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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,820 works

Engraved interior with men in academic gowns drinking at a table, a dog asleep on the floor, and a servant in a doorway.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

Gerard Vandergucht, April 1730

Etched street scene of a gentleman gesturing toward a woman by a brick house, with a dog and flower basket.

Frontispiece to Moliere's "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire" (The Imaginary Cuckold)

John Vandergucht, ca. 1732

Engraved print of a crowded fair with wooden stages, flags, a tightrope walker, musicians, and a dense crowd of people.

The Humours and Diversions of the Southwark Fair / Les Bizarerries et Les Plaisirs de La Foire de Southwark

William Hogarth, 1733-1825 [after 1733 oriiginal]

Engraving of an armored man with a sword and heraldic shield beside two lions, with eagles, statues and an ornate doorway beh

Allegorical Portrait of Count Tassis, from "Les marques d'honneur de la Maison de Tassis"

Cornelis Galle, 1645

Engraving of Oxford scholars in gowns drinking in a panelled room, with a woman, a servant and a sleeping dog.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

William Hogarth, November 1, 1807

Engraved bird's-eye view of the Richelieu château with formal gardens, tree-lined avenues, horsemen and a carriage in the for

Veüe generale en Perspective du Château Bassecourt, Anticours, Jardins, &c. de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Etching of the garden facade of the Château de Richelieu with strolling figures on terraces and gravel paths.

Veüe du Château de Richelieu du Côté du Parc

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Engraved battle frieze of armored horsemen and foot soldiers fighting, with fallen men and horses in the foreground.

Plate from "Combats et Triomphes"

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etched view of a domed palace with wings and corner pavilions, two horsemen in a field, and a pyramid at right.

View of a Town, plate X from "Livre de paysages dédié à Monsieur de Beringhen"

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1693

Etching of a wooded clearing with a unicorn and two lions facing kneeling figures by a fountain, watched by a crowd on the hi

The Enchanted Fountain of Love's Truth (La Fontaine Enchantée de la Verité d'Amour)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1783

Engraving of the garden facade of the Château de Richelieu with a formal parterre, fountain and strolling figures.

Face du grand corps de Logis du Château de Richelieu du côté du Parterre

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Vertical engraved ornament print with a chinoiserie pagoda, rococo scrollwork, seated figures, birds, and swans within a rule

Kiosk Chinois, from Premier cayer de panneaux, frises et sujets arabesques

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1788

Lithograph of a stormy Glenfinlas valley with mountains, rocks, and horsemen with dogs in the foreground.

Vallée de Glenfinlas (Glenfinlas Valley), from "Vues Pittoresques de l'Écosse"

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826

Etching of a standing lion beside a tree, with a bird flying overhead and a distant landscape with ruins.

Plate 4 from "The Lions"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of a standing horse grazing beside a reclining horse, with trees and a distant farmhouse in the background.

The Two Horses

Karel Dujardin, 17th century

Etching of two horses in a field beside a plough and cart, one grazing, with a rocky hill in the distance.

Les deux chevaux près de la charrue

Karel Dujardin, 1657

Engraved architectural plate showing a paneled door and chimney with garland and eagle ornament from the Versailles Billiards

Door and Chimney of the Billiards room at Versailles, plate I from "Portes a Placard et Lambris"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Engraved bird's eye view of the Anet château, showing its formal gardens, courtyards, gatehouse and walls.

Birds Eye View of the Chateau and Grounds of Anet, from "Les plus excellents bastiments de France"

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Engraved print of a garden fountain topped by a reclining Diana with a bow, a stag and a hound, on an arcaded base.

Fountain with a Sculpture of the Godess Diana at Chateau d'Anet

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Hand-colored 1881 fashion print of two women on a mountain path, one in a crimson gown, one in a plaid hunting costume.

A Lady in a Hunting Costume with a Lady in Walking Costume on a Mountain Path from La Mode Illustrée

Adèle-Anaïs Toudouze, 1881

Etching of a woman in period dress walking with a dog standing on its hind legs beside a tree and a pastoral landscape.

A shepherdess, accompanied by her dog, dancing to the sound of a musette

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1640

Engraving of a female allegory of Astronomy with a globe and instruments, framed by ornamental scrolls, birds, and a cartouch

Astronomy (Astronomie)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of an allegorical figure of Arithmetic with an hourglass, books and scrollwork, flanked by two seated men.

Arithmetic (Arithmetique)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving in an oval frame showing a hero fighting a man on the ground, with two horses and a stable behind, plus Latin borde

Hercules Killing Diomedes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etching of two mules with panniers, plumes and tassels in the foreground, and a horseman driving more mules across a field.

Two mules bearing panniers and outfitted with blinders, plumes, and tassels; one mule in three-quarter view and behin…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Engraving of a hero leading a white horse from a stable while a man lies sprawled in the foreground, with a Latin inscription

Hercules Stealing the Horses of Diomedes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etching of two dogs sleeping on the ground beside a plough, bundled straw and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Two dogs sleeping on the ground; a plough, farm equipment, bunches of straw, and a fence beyond

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Engraving of Diana and Orion in a forest with attendants, hunting dogs, and a leaping deer, with a Latin caption below.

Diana accepts the huntsman Orion into her company (Diane admettant en sa compagnie le chasseur orion)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etching of a landscape with ruins on a hillside, a mountain beyond, and two men and a dog in the foreground near water.

View of hillside with ruins (an aqueduct?) and mountain crag beyond, in the foreground a man kneels on the grass besi…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Engraved ornament with a winged female figure centred between owls, griffins, rabbits and scrolling foliage.

Bellone

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83