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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,010 works

Etched naval battle plan of Sinope showing ships on depth lines, a compass rose, a legend key, and a handwritten note.

Plan du Combat de Sinope (Plan of the Battle of Sinope)

Charles Meryon, 1853

Etching of a long Gothic hall with vaulted ceiling, statues on columns, and small figures walking across the floor.

La salle des pas-perdus a l'ancien Palais de Justice (The antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1855

Etching of a footbridge over a river in Paris, with timber houses, Gothic buildings, a rowboat and figures.

Passerelle du Pont-au-Change, après l'incendie de 1621 (The Footbridge temporarily replacing the Pont-au-Change, Pari…

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etching of a wooden footbridge over a river beside a church and half-timbered houses, with rowing boats and figures in the fo

The footbridge temporarily replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, after the fire of 1621, after della Bella

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etching of the Old Louvre palace seen across the Seine, with boats, bales of goods, and figures on the riverbank under cloudy

The Old Louvre, Paris, after Zeeman

Charles Meryon, 1865-66

Etching of the Old Louvre palace across the Seine with boats, figures on the quay, and a cloud-filled sky.

L'Ancien Louvre (The Old Louvre, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1865-66

Etching of a figure lying on the ground with a sword while another figure in flowing robes reaches out, set among trees.

Pyramus et Thisbe, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a helmeted warrior with shield and spear facing a coiled dragon beneath a tree, with a hanging figure above.

Jason, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Pluto enthroned with a staff beside a kneeling veiled woman, before a curtain and rocky underworld setting.

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Diana with a crescent in her hair, standing among trees with two dogs at her feet and a hill in the distance.

Diana, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a winged child with a laurel wreath sketching on a pad beside ancient ruins and a triumphal arch.

Plate 1: the genius of drawing, a child with wings, seated on a rock in center turned towards the right, holding a dr…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641-43

Two Heads of Old Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Etched title page with a decorative cartouche, drapery, and two birds framing the words Diverses figures et griffonnemens.

Title page, from 'Various figures and doodles' (Diverses figures et griffonnemens)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Plate 4: Head of a Woman in Profile, from 'Second collection of various doodles and etching proofs' (Second recueil d…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Plate 10: Five Heads of Children, from "Collection of various doodles and etching proofs" (Recueil de divers griffonn…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a marine bull creature with horns and a curling fish tail resting on waves.

Plate 9: Marine Bull, from "Various figures and doodles" (Diverses figures et griffonnemens)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Sepia engraving of a woman on a white horse crossing a river with a bearded guide and spear-carrying soldiers.

The Flight of Mary Queen of Scots to England

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 2, 1794

Etching of a camel seen from behind beside a smaller camel, a seated figure, and a pyramid at left.

Plate 18: Camel viewed from behind with pyramid at left, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a charging wild boar with piglets running beneath it across a sketched landscape with clouds.

Plate 19: Wild Boar, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a camel seen from behind, with a second camel, a seated figure, and a pyramid in a desert landscape.

Plate 18: Camel viewed from behind with pyramid at right, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Etching of a large ox in the foreground with cattle and a herdsman behind it on open ground.

Plate 8: Ox, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Plate 7: Cow, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a saddled cart horse beside hay bundles, with a rider and ruins in the distant landscape.

Plate 22: Cart Horse, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Plate 3: seated monkey, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a buffalo lying down in a field, with a grazing cow at left and a ruined tower and water at right.

Plate 13: Buffalo lying down, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a shepherdess with a bundle beside a grazing horned goat on a grassy slope, with another goat lying nearby.

Plate 14: Shepherdess herding goats, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Plate 16: Stag, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a standing camel and a reclining camel in a landscape, with a small figure with a staff in the background.

Plate 17: Camels, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Etching of a reclining lion with a full mane, with a small animal standing in the distance on the left.

Plate 5: Reclining Lion, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a tall spotted dog standing beside two smaller dogs, one lying down and one standing on it, with a building at lef

Plate 11: Dogs, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641