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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,447 works

Circular etched portrait of a woman in a flat-crowned fur hat and patterned lace collar, signed Hollar, 1645.

Woman with stiff lace collar and flat-crowned fur hat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Colored design drawing of a console table with fluted legs, urn finial, and a fan-shaped ornamental panel above.

Design for a Console Table

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Hand-colored page with a thorny rose plant, a worm in the foreground, and the printed poem The Sick Rose by William Blake.

Songs of Experience: The Sick Rose

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Etching of the choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, with rows of carved stalls, fan vaulting, hanging banners and a tiled f

Windsor Castle, St. George's Chapel: Prospect of the Choir, from the West (from Elias Ashmole's "The Order of the Gar…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663

Ink and wash drawing of a classical chimneypiece elevation with fluted frieze, dentil cornice and pilasters.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Hand-colored page by William Blake showing a reclining woman and a winged angel beneath a tree, with the poem The Angel below

Songs of Experience: The Angel

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Etching of a sleeping nude infant reclining beneath a tree with two birds in the branches and a club beside him.

Infant Hercules asleep

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Pencil and watercolor west elevation of a Gothic Revival church with red brick, rose window, and tall bell tower with spire.

West Elevation of an Unidentified Church

William Butterfield, 19th century

Hand-colored page of Blake's poems My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower and The Lilly, with a watercolor vignette of two figur

Songs of Experience: My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower, The Lilly

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pen drawing of a curly-haired child carrying a puppy on his shoulder, with a large dog and children near a tower.

Child Carrying a Puppy on his Shoulder

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Engraving of a satyr carrying a nude woman over his shoulder, with a dog below and a flowing cloth behind them.

Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Hand-colored page with three robed figures by a barred gate in a garden, above the handwritten poem The Garden of Love.

Songs of Experience: The Garden of Love

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Etching of a thatched cottage under a full moon, with a shepherd, dog and sheep in a fenced lane at night.

Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep

Samuel Palmer, 1850

Drawn circular portrait of a man in a buttoned garment, framed by decorative scrollwork and inscribed lettering.

Portrait of Rinaldo Orsino, Archbishop of Florence (1474-1508)

Bernardino Capitelli, early 17th century

Hand-colored page with an old man in blue bending toward a child beside a brick wall, above the poem "London".

Songs of Experience: London

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor of a Gothic library interior with a seated reader, bookcases, a globe, and tall arched windows.

Lea Castle, View in the Library, Looking East

John Carter, ca. 1816

Brown ink and wash drawing of the baptism of Christ with angels on clouds above and a kneeling figure pouring water.

The Baptism of Christ (recto); The Baptism of Christ (verso)

Gabriel Weyer, late 16th-early 17th century

Illuminated page with hand-colored poem The Human Abstract above a bearded man in blue clutching his head beside a tree.

Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scroll border, acanthus capitals and curved pediment, with a scale bar b

Design for a Chimneypiece with a Frieze with Floral Decoration and Capitals Decorated with Animals

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Doric porch with columns, pediment, fanlight and paneled door, flanked by two windows.

Design for a Doric Porch, Plan and Elevation

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Hand-colored page showing a mother in pink reaching for a naked infant on a bed beneath the poem Infant Sorrow.

Songs of Experience: Infant Sorrow

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled frieze, dentil cornice and a scale bar below.

Design for a Chimneypiece with Scalloped Moldings

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Painted illuminated initial O with magenta and gold foliage and blue floral panel, beside red staff lines and blackletter tex

Illuminated Initial from Hymnal

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Hand-colored page with the poem A Little Boy Lost, kneeling figures, flames and a thorny green vine beside the text.

Songs of Experience: A Little Boy Lost

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical ceiling with an oval medallion, garlands, scrolling foliage and corner laurel wreaths.

Design for a Ceiling, an Oval within a Square, having a Criss-cross Border to the Oval, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1769

Painted illuminated initial with interlaced ornament and a haloed saint holding an inscribed banner beside a dragon.

Illuminated Initial and Saint

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Hand-colored illuminated page of Blake's poem A Little Girl Lost, with red script and a tree with vines on the right.

Songs of Experience: A Little Girl Lost

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with an oval panel, scrolled moldings, a figural medallion and handwritten note

Ceiling of Staircase, Palazzo Mattei

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Painted floral design with blue flowers, maroon accents and green scrolling leaves in one corner of a cream sheet.

Design for a Floral Pattern

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Hand-colored illuminated page with poem To Tirzah above three robed figures tending a reclining nude beside green hills.

Songs of Experience: To Tirzah

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor elevation of a two-story stone building with five arched bays, iron railings, and pedestrians on the street.

Perspective elevation, from left, of stonefaced building of five bays and two stories

J. B. Marsh, 1866

Study of a Lady in a Riding Habit

Phil May, late 19th-early 20th century

Illuminated page with hand-lettered verse and watercolor scene of a bearded bard playing a harp before a group of robed figur

Songs of Experience: The Voice of the Ancient Bard

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Pen and watercolor drawing of fishermen and boats on a seashore, with a small cottage and sailing ships in the distance.

Figures by the Seashore

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with rosette corner ornaments and a labeled hearth below.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Pencil drawing of a stone church with a crenellated square tower and pinnacles, showing a proposed restoration of Holy Trinit

Proposed Restoration of the Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Old Clee, Lincolnshire

James Fowler, 1876-77

Pencil sketch of a seated woman drawing on a board while another woman leans over her shoulder.

The Drawing Lesson

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Engraving of Christ as judge on a cloud, surrounded by saints and crowds of nude figures in the Last Judgment.

Christ as Judge Surrounded by Saints (upper central section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate throne design with a draped canopy, scalloped arch, columns and stepped dais.

Design for a Throne (recto); Recumbent Figure (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Watercolor interior of the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London, showing Corinthian columns, a coffered vault, and small figu

Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London

Auguste Charles Pugin, 1795-1825

Pen sketch of a theatre stage with Gothic scenery and a figure painting, with a handwritten letter signed by Pugin below.

Letter with Sketch of Artist Painting Stage Scenery

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, March 1831

Pencil drawing of a classical rosette with acanthus leaves, petals and a central flower, with a scroll molding in the corner.

Study of a Classical Rosette

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Circular engraving of Christ praying on a rock while sleeping disciples lie nearby, with soldiers approaching in the distant

Christ on the Mount of Olives, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Circular engraving of Christ kneeling in prayer while disciples sleep nearby and soldiers approach through a wooded landscape

Christ in Gethsemane (copy)

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a brown and grey songbird perched on a curved branch with exposed roots, labeled Castrica Passerina.

Castrica Passerina

Vincenzo Leonardi

Circular engraving of soldiers seizing Christ in a landscape, with torches, a castle on a hill, and ornate foliate border.

The Betrayal of Christ, (Christ Taken Captive), from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Pencil drawing of a stage set showing an arched classical opening, garland, and a garden path lined with trees.

Design for Stage Set

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and ink sketch of a man dancing with a woman in a cape while a crowd with torches watches.

The jovial monarch caught Mrs. Russell's hand in his, and proceeded to dance, illustration to "A Castle in Spain: A N…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880-83

Circular engraving of Christ seated and mocked by a crowd of men, framed by ornate foliage and putti.

The Mocking of Christ, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Watercolor sketch of a castle courtyard with arched galleries, a balcony of figures, and two horses in the foreground.

Lea Castle, View in Tilt-Court, Facing North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Engraving of two robed saints in a wooded landscape with a pig, a bird, a castle, and boats in the distance.

Saint John and Anthony in a Landscape

Master IQV, ca. 1544-45

Engraving of Christ bound to a column being whipped, with a crowd and seated judge, within an ornate circular scrollwork bord

The Flagellation, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Watercolor drawing of a weathered timber watermill with a waterwheel, two small figures on a path, and a cloudy sky.

Watermill

Ernst Erwin Oehme, ca. 1870

Engraving of two saints in a landscape: a young man with a lamb beside a tree, and a bearded elder with a staff and pig.

Saint John and Saint Anthony

Master IQV, ca. 1542-45

Circular engraving of a bound, nude man presented before a crowd by a turbaned official, framed by ornate scrolls and cherubs

Ecce Homo, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a shirtless man with bowed head, one hand raised to his neck.

Half-Length Study of a Man

François Boucher, 18th century

Circular ink and wash drawing of a prophet amid skeletons and nude figures beneath clouds and a divine figure.

Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones

Georg Pecham, late 16th-mid-17th century

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross past soldiers, with a castle on a hill and a foliage-decorated circular border.

Christ Carrying the Cross, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of Christ crowning the kneeling Virgin Mary on a throne, with an angel watching from the left and rays of light beh

The Coronation of the Virgin

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Circular engraving of a haloed seated figure with a lamb in rocky landscape, framed by winged symbols and scrollwork.

St. John the Baptist in the Desert

Master ES, 15th century

Circular engraving of the Crucifixion with mourners, soldiers and putti in an ornate scrolled border.

The Crucifixion, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of the crowned Virgin praying beside a blessing, crowned Christ holding an orb, with three angels above.

The Enthronement of the Virgin

Martin Schongauer, 1470-91

Pen and ink sketch of two draped classical female statues on pedestals, one wearing a floral wreath, numbered 22 and 23.

Sketch of two statues: Ballerinas by Canova

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Joseph, Saint Anne and two male saints in an arched columned interior.

The Holy Kindred, (Virgin and Child with Joseph, Anne and Two Male Saints) (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, n.d.