Museum Of New Zealand Collection

High noon in the boatyard, Rye, 1909. Creator: Martin Hardie
High noon in the boatyard, Rye, 1909

Die Römischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/ Ruine del Palazzo de'Cesari in Roma, 1810. Creator: Joseph Anton Koch
Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/ Ruine del Palazzo de'Cesari in Roma, 1810. From a series of 20 etchings in the series Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)

Goats: Plate 6: Nanny goat and kid, Mid 17th century. Creator: Marcus de Bye
Goats: Plate 6: Nanny goat and kid, Mid 17th century

Die Römischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/ Subiaco, 1810. Creator: Joseph Anton Koch
Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/ Subiaco, 1810. Seventh plate in the series Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome) and as the title implies

Cows and a sheep. Plate 8: A grazing sheep, 1664. Creator: Marcus de Bye
Cows and a sheep. Plate 8: A grazing sheep, 1664

W.H. Hutton, 1927, England, Joseph Simpson. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1927. Creator: Joseph Simpson
W.H. Hutton, 1927, England, Joseph Simpson. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1927. The churchman (Dean of Winchester) and historian of the church and India, William Holden Hutton (1860-1930)

The set of the bears. Untitled plate 14, 1664. Creator: Marcus de Bye
The set of the bears. Untitled plate 14, 1664. Fourteenth in the set, a bear is depicted in a menacing, crouching pose. In the distance, two people, out of the reach of danger

Die Römischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/ Acquedotti sotto S. Bonaventura in Roma, 1810. Creator: Joseph Anton Koch
Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/ Acquedotti sotto S. Bonaventura in Roma, 1810. From a series of 20 etchings in the series Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)

Seascapes with views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc. Untitled, 1701. Creator: Ludolf Bakhuizen
Seascapes with views of the Ij and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc. Untitled, 1701. The foreground emphasises the swirling seas, and leads to two listing vessels

Die Römischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/Rovine del Palazzo de Cesari, 1810. Creator: Joseph Anton Koch
Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)/Rovine del Palazzo de Cesari, 1810. From a series of 20 etchings in the series Die Romischen Ansichten (Views of Rome)

A daimyo, 1800-1840. Creator: Unknown
A daimyo, 1800-1840. Yamato-e - classically styled painting on silk - apparently of a wealthy aristocrat, perhaps a daimyo or lord, but with the head of a rat

Study for female figure in engraved illustration to Amor Mundi, (c1865). Creator: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Study for female figure in engraved illustration to Amor Mundi, (c1865). Amor Mundi can be translated as worldly love and the sensual pleasure that accompanies it

Portrait of Mrs W. Collins, 1826. Creator: Margaret Carpenter
Portrait of Mrs W. Collins, 1826. The artist's sister Harriet's mother-in-law. Margaret Collins was a formidable woman who had opposed Harriet's marriage to her son

The Temple of Diana, c.1740. Creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini
The Temple of Diana, c.1740

Poedua [Poetua], daughter of Oreo, chief of Ulaietea, one of the Society Isles, 1785. Creator: John Webber
Poedua [Poetua], daughter of Oreo, chief of Ulaietea, one of the Society Isles, 1785. A portrait of a Pacific princess conceals an early clash of cultures

[Veronica (4 species)], c.1885. Creator: Sarah Featon
[Veronica (4 species)], c.1885

Wilhelmina, 1903. Creator: Dorothy Kate Richmond
Wilhelmina, 1903. Depicts a young female lacemaker. The popularity of this subject reflects the rise and decline of lace-making, which emerged as a key component of luxury dress in the 16th century

Croix de Moulin des Planches, 1827. Creator: Richard Parkes Bonington
Croix de Moulin des Planches, 1827

Le Bain (The bath). From: Les Peintres Lithographes de Manet à Matisse: Album d... c.1925. Creator: Pierre Bonnard
Le Bain (The bath). From: Les Peintres Lithographes de Manet a Matisse: Album de Lithographies Originales, c.1925

Profil de lumière (Profile of light), 1886. Creators: Odilon Redon, Lemercier et Compagnie
Profil de lumiere (Profile of light), 1886

Le maréchal anglais (The English blacksmith). From Études de chevaux, Grands chevaux'... 1822
Le marechal anglais (The English blacksmith). From Etudes de chevaux, Grands chevaux (Studies of horses. Large horses'. 1822)

Wooded landscape, 1790s-1820s. Creator: John White Abbott
Wooded landscape, 1790s-1820s

Eaux-Fortes Modernes. Plate 197. Arabes d'Oran (Arabs of Oran), 1833. Creator: Eugene Delacroix
Eaux-Fortes Modernes. Plate 197. Arabes d'Oran (Arabs of Oran), 1833. Shows an outdoor setting with two men, one reclining and facing the viewer

Christ driving the money changers from the Temple, 1635. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Christ driving the money changers from the Temple, 1635

Sunrise, 1915-34. Creator: Sydney Mackenzie Litten
Sunrise, 1915-34

Christ at Emmaus: the smaller plate, 1634. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Christ at Emmaus: the smaller plate, 1634

Joseph's coat brought to Jacob, c.1633. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Joseph's coat brought to Jacob, c.1633. The tragic consequences, when Joseph's brothers turned against him, are described in Genesis 37:12-35

The "Adam and Eve", Old Chelsea, 1879. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The "Adam and Eve", Old Chelsea, 1879

Drouet, 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drouet, 1859

Sheba, c.1929. Creator: Mary Tripe
Sheba, c.1929. This is a portrait of Allison Kirkcaldie, who was part of the family that owned Wellington's Kirkcaldie and Stains department store

Le Pont-Neuf, c.1861. Creator: Charles Meryon
Le Pont-Neuf, c.1861

Billingsgate, 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Billingsgate, 1859. One of the 16-print Thames set, a daringly abstract composition which is dominated by moored fishing vessels, and the bow of a barge in the left

Self-portrait etching at a window, 1648. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Self-portrait etching at a window, 1648

Le Pont-Neuf, 1853. Creator: Charles Meryon
Le Pont-Neuf, 1853

Clement de Jonghe, printseller, 1651. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Clement de Jonghe, printseller, 1651

A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms, 1648. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms, 1648

Eiland Marken, 1930. Creator: Sydney Mackenzie Litten
Eiland Marken, 1930. Marken is a peninsula in the Markermeer, in the Netherlands and a former island in the Zuiderzee, located in the municipality Waterland in the province North Holland

Koshu Inumetoge (Inume Pass in Kai Province). From the series: Fugaku sanjuo (Thirty-six views of Mo Creator: Hokusai)
Koshu Inumetoge (Inume Pass in Kai Province). From the series: Fugaku sanjuo (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji). c.1830-1832

Caricatures and deformities after Leonardo. Two heads, 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Caricatures and deformities after Leonardo. Two heads, 1645

Men dancing to samisen music, from the series Shokoku meibutsu (Famous products... 1890-1895. Creator: Totoya Hokkei)
Men dancing to samisen music, from the series Shokoku meibutsu (Famous products of the provinces), 1890-1895

Caricatures and deformities after Leonardo. Two distorted heads, 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Caricatures and deformities after Leonardo. Two distorted heads, 1645. Depicts two deformed heads. The man on the left seems to be a caricature of Dante

Morishita, between Shono and Kameyana: Actor Ichikawa Enzo Hori no Ranmaru, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), 1852

Charles I, 1649. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Charles I, 1649

Henry VIII, 1647. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Henry VIII, 1647

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Sukeroku, from the play Sukeroku yukari Edo zakura (The Flower... 1832)
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Sukeroku, from the play Sukeroku yukari Edo zakura (The Flower of Edo), 1832

Amoenissimæ aliquot locorum... Effigies. Plate 18. Zu Cöllen, 1635. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Amoenissimae aliquot locorum... Effigies. Plate 18. Zu Collen, 1635

Woman in front of the Tagawaya Teahouse, 1815-1842. Creator: Ikeda Eisen
Woman in front of the Tagawaya Teahouse, 1815-1842. The winter setting for the image of a woman walking alone in front of a teahouse (the sign at upper left reads Kaiseki Tagawaya)

Amoenissimæ aliquot locorum... effigies. Plate 14. Rudeßheim im Rinckow, 1635. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Amoenissimae aliquot locorum... effigies. Plate 14. Rudeszheim im Rinckow, 1635

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