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Etching of two goats in foreground beside a stone tower, village buildings and trees under a hatched sky.

Landscape with two horned goats in shadow at left foreground, village buildings beyond, from "The Small Landscapes"

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a townscape with a smoking chimney, a square tower, a wall and pine trees under a cloudy sky.

Townscape with wall and foliage in shadow in right foreground, buildings with smoking chimney and square tower beyond…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a landscape framed by two large trees, with a rocky cliff, a river, and goats in the foreground right.

Landscape flanked by trees in the left and right foreground, silhouettes of two goats, a river with cliffs beyond, fr…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a hilly landscape with two figures and a horse-drawn cart beside a wooden building corner at right.

Landscape with corner of building and awning at far right, two figures and a horse-drawn cart are positioned with bac…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of a seated man with staff and dog beside a pack horse, viewed from behind, with distant riders in a landscape.

Pack-horse, seated man with staff in right hand, and dog, all viewed from the rear, from "The Small Landscapes"

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Study of heads in profile view, a woman with headcloth and bearded man whose heads overlap above, two facing profiles…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Etching of an adult sheep standing over a kneeling lamb nursing, with another lamb resting on grass at left.

Sheep with Lamb Nursing

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Plate from "The Set of Sheep"

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Etching of two sheep resting in a landscape with trees and distant hills, sky left mostly blank.

Sheep, from a set of 16 plates

Marcus de Bye, 1664

Etching of a shaggy bear resting by a stream with rocks, a bent tree and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Plate from "The Set of The Bears"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of a cow's head by a stone wall and fountain, with a tree, distant hills and an inscribed title on the wall.

Title page for "Diverses vaches et boeufs"

Etching of a thin cow with curved horns grazing among rocks, with a flat landscape, windmill and clouds behind it.

Cow, after Paulus Potter

Etching of a horned satyr and a bacchant embracing beside a staff, with a draped tent and landscape behind them.

Bacchant, Satyr, and Fauness, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of two bearded magicians and a child around a skull, with a dog and fire at right.

Two Magicians and a Child, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a ruined classical arch with two standing figures on rocks, crumbling ruins and trees on the right, and small figu

Le Pan de Muraille

Henri Mauperché, 17th century

Etching of figures performing an ancient sacrifice at a draped altar beneath trees, with a smoking offering and pouring jug.

Ancient Sacrifice

Philippe Louis Parizeau, 18th century

Etching of two putti with grapes and a jug beside a reclining figure, with a hazy landscape behind them.

Bacchanal

Pierre Parrocel, 17th-18th century

Etching of nude children playing outdoors, with a bearded man carrying a child on his shoulders and a draped cloth behind.

Children's Game

Pierre Parrocel, 17th-18th century

Engraving of a peacock carrying a cherub, framed by grapevines, a wine barrel, and two perched peacocks, with a Latin motto a

Epithalamium

Bernard Picart, 1726

Etching of a fortified town on a peninsula with a church spire, sailing boats on water, and figures in the foreground.

View of a peninsula with figures and ships with bare masts, in the right foreground five figures congregate around tw…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Etched view of a round columned temple beside a palm tree, with figures and a cart on a dirt road in the foreground.

Tempio del Sole (Temple of Cybele in the Piazza della Bocca della Verità)

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1640-91

Etching of a wooded landscape with a stone pedestal, vases, standing man, seated figure, dog, and distant castle.

Nancy, from "Diverses Veue et Perspectives nouvelles de Rome, Paris et des autres lieux"

Israël Silvestre, 1640-79

Etching of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris with a cross on a stepped platform, a domed pavilion, and people and carriages in the

View of the façade of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, in the foreground a cross on a stepped platform and a freestanding d…

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1636-91

Two heads of women

Pierre Parrocel

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornament with scroll brackets, a capital, a garlanded cornice, and winged putti.

Architecture

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a coastal landscape with sailing boats, a rocky hillside, and small figures on the shore.

Landscape

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of ship sterns, a balustrade, and a small boat with a lantern on calm water.

Studies of Boats

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Lithograph of two figures in classical robes, one reclining and one gesturing dramatically, with printed caption beneath.

Oui c'est Agamemnon c'est ton Roi qui t'éveille!... (Iphigénie), plate 13 from "Physionomies tragico-classiques"

Honoré Daumier, April 27, 1841

Etching of snow-covered village rooftops under a dark speckled night sky, with snowy ground in the foreground.

Snow in Picardie (La Neige en Picardie)

Dr. Paul Gachet, 1894

Engraving of unicorns drawing a carriage with a seated woman and sphinx, followed by robed women near a round temple.

Triumph of Chastity: unicorns draw a carriage bearing a female figure seated next to a sphinx and holding a standard,…

Georg Pencz, ca. 1539