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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Engraving of a haloed woman walking through a wooded landscape with musicians, kneeling figures, and onlookers in the foregro

The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of fishermen hauling a sailing boat onto a sandy shore, with ships on the sea and a ruined tower.

Fisherfolk Hauling their Boat onto the Shore

Adam Willaerts, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of soldiers and figures gathered around a candle and table in an interior scene.

The Denial of St. Peter

Rudolf Meyer, 1620-38

Pen and ink drawing of a small house beside a wooden footbridge over a river, framed by tall trees and willows.

Landscape with a House near a Bridge over a River

Albert Meyeringh, n.d.

Monochrome lithograph of a man and woman seated at a garden table, she holding a small coffee cup, with a carafe and roses ne

Le Café (Coffee)

François-Joseph-Aimé de Lemud, 1840

Colored design drawing of a large half panel sleigh in side view with scrolled dashboard and yellow and purple seat.

Half Panel Sleigh #3806

Brewster & Co., 1883

Engraved view of the Villa Borghese gardens showing a palace, formal parterre, tree-lined avenues and figures under cloudy sk

View of the Villa Borghese

Simon Felice, after 1677

Engraved view of a Roman palace garden with parterres, fountain, cypresses, statues and city skyline beyond.

View of the Villa Medici

Giovanni Battista Falda, after 1677

Etching of the Fontainebleau palace courtyard with formal gardens, a canal with boats, and strollers and a carriage in front.

Autre Veüe de la Cour de Fontaines et la Galerie d'Ulisse à Fontaine-bleau

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Engraved view of the Vaux-le-Vicomte chateau and formal gardens with fountains, parterres, and strolling figures in the foreg

View of Vaux-Le-Vicomte

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Engraved aerial view of the Palace of Versailles with crowded forecourt, formal gardens, fountains and distant hills.

Veüe generale du chateau de Versailles

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Engraving of a formal French garden with fountains, clipped hedges, strolling figures and a château with turrets beyond.

Le Parterre de l'Orangerie de Chantilly

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Engraved ornamental title page with eagles, monkeys, squirrels and a central oval cartouche with French and German text.

Title Page, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry, 1580-1600

Etching of a herd of cattle and goats led by a herdsman past classical columns, with a tower on a hill in the distance.

The Herd Returning in Stormy Weather

Claude Lorrain, 1651

Etching of the Ponte Sant'Angelo over the Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter's dome in Rome, boats and workers below

The Bridge and Castel S. Angelo (Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant'Angelo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1754

Pastel drawing of children resting on a grassy hillside with wildflowers, with distant figures and buildings in a soft landsc

Three Children in a Landscape

Charles-Emmanuel Serret, 1840-1900

Lithograph of the St. Peter churchyard in Salzburg with crosses, gravestones, an arcade and a rocky cliff behind.

Sonnabend from Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden dur…

Ferdinand Olivier, 1800-1841

Engraved landscape of a footpath with robed figures, a child, a tower building, trees, and mountains beyond, by Ferdinand Oli

Mittwoch from Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden durc…

Ferdinand Olivier, 1800-1841

Engraved print of allegorical scenes in rows showing figures, animals, a ladder and a ship, with verse captions.

Proverbi (Proverbs)

Nicolò Nelli, 1564

Woodcut print of robed men carrying ornate banners in a procession, with spectators watching from arcaded balconies above.

Procession of the Doge in Venice

Matteo Pagano, 1556-61

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.

Engraving of an ornate triumphal car with urns, a helmeted armored figure, reclining river gods, and processional figures.

Triumphal car from the marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine

Cherubino Alberti, 1589

Mezzotint of three men viewing a nude gladiator statue by candlelight in a dim interior, by William Pether, 1769.

Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight

William Pether, July 10, 1769

Engraved studio scene with classical statues, a nude figure, workers at a hoist, and framed ornamental and anatomical details

The Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1

William Hogarth, March 5, 1753

Etching of fashionable figures shopping among bookstalls, fan and lace shops in a 17th-century Parisian gallery, with dogs in

The Gallery of the Palace of Justice

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Black silhouette of a top-hatted man reclining with legs over a chair, with a printed caption below on tan paper.

Silhouette of a Celebrated Commander on the Retir'd List

John Bruce, 1830-35

Etching of a ruined thatched cottage beside trees, with a figure and dog crossing a small wooden bridge at right.

The Little Bridge (Le Petit Pont)

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Etched frontispiece with a title cartouche, draped curtain, scrollwork, medallions, and a small classical ruin in the backgro

Frontispiece to "Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect Part Two"…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of Roman ruins with Corinthian columns, a stone arch, and small figures beneath, by Piranesi.

Plate 15: Forum of Augustus (Foro di Augusto), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperat…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Ponte Rotto bridge over the Tiber with a round temple, bell tower, and ancient ruins on the hill beyond.

Plate 14: Senatorial Bridge, today called the Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge). 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna V…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748