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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Etching of Venus: a reclining nude woman, a winged cupid carrying a flower basket, dense trees and birds in the sky.

Realm of Venus

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Chiaroscuro-style print of Venus with surrounding putti in an oval frame, drawn in brown ink and green and blue washes.

Venus Surrounded by Putti

Arthur Pond, ca. 1735

Engraving of nude figures and putti in a wooded landscape, with a winged cupid in the tree above.

Allegory of the Power of Love, with a man at center embracing a semi-naked woman, who is bound to a tree by Cupid

Cristofano di Michele Martini, 1480-1535

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky shore with classical figures, a nude woman, a cherub, and a satyr within an ornate frame

Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche, Opus V a+b

Max Klinger, after 1909

Engraving of the Apollo fountain basin at Versailles with sailing ships on the canal, carriages and riders on the terraces.

Le Bassin d'Apollon [The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles]

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Etching of a satyr and two nymphs seated by a river in a wooded landscape with clouds above.

Satyr and two nymphs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

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 Cupid, a winged child, riding a leaping tiger across a shaded ground line.

Cupid on a tiger

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

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

Engraving of Jupiter hurling lightning at falling giants below a cloud bank filled with gods and cherubs.

Fall of the Giants, Jupiter in the clouds overhead striking the Giants with lightning

Girolamo Fagiuoli, ca. 1539-49

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 laurel-crowned Apollo with a lyre beside Pegasus, touching a bearded head with a laurel branch.

Apollo holding pipes in his right hand accompanied by Pegasus

Angiolo Falconetto, 1556-60

Engraving of figures in a classical landscape with columns, putti, a lion and a statue of Apollo and Minerva within an ornate

Annibale Carracci Introduces Painting to Apollo and Minerva

Pietro Aquila, 1674

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

Cupid and the swan

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Engraving of Venus and Mars embracing in a bedchamber while Vulcan hammers at his forge in the foreground.

Venus and Mars Embracing as Vulcan Works at His Forge

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraving of a winged putto leaning on a round shield beside a plumed helmet and bundled arrows.

Cupid with Weapons of Mars

Adamo Scultori, ca. 1547-62

Etching of Cupid, a winged child with curly hair, riding a walking lion with a thick curled mane.

Cupid on a lion

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Engraving of Venus and Adonis with a spear, hunting dogs, cupids, a boar, and a distant landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1570

Black-and-white print of Venus and nude nymphs lamenting over a reclining figure, with cherubs and a boar in the landscape.

Venus and the Nymphs Lamenting the Death of Adonis

Luca Cambiaso, 1560-65

Engraving of Juno seated on a throne in a classical arcaded hall, holding a scepter, with figures moving around her.

Realm of Juno

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Grey-green woodcut of two nude men wrestling beside classical columns and a tree.

Hercules and Antaeus

Ugo da Carpi, ca. 1517-18

Engraving of a nude man wrestling a horned bull on rocks, with three women holding fruit-filled cornucopias at right.

Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, fr…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1526-27

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

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

Engraving of a bacchanal with nude revelers, a heavy Silenus, satyrs and a flute player beneath grapevines.

Bacchanal with Silenus

Andrea Mantegna, before 1475

Etching of a dancing nymph with tambourine, satyrs gathered under trees at left, and a lone satyr walking at right.

Five satyrs and two nymphs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Etching of a satyr family resting by an obelisk and stone wall, with a woman, child, and standing figure with a staff.

Satyr Family with the Obelisk, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Engraving of Venus with a rose branch, a satyr and Cupid in a landscape, with an Italian motto below.

Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, early 17th century

Etching of a dim interior: an old woman with a bowl by the fireplace, two men seated at a table, and a dog near the fire.

The satyr and the peasant

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644