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Woodcut procession of laurel-crowned men carrying model towers, city replicas and statues of Venus and Mercury.

Statues of Venus and Mercury, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, after 1503

Woodcut of a horse-drawn chariot carrying war trophies, with trumpeters and attendants in a triumphal procession.

Chariot with trophies of war, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of armored trumpeters in laurel wreaths playing long horns, with children and a dog, and Latin text above and below.

Trumpeters, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Etching of a woman riding a donkey with a child beside her along a wooded hill, with a distant town across the valley.

Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Etching of men lowering a body from a cross by torchlight, with a white shroud in the foreground and mourners near a city wal

Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Hand-coloured lithograph of a shaggy dog smoking a clay pipe, paws resting on a window ledge.

All Right!

Nathaniel Currier, 1846-56

Pencil drawing of cattle, goats and a herder with a hat beneath large trees in an open pastoral landscape.

Cattle and Figures in a Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Etching of a file of musket-carrying men in tricorn hats marching past a horse, dogs, and a stream on a grassy hillside.

Recruits Going to Join the Regiment

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1715-16

Engraving of Prediama Castle built into a rocky cliff above a forest, with wooden houses and water in the foreground.

Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund: von Triest

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1816

Brown wash drawing of dunes with thatched buildings, beached sailing boats, and horse carts on a sandy shore.

View of the Dunes at Scheveningen

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of ruined ancient walls and cypress trees on the Palatine Hill in Rome, with figures on a road.

View of the "Palazzo Maggiore" on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a forest path lined with large trees and dense foliage, with a low fence visible on the left.

A Path in the "Haagse Bos", The Hague

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures and dogs at a brick table in a flat landscape with distant sailboats.

Elegant Party on the Tafelberg

Anthonie van Borssom, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of camels, travelers and a well on a road, with a towered hilltop castle in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Lambert Doomer, 1696

Ink sketch of a veiled woman embracing a bearded man beside a camel and turbaned figures, with a building at right.

Isaac's Reception of Rebecca

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1660s

Brown wash drawing of a log mill with water wheel beside rocks and a river, with pine trees and two figures at left.

A Mill on Rocks in a River in Norway

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining peasant propped on one elbow, glancing sideways, on grey paper.

A Reclining Peasant (recto); Study of a Young Man (verso)

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Drawing of a youth with two girls seated together, singing, with a potted plant and urn on a balustrade behind them.

A Youth and Two Girls Singing

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered at an arched doorway beside a hilly landscape with a bathing figure.

Jacob Receiving Joseph's Blood-Stained Cloak (recto); Study of a Bearded Man and The Sacrifice of Isaac (verso)

Nicolaes Maes, ca. 1653

Brown ink wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with a kneeling elder, a mother and child, oxen, and a crowd.

The Adoration of the Magi

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river village with wagons on a road, thatched houses, moored boats and a distant church spire.

River Landscape with Wagons on a Road near a Village

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1586-1631

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hans Rottenhammer, ca. 1595-1606

A Hungarian Horseman

Roelant Savery, late 16th-mid 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged angel and a young man with a staff walking beside a fish.

Tobias and the Angel

Hans von Aachen, 1552-1616

Pen and wash drawing of a bare-tree winter landscape with workers, a farmhouse, a road with carts, and distant mountains.

Allegory of the Months February and March

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1579-1635

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with rocks, trees, goats, travellers, and a distant building under clouds.

A River Landscape with Travellers

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a lively tavern scene with men drinking and feasting around a long table.

The King Drinks

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Studies of Hounds

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a road with figures, and a distant tower.

Wooded Landscape with Figures on a Road

Jacob van der Ulft, mid-17th-late 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Roman ruins, cypress trees, figures on a road and hills under a cloudy sky.

Italian Landscape, perhaps the Monte Mario, Rome

Jacob van der Ulft, 1659