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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of draped figures gathered around a table, one wearing a plumed helmet and holding

Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Pen and wash drawing of peasants loading hay onto a horse-drawn cart in an open field with haystacks.

Peasants Loading Hay

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century

Mezzotint of a barefoot girl resting her head on her hand beside two pigs drinking from a bowl, with trees in the background.

Girl and Pigs

Richard Earlom, 1783

Ink and wash study of armored warriors, a dancing satyr and winged figures among clouds, for ceiling decoration.

Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, 1724-25

Gray wash drawing of a mountain under clouds with sunbeams, trees and a wooden fence in the foreground.

Landscape with Mountains in the Distance

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Red chalk drawing of a winged putto flying diagonally, one arm extended, with Ciro Ferri's inscription at lower right.

Flying Putto

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Etching of a lake framed by dense forest trees, with distant spires and birds flying across the sky.

La Lac au Milieu de la Forêt (The Lake in the Middle of the Forest)

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1849

Black chalk drawing of a woman's head turned left, with a headscarf and loose curls, on pale blue paper.

Head of a Woman (recto); Head of a Child, Study of Children's Forearms (verso)

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Engraving of harvesters reaping wheat under a bright sun, with a village and church tower on a hill behind them.

Summer (Aestas), from "The Seasons"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Engraving of many people skating on a frozen moat before a classical city gate, with a bridge, cart and bare tree.

Skating before the St. George's Gate, Antwerp

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1558

Engraving of a seated woman counting coins in a fiery landscape with demons and greedy figures, from The Seven Deadly Sins, 1

Avarice (Avaritia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of Pride with a woman holding a mirror beside a peacock, amid grotesque creatures and fantastical domed buildings.

Pride (Superbia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of a reclining figure labeled Desidia surrounded by snails, a donkey, and grotesque creatures in a crowded landscap

Sloth (Desidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of a rustic wedding procession in a forest, with a bride carrying a pot, a sword-wielding man, and a house behind t

The Dirty Bride or the Marriage of Mopsus and Nisa

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1570

Engraving of sleeping men in a fantastical landscape with roast pig, pastries, a pie-roofed house and a distant city.

The Land of Cockaigne

Pieter van der Heyden, after 1570?

Engraving of an allegorical scene labeled Invidia, with a seated woman, monsters, a bird, pigs, a canal, and a city.

Envy (Invidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Engraving of villagers gardening in spring, planting beds and potted trees, with a farm, grazing sheep and a town behind.

Spring (Ver), from "The Seasons"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Engraving of an armed three-masted ship on rough seas with Daedalus and Icarus flying in the sky above.

Armed Three-master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of a large sailing ship escorted by galleys on rough sea under a sun breaking through clouds.

Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of a chaotic room filled with grotesque demons and tumbling creatures, with robed onlookers at a doorway on the rig

The Fall of the Magician

Pieter van der Heyden, 1565

Engraving of a crowded peasant wedding dance with couples dancing, a seated bride at a table, and a bagpiper at left.

The Peasant Wedding Dance

Pieter van der Heyden, after 1570

Engraving of three sailing ships anchored near a fortified island with a round tower, with small rowing boats on calm water.

Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island, from "The Sailing Vessels"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of three caravels in a stormy sea with a man riding a dolphin in the foreground beneath billowing clouds.

Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from "The Sailing Vessels"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Pen and wash drawing of helmeted warriors embracing and celebrating in a crowded frieze, attributed to Parmigianino.

Roman or Greek Warriors Celebrating after a Victory

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Black-and-white engraved print of symmetrical grotesque ornament panels with scrolls, tassels, birds and figures.

Grotesque Ornament Panel, from "Livre de Grotesques..."

Jacques Androuet, 1566

Pen and ink drawing of crumbling brick ruins with a large arch, broken walls and window openings under a pale sky.

Study of Ruins

Filippo Napoletano, 1548-1608

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors fighting on horseback while women plead among them, with classical buildings a

The Sabine Women Pleading for Peace

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of nude Apollo aiming a bow at a startled Coronis in a wooded landscape, with a bird overhead.

Apollo and Coronis

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Etching of an imaginary Roman harbor with monumental arches, staircases, columns, small boats, and smoke rising from an urn.

Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio.…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man raising a knife over a boy as a winged angel descends above.

Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac

Francesco Fracanzano, 1612-56