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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Etching of two bearded men and a small boy beside bare trees, with a perched bird and objects on the ground.

Two astrologers and a boy, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of two bearded magicians and two boys beside a sheep, with a staff and ruined wall in the background.

Two magicians and two boys, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Engraved facade and floor plan of the Admiralty at Tsarskoye Selo, with Gothic towers above a symmetrical garden layout.

Façade et plan de l'Amirauté dans le jardin à Tsárskoye Selò...

Ivan Kuvakin, n.d.

Engraved architectural plan and elevation of a stable yard with corner towers, central pavilion, and courtyard wings.

Elevation and Plan of a Small Building, from "Russian Palaces and Gardens"

Ivan Kuvakin, n.d.

Black and white lithograph of a columned neoclassical palace reflected in a lake, framed by trees and a spruce at left.

Le Palais Anglais à Peterhof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. Petersbourg"

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a classical palace garden front with colonnaded terrace, flowering shrubs, strolling figures and trees.

Palais de S.A.I.Mgr. Le Duc de Leuchtenberg, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de S…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a long classical palace facade with arched ground floor reflected in a pond, framed by trees and strollers.

Le Palais à Strelna, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. Petersbourg"

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of the Znamensky Palace near Peterhof with strollers in period dress on a garden path before its facade.

Le Palais de Znamensky près de Peterhof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. P…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Etching of a shepherd and shepherdess with cattle, sheep and goats beside a river, bridge and town under trees.

Shepherd and Shepherdess Conversing in a Landscape

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1651

Etching of a harbour with a large stone tower, moored ships, workers carrying cargo, and a hilltop town in the distance.

Harbour with a Large Tower

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1641

Etching of a harbor with sailing ships, classical columns, a large tree, and figures on a quay.

Landscape with Mercury

Claude Lorrain, 1668

Etching of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, a colonnaded building, and figures on the quay under a hazy sky.

Embarkation of St. Ursula

Claude Lorrain, 1665

Pen and wash drawing of a man gazing at framed portraits of a uniformed man and a woman while onlookers watch.

Illustration for Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d'une position sociale (Jérôme Patruot in Search of a Social Position)…

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, ca. 1846

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man and woman embracing, her bonnet with a blue flower, faint sketch above.

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, ca. 1846

Pencil sketch of a woman raising a glowing champagne glass, seated beside a pedestal within a decorative circular frame.

Design for an advertisement for champagne

Jean-Roch Isnard, ca. 1900

Blue-toned print of a draped male figure standing in an oval frame with outstretched arms and a distant hilly landscape.

Olympus (Surprise)

Niccolò Vicentino, ca. 1540-50

Brown chiaroscuro print of a seated woman reading a book beside a boy holding a torch in an interior.

A Sibyl reading a book facing left

Ugo da Carpi, ca. 1518

Engraved print of a dead Christ held up by a winged angel beside a stone tomb, with a crown of thorns and landscape behind.

The Dead Christ supported by an angel

Giuseppe Scolari, 1582

Watercolor design for a neoclassical wall with blue and cream panels, classical figures, garlands and urn motifs.

Design for Wall, Hôtel de Beaujon, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1872

Grey wash landscape of a huge tree, waterfall and hills, with a family near a small monument at lower right.

Family Gathered Before a Monument in a Landscape with a Waterfall

Johann Heinrich Meyer, 1805

Graphite study of a seated nude woman seen from behind, with a fainter sketch of a second figure at the right.

Studies of a Seated Woman from Behind

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Pencil sheet of figure studies including a nude boy playing a flute, a reclining male figure, and isolated arms and legs.

Studies of a Boy Playing the Flute; verso: Studies of Seated Man

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Pencil studies on paper of a seated nude woman with raised arms, plus smaller sketches of a torso and draped figures.

Studies of a Sitting Woman; verso: Studies of Men

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Lithograph of a palace on a river bank with sailboats, a rowboat, and trees along the right edge under a cloudy sky.

Le Palais de S.A.I. Le Prince Grand duc Michel a Hamenny-Ostrof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impéria…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a palace colonnade across a lake at Tsarskoye Selo, with rowboats and figures on a railed landing and a large t

La Colonnade du Palais a Tzarskoé-Sélo, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. Pe…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a gabled ivy-covered villa with a carriage and riders on a drive, flanked by a large tree and garden trellises.

Le Cottage D'Alexandrie près de Péterof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. P…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a domed café pavilion in a summer garden, with trees and well-dressed figures strolling along a gravel path.

Le Café au Jardin d'été à St. Pétersbourg, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St.…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Sepia engraving of a coastal bay with sailing ships, tall trees, grazing cattle, and figures on the shore.

Rape of Europa

Richard Earlom, 1776

Brown ink landscape of a towered castle on a rocky headland above a harbor with a sailing ship and figures.

Landscape, after Claude

Johan Baptist Stuntz, ca. 1811

Sepia print of a rocky coast with trees, a cave arch, figures by the water, a small boat, and a distant town.

Landscape

Johann Nepomuk Strixner, ca. 1811

Engraved landscape with classical ruins, an aqueduct, grazing animals, and figures by a river beneath tall trees.

Landscape with Roman Ruins

William Miller, 1820-82

Hand-colored print of a rustic interior with a man reading, a woman feeding a child, and a man leaning over a half-door.

Le Nouvéliste

Jean François Janinet, 1770-1814

Print of a woman in period dress reaching toward a dog that stands on its hind legs in a shaded outdoor landscape.

Young Woman with a Dog

Gilles Demarteau, 1775

Pen drawing of a garden grotto under a terrace with statues in niches, fountains, a pergola and trees.

Grotto under a Terrace

Jean-Baptiste-Cicéron Lesueur, 1817

Watercolor of a spotted star-shaped Stapelia flower and spiny green succulent stems on a pale sheet with gold border.

A Stapelia Variegata

Nicolas Robert, 17th century

Etching of a crowd storming a stone fortress tower amid smoke, with fallen figures, a cannon, and a raised white flag.

The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 (Prise de la Bastille le 14 juillet 1789)

Charles Thévenin, 1790

Engraved print of an ornate funeral catafalque with a dome, columns, a crowned central tomb, and a skeleton with a scythe.

The Catafalque of Philip IV of Spain

Domenico Piola, ca. 1665

Red chalk study of a nude male figure with one arm raised, sketched on pale paper with loose contour lines.

Study for the Figure of Christ in a Deposition

Ventura Salimbeni

Engraved pastoral landscape with dancing figures under tall trees, grazing cattle, a stone bridge, and a distant valley.

Dance Under the Trees (Landscape with Rural Dance)

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a classical garden façade with fluted columns, arcades and a balustrade.

Design for the Garden Façade of the Palais Royal

Victor Louis, 1781

Watercolor design of a classical rotunda with colonnades, a rocky fountain, and figures in a garden framed by trees.

Project for a Fête Decor

Louis Pierre Baltard, n.d.

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a neoclassical public building with arched colonnade, sculpted frieze and seated sphinxes.

Project for a Public Monument

Alexandre Théodore Brongniart, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanal with revelers, putti and baskets of grapes gathered around a wine vat.

Bacchanal: Arrival at the Wine Vat

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca.1755

Pen drawing of a scaffolded building, an equestrian statue, and pedestrians and carriages on a Paris street.

Place des Pyramides, Paris

Giuseppe De Nittis, ca. 1883

Engraved print of three gentlemen in a garden with a wine table, greyhound, arbor, and cloudy sky.

Inigo Jones Esq., The Honorable Henry Fane, and Charles Blair Esq.

James Scott, 1865

Engraving of St. George lancing a dragon while a princess watches from a hill and a walled town appears at right.

St. George and the Dragon; Designs for Goldsmiths

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470-1503

Engraved coastal landscape with tall trees, a columned temple, sailing ships, and figures boarding a rowboat at the shore.

Coast View with the Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo

Pierre Charles Canot, 1744

Etching of a harbor with stone towers, sailing ships, a donkey rider, walking figures and large trees.

Coast Scene with an Artist

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a square stone tower topped by a double-headed eagle and crown, flanked by two crowned female allegorical figures.

The Square Tower

Claude Lorrain, 1637

Etching of dancing figures on a path before a winged figure, with a ruined temple and trees in a classical landscape.

Time, Apollo and the Seasons

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of a pastoral landscape with tall trees, a stone bridge, cattle, walking figures, and distant hills.

Rebecca and Eliezer

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a pastoral scene with dancing figures beneath a large tree, goats at left and seated onlookers at right.

The Country Dance

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Etching of villagers dancing in a clearing beside a large tree, with goats and seated onlookers in the foreground.

The Country Dance (Large Plate)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Title page of Los Proverbios with decorative lettering, a crowned coat of arms, and the date Madrid 1864.

Title page for "Los Proverbios" (Disparates)

Francisco Goya, 1864

Etching of a man lunging forward with a pole while figures stoop before a dark crumbling wall under a night sky.

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

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

Etching of a line of figures in loose sack-like garments with ruffled collars against a dark background.

Men in Sacks, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

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

Etching of a figure flung upward while a large horse rears on a rocky ground under a dark sky.

The horse abductor, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

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

Etching of distorted dancing figures in ruffled costumes, flailing arms and swirling skirts against a dark background.

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

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

Etching of a man strapped to large bat-like wings flying in a dark sky, with other flyers and a parachute figure nearby.

A Way of Flying, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-16 (published 1864)

Etching of grotesque carnival figures in distorted poses, one in a pointed hat, another on stilts, against a pale sky.

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

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

Etching of a crowd under a draped canopy, with women holding fans in front and figures with raised arms above.

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

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

Etching of women in striped shrouds gathered on a diagonal tree branch against a grainy grey background.

Ridiculous Folly, from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

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

Colored caricature of historical rulers and revolutionaries waiting at a bus stop labeled Omnibus des Enfers, with a Peace Da

The Bus from Hell to Earth, Peace Day, 1919

Georges Tiret-Bognet, ca. 1919

Etching of a soldier with a raised sword, a kneeling woman, and a hanged figure in a tree, with caption Fuerte cosa es.

Plate 31 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'That's tough!' (Fuerte cosa es!)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1810 (published 1863)

Graphite portrait of a man with curly hair and a high collar, bust length within a ruled border.

Portrait of the Poet Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1810-19

Etching of a ship wrecked in stormy surf beside a rocky cliff topped with a tower, with sailors struggling in a boat in the f

The Shipwreck

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a classical landscape with seated figures, a cow and goats near Ionic columns, and a distant valley.

Mercury and Argus

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of goats and shepherds on a path beneath a large tree, with a stone bridge and distant town in the background.

Departure for the Fields

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Three Capuchins Seated

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of animals in a clearing: a rooster and dead hen at left, a fox and sheep at right, a lion seated behind.

The Rooster Accuses Renard of the Murder of One of His Chickens from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a bear with its snout and paws trapped in a split tree trunk, watched by a small fox in a dark woodland.

The Bear with His Snout and Forepaws Caught in the Trunk of a Tree from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a wooden hut with two barrels, a figure in a rowboat, and a large tree beside a river under a cloudy sky.

The Two Barrels before a Hut

Allart van Everdingen

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a classical relief tomb, two travelers on a path, and distant mountains.

Landscape with an Antique Tomb and Two Wayfarers

Salomon Gessner, 1768

Pen and wash drawing of a forest with large twisted trees and two men with a donkey and dog on a path.

A Forest with Two Men Conversing

Jacobus Pelgrom, 1842

Etching of slender birch trees along a riverbank with a rowboat beside them and a calm river beyond.

Trembles au bord de la Seine

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1884

Brown tonal print of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a pale mill building, two small figures, and a pond in the foregroun

The Mill at Cuincy, Near Douai

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871-72

Drawing of tall trees and a small figure on a path, with a distant church belfry and rolling hills under clouds.

The Belfry of St.-Nicolas-les-Arras

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871-72

Grey drawing of an ornamental border with a statue, flags, laurel, and a street gateway inscribed La Dépêche.

Design for a Certificate(?) sponsored by the French newspaper, La Dépêche

La Dépêche, 19th century

Engraving of the domed Hermitage pavilion in the Tsarskoye Selo garden, with clipped hedges, statues and strolling figures.

Russian Palaces and Gardens

Mikhail Makhaev, 1761

Engraved sheet with a central Circumcision scene, Adoratio Magi and Conversio Pauli panels, and eight framed saints.

Circumcision

Laurent de La Hyre

Etching of the Holy Family with the Christ Child standing on a serpent, putti climbing a tree with a cross, and a distant lan

Holy Family with Christ Child Stepping on Serpent

Laurent de La Hyre, 1639

Etching of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider and horse below, a divine figure with angels in the clouds above.

Conversion of St. Paul

Laurent de La Hyre, ca. 1637

Etched landscape of a garden pond with a reclining statue on a pedestal, tall trees, reeds, and a balustrade in the distance.

The Pond

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etched landscape with a leaning bare tree, rocky outcrops beside a river, and distant hills under a pale sky.

The Dead Tree

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of the Virgin and Child seated by a column, with three angels carrying a cross above and a landscape behind.

Virgin and Child with Angels

Laurent de La Hyre, 1639

Etching of Saint Paul, a bearded old man with a quill and open book, leaning over a desk before a stone wall.

St. Paul

Laurent de La Hyre

Etching of a wooded rocky bank beside a river, with birds flying across the sky and distant hills on the right.

The Covered Rocks

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a sarcophagus with an oval relief beneath windblown trees, with a rolling landscape and clouds receding to the rig

The Sarcophagus

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking Christ, a skull at the base, inside an ornate decorative border.

The Crucifixion

Monogrammist G.Z., 1521

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows seated on a tomb between two angels under Gothic arches.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows Between Two Angels

Israhel van Meckenem, ca. 1500

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees on the right, boats on the water, grazing animals, and a cloudy sky.

The Seine at Port-Maurin

Charles-François Daubigny, 1870

Watercolor perspective of a wooden cottage-villa with bracketed gables and veranda, with a floor plan below.

Design for a Cottage-Villa in the Bracketted Mode, Constructed in Wood (perspective and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1842

Colored print of crowded interior of the Great Exhibition hall with glass roof, fountain, statues and national display banner

General View of the Interior, from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"

John Absolon, September 1, 1851

An Old Man in Profile

Captain William E. Baillie, 1761

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with tousled hair, looking toward the viewer, with a Latin inscription below.

Old Man with a Long Beard

Captain William E. Baillie, 1761

Woodcut of Saint Luke at an easel painting the Virgin and Child beneath classical columns, with angels watching.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Hans Burgkmair, 1507