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Yale University Art Gallery

1,301 works

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

Pompeo Batoni, 1748

Etching of ruined Roman monuments including a tall column, a triumphal arch, and a pyramid, with small workers in the foregro

Landscape with Ruined Monuments, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Etching of two cows and a seated figure by a river, with ruined buildings on a hill above dense trees.

The Two Cows Near the River, Tivoli

Engraving of a shepherd with sheep on a hill at sunset, with a dramatic cloudy sky and a distant village under a church spire

Shepherd and Sheep at Sunset

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Etching of Dover Castle on a cliff above the sea, with two figures and a wooden pier in the foreground.

Dover Castle, from the series Divers Views after the Life

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Etching of a matador in a cape turning aside a charging bull in an arena, with spectators sketched along the top edge.

El diestrísmo estudiante de Falces, embozado burla al toro con sus quiebros (The Very Skillful Student of Falces, Wra…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mounted knight reaching toward a seated helmeted figure near rocks, with a fallen figure by a

Scene from Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata

Francesco Allegrini

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono playing music among screens, lanterns and a decorated shrine.

Joruri Story

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793

Etching of a demolition scene with a factory wall reading Fabrique des Cuirs Forts, a worker on the roof, and a horse cart.

Démolitions de la Rue des Francs-Bourgeois Saint-Marcel (Demolition at the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois Saint-Marcel)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1873

Pen and wash drawing of a harbour with a sailing boat, rowing boat, stone tower and figures on the quay.

Harbour Scene

Abraham Rademaker

Etching of a canal town with a church bell tower, a palazzo, small boats on the water and figures on the bank.

Al Dolo (At Dolo), from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Etching of gnarled oak trees among boulders and undergrowth, with light filtering through a shaded forest clearing.

Chênes de Roche (Oaks in the Rocks)

Théodore Auguste Rousseau, 1861

Woodcut of a haloed seated figure refusing stones offered by a bearded figure, with a serpent on rocky ground.

The Temptation of Christ, by the Devil

Christoffel Jegher, 1633

Ink sketch of a cyclist leaning forward, with fragmented forms and motion lines suggesting speed, on tan paper.

Study I for Dynamism of a Cyclist

Umberto Boccioni, 1913

Etching of a snowy village house with a thatched roof and two women walking on a melting snowy path.

The Thaw

Watercolor of a man beside a horse-drawn charcoal cart with painted signs, a wooden barrel at his feet.

The Charcoal Cart

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Etching of a haloed figure leading a donkey with baskets past a group of figures and pine trees on a rocky path.

The Virgin, Holding the Child, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a Roman procession with soldiers, horses, a canopy, and a woman holding a laurel wreath and palm frond.

Trajan Crowned by Victory (or: Trajan between the City of Rome and Victory)

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Watercolor of a street oyster stall with a vendor in a top hat and a customer in striped trousers holding a plate.

The Oyster Stand

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Etching of a dirt road beside a wooden fence at dusk, with a woman carrying a basket and rooftops in the distance.

Aux fortifications, Porte de Versailles

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1898

Octagonal etching of the Holy Family resting on the flight into Egypt, with Mary holding the Christ Child beside a reclining

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini

Etching of a multi-story palace facade with arched windows and columns, figures in a foreground courtyard, and a cloudy sky.

Veduta sul Monte Quirinale del Palazzo dell'Eccellentissima Casa Barberini, Architectura del Cav.r Bernino (View of t…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749

Watercolor of a green cab pulled by a brown horse with a striped blanket, driver on top loaded with luggage.

The Cab

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Engraved view of Charles-Town harbor with a large sailing ship, city waterfront, church spire and choppy water under clouds.

A View of Charles-town, the Capital of South Carolina

Samuel Smith, 1776

Etching of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum showing a row of massive Doric columns with small figures among ruins in the fore

Temple de Neptune à Pesto, vu de côté, et dessiné plus en grand qu'on ne le voit dans la première planche (Temple of…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of women tossing a flying man in the air with a sheet, while an animal-like form lies across the cloth.

Disparate femenino (Feminine Folly), plate 1 from the series Los disparates (Los proverbios) - (Follies [Proverbs])

Francisco Goya, 1816

Colour lithograph bird's eye view of Harvard College and Old Cambridge with five smaller building views below.

Bird's Eye View of Harvard College, and Old Cambridge

Julius Hermann Kummer, 1858

Engraving of a feathered rider on a dark horse throwing a lasso at a galloping herd of wild horses on a plain.

Lassoing Wild Horses

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1872

Hand-colored print of Philadelphia's waterfront seen across a river, with sailboats, rowboats, church spires and trees.

Philadelphia, Southeast View, Plate 7 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Etching of a tall brick house with stepped gables framed by trees, figures on a path, and a church spire in the distance.

"T Huys te Kostverloren," Amsterdam