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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

131 works

Engraving of a dove descending in light above twelve robed apostles gesturing toward it before an archway.

The Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to…

Domenico Campagnola, 1518

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 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

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 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

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical battle scene with armed men, a nude figure, and a winged figure in clouds.

Allegory of the Battle at Selimbar (October 28, 1599)

Hans von Aachen, 1552-1616

Etching of a woman in a hat leaning on a wire fence, watching pheasants and birds on grass beneath trees.

In the Zoological Garden

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1873

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Woodcut of a seated bearded man writing beside an eagle, while a crowned woman with a child appears in rays of light above.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, frontispiece to "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Etching of an eagle perched on rocks, beak open, beneath a radiating sun and drifting clouds.

L'Assiette Républicaine

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Engraving of blindfolded Cupid riding an eagle inside an oval medallion within a decorative rectangular frame.

Cupid Astride an Eagle

Jean Michel Liotard, 1715-96

Etching of putti warming themselves by a fire beside a thatched cottage, with swans on a pond and a bare winter tree.

Winter

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Hand-colored print of a duck flying above snow-covered branches inside a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: A Duck flying over Snow-covered Branches

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Engraving of a laurel-crowned woman with a lyre, cherubs, doves and flowers in an oval frame, titled Lyrical Poetry.

Lyrical Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1741

Pen and brown wash drawing of a monument design: a bull's head between two winged putti holding drapery, above a lion mask.

Design for a monument (recto); Architectural sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Hand-colored print of a white egret flying above green bamboo branches inside a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: An Egret Flying Above Bamboo Branches

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Engraving of three cherubs with a bird cage and a net beside a broken tree, birds flying over a ruined tower in the distance.

Air

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 18th century

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Etched river landscape with a rowboat, village houses, trees, reeds and ducks on the water.

River landscape after a painting in the cabinet of Mr. Le Brun

Carl Wilhelm Weisbrod

Trade card portrait of Red Bird, a Chippeway man in a red headband and blue blanket, with a tomahawk and pipe beside him.

Red Bird, Chippeway, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of a searobin fish below a pelican perched in a wooden boat among cattails.

Searobin, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Small 1889 trading card showing a whitebait fish labeled WHITEBAIT above perched and flying seabirds on rocks.

Whitebait, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Red Cock-of-the-Rock bird on mossy rock before blue mountains, with cigarette advertising text and tropical side panels.

Cock-of-the-Rock, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a concave-casqued hornbill on a branch, beside a palm scene and a woman with a bowl.

Concave-Casqued Hornbill, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a green parrot with blue head and red wing on a branch, with tropical landscape and mountain.

Festive Green Parrot, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph card of a Great Bird of Paradise with long red-gold tail feathers on a branch, Allen & Ginter, 1889.

Great Bird of Paradise, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Trade card with a horned screamer bird on sand beside a framed view of palm trees, a mountain, and village houses.

Horned Screamer, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph trade card of a Magnificent Bird of Paradise on a branch, with an advertisement and arched courtyard scene b

Magnificent Bird of Paradise, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph of a red and yellow New Zealand parrot on a branch, framed by arches and Richmond cigarette advertising text

New Zealand Parrot, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Chromolithograph card of a green and blue Notornis bird beside an arcade scene with palms and figures, with cigarette adverti

The Notornis, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889