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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,796 works

Engraving of a crowded city street where men and boys torment animals, including a dog, rooster and cat, before onlookers.

The First Stage of Cruelty

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a chaotic city street under lightning, with a woman in white, a brawl, a rooftop ladder and a broken cage.

A Rake's Progress, Plate 4

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak addressing seated officials in a columned Roman hall, with a spearman and scribes.

Sullivan's Paul Before Felix

Dent, ca. 1800

Etching of a cluttered room with a seated man at a desk, two women by the fireplace, and a dog on the floor.

The Distressed Poet

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of an anthropomorphic bear holding a tankard beside a dog, with coins, books and a small print on a table.

The Bruiser

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraving of men seated at a table with an egg and plate, one standing behind, beneath a draped curtain and column.

Columbus Breaking the Egg

Dent, ca. 1800

Engraved battle frieze with armored warriors on horseback, shields and spears, and fallen figures on the ground.

Combat Between Greeks and Trojans

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Pencil drawing of figures in an arched Italian city setting, with a woman gesturing near a basin and a child and dog in front

Scene in an Italian City with Figures Near a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded man on horseback with a monkey behind him, passing a crowd in a medieval town.

A Man and a Monkey Riding on Horseback

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash sketch of a baby in a bonnet with a rooster and dog, centered on an album page.

A Baby in 16th century Dress with a Rooster and a Dog

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Engraving of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider, armored horsemen, and heavenly light breaking through clouds above.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Cornelis Cort, 1576

Engraving of a kneeling man in a forest with a horse, a stag, and a distant village under a cloudy sky.

St. Eustace in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, an ox and a donkey under an arched port

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, 1599

Engraving of Saint Jerome praying in a rocky wilderness beside a crucifix, with two lions and large trees around him.

St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Lithograph of a mounted lancer in a plumed shako holding a pennant lance, with a distant rider in an open landscape.

Lancer

Horace Vernet, 1816

Hand-colored print of a skeleton Death reaching toward an elderly man reading in bed in a cluttered room.

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (from The English Dance of Death, vol. I, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1816

Three prints on yellow paper: a soldier carrying a child beside a woman, a seated highlander with a dog, and a rifle-bearing

Soldiers and a Highlander (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a yellow sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three small lithographs of soldiers and figures pasted on a green mount: an old man with cane, a woman and officer, a mounted

Soldiers (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Lithograph of decorative W letters with vignettes of Washington, an eagle, a cross grave, and a battlefield labeled Waterloo.

The letter "W": Washington, Wagram, Waterloo

Victor Adam, 1833

Lithograph of a crowded festival at Beau-Grenelle with a decorated maypole, tents, horse riders, a carriage, and onlookers.

Beau-Grenelle, Couronnement De La Rosière (Fêtes des Environs de Paris)

Victor Adam, 1830

Grey lithograph of a military festival with Napoleon on a platform beneath flags, soldiers on horseback, and a cliff.

Military Festival at Boulogne with Napoleon Distributing Stars of the Legion of Honor

Victor Adam, 19th century

Colored print of a tan mare and gray foal standing in a yard beside a half-timbered barn and wooden fence.

Mare and Foal

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of workers loading a horse-drawn cart beside firewood stacks in a snowy wood yard, with a smoking hut at right.

Chantier de Bois a Bruler

Victor Adam, 19th century

Etching of a cloaked blind beggar with a tall hat, staff and cup, accompanied by a small shaggy dog on a leash.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Blind Man and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Engraving of robed figures gathered around a wooden cabinet, with palms, a parrot, a flowering branch and chickens.

Vision

Chez Huquier, 18th century

Etching of a bearded beggar with a tall hat, cloak and staff, accompanied by a small seated dog.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Beggar and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Le…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an old woman seated on a stool holding a cat, with another cat asleep at her feet and a basket beside her.

La Vieille aux Chats (The Old Woman with Cats), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a cat sitting and looking at a birdcage hanging on a wall, with a distant landscape behind.

Le Chat Guettant L'Oiseau en Cage (The Cat Watching the Bird in the Cage), plate 10 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière…

Jacques Callot, 1621-35

Etching of a small bird perched on a thistle plant in a rolling landscape with a distant town, with Latin and French text.

L'Oiseau Posé sur un Chardon en Fleurs (The Bird Standing on Thistle Flower), plate 13 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumiè…

Jacques Callot, 1625-31

Trade card portrait of Red Bird, a Chippeway man in a red headband and blue blanket, with a tomahawk and pipe beside him.

Red Bird, Chippeway, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888