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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of women with garlands beside a bull, cupids on clouds above, and an eagle in a landscape with a waterfall.

Enlevement d'Europe (Abduction of Europa)

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 18th century

Engraving of Neptune with a trident driving horses through waves, a reclining woman, a satyr, and cherubs under stormy clouds

Neptune and Amymone

Jean Claude Danzel, 18th century

Engraving of a young woman reaching toward a tree branch with a sheep, spaniel, and flying dove in an oval woodland scene.

L'Arivée du Courier (The Arrival of the Messenger)

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, 18th century

Engraving of a pastoral landscape with ruined columns, children with animals, a stream, a stone bridge and cottages.

Le Moineau Apprivoisé (The Tame Sparrow)

René Gaillard, 18th century

Engraving of an elderly man on a bed embracing a kneeling young man, with a seated woman, a dog, and household objects in a r

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Martin Gottfried Crophius, 18th century

Engraving of a woman bird seller in a bonnet carrying birdcages on a pole while releasing a bird outdoors.

La marchande d'oyseaux (The Bird Merchant)

Jacques Gabriel Huquier, 18th century

Circular engraving of November: woodcutters work among bare trees while a horse cart hauls logs toward a distant town.

November, from "The Months"

Adriaen Collaert, ca. 1580

Engraving of Noah's family leaving the ark as animals descend a ramp and birds fly above a hilly landscape.

Noah leaving the ark with his family and animals: at left Noah's family carries supplies, at right animals descend on…

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1612

Engraving of Noah's ark on a rock above a stone arch, with human bodies on the ground, birds in flight, and a distant town.

Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foreground, Noah's ark moored on a rocky outcrop beyon…

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1612

Engraving of the flood: drowned bodies in rough waves, Noah's ark in the distance and a dove with a branch overhead.

The Flood destroys life on earth: corpses of humans and animals adrift in the foreground, Noah's ark beyond and a fly…

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1612

Engraving of the Flood: people and animals in rising water at left, a seated couple on higher ground at right, under heavy ra

The beginning of the Flood: men and women climb to higher ground at right, water overtaking animals and people at lef…

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1612

Engraving of Noah and family approaching the ark as pairs of animals climb a ramp, with birds and rain in the sky.

Entry into the ark: Noah and his family walk toward the ark in the background, pairs of animals walk up a ramp leadin…

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1612

Engraving of Hercules with a club fighting a centaur, with other men battling centaurs on either side.

Hercules with his club in center fighting a centaur, other men fighting centaurs to left and right, from "The Labors…

Sebald Beham, 1542

Saint Mark, his head turned in profile to the left, with an open book in his right hand and a lion at his feet, plate…

Sebald Beham, 1541

Oval red-toned print of a woman with curled hair holding a small dog, with a cat beside her.

La Femme au petit Chien

Gilles Demarteau, 18th century

Engraving of Hercules leading the three-headed dog Cerberus on a chain past burning ruins and stone blocks.

Hercules Capturing Cerberus, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1545

Engraving of armored warriors and rearing horses in battle, with a fallen horse in front and a Latin caption at top.

Hercules Fighting Against the Trojans, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Engraving of mounted figures and rearing horses, with a nude woman and an armored warrior above two fallen men, Latin caption

Hercules Raping Jole, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1544

Black-and-white print of an ornamental Latin cross surrounded by birds, a squirrel, fruit garlands and decorative scrollwork.

Latin Cross with Birds and Smaller Motifs

Jacques Hurtu, ca. 1614-19

Black and white ornament print with an oval scrollwork pendant, heart cartouches, perched birds, and urn bases.

Oval Pendant Decorated with Schweifwerk, Surrounded by Smaller Motifs and Four Birds

Jacques Hurtu, ca. 1614-19

Engraved ornamental pendant design with a cupid at top, flanking figures, scrolling strapwork and small scenes of a bull and

Design for a Pendant with Cupid

Master P.R.K, 1609

Engraving of thatched farm buildings with cattle, a milkmaid and a herdsman in the foreground, and bare trees.

Farms, cattle with herdsmen and milkmaids in the foreground from Multifariarum casularum ruriumque lineamenta curiose…

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Etching of a village with thatched cottages, a church spire, trees, and travelers on a dirt road.

Country Village with Church Tower from Multifariarum casularum ruriumque lineamenta curiose ad vivum expressa

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Etching of a village road lined with tall trees, thatched cottages, and a horseback rider in the foreground.

Village Road, plate 4 from "Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae"

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, ca. 1610

Etching of a village street with thatched cottages, tall trees, a herdsman driving cattle and sheep, and two walking figures.

Village Street, cattle, sheep and herdsman in the foreground from Praediorum villarum et rusticarum casularum icones…

Johannes van Doetecum I, ca. 1559-61

Etching of a walled farm with a tall tower house, thatched barn, goats and a dog on a dirt road.

Large Walled Farm, plate 23 from "Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae"

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, ca. 1610

Etched print of six armored cavalrymen fighting on horseback, with a fallen horse in the foreground.

Six Cavalrymen in Combat, from "Battle Scenes I"

Antonio Tempesta, ca. 1590-1630

Engraving of two mounted riders on a road beside a brick house, with a dog, a market woman and a man with a barrel.

Sir Hudibras His Passing Worth the Manner How He Sallyed Forth (Plate 2: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a mounted knight with a pistol facing a crowd of musicians, a fiddler, and a chained bear beneath a tree.

The Adventure of the Bear and the Fiddle (Plate 3: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraving of a mounted knight, a squire, and a man climbing a wall to hang a fiddle, with onlookers and verse captions below.

Hudibras Triumphant (Plate 4: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)