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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of a plumed rider on a horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, with shaded sky behind.

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a black bull surrounded by armed men with lances, with a fallen man on the ground in the foreground.

Plate 12 from "La Tauromaquia": The crowd hamstrings the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other arms

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bullfighter in white gripping a charging bull by the horns in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a man vaulting over a charging bull in a bullring with a pole, spectators watching from the stands.

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a mounted bullfighter striking a bull in an arena while spectators watch from the stands behind a barrier.

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a picador on horseback with a pike facing a bull in an arena, with other riders and figures in the background.

Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of horses grazing in a field beside a tree, with a village in the distance and a banner reading UN CHAMP.

Decoration for a Plate: A Field

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Hand-colored print of a rainy city street with pedestrians, a red umbrella, and a small bucket vignette at lower left.

Decoration for a Plate: Rain

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Etching with blue wash of a woman walking a riverside path at night beside street lamps, with a crescent moon and Notre Dame

Decoration for a Plate: Notre Dame

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Engraving of a lion attacking a rearing horse inside an oval frame, with horizontal hatched background.

Lion Attacking a Horse, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Adamo Scultori, ca. 1540-80

Etching of men seated at tables in an open café under an awning, with wine bottles and glasses on the tables.

Soupe à trois sous

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Symmetrical geometric parterre pattern with green star and roundels on an aged album page, numbered 35.

Album containing 75 Drawings for Garden Trellises & Parterres

Jörg Rurfinger, ca. 1610-40

Engraving of a muscular bearded nude man gesturing toward a seated woman and cherub beside a fountain, with a boar.

Reuben [Genesis 49:3-4], from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Etching of a vaulted chamber with a stone staircase, skeletons, stacked skulls, clay jars, and a despairing man at right.

Prison Scene

Francesco Piranesi, n.d.

Etching of tall ruined Roman brick walls and arches with workers in the foreground and distant mountains under cloudy sky.

Veduta degli avanzi del Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli (View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770

Engraving of nude muscular smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with cherubs in the foreground and arched walls beh

Vulcan's Forge

Master of the Story of Cadmus, ca. 1542-45

Graphite sketch of a seated bearded male nude holding a staff beside a standing male nude seen from behind, on cream paper.

Seated and Standing Male Nudes, after photographs by Eugène Durieu

Eugène Delacroix, 1855

Brown wash drawing of a hilly landscape with large gnarled trees, a road with travelers, and a distant river valley.

Hilly Landscape with Trees and a Road on the Right

Georg Heinrich Busse, 1833

Watercolor and pen drawing of a Gothic church interior with an ornate carved altarpiece, tall columns, and wooden pews.

Interior of Saint Severin Church in Erfurt

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1855

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church interior with a woman carrying a child, kneeling women, children, and monks.

Saint Elizabeth Carrying Her First-born Son to the Church

Ludwig Emil Grimm, ca. 1850

Night drawing of a moonlit river with sailing boats, dark trees on the right bank, and moon reflected on the water.

The River Elbe Downstream of Hamburg by Moonlight

Christian Ernst Morgenstern, ca. 1828

The Artist's Children: Friedrich, Emil, and Ernst

Friedrich Preller the Elder, ca. 1848

Watercolor of a sunlit Gothic cloister with ribbed vaults, a kneeling nun, a crucifix and potted plants.

Cloisters in a Nunnery

Simon Quaglio, ca. 1835

Watercolor of large trees over a pastoral field with a rustic building, a shepherd with sheep, and a distant village.

Italian Landscape with Trees (recto)

Friedrich Salathé, 1815-21

Watercolor drawing of a Christ crucifixion altarpiece with six framing scenes from the life of Christ, including the Nativity

Christ on the Cross with Six Scenes from the Life of Christ

Eduard von Steinle, ca. 1850

Etching of two men in clogs digging a trench with shovels in an open field under a cloudy sky.

The Diggers

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1855

Brown ink and wash drawing of two standing figures beside a group of camels, with sketched figures and architecture behind.

Rebecca at the Well

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 17th century

Colored print of a tabby cat leading kittens along a garden path past a rose trellis toward a house.

Pussy's Return

Currier & Ives, 1868-78

Pencil drawing of a two-story house with an octagonal tower, front porch and arched doorways, flanked by trees.

Samuel F. B. Morse House, Poughkeepsie, New York (perspective and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1851

Watercolor drawing of a barred brown and grey shrike-like bird perched on a twisted branch, with an ink inscription above.

Castrica Fratina

Vincenzo Leonardi, 17th century