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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Etching of costumed figures in plumed hats and armor on a quay, with a boat and ships, above columns of printed verse.

Panurge secondé

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraving of plumed courtiers in an ornate hall beneath a Latin motto, with ships in a harbor and printed verse below.

Qualis vir Talis Oratio

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraved allegorical procession with armed men, lion, bear, wolf, wagon wheel, eagle and Dutch verse below.

De Vlugt van 't Pausdom

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Etching of a standing allegorical figure with banners, a dog, flames, books and a winged figure, with Dutch text below.

Anticurius van Loevesteyn

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraved equestrian portrait of a prince on a rearing horse, flanked by four armored predecessors and musicians in a decorati

William III as Prince of Orange, with the four preceding Stadthouders, William I, Maurice, Frederick Hendrick, Willia…

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraving of a formal garden with terraces, canals, a fountain pavilion, clipped trees, and a boat on the water.

Detail of the Park at Enghien (right half)

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1685

Red chalk drawing of four Old Testament scenes framed by rococo scrollwork, including Adam and Eve and Moses with tablets.

Four Scenes from the Old Testament

Paul Decker the Younger, early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a fallen rider beneath a vision of Christ on clouds with angels holding a cross, watched by soldiers.

The Conversion of St. Paul (recto); The Execution of the Prisoner (verso)

Dominik Kindermann, 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a seated allegorical woman gripping a rope beside an anchor, with sailing ships and birds on blue paper.

Hope

Pierre Brébiette, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a birth scene with attending women, an infant, and angels with flowering branches among clouds.

Birth of St. John the Baptist

Valentin Lefèbvre, 17th century

Charcoal study of an elderly woman in a draped shawl, gazing upward, with soft shading on her face and garments.

Study of an Old Woman

August von Pettenkofen, 1886

Oval drawing of a bearded satyr playing pipes beside nude nymphs, with white highlights on a tan ground.

Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Galle…

Joseph Heintz the Elder, ca. 1599

Engraving of a storm at sea with a man clinging to rocks in the foreground and a woman reaching from a cliff above.

Shakespeare's Tempest (Macklin's British Poets)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1798

Etching of Hagar and a child leaving a ruined stone building as an older man points away, with a tree and onlookers.

Hagar Sent into the Wildnerness

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1758

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, a black slave holding a fur at right, another horseman to left in the backg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a woman in flowing dress holding a large dog by the collar beside a tree, with a hilly landscape behind.

Nymph Holding a Large Dog by the Collar

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Etching of a cow on a grassy bank, a woman in a headscarf, two cows on a stone bridge, and trees at left.

A cow ascending a bank, a peasant woman leading two cows across a bridge in background, plate 9 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of two horsemen in plumed hats descending a hill, with a distant rider on a smaller horse at right.

Two horsemen descending a mountain at left, another horseman to right in background, plate 10 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a young rider on horseback leading another horse along a rough path past a bank and trees.

A young horseman, seen from the front, leading another horse, plate 11 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a cow drinking from a stone trough beside a wooded bank, with cattle resting in the background.

A cow drinking from a stone trough, other cows to left in background, plate 12 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a peasant woman with a basket walking between a grazing donkey on the left and a packed horse on the right.

A peasant woman, seen from the back, holding a basket in center, a donkey to left and a horse with a pack on its back…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a woman riding a donkey side saddle with a child, a second woman walking beside her carrying a bag.

A young peasant woman and her child sitting side saddle atop a horse in center, another peasant woman to right, holdi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a man in a fur hat holding a horse draped in a spotted fur cover, with small figures in the background.

A Polish nobleman, facing away, holding his horse covered in leopard skin, four men and a horse in background, plate…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a large elephant with a turbaned mahout at right and a smaller elephant in the background at left.

An elephant in center, his mahout standing to the right wearing an Oriental costume, another elephant to left in back…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, resting his chin on his hand in an armchair.

The Right Honorable Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1795

Stipple engraving of a man with curly hair in an oval frame, titled Mr. Henderson in the Character of Iago.

John Henderson, in the Character of Iago (Shakespeare's Othello)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1786

Ignatius Sancho

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1802

Engraving of a woman in classical dress holding a comic mask and placing a laurel wreath on a bust beside a lyre.

Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 20, 1783

Engraved bust portrait of Jane Shore, a woman with jewelled hair and a pearl necklace, with a Shakespeare quotation below.

Jane Shore: "Give gentle mistress Shore one gentle kiss the more (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 3, scene 1)

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 1, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a man and woman as Romeo and Juliet, with a cherub and Capulet sign above them.

Mr. Dimond and Miss Wallis in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Francesco Bartolozzi, May 1, 1796

Hand-colored oval print of Jupiter and Juno embracing on a cloud, with an eagle and two cupids nearby.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida

Francesco Bartolozzi, January 1, 1784

Engraving of men in period dress in a draped room, one with a monkey on his shoulder, two women watching by a mirror.

Frontispiece for Fanny Burney's "Evelina": Mr. Lovel Bitten in the Ear by Captain Mirvan's Monkey, vol. III

Francesco Bartolozzi, November 24, 1779

Brown ink drawing of a garden grove with a ruined classical temple, a stairway, a crowd of figures and tall trees.

Veduta del Boschetto d'Arcadia dalla parte del Tempio

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, n.d.

Engraving of the Holy Family walking on a path, with a dove and God the Father among clouds above.

The Return from Egypt

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1595-1659

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a bearded man holding a stag's head beside an armored knight standing over a dragon.

Saint Eustace and Saint George

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1511

Brown ink drawing of women gathered around a nude statue beneath trees, with winged figures in the sky and a lute in the fore

The Challenge of the Pierides, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Book V: 294-678)

Karel van Mander I, 16th-17th century

Chalk drawing of Bacchus seated with a cup, a reclining nude Ariadne, a putto and satyrs among grapevines in a wooded setting

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jean Hughes Taraval, 18th century

Drawing of a draped grey cloth with soft folds, shaded in black chalk and highlighted in white on blue-grey paper.

Study of Drapery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1813

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall in a wooded landscape, with a mother and child seated on a rock at lower left.

Landscape with Waterfall and a Mother and Child

Johann Peter Beer, 1800

Portrait of Julius Olivier, the Artist's Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1846

Pen drawing of the risen Christ with a banner rising above tumbling soldiers, with a tomb in the upper left.

The Resurrection

Bernard van Orley, early 16th century

Engraved print of putti, musicians and lily stems rising through clouds beneath a sunburst, framed by ornamental borders.

Morning, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraved allegorical print of a seated woman with cherubs under a floral arch, with a lily and daisy wreath above.

Day, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraved print of a haloed female figure among playing cherubs, roses and stars within an ornamental border.

Evening, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Engraving of a veiled female figure with cherubs above a sunflower, owls and sleeping figures in a botanical border.

Night, from the series The Times of the Day

Philipp Otto Runge, 1807

Watercolor botanical study of a red catchfly with blue and red flowers, green leaves and a branching stem on pale paper.

Study of a red catchfly (Lychnis hirsuta)

Herman Saftleven, 1680

Grey wash allegory: a seated woman with brushes is crowned by a putto, flanked by a woman and a man with a compass.

An Allegory of the Arts with Isis and Geometry Attending the Three-headed Figure of Painting and Sculpture, a Putto C…

Erasmus Quellinus, 17th century

Etching of a feathered-hat man leading a horse by the bridle, with a rear view of a sword-bearing man and a head study.

A Pole Holding a Horse by the Bridle

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a turbaned rider on horseback leading another horse through shallow water, with a distant hill behind.

A Polish Groom Bathing Horses

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Four Turks and a Black Man

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Four Turks, Half Length

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a young woman in flowing drapery holding a rein on a bull, with dynamic hatched lines.

Young Woman Trying to Stop a Bull

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of an old man being pulled by a shrouded skeletal Death holding an hourglass, within an oval frame.

Death Dragging an Old Man to His Tomb

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece design with an empty oval cartouche, figures, a coat of arms and a ship.

Design for a Frontispiece with an Allegory of Brazil

Ottmar Elliger the Younger, late 17th-mid-18th century

Two sailors in caps and cloaks beside a bale on a quay, with moored boats and a distant ship in the harbor.

Two sailors with a bale of merchandise

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Pen drawing of a turbaned rider leading a second horse across open ground, with a hill in the distance.

Polish Groom Bathing Horses

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Two Turks in Turbans

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Watercolor study of insects and a fungus cluster with moss and a horsetail stalk on a pale background.

Various Insects by a Fungus

Rochus van Veen, 1681

Etching of a skeleton rider on a galloping horse blowing a trumpet, with a skeletal crowd and battle scene below.

Death on horseback holding a trumpet, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a skeletal Death figure with a flying cloak carrying off a woman, ruins and figures in the background.

Death carrying off a woman, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of an elderly bald man with a curly beard looking straight ahead, with fine hatched lines shading his face.

Head of Old Man

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a grotesque bearded man's face with pointed ears, curly beard, and bald head, viewed frontally.

Mask

Stefano Della Bella

Etched oval rebus with cupids, a glove, a ring and figures, framed by drapery above a landscape with ruins.

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Engraving of a woman in a headdress riding a chariot drawn by two armored animals, with French text below.

Allegory of America, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraved card of a standing figure with a feathered headdress holding a torch, labeled Castille d'or, by Stefano della Bella.

Gold Coast, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched playing card of a feathered figure holding a staff, with a French caption naming Popayan below.

Popayan, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a feathered figure holding plants, numbered 3, labeled Brezil with French text below.

Brazil, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a narrow Paris street with a Gothic church spire at the end, a crowd in the foreground and tall buildings on both

La Rue des Chantres, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of a narrow Paris street with tall buildings and a distant Gothic church spire, with small figures in the foreground.

La Rue des Chantres (Rue des Chantres, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of a Paris street with a turreted corner house, pedestrians, a cart, and winged figures flying overhead.

Tourelle Rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 22 (House with a Turret, No 22, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris) (called the T…

Charles Meryon, 1861 or later

Etching of the Pont-au-Change in Paris with riverside houses, a stone embankment wall, boats, and figures on the shore.

Le Pont-au-Change, vers 1784 (Pont-au-Change, Paris, circa 1784)

Charles Meryon, 1855

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

Etched playing card of a feathered figure holding a woven shield and staff, titled Chile, with French caption text below.

Chile, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a standing feathered warrior holding a spear, with French caption text below describing Quivira.

Quivira, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched figure in feathered headdress and fringed garment holding a bow, with French caption 'Floride' below.

Floride, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a standing feathered figure holding a bow, with French descriptive text about Virginia below.

Virginia, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched playing card numbered 10 showing a feathered female figure with a bow, quiver and spear, with French text beneath.

New France, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a plumed rider in a flowing cloak on a rearing horse, raising a long lance, with French text below.

Mexico, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etched print of a rider with a spear on a galloping horse, with a winged figure above and French text below.

Peru, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Bacchus with a leafy wreath and animal skin, walking beside a large dog, with an urn and tree at left.

Bacchus, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of draped figures on the ground beneath two archers with bows in clouds, from Stefano della Bella's 1644 Game of Myth

Niobe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pygmalion seated beside a standing female statue on a pedestal, with Cupid with bow in the upper left.

Pygmalion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of two running figures on open ground, one holding a golden apple, with trees and distant figures in the background.

Hippomenes and Atalanta, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Amphion seated on a mound playing a lyre, with a walled city of towers in the background.

Amphion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Neptune in a crown with a trident riding a shell chariot pulled by a sea horse over waves.

Neptune, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pallas in plumed helmet with Medusa shield beside a seated figure, with a pyramid and trees in the background.

Pallas, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Loose black ink and ochre sketch of a reclining nude woman with a black cat beside her on a bed.

Olympia

Édouard Manet, 1923

Etching of Mercury in a plumed helmet and winged sandals, holding a caduceus, standing in a hilly landscape with a shrub.

Mercury, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a woman and child by a pond with frog-like figures in the water and a dog at lower left, in a hilly landscape.

Latona, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of armored Pallas pointing at seated Arachne beside a spider web, with draped curtains behind them.

Pallas et Arachne, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a draped woman drinking from a bowl while a child reaches toward her, with a second woman and trees behind.

Ceres, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Danäe reclining on a bed as golden coins fall from a cloud while a servant and winged figure attend her.

Jupiter and Danäe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of two mythological figures in a landscape, a man and a woman holding a spear, with a dog beside her.

Cephalus and Procris, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Arion playing a lyre while riding a dolphin over choppy sea waves under hatched sky.

Arion, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Perseus holding Medusa's severed head and a shield beside a fallen body, with rocky hatched background.

Persée et Méduse

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a winged figure carrying a woman with flowing hair through swirling clouds.

Boreas and Oreithyia, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644