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Small engraving of two peasants dancing on the left and a couple walking on the right, one man carrying a dagger.

Copy of July and August from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, after 1547

Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Sixtus V, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Innocent IX, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, late 16th century

Engraving of a papal benediction in a crowded city square with a domed church, riders, carriages and soldiers.

Papal Benediction, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, late 16th century

Engraving of an oval fountain basin with central cascade, arched niches, and seated statues within rocky grottoes at Tivoli.

Fountain and Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1575

Engraved aerial view of the formal gardens at Tivoli, with a palace, mazes, parterres, fountains, and hills.

Tivoli Palace and Gardens, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of two peasant couples: one wrestling playfully, the other walking, labeled September and October by Sebald Beham.

September and October from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of two peasant couples dancing, one woman holding a basket, with labels Martinus Wintermon and Nicolaus Cristmon.

November and December from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of peasants brawling with swords and sticks in an outdoor setting, with a scroll banner above.

Peasants' Brawl from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1547

Engraving of peasants by a wattle hedge with a pig, a man with an axe, and a couple embracing, with German banderole inscript

Peasants Behind the Hedge from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of a dancing man and woman in an apron beside two pipe-playing musicians under a tree, with a table of drinks.

The Year's End from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546

Engraving of peasants feasting at a table under a grapevine trellis, with a standing couple at left and a banner above.

Peasants' Feast from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Birdseye engraving of the ancient port of Rome with harbors, walled buildings, ships, and the sea.

Birdseye View of the Port of Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giulio de Musi, 1554

Caricature of a grocer wrapping cheese in newspaper while a top-hatted man reads the paper in a shop interior.

Newspapers at the Grocers (Les journaux chez l'épicier) from La Caricature, October 23, 1842

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Watercolor and ink drawing of a domed temple on a hill beside trees, with a stormy sky and sea behind it.

Indian temple

George Chinnery, ca. 1808-12

Watercolor landscape of a hilltop town near Rome with tall stone pines in the foreground and distant mountains under a pale s

Frascati, near Rome

William Cowen, 1819

Engraving of the Trinity: God the Father holds the dead Christ on clouds, with the Holy Spirit dove above and angels around.

The Trinity

Giorgio Ghisi, 1576

Engraving of three seated women reading books beneath a flying winged putto in an arched frame.

Three Muses and a Gesturing Putto

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of the centaur Chiron in a cave with Thetis, while armored youths and a lion skin stand at right.

Thetis and Chiron

Georg Pencz, 1543

Engraving of nude Hercules with bow beside kneeling centaur Nessus and nude Deianira, with a city in the distance.

Hercules Killing Nessus, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of a nude hero struggling with centaurs beside a table and drapery, with a Latin inscription below.

Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodameia, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraved portrait of a man in a wig pointing at a harbor with ships, with a dedicatory inscription below.

William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts

Peter Pelham, 1747

Woodcut of haloed Saint Ita reading in a forest with a dove above and a heraldic shield at left.

Saint Ita (of Toggenburg), from "The Habsburg Saints"

Leonhard Beck, 1516-18

Engraving of three draped women reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched niche.

Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses playing instruments while a winged putto clashes cymbals above them.

Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for t…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Pencil and white chalk studies of a seated woman reading a songbook, with hand studies and a red chalk head sketch.

Studies of a Couple Seated on the Ground, Looking at a Songbook

Nicolas Lancret, ca. 1740

Engraving of demons and dragons attacking in the sky above a town, forest, and rocky cave with a large tree.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506

Woodcut of a battle in a snowy forest between nude men and clothed fighters with swords and pikes, bodies on the ground.

Battle Between Peasants and Naked Men in a Forest

Master NH, 1522

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer

Erhard Schön, ca. 1538

Woodcut of three armored bearded men named Joshua, David and Judas Maccabeus within a classical architectural frame.

The Three Jewish Heroes (Die Drei Guten Juden), from Heroes and Heroines

Hans Burgkmair, 1516