New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,456 works

Etching of a woman and child seated in a farmyard with geese and ducklings, a flowering tree and thatched shed behind.

Le Printemps, d'après un pastel de Millet

Félix Bracquemond, 1888

Engraving of a dove descending in light above twelve robed apostles gesturing toward it before an archway.

The Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to…

Domenico Campagnola, 1518

Etching of a swan and iris stems by a river, with trees and a building on the far bank.

Swan and Iris (sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris")

James McNeill Whistler, 1883

Watercolor of a great tit with black cap and yellow breast perched on a bare branch against a pale background.

A Great Titmouse (Parus major) Perched on a Branch

Pieter Withoos, late 17th century

Engraving of Leda embracing a swan with a cupid in a wooded landscape, framed by rococo scrollwork and garlands.

Leda and the Swan

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, n.d.

Etching of a shepherd and dog on a dirt road, with a village church spire, hills, and a bare tree at right.

Landscape with a shepherd and a dog

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Portrait of Emperor Charles V

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1519

Etching of allegorical figures with a reclining man, a lion, and a coat of arms beneath a tree.

Ornament design for a thesis, the Strozzi coat of arms at top

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of a seated woman stringing beads, a boy playing a flute with a parrot on his shoulder, and sheep and goats beneath a

The Flute Player

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

A Male Teal

Johann Jakob Walther, mid-17th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a blacksmith running off with a raven as a bearded figure leaps from a rock.

The Blacksmith Chooses Ye Raven and Runs Away With It, for "The Wonder Clock"

Howard Pyle, 1887

Circular engraving of a reclining figure on a shore with sea creatures, crabs, birds in flight and lions on rocks.

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Etching of numbered courtiers in baroque dress in an arched hall, with a seated woman and robed cleric, Dutch verses below.

L'Europe Allarmée

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Etching of a seated allegorical woman gripping a rope beside an anchor, with sailing ships and birds on blue paper.

Hope

Pierre Brébiette, 17th century

Etching of playful children gathered before a thatched cottage and bare tree, with swans on water beyond.

L'Hiver from the Four Seasons

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735

Engraved allegorical procession with armed men, lion, bear, wolf, wagon wheel, eagle and Dutch verse below.

De Vlugt van 't Pausdom

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Etching of Pallas in plumed helmet with Medusa shield beside a seated figure, with a pyramid and trees in the background.

Pallas, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and wash drawing of a footed tazza supported by two standing nudes, with a seated figure reading on the base.

Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird

Jacopo da Empoli, 16th century

Etched rebus print by Charles Meryon with a bird, verse text, fortification, table, barrel, and a figure in a landscape.

Rebus: Béranger was not really strong, for he never had the key to the fields

Charles Meryon, 1863

Etching of two eagles on rocky ground, one bending over a lamb it is devouring, with hills and clouds behind.

Two eagles, one devouring a lamb, from 'Eagles' (Les aigles)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Ink and wash drawing of a bare-chested archer on a rock, drawing his bow as a snake coils around his ankle.

Philoctetes Being Bitten by the Snake

Gotthard Ringgli, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of an eagle flying with a figure on its back above a distant mountain range.

The Rape of Ganymede

Sophia Blesendorf, 1694

Two eagles, from 'Eagles' (Les aigles)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Chromolithograph of a flower bouquet, fruit, and a hummingbird on a balustrade, with a river landscape beyond.

Landscape - Fruit and Flowers

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1862

Etching of a nude old witch flying on a broomstick with an owl above, signed Goya, plate 68 from Los Caprichos.

Plate 68 from "Los Caprichos": Pretty teacher! (Linda maestra!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Two eagles, one with prey, from 'Eagles' (Les aigles)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a village road with a thatched inn bearing a swan sign, farm buildings, two riders on horseback and trees.

The Swan's Inn with Farms from the series The Small Landscapes

The Master of the Small Landscapes, 1559-61

Etching of an owl on a pedestal above a group of cloaked old men with grotesque faces gazing upward.

Plate 53 from "Los Caprichos": What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two eagles, one perched on a rock and one on a gnarled branch with wings spread, with small birds in the backgroun

Eagle and eaglet, plate 2 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Brown ink and wash sheet of many studies of birds, including hawks, ducks and waders, with handwritten notes.

Studies of Birds (recto); Village Scene with Skaters (verso)

Albert Flamen, mid-17th century