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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan holding a plum blossom branch, with calligraphy above and an animal figure at right.

Courtesan with Branch of Plum Blossoms

Totoya Hokkei, 1835

Ukiyo-e print of two women with ornate hairstyles and patterned kimono, one holding a striped fan, with a cartouche at upper

Teahouse girl and servant: Snow from the series Comparison of Snow, Moon and Flower Beauty

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 18th century

Woodblock print of three women fishing from a boat on rippling water, one watching from a wooden platform above.

Fishing

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 18th century

Hand-colored woodblock print of a courtesan and a young man beside a screen with plum blossoms and chrysanthemums.

Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen

Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1679-84

Hand-colored drawing of a seated woman and a bearded seated man under a tree, with a saddled pink horse and canopy at left.

Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert

Becharam Das Dutta, August 26, 1856

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a gold-hilted sword, with calligraphy on a yellow background.

The Actor Asao Gakujūrō I (previously Yūjirō I) as Mashiba Hisatsugu

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1822

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sidelong glance, black kimono and red checkered robe, with calligraphy above.

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Inanoya Hanbē

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1820

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in dramatic makeup, wearing a fan headdress, black robe and patterned garments, with a swor

The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa Goemon

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1822

Polychrome woodblock print of two kabuki actors with blue and pale makeup, one in a blue robe and one holding a sword in mesh

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Outlaw Nippon Daemon (right) and Kataoka Gadō as Tokushima Gohei

Gosōtei Hirosada, 1849

Cover design showing a man in a top hat walking a white dog on a leash, with Paris scenery and title lettering.

Cover Design for "Les Vieilles Histoires"

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a seated woman in a hat and fur boa, with a faint second figure at upper left.

Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin

Edgar Degas, ca. 1879

Watercolor of a woman in a navy dress and feathered hat holding a bouquet of pink flowers, with yellow gloves and a patterned

The Bouquet

Ernest Ange Duez

Grey wash drawing of two seated women and a standing man in an interior with a piano and armchair.

Conversation Piece

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1789-93

Etching of a mounted rider in a plumed hat lancing a charging bull in an arena, with diagonal light across the background.

Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid, plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia"

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bullfighter vaulting over a charging bull with a pole in a bullring, spectators watching from the stands.

The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid, plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia"

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull tossing a man in a bullring while a figure with a cape stands nearby and spectators watch from behind.

A Moor Caught by the Bull in the ring, plate 8 from "La Tauromaquia"

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a woman and a barefoot man on a stone ledge, the man reaching toward his mouth, against a dark background.

Out hunting for teeth (A caza des dientes), plate 12 from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a reclining woman and a man clutching his face before a rocky landscape, titled Tantalo.

Tantalus (Tantalo), plate 9 from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a woman stretching her leg beside a seated older woman in a dim bedroom, with a caption below.

It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada está), plate 17 from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two women in black mantillas seated on wooden chairs, one leaning toward the other in conversation against a dark

A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man leaning toward a woman in a dark dress, with a seated woman fanning herself behind them.

Even thus he cannot make her out (Ni asi la distingue), plate 7 from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two old women in a dim room, one sweeping with a broom and one leaning over a table with a plate.

Plate 78 from 'Los Caprichos': Be quick, they are waking up (Despacha, que dispiertan.)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etched frieze of putti, satyrs and a centaur in a wooded landscape with grapevines and a pool.

Bacchanal

Pierre Brébiette, 1600-1642

Etching of blindfolded Fortune holding a chained bowl of coins, with bearded gods Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune around her.

Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune Offering their Riches to Fortune

Pierre Brébiette, 1624

Woman in white cap and red bodice reading by leaded windows in a dim interior with a bed and red slippers on the floor.

A Woman Reading, after Pieter Janssens Elinga

François Bonvin, 1846-47

Sketch of singer Yvette Guilbert in gloves beside a curved prompter's box, with handwritten name and signature.

Frontispiece - Yvette Guilbert before the Prompter's Box

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Etching of a crouching, chained prisoner with shackled ankles and wrists against a dark hatched background.

'The custody is as barbarous as the crime' (Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815 (published after 1867)

Etching of a blind guitarist with a raised cape riding on the horns of a charging bull.

'Barbarous Entertainment', a blind guitarist on the horns of a bull

Francisco Goya, 1800-1804 (published 1828-67)

Etching of a bound man bent forward, arms tied behind him, ankles shackled, against a dark hatched background.

'If he is guilty, let him die quickly' (Si es delinquente qe. muera presto)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815 (published 1859)

Grey wash drawing of an old woman bent under two grotesque figures riding on her back, labeled 'Pesadilla'.

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1819-23