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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,945 works

Grey wash drawing of a shipwreck on a stormy shore, with survivors salvaging goods from the surf and a cart on the sand.

A Ship Wrecked on a Shore on a Stormy Night, with Survivors Salvaging Their Goods

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1695-1708

Engraving of a winged female allegorical figure in flowing robes holding a large sphere beside a niche.

Female Winged Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

Giorgio Ghisi, 1558/1559

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man with curly hair, set in an ornate architectural cartouche with Latin inscriptio

Portrait of Michelangelo

Giorgio Ghisi, after 1564

Engraving of Angelica and Medoro embracing beneath a tree while Medoro carves their names, with Cupid and a distant city.

Angelica and Medoro; the couple embracing, Medoro carving their names in the bark of a tree; Cupid holding a torch in…

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1570

Engraving of the prophet Joel seated reading a scroll, with putti and architectural framing, after the Sistine Chapel ceiling

The Prophet Joel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of a seated sibyl reading a book in an arched frame, with nude figures and a putto around her.

The Persian Sibyl; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine kneeling beside them, with a town and hills in the background.

The Mystic marriage of St. Catherine

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding a cloth as the infant Christ reaches for it, with Saint Joseph standing behind.

The Madonna of Loreto

Giorgio Ghisi, 1575

Mezzotint of a man and woman in dark period dress with a child reaching up, set before a garden with a bust and parrot.

Rubens, his wife Helena Fourment, and their Child

Charles Phillips, ca. 1770

Engraving of the Presentation in the Temple: a high priest receives the infant Christ at an altar while Mary and two men stan

Virgin of Sorrows: The Presentation in the Temple; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, n…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Virgin Mary riding a donkey with the infant Christ while a man leads them past a palm tree.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Flight into Egypt; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now se…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of Christ with a halo gesturing among seated elders in a columned hall, while a veiled woman stands at right.

The Virgin of Sorrows: Christ Disputing with the Doctors; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sor…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of Christ kneeling under a heavy cross while soldiers push him, with a mounted rider and city wall at left.

The Virgin of Sorrows: Christ Bearing the Cross; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with figures lowering Christ from a ladder while mourning women kneel below.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Descent from the Cross; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, n…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Entombment: mourners lower a body onto a stone tomb inside a rocky cave, with palms and hills behind.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Entombment; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now separated

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the seated Man of Sorrows surrounded by nine Passion scene vignettes, including the Crucifixion and Flagellation

The Man of Sorrows; an image of Christ surrounded by nine vignettes depicting scenes of the Passion

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with angels above a stable, the Holy Family, and kneeling shepherds.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of a kneeling saint about to be struck by an executioner, with angels in clouds above and a crowd watching below.

The Martrydom of St. Barbara

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of a crowned emperor seated on a pedestal gesturing to armed Roman soldiers with spears and shields.

Roman Soldiers Before an Emperor

Giorgio Ghisi, before 1540 (?)

Engraving of the seated prophet Jeremiah with head in hand, framed by architectural arches and nude figures, labeled HIEREMIA

The Prophet Jeremiah, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Etching of a man in a cap and fur-trimmed coat leaning on a stone sill, looking toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Black and white print of a woman floating face up in a river among reeds, flowers and overhanging shrubs.

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7)

John Everett Millais, March 1, 1866

Engraving of woodcutters sawing a log in a forest, with a standing overseer, a small dog and tall pine trunks.

The Wood-cutters

Hubert von Herkomer, 1880

Etching of a family interior: a standing young man and a bearded older man at a table, two women by a window with ships outsi

The Parable of the Prodigal Son: The Departure No. 1

James Tissot, 1882

Etching of women dancing with fans in a Japanese interior while men sit nearby, with paper lanterns and a night waterfront vi

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, No. II: In Foreign Climes

James Tissot, 1882

Etching of an older man embracing a kneeling, ragged figure on a ship deck, with pigs and sailing rigging behind them.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, No. III: The Return

James Tissot, 1882

Etching of a feast on a riverside terrace with seated guests and a dog, while a kneeling man looks up from the right.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, No. IV: The Fatted Calf

James Tissot, 1882

Colored drawing of two market women, one in a straw hat carrying a blue bucket, the other holding a basket of fish.

Two Market Women

Jacobus Perkois, 1789

Etching of women and children doing laundry on a grassy field, with hanging cloth and town towers behind trees.

Outdoor Scene of Women in Domestic Activities in Nurnberg,

Johann Christoph Erhard, 19th century

Etching of a horseback rider on a path beside a canal, with a moored boat and cabin under large trees.

On the Canal in Vienna

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1819