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33,907 works

Drawing with three panels showing a bird's-eye city perspective, a blank center, and a plan labeled commercial and residentia

Design and Plan for a City Bisected by Train Tracks

Robert Adams, ca. 1900

Grey pencil and wash design for a stage set showing an arched frame of tree trunks, palms and rocks around an open centre.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Pencil drawing of a plain with a hilltop town on the right and tall trees on the left, with faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Caricature of a Man Pointing by Gianlorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Pencil and wash drawing of a multi-arched bridge with timber trusses and a stone tower building at left.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Pencil drawing of a stage backdrop with palm trees, a stone column, and distant pyramids over a grid.

Design for a Stage Set: Backdrop of Tropical Landscape

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Watercolor stage set design with red and gold curtains, a arched proscenium, classical columns, and cherubs above a central c

Design for a Stage Set: Casino de St. Etienne

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown wash drawing of robed clerics, kneeling monks and a woman in an interior, one monk holding out an unrolled plan.

Scene 31: Foundation of a second Feuillant monastery in Rome, dedicated to Saint Bernard, in 1594, thanks to the gene…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Sepia drawing of a robed monk gesturing to a kneeling man as clergy stand along a columned interior wall.

Jean de La Barrière blessing a cardinal

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Brown wash drawing of a man in period dress meeting a monk at a desk in a plain room, with a second monk by the door.

Scene 25: Fatally wounded, King Henry III informs the Blessed Abbot of his condition and recommends himself to his pr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family in an interior: haloed mother holding child, bearded man reading a book beside them.

The Holy Family in an Interior

E. La Touche, early 19th century

Woodcut of Adam and Eve nude in a forest beside a serpent in a tree, with animals around them.

The Fall of Man, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510

Woodcut of the Nativity: the infant Christ in a manger attended by Mary, Joseph, an angel, and kneeling shepherds under a sta

The Nativity, from "The Little Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Lithograph of a smiling woman in a lace bonnet and dark gown, holding white fabric near a latticed window.

Mrs. Page (Merry Wives of Windsor)

Louis Haghe, April 5, 1826

Engraving of an elderly bespectacled man in an armchair reading a book beside an hourglass, titled Pantaloon, 1799.

Pantaloon: "The Sixth Age Shifts into the Lean and Slippered Pantaloon" (Shakespeare, As You Like It)

William Bromley, 1799

Woodcut of a bound figure at a column being whipped by two men, with turbaned onlookers under an arched colonnade.

The Flagellation, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, seated among mocking figures beneath arches, by Albrecht Dürer.

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of crowned Christ in an arched niche, with a robed official and armored soldiers gathered in the foreground.

Ecce Homo, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Pilate seated as a servant pours water over his hands, with soldiers holding halberds at right.

Pilate Washing His Hands, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and onlookers before a walled city.

Chist Carrying the Cross, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509

Woodcut of Saint Veronica holding a veil with Christ's crowned face, flanked by Saints Peter and Paul, dated 1510.

Saint Veronica between Saints Peter and Paul, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of soldiers nailing Christ to a cross, with mourning women and spear-bearing guards in the background.

Christ Nailed to the Cross, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ crucified above a crowd of mourners and soldiers, with a kneeling figure and skull at the bottom.

The Crucifixion, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ leading nude figures from a dark underworld past a horned demon, with a kneeling bearded man at lower right

Christ in Limbo, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ's body being lowered from the cross by a man on a ladder, with robed figures below and the INRI sign above.

The Descent from the Cross, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ's body being lowered from the cross, mourners around him, crown of thorns and tools on the ground.

The Lamentation, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of mourners lowering Christ's body from the cross beside a rocky tomb, with a crown of thorns at lower right.

The Deposition, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of the risen Christ with a banner and halo above a tomb, with startled soldiers around him.

The Resurrection, from "The Little Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510

Woodcut of Christ with a radiant halo and staff appearing to his mother, who sits beside a wooden chest under a curtain.

Christ Appearing to His Mother, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510

Woodcut of a figure with a spade approached by a kneeling woman in a headscarf, with a landscape and building behind.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510