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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,350 works

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre beside Pan, with a flying putto blowing a horn above, in a cross-shaped frame.

Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs fo…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraved religious allegory with crucified Christ on a grapevine cross, flanked by Lex Vetus and Lex Nova figures and biblica

Typus Utriusque S. Legis

Hieronymus Wierix, 1570-1619

Engraved allegorical monument with golden tree, dragon, classical figures, coins and coats of arms on rocky mountain.

Pompa Introitus...Ferdinand, Austriaci. Antwerp

Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

Engraving of the Pietà with the dead Christ held by grieving Mary, two angels, and a large cross above.

Pietà with Angels in front of the Cross

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and skullcap, seated in an armchair with his hand on his ch

Portrait of Eleazor Swalmius

Jonas Suyderhoef, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a columned neoclassical building with two floor plans below showing a circular central hall.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook II [Folio P or "Blue Book"]

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1825-92

Engraving of Cupid above a flaming urn, with a horse-drawn chariot and procession of figures in a hilly landscape.

The Triumph of Love, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-1500

Colored woodcut of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and mourners, with a walled town on a hill behind.

The Bearing of the Cross, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Etching of two men in a rustic interior, one smoking a pipe and the other holding a cup beside a table with a bowl.

The Smoker and the Drinker

Adriaen van Ostade, 1682 (?)

Etching of an elderly man in a tall feathered hat and cloak, arms folded, grimacing toward one side.

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Engraving of Diogenes seated nude beside his barrel, reading a book, with a geometry diagram and a bird nearby.

Diogenes seated with his barrel behind him, and reading a book while holding a stick that rests on a geometry book to…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1526-27

Engraved funeral catafalque in St. Peter's Basilica with tall candelabra, eagles, skeletons and a papal tiara.

Catafalco Eretto Nella Basilica Vaticana ...per Alessandro VIII

Alessandro Specchi, 1691

Grey wash drawing of two crowned kings in a Gothic hall, one kneeling before the other as mitred bishops look on.

Louis III et Carloman donnent aux eveques du Royaume l'assurance de leur Fidelite en 882

Nicolas Lejeune, ca. 1791

Broadside with 48 numbered comic scenes of the student Borrascas, with Spanish verses under each panel, 1859.

Broadside with 48 scenes of the life of Borrascas the student

Juan Llorens, 1859

Printed broadside of 48 numbered scenes with captions telling the story of Urganda the Unknowable, featuring knights, demons

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating the story of Urganda the Unknowable

Juan Llorens, 1866

Grey wash drawing of jagged rock cliffs rising under a pale cloudy sky, with a vertical fold line down the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Printed broadside with 48 woodcut scenes and Spanish captions telling the story of Don Juan de Serrallonga.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating the tale of Don Juan de Serrallonga

Pencil drawing of jagged rocky cliffs on a stage set design, with irregular cut-out openings and faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Printed broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes illustrating Christian doctrine, including the Ten Commandments and the sev

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating Christian doctrine

Juan Llorens, 1860

Printed broadside of 48 numbered scenes showing a Barcelona carnival turning into a funeral procession, with masked figures,

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the carnival in Barcelona

José Noguera, 1862

Printed broadside with 48 numbered black-and-white scenes of a shoemaker's apprentice, with Spanish captions beneath each.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the antics of the shoemaker's apprentice

José Noguera, 1861

Pen and ink sketch of soldiers in shako hats at a dress parade, with a crowd and parasol-holding women, and a verse below.

Dress Parade (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1852

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man and woman in armchairs, with pencil studies of figures on the same sketchbook page.

40 and 50 (Man and Woman Seated) (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854

Printed broadside with 36 numbered engravings of birds, including eagles, parrots, flamingos and peacocks, each with a Spanis

Broadside with images of 36 birds

Juan Llorens, 1860

Printed broadside with 48 small numbered scenes of circus horse riders, acrobats, and clowns under a title header.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the equestrian and gymnastic moves of the royal circus

Juan Llorens, 1860

Pencil drawing of a tall building facade with narrow windows, a balcony, and a doorway, cut to an elongated shape on grey pap

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Lithograph of a crippled man in a top hat passing a uniformed sentry at a doorway, with a crowd and domed building behind.

The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre

Théodore Géricault, 1819

Black and white print of a turbaned rider with raised sword guarding a fallen trumpeter, with cavalry charging behind.

Mamluk Defending a Wounded Trumpeter

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Etching of a nude man seen from behind with a draped woman beside him, set among large trees and foliage.

The Lovers

Parmigianino, 1527-30

Black chalk study of a seated elderly bearded man in a draped robe, with white highlights on grey paper.

Study for a Figure of Saint Joseph

Bartolomeo Schedoni, ca. 1595-1615