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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,958 works

Engraving of a seated man embracing a standing woman in a ruffled gown in an elegant interior with a fireplace screen.

La Matinée (L'heureuse Union)

Sigmond Freudeberg, after 1789

Etching of a herd of cattle and goats led by a herdsman past classical columns, with a tower on a hill in the distance.

The Herd Returning in Stormy Weather

Claude Lorrain, 1651

Engraving of a haloed figure walking with two men past a castle with towers and a bridge, framed by fruit and leaf borders.

Christ on the way to Emmaus [Mark 16:12]

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1584

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child in a stable, a kneeling king, attendants, horses and sheep under a lig

Adoration of the Magi

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1553-60 (?)

Two etched prints on an album page: a lower lamentation scene of mourners around a reclined dead Christ, and an upper group o

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545-50 (?)

Engraving of two robed apostles reaching toward a crouching man before a colonnade, with a crowd watching behind them.

St. Peter and St. John Curing the Lame Man

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1543-60

Engraved landscape of a footpath with robed figures, a child, a tower building, trees, and mountains beyond, by Ferdinand Oli

Mittwoch from Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden durc…

Ferdinand Olivier, 1800-1841

Woodcut-style print of a seated woman gazing at a spiderweb in a bare tree, with thistles and ferns in the foreground.

Woman with a Spiderweb

Christian Friedrich, 1803

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child within a radiating oval of light, mounted on an album page.

The Immaculate Conception

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1539-43

Engraved print of a woman in a long gown on a cliff edge, with a raven on a branch, a fir tree and distant mountains.

Woman with a Raven at a Precipice

Christian Friedrich, 1803

Etching of a bearded orator gesturing to a crowd of listeners beside a classical column and arched colonnade.

St. Paul Preaching in Athens

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-53

Head of Christ

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1550 (?)

Album page with four religious prints of the Madonna and Child with saints and angels, in etching and engraving.

Madonna with Saints

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1542-46

Etching of a man's distressed face rising from dark stormy sea under a heavy cloudy sky.

Going Under (from the series A Life)

Max Klinger, 1884, 4th edition 1898

Engraved print of allegorical scenes in rows showing figures, animals, a ladder and a ship, with verse captions.

Proverbi (Proverbs)

Nicolò Nelli, 1564

Pencil sketch of acrobatic theatre performers in costume, with a masked figure, a woman in a ruffled dress, and a plumed figu

Théâtre Italien (Gioacchino Rossini, 1792-1868)

Eugène Delacroix, 1821

Lithograph of an acrobat balancing three costumed figures on his raised hands above a wooden stage floor.

Théâtre Italien, from "Le Miroir"

Eugène Delacroix, August 13, 1821

Woodcut print of robed men carrying ornate banners in a procession, with spectators watching from arcaded balconies above.

Procession of the Doge in Venice

Matteo Pagano, 1556-61

Engraving of the Circumcision by Hendrick Goltzius: a priest holds an infant before onlookers in a Gothic church interior.

The Circumcision, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Hendrick Goltzius, n.d.

Woodcut of a skeleton guiding a straining man at a plough, with a nursing woman and bare trees beside them.

Adam Ploughing, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a seated pope in a crown with skeletal Death figures and a kneeling man, with a devil above.

The Pope, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a cardinal in a wide hat walking beside a skeletal Death figure, framed by grapevines.

The Cardinal, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a crowned empress in a patterned gown taken by a skeleton Death figure, with onlookers and a Gothic town behind.

The Empress, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a crowned queen dancing with a skeleton holding an hourglass, watched by startled courtiers under an arcade.

The Queen, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton leading a bishop with a crozier past sheep, with mountains and a sun behind them.

The Bishop, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a duke in fur-trimmed robes confronted by a skeleton Death reaching for his arm, with courtiers and a kneeling chi

The Duke, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton leading a terrified abbess holding a rosary past a Gothic arch, with an hourglass on the ground.

The Abbess, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a bearded nobleman grappling with a skeleton wielding a raised sword, with an hourglass at left.

The Nobleman, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton in a fur-trimmed robe guiding a clergyman through a Gothic church, with an hourglass and angels nearby.

The Dean (or Canon), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a seated judge in a fur-trimmed robe, a skeleton behind him, a man with a purse, and an hourglass on the floor.

The Judge, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538