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Engraving of two Chinese-dressed figures tending a steaming hearth, with a seated Buddha statue above and hanging pots.

Fire, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a seated elderly man in Chinese-style robes holding a net, with a child beside him and a pagoda behind.

Water, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a turbaned woman beside a pine tree and urn, with a kneeling child holding flowers in the foreground.

Earth, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Etching of two figures in Asian dress with a gong, bells, and a stringed instrument among plants.

Hearing

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of children gathered around a wooden box with a seated old man, palms, a flowering branch and birds nearby.

Sight

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a woman with a plumed headdress beside an incense urn, a child, a kneeling old man, and potted plants.

Smell

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a robe, each holding a small animal, beside a tree and a fan.

Touch

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of three figures in flowing robes beside a flowered urn on a pedestal, with a tambourine on the ground.

Touch, from The Five Senses

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman nursing an infant in a rustic room with children, a dog, chickens and a wicker basket.

Plate 1: Young Woman Feeding her Infant, from Premier Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (First Book of Subjects and Pasto…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a shepherd teasing a sleeping shepherdess with straw, with sheep, a dog and a thatched hut in a wooded pastoral se

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Engraved medley print with a central male portrait surrounded by overlapping vignettes, text cards and a playing card.

Medley Print: Sot's Paradise

Sr George Bickham, 1706-7

Etched title page with Italian text, a coat of arms, two reclining allegorical figures, and a view of Florence below.

Frontispiece for "Instructions for Chancellors" (Instruzione a' Cancellieri)

Stefano Della Bella, 1635

Etching of a laurel-crowned winged woman with a trumpet and scroll, a cherub playing lute, and a mask and books at her feet.

Frontispiece for "Poems by Desmarets" (Oeuvres poétiques de Desmarets)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of two flute players on rocks above a laughing crowd, a winged horse among trees, and a banner reading ÆTATIS SUÆ 31.

Frontispiece for "The Works of Scarron" (Œuvres de Scarron)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of a waterfall between rocky cliffs with cattle, goats and a seated woman under trees in the foreground.

A waterfall descending from the mountains in the center background, various animals and a woman and child beneath a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching in a circle: a peasant woman on horseback leads a herd of cows, sheep, goats and dogs across a landscape.

A peasant woman seated on a horse to left, facing right, surrounded by a herd of cows, goats, sheep, and dogs, from "…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of two horsemen and a walking man descending a hill toward a castle set among jagged mountains.

Two horsemen descend a hill in center, following another man on foot, a castle in the mountains in the center backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with galleys, smoke, a sinking ship at right, and a rowboat of men at left.

A naval battle, a rowboat full of men to left, a sinking ship to right, two galleys battling in center, other ships b…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Circular etching of cows in a river landscape with two women at left, trees and hills behind.

Two cows in center, followed by two peasant women and other cows in the river to left, from "Six Animal Subjects" (Si…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of a woman carrying a child across a river beside cows, with a second woman at right and mountains behind, in a circu

A woman carrying a child in center, seen from behind, another woman to right, facing left, following a group of cows…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching in a circle of a shepherd with a staff herding cattle and goats downhill, with a mountain in the distance.

A shepherd at right, facing left, driving a group of animals downhill, from "Six Animal Subjects" (Six Sujets d'Animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Engraving of six architectural caryatid terms on tall columns, four female and two male, with a hairy Hercules figure at righ

Six terms, four female and two male, with Hercules at far right, plate 1, from Caryatidum [...] sive Athlantidum mult…

Hans Vredeman de Vries, ca. 1565

Etching of the Vallombrosa monastery above, with a chapel, a fountain under a tree, and a church facade below.

Four views: at top, a view of the new monastery of Vallombrosa, at bottom left and right, a view of a chapel, at bott…

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etching of a large tree in a landscape with a fisherman, two horsemen in a stream, and castle ruins in the distance.

Plate 6: a fisherman carrying a net to left, two horsemen in a stream to right, a tree in center, castle ruins to rig…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a shepherd on horseback crossing a stream with dogs and goats, a large tree at left and hills behind.

A shepherd on horseback in the middle of a stream, dogs, goats and cows follow, a large tree to left and mountains to…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of a tall leaning tree with a seated fisherman at its base, a horse and rider on a path, and distant hills.

A fisherman leaning against a large tree, a woman walking next to a horse in the background, from "Four large landsca…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of a large tree over a rocky path where a woman rides a donkey, two men walk beside, and hills recede into the distan

A young woman seated on a donkey wearing a hat, two men follow to left, a large tree above to right, from "Four large…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of a large gnarled tree at left, a rider on horseback at right, and a distant city beneath hatched clouds.

A woman on horseback descending a hill, a large tree to the left, landscape of Florence in the background, from "Four…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1652-57

Etching of porters unloading bales from a rowboat onto a quay, with sailing ships in the harbor behind them.

Title Page, from "Views of seaports" (Vues de ports de mar)

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of the Tower of Calais with boats and figures on choppy water beside a stone quay.

Tower of Calais (Tour de Calais), from "Views of seaports" (Vues de ports de mar)

Stefano Della Bella, 1647