, with a rear view of a sword-bearing man and a head study.

A Pole Holding a Horse by the Bridle

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a turbaned rider on horseback leading another horse through shallow water, with a distant hill behind.

A Polish Groom Bathing Horses

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Four Turks and a Black Man

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Four Turks, Half Length

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a young woman in flowing drapery holding a rein on a bull, with dynamic hatched lines.

Young Woman Trying to Stop a Bull

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of an old man being pulled by a shrouded skeletal Death holding an hourglass, within an oval frame.

Death Dragging an Old Man to His Tomb

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece design with an empty oval cartouche, figures, a coat of arms and a ship.

Design for a Frontispiece with an Allegory of Brazil

Ottmar Elliger the Younger, late 17th-mid-18th century

Two sailors in caps and cloaks beside a bale on a quay, with moored boats and a distant ship in the harbor.

Two sailors with a bale of merchandise

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Pen drawing of a turbaned rider leading a second horse across open ground, with a hill in the distance.

Polish Groom Bathing Horses

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Two Turks in Turbans

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Watercolor study of insects and a fungus cluster with moss and a horsetail stalk on a pale background.

Various Insects by a Fungus

Rochus van Veen, 1681

Etching of a skeleton rider on a galloping horse blowing a trumpet, with a skeletal crowd and battle scene below.

Death on horseback holding a trumpet, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a skeletal Death figure with a flying cloak carrying off a woman, ruins and figures in the background.

Death carrying off a woman, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of an elderly bald man with a curly beard looking straight ahead, with fine hatched lines shading his face.

Head of Old Man

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a grotesque bearded man's face with pointed ears, curly beard, and bald head, viewed frontally.

Mask

Stefano Della Bella

Etched oval rebus with cupids, a glove, a ring and figures, framed by drapery above a landscape with ruins.

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Engraving of a woman in a headdress riding a chariot drawn by two armored animals, with French text below.

Allegory of America, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved card of a standing figure with a feathered headdress holding a torch, labeled Castille d'or, by Stefano della Bella.

Gold Coast, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched playing card of a feathered figure holding a staff, with a French caption naming Popayan below.

Popayan, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a feathered figure holding plants, numbered 3, labeled Brezil with French text below.

Brazil, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a narrow Paris street with a Gothic church spire at the end, a crowd in the foreground and tall buildings on both

La Rue des Chantres, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of a narrow Paris street with tall buildings and a distant Gothic church spire, with small figures in the foreground.

La Rue des Chantres (Rue des Chantres, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of a Paris street with a turreted corner house, pedestrians, a cart, and winged figures flying overhead.

Tourelle Rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 22 (House with a Turret, No 22, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris) (called the T…

Charles Meryon, 1861 or later

Etching of the Pont-au-Change in Paris with riverside houses, a stone embankment wall, boats, and figures on the shore.

Le Pont-au-Change, vers 1784 (Pont-au-Change, Paris, circa 1784)

Charles Meryon, 1855

Etching of playful children gathered before a thatched cottage and bare tree, with swans on water beyond.

L'Hiver from the Four Seasons

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735

Etched playing card of a feathered figure holding a woven shield and staff, titled Chile, with French caption text below.

Chile, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a standing feathered warrior holding a spear, with French caption text below describing Quivira.

Quivira, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched figure in feathered headdress and fringed garment holding a bow, with French caption 'Floride' below.

Floride, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a standing feathered figure holding a bow, with French descriptive text about Virginia below.

Virginia, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched playing card numbered 10 showing a feathered female figure with a bow, quiver and spear, with French text beneath.

New France, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a plumed rider in a flowing cloak on a rearing horse, raising a long lance, with French text below.

Mexico, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched print of a rider with a spear on a galloping horse, with a winged figure above and French text below.

Peru, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Bacchus with a leafy wreath and animal skin, walking beside a large dog, with an urn and tree at left.

Bacchus, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of draped figures on the ground beneath two archers with bows in clouds, from Stefano della Bella's 1644 Game of Myth

Niobe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pygmalion seated beside a standing female statue on a pedestal, with Cupid with bow in the upper left.

Pygmalion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of two running figures on open ground, one holding a golden apple, with trees and distant figures in the background.

Hippomenes and Atalanta, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Amphion seated on a mound playing a lyre, with a walled city of towers in the background.

Amphion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Neptune in a crown with a trident riding a shell chariot pulled by a sea horse over waves.

Neptune, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pallas in plumed helmet with Medusa shield beside a seated figure, with a pyramid and trees in the background.

Pallas, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Loose black ink and ochre sketch of a reclining nude woman with a black cat beside her on a bed.

Olympia

Édouard Manet, 1923

Etching of Mercury in a plumed helmet and winged sandals, holding a caduceus, standing in a hilly landscape with a shrub.

Mercury, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a woman and child by a pond with frog-like figures in the water and a dog at lower left, in a hilly landscape.

Latona, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of armored Pallas pointing at seated Arachne beside a spider web, with draped curtains behind them.

Pallas et Arachne, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a draped woman drinking from a bowl while a child reaches toward her, with a second woman and trees behind.

Ceres, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Danäe reclining on a bed as golden coins fall from a cloud while a servant and winged figure attend her.

Jupiter and Danäe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of two mythological figures in a landscape, a man and a woman holding a spear, with a dog beside her.

Cephalus and Procris, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Arion playing a lyre while riding a dolphin over choppy sea waves under hatched sky.

Arion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Perseus holding Medusa's severed head and a shield beside a fallen body, with rocky hatched background.

Persée et Méduse

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a winged figure carrying a woman with flowing hair through swirling clouds.

Boreas and Oreithyia, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a woman in flowing drapery riding a bull through rough sea waves, with small distant figures on the shore.

Jupiter and Europa, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a woman on a rock raising her arm toward a distant sailing ship on the sea.

Theseus and Ariadne, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a youth with flowing hair riding a flying eagle over rocky mountains and clouds.

Jupiter and Ganymede, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a man in a headscarf gesturing to a seated woman leaning on a pedestal, in a garden with arched hedges and cypress

Vertumnus and Pomona, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Phaeton's overturned chariot and plunging horses falling through clouds toward a sea and hillside landscape.

Phaeton, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644