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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Etching of an aged seated man with a skull and books, gazing up at a trumpet blown by a hand from the clouds.

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Jusepe de Ribera, 1621

Etching of a laurel-crowned man in a draped cloak leaning on a stone ledge beside a tree trunk.

The poet, standing crowned with laurel, leaning on a stone

Jusepe de Ribera, 1620-21

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornamental pagoda pavilion on an island in a pond, with strollers and trees.

View of the Menagerie at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Engraved half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls, and a fur-trimmed satin gown beside a draped curtain.

Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Engraved frontispiece showing two seated men, a bust on a pedestal, a winged angel with a laurel wreath, and scientific instr

Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's "The History of the Royal Society of London"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1667

Engraved double portrait of two men, one seated in a chair with a lace collar, one standing behind him, with Latin text below

Lucas and Cornelius van Wael

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646