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Selected Etchings

Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women, Daniel Hopfer German, Etching
Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women
Daniel Hopfer
ca. 1515
Landscape with a Cottage and a Haybarn, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch, Etching, with touches of drypoint
Landscape with a Cottage and a Haybarn
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1641
Garroted Man, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Etching, printed in blue (working proof)
Garroted Man
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
ca. 1775–78
Kai, Lucian Freud British, born Germany, Etching
Kai
Multiple artists/makers
1991–92
Agony in the Garden, Albrecht Dürer German, Etching
Agony in the Garden
Albrecht Dürer
1515
Landscape with a Double Spruce, Albrecht Altdorfer German, Etching
Landscape with a Double Spruce
Albrecht Altdorfer
ca. 1521–22
The Belgian Wagon (Plaustrum Belgicum), from "The Large Landscapes", Johannes van Doetecum I Netherlandish, Etching and engraving; second state of two
The Belgian Wagon (Plaustrum Belgicum), from "The Large Landscapes"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1555–56
The Temptation of St. Anthony, Jacques Callot French, Etching; third state of five (Lieure)
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Jacques Callot
Israël Henriet
1635
Four Caterpillars and a Snail, Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian, Etching; first state of three
Four Caterpillars and a Snail
Wenceslaus Hollar
1646
Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal), Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Italian, Etching; undivided plate, only state
Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Joseph Smith
1741
The Little Park, Jean Honoré Fragonard French, Etching
The Little Park
Jean Honoré Fragonard
ca. 1763
The Five Orders of Periwigs, William Hogarth British, Etching; first state of two
The Five Orders of Periwigs
William Hogarth
November 1761
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses), Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1769
Laceing [sic] a Dandy, Anonymous, British, 19th century British, Hand-colored etching
Laceing [sic] a Dandy
Anonymous, British, 19th century
Thomas Tegg
January 26, 1819
Black Lion Wharf, James McNeill Whistler American, Etching, printed in black ink on extremely fine cream Japan paper; fourth state of four (Glasgow)
Black Lion Wharf
James McNeill Whistler
1859
Le Ministère de la Marine (the Admiralty, Paris), Charles Meryon French, Etching; third state of seven
Le Ministère de la Marine (the Admiralty, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1865
Turning out the Light, from "New York City Life", John Sloan American, Etching
Turning out the Light, from "New York City Life"
John Sloan
1905
The Frugal Repast, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Etching
The Frugal Repast
Multiple artists/makers
1904, printed 1913
Night Shadows, Edward Hopper American, Etching
Night Shadows
Edward Hopper
1921
Untitled Etching #1, Barnett Newman American, Etching and aquatint
Untitled Etching #1
Multiple artists/makers
1969
Untitled, Kiki Smith American, born Germany, Fifteen etchings and aquatints
Untitled
Kiki Smith
13 Moons
1999
Shaded Recursive Combs, James Siena American, Etching
Shaded Recursive Combs
James Siena
Pace Prints
2007