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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

691 works

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Engraving of Christ kneeling in prayer on a rocky hill as sleeping disciples lie nearby and an angel appears above.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (reverse copy in roundel)

Martin Schongauer, late 15th-16th century

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical classical frieze with a central shield cartouche, rosettes, acanthus leaves and crown motifs.

Classical Design Element with Leaves and Vines

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

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

Circular engraving of a seated woman holding a shield with a rearing unicorn, beside a flowering plant in a planter.

Seated Lady Holding a Shield with an Unicorn

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Etching of a rural road with farmhouses, grazing cows and sheep, two figures, and a tall tree on a rocky bank.

In Regenberg

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

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

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two figures by a small wooden bridge, and a hidden house.

Landscape with a House Hidden Between Trees and Two Men Near a Small Bridge

Franciscus Andreas Milatz, late 18th-early 19th century

Etching of an elderly man in a cap seated with a small dog beside a stone doorway covered in climbing vines.

The Old Man and his Pomeranian Dog

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Young Man and Old Woman

Jacob Matham, n.d.

Circular engraving of Mary Magdalen carried upward on clouds by winged angels, with radiating light rays.

Mary Magdalen carried to Heaven

Jean Mignon, ca. 1535-55

Circular etching of a wooded riverbank with tall trees, a fisherman at the water, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

L'Enclos

Engraving of an outdoor garden refreshment with a tiered table of dishes, elegant men, servants and a fruit garland border.

La Colation preparee dans un jardin

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a seated woman in a hat gazing into a hand mirror, with vessels and the word VANITAS on a shelf.

Vanity

Enea Vico, 1545-50

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of a seated female figure holding a celestial sphere.

Design for Ceiling with Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1605-15

Circular pen and ink drawing of a rocky coast with a seated figure, an eagle, sailboats, and a distant town.

The Death of Aeschylus

Tobias Verhaecht, 1576-before 1606

Engraving of a plowman being crowned by a cloaked figure while an eagle flies overhead and a woman raises her arms.

Predestination

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned woman distributing gold from a chest to kneeling figures, with a raised sword and medieval

Kriemhild, in Mourning over Siegfried, Handing Out Treasures from the Nibelungen Hoard

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1854

Engraving of soldiers carrying helmets, shields, armor and vessels in a classical triumphal procession.

Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers carrying Trophies

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1490