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2,003 works

Engraving of Diana holding a spear atop the reclining Orion, with a dog beside them and Latin verses below.

Diana and Orion

Jacques Bellange

Engraved procession of mounted nobles in plumed hats and armor with foot attendants, from a funeral plate.

Plate from Funeral of Charles III of Lorraine

Jacques Bellange

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flat river landscape with windswept trees at left and church spires on the distant horizon.

View of Calcar on the Lower Rhine near Cleves

Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1640-42

Pen and wash drawing of several sailing ships and small boats on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships in a Bay

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of two Dutch sailing ships at anchor on a calm sea under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a long city skyline with a church spire, rooftops, and small figures on the foreground bank.

View of Vienna

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1624-77

Engraved frieze of acanthus scrolls with a winged siren at center and four nude children around her.

Frieze with Rinceaux, a Siren and Four Children

Enea Vico, 1541-43

Pen and ink drawing of a walled river town with a castle, a sailing boat in the foreground, and rowboats on the water.

View of Lahnstein on the River Rhine

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1636

Brown wash drawing of Diana embracing reclining Endymion in a forest, with a cupid, two dogs, and a glowing moon.

Diana and Endymion

Johann Heinrich Keller, 1700-1765

Etching of a stormy sea with a heeling sailing ship, a small building on rocks, figures in the waves, and a distant tower.

Water, from series The Four Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Caryatid Facing Right

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th Century

Caryatid Facing Left

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th century

Grey-wash drawing of a dense forest with tall trees, a winding path, and a small house half hidden among trunks.

View of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 17th century

Etching of a thatched cottage and haybarn among trees, with a cart, a walking figure, and a distant church spire.

Landscape with a Cottage and a Haybarn

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Engraved frieze of Neptune in a sea-horse chariot with tritons, a trident and putti over rolling waves.

Frieze with Neptune and Tritons

Girolamo Mocetto, ca. 1500-1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a fur stole and pearls beside an architectural niche.

Standing Female Figure and Ornamental Framework

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, ca. 1547-53

Narrow etched panorama of a rocky coastline with cliffs, hills, a small sailboat and a hilltop building over calm water.

View of a Coast Line (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Grey wash drawing of a religious scene with two women, an infant, a winged angel and a cherub inside a tall arched panel.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1761

Three-part etching of a feast, a wealthy man with a skeleton and devil counting coins, and a poor hut scene with inscriptions

Illustrations to Proverbs 10: 1-3

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1534

Etching of the Virgin and Child at left with winged angels dancing in a line across a landscape with a castle.

Virgin and Child with Angels Dancing in a Landscape

Daniel Hopfer, 1530s

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched farm buildings, trees, a distant tower, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees, Farm Buildings, and a Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1651

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, head bowed, with a drapery falling beside him.

Standing Male Nude

Franz August Myldorfer, 1754

Etching of a cavalry battle on a plain, with charging riders, raised lances, fallen horses and distant mountains.

The Battle of the Amalekites

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-52

Engraving of Minerva in plumed helmet and armor, holding a spear and a shield with a Medusa head.

Minerva

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Woodcut frieze of a mounted procession of turbaned riders and foot soldiers passing domed mosques, columns and an obelisk.

Procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Atmeidan from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs a…

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1553

Etching of a fortress gate with cannons, soldiers, a seated woman and child by a fire, and a banner reading ET PACE ET BELLO.

An entrance to a fortress in center, a woman with child seated by a fire to right, soldiers gather to right and in ce…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of cannon carriages on the left, horsemen fighting and a dead horse on the right, with a bridge and smoke in the back

A procession of horse-drawn cannon carriages to left, horsemen in combat and a dead horse to right, battle on a bridg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a military procession with horsemen, a cannon on a carriage, and foot soldiers crossing an open landscape.

A procession of horsemen and cannons in the middle ground walking to the left, a cannon and two men to left, from "Pe…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a chaotic cavalry battle with rearing horses, sword-wielding riders and smoke, with an orderly army in the distanc

A battle on horseback, from "Peace and War" (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with smoke rising from a central ship, surrounded by masted vessels and a small rowboat on the sea.

Naval combat, a ship at center, seen from behind, firing at four enemy ships, another ship entering from the right, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641