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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,459 works

Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici and Marguerite Louise d'Orleans, His Wife

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Pen-and-ink drawing of a blacksmith running off with a raven as a bearded figure leaps from a rock.

The Blacksmith Chooses Ye Raven and Runs Away With It, for "The Wonder Clock"

Howard Pyle, 1887

Circular etching of the Virgin and Christ child riding a donkey past a tree, with cherub heads floating in the sky.

Flight into Egypt, a round composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Engraving of two nude men holding ropes attached to a celestial sphere, with compass roses, clouds, and a Latin inscription b

God Creating Heaven and Earth, title page from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of an angel with a staff above a bearded man pouring water from an urn, with a nude figure among clouds.

The Second Day (Dies II): The Division of the Waters, plate 2 from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of a winged figure above clouds, a reclining nude woman, and a bearded man with a laurel crown.

The Third Day ( Dies III): The Separation of Land and Sea, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of nude and draped figures in clouds, with a bow, crescent moon, and celestial details.

The Fourth Day (Dies IV): The Creation of Day and Night, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of a reclining figure on a shore with sea creatures, crabs, birds in flight and lions on rocks.

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of God presenting nude Eve, rising from sleeping Adam, with clouds, trees and animals in a landscape.

The Sixth Day (Dies VI): The Creation of Adam and Eve, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Engraving of the musician Arion seated on a dolphin at sea, playing a harp, with a ship and clouds behind him.

Arion on a Dolphin

Jan Müller, ca. 1590

Etching of a plumed horseman with bow and quiver seen from behind on a horse facing right, with other riders in a distant lan

Polish horseman with a bow and arrow, seen from behind with his horse facing right, a circular composition, from "Fig…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a plumed rider in a fur hat on a harnessed horse, facing right, in a circular frame with a landscape behind.

Polish hussar in profile facing right with wings attached to his back, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horse…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a plumed Hungarian horseman riding right, with two riders in the background, inside a circular frame.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the right, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from "Figures o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Lithograph of a woman with glasses painting at an easel in a cluttered studio with a palette, vase and fruit.

Artist at Work

Minnetta Good, ca. 1938

Etching of a standing sailor in a cloak conversing with a seated turbaned man beside a boat on a shore.

A standing sailor talking to a seated Levantine

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of two sailors in the foreground with workers building a wooden ship on a scaffold in a circular frame.

A seated white sailor and a standing black sailor, people building a ship in the background, a circular composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of two horsemen on horseback in a circular frame, with smaller riders in the background.

Two Polish horsemen with their horses facing left, from "Figures on Horseback" (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hongrois)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a rear-facing rider on a horse in a circular frame, with companion riders and figures in a distant landscape.

A Hungarian Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a bearded horseman in a feathered hat riding a prancing horse, with two riders in the background, within a circle.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the left, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from 'Figures on…

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Etching of a turbaned horseman with a bow on a rearing horse, with figures and riders in a distant landscape.

A Moorish horseman facing the left, standing and seated Turks in the middle ground, and other horsemen in the backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Circular etching of a satyr with a grape basket, a woman riding a goat, a child, goats and a large tree.

Satyr family walking towards the left with two goats and a basket of grapes

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Etching of a child and a satyr child playing with a goat under a large tree, with other figures and a landscape behind.

A child and a satyr child playing with a goat

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Etching of a Polish horseman in fur cloak and feathered hat riding right, within a circle, with attendants and horses behind.

Polish horseman facing right, a circular composition, from 'Figures on Horseback' (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hong…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, in the background a pyramid at left, many figures and an elephant, from 'Fi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Polish horseman in profile facing right, a tower and other figures on horses in background, a circular composition, f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Circular etching of two seated and standing sailors beside a ship's rigging and a wooden scaffold with hanging sailcloth.

A Seated White Sailor; A Standing Black Sailor

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, a black slave holding a fur at right, another horseman to left in the backg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Portrait of Julius Olivier, the Artist's Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1846

Etching of a young woman in flowing drapery holding a rein on a bull, with dynamic hatched lines.

Young Woman Trying to Stop a Bull

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Two Turks in Turbans

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of playful children gathered before a thatched cottage and bare tree, with swans on water beyond.

L'Hiver from the Four Seasons

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735

Etching of Phaeton's overturned chariot and plunging horses falling through clouds toward a sea and hillside landscape.

Phaeton, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a bearded figure in robes driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, one arm outstretched.

Proserpina, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of three women in classical dress walking arm in arm through a landscape with trees and a fountain.

The three graces, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of a bearded reclining male figure in drapery within an oval frame.

Saint Augustus

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1713-59

Pen and watercolor drawing of a robed figure raising a young woman on a bed while an elderly man and a woman look on.

The Raising of the Daughter of Jairus

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1873

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat with a feather, turned slightly to the right.

Bust of a Pole, from "Drawing Basics" (I principii del disegno)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Plate 10: Head of a Soldier, from "Drawing Basics" (I principii del disegno)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Etching of a herdsman on horseback driving cattle and a goat across a rocky slope, with mountains behind, in a circular frame

Herdsman on horseback drives animals, from 'Six animal subjects' (Six sujets d'animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a peasant woman leaning on a cow by a stone fountain beneath a large tree, with a distant building.

A peasant woman with a cow at a fountain decorated with the Medici arms, from "Six animal subjects" (Six sujets d'ani…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a colonnaded Paris building and street crowd, with a fantastical procession of flying horses, a chariot and birds

Le Ministère de la Marine (the Admiralty, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1865

Engraving of the Archangel Gabriel on a cloud, pointing upward and holding a lily branch, in a curved corner panel.

The Archangel Gabriel

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1762

Hand-coloured oval engraving of a woman with a fruit basket reaching toward a child picking cherries from a tree.

Pomona

Francesco Bartolozzi, January 1787

Plate 6: Lion, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a turbaned herdsman on horseback driving cattle across a hillside toward distant mountains, within a circular fram

Herdsman on Horseback Drives Animals

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of two peasants on a country road, one riding a horse, with ruins, trees and hills behind them in a circular frame.

Landscape with Two Peasants, One Riding a Horse, from "Landscapes and seaports" (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des r…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of two seated men in robes on a rocky shore, with sailing ships and a rowboat on the sea beside them.

Two Turkish Merchants in a Port, from "Landscapes and seaports" (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des ronds)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a seated young satyr on a rock by a river, with a bathing nude figure at left and trees in a circular frame.

Young Satyr About to Bathe in a River, from "Landscapes and seaports" (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des ronds)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching in a circle of a woman nursing an infant beside a young satyr with a vine garland, set among foliage and rocks.

Satyr family, from 'Landscapes and seaports' (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des ronds)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of an empty oval cartouche framed by ducks, reeds and rocks, with an inscription at lower left.

Cartouche Framed by Ducks and Weeds

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etched frontispiece showing the Holy House of Loreto with the Virgin and Child on its roof, angels in clouds, and allegorical

Frontispiece for Le Véritable Plan et Pourtrait de la Maison de la Ste. Vierge

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of broken Corinthian columns and an entablature with figures and laundry in the foreground and a Roman cityscape beyo

The Temple of Vespasian and the Roman Forum, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a circular landscape with a reclining horse, cow, goats, two shepherds, a waterfall and a mountain.

A horse lying down at center, a cow and two goats at right, two seated shepherds to left, a waterfall and a mountain…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a grazing horse, a mare with a foal, a shepherd pointing, and a pyramid with ruins in a circular frame.

The pyramid of Caius Cestius at right in the background, a horse grazing at center, a foal suckling a mare at left, t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a sleeping shepherd and horses before Roman ruins, within a circular vignette, by Stefano della Bella.

A shepherd sleeping on the ground at right, three horses at left, other horses and various figures to right, the Bath…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Circular etching of a ruined stone structure, grazing horned cattle in the foreground, a distant hill and a rider under a clo

Ruins of a temple in a Roman landscape, plate 13 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a circular Roman landscape with a reclining buffalo, shepherds, horsemen, grazing animals and a ruined arch.

Campo Vaccino, a buffalo and two shepherds in center, the Fontanone to right in the middle ground, various animals an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of two horsemen in wind-blown cloaks riding past windswept trees in a circular landscape with hills.

A gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, with the wind blowing from the left side, plate 3 from "R…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Circular etching of Roman ruins, a carved monument and trees at left, with cattle, sheep and two shepherds at right.

A Corinthian capital on the ground at left, a monument with figures in low relief at left in the middleground, variou…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Circular etching of a woman on a horse with a camel, goats, sheep and a shepherd in a rural landscape.

A woman carrying a child on a horse at left, a camel following her, a herd of goats, sheep, and a shepherd in front o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Circular etching of cows crossing a rocky valley beside trees, with a horseman and distant cattle in the background.

Cows crossing a valley at left, a horseman and other cows in the background, plate 6 from "Roman landscapes and ruins…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a circular landscape with a triple waterfall, a dead tree at right, ruins, and a hill with cows in the distance.

A triple waterfall, a dead tree at right, a mountain and a herd of cows in the background at right, plate 7 from "Rom…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of the Colosseum in a circle with herds of cattle and sheep driven across the foreground by a shepherd.

The Colosseum, two herds being directed towards the amphitheater in the foreground, plate 8 from "Roman landscapes an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of Roman ruins with the Arch of Constantine at left, Colosseum arches at right, and horses and figures in a field.

The Arch of Constantine at left, part of the Colosseum at right, various horses and figures in foreground and backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646