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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

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 dead Christ lying on the ground with mourning women, a ladder, nails and an ointment jar beside him.

Lamentation for Christ

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

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

Woodcut of armored knights jousting on horseback in a tournament, with spectators in galleries and a lion panel above.

The Tournament with Samson and the Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

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

Engraved frieze of a Bacchic triumph with centaurs, satyrs, a chariot and putti moving across a landscape strip.

The Triumph of Bacchus

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"

Engraving of Lot with a flask beside his seated daughter, while another woman offers a cup before a distant city.

Lot and His Daughters, from "Scenes from the Old Testament"

Engraving of a veiled woman leaning on a column in an arched temple interior, with figures and scattered coins behind her.

The Virgin Searching For Her Son in the Temple

Albrecht Altdorfer

Etching of a turbaned man and a woman pointing toward a statue in a gothic arched interior with a small altar.

Solomon's Idolatry

Albrecht Altdorfer

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Pen drawing of two men in an arched interior, one seated at a table and one bearded man leaning in and pointing.

Ammon and Jonadab

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Engraving of two men in an interior, one leaning on a staff beside a bed where another reclines, with a Latin inscription abo

Amnon and Jonadab, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Woodcut of a skeleton playing a pipe while leading a startled abbot in a hooded robe beneath a tree with an hourglass.

The Abbot, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538