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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Engraving of Adonis lying dead while women mourn him in a forest, with cupid above and a fruit-garland border.

The Death of Adonis

Jean Mignon, 1544

Engraving of the death of Adonis: a reclining youth surrounded by women, Cupid with a bow above, forest behind, fruit-garland

The Death of Adonis

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Engraving of Christ's body being lowered from the cross by mourners, framed by an ornate border of masks and fruit garlands.

Christ's Deposition from the Cross

Jean Mignon, ca. 1544

Engraving of figures carrying a nude body toward a tomb beneath rocks, framed by an ornate border of fruit and foliage.

The Entombment of Christ

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Engraving of the Lamentation over Christ with mourners around the reclined body, a ladder and skull, in an ornate fruit-and-f

The Lamentation over Christ

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Etching of a seated young woman in a headscarf with a child leaning on a stone wall beneath a branch, by François Boucher.

The Young Girl Resting

François Boucher, 1756

Pen and grey wash drawing of Christ in an oval frame with a halo, cross, kneeling figures and putti in rococo scrollwork.

Christ in Glory

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of an oval allegory with cherubs, a cross, two dogs with torch and trumpet, and a hydra.

Allegory of Heaven and Hell

Claudio Coello, 1642-93

Brown wash drawing of Neptune with a trident and Amphitrite among clouds and sea figures.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, 1768

Red-ink engraving of a seated woman resting her head on her hand beside a well, with a fire and tree behind her.

Psyche

Léon Davent, ca. 1542

Engraving of a seated woman in drapery gesturing toward two children on a bed, with a tower and pyramid in the distance.

Seated woman with two children (Virgin with Christ and St John the Baptist?)

Léon Davent, 1540

Engraving of draped figures at a well, a woman offering water from a jar to a man, with other women carrying urns.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a nude woman holding a serpent beside an urn, with draped fabric behind her.

Cleopatra bitten by an Asp

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Etching of a reclining classical woman with a peacock and draped cloth, cut-away lower edge, signed Bologna.

Juno, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a curved ledge beside a winged cupid holding a stick, with hatched shading.

Venus, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Grey wash drawing of Neptune and Amphitrite among clouds above sea figures, tritons and fish.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, ca. 1773

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Champ de Mai, June 1, 1815

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, ca. 1815

Grey wash drawing of a domed circular grain market interior with arcades, columns, and small figures among stacked goods.

Interior of Halle aux Blés, Paris [The Corn Exchange]

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Etching of tall slender trees in a forest with deer running through a clearing and a pool in the foreground.

Deer in the Woods

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a fallen giant, onlookers raising arms at right, and a levitating figure above.

Unidentified Scene: Figures Watching a Fallen Giant and Another Figure Levitating

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Printed satirical page with caricatures of a standing figure, a sailboat, a sleeping figure with a guitar, and a clock over a

Caricatures of paintings by Daubigny and others, in "Le Salon Pour Rire"

André Gill, ca. 1868

Etching of a rooster on a dirt mound with hens foraging below, a barrel and bowl beside them, under a hatched sky.

Dawn: The Cock's Crow

Charles-François Daubigny, 1830-78

Red chalk drawing of two robed saints embracing before a building, with angels in clouds above and a dog below.

Saint Francis Meeting Saint Dominic

Francisco Vieira de Mattos, 1699-1783

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling figures at a stable and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francisco Vieira de Mattos, 1699-1783

Etching of a forest stream with a plank bridge, cattle drinking at the bank, figures, and ducks on the water.

A Stream in the Mondois Valley

Charles-François Daubigny, 1835-78

Etching of a forest clearing with a shepherd, shepherdess, sheep and goats resting beneath tall trees.

Shepherd and Shepherdess

Charles-François Daubigny, 1874

Engraving of a gnarled forest with an ox cart, oxen and workers carrying firewood along a woodland path.

A View in the Forest of Morvan

Antoine Alphée Piaud, 1837-66

Etching of an imaginary prison with a drawbridge, arched bridges, figures on walkways, and a winch under a vaulted ceiling.

The Drawbridge, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated satyrs in a landscape with a hilltop building and a sun diagram.

Two Satyrs in a Landscape

Titian, ca. 1505-10

Head of a Young Girl

called le Romain Jacques Dumont, 18th century