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Etched cartouche with an oval panel, crowned by a helmet and two leopards amid scrolling foliage and a fruit garland.

Cartouche Crowned by Helmet and Leopards

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of an empty ornamental cartouche flanked by two nymphs, with scrolls, foliage and a duck at the base.

Cartouche with Duck and Nymphs

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Drawing of a bearded cavalier in a plumed hat seated backward on a chair, with a draped cloak and red stockings.

Seated Cavalier

Jean Baptiste Madou, mid-19th century

Etching of a young woman in white between elderly figures and a crowd, with a Spanish caption below.

Plate 2 from "Los Caprichos": They say yes and give their hand to the first comer (El si pronuncian y la mano alargen…

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two masked figures in carnival costume, a woman and a man, with onlookers behind them.

Plate 6 from "Los Caprichos": Nobody knows himself (Nadie se conoce)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a theatrical street stage with draped curtain, performers, cages, and a seated audience in front of a palazzo.

Frontispiece for the comedy "The Buffoons" (Li Buffoni)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Etching of a theatre curtain inscribed Il Nino Figlio Tragedia, flanked by columns, with a crowd of spectators below.

Frontispiece for "Il Nino Figlio"

Stefano Della Bella, 1655

Etched title page with cartouche, heraldic tower shield, putti, seated satyrs and two draped women flanking the lettering.

Frontispiece for Epigrammi de Guelfi

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1636

Etched frontispiece showing the crowned Virgin Mary between two figures, a dove above, cherub heads in clouds, and printed ti

Frontispiece for Saltero

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1633

Etched title page with Italian text, a coat of arms, draped curtains and two reclining allegorical female figures.

Frontispiece for the Instruzione a' Cancellieri

Stefano Della Bella, 1635

Brown etching of a seated boy with hand to chin beside a cooking pot, with a nanny figure behind him in a dark room.

Plate 4 from "Los Caprichos": Nanny's boy (El de la rollona)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of an old woman on a swing, with a cat perched on a branch above her and foliage behind.

Old woman on a swing

Francisco Goya, n.d.

Plate 1 from "Los Caprichos": Self-portrait

Francisco Goya, 1799

Isabel of Bourbon, Queen of Spain on horseback, after Veláquez

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of a young woman with a fan beside an older woman with a cane and shawl, with a Spanish caption below.

Plate 16 from "Los Caprichos": For heaven's sake: and it was her mother (Dios la Perdone: Y era su madre)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a kneeling man embracing a woman beside a broken pitcher, with laundry hanging behind them and a basin on the floo

Plate 25 from "Los Caprichos": If he broke the pot (Si quebró el Cantaro)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of a woman in a striped conical hat riding a donkey amid a crowd of grotesque onlookers.

Plate 24 from "Los Caprichos": Nothing could be done about It (Nohubo remedio)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man in a cloak and two women, one bowed with head down, beside a dark wall; Goya's Caprichos plate 22.

Plate 22 from "Los Caprichos": Poor little girls! (Pobrecitas!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a woman in a black mantilla and a leaning man gazing at her, with a small dog at their feet.

Plate 27 from "Los Caprichos": Which of them is the more overcome? (Quien mas rendido?)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of a seated woman in a tall pointed cap before a crowd of dozing faces, with a man reading at a pulpit.

Plate 23 from "Los Caprichos": These specks of dust (Aquellos polbos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two seated men in dark coats plucking a bird, with a shaded background and a stone ledge below.

Plate 21 from "Los Caprichos": How they pluck her! (¡Qual la descañonan!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Brown wash drawing of a footed ewer with a scrolling handle ending in a lion mask and decorative leaf bands.

Drawing of a Ewer in Antique Style

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a footed tazza supported by two standing nudes, with a seated figure reading on the base.

Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird

Jacopo da Empoli, 16th century

Ink and wash design drawing of a papal throne with draped canopy, columns, stepped dais, and a coffered ceiling below.

Design for a Papal Throne with Elevations and Sketch of Baldacchino Interior

Antonio Basoli, 1841

Pencil drawing of an ornate pilaster capital with a grotesque mask, scrollwork and fruit, above a panel with a bird.

Drawing after a XVIth-Century Marble Pilaster and Capital

Ignazio Dimino, 1886

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman, a kneeling figure with feathered headdress, two attendants, and an urn with garlands.

Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents

Teodoro Viero, 1783

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical interior with coffered ceiling, relief friezes, and draped tables holding urns and s

Design for a Stage Set?:Interior of a Stateroom with Four Tables Displaying Urns and Tabernacles

Alessandro Sanquirico, n.d.

Etched frontispiece with title cartouche above a battle scene of armored soldiers, horses and a hilltop town.

Frontispiece for Il Cosmo

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a kneeling bearded man pointing to a radiant sun with planets, attended by three female figures holding a telescop

Galileo and personifications of Astronomy, Perspective and Mathematics, frontispiece for 'Opere di Galileo Galilei'

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a ceremonial procession with horsemen, camels and trumpeters approaching a distant city, with a dedicatory pillar

Entrance of the Polish Legation into Rome

Stefano Della Bella, 1633