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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,955 works

Etching of four biblical scenes with German inscriptions, showing armed men, fighting figures, houses, trees and devils.

Scenes from Matthew 10: 34-38

Daniel Hopfer, 1490-1536

Red chalk drawing of a bearded, haloed old man seated within a triangular frame, draped in cloth.

Study of St. Jerome

Girolamo Muziano, 1578-79

Red chalk drawing of a barefoot fisherman in a wide hat leaning on an oar beside a chain and iron ring.

A Fisherman Leaning on an Oar

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Engraving of a giant fish devouring smaller fish on a shore, with fishermen in a boat and a city in the distance.

Big Fish Eat Little Fish

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557

Engraving of a mourning man kneeling beside a reclining woman, a hooded figure behind her, a shovel and distant cross in a ro

The Burial of Atala

Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël-Urbain Massard, 1822

Engraving of a seated woman in a flowered crown and floral necklace, with a flowering branch at upper right.

The Queen of Flowers

Master of the Playing Cards, ca. 1435-40

Engraving of a young woman playing a flute beside sheep in a wooded pastoral landscape, within an oval frame.

Pastoral Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1742

Engraving of a laurel-crowned allegorical woman with sword and quill, surrounded by cherubs and clouds, titled Epic Poetry.

Epic Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1741

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 18th century

Drawing of a bearded nude wild man with oak leaves in his hair and waist, leaning on a wooden staff, in brown wash with white

The Wild Man

Conrad Meyer, 1649

Etching of a seated man spinning thread beside a woman in a stone archway interior.

Woman Spinning

Thomas Wijck, n.d.

Etching of two men playing cards together on a stone bench under an arch, with a third man seated behind them.

Players at Cards

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a man bending to adjust his shoe on a stone step while card players sit nearby beside barrels and a ruined arch.

Man Adjusting His Footwear, at Left Three Men Playing Cards

Thomas Wijck, 1630-77

Etching of a riverside quay with ruined arched buildings, a merchant beside barrels and crates, and a moored boat.

An Oriental Merchant with Merchandise at Riverside

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of ruined stone buildings and a tower above a riverside quay, with a moored boat, barrels and small figures.

Sailors at a Riverside

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of crumbling stone buildings with arched doorways and foliage, with a fisherman and seated figure in the foreground.

A Woman Spinning and a Fisherman

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a blind beggar stumbling into a stone pillar in a ruined city street, with a dog and onlookers nearby.

Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a blind beggar stumbling near a stone column in a city street, with a dog and a boy nearby.

Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar; this and 63.616.39 (2) are two plates of beggars from the story of Lazaville de Tormes

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a boy reaching toward a seated blind beggar beside a ruined tower, arcade, dog, and donkey rider.

Lazarillo Stealing Grapes from the Poor Blind Beggar

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a village street with ruined buildings, a standing woman and seated man with a dog, and a ship at left.

Village Scene with Woman Standing Beside a Seated Man (copy)

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns beside brick buildings, with figures, a donkey and a dog on a path below.

The Collonade

Thomas Wijck, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in armor and lace collar, with a sword and ornate cartouche framing the bust.

Portrait of Francesco de' Medici

Stefano Della Bella, 1634

Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici and Marguerite Louise d'Orleans, His Wife

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Etching of a pastoral caravan with camels, mules, sheep, and travelers crossing a rocky cliff path, with dogs in the foregrou

The Voyage of Jacob in Egypt

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of a bearded street musician playing guitar in front of a river city with bridges, instruments scattered at his feet.

Carlo Cantu called Buffetto

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of five groups of acrobats forming human pyramids, some holding flaming torches, with plumed helmets and short tunics

Five Groups of Acrobats

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Brown ink and wash drawing of two washerwomen by a rustic hut with hanging laundry, a wooden tub, and a tree.

Washerwomen in Front of a Cottage

Johann Georg Wille, 1769

Charcoal and chalk self-portrait of a man with curly hair staring directly forward against a gray background.

Self-Portrait

Andre-Jacques-Victor Orsel, ca. 1815-20

Etching of a nude standing man with his head turned, surrounded by loose sketched figure studies of heads and limbs.

Striding Man

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Etching of allegorical figures with a reclining man, a lion, and a coat of arms beneath a tree.

Ornament design for a thesis, the Strozzi coat of arms at top

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660