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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen and ink drawing of a standing draped woman in a niche with columns, with a winged putto at lower left.

Allegory or Goddess (Juno?)

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of robed men and an armored soldier pointing to a canopied bed with figures in a classical setting.

Christ and the Daughter of the Centurion

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of an elderly seated man in a skullcap facing a kneeling younger man beside a draped curtain.

Young Cleric Kneeling before a Pope

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1663-1716

Engraving of a cardinal writing at a desk with books and quill, a city view through a window, and a framed portrait above.

Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino at his desk, writing

Francesco Villamena, 1604

Engraved portrait of an elderly man in a cardinal's cap holding compasses, with an armillary sphere and books beside him.

Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius

Francesco Villamena, 1606

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet and white ruff collar, after Van Dyck, 1770.

Portrait, after Van Dyck

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Etching of a herdsman leading a bull through a river past a leaning tree and a thatched cottage.

Herdsman and Bull, after Ruisdael

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of a forest path beside a thatched cottage, with a rider and pack horse passing a large tree trunk.

Entrance to the Forest of Brie with Cottage on the Right

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of villagers gathering on a path before a small church with a bell tower, a canopy and a large tree at right.

Village Festival

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1773

Etching of a village square with a stone fountain, ruined tower, goats, donkeys, and figures in rustic dress.

View of Saint-Andéol

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1774

Etching of an elderly schoolmaster at a desk with children studying in a plain room with windows and a dog on the floor.

The School Master

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1780

Etching of two boys playing with a dog in a dim doorway while two women look on, lit from one side.

Children Playing with a Dog

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1789

Etching of a public writer at a wooden booth with waiting customers, a seated knitting woman, a child and dogs on a street.

Public Writer

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Etching of a small rustic chapel by rocks and trees, with two robed hermits in the foreground and cattle on a path.

The Little Hermitage

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1793

Etching of a gnarled tree with leafy branches above grazing cattle, sheep, and seated figures in a wooded landscape.

Spring, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Etching of a leaning bare tree, goats on a hill, figures in hats at left and a wooden shed at right.

Winter, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Engraved self-portrait of a man in a wide hat holding a print of cows under trees, with a plaster bust and inkwell on the tab

Self-Portrait with Cows

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Etching of a wooden boat on a riverbank with figures, logs, and a castle and church spire behind.

The Construction Site, in Savigny

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white ruff collar and dark gown, hands clasped, with a sketch pinned to the wa

Portrait, after David Teniers the Younger

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etching of a riverside customs house with arches, a tower, figures on the shore, boats with barrels, and a distant town.

View of Old Customs House in Rome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Engraved self portrait of a man in a top hat holding a sketch of a woman, beside a plaster bust, quill and inkwell.

Self Portrait Holding Portrait of Wife

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Engraving of a nude bearded man reaching toward a reclining woman and winged cupid beside a tree over water.

A naked man pursing a naiad and a cupid into the water

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Fortitude in profile view walking toward a fire at left and leading a harnessed lion, a landscape in the background

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a nude man gesturing toward a foundering ship in stormy waves, watched by a group of onlookers at right.

A group of figures at right witnessing a shipwreck

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a bearded man kneeling and placing a laurel branch on burning books, with flames rising on the right.

A man kneeling and placing a laurel branch upon a pile of burning books

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a draped woman returning from a hunt, carrying a boar and a stick with a hare and two ducks.

Woman returning from a hunt carrying a boar in her right hand and a stick on her left shoulder to which a hare and tw…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of scholars around an open book, a man holding an armillary sphere, columns and a landscape behind them.

Assembly of male and female scholars gathered around an open book, in the middle ground a man holds aloft an armillar…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a kneeling man holding a fish beside a basket of fish, with a tree and two men in the background.

A man kneeling next to a basket of fish and taking one with both hands, two men at right in the background

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of nude Adam offering fruit to Eve beside trees, with a village and church spire in the background.

Adam and Eve flanked by two trees, a town in the background

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1512-14

Engraving of a bearded man carried by nude angels toward a doorway where a woman holds a child, with a kneeling figure prayin

God carried by angels, appearing to Noah and his family, after the Flood

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1513-15