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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,456 works

Engraving of a crowded fantastical landscape with monsters, soldiers and a seated woman labeled Patientia, with a distant cit

Patience (Patientia)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557

Woodcut print of an eagle carrying a youth aloft over nude men, horses and dogs in a wooded landscape.

Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede

Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500-1510

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a striped turban holding a falcon, with Latin and Persian inscriptions below.

Mechti Kuli Beg, Persian Ambassador to Prague

Aegidius Sadeler, 1605

Brown wash drawing of the prophet Elijah seated by a stream in a forest, with birds flying above him.

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Jan Müller, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Etched perspective view of an ornate ancient candelabrum with bird sculptures, a figure at the top, and clawed feet on a step

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Etching of Rothendael Abbey across a pond, framed by tall trees, with swans and two figures on a path.

Rothendael Abbey

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648

Engraving of nude Leda with children and a swan in a landscape, with a ruined Roman temple and sailboat behind.

Leda and her children playing with the swan, with a Roman temple in the background

Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500-1510

Engraving of Venus reclining while Cupid holds a mirror and attendants dress her hair, with a chariot in clouds above a class

Plate 1: The Toilette of Venus; Venus reclining at center, gazing into a mirror held by Cupid, attendants fix her hai…

Étienne Baudet, 1672

Etching of two swans on water facing each other beside reeds and plants, with small birds flying in the sky above.

Two Swans

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1654-58

Engraving of Prometheus bound on a rock while an eagle tears at his torso, with a distant city in the background.

Prometheus

Sebastiano de' Valentinis, 1558

Etching of satyrs and a family in a rural scene with a goat, wine jug, tree, and owl perched on a post.

Satyr Family (Pan and his Family), from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of a winged cherub embracing an eagle beside a smoking urn on a carved pedestal.

Cupid and an eagle

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Engraving of mythological figures: nude women, a seated god with a sleeping cupid, a rearing chariot, and an eagle carrying a

Jupiter tumbling from a horse-drawn carriage at right, Ganymede riding Jupiter's eagle upper center, below Venus and…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Woodcut of Venus in a chariot drawn by doves above cupid, with musicians and couples in a garden below.

The Dominion of Venus, from 'The Seven Planets'

Girolamo Grandi, 1533

Etching of Cupid embracing a swan with spread wings, standing on a shadowed ground line.

Cupid and the swan

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche on a chariot drawn by birds, with winged children and a distant landscape.

The triumph of Cupid and Psyche who are seated on a chariot drawn by two birds restrained by children

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-67

Engraving of horsemen with lances and dogs chasing ostriches across a landscape with palm trees.

Ostrich Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Etching of a nude infant asleep under a tree with two birds in the branches above and a rocky outcrop behind.

Infant Hercules asleep

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1639

Pen and ink design of two swans in a lake within a rococo scroll cartouche, with ruins and a winged creature.

Design for a Tablet for a Chimney-Piece with Two Swans enclosed within a Cartouche

Thomas Johnson, 1762

Pen and wash drawing of seated Jupiter handing a cup to standing Ganymede among clouds, with blue-grey tones and white highli

Jupiter and Ganymede

Johan Carl Loth, 1645-98

Etching of hawks, falcons and owls perched in a room beside a shuttered window, with a pigeon and dead rabbits.

Hawks and owls

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1654-58

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Ghost as a dove in radiating light, surrounded by angels and putti on clouds.

The Holy Ghost Surrounded by Angels

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen drawing of a covered urn vase with serpent handles, eagle finial, and a battle scene inscribed 8 January 1815.

Design for a covered vase

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1815-17

Etching of winged putti among clouds with parrots and songbirds in a tree and an eagle flying above.

Air

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Grey wash design drawing of a classical chimneypiece with ram's heads and a Leda and the Swan medallion.

Design for a Classical Chimneypiece with Rams Heads, and Leda and the Swan

Sir William Chambers, 1745-1800

Pencil design sheet with a spread-winged eagle over a striped shield, a cherub on a sea horse panel, and a dedicatory inscrip

Designs for the ornaments and inscription on a testimonial urn

Thomas Fletcher, 1800-1866

Etching of an ornate tapering scabbard with scrolling foliage and a winged female figure at its center.

Lower portion of a scabbard

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Brown wash drawing of an ornate tall candelabrum with bird-head supports, clawed feet, and carved floral shaft.

Design for a Candelabrum

Edgar George Papworth Sr., ca. 1826-37

Etched engraving of an ornate ancient marble candelabrum with swan-headed supports and a figure holding a bowl atop.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80