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Pen and brown wash drawing of two women embracing on steps, with onlookers, a donkey, and architecture in the background.

The Visitation

Bernardino Poccetti, ca. 1599-1610

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged infant riding a crouching horse, holding its reins, on a pale sheet.

Winged Infant Riding a Crouching Horse

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Etching of a city street with tall buildings, balconies, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians.

Alderney Street, from "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," 1881

James McNeill Whistler, [1880-81]

A Lion in Profile Facing to the Left ("Leo")

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of several figures: a man with a staff and dog, a seated woman, a standing woman with a rosary, and othe

Studies for Standing and Seated Figures

Salvator Rosa, 1634-45

Brown ink drawing of the goddess Diana with a spear and two hounds beside tall trees, with a hilly landscape behind.

The Goddess Diana with Her Hounds Standing in a Landscape

Agostino Tassi, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of a peasant family on a dirt road, grazing cattle under oaks, and a distant church tower.

Peasant Family in a Landscape

Johann Friedrich Nagel, late 18th-19th century

Watercolor of Austrian soldiers and horses in a hillside military camp, with tents and officers on a rise under a cloudy sky.

Austrian Soldiers

Wilhelm von Kobell, late 18th-19th century

Watercolor of a great tit with black cap and yellow breast perched on a bare branch against a pale background.

A Great Titmouse (Parus major) Perched on a Branch

Pieter Withoos, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a man and women with a cudgel striking a cat as a fox crouches nearby, with a sword on the ground.

Illustration for Reinecke Fuchs: Tomcat Hinz being hit instead of Reinecke

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805-74

Lithograph of two figures beside horses in a stable yard, drawn in loose dark strokes on cream paper.

The Smith's Yard, from "The International Studio"

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Pencil drawing of a young man with bow and quiver seated on a rock with two dogs in a rocky wooded landscape.

Young Man with Bow and Arrow

François Jacques Fleischbein, 1832

Watercolor of a fisherman's family with a dog-drawn cart on a dune beach, boats and birds under a pale sky.

A Fisherman's Family at the Beach, the Mother and One of the Children Sitting in a Cart

Jan Gerard Smits, 1855

Etching of a busy Thames wharf with moored boats and sailing ships, and a seated man in the foreground.

The Old Thames: "Black Lion Wharf," an Etching

Carl Hentschel, 1895

Engraving of three nude women before an armored man, a sleeping figure, and Cupid with a bow in a tree above.

The Dream of Paris

Etching of a bearded rider on horseback led through an arched gateway past a crowd of bowing onlookers.

The Triumph of Mordecai

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1641

Etching of a shepherd and dog on a dirt road, with a village church spire, hills, and a bare tree at right.

Landscape with a shepherd and a dog

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Etching of a sailing ship with a female figure at the mast, a laurel-wreathed man on shore, and classical buildings.

The Ship of Fortune

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1633

Etching of a mounted hunter with a spear confronting two lions, one roaring in the foreground, with fleeing riders in the bac

The small lion hunt, with two lions

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1632

Portrait of Emperor Charles V

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1519

Engraving of a bearded old man in a cap walking barefoot with a lion beside him, passing a Gothic church and grassy bank.

Saint Jerome Walking in a Churchyard

Albrecht Altdorfer

Engraving of a young woman playing a flute beside sheep in a wooded pastoral landscape, within an oval frame.

Pastoral Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1742

Etching of a blind beggar stumbling into a stone pillar in a ruined city street, with a dog and onlookers nearby.

Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a blind beggar stumbling near a stone column in a city street, with a dog and a boy nearby.

Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar; this and 63.616.39 (2) are two plates of beggars from the story of Lazaville de Tormes

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a boy reaching toward a seated blind beggar beside a ruined tower, arcade, dog, and donkey rider.

Lazarillo Stealing Grapes from the Poor Blind Beggar

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a village street with ruined buildings, a standing woman and seated man with a dog, and a ship at left.

Village Scene with Woman Standing Beside a Seated Man (copy)

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns beside brick buildings, with figures, a donkey and a dog on a path below.

The Collonade

Thomas Wijck, n.d.

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

Etching of a pastoral caravan with camels, mules, sheep, and travelers crossing a rocky cliff path, with dogs in the foregrou

The Voyage of Jacob in Egypt

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of ten plumed cavaliers on rearing horses arranged in a circle against a pale background.

Ten Cavaliers Forming a Circle

Stefano Della Bella, 1652