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Pen drawing of a rearing horse and armored rider leaping before onlookers and a stone city wall.

Marcus Curtius

Samuel Stettler, 17th century

Engraving of a seated woman with her hand on a lion, beside an open book, columns, arch, and balance scales.

La Force

Jean Chartier, 16th century

Etching of a nude figure held by a grotesque man beneath a monstrous shadowy creature, with a figure reaching up below.

Plate 62 from "Los Caprichos": Who would have thought it? (Quien lo creyera!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Chromolithograph of a flower bouquet, fruit, and a hummingbird on a balustrade, with a river landscape beyond.

Landscape - Fruit and Flowers

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1862

Etching of a nude woman carried aloft by grotesque figures, with a cat holding an umbrella, by Goya, 1799.

Plate 65 from "Los Caprichos": Where is mom going? (Donde vá mamá?)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two travelers and a horse on a path beneath dense, dark trees in a forest, with a pale sky opening above.

Two Travelers in a Forest (Le Cavalier en forêt et le piéton)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1854

Etching of a fallen horse and a rider on a battlefield, with figures and a horse in the background, captioned 'Siempre sucede

Plate 8 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'It always happens' (Siempre sucede)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Engraving of a crowned rider on a white horse in a forest hunt, with a stag, hunting dogs and attendants around him.

The Deer Hunt of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Ubaldino Ubaldini

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 1589

Etched landscape of a hilltop church, trees, and a herder with cattle in the foreground.

Veüe de Conflans

Reinier Nooms, mid-17th century

Etching of an owl on a pedestal above a group of cloaked old men with grotesque faces gazing upward.

Plate 53 from "Los Caprichos": What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a kneeling man with clasped hands, surrounded by laughing grotesque faces and a hooded shadowy figure.

Plate 58 from "Los Caprichos": Swallow it, dog (Tragala perro)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two nude figures, a horned goat, two cats, a skull and a jug, from Goya's Los Caprichos plate 60.

Pllate 60 from "Los Caprichos": Trials (Ensayos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two withered witch-like figures with a bowl of ointment and a leaping goat-like creature above them.

Plate 67 from "Los Caprichos": Wait till you've been anointed (Aguarda que te unten)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Engraved street scene of Fulton Street and its market hall, with horse carts, barrels and pedestrians on cobblestones.

Fulton Street & Market, New York (The Bennett View of Fulton Street)

William James Bennett, 1834

Hand-colored caricature of a fantastical parade with exaggerated mounted soldiers and satirical banners on a cobbled street.

Grand Fantastical Parade, New-York, December 2, 1833

David Claypoole Johnston, 1833

Sepia bird's-eye lithograph of New York and Brooklyn with ships crowding the harbor and dense city blocks along the waterfron

Bird's Eye View of New York and Brooklyn

John Bachmann, 1851

Etching of a plumed horseman with raised sword among fallen figures and attackers in a smoky battle scene.

Plate 17 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They do not agree' (No se convienen)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of cattle and goats led by a herdsman past a ruined classical column, with a hilltop castle and stormy sky beyond.

The Herd Returning in Stormy Weather

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1650-51

Engraving of a crowned woman in classical drapes beside a horse and cornucopia, holding a small domed model, labeled EUROPA.

Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1730-71

Etching of a village road with a thatched inn bearing a swan sign, farm buildings, two riders on horseback and trees.

The Swan's Inn with Farms from the series The Small Landscapes

The Master of the Small Landscapes, 1559-61

Etching of a cloaked woman gesturing before a crowd of grotesque animal-headed figures on a rocky bank.

Plate 75 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Charlatan's show' (Farándula de charlatanes)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Etching of a woman in a pale dress fleeing with hands to her head, a dog running beside her, and a seated figure in a cap at

Plate 65 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'What is this hubbub?' (Qué alboroto es este?)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Etching of an owl with spread wings above a crouching cat, with a cloaked figure bending at right.

Plate 73 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Feline pantomime' (Gatesca pantomima)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Etching of a dog leaping over a pack of snarling dogs on open ground, with the caption 'Se defiende bien' below.

Plate 78 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'He defends himself well' (Se defiende bien)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Engraved allegory with mounted riders, hunting dogs, a winged figure and putti around a central coat of arms cartouche.

Allegory of the Triumph of the Netherlands over Spain

Jan Saenredam, 1600

Engraving of an allegorical hunting scene with horsemen, hounds, a falconer, cherubs holding a coat of arms, and trees.

Allegory of the Flourishing State of the United Provinces

Jan Saenredam, 1602

Etching of a shoemaker working under a counter while a customer smokes outside and a dog sleeps beneath ivy, 1671.

The Shoemaker

Adriaen van Ostade, 1671

Pencil drawing of an equestrian statue on a pedestal before a Gothic church and Venetian palazzi in a city square.

View of the South side of the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, with Verrocchio's statue of Bartolomeo Coll…

Friedrich Nerly, 1807-78

Black silhouette of a man in a top hat and long coat with a walking stick, beside a tree, with horses behind a fence.

Silhouette Portrait of John Randolph

William Henry Brown, 1844

Brown ink and wash sheet of many studies of birds, including hawks, ducks and waders, with handwritten notes.

Studies of Birds (recto); Village Scene with Skaters (verso)

Albert Flamen, mid-17th century