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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Engraved print of an ornate classical tomb monument with columns, pediment, statues, mourners, and a Latin inscription below.

Cœnotaphiorum (24)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved plate with two architectural cenotaph designs, cherubs on top, a coat of arms below, and Latin verses underneath.

Cœnotaphiorum (25)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved plate of two ornamental tomb designs, one with a crucifixion scene and one with a relief of a horseman, with Latin i

Cœnotaphiorum (26)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of the seated bearded figure of Moses after Michelangelo's sculpture, in a stone niche with a tablet.

Moses, after the sculpture by Michelangelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Matham, 16th century

Engraving of a standing draped woman with a book beside a tall lily in a vase, in the style of Martin Schongauer.

The Annunciation: The Virgin

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1470-80

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ reaching for grapes while Joseph looks on beside classical architect

Holy Family

Werner van den Valckert, 1612

Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Sixtus V, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Innocent IX, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, late 16th century

Engraving of the Trinity: God the Father holds the dead Christ on clouds, with the Holy Spirit dove above and angels around.

The Trinity

Giorgio Ghisi, 1576

Woodcut of haloed Saint Ita reading in a forest with a dove above and a heraldic shield at left.

Saint Ita (of Toggenburg), from "The Habsburg Saints"

Leonhard Beck, 1516-18

Engraving of demons and dragons attacking in the sky above a town, forest, and rocky cave with a large tree.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506

Engraving of Emperor Maximilian kneeling with saints before the Virgin and Child, under an angel-filled architectural frame.

Maximilian Presented by his Patron Saints to the Almighty

Hans Springinklee, 1519

Engraved print of a bearded saint with halo in an arched niche, holding a model church and pilgrim staff, 1518.

Saint Sebald in a Niche

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Engraving of Pharaoh's daughter seated on a dais receiving a young boy brought by a woman and an older man in a palace.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter

William Hogarth, February 5, 1752

Engraving of a seated princess receiving a child from a woman and bearded man, with attendants and an Egyptian-style landscap

Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter (Exodus 2:10)

William Hogarth, February 5, 1752

Engraving of crucified Christ on a cross surrounded by mourning angels in clouds, with an INRI placard above.

Christ crucified surrounded by mourning angels

Giorgio Ghisi, 1575-79

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with Christ's body lowered by men on a ladder and mourners below.

The Descent from the Cross, from The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ, plate 27

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1548

Engraving of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove in rays of light above, and angels at right.

The Baptism of Christ

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1549

Pen and wash drawing of monks watching workmen topple a seated statue of Apollo from a classical temple beneath a large tree.

Benedict of Nursia Orders the Destruction of the Temple of Apollo at Monte Cassino

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, mid-17th-early 18th century

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table surrounded by apostles, a dog and ornate ewers in the foreground.

The Last Supper

Gaspare Osello, 1564

Engraving of God the Father supporting the crucified Christ, with a dove above and two angels holding the cross among clouds.

The Trinity

Engraving of the Last Judgement: Christ on a globe among clouds, trumpeting angels, and crowds of nude figures below.

The Last Judgement

Cornelis Bos, ca. 1548-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of an altar design with a crucifix, columns, putti, and side elevations with handwritten notes.

Design for an Altar Surmounted by a Crucifix in Four Different Views

Vincenzo de' Rossi, 1546-47

Brown and white wash drawing of a bishop saint trampling fallen figures, with Christ in clouds above and bishops beside him.

Saint Lambert Trampling his Murderers, Surrounded by the Four Church Fathers

Antoine Sallaert, early 17th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of two draped men gesturing beside a column, with a landscape of trees and mountains behind them.

The Parable of the Mote and the Beam (Matthew 7:3)

Ottmar Elliger the Younger, 1700 or before

Brown wash drawing of a standing angel with wings holding a scroll, with white highlights and grid lines visible.

Standing Angel Holding a Scroll

Giovanni Domenico Caresana, ca. 1614

Engraving of the Virgin Mary teaching the young Saint John, with a sleeping infant on her lap and a small cross nearby.

The Virgin Teaching St. John

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1766

Engraving of a haloed figure standing on a globe among clouds above sprawled figures and scattered bones, with a burning city

The Triumph of Divinity or Eternity from The Triumphs of Petrarch

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, ca. 1548-49

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling woman raising a sword toward a crucified figure, with an armored soldier at left.

A Reformational Allegory

Dirck Pietersz. Crabeth, ca. 1550-55

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with draped figures, a nude infant, and a child with curly hair on tinted paper

Holy Family

Master ND, ca. 1544