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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of two bust portraits, Democritus laughing on the left and Heraclitus weeping on the right, with a globe between them

Democritus and Heraclitus

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650-60

Etched 1670 view of Tangier's city walls, round tower and harbor with boats, two figures watching from the foreground.

Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1670

An Old Man and a Girl

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1635

Engraved portrait of a woman with curly hair and pearls holding flowers, with a landscape and tree behind her.

Mary Villiers, Dutchess of Lennox and Richmond

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645-50

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and dark gown, hand resting on a ledge, with Latin caption below.

Hieronymus Westonius (Richard Weston, Earl of Portland)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Etching of a plumed soldier bending to kiss a veiled woman's hand in a dim room with a candle and chest.

The soldier kissing the woman's hand (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666

Etching of a man riding an ox in a barn while a snarling dog guards a hay manger.

The Dog in the Manger (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666

Etching of a colonnaded classical courtyard with Corinthian columns, figures, a fountain and a receding checkered floor.

Temple courtyard with figures

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a skullcap and dark robe seated beside a column, with Latin text below.

Portrait of Ephraim Bonus, physician

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a divided fur cap and fur-trimmed coat, hand resting on his chest.

Old Man with Divided Fur Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Etching of an older man writing with a quill at a desk while a boy watches from behind, in a dim interior.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol with his Grandson

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1658

Drawing of tall oak trees over a sandy path, with a woman and child seated at left, a dog drinking, and a distant village.

Woman and Child Sitting next to a Road

Egbert van Drielst, 1760-1818

Etching of a bearded seated man in a dark coat holding a top hat on his knee, turned toward the left.

Édouard Manet, Seated, Turned to the Left

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women and children cooking by a fireplace and a servant setting a long dining table

Winter

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a woman reclining in a canopied bed as a servant brings her a cup, with two small dogs on the floor.

Le Bain (the Bath)

Sigmond Freudeberg, 1774

Etching of sleeping figures in white bonnets in a dark room, with a seated woman beside a barred window.

Plate 34 from "Los Caprichos": Sleep overcomes them (Las rinde el Sueño)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man in period dress embracing a limp woman before a brick wall, with a sword on the ground.

Plate 10 from "Los Caprichos": Love and death (El amor y la muerte)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a kneeling man at a wooden railing as two hooded figures, one holding a crucifix, look down from above.

Plate 47 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'This is how it happened' (Así sucedió)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a winged creature perched over a prone figure, with bats flying in a dark sky above.

Plate 72 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'The Consequences' (Las resultas)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Etching of huddled figures, a woman shielding a child, and kneeling men with rifles in a dark, grim scene.

Plate 26 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'One can't look' (No se puede mirar)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of soldiers attacking a crowd, with a fallen woman at left and a woman raising her arms; caption reads Y son fieras.

Plate 5 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'And they are like wild beasts' (Y son fieras)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Woodcut of Saint Simon's martyrdom: a bound figure sawn on a frame, crowd and rider nearby, castle on hill.

Simon, from The Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles

Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Water Carriers

James Harvard Thomas, 1895

Pencil sketch of a feathered-headdress woman shaking hands with a uniformed man beside a rope stanchion.

The Best of Friends Must Part

Sir John Tenniel, ca. 1878

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat holding a horse's bridle beside a carriage carrying two women.

Easing the Curb

Sir John Tenniel, 1869

Pencil sketch of a helmeted classical woman with a sword beside a man in a top hat raising his fist.

Two Forces

Sir John Tenniel, 1881

Pencil sketch of a hesitant man with a cane, followed by a shadowy figure whose hat reads ANARCHY, near a rocky edge.

The Tempter

Sir John Tenniel, 1886

Pencil sketch of an armored knight riding a horse with a dog below, banners reading Majority and Socialism.

The Knight and His Companion

Sir John Tenniel, 1887

Grey wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures talking beneath an oak tree near a fence and thatched cottage.

Drawing for a book illustration

Samuel Wale, 1738-86

Grey wash drawing of lions attacking a rearing horse and two men on the ground, with a distant landscape.

Lions Attacking Two Men and a Horse

James Ward, 1801-59