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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Etching of two large moths and six smaller insects including a bee and beetles, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Two moths and six Insects

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Engraving of a woman in an elaborate gown holding a carnation, with flower vases on pedestals and a garden behind her.

Smell

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Etching of Venus: a reclining nude woman, a winged cupid carrying a flower basket, dense trees and birds in the sky.

Realm of Venus

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Engraving of an old woman with a torch and a nude child at a doorway, with a draped woman lifting a vessel beside a spinning

Ceres Searching for Her Daughter

Hendrick Goudt, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman kneeling with one arm raised, beside a male figure, with loose hatched lines in the background.

Potiphar's Wife (Potiphars Weib)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Black and white woodcut of a rider on a galloping horse in a ring, with stylized horse heads flanking the scene.

The Riding School

Franz Marc, 1913

Etching of a nude woman crouching with arms raised behind her head, drawn in loose black contour lines on pale paper.

Squatting Woman

Egon Schiele, 1914

The Old Knight

Odilon Redon, 1896

Engraved interior scene of a man handing a letter to a woman beside a harpsichord, with a seated woman reading.

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas de Launay, 1778

Engraved print of an elegant 18th-century salon concert with musicians at a harpsichord and an audience in formal dress.

The Concert

Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1774

Etching of a village festival in a landscape with trees, musicians, seated figures, a stone wall, and a farmhouse.

The Village Festival (Fête de village dans la campagne romaine)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1735-40

Monochrome print of classical figures in an interior, a seated man gesturing while others listen beside a torch stand and sta

The Discovery of the Catilinarian Conspiracy

Jean François Janinet, 1792

Engraving of three ornate vessels, a covered urn, a tall goblet, and a footed cup, under a banner reading Hieronimus Hopfer.

Three Vessels

Hieronymus Hopfer, 16th century

Engraving of a cannon on a carriage beside a tree, with men at right and a village with a church spire in the distance.

Landscape with a Cannon

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed garment holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515/1518

Etching of an ornate choirstall with haloed saints, a central arch, cherubs and carved niches, in dense black line work.

Large Choirstall with Christ Blessing the Virgin

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1518-20

Engraving of a kneeling saint before soldiers and a seated judge, with classical columns and stepped terrace behind.

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1524-27

Virgin and Child

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Chiaroscuro-style print of Venus with surrounding putti in an oval frame, drawn in brown ink and green and blue washes.

Venus Surrounded by Putti

Arthur Pond, ca. 1735

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Engraving of sea gods, tritons and sea monsters battling in choppy water, with a trident-bearing figure among reeds behind.

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Engraving of nude figures and putti in a wooded landscape, with a winged cupid in the tree above.

Allegory of the Power of Love, with a man at center embracing a semi-naked woman, who is bound to a tree by Cupid

Cristofano di Michele Martini, 1480-1535

Brown ink drawing of a lively tavern scene with feasting men, women in ruffs, and musicians playing violin and cello.

The Prodigal Son Squanders his Fortune with Prostitutes

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of the prophet Elijah seated by a stream in a forest, with birds flying above him.

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Jan Müller, late 16th-early 17th century

Mezzotint of a seated woman peeling a pear in a kitchen with copper pots, a decanter, and a pile of pears.

A Woman Peeling Pears

Wallerant Vaillant, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a large crowd with camels and goats in a wide landscape, a crowned figure offering bread to a kneelin

Melchizedek Blessing Abraham

Jan Luyken, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, travellers on a roadside path, and a stream in the distance.

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers by the Roadside, a Stream beyond

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king and crowd of onlookers.

Adoration of the Magi

Frans Francken II, n.d.

Two boys in dim candlelight, one holding up a glowing translucent bladder while the other looks at it.

Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light

Peter Perez Burdett, 1773

Brown-toned print of a wooded landscape with cows on a path, a herdsman, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cows

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Etching of Castel Sant'Angelo, a large cylindrical Roman mausoleum with an angel on top, with figures and cannonball piles in

View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel S. Angelo) from the rear, from Vedute di Roma (Roman…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of arched Roman ruins with Corinthian columns and small figures walking through the atrium of the Portico of Octavia.

Veduta interna dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia), in: 'Vedute…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Etching of the Colosseum's interior showing tiered arches, a central obelisk and tiny figures on the arena floor.

Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo. From 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Print of a wooded road with two horse-drawn carts, figures, a dog, large trees and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Monochrome landscape of trees, two cows at a pool, a log, a figure with a dog, and a cottage in the distance.

Wooded Landscape with Cows beside a Pool, Figures and Cottage

Thomas Gainsborough, 1775-80

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky shore with classical figures, a nude woman, a cherub, and a satyr within an ornate frame

Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche, Opus V a+b

Max Klinger, after 1909

Etching of a nude long-haired man carrying a pale figure across a rocky hillside beneath cliffs and distant snowy mountains.

Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

Max Klinger, 1898

Etching of a reclining nude woman before a crowd of men in top hats, lit by a spotlight against a dark background.

A Life

Max Klinger, 1884-98

Engraved plate of Roman tomb plans, elevations, sections and architectural details, with Italian captions below.

Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus Crassus..., tome 3, tavola 49 from "Le Antichi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1756-57

Engraved plate of Piranesi showing ropes, iron hooks and a derrick lifting stone blocks beside a curved tomb wall.

Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Cae…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1756-57

Engraved chimneypiece design in Egyptian style with hieroglyphs, sphinx heads, winged disc and a fire in the hearth.

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting ch…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769

Etching of an Egyptian-style decorative scheme with a central bull, crocodile, dog, bird, pyramids, and hieroglyphic panels.

Egyptian decoration of the Caffè degli Inglesi: Animals on the cornice, including a bull at the center, from "Diverse…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Etched perspective view of an ornate ancient candelabrum with bird sculptures, a figure at the top, and clawed feet on a step

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Aquatint of Vauxhall Gardens showing a crowd in period dress under trees, with an orchestra gallery and diners at left.

Vaux-hall

Thomas Rowlandson, June 28, 1785

Engraving of the prophet Ezekiel seated among nude figures and architectural framing, with sibyls in the lower spandrels.

The Prophet Ezekiel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Pen and ink drawing of sea gods and tritons battling among reeds and waves, with a nude woman at left.

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1485-88

Woodcut caricature by Nicolò Boldrini of the Laocoön group, with serpents entwining a central figure and monkey-like figures

Caricature of the Laocoön scuptural group, excavated in Rome in 1506

Niccolò Boldrini, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of the Holy Family walking at night past a lake with reflected moons, a donkey, and a distant campfire.

The Flight into Egypt

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair and a large white collar, inside an arched frame with Latin inscription below.

Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse

Ludwig von Siegen, 17th century

Engraving of a ratcatcher in a plumed hat and ruff, carrying dead rats on a flag and staff across a hilly landscape.

The Ratcatcher, plate 7 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ holding a chalice at the center of a table surrounded by apostles under drapery.

The Last Supper (Desiderio Desideravi), from "The Passion of Christ (Passio Domni Nostri Jesu Christi)"

Hieronymus Wierix, before ca. 1586

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

Engraved Pietà with the dead Christ, grieving Virgin, two angels and a cross, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Pietà with Angels in Front of the Cross

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1547

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap, surrounded by a radiating halo.

Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, n.d.

Etching of a turbaned rider on a white horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull goring a fallen bullfighter in an arena while another man with a cape approaches from the left.

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a hooded bogeyman looming over a mother and two frightened children seated on a bed.

Plate 3 from "Los Caprichos": Here comes the bogey-man (Que viene el Coco)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man leaning toward a standing woman in a dark dress, with a seated woman fanning herself behind them.

Plate 7 from "Los Caprichos": Even thus he cannot make her out (Ni asi la distingue)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of two women seated in dark shawls, the older one leaning toward the younger, with the caption Bellos consejos.

Plate 15 from "Los Caprichos": A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a young woman stretching cloth on a board while an elderly woman in a headscarf watches beside her.

Plate 17 from "Los Caprichos": It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada está)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a seated woman having her hair brushed, while an elderly veiled woman with a rosary sits beside her foot.

Plate 31 from "Los Caprichos": She prays for her (Ruega por ella)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia print of a woman seated on a floor near a chain, head bowed beneath a small window in a dim room.

Plate 32 from "Los Caprichos": Because she was susceptible (Por que fue sensible)

Francisco Goya, 1799