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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

691 works

Engraving of a rider on a mule with men gathering coins beneath it, crowds around a stepped platform, Latin inscription below

Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding i…

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1592-1614

Engraving of Saint John preaching to a seated crowd under trees, arms raised toward a cloudy sky.

Predication de St. Jean

Etching of Mercury with a caduceus pointing at seated Aglauros as a standing woman gestures beside a pillar in a classical in

Mercury Turning Aglauros to Stone (Aglauros a Mercurio in lapidem transformatur), plate 20 from "The Metamorphoses of…

Antonio Tempesta, Published after 1606

Etching of a woman in flowing drapery adjusting her hair beside a dressing table with jewelry, her reflection in a mirror at

Woman at Her Toilet

Charles Reuben Ryley, March 1, 1780

Three Oriental Heads

Robert Blyth, March 5, 1780

Horse Dressed Up for a Tournament or Ceremonial Entry

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Etching of a child carrying a dog over his shoulder, with another dog running beside him and a woman and children near a towe

Child carrying a dog over his shoulder, walking towards the right, another dog running alongside to right, a woman wi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660-64

Engraving of a dying soldier on a bed attended by a woman with a bowl, with armoured soldiers standing nearby in a vaulted ro

Soldier's Death, from "The Life and Death of a Soldier"

Robert Blyth, May 1, 1781

Engraving of a seated bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe playing a bow instrument on a jawbone, with a castle and bridge behin

The Rich Man Playing Violin on a Jaw Bone

Johann Theodor de Bry

Etching of a turbaned rider on a prancing horse, with an elephant and figures in a distant landscape.

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, in the background a pyramid at left, many figures and an elephant, from "Fi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Sepia engraving of mourners and armored soldiers beside a grave with bones, skulls, and a shield on a post.

Soldier's Funeral from "The Life and Death of a Soldier"

Robert Blyth, May 1, 1781

Engraving of two draped allegorical women in a circle, one pointing upward beside a column, with scales and a rainbow.

Fortitude and Justice

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Etching of a Polish horseman in a plumed hat and fur cloak on a prancing horse, with grooms and horses around him.

Polish horseman facing right, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horseback" (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hong…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Engraving of a bound captive led by armored guards with spears beside a tree and rocky landscape.

Banditti Returning

Robert Blyth, November 9, 1780

Black ornamental print of a crescent bezel with grotesque figures, a winged figure at top, and two facing dragons below.

Lunar-shaped Ring Bezel and Grotesque Figures

Noël Rouillard, ca. 1620-30

Polish horseman in profile facing right, a tower and other figures on horses in background, a circular composition, f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Engraving of fishermen hauling a net of fish from water, with a woman holding a basket beneath a tree.

Fishermen

Robert Blyth, November 9, 1780

Engraving of a pastoral landscape with ruined columns, children with animals, a stream, a stone bridge and cottages.

Le Moineau Apprivoisé (The Tame Sparrow)

René Gaillard, 18th century

Polish hussar in profile facing right with wings attached to his back, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horse…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648-53

Chromolithograph trading card of cyclist William A. Rowe beside a high-wheel bicycle, with daisies and a fence in the backgro

William A. Rowe, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a wig and cravat, with a bust of Ariosto and Dante titles beside him.

Portrait of William Huggins, translator of Ariosto

Thomas Major, 1760

Etching of two children playing with a goat under a tree, with a satyr and woman watching in the background.

Two children playing with a goat in center, turned towards the right, a child satyr sitting atop the goat, the other…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1655-60

Chromolithograph trading card of cyclist F.F. Ives in a cap and high collar, framed by ribbons and a bicycle saddle.

F.F. Ives, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Circular engraving of November: woodcutters work among bare trees while a horse cart hauls logs toward a distant town.

November, from "The Months"

Adriaen Collaert, ca. 1580

Etching of a standing sailor talking to a seated turbaned man, with sailors in a rowboat and a tower in the background.

Standing sailor in center talking to a seated Levantine man to left, seen in profile, other sailors with a boat to le…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1658-63

Chromolithograph trade card of cyclist Percy Stone in red cap, beside a high-wheel bicycle and flowers, 1888.

Percy Stone, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Black ornamental print with a central diamond panel, grotesque figures, scrollwork and dolphin-like creatures on a pale groun

Concave Lozenge-shaped Panel and Grotesque Figures

Noël Rouillard, ca. 1620-30

Etching in a circle: a peasant woman on horseback leads a herd of cows, sheep, goats and dogs across a landscape.

A peasant woman seated on a horse to left, facing right, surrounded by a herd of cows, goats, sheep, and dogs, from "…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Chromolithograph trade card of Duncan C. Ross, a shirtless athlete with arms crossed beside a hammer and draped curtains.

Duncan C. Ross, All Around Athlete, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Engraving of a triumphal procession with elephants, torch-bearing figures, a horse and laurel-branch riders against a dark ba

The Triumph of Caesar: the Elephants

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1497