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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Etching of playful putti climbing and swinging among leafy branches and garlands in a classical garden scene.

The garden of Venus, proof impression of upper left corner

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Hercules wrestles a lion among gnarled trees in a green-toned woodcut, with a club resting in the foreground.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Niccolò Vicentino, 1540-50

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

Air

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Engraving of mythological figures: a nude piper, a standing lyre player, and a crowned seated figure beside a woman, under a

The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas

Giulio Sanuto, 1562

Engraving of a satyr carrying a nude woman over his shoulder, with a dog below and a flowing cloth behind them.

Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Etching of a sleeping nude infant reclining beneath a tree with two birds in the branches and a club beside him.

Infant Hercules asleep

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

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

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with nude figure studies, a Bacchus-like youth with grapes, and several head studies.

Figure and head-studies (including Bacchus) (recto); four main figure studies repeated from the recto (verso)

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1745-1815

Pen and ink drawing of a standing nude female figure with curly hair and draped cloth, dated 1711.

Study of a Female Figure (Venus)

François Boitard, 1711

Etching of a seated Minerva statue amid overgrown Roman ruins, inscribed tablets, columns and sculptural fragments.

Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

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

Pen and ink drawing of a nude male figure holding an ornate urn, with French proportion notes along the right side.

Study of a Male Figure Holding a Vessel (Apollo)

François Boitard, ca. 1711

Etching of crumbling curved ruins with arched windows and columns, overgrown with plants, with small figures on the ground.

Avanzi del Tempio detto di Apollo nella Villa Adriana vicino a Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa. Remains of the Smaller Palace…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1768

Engraving of Achilles dragging Hector's body past Troy's walls on a chariot, with soldiers, mourners and a burning city behin

The combat of Hector and Achilles, and Achilles dragging the body of Hector around the walls of Troy

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Ink and watercolor design for a watchcase and chatelaine with rococo frames, cherubs, and a mythological medallion.

Design for an Enameled Watchcase and Châtelaine with Mythological Figures

George Michael Moser, ca. 1766 (?)

Engraving of nude Apollo shooting an arrow at a winged serpent, with muses and Cupids in the sky above.

Apollo standing at left shooting a python with an arrow, above to the left are the muses and at right on a cloud Cupi…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Grisaille drawing of a woman with a flower wreath before a mirror held by a winged-helmet figure, with irises beside her.

The Mirror of Venus, or L'Art et Vie (Art and Life)

Walter Crane, ca. 1890

Pencil design for an ornamental frieze with a shell, scrolling acanthus leaves and a bearded satyr's head.

Design for Ornamental Frieze with Shell, Foliage and Satyr's Head (recto); Figural Studies (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Engraving of river-god Peneus reclining with daughter Daphne, a palm branch, and three nymphs carrying jars near a grotto.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Leda reclining nude beside a swan with spread wings, with two putti and an egg in the background.

Leda and the Swan

Cornelis Bos, 1544-66

Group of Sea Nymphs

William Pitts, 1805-40

Engraving of bearded river gods pouring water from urns beside a grotto, consoling a grieving figure in a rocky landscape.

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne, from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of a half-dressed woman with two children and bearded men near spears, a shield, horses and a tent.

Half-dressed Nymph with two children, surrounded by four men, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of a bust-length figure in an plumed helmet, turned three-quarters, with hatched shading on face and drapery.

Bust of Bellona

Auguste Rodin, 1882-85

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who raises her arms, with a background scene of her transforming into a laurel tree.

Apollo chasing Daphne who throws her arms up, in the background at right shows the moment she turns in a laurel, from…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of satyrs and bacchantes celebrating Bacchus around a garlanded herm statue in a rocky wooded grotto.

The Fête of Bacchus

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of three tall Corinthian columns of a Roman temple ruin, with a church facade at left and grazing cattle in the foreg

Plate 10: Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (Jupiter the Supporter). 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 2. Temp…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers and figures in a vaulted forge with arched openings and a furnace.

Venus Visiting the Forge of Vulcan

called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck, 16th century

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate vessel with a figural handle, garland, and a bearded satyr head.

Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Two Interlaced Captives, on a Body Adorned with a Scroll, Garland, a…

Girolamo Genga, 1540-50

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns and an entablature of a Roman temple, with figures and an inscribed stone in the foregro

Plate 7: Temple of Jupiter Tonans (Jupiter the Thunderer). 1. Temple of Concord. (Tempio di Giove Tonans. 1. Tempio d…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748