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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,937 works

Etching of Venus reclining in a garden surrounded by cupids, a herm of Pan, and trees, with a distant mountain landscape.

The Garden of Venus who reclines in the centre before a term of Pan and surrounded by cupids

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Engraving of Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, with a young boy holding a lantern walking beside them.

Aeneas rescuing Anchises, a young boy carrying a lantern at left

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1525

Engraving of warriors fighting and figures fleeing a burning city, with a seated figure and smoke rising from ruins on the ri

The Fall of Troy and Escape of Aeneas

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1540's

Engraving of gluttony with drinkers at a table, giant barrels, grotesque creatures, and a burning town with a windmill-headed

Gluttony (Gula) from The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Ink and wash sketch of a standing woman in a long gown with a faint second figure at left, study for a bride painting.

Studies for "The Bride at Her Toilet on the Day of Her Wedding"

David Wilkie, ca. 1838

Brown ink and wash sketch of a standing nude woman seen from behind, with seated figures and a dark interior background.

Study for "The Bride at Her Toilet on the Day of Her Wedding"

David Wilkie, ca. 1838

Grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo ceiling design with a central medallion, oval side panels, shells and scrollwork.

Design for a Staircase Ceiling

Isaac Ware, ca. 1756

Pencil and ink sketches of Turkish figures, including veiled women, a turbaned seated man, and standing figures in tall headw

Studies of two groups of Turkish figures

David Wilkie, before 1841

Grey wash frontispiece with a classical frame reading TASSO, showing an embracing couple and sheep in a wooded pastoral scene

Fronticepiece for Tasso's Poems

Richard Westall, late 18th-mid-19th century

Grey wash drawing of old buildings, a tower, and ruined arches beside a sloping field under a pale sky.

House of Pompey at Albano

Richard Wilson, 1753-56

Pencil drawing on blue-grey paper of a ruined circular Roman structure at right, with a tree and small figure at left.

View of the Colosseum

Richard Wilson, 1751-56

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ being nailed to a cross on the ground, with soldiers, mourning women, and tools in the foregro

Christ Nailed to the Cross, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-coloured fan-shaped print with oval vignettes of male character types labelled with titles and verses, c. 1795.

The Ladies Bill of Fare, or, a Copious Collection of Beaux

George Wilson, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of three ornate candlestick designs with classical motifs, including heads, garlands and a winged figure

Three Designs for Candlesticks

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Hand-colored woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourners and soldiers, and a skull in the foreground.

Crucifixion, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ in Limbo with a red-robed figure lifting nude souls from a ruined arch amid flames and demons.

Christ in Limbo, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ's body being lowered from the cross, with mourners in robes and a crown of thorns on the groun

Deposition, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Brown wash drawing of a rococo cartouche-shaped frame with scrolls, a face mask at top and a shell motif below.

Design for a Frame in the Form of a Cartouche (Mirror?)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Hand-colored woodcut of the risen Christ with a halo and red cloak, standing over a tomb with startled soldiers around him.

Resurrection, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-style mill with a blue roof, central spire and weathervane, flanked by trees.

An Elevation for the Projected Mill at Méréville

François Joseph Belanger, n.d.

Etching of skeletons and skulls among rococo ornament, a fountain, and ruined architecture, with figures on a distant bridge.

The Skeletons, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo scrolled crest with hanging drapery, signed Roma in the lower right.

Design for a Crest with Drapery (the Upper Part of a Canopy or Window Treatment)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil and wash sketches of ornamental forms on pale paper, including a tapering column, scrollwork, a hexagonal motif, and l

Fragmentary Sketches of Various Ornament

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and grey wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with a vaulted ceiling, classical columns, and receding arches.

Design for Stage Set

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Grey ink drawing of parted drapery revealing angels on clouds around a radiant monstrance, possibly a stage design.

Parted Curtains Revealing Angels Upon Clouds Worshipping a Monstrance (Design for a Stage Set?)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Engraving of an ancient marble vase with satyr masks and handles on an inscribed pedestal, with inset detail drawings.

Large vase found at the Pantanello, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, in 1770 (The 'Warwick Vase'), from "Vasi, candelabri, ci…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Sketch in black and red chalk of a seated woman in a classical hall with armed warriors and columns.

The Arming of Bellona

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a neoclassical canopy bed with swagged drapery, tassels, domed top and urn finials.

Design for a Bed

Richard de Lalonde, between 1780-90

Sepia drawing of visitors in period dress strolling among classical ruins with carved masks, columns, and a large tree.

Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Oval watercolor of a woman in a red bodice smoking beside a man at a table with glasses, with a crowded room behind them.

Un Mari Pour Rire

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Watercolor of a kneeling man holding hands with a woman in a pink gown in a cluttered artist's studio.

Un Mari qu'on Aime

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds with cherubs approaches a kneeling woman beside a lily vase and columns.

The Annunciation

Jean Cousin the Elder, ca. 1544

Engraving of dancing putti around a large tree, with a torch-bearing figure on clouds above and a temple in the distant lands

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpina

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Woodcut print of a nude Venus embracing a winged Cupid in a forest with a dog, squirrel and bird among the trees.

Venus and Cupid

Niccolò Boldrini, 1566

Pen and watercolor drawing of a gothic scene with a skull on a table, a kneeling woman, and ghostly figures reaching out in m

Scene from "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" (Keepsake Story by Sir Walter Scott)

John William Wright, ca. 1828

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated knight in armor and a robed monk raising a goblet, with a dog at left.

Book illustration: Knight and Monk

John William Wright, 1820-48

Neoclassical ceiling design with oval green ground, central medallion of classical figures, and garland borders.

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

Robert Adam, 1779-82

Etching of playful putti climbing and swinging among leafy branches and garlands in a classical garden scene.

The garden of Venus, proof impression of upper left corner

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Hercules wrestles a lion among gnarled trees in a green-toned woodcut, with a club resting in the foreground.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Niccolò Vicentino, 1540-50

Engraving of the Laocoon sculpture with serpents, a temple to Minerva, ships on the sea, and scattered classical fragments.

Ancient bas-reliefs with Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, ca. 1516-20 (?)

Etching of Dido on a funeral pyre with a sword and crown, surrounded by clouds and trumpeting putti in an octagonal frame.

Dido on the Funeral Pyre

Giuseppe Diamantini, 1650-1700

Etching of Mercury with a caduceus on a cloud above a sleeping man beside a rock, with a tree and helmet.

Mercury Appears to Aeneas in a Dream

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1757

Engraving of mythological figures: a nude piper, a standing lyre player, and a crowned seated figure beside a woman, under a

The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas

Giulio Sanuto, 1562

Architectural section drawing of a theatre interior showing stage, tiered balconies, ornate decoration, and roof structure in

Longitudinal Section of a Theatre

Nicolas Marie Potain, 18th century

Architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical temple facade with Corinthian columns, sculpted pediment, and central bronz

Façade of the Madeleine, Paris

Jean-Arnould Léveil, mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of Boston harbor in 1778 with ships, rowboats, an American flag, and a distant waterfront town.

Boston Harbor

Pierre Ozanne, 1778

Engraving of Saint Lawrence on a fiery gridiron, held by soldiers, with an angel above offering a palm branch.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Lucas Vorsterman, 1621

Drawing of a Corinthian capital with a winged horse and winged lion flanking a central crown above a fluted shaft.

The British Order: Elevation of a Capital and Part of the Fluted Shaft

James Adam, 1762

Watercolor costume design of a Franciscan monk in a grey hooded robe and rope belt, pointing to the left.

Brother Richard, a Franciscan Monk; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design of a medieval duke in purple velvet robe, jeweled crown and chainmail sleeves, with handwritten caption.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design sketch of a praying woman in a pale gown, with a smaller figure at left wearing a tunic inscribed with flames.

Joan of Arc; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Ink and wash design drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted Ionic columns and a frieze with foliage and animal relief.

Design for a fireplace

Robert Adam, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with pink wash of three curly-haired girls playing ball with a racket on a seaside beach.

Three Girls Playing at Ball at the Seaside

James W. Allen, ca. 1890-1910

Pen and wash drawing of a columned rotunda beside a garden walk with strolling figures, a long pond, and a distant obelisk.

View of the Queen's Theatre from the Rotunda at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Engraved gallery interior with statues, workers unrolling a tapestry, courtiers and dogs, with a caption and coat of arms bel

Colbert Visiting the Gobelins

Sébastien Leclerc I, ca. 1665

Engraved frontispiece with two seated hunters, dogs, horses and hanging game, with dedicatory text in italic script.

Frontispiece with Hunters, Dogs and Horses, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Engraving of horsemen with lances and dogs chasing ostriches across a landscape with palm trees.

Ostrich Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Engraving of hunters on horseback and dogs attacking a bear in a forest, with more hunters in the distant landscape.

Bear Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Brown wash drawing of clergy in vestments carrying a reliquary bust through a vaulted church interior with kneeling figures.

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abb…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Engraving of a haloed youth gesturing among seated and standing scholars in a columned temple interior, with an inscription b

Christ Disputing in the Temple

Orazio de Santis, 1568-77

Etching of a Roman hall where attendants attack the elderly king Tarquin as soldiers with an axe and fasces look on.

Plate 14: The Tragic Death of Tarquin the Elder; from volume I of Rollin's 'Istoria Romana'

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a risen Christ with a banner standing over a skeleton, beside chained women in an arcaded hall.

Christ Saving Eve

Hans Jakob Nüscheler the Elder, 1595-1654

Pen and brown wash landscape with a skeleton hanging from a bare tree, a stone bridge, and a figure on distant hills.

Skeleton Hanging from a Tree in a Landscape

Paul Bril, late 16th-early 17th century

Drawing of a man resting beside a dog under a huge gnarled oak tree, with small figures working in the misty distance.

A Man Resting Under a Tree

Egbert van Drielst, n.d.