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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Print of a sleeping cupid with curly hair and a large wing, reclining on draped cloth, rendered in fine black hatching on gre

A sleeping cupid

Bartolomeo Coriolano, 1630-45

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

Engraving of a seated nude Diana with a spear, three hounds, a hunting horn on a tree, and a landscape behind.

Seated figure of Diana the Huntress

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Brown-toned print of a seated nude man seen from behind beside a large tree, with a reclining figure in the lower left.

Man seated viewed from behind (Narcissus)

Antonio da Trento, ca. 1527-30

Engraving of a nude figure of Prometheus with an eagle inside a V-shaped cornice decorated with scrolls and foliage.

Torture of Prometheus set within a cornice

Cherubino Alberti, 1580

Etching of a nude woman asleep under a large tree, with a quiver of arrows beside her and a landscape behind.

Sleeping figure of Diana the huntress

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of nude figures in a wooded landscape, a woman reaching toward a tree beside a man, with a seated figure at lower lef

Apollo and Daphne

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1538-40

Engraving of laurel-crowned Apollo playing a lyre beside a reclining Cupid with a quiver of arrows.

Cupid and Apollo with a lyre

Paolo Farinati, ca. 1568

Etching of nude putti with satyrs, a goat, grapes and a wine vessel in an outdoor landscape.

Four boys, two satyrs and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1654

Engraving of four barefoot female figures in flowing classical dress dancing and holding ribbons against a hatched background

Four Dancing Muses

Gian Marco Cavalli, ca. 1497

Etching of the mythological flaying of Marsyas, with two muscular figures on a rock amid hatched trees and faces peering from

The Flaying of Marsyas

Giovanni Pietro Possenti, mid-17th century

Etching of putti, two satyrs and a goat with grapes and wine in an outdoor bacchanal scene.

Four boys, two satyrs, and a goat (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Etching of a Bacchic revel with Silenus riding a goat, surrounded by muscular, partly nude revelers in hatched linework.

Bacchic revel with Silenus in the centre riding a goat

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-43

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 four nude children and a goat in a landscape, one child wearing a leafy wreath, seen from behind.

Four boys, a young satyr and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Engraved frieze of putti leading Cupid's goat-drawn chariot, with a lion, torches, trumpets and a banner in procession.

A frieze arrangement depcting the Triumph of Love; Cupid in a Chariot led by goats, many other putti filling the comp…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Bacchus squeezing grapes beside a reclining Venus, with cherubs, fruit and draped cloth, 1647.

Garden of Venus with Bacchus Squeezing Grapes

Giacinto Gimignani, 1647

Etching of four nude boys and a satyr with a shaggy goat in a hilly landscape under clouds.

Four boys, a young satyr and a goat (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Etching of Venus with a winged figure holding a child, a dove, a chariot and putti in clouds, within an oval frame.

Venus entrusting Cupid to Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1758-80

Etching of Venus beside a forge with a cannon and cannonballs, while Cupid stretches away at left.

Fire, represented by Venus seated before Vulcan's forge, with armor, a cannon, and cannon balls surrounding her, she…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Etching of two satyrs playing pipes beside a reclining boy, with goats and sheep gathered under a tree in a pastoral landscap

Two young satyrs and a boy

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Engraving of classical gods assembled on clouds, including Mercury with a caduceus, Neptune with a trident, and winged putti.

Assembly of the Gods after the ceiling composition in the Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1527

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche reclining on a couch under a tree, with satyrs and an altar in the background.

Cupid and Psyche

Giorgio Ghisi, 1573-74

Etching of two satyrs and a boy playing pipes in a pastoral landscape with goats and a sheep beside them.

Two young satyrs and a boy (copy in reverse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

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

Etching of Venus reclining in a garden surrounded by cupids, a herm of Pan, and trees, with a distant mountain landscape.

The Garden of Venus who reclines in the centre before a term of Pan and surrounded by cupids

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Etching of four boys, a satyr blowing a horn, and a leopard with grape vines in a hilly landscape.

Four boys, a young satyr, and a leopard

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Engraving of dancing putti around a large tree, with a torch-bearing figure on clouds above and a temple in the distant lands

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpina

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Woodcut print of a nude Venus embracing a winged Cupid in a forest with a dog, squirrel and bird among the trees.

Venus and Cupid

Niccolò Boldrini, 1566

Etching of five nude boys, two satyrs and a goat in a pastoral landscape, with a tambourine, jug and grapevine.

Five boys, two satyrs and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647