Collection · 326 pieces

The Study Wall

Maps, plates and diagrams: the pieces you look up at between thoughts.

From Cabinet of Curiosities 18The Scriptorium 9The Hermetica 4The Alembic 4 and 6 more houses

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1–48 of 50 pieces

Orion, the Hunter

after Bayer / Hevelius / Flamsteed

Plate, engraved 16th–18th c.

PA-00966from $55

The Blue Heron

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00285from $55

The Red Mottled Rock-Crab

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00288from $55

Asteridea

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00271from $60

Horlogerie — Réveil à Poids

Robert Bénard, after Fossier

Plate, 18th century

PA-00530from $55

The Red Frangipani

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00258from $55

Europa Regina

Johannes Putsch; popularized by Sebastian Münster

Plate, 1537

PA-00330from $60

Horlogerie — Ouvrages et Outils

Robert Bénard, after Fossier

Plate, 18th century

PA-00529from $60

May — The Green Ride

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00910from $60

The Gravid Uterus

William Hunter, drawn by Jan van Rymsdyk

Plate, 1774

PA-00948from $55

The Vanitas

Engraver unknown

Engraving, c. 1650

PA-00484from $55

The Meeting of Sol and Luna

Unknown (anonymous woodcut artist)

Woodcut

PA-00518from $60

Coniunctio sive Coitus

Unknown (anonymous woodcut artist)

Woodcut

PA-00520from $60

The Anatomical Angel

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1746

PA-00941from $55

A Bourgery Plate

J.-B. M. Bourgery & N. H. Jacob

Lithograph, 1831–1854

PA-00945from $60

Transport Clipper Ocean Express in Tow of the Illinois

Alfred R. Waud

Pencil and wash drawing, 1861

PA-01898from $60

Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Plate, 1817–1824

PA-00248from $55

Bayer's Uranometria

Johann Bayer

Plate, 1603

PA-00951from $60

Marsh Marigold, with Companions

Basilius Besler

Plate, 1613

PA-00253from $55

Scorpio

Sidney Hall

Plate, 1825

PA-00264from $60

The Piri Reis Map

Piri Reis (Ottoman admiral)

Plate, 1513

PA-00317from $55

A Clock Face and Its Mechanism

Unknown engraver

Engraving, 18th–19th century

PA-00532from $55

Halley's Eclipse Map of 1715

Edmond Halley

Plate, 1715

PA-00991from $60

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00305from $55

The Night-Blowing Cereus

after Philip Reinagle and Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1800

PA-00250from $55

The Large Sunflower

Basilius Besler

Plate, 1613

PA-00252from $55

Cat’s Claw, with a Swallowtail

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00257from $55

The Zodiac Man

The Limbourg brothers

Plate, c. 1416

PA-00459from $55

The Anatomical Man

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00918from $55

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

Unknown Franco-Flemish illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1270

PA-00927from $55

The Weighing of the World Systems

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

Plate, 1651

PA-00986from $60

Old Man In Cap

Painted Agency

Digital drawing, 2026

PA-02808from $60

Painter At Easel

Painted Agency

Digital drawing, 2026

PA-02812from $60

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

The Four Evangelist Symbols

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00902from $55

The Temptation of Christ

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00904from $55

Christ Enthroned

Unknown Insular scribe-artists

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00920from $55

The Dragon Arum

William Ward, after Peter Charles Henderson and Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1801

PA-00249from $60

The Book of the Fixed Stars

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, Copied late 15th century

PA-00259from $60

Cubomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00272from $60

The Snow Bird

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00283from $60

The Booby

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00286from $55

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1705

PA-00290from $55

Leaf with the Annunciation

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00304from $60

The Children of the Moon

The Master of the Housebook (attributed)

Plate, c. 1480

PA-00462from $60

The Conjunction

after the 1550 woodcuts

Woodcut, 1550

PA-00479from $60

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Eight-Circle Cross

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00903from $55

Pieces

Orion, the Hunter

The Blue Heron

The Red Mottled Rock-Crab

Asteridea

Horlogerie — Réveil à Poids

The Red Frangipani

Europa Regina

Horlogerie — Ouvrages et Outils

May — The Green Ride

The Gravid Uterus

The Vanitas

The Meeting of Sol and Luna

Coniunctio sive Coitus

The Anatomical Angel

A Bourgery Plate

Transport Clipper Ocean Express in Tow of the Illinois

Rosa Gallica Aurelianensis

Bayer's Uranometria

Marsh Marigold, with Companions

Scorpio

The Piri Reis Map

A Clock Face and Its Mechanism

Halley's Eclipse Map of 1715

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

The Night-Blowing Cereus

The Large Sunflower

Cat’s Claw, with a Swallowtail

The Zodiac Man

The Anatomical Man

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

The Weighing of the World Systems

Old Man In Cap

Painter At Easel

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Four Evangelist Symbols

The Temptation of Christ

Christ Enthroned

The Dragon Arum

The Book of the Fixed Stars

Cubomedusae

The Snow Bird

The Booby

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Leaf with the Annunciation

The Children of the Moon

The Conjunction

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Eight-Circle Cross