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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, one hand resting on a table.

Portrait of George Graham

Thomas Hudson, ca. 1739

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ rising above a tomb as startled soldiers recoil below.

The Resurrection of Christ

Denys Calvaert, n.d.

Engraving of an equestrian statue of a bearded rider on a rearing horse, on a pedestal with Latin inscription.

Marcus Aurelius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers with horses and shields beside a stone wall and tents, after Trajan's Column.

Roman Horsemen, from Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers in armor building and fortifying a stone camp wall, with workers carrying baskets and tools.

Roman Soldiers Fortifying their Camp, from Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers and horsemen with shields crossing a wooden bridge beside a stone tower and tree.

Roman Horsemen Crossing a Bridge (from Trajan's Column), from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Roman legionaries with shields and standards marching in procession, with standard-bearers carrying eagle and di

A Roman Legion (from Trajan's Column), from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Etching of a kneeling woman holding a young child up beside a column, inside a room with shelves and an open doorway.

The Father's Leave-Taking

William Holman Hunt, 1879

Engraving of two women on a stone bench, one seated and one reclining, with oleander and a sea horizon behind them.

Pleading

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1878

Sepia drawing of a woman with long hair leaning over a reed-covered basket among bulrushes, with figures and a balustrade beh

Miriam Watching the Finding of Moses in the Bulrushes

Simeon Solomon, February 22, 1859

Drawing of a bearded man in a gray robe and white collar, gazing upward, rendered in chalk on blue-gray paper.

Bust-Length Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Carletto Caliari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a draped woman, a man in a plumed hat with a sword, and several figure studies on paper.

Sheet with Figure Studies (double sided)

called Il Monrealese Pietro Novelli, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a priest in a mitre circumcising an infant at an altar, with a kneeling child, a praying woman and onloo

The Circumcision

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowd beneath classical columns, with flames above their heads and seated women in the foreground.

The Pentecost

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar and skullcap, framed by an arch with classical ornaments.

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

Jan Müller, ca. 1617

Engraved self-portrait of John Kay seated beside a bust, with a cat on the chair and drawing tools on the table.

Portraits of Eminent Scotch Characters

John Kay, 1784-1819

Dense engraving of allegorical scenes of human folly, with a central globe, ladder, fighting figures and a skeleton with a sc

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de' matti)

Sebastiano di Re, 1557-63

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal with curled hair and white clerical collar, inscribed border above and below.

Le cardinal Pierre de Bonzi

Robert Nanteuil, 1678

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig, dark robe and white collar, within an inscribed border.

Le chancelier Louis Boucherat

Robert Nanteuil, 1676

Oval engraved portrait of a bewigged man in a dark robe and white collar, inside a laurel wreath border.

Le chancelier Louis Boucherat

Robert Nanteuil, 1677

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled wig and white collar, inscribed border, 1671.

Le cardinal Guillaume-Égon de Fürstenberg

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair, white collar and cross insignia, within a Latin inscribed border.

François de Harlay de Champvallon

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Pencil sketch of three women in long dresses talking beside a croquet field, with two croquet players at the left.

Three women in conversation beside a croquet field (recto); Studies of a ballet dancer, a woman's profile, and a seat…

Louisa Starr Canziani, ca. 1865

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed woman before a seated man, with a kneeling woman, flames, books and onlookers.

The Cumaean Sibyl before Tarquin the Proud

Niccolò dell' Abate, 16th century

Graphite study of a group of bearded men in turbans and robes standing and talking together, with loose figures at the sides.

Study for "Types de races algériennes"

Henri-Félix-Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1830-86

Red chalk drawing of a young man's bust with tousled wavy hair and a loose garment on a cream sheet.

Bust of a Young Man

Jean de Saint-Igny, n.d.

Engraved Holy Family scene: seated Virgin with infant Christ, Saint Joseph offering flowers, donkey and tree beside them.

Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right…

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, 1550-early 20th century

Engraving of Christ seated and crowned with thorns while soldiers mock him beneath a brick archway with a town view.

The Crowning with Thorns, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a kneeling young man embraced by a bending older woman, with cattle, a pond and a thatched cottage behind them.

The Prodigal Son (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Grey ink and wash drawing of a bearded man, a veiled woman, a kneeling figure and a torch in a stone interior.

Witch of Endor

Ary Scheffer, 19th century