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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of women spinning and weaving at looms in a classical colonnaded hall, with a standing woman at center.

Penelope standing in the centre by a large weaving table amongst her women spinning and weaving

Master FG, ca. 1540-50

Grey wash drawing of a curly-haired putto head tilted upward with pursed lips, on cream paper.

Head of a Putto

Christoph Joseph Werner, 1690

Engraving of Jupiter above reclining nude figures and clouds, with a helmeted figure and archer at right.

Jupiter and Callisto

Master FG, 1540-56

Engraving of winged putti resting with a lion beneath a tree, with a distant village in the landscape.

Putti and Lions

Master FG, 1537

Engraving of an enthroned ruler, a woman with a sieve, and an armored soldier before classical architecture.

Rome emperor on a throne, vestal virgin Tuccia holding a sieve approaching from the left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-1576

Engraving of a helmeted reclining man and a draped seated woman leaning over him atop a billowing cloud.

Two Gods on a Cloud

Master FG, mid-16th century

Engraving of armored men at a table, one holding his hand over a flaming brazier beneath a raised sword and draped curtains.

Mucius Scaevola

Master FG, 1537

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with mustache and ruff collar, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription.

Charles de Bouques

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a white ruff collar, with a lettered cartouche below.

Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio

Claude Mellan, 1633

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded friar in a hooded robe, resting his hands on an open book.

Portrait of Le Père Yves

Claude Mellan, 1677

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a mustache in a fur collar, with a coat of arms below.

René de Longueil, marquis de Maisons

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, white collar and brooch, with a fleur-de-lis coat of arms below.

Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti

Etching of bearded Noah at the ark door with goats, sheep, dog, roosters and rabbits gathering below him.

Noah letting the animals into the ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1630

Etching of the Virgin and Child with angels at left, God the Father in clouds at upper right, and a ruined stone architecture

The Virgin and Child, God the father upper right, angels at left

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-50

Etching of the Virgin and Child with God the Father above in light, and angels to the right among stone and foliage.

God the Father observing the Virgin and Child, angels to the right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey with Joseph, sheep and shepherds beside a palm tree with angels above.

The Holy Family on their flight into Egypt

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647

Etching of a bacchanal scene with a reclining man, goat, kneeling woman with mirror, and statue on an altar among trees.

Bacchanal before an altar to the gods

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Etching of a satyr seated by a fountain with a Priapus statue, while a shepherd leads goats and sheep on the right.

A satyr reclining at the foot of a staute of Priapus, goats at the right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-48

Etching of a reclining draped body with a kneeling man and bearded onlookers beside it, set against dense crosshatched shadow

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul (fragment)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern walking past animals and a nude figure beside a tree, with inscription below.

Diogenes searching for a honest man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Etching of a seated woman in a feathered headdress among ruins, with goats, sheep, a deer and a peacock around her.

Circe changing the companions of Ulysses into beasts

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650-51

Etching of a Gothic-style Hôtel Sens with turrets and a pointed archway, figures under the gate, cobbled street.

Hôtel Sens

Auguste-Victor Deroy, 1882

Etching of a narrow old Paris-style street with a gabled tower, shop fronts, and two figures walking on the road.

Passages des Vieilles Boucheries

Auguste-Victor Deroy, ca. 1880

Engraving of Boston Common with families strolling under trees, children playing with hoops and toys, and women holding paras

The Boston Common (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, May 22, 1858

Lithograph of a man asleep on a sofa with a giant pear floating above him, beside a framed picture on the wall.

Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare), published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, February 23, 1832

Lithograph of a seated woman surrounded by grotesque caricature figures, with a La Caricature newspaper on the floor.

Chimera of the imagination, from "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, February 7, 1833

Lithograph grid of fifteen exaggerated caricature heads in three rows, labeled with names, titled Masques de 1831.

Masks of 1831, published in La Caricature

Honoré Daumier, March 8, 1832

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, flanked by two putti, a funerary urn, and draped cloth with a coat

Jean Habert de Montmor

Claude Mellan, 1640

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur collar and cap, with a coat of arms below the oval frame.

Matthieu Molé

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed garment, with a coat of arms below in a decorative frame.

François-Théodore de Nesmond

Claude Mellan, ca. 1661

Engraving of a seated young boy in ornate robes surrounded by kneeling and standing men in dark gowns, with coats of arms.

Frontispiece: Les Ordonnances royaux

Claude Mellan, ca. 1644

Ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako and cape with a handwritten French letter below, dated 1880.

Letter to Samuel P. Avery with a drawing of a military figure

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1880

Hand-colored print of a fashionable four-in-hand coach with top-hatted man, feathered woman, and four chestnut horses in a pa

Coaching - Four in Hand - A Swell Turn-out

Currier & Ives, 1876

Etching of a bearded man in a fur cap, head bowed to the right, rendered in fine hatched lines.

A bearded man wearing a cap looking down to the right, from "Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1648-50

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee, wearing a ruff collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Raffaello Menicucci

Engraved oval portrait of Henri II de Montmorency with curled hair, lace collar, armor and an order cross.

Henri II de Montmorency

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man with a beard in a scrolled frame, inscribed Ludovicus Dorleans, 1622.

Portrait of Louis d'Orléans

Claude Mellan, 1622

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair and mustache in a white collar, inside an octagonal frame with inscription.

Portrait of Michel de Marolles

Claude Mellan, 1648

Engraving of a bearded man in a hat and cloak leaning against a tree in a forest, with a coat of arms beside him.

James Howell Standing in a Forest

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraving of a man in a cloak and hat leaning on a tree in a forest, with a Latin inscription below.

James Howel Standing in a Forest

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraving of the moon in its first quarter phase, with craters rendered in fine hatched lines on a dark background.

The Moon in its First Quarter

Claude Mellan, 1635

Engraving of two horned satyrs beside a tree and globe, with grapevines and a child gathering grapes in the foreground.

Satyrs

Claude Mellan, before 1645

Engraving of a winged angel and a kneeling helmeted soldier inscribing stone tablets before a mountain with falling flames.

An Angel and a Soldier Inscribe Stone Slabs

Engraved tail-piece with a woman's head crowned by fruit and foliage, flanked by scrolls and two dolphins tied with a ribbon.

Tail-piece: Woman's Head (Cul-de-lampe: Buste de femme)

Engraving of a nude female figure holding a torch while standing on a pedestal, with clouds in the background.

Feminine Figure

Engraving of Minerva in a helmet teaching a young boy in a fleur-de-lis robe beside an inscribed plinth and olive tree.

Minerva Instructs the Dauphin

Claude Mellan, 1640

Caricature of a large-headed man alone in a theatre auditorium watching costumed actors on stage.

'Les Bulos Graves', Victor Hugo at his play 'Les Burgraves', from 'La Caricature'

Jean Pierre Moynet, April 2, 1843

Harlé Père, published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, June 5, 1833

Caricature lithograph of a man with large head and round spectacles holding a letter, with figures in the background.

De St. Priest

Honoré Daumier, August 18, 1849

Caricature lithograph of Victor Hugo with a large bald head, folded arms, standing on a stack of books.

Victor Hugo

Honoré Daumier, July 20, 1849

Hand-colored satirical lithograph of caricatured figures racing along a path past trees, a donkey, and a dog.

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, No. 5

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1844

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a helmeted military man standing on a map, with a robed Liberty figure and a domed capitol behind him.

Bismarck and Liberty

Thomas Nast, ca. 1885

Hand-colored satirical print of caricatured academicians scrambling around a red armchair marked 40 in an ornate chamber.

Grand Course-au-Clocher Académique, Planche 1: Perruques Académiques

Auguste Desperret, 1844

Hand-colored satirical lithograph of caricatured writers racing toward the Académie française, with ghostly figures and capti

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, Pl. 2

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1844

Lithograph caricature of a stooping man in a rumpled long coat and loose trousers, titled Mr. Vieux-Niais, by Honoré Daumier.

Mr. Vieux-Niais, published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, May 30, 1833

Caricature lithograph of a man in a dark overcoat leaning on a wall with an exaggerated nose and raised hand.

Adolphe Jollivet, published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, December 27, 1833

Caricature lithograph of a stout man in a long overcoat holding a rolled newspaper, by Honoré Daumier, 1833.

De Podenas, published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, May 2, 1833

Lithograph of a stout man in a dark coat standing with hands behind his back, caricature by Honoré Daumier, 1833.

Clément-François-Victor-Gabriel Prunelle, published in "La Caricature"

Honoré Daumier, June 27, 1833

Lithograph caricature by Daumier of a seated man with a large head, scowling, in checkered trousers, titled Ségur d'Aguessau.

Ségur d'Aguessau

Honoré Daumier, February 18, 1850

Daumier caricature of an oversized-headed man stepping from a carriage holding a newspaper as people flee around him.

Arrivée en Alsace du commissaire extraordinaire Coco Romieu, published in Le Charivari

Honoré Daumier, February 28, 1850

Daumier lithograph of a stout officer in a plumed hat reading a letter by candlelight beside a standing companion.

Les allies s'apprètent à pousser les opérations du siège avec plus de vigueur que jamais…, from "Actualités"

Honoré Daumier, February 26, 1855

Mlle. Etienne-Joconde-Cunégonde-Bécassin de Constitutionnel...

Honoré Daumier, May 8, 1834

Daumier caricature of exaggerated English travelers in a Boulogne railway station, with a pug, top hats and a seated couple,

The Boulogne Train Station. An English Excursion Train (La gare de chemin de fer de Boulogne. Un train de plaisir ang…

Honoré Daumier, March 24, 1852

Engraving of a man reading a newspaper beside a seated woman in a wooded forest setting with tall trees.

A Quiet Day in the Country (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. III)

Winslow Homer, June 6, 1870

Hand-colored satirical print: allegorical Justice with scales and sword, an ostrich, a Frenchman, and a surprised Englishman

The Ninth of Thermidor, or the English Surprise, to Honest People of All Countries (Le Neuf Thermidor ou la surprise…

Jean-Baptiste Louvion, fructidor l'an 3e, 1795

Hand-colored print of a bald man in a red armchair grimacing while monkey-like creatures attack his head.

The Head Ache

George Cruikshank, February 12, 1819

Daumier lithograph of exhibition visitors in top hat and spectacles gazing at a sculpted bust in a gallery, 1864.

There's no denying it's me!..., from 'The public at the exhibition,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, June 18…

Honoré Daumier, June 18, 1864

Daumier caricature of a man holding out a framed painting of a candle, with a crowd and another framed canvas behind him.

They Refused This...the Ignoramuses!! (Ils m'ont refusé ça...les ignares!!), published in Le Charivari, April 6, 1859…

Honoré Daumier, April 6, 1859

Daumier lithograph of two seated landscape painters at easels outdoors, one copying the other's canvas, with a hill and smoke

The landscape painters, the first copies nature, the second copies the first, from 'The artists,' published in Le Cha…

Honoré Daumier, May 12, 1865

Engraving of two winged angels on clouds holding a palm wreath with the inscription Sit nomen Domini benedictum.

Two Angels Seated on Clouds

Engraving of two winged cherubs supporting a shield with a chevron and crown, with flower garland and tassels below.

Two Cherubs with the Arms of Cardinal Richelieu

Claude Mellan, before 1642

Engraved tail-piece with two winged women flanking a cartouche where a winged figure blows a trumpet beside a fleur-de-lis sh

Tail-piece: Two Winged Women Hold a Cartel Decorated by Fame

Engraved horizontal headband with a central basket of fruit, acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands and two female figures at the e

Headband: Basket of Fruit

Engraving of a winged angel standing on clouds, holding a long banderole stretched across its outspread arms.

Angel with a Banderole

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a crowned interlaced monogram, laurel wreath, scrolls, and grotesque faces on cream paper.

Monogram Crowned

Engraved trophy with a central monogram, plumed helmet, shields with lion and rooster, books, laurel and a trident.

Trophy with Monogram Containing the Letters of LEONARDOS

Claude Mellan, 1651

Engraved title page of a devotional book: a kneeling woman looks up at three angels descending through rays of light.

Title page for François de Sales, Introduction à la vie dévote

Claude Mellan, 1641

Lithograph of visitors viewing exaggerated caricature busts in a gallery, with a Salon de Sussé sign on the back wall.

Dantanorama Museum

Grandville, Ramelet and Lepeudry, 1835

Engraved satirical interior with a man presenting a huge lace headdress to two seated figures in towering wigs.

Préparatif pour le départ du Prince et Princesse des Nabots. L'incomparable Baron de Catagon leur présentes une Nouve…

Louis Sébastien Berthet, 1750-80

Daumier lithograph of a woman in tiered ruffled skirt beside a carriage where another woman in a pale gown sits.

Des dames d'un demi-monde, mais n'ayant pas de demi-jupes, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, May 11, 1855

Honoré Daumier, May 11, 1855

Daumier lithograph of a woman in a huge crinoline skirt beside a top-hatted man, with men walking the street behind her.

Plus que ça d'ballon...excusez!, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, June 13, 1855

Honoré Daumier, June 13, 1855

Engraving of a young man with a cross seated on fur beside a lamb, with fig leaves, branches, and a stream in a wooded landsc

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Claude Mellan, 1629

Engraving of visitors in 18th-century dress crowding a Louvre salon hall with paintings hung floor to ceiling.

Exposition au Salon du Louvre en 1787

Pietro Antonio Martini, 1787

Engraving of a fat seated queen attended by women serving food at a table, with an Italian verse banner above.

Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven…

Nicolò Nelli, 1565

Engraving of many small scenes showing animals in human roles, a central map, ships at sea, and Italian captions.

The World Turned Upside Down (Il Mondo alla Riversa)

Nicolò Nelli, 1552-79

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly wig and white collar, inscribed border, by Robert Nanteuil, 1671.

Guillame-Égon, Cardinal de Fürstenberg

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Engraving of three nude women holding a circular wreath and an inscribed draped cloth against a cloudy sky.

The Three Graces

Claude Mellan, 1659

Engraved title page showing two bearded hermits seated in a rocky desert with the words Les vies des SS. pères des déserts.

Title page: Arnaud d'Andilly, Les Vies des saints pères des déserts

Claude Mellan, 1647

Engraving of a kneeling cardinal offering a book to the Virgin and Child on clouds, with cherubs above.

Cardinal Richelieu, Kneeling, Presents His Book to the Virgin and Child

Claude Mellan, ca. 1646

Etching of a peasant woman with a basket beside a cow, a resting calf, a rooster on a fence and a stone trough.

Country Scene with a Peasant, Cow and Calf

Engraving of a storm-tossed sea around a rock bearing a book and Latin inscription, with two figures on shore and lightning a

Allegory Against the Pelagian Heresy (Allégorie contre l'hérésy pélagienne et armoires)

Claude Mellan, 17th century

Engraved ornament plate with five putti and grapes in a central roundel, surrounded by garlands, bows, and birds.

Bacchanal with Five Putti, Rondel in a Rectangular Frame (in "Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 40)

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 29, 1782

Engraved surreal dream scene with giant eyes, a winged horse rider, a crucifix, scales of justice and a fish creature.

First Dream, from "Le Magasin Pittoresque"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1820-47

Engraved surreal sky scene with flying umbrella, mushrooms, owl, winged snails and a horse-drawn chariot over stars.

Second Dream, from "Le Magasin Pittoresque"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1820-47

Hand-colored title page with flower-letter title Les Fleurs, a flower-costumed woman on a leaf, and a butterfly.

Les Fleurs Animées, Title Page

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1847

Hand-colored engraving of a woman with a flower head and leafy stem body, titled Pervenche Desséchée, by Grandville.

Perveche Desséchée, from "Les Fleurs Animées"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1847