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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraved title page with two winged angels, a dove in a pediment, and a central cartouche reading Icones Prophetarum Veteris

Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair and a radiating halo, inside a decorative frame.

Head of Christ

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, n.d.

Engraved print with Virgin and Child above Dutch scripture text, framed by ornament and nude figures.

The Commandment to Love One Another

Gillis van Breen, 1599

Engraving of the Man of Sorrows, seated Christ with crown of thorns, surrounded by angels, kneeling mourners and Passion symb

Man of Sorrows with the Three Marys and the Evangelists

Adriaen Collaert, n.d.

Engraved print of Christ preaching to a crowd, surrounded by eight vignettes illustrating the Beatitudes in an ornate border.

The Eight Beatitudes

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Engraving of a violent brawl inside a church interior, with armed men and a fallen figure, framed by emblems and Latin text.

Dissension in the Church (Dissidium in Ecclesia)

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Engraving of Christ standing in a wine press, with juice flowing from him into a chalice held by angels and figures looking o

Christ in the Wine Press

Hieronymus Wierix, before 1619

Watercolor of a horse-drawn carriage on a tree-lined road overlooking a valley with grazing cattle and distant hills.

Sketchbook of a Journey to the Château d'Eu

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, 1811

Hand-colored print of a wizard raising a devil from smoke while a startled man in pink and a woman watch.

Humbugging, or Raising the Devil

Thomas Rowlandson, March 12, 1800

Woodcut of a werewolf crouching over a child's body, with bones on the ground, a timber house and a castle in the background.

The Werewolf or the Cannibal

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Pencil drawing of a medieval church with a tall spire and stone walls, framed by trees and an open field.

The Aller Church in Sønderjyllands Amt (Denmark), seen from the North

Johan Christian Dahl, late 18th-19th century

Watercolor of a rainy cobbled courtyard seen through an archway, with a covered cart, horses, geese and townspeople.

View into the Courtyard of an Inn at Colmar

Eduard Gaertner, 1821-77

Sheet of pale sketches showing several studies of older men's heads in different poses, with small ear studies at the left ed

Studies of ten (?) heads and two ears (recto); Studies of three figures and a head (verso)

Gerard David, ca. 1498

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap in a rocky landscape, both with halos.

Vatican Pietà

Adamo Scultori, 1566

Two pale-washed pencil floor plans on paper showing octagonal rooms, a library, drawing room, kitchen and porch.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook III: Hut Cottages, Villas and Dwelling Houses, in Town and Country

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1825-38

Engraving contrasting Moses with tablets of the law and Christ holding a cross, with a skeleton, animals and an open Gospel b

Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind from "Allegory of the Resurrection and the Salvation," a pair

Hieronymus Wierix, ca. 1586

Hand-colored print of a man with a telescope at a window watching a comet, beside a seated woman in yellow and a man in blue.

Looking at the Comet till You Get a Crick in the Neck

Thomas Rowlandson, September 20, 1811

Ulrich Van Büler

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of a horned, bearded satyr-like figure seated on a classical column capital, holding two chains.

The Great Column (top block)

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1517

Engraving of an allegorical woman with a mirror and eagle, with a garden, a healing scene and a city behind her.

Sight (Visus), from "The Five Senses"

Maerten de Vos, n.d.

Engraving of an allegorical woman on a cloud with a lamb and child, above a scene of playing nude children.

Innocentia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Engraving of Constantia floating above a flaming altar as armoured soldiers watch a man holding his hand in the fire.

Constantia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Engraving of allegorical Pax on clouds with olive branch above two crowned kings beside a temple sacrifice scene.

Pax, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Engraving of allegorical Concordia on a cloud above two embracing youths, with doves, a temple and a landscape.

Concordia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Line engraving of a battle scene with armored warriors, horsemen, and a fortified city on a hill.

Gates of Paradise

Feodor Ivanovich Kalmuk, 1798

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a woman in a plumed hat and ruffled collar, face turned to the left.

Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Pen drawing of a kneeling penitent saint with a lion and open book beneath large trees, with a village in the distance.

The Penitent St. Jerome

Jost Amman, 1539-91

Engraved portrait of a man in period dress with a Latin inscription below and a small religious panel above his shoulder.

Roger van der Weyden the Younger, from "Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium..."

Hendrick Hondius, ca. 1610

Print of a figure in a plumed hat lifting a drape to reveal a large Egyptian-style statue beside lotus flowers.

Sodom's Modesty

Félicien Rops, 1888

Etching of a horned demon with a serpent tail above a reclining nude on a stone altar, with winged figures in the sky.

The Sacrifice, from "The Satanic Ones"

Félicien Rops, ca. 1882

Small etching of a reclining woman with her head on her arm, drawn in loose lines on a cream sheet.

Canicule

Félicien Rops, ca. 1882

Watercolor perspective of a Gothic Revival stone villa with a tall tower, with two floor plans below.

Villa for Robert Donaldson, Fishkill Landing, New York (perspective and plans)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1834

Engraving of barefoot men, sacks, mules and armoured soldiers in a biblical scene of Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack.

Joseph's cup found in Benjamin's sack from the biblical story of Joseph (Genesis 44); a scene with soldiers, mules an…

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, ca. 1520-25

Mezzotint of two men in period dress in a furnished interior with a fireplace, hanging weapons and a wall map.

Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garratt

Johann Gottfried Haid, 1765

Painted coastal scene of a stormy bay with a steamship, a white cottage, and a group of figures on a grassy slope.

Valentia, Ireland: From the Harbor, opposite Knight's-town, at the period of laying the Cable of 1857

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a snowy Newfoundland landscape with a two-story telegraph house, a telegraph pole, and two hunters with a dog.

Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-58

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a rustic timber mess room with men gathered around a brick fireplace and a small white dog on the floor.

Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Interior View of the Mess Room, 1858

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a sailing warship with crew on deck and a whale surfacing in rough sea beside its hull.

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Workers move coiled telegraph cable on carts and winch it on a green frame inside a workshop with an open doorway.

The Reels of Gutta-percha Covered Conducting Wire Conveyed into Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of workers coiling cable in a large circular tank beneath pulleys and rigging in an industrial hall.

Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich,…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of an old frigate hulk moored on the Thames beside a stone quay, with a cable and distant ships under cloudy sky.

The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a large paddle steamer beside an old frigate with flags and rigging, a rowboat in the foreground.

The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hu…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of men in top hats watching workers coil cable inside a dim iron ship hull lit by lanterns.

Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on M…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Decorative title page with sailors hauling ropes on a ship deck and a violinist on a capstan, framed by shell motifs.

The Great Eastern Weighing Anchor Off the Maplin Sands at the Nore, July 15, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a rocky Irish bay with cliffs, breaking waves, small figures in red on the shore, and seabirds.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable Reaches the Shore of Ireland

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a bay with steamships and sailing boats, cliffs with figures and sheep at left, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of crowds on rocky coastal cliffs with rowing boats on the sea and a smoke plume rising at left.

The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of a rocky bay with a steamship and rowing boats, and a crowd gathered on distant clifftops under smoky skies.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of the steamship Great Eastern at sea with smoke, escorted by sailing ships under a golden sunset sky.

The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships, H.M.S. Terrible, H.M.S. Sphinx, The Hawk and…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of paying-out machinery with iron drums and wheels on a ship deck at sunset, with sailors working nearby.

The Paying-out Machinery in the Stern of the Great Eastern

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of sailors splicing a rope on a ship deck beside a cannon, watched by gentlemen in suits and hats.

Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of sailors working on a steamship deck near a cable trough, with rigging and a sunset sea behind them.

View, Looking Aft, from the Port Paddle Box of the Great Eastern, Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of workers laying cable inside a ship's tank, with a wooden framework at the center and lamplight glowing behind.

Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern: The Cable Passing Out

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Men on a ship deck examine a coiled cable hauled from the Atlantic, with a helmsman and rigging visible behind them.

Searching for the Fault after Hauling Back the Cable from the Bottom of the Atlantic, July 31st, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of a large steamship's bow crowded with sailors, with grappling gear and a red buoy hanging over choppy sea.

In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple, August 2nd, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Sailors hauling rope on a ship deck beside a large capstan, with rigging and sea visible beyond the rail.

Getting Out One of the Large Buoys for Launching, August 2nd, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Engraving of Judith standing barefoot on Holofernes' severed head, holding a sword beside a stone wall and tree.

Judith standing with her foot on the head of Holofernes

Antoinette Larcher, 1729

Watercolor of a large steamship with sails and smokestacks in rough seas, with a red buoy in the foreground.

Launching the Buoy from the Bow of the Great Eastern on August 8th, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Men work at a forge and anvil on a ship's deck at night under hanging lanterns and rigging.

The Forge on Deck, Night of August 9th: Preparing the Iron Plating for Capstan

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a ship's forward deck with crew and grappling hooks, and a steamer on the sea in the distance.

Forward Deck of the Great Eastern Cleared for the First Attempt to Grapple for the Lost Cable, August 11th, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a large paddle steamer and several ships with flags anchored in a misty harbor, with rowboats on calm water.

The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H.M…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of ships at anchor in a calm bay below a mountain, with figures on rocks in the foreground at dusk.

The Heights over Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the William Corey Heading Seawards, Laying the Shore-end of the Atlantic…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Workers pull cables inside a dim iron chamber around a central timber scaffold beneath an overhead opening.

View of the Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a ship deck with a large iron winch, wooden ladder, rigging, and a red buoy under a cloudy sky.

Deck of the Great Eastern, the Cable Trough, etc., 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of anchored ships in a calm bay with a distant village, framed by conifers and rocks in the foreground.

Arrival in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: The Cable Passed to the Paddle-box Boat of the Terrible, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a ship's deck with masts, rigging, a hanging buoy, and sailors working near a capstan and flag.

Getting Out One of the Great Buoys: The Deck of the Great Eastern Looking From the Forecastle

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of sailors and men gathered on a steamship deck around a notice board, with rigging and signal flags overhead.

News Received Through the Atlantic Cable From All Parts of the World, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a harbor with tall ships, steamers, rowing boats with flags, and a crowd on a pier under cloudy skies.

The Cable Fleet Leaving Ireland, July 1858

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Etching of a seated woman seen from behind, surrounded by sketched fantastical creatures, a nude, a dog and inscriptions.

The Last Maja

Félicien Rops, second half 19th century

Hand-colored drawing of a green and black phaeton carriage in side view with yellow-trimmed spoked wheels, labeled No. 1003.

Phaeton #1003

Brewster & Co., 1865-1875

Figure Studies, from "Drawing Book"

Frederick Bloemaert, 1650-56

Engraving of a draped woman drinking from a vessel beside an old woman and a nude child at a rustic doorway, with foliage and

Ceres Seeking Her Daughter (The Mocking of Ceres)

Hendrick Goudt, 1610

Watercolor capriccio of Roman ruins with a monumental arch, columns, a rearing horse, and a distant triumphal arch.

Architectural Capriccio with a Monumental Arch

Jean Nicolas Servandoni, 18th century

Watercolor elevation of a domed temple with a columned portico and pediment, based on the Pantheon, with a scale bar below.

Architectural Project based on the Pantheon

Ahlsned, ca. 1847

Black chalk drawing of a kneeling cuirassier in plumed helmet and uniform, with white highlights on tan paper.

Kneeling Cuirassier

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1810

Drawn cover design for the Illustrirte Zeitung with a winged allegorical figure, the year 1860, and a pilgrim in a forest sce

Cover design for the "Illustrirte Zeitung"

Johann Caspar Nepomuk Scheuren, 1860

Two Studies of Bearded Men; verso: Studies after Antique Sculpture

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of several draped female figures and a reclining male figure, with smaller figure studies in the margins

Studies of draped female and male figures; verso: Studies of draped female figures

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man, a seated woman and child looking up, with angels in clouds above.

The Holy Family (recto); Moses striking water from a rock (verso)

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of overgrown Roman ruins with arched openings, broken stone blocks, and dense vegetation.

Partial View of the Colosseum (recto); Sketch of the Temple of Minerva Medicea (verso)

Johann Christian Klengel, late 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a haloed priest preaching to kneeling men, women, children and a dog beside classical ruins.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola Preaching

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Watercolor study of gnarled tree trunks with hanging aerial roots and sparse leaves against a pale, sandy landscape.

Study of a Stump with Aerial Roots

Woldemar Friedrich, mid-19th-early 20th century

Ink drawing of figures gathered at a tomb entrance under trees, with a wide hillside landscape and inscribed gravestones.

The Raising of Lazarus

Matthias Deigle, 18th century

Blue-toned drawing of a mountain valley with a lake, trees, clouds, and small figures near a wooden building.

View of the Ankl-Alpe and the Schliersee

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1817

Brown ink and wash drawing of a mountainous landscape with waterfalls, trees, and a reclining man in the foreground.

Reclining Man in a Mountainous Landscape with Waterfalls

Johann Georg von Dillis, 18th-early 19th century

Graphite and chalk drawing of a wooded valley with a shepherd, goats and cattle on a path beneath clouds.

Landscape near Ruhpolding

Cantius Dillis, late 18th-mid-19th century

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman holding an infant, with a donkey's head and a standing figure in the background.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Anton Raphael Mengs, mid-18th-late 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a castle courtyard with a stone tower, arched passage, stepped gable and cobblestones.

View of the Courtyard of the Castle at Döben

Carl Gustav Carus, 1800-1869

Sepia drawing of a dense woodland edge with tall trees and undergrowth in the foreground.

Edge of a Wood near Frascati

Ernst Fries, 1824

Charcoal and chalk study of a man looking upward with a woman behind him, raised hands visible, on tan paper.

A male and a female figures (study for 'Golgotha')

Otto Greiner, late 19th-early 20th century

Charcoal cover design by Otto Greiner showing a nude male figure, a helmeted warrior with spear, and a crowd before a mountai

Cover design for "Klassischer Skulpurenschatz"

Otto Greiner, late 19th century

Ornate framed drawing with ivy, a bust of King Ludwig, statues of Raphael and Dürer, and a still life of flowers and fruit.

Homage from Bavarian artists to King Ludwig I

Peter Herwegen, 1874

Pencil portrait of a young woman with hair in a high bun, looking left and smiling, wearing a draped bodice and full sleeves.

Portrait of a Young Woman; verso: Sketch of a Young Woman with her Hands Resting on a Table

Georg Friedrich Kersting, first half 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a river, distant mountains, two resting figures and a ruined tower.

Southern Landscape with Resting Wayfarers at a River

Ferdinand Kobell, 1760-99

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men beside a stone pedestal with sculptures and an urn among tall trees.

Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Pencil portrait of a young bearded man with curly hair wrapped in a cloak, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Man

Adolf Senff, 1834