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Etching of two horsemen galloping along a road past a thatched cottage and trees, with a seated figure at right.

Plate 9: two horsemen at left galloping uphill towards the right, a horse and seated man to right, from 'Various land…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a seated draughtsman, a shepherd, grazing cattle and goats beside ruins and a tree in a broad landscape.

Plate 12: a seated draughtsman to left, a standing shepherd next to him to right, ruins and animals to the right, a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Horse, plate 21 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of a shepherdess with a bundle beside a horned goat grazing on a grassy hillside, with a second goat below.

Shepherdess herding goats, plate 14 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man in a velvet cap and folded robe, holding a pen over a book.

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in historical dress

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1818-28

Sepia wash drawing of a high priest, a turbaned woman and a kneeling boy around a draped table on a pedestal.

A High-Priest, the Prophetess Anna (?) and a Kneeling Boy around a Table

Anton Kern, 1745

Pen and wash drawing of two women and three men gathered around a table, one man in a patterned orange robe, with a spaniel.

Two Women and Three Men Playing Cards

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 18th-early 19th century

Lithograph of a seated desert Arab in a turban beside a saddled horse, with an attendant holding a spear and a small dog.

Arabe du Desert

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1817

Engraving of two haloed saints, one standing in draped robes and one kneeling with bare torso, cut from a larger scene.

Saint John and Saint Jerome (fragment from a Crucifixion)

Francesco Rosselli, ca. 1490s

Plate 10: two heads of old soldiers wearing helmets, both facing left and looking downwards, from "The principles of…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a large ostrich fleeing across rocky ground as dogs chase it, with a rider and second ostrich behind.

Ostrich hunt, from 'Animal hunts' (Chasses à différents animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Etching of a shocked soldier in a helmet beside a wide-eyed man in a fur hat, both showing fear.

Frightened Soldier and a Man in a Fur Hat

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652

Etching of a large bull in the foreground with cattle and a herdsman in the background on rough ground.

Cow, plate 8 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of satyrs playing pipes on rocks with a crowd and dancing women below, frontispiece for Scarron's works, 1649.

Frontispiece for Les Oeuvres de Scarron

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of a galley with sails beside a stone quay, cannons in the foreground, and figures disembarking from rowboats in a ha

A galley covered in sails to left, six cannons and four people to left in foreground, one man seated at far left smok…

Stefano Della Bella, 1655

Etching of Livorno harbor with a statue on a pedestal, large ships at both sides, and busy quayside figures and rowboats.

Port of Livorno with Statue of Ferdinand I, from 'Views of the port of Livorno' (Vues du port de Livourne)

Stefano Della Bella, 1655

Etching of a galley departing a crowded harbor quay, with rowing boats in front and ships firing cannons in the distance.

Departure of a galley at the Port of Livorno, from from 'Views of the port of Livorno' (Vues du port de Livourne)

Stefano Della Bella, 1654-55

Etching of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats, loading figures, and a fortified wall beside a stone quay.

View of the fortifications, two men lifting a plank at right, several ships and boats the background and a galley at…

Stefano Della Bella, 1655

Etching of the colossal Appennino statue seated on rock beside a balustraded garden terrace, with visitors and tall pines.

Villa of Pratolino: The Appenino

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etched decorative frieze with acanthus scrolls, a lion head, an eagle, putti, and a centaur and satyr below.

Rinceaux with Eagle and Lion, plate 15 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched ornamental frieze of scrolling foliage, a child with two dogs, and sea horses along the top border.

Rinceaux with Child Frightened by Dogs, plate 8 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of two tritons with curling fish tails embracing dolphin-like sea creatures above choppy waves and rocks.

Frieze with Tritons and Dolphins, plate 13 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a seated woman in a dark dress with hands clasped on a light chair, hair pinned up, facing the viewer.

Portrait of Berthe Morisot

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, ca. 1876

Brown wash drawing of ancient warriors with mules and an oxcart passing large trees beside a carved stone monument.

Ajax in the Grave

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, ca. 1790-99

Sepia drawing of a wooded lake scene with three robed figures near the water and a weeping willow on the shore.

Arcadian Landscape with Three Figures at a Lake

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1792

Study for the Portrait of General Desaix

Andrea Appiani, ca. 1800

Sepia wash drawing of a Copenhagen harbor promenade with cannons, strollers, benches and ships on the water.

The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1809

Engraved kitchen interior with cooks, hanging game birds, copper pots, a hearth fire, and a spiral staircase.

Kitchen Interior

David Vinckboons, 1600-1624

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a cupid wrestling two lions above, and medallions with heads below.

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frieze of scrolling foliage with two putti holding a crown above the letter L, flanked by seated hybrid figures.

Rinceaux with Two Children Holding a Royal Crown Over the Letter "L," plate 3 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648