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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of a battle with mounted and foot soldiers, a fallen warrior in the foreground and a walled city behind.

The Victory of Scipio, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a flood scene with a crowded boat, struggling figures in water, a waterfall, rocky cliffs and a stormy sky.

Winter

Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Engraving of an ornate 18th-century theatre interior with crowded galleries, crystal chandeliers, and a stage with performers

Decoration de la salle de spectacle construite a Versailles pour la representation de la Princesse de Navarre

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca. 1745

Engraving of a laurel-crowned bust of Napoleon on a pedestal, flanked by a kneeling winged figure and a helmeted woman with a

Napoléon, Emperor of the French

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, 1811

Engraving of a crowned bust on a pedestal with an inscription, flanked by a helmeted warrior woman and a winged seated figure

Marie Louise, Empress of the French

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, 1811

Etching of a peasant in a wide hat pushing a loaded wheelbarrow past a thatched stone cottage in a rural courtyard.

Peasant Pushing a Wheelbarrow

Jean-François Millet, 1855

Etching of a woman in a headscarf churning butter in a dim barn interior, with a cat at her feet.

Woman Churning Butter

Jean-François Millet, 1855-56

Etching of a woman in a headscarf blowing on a spoon while a child rests against her in a dim interior.

Cooling the Porridge

Jean-François Millet, 1861

Small brown ink sketch of a seated peasant beside bundled material and reeds, with a faint horizon and sky.

Seated Peasant

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Small etching of a peasant seated on the ground beside sparse trees, drawn with loose, scratchy lines.

Peasant Seated on the Ground

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Etching of a hooded figure sewing while seated in a dim interior beside a window, with cross-hatched shading.

The Sewer

Jean-François Millet, 1855

Etching of gods Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto offering crowns, with an eagle, horses, and putti holding a heraldic shield above.

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Simone Cantarini, 1642-43

Etching of a woman in a bonnet beside a tree trunk in a sketched rural landscape with small buildings.

The Goose Girl

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Etching of two women sewing together by candlelight in a dark interior room.

Two Women Sewing by Lamplight

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1853

Etching of two men in clogs digging a trench with shovels across a flat field under a hatched sky.

The Diggers

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Etching of two peasant men digging a furrow with long-handled spades in an open field under a cloudy sky.

The Diggers

Jean-François Millet, 1814-75

Black and white print of a seated shepherdess with a staff, resting beside grazing sheep in an open field.

Seated Shepherdess

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Black and white print of a woman emptying a wooden bucket into a clay pitcher beside a stone building.

Woman Emptying a Bucket

Jean-François Millet, 1834-75

Etching of a woman and a man shearing a sheep under a thatched shed beside a wooden fence.

Sheepshearing

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Line drawing of a bent, weary man resting on a long-handled spade in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Man Resting on a Spade

Jean-François Millet, 1874

Black and white print of a bent male figure digging the ground with a tool against a dark, hatched background.

Digger

Jean-François Millet, 1863

Etching of a woman in an apron bending over cut wheat in a dim barn, with a ladder and stool at right.

Woman Cutting Wheat

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Etching of a man in a barn doorway raising a threshing flail over wheat sheaves, with a thatched wall and ladder behind him.

Man Threshing Wheat

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Etching of a woman bending to gather wheat stalks in a field, with sheaves behind her and a farmhouse on the horizon.

The Wheat Gatherer

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Pen and ink drawing of a bent reaper gathering wheat at a field's edge, with birds flying above, by Jean-François Millet.

The Reaper

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Etching of a woman binding a sheaf of wheat in a field, with stacked sheaves and a haystack behind her.

The Sheaf Binder

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Pen-and-ink style print of a woodcutter standing over a kneeling figure gathering sticks on a forest path beside a bundle of

Woodcutter Making a Faggot

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf seated at a spinning wheel beside a wooden chair, in a hatched interior with rafters.

The Spinner

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Engraving of a wheat reaper seen from behind, in a straw hat, holding a scythe in a harvested field.

The Wheat Reaper

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Etching of a hooded woman leaning on a rake beside a haystack in a wheat field, signed Lavielle and F.J. Millet.

The Raker

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Pale sheet with dark smudged ink impressions of a figure, an animal and sketch fragments, with handwriting in the lower right

Proof from a block of sketches

Jean-François Millet, 1834-75

Black and white print of a light-toned animal with spots on a dark ground, with hatched lines and angular shapes below.

Sketches

Jean-François Millet, 1834-75

Etching of a bull attacking a fallen picador and horse in a bullring while a bullfighter waves a cape.

Plate 26 from "La Tauromaquia": A picador is unhorsed and falls under the bull

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraved rural scene of a farmer stretching in a field at dusk, with a basket, plough, horse and crescent moon in the distanc

Evening, from "Four Times of the Day"

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Black-and-white print of a farm worker asleep in the shade of a haystack, with a grazing horse and cart in the distance.

Mid-Day, from "Four Times of the Day"

Jean-François Millet, 1860

Black and white print of a woman riding a laden donkey beside a farmer with a pitchfork on a rural path.

Morning, from "Four Times of the Day"

Jean-François Millet, 1860

Etching of a dim interior at night: a woman sews, a man knits by a lamp, and a child sleeps in a basket.

Night, from "Four Times of the Day"

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf bent over sewing in a cross-hatched interior with a chair and window.

The Seamstress

Jean-François Millet, 1853

Pencil study of a rearing horse held by a nude man on a stepped pedestal, with handwritten measurements in the margins.

Study for one of the 'Chevaux de Marly'

Guillaume Coustou the Elder, ca. 1740

Black and red chalk drawing of a robed male figure looking upward, hand raised at his chest, mounted in a decorative border.

Deacon Saint (Stephen or Lawrence)

Jacopo Confortini, ca. 1640-50

Etching of a girl by a tree watching geese on a pond in a rural landscape with cattle in the distance.

The Guardian of the Geese, after Millet

Émile Boilvin, 1888-99

Etching of a woman and child seated in a farmyard with geese and ducklings, a flowering tree and thatched shed behind.

Le Printemps, d'après un pastel de Millet

Félix Bracquemond, 1888

Etching of a woman in a bonnet holding a candle while an older woman sews, with a sleeping figure in the dim background.

Sewing by Lamplight

Jean-François Millet, 1873

Etching of thatched cottages behind a fence, with a stooping figure and a worker in a grassy foreground under a hatched sky.

Landscape

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Lithograph of two village women sewing white cloth together in a dim interior, one seated and one leaning over a stool.

The Village Dressmakers

Jean-François Millet, 1835-1900

Ink drawing of a peasant woman with a spindle and distaff, goats on a hillside behind her, in a rural landscape.

Spinner from the Auvergne

Jean-François Millet, 1830-99

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf shearing a sheep while a man in a hat watches in a dim interior.

The Sheepshearer

Henry Duff Linton, 19th century

Night farmyard print with a moon behind clouds, a loaded wheelbarrow, a thatched cottage, a wooden gate and a dog.

Moonlight

Jean-François Millet, n.d.

Caryatid Facing Right

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th Century

Caryatid Facing Left

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th century

Ink and wash drawing of an ornamental arch with a round landscape medallion, winged figure, mask, and scrollwork.

Decoration over an Arch with a Landscape Scene in a Round Compartment

Gaetano Galdi, 1770

Engraving of elegant couples on a columned terrace under slanting sunbeams, with a garden, carriage, and dog in the backgroun

Summer

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a seated couple in a columned interior with a cupid, flower basket, and garden fountain beyond, titled Spring.

Spring

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of revelers brawling under a grapevine arbor beside a fruit-laden table, with a dog and wine barrels, labeled Autum

Autumn, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatres Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Etching of a man struggling against soldiers with bayonets, with bodies lying on the ground beside him.

Plate 2 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Rightly or wrongly' (Con razon ó sin ella)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of putti harvesting wheat under a sun and tree, with a sickle, sheaves, a thatched hut and a pitcher.

Summer (L'Été)

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1735

Etching of a cow standing in shallow water beside a donkey drinking, with rocks and a faint landscape behind them.

Cow and Ass

Charles Meryon, 1849

Etching of two horses, one lying on the ground and one standing with head lowered, in a rural landscape with trees and a farm

Two Horses

Charles Meryon, 1850

Graphite drawing on tan paper with white highlights showing a draped seated figure above and folded cloth below.

Drapery Study

Alfred Rethel, 1816-59

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilltop Roman town with rooftops and a dome, framed by a large tree at left.

View of Rome

Willem van Nieulandt II, n.d.

Brown watercolor of a stone arch bridge and waterfall on a rocky mountain road, with travelers and pack animals.

Devil's Bridge toward the Gothard Mountain in Switzerland

Franz Xaver Triner, 1785-1824

Brown wash drawing of a mountain lake with rocky slopes, a stone hut, grazing cattle, and a small boat.

View of Oberalp Lake

Franz Xaver Triner, late 18th-19th century

Engraving of an elderly bearded man kneeling before a crucifix, with a skull and a lion beside him.

Saint Jerome kneeling before a crucifix, with a skull and lion

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1550-60

Engraved oval portrait of two curly-haired children embracing, one raising a hand, against a cloudy background.

Nature (The Calmady Children)

Samuel Cousins, 1835

Etching of a road leading into a town of chimneys and smoke, with travelers, donkeys and a wheat field.

Entrance to the Faubourg Saint-Marceau, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1850

Engraving of a draped woman in classical dress picking fruit from a tree, with fine hatched shading.

Woman in Roman Costume Picking Fruit from a Tree

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1560

Engraving of the dead Christ supported by two angels in a rocky tomb, with dense crosshatched shading on the body.

Corpus Christi

Battista Franco Veneziano, before 1555

Engraving of a nude man in a rocky wilderness pointing upward, with a lamb, a wooden cross, and distant castles.

John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Giulio Sanuto, ca. 1545-55

Engraving of a bacchanal with a maenad, satyrs, a lyre, grapevine, putti carrying grapes, and a goat.

A Bacchanal

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1530-61

Engraving of fishermen hauling nets from boats while figures on shore kneel and stand, with a distant sailing ship on the hor

The Miraculous Draught of Fish

Battista Franco Veneziano

Studies of Heads

Battista Franco Veneziano, 16th century

Engraving of a seated man crowned by a winged angel while kneeling figures and soldiers approach with a pitcher and bowl.

Scipio Granting Clemency to the Prisoners

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1530-61

Etched title page on tan paper reading Eaux-fortes sur Paris par C. Meryon, 1852, with hatched border and small decorative mo

Etchings of Paris; Title page to the suite

Charles Meryon, 1852

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary seated with the Christ child, and Joseph with a staff behind them under a draped curtain.

The Holy Family

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Portrait of Charles Meryon, in profile

Félix Bracquemond, 1854

Printed sheet with ornate French dedicatory verses in a rectangular frame, with handwritten notes on the margins.

Dedicatory verses by Meryon to Reiner Nooms, called Zeeman

Charles Meryon, 1854

Dark painting of a winged angel wrestling a man beneath a large twisted tree in an arched forest scene.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Eugène Delacroix, 1850

Sepia etching of three grotesque hobgoblins drinking in a barred interior, one laughing and gesturing with a cup.

Plate 49 from "Los Caprichos": Hobgoblins (Duendecitos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a coat of arms with a castle crown, fleur-de-lis, a sailing ship on waves, and laurel branches below.

Coat-of-Arms Symbolizing the City of Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"

Charles Meryon, 1854

Black and white heraldic coat of arms with a ship on waves, a towered crown, Latin ribbons and laurel branches, dated 1854.

Coat-of-Arms Symbolic of the City of Paris with the motto: It Rocks But Does Not Sink

Charles Meryon, 1854

Etching of the Petit Pont in Paris with stone arches over the Seine, Notre-Dame's twin towers behind, and boats and figures b

The Petit Pont, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1850 or later

Etching of a Gothic cathedral gallery with columns and arches, opening onto a view of Paris rooftops with birds on the ledge.

Gallery, Nôtre-Dame Cathedral, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1853

Etching of a dark stone archway framing a river view of a bridge, medieval towers, moored boats and figures on the water.

Archway, Pont Nôtre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1853

Etching of a dark archway framing a stone bridge over a river, with boats, workers and Paris towers in the distance.

Archway, Pont Nôtre-Dame, Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"

Charles Meryon, 1853

Etching of a riverside pump house with a tall tower on timber supports, Notre-Dame towers and city buildings behind, boats on

The Nôtre-Dame Pump, from "Etchings of Paris"

Charles Meryon, 1852

Etching of the Notre-Dame pump house on the Seine, with timber supports, a tall tower, boats, and Notre-Dame in the distance.

The Nôtre-Dame Pump, Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"

Charles Meryon, 1852

Etching of a tall pump tower on wooden supports over the Seine, with Notre-Dame and boats on the water behind.

The Nôtre-Dame Pump, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Etching of the Clock Tower in Paris with a tall spire, turrets, scaffolding, and a barge passing under a stone arched bridge.

The Clock Tower, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Etching of the Church of St. Etienne-du-Mont in Paris with a tall bell tower, rose window, and narrow street scene.

The Church of St. Etienne-du-Mont, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Etching of a Paris street facade with arched doorway, barred windows, number 12, two figures, and handwritten verse above.

Rue des Mauvais Garçons, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

Etching of a stone turret house with smoking chimneys, a climbing vine, and figures with a horse and cart on a street.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

Edmond Gosselin, ca. 1881-82

Drawing of Bacchus with vine crown and jug beside an urn, with putti and a seated woman among grapevines and a tree.

Arcadian Scene with Bacchus

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

The Frigate Rotha

Carl Dahl, 1812-65

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a resting stag beneath large trees among rocks, with distant hills.

Italian Landscape with Trees, Rocks and a Resting Deer

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1824

Grey-wash drawing of a dense forest with tall trees, a winding path, and a small house half hidden among trunks.

View of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 17th century

Etching of a thatched cottage and haybarn among trees, with a cart, a walking figure, and a distant church spire.

Landscape with a Cottage and a Haybarn

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641