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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of a woman in a robe beside a birdcage, with a parrot on a branch above and songbirds on a perch behind her.

Air, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of two Chinese-dressed figures tending a steaming hearth, with a seated Buddha statue above and hanging pots.

Fire, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a seated elderly man in Chinese-style robes holding a net, with a child beside him and a pagoda behind.

Water, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a turbaned woman beside a pine tree and urn, with a kneeling child holding flowers in the foreground.

Earth, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Etching of two figures in Asian dress with a gong, bells, and a stringed instrument among plants.

Hearing

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of children gathered around a wooden box with a seated old man, palms, a flowering branch and birds nearby.

Sight

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a woman with a plumed headdress beside an incense urn, a child, a kneeling old man, and potted plants.

Smell

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of two robed children seated beneath a gnarled tree with a large hanging fruit and foliage.

Taste

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a robe, each holding a small animal, beside a tree and a fan.

Touch

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of three figures in flowing robes beside a flowered urn on a pedestal, with a tambourine on the ground.

Touch, from The Five Senses

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman nursing an infant in a rustic room with children, a dog, chickens and a wicker basket.

Plate 1: Young Woman Feeding her Infant, from Premier Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (First Book of Subjects and Pasto…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a shepherd teasing a sleeping shepherdess with straw, with sheep, a dog and a thatched hut in a wooded pastoral se

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Engraved medley print with a central male portrait surrounded by overlapping vignettes, text cards and a playing card.

Medley Print: Sot's Paradise

Sr George Bickham, 1706-7

Etched title page with Italian text, a coat of arms, two reclining allegorical figures, and a view of Florence below.

Frontispiece for "Instructions for Chancellors" (Instruzione a' Cancellieri)

Stefano Della Bella, 1635

Etched frontispiece with a double-headed eagle, imperial crown, scepter and sword above an inscribed banner.

Frontispiece for "The funeral of Emperor Ferdinand II" (Esequie dell'imperadore Ferdinando II)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etched frontispiece with two cherubs holding a banner titled La selva di cipressi, above a path lined with tall cypress trees

Frontispiece for "The Cypress Forest" (La selva di cipressi)

Stefano Della Bella, 1640

Etching of a laurel-crowned winged woman with a trumpet and scroll, a cherub playing lute, and a mask and books at her feet.

Frontispiece for "Poems by Desmarets" (Oeuvres poétiques de Desmarets)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of two flute players on rocks above a laughing crowd, a winged horse among trees, and a banner reading ÆTATIS SUÆ 31.

Frontispiece for "The Works of Scarron" (Œuvres de Scarron)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of costumed figures on a wooded path with Florence in the distance and gods seated on clouds above.

First Scene, in Florence, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of an armored warrior and a haloed youth with a lyre beside a tree, under a coat of arms, with a distant battle scene

Frontispiece for "The Fall of Longobardi" (La Caduta de' Longobardi)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a forest clearing with a procession of robed figures below and a group of gods gathered on clouds above.

Second Scene, in Diana's forest, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a stage set with colonnades, a central fountain, dancing figures and gods in clouds above.

Third scene, the garden of Venus, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a mythological sea scene with dancing nymphs, sea creatures and tritons between rocky cliffs, with figures on a cl

Fourth scene, the sea, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a theatrical grotto stage with rocky cliffs, armed figures fighting below, and clouds with figures above.

Grotto scene with Vulcan, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of a fiery infernal stage set with burning colonnades, centaurs, flying demons and a chariot in the clouds.

Fifth scene, the Inferno, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Colored print of a yellow and orange sulphur peacock moth with eyespots beside a blue flower and green leaves.

Sulfur Peacock Moth from "The Butterflies and Moths of America" Part 2

Louis Prang & Co., 1862

Etching of a waterfall between rocky cliffs with cattle, goats and a seated woman under trees in the foreground.

A waterfall descending from the mountains in the center background, various animals and a woman and child beneath a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a woman riding a mule with a peasant, a fisherman at a river, and a stone bridge among hills and trees.

A mule carrying a woman and a peasant walking with a mule to left, a fisherman to right casting his line towards the…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching in a circle: a peasant woman on horseback leads a herd of cows, sheep, goats and dogs across a landscape.

A peasant woman seated on a horse to left, facing right, surrounded by a herd of cows, goats, sheep, and dogs, from "…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching in a circle of satyrs and a faun watching children dance beside a leafy wooded landscape.

Two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs and another satyr with an child on his shoulders danc…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48