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25,670 works

Book page with German text and a woodcut of a striding man under a rainbow, with houses, a boat, and foliage.

Nachtwort (Night Word) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Woodcut of a reclining nude on a couch by a curtained window, below a German table of contents on a book page.

Liegender Rückenakt (Reclining Nude) (tailpiece, table of contents) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg He…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Title page of Umbra Vitae with a black and white woodcut of two figures under arching mountain-like forms.

Titelvignette (title vignette) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Pink endpaper with black woodcut figures in arched frames, two standing and two seated, with a handwritten note above.

Vorsatz (back endpapers) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Engraved oval portrait of Jean Jouvenet holding a palette and brushes, gesturing, with an inscription plaque below.

Jean Jouvenet

Antoine Trouvain, 1707

Engraved book page: skeletons dance among figures in a tavern interior, with an anatomical skull legend printed above.

Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie (A New Collection of Osteology and Myology)

Jacques Gamelin, 1779

Etching of a violent crowd in a city square beneath two oval portraits, with a text panel below, 1672.

Afbeelding en waarachtigh Verhaal... (Representation of the True Story of Johan de Witt...)

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672

Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1690, with allegorical figures above and vignettes of ships, a flight by boat, and a royal proce

No Monarchy, No Popery

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1690

Engraved allegorical procession with a chariot, horses, soldiers and crowds before classical buildings, with a lion coat of a

Uytrecht Herstelt (The Recapture of Utrecht, 1673)

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1674

Engraving of Samson and Delilah: a woman gestures to a soldier while a man kneels beside a sleeping figure in a classical col

Samson and Delilah

Michel Corneille the Younger, 1660

Etched landscape of a seated traveler under trees beside a waterfall, with a hilltop building in the distance.

Landscape with a Traveler Resting

Georges Focus, 1660

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded Hercules leaning on a club, with flowing drapery and a lion skin.

Hercules Leaning on His Club [recto]

Parri Spinelli, 1440

Watercolor of a thatched barn beside a pond, with a rider on a white horse wading in the water and geese at the bank.

The Old Barn, Arreton, Isle of Wight

Marie Spartali Stillman, probably 1890s

Engraving of a robed preacher with raised arms addressing a crowd beneath classical columns and arches in Athens.

Paul Preaching at Athens

after Raphael Simon Gribelin II, 1707

Engraving of a family gathered before a candlelit Christmas tree with children, a woman pointing, and a man in a long coat.

Das Weihnachtsfest

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1797

Colored pencil drawing of a harbor wharf with a ship, crane, lighthouse and a stylized dockworker smoking a pipe.

On the Wharf

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, 1931

Engraving of elegantly dressed women seated beneath a tree, with fruit, birds and flowering branches in ornamental borders.

Album of Engravings for Interactive Use

Various Artists, c. 1725-1750

Portrait study of Pierre Louis Alexandre

Carl Frederick von Saltza, c.1890

Etching of a penitent woman with long hair resting her head in a cave beside a book and a skull.

Penitent Magdalene

after Guercino Teresa del Po, 1675

Pencil portrait of a woman with bowed head, headwrap, chain necklace and clasped hands, dated 1704.

Half-length portrait of a Young Black Man

Anna Waser, 1704

Black-and-white woodcut portrait of a man's face with a mountain village of wooden houses behind him.

Head of van de Velde, Bright (Kopf van de Velde, Hell)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Paul Klee's 1923 print showing a stylized face and figure inside a large circle against a grainy dark background.

Der Verliebte (The Loved One)

Paul Klee, 1923

Line drawing of a winged genius figure carrying a small breakfast tray between two tall arching forms.

A Genius Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius serviert ein kleines Frühstück)

Paul Klee, 1920

Etching of a bearded bald man beside a severed head, with fine cross-hatched lines, by Paul Klee, 1904.

Perseus (Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt) [Perseus-The Triumph of Brain over Body]

Paul Klee, 1904

Dense abstract etching by Paul Klee with stylized figures, star shapes and textured dark marks on cream paper.

Small World (Kleinwelt)

Paul Klee, 1914

Etching by Paul Klee of a fragmented garden with stylized plants, abstract figures and crosshatched shading in brown ink.

Garden of Passion (Garten der Leidenschaft)

Paul Klee, 1913

Loose black-line landscape print on tan paper showing a river, a hillside farmhouse, and trees by Paul Klee.

Blick auf einen Fluss (View on a River)

Paul Klee, 1912

Abstract etching by Paul Klee with black linear forms and colored washes of stars, circles and triangles on cream paper.

Hope and Destruction (Zerstörung und Hoffnung)

Paul Klee, 1916

Charcoal drawing of a gaunt woman, a sad child, and a hooded figure with outstretched hand against a dark background.

Beggars

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Lithograph of three figures in dark tones: an elderly person, a woman with outstretched hands, and a sorrowful child.

Bettelnde (Begging)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Lithograph of a stooping woman in a long skirt reaching toward two children who look up at her, with the word Brot written be

Bread (Brot)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Black and white lithograph of hungry children with upturned faces reaching toward empty bowls and spoons beside an adult figu

Germany's Children are Hungry! (Deutschlands Kinder Hungern!)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1924

Etching of a bearded lecturer gesturing beside skulls on a table before a seated audience and a chalkboard.

Phrenology Course, 2nd plate (Le cours de phrenologie)

Alphonse Legros, 1906

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a jacket and tie, titled Dr. Louis Vintras, by Alphonse Legros, 1904.

Dr. Louis Vintras

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Drawing of plowed fields with blossoming trees and two bent figures working in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Spring

Louis Auguste Lepère, probably 1909

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bald, bearded elderly man looking up and to the right.

Head of a Bald Man with a Beard

Alphonse Legros, 1906

Etched print of a kneeling nude woman with one arm raised behind her head, drawn in loose linear strokes.

Kneeling, Small (Kniende, klein)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1910

Etching of four nude women, three standing and one seated in front, with downcast faces and elongated forms.

Four Women; Three Standing, One Sitting (VierFrauen; drei stehend, eine sitzend)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1913

Etching of a woman with bowed head and loose hair, bare shoulders and torso, in loose hatched lines.

Woman's Dream (Der Traum des Weibes)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Etching of three nude women kneeling side by side with bowed heads and linear contour shading.

Three Kneeling Women (Drei Frauen knied)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1913

Etching of a nude male figure seen from behind, bending forward, with loose scratchy contour lines on cream paper.

Passion II (Leidenschaft II)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Etching of several nude female figures rising in a scratched, shadowy ground, with faint heads receding at upper left.

Large Resurrection (Grosse Auferstehung)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1913

Etching of a shepherd poling a boat with sheep through a flooded marsh, with willows, a farmhouse and a woman and child on th

In the Deluged Marsh - The Shepherd (Au marais inonde - Le berger)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1911

Etching of a rainy cobbled street in Paris leading to a church tower with a clock, with pedestrians and tall buildings.

Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Genevieve, Paris

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1906

Etching of thatched cottages with a man sharpening on a grindstone and villagers gathered by stacked logs.

The House of the Woodcutter, Vendee (La maison du bucheron, Vendee)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1915

Etching of a large tree over a path where a robed figure stands among seated people, with donkeys and a hilltop town beyond.

Le Christ au matin de rameaux

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1918

Etching of Reims Cathedral's west facade with twin towers, rose window, and a crowd in the square below.

Reims Cathedral (Cathedrale de Reims)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1911

Etching of a wooded road with a crowd of villagers in period dress gathered beneath tall trees.

Summer in Saint-Martin, the Past Nuptials (Ete de la Saint-Martin, la noce qui passe)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1908

Etching of a riverside town with a tall tower, spired roofs, an arched bridge, and figures beside a moored boat.

Angers - The House of the King of Poland (Angers - La maison du roi de Pologne)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1912

Etching of a rural path beside large trees, with two walking figures, grazing sheep, and a wooden fence under open sky.

Path from St.-Gilles, St.-Jean-de-Monts (La route de St.-Gilles, St.-Jean-de-Monts)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1911

Etching of heavy waves breaking over dark rocks on a coast, with spray, distant cliffs and a rainy sky.

Spring Tide, Rocks of Zion (Grande maree, rochers de Sion, Vendee)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1907

Etching of a poulterer in a cap gesturing to chickens at a thatched hut, with a woman seated beside a hen.

The Poulterer, Vendee (Le Poulailler, Vendee)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1908

Etching of a thatched cottage in a rural landscape with women and children seated on a dirt path in the foreground.

Shelter for the Poor, Vendee (Le nid de pauvres, Vendee)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1909

Etching of a medieval town street with a large stone building, arched gateways, steep roofs and a woman with children.

Provins (Seine et Marne)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Etching of old gabled houses and chimneys in a street, with a Gothic cathedral towering behind and figures walking below.

Old Houses at Amiens (Vieilles maisons a Amiens)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1907

Etching of a falling hot air balloon over trees and village rooftops, with spectators watching from a grassy hillside.

The Falling Balloon, in Pre-Saint-Gervais (Lebaloon qui tombe, au Pre-Saint-Gervais)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Etching of a dirt road curving through fields toward a sunlit horizon, with trees on both sides under a radiating sky.

Route from La Houssoye, Crevecoeur-le-Grand (Route de La Houssoye, Crevecoeur)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1913

Etching of wreckers hauling a barrel along a dune beside the sea, with figures at the waterline under cloudy sky.

Wreckers, Saint-Jean-de-Monts (Pilleurs d'epaves, Saint-Jean-de-Monts)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1915

Etching of a river with trees, grazing cattle, farm buildings, and figures by the water.

Old Foot-bridge, Banks of the Small Morin (Vieille passerelle, bords du petit morin)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1915

Black-and-white print of Amiens Cathedral's Gothic west facade with a rose window, with a crowd gathered in the foreground.

Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale d'Amiens - Jour d'inventaire)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1907

Etching of crowded riverside barges with covered holds, workers and baskets on a quay, with a cathedral and city buildings be

The Great Apple Market (Le grand marche aux pommes)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1917

Etching of a panoramic river view of Angers with an arched stone bridge, boats, church spires, and towers.

Angers - Panoramic View (Angers - Vue panoramique)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1912

Etching of a riverside town with a ruined castle, stone arched bridge, church tower, and a boat on the river.

Clisson (Lower Loire)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1909

Etching of tall trees and old riverside houses along the Somme at Amiens, with rowing boats and figures at the water's edge.

Banks of the Somme at Amiens (Bords de la Somme a Amiens)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1907