Vittore Carpaccio, The Virgin Reading , c. 1500, oil on panel, 78 × 51 cm, Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art,...

Carl Schleicher, Der Bücherwurm  (The Bookworm), late 19th century, oil on wood, 21 × 15.5 cm Peer review is at the heart of the academic...

Thomas Rowlandson, The Consultation, 1785. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. ...

Detail of a miniature of Jean de Meun writing his book, from the Roman de la Rose, Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1490 – c. 1500, ...

Honoré Daumier, Une Descente en parachute , 1852, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Accession No. 2015.143.567 So...