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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen and brown ink study of a standing bare-chested man beside an easel, with an inscription below, on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure: Study for a Portrait

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670-80

Engraving of a wild man with a leafy crown holding a club, resting on a shield with a leaping greyhound.

Shield with Greyhound Held by Wild Man

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraved decorative border of hares roasting a hunter on a spit above a fire, surrounded by foliate scrolls.

Hares Roasting the Hunter

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bearded man with a white collar, looking directly at the viewer, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Francisco Pacheco, 1564-1644

Sheet of studies, including a Roman head, a male figure on a pyre, and a colonnade

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Woodcut of a bearded man in robes tearing open a lion's jaws, with a town and castle in the landscape behind.

Samson Rending the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497-98

Frontispiece for the collection 'Trages españoles usados en diferentes epocas'

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1798-1799

Woodcut of a crowned woman on a multi-headed beast holding a chalice, with angels and a burning city above a crowd.

The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Woodcut of the Virgin on a canopied deathbed surrounded by mourning apostles, with a candle and drapery in an arched room.

The Death of the Virgin, from the The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Studies of a standing man holding a hat and a girl in profile

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Engraving of a couple walking arm in arm beside a tree, with a hidden skeleton behind the trunk and a landscape behind them.

The Promenade

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Engraving of a scholar in a cap writing at a lectern with books, an inkwell and a flower vase beside him.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Albrecht Dürer, 1526

Woodcut of a horse in a stable above a man lying on the floor, with a witch holding a broom at upper right.

The Bewitched Groom

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1544

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves beside him, mourning women kneeling and armored soldiers on horseb

The Crucifixion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1502

Engraving of a crowd before a column and portico, with a figure hoisted in a basket up a castle tower in the background.

The Poet Virgil in a Basket

Lucas van Leyden, 1525

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide hat and ornate chained robe, before a stone arch with a cherub above.

Maximilian I

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraving of a haloed woman walking with musicians through a forest, with a fallen man, onlookers and a distant hunt.

The Dance of the Magdalene

Lucas van Leyden, 1519

Engraving of a man hoisted in a basket above a crowd in a city street, with towers and onlookers.

The Poet Virgil in a Basket

Lucas van Leyden, 1512

Woodcut of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist under a stone arch, with onlookers, a church spire and a cloudy sky.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1512

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a cap and pleated collar, turned left, with horizontal hatched background.

Leonhart von Eck

Barthel Beham, 1527

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed garment, with a chain and pleated collar.

Leonard von Eckh

Barthel Beham, 1527

Engraving of soldiers scaling ladders against a fortified city wall during a siege, with defenders above and crowds below.

The Capture of Carthagena by Scipio and His Troops

Georg Pencz, 1539

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1537

Etching of Death and a devil approaching two elegantly dressed women, one holding a mirror, on a balcony.

Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Red chalk drawing of two small standing figures on a circular base, one helmeted, with a handwritten inscription below.

Etruscan Candelabrum Finial (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum')

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1620-40

Engraving of a flood with people fleeing on horseback and rooftops, a large ark in the background, and animals in the foregro

The Deluge

Dirck Vellert, 1544

Girl with a Cat

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, 1546

Engraving of turbaned men and women seated at a banquet table with candlesticks and plates, a bearded central figure presidin

King Mulay Hasan and His Retinue at a Repast in Tunis

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, ca. 1535

Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus, with a figure emerging from a tomb surrounded by robed onlookers and a Latin inscription

The Raising of Lazarus

Lambert Suavius, 1544

Engraving of a seated woman bathing as a servant holds a cup and a man watches from a balcony, with a bridge and town behind.

David and Bathsheba, from "Scenes from the Old Testament"