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Selected Engravings

The Queen of Flowers, Master of the Playing Cards German, Engraving printed from two plates
The Queen of Flowers
Master of the Playing Cards
ca. 1435–40
The Moon in its Final Quarter, Claude Mellan French, Engraving; first state of two
The Moon in its Final Quarter
Claude Mellan
1635
The Bench, Dent British, Engraving
The Bench
Dent
William Hogarth
1790–1810
Figures in Landscape, Dorothy Dehner American, Engraving
Figures in Landscape
Dorothy Dehner
1958
Foliate Ornament, Master W with Key Netherlandish, Engraving
Foliate Ornament
Master W with Key
ca. 1465–90
Battle of the Nude Men, Antonio Pollaiuolo Italian, Engraving
Battle of the Nude Men
Antonio Pollaiuolo
ca. 1470–90
Christ Carrying the Cross, Martin Schongauer German, Engraving
Christ Carrying the Cross
Martin Schongauer
ca. 1475–80
Bacchanal with Silenus, Andrea Mantegna Italian, Engraving with drypoint
Bacchanal with Silenus
Andrea Mantegna
before 1475
The Judgment of Paris; he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above; in the upper section the Sun in his chariot preceeded by Castor and Pollux on horseback; at lower right two river gods and a naiad above whom Jupiter, an eagle, Ganymede, Diana and another Goddess, Marcantonio Raimondi Italian, Engraving
The Judgment of Paris; he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above; in the upper section the Sun in his chariot preceeded by Castor and Pollux on horseback; at lower right two river gods and a naiad above whom Jupiter, an eagle, Ganymede, Diana and another Goddess
Marcantonio Raimondi
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
ca. 1510–20
Nemesis (The Great Fortune), Albrecht Dürer German, Engraving
Nemesis (The Great Fortune)
Albrecht Dürer
1501–2
Lo Stregozzo: a female witch riding on an animal skeleton, preceded by two men and a boy on a goat blowing on a horn, another naked man behind carrying two bones , Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian, Engraving, first state before the engraver's initials on the horn
Lo Stregozzo: a female witch riding on an animal skeleton, preceded by two men and a boy on a goat blowing on a horn, another naked man behind carrying two bones
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)
ca. 1515–25
Panel of Ornament with Two Sirens, Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, Engraving
Panel of Ornament with Two Sirens
Lucas van Leyden
1528
Allegory of Life, Giorgio Ghisi Italian, Engraving; second state of six (BLL)
Allegory of Life
Giorgio Ghisi
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
1561
The Great Hercules, Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish, Engraving
The Great Hercules
Hendrick Goltzius
1589
Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Cloth, Claude Mellan French, Engraving; second state of two
Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Cloth
Claude Mellan
1649
Louis XIV, Robert Nanteuil French, Engraving; fourth state of six (Petitjean & Wickert)
Louis XIV
Robert Nanteuil
1670
Untitled, Jackson Pollock American, Engraving and drypoint
Untitled
Jackson Pollock
Emiliano Sorini
1944–45, printed 1967
Hanging Weeds, Louise Bourgeois American, Engraving
Hanging Weeds
Louise Bourgeois
1949
Transformation B, Josef Albers American, born Germany, Engraving
Transformation B
Josef Albers
1950
Barcarolle, Bernard Childs American, Power tools and traditional engraving; final proof
Barcarolle
Bernard Childs
1958
Squa Tront, James Siena American, Engraving
Squa Tront
James Siena
2005–2010