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17,446 works

Engraving of Trajan's Column rising above its pedestal, with spiral reliefs, clouds, rooftops and small figures in the foregr

Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius with overgrown plants and inscriptions, two figures at its base, clouds above.

Pyramid of Caius Cestius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraved title page with caryatid figures, putti on a pediment, and a central cartouche reading Speculum Romanae Magnificenti

Title page engraved within architectonic and sculptural border, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1573-77

Engraving of the classical Laocoon group: a muscular bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining sea serpents.

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Sisto Badalocchio, 1561

Engraving of a muscular bearded man as Hercules in a niche, with lion skin, club, and a small infant beside him.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1550

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ reaching for grapes while Joseph looks on beside classical architect

Holy Family

Werner van den Valckert, 1612

Etching of a grinning fool in a hooded cap embracing a young woman who peeks through her spread fingers.

Fool with a Girl Looking Through Her Fingers

Werner van den Valckert

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure as Hercules in a lion skin, holding an infant, standing in an arched niche.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Jacob Bos, 1582

Engraving of the classical sculpture Laocoon, a bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining sea serpents on a pedes

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 16th century

Engraving of a bearded armored statue of King Pyrrhus in a niche, with plumed helmet and lion-headed greaves.

King Pyrrhus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1562

Engraving of a laureate charioteer driving four horses past a winged victory figure, with classical columns and an arch behin

Triumph of Marcus Aurelius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1560

Engraving of the tiered Sepulchre of Julius II with seated Moses, Madonna and Child, and reclining effigy under a vaulted arc

Sepulchre of Julius II, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraved print of an Egyptian canopic vase with four columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions on its back.

Back of an Egyptian canopic vase, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, late 16th to early 17th century

Engraving of a crowded London street at noon with a church spire, a well-dressed couple, beggars and a tavern sign.

Noon (The Four Times of Day)

William Hogarth, March 25, 1738

Engraved 18th-century London street scene at morning with a coffee house, market women by a fire, and crowds of people.

Morning: The Four Times of the Day

William Hogarth, March 25, 1738

Engraving of a busy morning street scene with market women by a fire, a couple near Tom King's Coffee House, and a clock.

Morning (The Four Times of Day)

William Hogarth, March 25, 1738

Engraved night street scene with a lantern-carrying couple, bonfire, overturned cart, and tavern signs under a crescent moon.

Night: The Four Times of Day

William Hogarth, March 25, 1738

Engraving of a village street at evening with a woman with a fan, a man holding a child, a boy with a cane, and a dog.

Evening: The Four Times of Day

Bernard Baron, March 25, 1738

Engraving of an evening town street with a couple on a footbridge, a child, a cow, a dog, and an inn sign.

Evening (The Four Times of Day)

William Hogarth, March 25, 1738

Engraving of a tiered circular mausoleum with statues in niches, two obelisks in front, cypress trees, and a Latin inscriptio

Sepulchre of Augustus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1575

Engraved frontispiece with an oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, surrounded by fruit swags and garden roundels.

Frontispiece with a Portrait of Jacques Boyceau de la Berauderie (ca. 1560-1633)

Grégoire Huret, ca. 1638

Engraving of the Column of Antoninus and a Roman obelisk with a distant city, bridge, and foreground figures of a wolf and re

Column of Antoninus and a Roman Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Enea Vico, ca. 1543-70

Engraving of Trajan's Column topped by Saint Peter, with spiral reliefs, buildings, a domed church, and figures in a square.

Column of Trajan, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1589

Engraving of mythological figures tying a bull to a rock, with a dog and Latin text along the bottom edge.

The Fate of Dirce, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Georges Reverdy, 1579

Engraving of a tall hieroglyph-carved obelisk topped with a cross in a piazza before a basilica, with Latin inscriptions.

The Egyptian Obelisk of Constantine, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of a seated helmeted Roma figure between two bearded captives on a carved pedestal, with Latin inscription below.

Roma Victrix, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1549

Engraving of two tall Egyptian obelisks side by side, covered in hieroglyphs, with Latin inscription above.

Egyptian Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, mid-to-late 16th century

Engraved floor plan of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome with radiating apses, a central dome, and Latin inscription across the to

Plan of St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1569

Engraved architectural elevation of the Gesù church facade in Rome, with columns, a pediment, and Latin inscriptions.

The Gesù, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraved ground plan of St. Peter's Basilica with a central dome, apses, chapels, and a long nave, with a scale bar below.

Plan of St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

the Younger Antonio da Sangallo, 1549