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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Grey wash drawing of a man and women with a cudgel striking a cat as a fox crouches nearby, with a sword on the ground.

Illustration for Reinecke Fuchs: Tomcat Hinz being hit instead of Reinecke

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805-74

Etching of a river at dawn with sailboats, a wooden pier, factory chimneys and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier)

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a blacksmith's forge with workers around an anvil, tools hanging on the wall, and figures in hats.

The Forge, from "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects"

James McNeill Whistler, 1866

Sketch of a row of Chelsea houses with chimneys, a bare tree and iron railings along the street.

Lindsay Row, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude on a draped couch in a sparse studio interior, by James McNeill Whistler.

Nude Model, Reclining (Nude Model Resting)

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Pencil sketch of a helmeted warrior addressing a seated king in a crowded tent, with onlookers and a round table at right.

Mucius Scaevola Before King Porsenna

François Boucher, 18th century

Watercolor of a fisherman's family with a dog-drawn cart on a dune beach, boats and birds under a pale sky.

A Fisherman's Family at the Beach, the Mother and One of the Children Sitting in a Cart

Jan Gerard Smits, 1855

Engraving of infant Jupiter nursed by goat Amalthea, with nymphs, a shepherd and goats in a rocky landscape.

Jupiter suckled by the goat Amalthea

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etching of a busy Thames wharf with moored boats and sailing ships, and a seated man in the foreground.

The Old Thames: "Black Lion Wharf," an Etching

Carl Hentschel, 1895

Engraved Coast Survey plate with a map of Anacapa Island above and a view of its eastern sea cliffs and sea arch below.

U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-57

Engraving of three nude women before an armored man, a sleeping figure, and Cupid with a bow in a tree above.

The Dream of Paris

Pencil sketch of four women seated around a table with needlework, reading and writing, lit by a candle.

Four Ladies Sitting around a Table Occupied with Needlework, Reading, and Writing (recto); Study of a Woman with Need…

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1758

Engraving of nude revelers and satyrs around a wine vat under a grapevine, with sleeping putti in the foreground.

Bacchanal with Wine Vat

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1475

Three-part etching of a feast, a wealthy man with a skeleton and devil counting coins, and a poor hut scene with inscriptions

Illustrations to Proverbs 10: 1-3

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1534

Etching in two rows of scenes with German verses: harvesters, a sleeping man, scales, a beheading and a hanging.

Illustrations to Proverbs 10: 4-7

Daniel Hopfer, 1534

Etching of grain merchants at a town market, with a demon above a fat hoarder and a sunburst with a bird at right.

Illustration to Proverbs 11: 26

Daniel Hopfer, 1534

Engraving of a bearded face on a draped cloth held by two angels, surrounded by foliage, fruit, and a column.

The Sudarium Held by Two Angels

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Engraved print with six panels of German text and biblical scenes, including a feast, crowds, soldiers and a city landscape.

Different Scenes, from the Gospels and from Acta Apostolorum

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1530

Six-panel etching of biblical scenes with haloed figures, a feast table, soldiers, and German text blocks.

Different Scenes from the Gospels and from Acta Aposotolorum

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1530

Engraving of a haloed Christ standing triumphantly over a skeleton and serpent, with angels, chained damned souls and German

The Triumphant Christ

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1530-36

Etching of the Virgin and Child at left with winged angels dancing in a line across a landscape with a castle.

Virgin and Child with Angels Dancing in a Landscape

Daniel Hopfer, 1530s

Engraving of three armored men labeled Hector, Alexander, and Julius Caesar, each with a heraldic shield, standing on grass.

Three Worthy Pagans: Hector, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1516

Engraving of three armored knights with swords and shields, labeled as Charlemagne, King Arthur and Geoffrey of Bouillon.

Three Worthy Christians: Charlemagne, King Arthur, and Geoffrey of Bouillon

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1516

Etching of a bearded rider on horseback led through an arched gateway past a crowd of bowing onlookers.

The Triumph of Mordecai

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1641

Etching of a thatched cottage behind a white paling fence, with trees, a waterway, and a distant cart on a rise.

Cottage with a White Paling

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of a thatched cottage and trees beside a canal, with a distant church spire and a sailboat on the water.

Cottage beside a Canal with a View of Ouderkerk

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1641

Etching of a shepherd and dog on a dirt road, with a village church spire, hills, and a bare tree at right.

Landscape with a shepherd and a dog

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched farm buildings, trees, a distant tower, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees, Farm Buildings, and a Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1651

Etching of a sailing ship with a female figure at the mast, a laurel-wreathed man on shore, and classical buildings.

The Ship of Fortune

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1633

Etching of a seated woman stringing beads, a boy playing a flute with a parrot on his shoulder, and sheep and goats beneath a

The Flute Player

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642