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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,950 works

Engraved oval scene of a seated mother with a child and sleeping infant in a cradle, a man pouring at right, dense trees behi

La Bonne Mere

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of elegantly dressed women and a crowd in a wooded clearing before a ruined Gothic arcade with a statue.

Pelerinage a Saint Nicolas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of a woman with children on a platform in a farmhouse interior, with a goat and a man at the doorway.

La Famille du Fermier

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Grey-toned etching of a farmhouse interior with a man leading a stubborn donkey, women, children, chickens, and a dog.

The Stubborn Donkey

Richard de Saint-Non, 1770

Sepia etching of a bearded figure gesturing above a seated woman and a cherub on clouds, after a Neapolitan church ceiling.

Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus interessants des Palais et des Eglises d'Italie

Richard de Saint-Non, 18th century

Oval color print of a woman with powdered hair and a lace cap, in a light draped gown against a dark green background.

Mademoiselle Rose Bertin, Dressmaker to Marie-Antoinette

Jean François Janinet, n.d.

Print of nymphs and cupids gathered around a fountain beneath trees, with putti tumbling on clouds in the foreground.

La Fontaine d'Amour

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1785

Monochrome print of a sleeping man on a couch, with a winged female figure and cherubs descending on clouds above him.

Le Songe d'Amour

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Etching of Christ crowned with thorns presented to a crowd by a Roman soldier, with raised arms and a seated figure on a barr

Ecce Homo

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Christ crucified on a tall cross with INRI sign, mourning women kneeling below and a child at the cross base.

Crucifixion

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etched frontispiece with a cartouche reading LA VIE DE N.S. JESUS.C, a cross above, angels and kneeling figures below.

Frontispiece to the series The Life of Christ

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Christ collapsing under the cross with soldiers, a crowd, and mourners on a rocky hillside.

Carrying the Cross

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of the Descent from the Cross with figures on ladders lowering Christ's body beside a standing mourning woman.

Descent from the Cross

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a haloed figure above a table where two seated men share bread in a tiled interior room.

Division of the Bread

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a seated woman playing guitar beside commedia dell'arte figures, with a man in dark clothing turning away from a g

Isabelle Plays Guitar for Pierrot and Scaramouche

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of commedia dell'arte figures in a studio viewing an oval portrait of Harlequin held by a standing man.

Pierrot and Scaramouche show the portrait of Harlequin

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of costumed figures in tall pointed hats on a street, two women at a doorway, with verse caption below.

The Death of Maitre Andre

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Harlequin seated in a donkey cart outside a fountain, watched by a woman with a fan and a man in a hat.

Harlequin, Emperor on the Moon

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Harlequin holding a torch toward a seated Scaramouche in a stage-like room, with spectators on balconies above.

Harlequin menaces Scaramouche with a Torch

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraved frontispiece with allegorical figure, sketching easel, performer in ruff and cherubs under the title Théatre Italien

Frontispice to Theatre Italien

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of an outdoor garden refreshment with a tiered table of dishes, elegant men, servants and a fruit garland border.

La Colation preparee dans un jardin

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a crowded painting academy with students drawing from casts, a skeleton, and a dissection scene.

An Academy of Painters

Pierfrancesco Alberti, 1600-38

Engraved portrait of Sixtus V in papal dress, framed by small views of Roman obelisks, churches, columns and ships.

Portrait of Sixtus V

Nicolaus van Aelst, ca. 1589

Pencil sketch of a sleeping woman with head tilted and eyes closed, hair drawn in dark hatched strokes on cream paper.

Sleep

Odilon Redon, 1898

Perversity

Odilon Redon, 1891

Druidesse

Odilon Redon, 1891

Lithograph of a hooded robed woman holding a staff inside a large circle, by Odilon Redon, 1891.

And over there, the Astral Idol, the Apotheosis

Odilon Redon, 1891

Brunnhilde (The Twilight of the Gods)

Odilon Redon, 1894

Etching of gaunt figures straining to lift a heavy slab while others crouch beside it, against a pale sky.

Plate 59 from "Los Caprichos": And still they don't go! (Y aun no se van!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of an aged woman in a ruffled bonnet before a mirror, watched by two men and a young woman in an interior.

Plate 55 from "Los Caprichos": Until death (Hasta la muerte)

Francisco Goya, 1799