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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of men pulling a watering cart past a statue on a pedestal in a shaded garden with trees and onlookers.

Scene in the Tuileries: The Watering Cart

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Engraving of a crowded city square with stone buildings, a raised platform, armoured soldiers and townspeople watching.

Ecce Homo

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraved panoramic view of Jerusalem with walls, a large central temple complex, hills, and an inset map.

Prospect of Jerusalem

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1660

Engraved view of a palace facade with a formal garden, strolling figures, rowing boats on a canal, and a distant church spire

View of the Summer Palace

Giuseppe Valeriani, 18th century

Black and white lithograph of a rider in a top hat leading two horses past a stone wall and pillar.

Two Horses Exercised by a Jockey

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Etching of a drunken Silenus raising a cup while a satyr pours wine beside a barrel, with a donkey at right.

Drunken Silenus holding a cup aloft into which a Satyr pours wine

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628

Hand-colored caricature of a woman with enormous blue sleeves, a feathered hat, and a parasol, 1829.

Modern Oddities, by P. Pry Esq., Plate 1st

William Heath, June 30, 1829

Etching of a half-naked man embracing a woman while pointing, surrounded by grotesque faces and a crowd in a dark setting.

Disorderly Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Black and white print of a helmeted warrior, women and children in a classical interior with a statue of Minerva and shield.

The Constancy of Coriolanus

Jean François Janinet, ca. 1778

Etching of two large moths and six smaller insects including a bee and beetles, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Two moths and six Insects

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

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

Black and white woodcut of a rider on a galloping horse in a ring, with stylized horse heads flanking the scene.

The Riding School

Franz Marc, 1913

Engraved print of an elegant 18th-century salon concert with musicians at a harpsichord and an audience in formal dress.

The Concert

Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1774

Etching of a village festival in a landscape with trees, musicians, seated figures, a stone wall, and a farmhouse.

The Village Festival (Fête de village dans la campagne romaine)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1735-40

Monochrome print of classical figures in an interior, a seated man gesturing while others listen beside a torch stand and sta

The Discovery of the Catilinarian Conspiracy

Jean François Janinet, 1792

Engraving of a cannon on a carriage beside a tree, with men at right and a village with a church spire in the distance.

Landscape with a Cannon

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Etching of an ornate choirstall with haloed saints, a central arch, cherubs and carved niches, in dense black line work.

Large Choirstall with Christ Blessing the Virgin

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1518-20

Engraving of a kneeling saint before soldiers and a seated judge, with classical columns and stepped terrace behind.

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1524-27

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 sea gods, tritons and sea monsters battling in choppy water, with a trident-bearing figure among reeds behind.

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

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

Mezzotint of a seated woman peeling a pear in a kitchen with copper pots, a decanter, and a pile of pears.

A Woman Peeling Pears

Wallerant Vaillant, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a large crowd with camels and goats in a wide landscape, a crowned figure offering bread to a kneelin

Melchizedek Blessing Abraham

Jan Luyken, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, travellers on a roadside path, and a stream in the distance.

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers by the Roadside, a Stream beyond

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Brown-toned print of a wooded landscape with cows on a path, a herdsman, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cows

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Etching of Castel Sant'Angelo, a large cylindrical Roman mausoleum with an angel on top, with figures and cannonball piles in

View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo) from the rear, from Vedute di Roma (Roman…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of arched Roman ruins with Corinthian columns and small figures walking through the atrium of the Portico of Octavia.

Veduta interna dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia), in: 'Vedute…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Etching of the Colosseum's interior showing tiered arches, a central obelisk and tiny figures on the arena floor.

Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo. From 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Print of a wooded road with two horse-drawn carts, figures, a dog, large trees and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797