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A vintage entomological illustration featuring a collection of meticulously detailed insects, including butterflies, a dragonfly, and beetles, with the artist's signature and the year 1680.
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Human/Nature: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints

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De Blauwe Huyck (The Blue Hood), Theodoor Galle Netherlandish, Etching
De Blauwe Huyck (The Blue Hood)
Publisher Published by Theodoor Galle
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century
1571–1633
Proverbi (Proverbs), Nicolò Nelli Italian, Etching and engraving
Proverbi (Proverbs)
Nicolò Nelli
Publisher Ferrando Bertelli
1564
Everyman, Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish, Engraving and letterpress text; first state of two; text version A
Everyman
Pieter van der Heyden
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Publisher Hieronymus Cock
ca.1558
The Wisdom of Fools, from "Six Proverbs", Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish, Engraving
The Wisdom of Fools, from "Six Proverbs"
Jacques de Gheyn II
After Karel van Mander I
The Scolding Woman and the Cackling Hen, Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish, Engraving
The Scolding Woman and the Cackling Hen
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Jan (Johannes) Wierix
ca. 1568
The Misanthrope Robbed by the World, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish, Engraving
The Misanthrope Robbed by the World, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Jan (Johannes) Wierix
ca. 1568
The Rich Man Playing Violin on a Jaw Bone, Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish, Engraving
The Rich Man Playing Violin on a Jaw Bone
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Jan (Johannes) Wierix
ca. 1568
Divers Ornements D'Architecture, Recueillis et Dessegnes Apres L'Antique, Jacques Stella French, Engraving
Divers Ornements D'Architecture, Recueillis et Dessegnes Apres L'Antique
Multiple artists/makers
1658
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Jacques Stella French
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance
Designer Designed by Jacques Stella
Engraver Engraved and published by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
1657
The Flight into Egypt, Jacques Stella French, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white
The Flight into Egypt
Jacques Stella
17th century
The Flight into Egypt, Francesco Polanzani Italian, Engraving
The Flight into Egypt
Francesco Polanzani
After Jacques Stella
1720–(?)
Holy Family on the Steps, Claudine Bouzonnet Stella French, Engraving and etching
Holy Family on the Steps
Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
After Nicolas Poussin
1668
Melior est Fructus meus auro et Lapide pretiso. Pro. C. 8. (My fruit is better than gold and precious stones), Claudine Bouzonnet Stella French, Engraving and etching
Melior est Fructus meus auro et Lapide pretiso. Pro. C. 8. (My fruit is better than gold and precious stones)
Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
After Jacques Stella
1660s
Friezes after Giulio Romano, in Palazzo del Te, Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella french, Etching
Friezes after Giulio Romano, in Palazzo del Te
Multiple artists/makers
1675
Friezes after Giulio Romano, in Palazzo del Te, Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella french, Etching
Friezes after Giulio Romano, in Palazzo del Te
Etcher Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella
After Giulio Romano
Publisher Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
1675
Ego Mater pulchrae dilectionis Eccl. 24., Claudine Bouzonnet Stella French, Etching and engraving
Ego Mater pulchrae dilectionis Eccl. 24.
Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
After Nicolas Poussin
1668
Le jeu de quilles et de l’escarpolette (A Game of Boule), Claudine Bouzonnet Stella French, Etching and engraving
Le jeu de quilles et de l’escarpolette (A Game of Boule)
Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
After: Jacques Stella
1667
Lion of the Atlas Mountains, Eugène Delacroix French, Lithograph; third state of four
Lion of the Atlas Mountains
Eugène Delacroix
Printer Henri Gaugain
1829–30
A Lion, Full Face, August 30, 1841, Eugène Delacroix French, Graphite
A Lion, Full Face, August 30, 1841
Eugène Delacroix
1841
Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs, Eugène Delacroix French, Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Sketchbook with views of Tours, France and its environs
Eugène Delacroix
1828–29
A Hunter Stalking a Lion in the Mountains of North Africa, Eugène Delacroix French, Pastel and charcoal
A Hunter Stalking a Lion in the Mountains of North Africa
Eugène Delacroix
1849
Crouching Tiger, Eugène Delacroix French, Pen and brush and iron gall ink
Crouching Tiger
Eugène Delacroix
1839
Leopard and Serpent, Antoine-Louis Barye French, Watercolor on laid paper
Leopard and Serpent
Antoine-Louis Barye
1810–75
Leopard Watching Serpent, Antoine-Louis Barye French, Watercolor on wove paper
Leopard Watching Serpent
Antoine-Louis Barye
1810–75
Building, Cesare Nebbia Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint
Building
Attributed to Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614
Recto: Temple Types: in Antis and Prostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, nos. 2, 3); Verso: Temple Types: Peripteral (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 5)., Sangallo family Italian, Pen and dark brown ink
Recto: Temple Types: in Antis and Prostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, nos. 2, 3); Verso: Temple Types: Peripteral (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 5).
Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family
Author Original Treatise Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius
1530–45
Pantheon, portico, plan (recto) Pantheon, portico, details and perspective (verso), Anonymous, French, 16th century French, Dark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines
Pantheon, portico, plan (recto) Pantheon, portico, details and perspective (verso)
Draftsman Drawn by Anonymous, French, 16th century
early to mid-16th century
Solomon Building the Temple, from "The Story of Solomon", Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish, Engraving
Solomon Building the Temple, from "The Story of Solomon"
After Maarten van Heemskerck
1554
Cadmus Founding Thebes, Master of the Story of Cadmus, Etching
Cadmus Founding Thebes
Master of the Story of Cadmus
Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century
Designed by Francesco Primaticcio
ca. 1543–44
Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from "Le Antichità Romane", Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching
Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from "Le Antichità Romane"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
I Dieci libri d'architettura di Gio: Antonio Rusconi. Secondo i precetti di Vitruvio, novamenti ristampati, & accresciuti della Prattica degl'Horologi Solari, Giovanni Antonio Rusconi Italian, Printed book with woodcut illustrations
I Dieci libri d'architettura di Gio: Antonio Rusconi. Secondo i precetti di Vitruvio, novamenti ristampati, & accresciuti della Prattica degl'Horologi Solari
Multiple artists/makers
1669 (1660)
Vitruvius Teutsch nembliuchen des allern namhafftigsten und hocherfarnesten römischen architecti und kunstereichen werck oder bawmeisters, Marci Vitruvij Pollionis zehen bucher von der architectur und künstleichen bawen, Marcus Pollio Vitruvius Italian, Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Vitruvius Teutsch nembliuchen des allern namhafftigsten und hocherfarnesten römischen architecti und kunstereichen werck oder bawmeisters, Marci Vitruvij Pollionis zehen bucher von der architectur und künstleichen bawen
Multiple artists/makers
1548
Novo Teatro di machine et edificii per varie et sicure operationi., Vittorio Zonca Italian, Plates: engraving
Novo Teatro di machine et edificii per varie et sicure operationi.
Multiple artists/makers
1607
Plate A. XIII, from "Deliciae Naturae Selectae", Georg Wolfgang Knorr German, Hand-colored engraving
Plate A. XIII, from "Deliciae Naturae Selectae"
Georg Wolfgang Knorr
1751–67
Four Tulips: Boter man (Butter Man), Joncker (Nobleman), Grote geplumaceerde (The Great Plumed One), and Voorwint (With the Wind), Jacob Marrel German, watercolor on vellum
Four Tulips: Boter man (Butter Man), Joncker (Nobleman), Grote geplumaceerde (The Great Plumed One), and Voorwint (With the Wind)
Jacob Marrel
ca. 1635–45
Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle, Maria Sibylla Merian German, Watercolor, white gouache, on vellum
Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle
Maria Sibylla Merian
1693
A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn), Barbara Regina Dietzsch German, Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment; partial framing lines in metallic gold paint (trimmed at upper edge)
A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn)
Barbara Regina Dietzsch
ca. 1750-60
Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly, Jan van Kessel Flemish, Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on parchment
Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly
Jan van Kessel
1662
Insects, Butterflies, and a Grasshopper, Jan van Kessel Flemish, Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on parchment
Insects, Butterflies, and a Grasshopper
Jan van Kessel
1664
Wondertooneel der Nature, Levinus Vincent Dutch, Vellum spine
Wondertooneel der Nature
Author Written by Levinus Vincent
Publisher Published by François Halma
Illustrator Romeyn de Hooghe
1706, 1715
Portrait of George Sand, Luigi Calamatta Italian, Engraving
Portrait of George Sand
Engraver Luigi Calamatta
After Eugène Delacroix
Sitter George Sand
1837
Landscape with a Fantastic Castle, George Sand French, Watercolor and graphite
Landscape with a Fantastic Castle
George Sand
1865
Common Thistle (Chardon Commun), George Sand French, Watercolor and collage
Common Thistle (Chardon Commun)
George Sand
1848
Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges, Victor Hugo French, Brush and iron gall washes, pen and iron gall ink, white gouache; outline of castle obtained by using a paper stencil
Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges
Victor Hugo
1857
Botanical Study, Mary Delany British, Paper collage
Botanical Study
Mary Delany
ca. 1772–82
Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail, The Hon. Booth Grey British, Paper mosaic: cut piece of laid paper colored with watercolor, laid onto a supporting sheet colored entirely with black ink and marked with a white paper label
Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail
Attributed to The Hon. Booth Grey
ca. 1791 (?)
Red Currant, Philipp Otto Runge German, Silhouette
Red Currant
Philipp Otto Runge
late 18th–early 19th century
A Fully Cut Fairy Tale, Hans Christian Andersen Danish, Paper cutout
A Fully Cut Fairy Tale
Hans Christian Andersen
ca. 1864
Two Pierrots Balancing on Swans and Two Dancers, Hans Christian Andersen Danish, Cutout in blue paper, mounted on an album sheet
Two Pierrots Balancing on Swans and Two Dancers
Hans Christian Andersen
1820–75
Boats off the coast, storm approaching, John Sell Cotman British, Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache (bodycolor), scratching out, stopping out, and gum arabic
Boats off the coast, storm approaching
John Sell Cotman
1830
The Sea at Dieppe, Eugène Delacroix French, Watercolor on laid paper
The Sea at Dieppe
Eugène Delacroix
ca. 1852–54
Fishing Boat at Sea, Anton Melbye Danish, Charcoal, black chalk, and red chalk
Fishing Boat at Sea
Anton Melbye
1866
La Vague, Marseille, ou le Mistral, Marseille (The Wave or the Mistral, Marseille), Henri Charles Guérard French, Etching and drypoint printed in green ink
La Vague, Marseille, ou le Mistral, Marseille (The Wave or the Mistral, Marseille)
Henri Charles Guérard
ca. 1893
Boats Anchored in Tréboul, Henri Rivière French, Watercolor, gouache, and fabricated black chalk
Boats Anchored in Tréboul
Henri Rivière
1892
The Wave (La Vague), from "L'Estampe Originale", Henri Rivière French, Lithograph
The Wave (La Vague), from "L'Estampe Originale"
Henri Rivière
Publisher André Marty
Printer Edward Ancourt
1893
The Long Wave, B. J. O. Nordfeldt American, born Sweden, Color woodcut
The Long Wave
B. J. O. Nordfeldt
1903
Moonrise – The Wave, B. J. O. Nordfeldt American, born Sweden, Color woodcut
Moonrise – The Wave
B. J. O. Nordfeldt
1906
The Wave, from "L'Estampe Originale", Henri Gustave Jossot French, Lithograph printed in olive green
The Wave, from "L'Estampe Originale"
Henri Gustave Jossot
Publisher André Marty
1894
Glooskap and the Fairy (for "Canadian Wonder Tales"), George Sheringham British, Pen and ink, brush and wash, gouache (bodycolor), on colored paper
Glooskap and the Fairy (for "Canadian Wonder Tales")
George Sheringham
Author Related author Cyrus Macmillan
Publisher Related publisher John Lane Company, New York
ca. 1918
Breaking Waves, Claude Flight British, Linocut
Breaking Waves
Claude Flight
ca. 1931
Wave, Krishna Reddy American, born India, Mixed color intaglio
Wave
Krishna Reddy
1963
The Wave--from the Sea--after Leonardo, Hokusai, and Courbet, Pat Steir American, Drypoint, hardground, aquatint, spitbite aquatint, softground
The Wave--from the Sea--after Leonardo, Hokusai, and Courbet
Pat Steir
1985
"High Water" in the Mississippi, Frances Flora Bond Palmer American, born England, Hand-colored lithograph
"High Water" in the Mississippi
Frances Flora Bond Palmer
James Merritt Ives
Publisher Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives
1868
Flood, Jacob Kainen American, Lithograph
Flood
Jacob Kainen
Publisher WPA
1937
Flood, Edgar Imler American, Wood engraving
Flood
Edgar Imler
Publisher WPA
ca. 1937
Flood, Albert Abramovitz American, Wood engraving
Flood
Albert Abramovitz
Publisher Published by WPA
ca. 1938
Flood Victims, Donato Rico American, Wood engraving
Flood Victims
Donato Rico
Publisher WPA
ca. 1938
The Flood, Hilda Katz American, Linocut
The Flood
Hilda Katz
1949
Journey of the Mann Family, from "The Richard Wright Suite", John Wilson American, Etching with aquatint
Journey of the Mann Family, from "The Richard Wright Suite"
John Wilson
Printer James Stroud
Publisher Center Street Studio
2001
Untitled, Flooded Home V, Nina Jordan American, Color woodcut
Untitled, Flooded Home V
Nina Jordan
2021