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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,956 works

Etching of Saint John the Baptist with a halo, holding a staff beside a resting lamb in an oval wooded landscape.

Saint John the Baptist

Balthazar Moncornet, 17th century

Engraved half-length portrait of Michaelis de Marolles in a dark cloak and white collar, with Latin text below.

Michaelis de Marolles

Robert Nanteuil, 1657

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearl necklace, inside an inscribed frame, dated 1653.

Portrait of Louise Marie, Queen of Poland and Sweden

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Etching of figures performing an ancient sacrifice at a draped altar beneath trees, with a smoking offering and pouring jug.

Ancient Sacrifice

Philippe Louis Parizeau, 18th century

Etching of two putti with grapes and a jug beside a reclining figure, with a hazy landscape behind them.

Bacchanal

Pierre Parrocel, 17th-18th century

Etching of nude children playing outdoors, with a bearded man carrying a child on his shoulders and a draped cloth behind.

Children's Game

Pierre Parrocel, 17th-18th century

Engraving of a peacock carrying a cherub, framed by grapevines, a wine barrel, and two perched peacocks, with a Latin motto a

Epithalamium

Bernard Picart, 1726

Etching of a fortified town on a peninsula with a church spire, sailing boats on water, and figures in the foreground.

View of a peninsula with figures and ships with bare masts, in the right foreground five figures congregate around tw…

Matthijs van Plattenberg, ca. 1625-60

Engraved oval print of a vase with serpent handles, a satyr mask base, and a nude figure riding a goat.

Vase with mask, a nude cup-bearing figure riding a goat followed by a satyr, and reptile handles, an oval composition…

Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, 1751-58

Physionotrace

Etched view of a round columned temple beside a palm tree, with figures and a cart on a dirt road in the foreground.

Tempio del Sole (Temple of Cybele in the Piazza della Bocca della Verità)

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1640-91

Etching of a wooded landscape with a stone pedestal, vases, standing man, seated figure, dog, and distant castle.

Nancy, from "Diverses Veue et Perspectives nouvelles de Rome, Paris et des autres lieux"

Israël Silvestre, 1640-79

Etching of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris with a cross on a stepped platform, a domed pavilion, and people and carriages in the

View of the façade of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, in the foreground a cross on a stepped platform and a freestanding d…

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1636-91

Engraved title page with an ornate cartouche, a grotesque mask at top, and the title Figures Françoises et Comiques.

Frontispiece for "Figures French and comic" (Figures francoises et comiques)

Engraving of a seated woman in period dress holding a closed fan, with a drawn curtain and a tree and clouds behind her.

A seated woman holding a closed fan before a drawn curtain, a tree and sky beyond

Henri Simon Thomassin, ca. 1710-41

Etched print of a standing officer in a long coat and tricorn hat with a sword, trees behind him.

Man in officer's dress, with sword hanging at left hip, shown in frontal view with his head turned toward the left, t…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1700-39

Etching of a man in a tricorn hat holding a vine-wrapped staff, with trees and a cottage in the landscape behind him.

Man in tricorn hat and overcoat, shown in frontal view and holding a staff with a winding vine, landscape with trees…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1710-39

Engraved print of a woman in pilgrim costume with a walking stick and shell-decorated cape, with a sailboat in the distance.

Actress Charlotte Desmares playing the role of a pilgrim, shown from behind with her head turned toward the right, sh…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1710-39

Etching of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning on a wooden box, with straps hanging from it.

Seated man with box in his lap, he rests his right elbow on a taller box

Edmé Jeaurat, ca. 1715-38

Engraving of a monkey dressed in a robe and beret, seated at an easel holding a palette, with a painting on the wall behind.

Painting (La Peinture): a monkey seated at an easel, dressed in a robe and beret and holding a painter's palette, a f…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1700-1739

Engraved portrait of a seated man with curly hair, holding a pen, wearing a Legion of Honour medal, dated 1814.

Portrait of J. Louis David

Eugène Bourgeois, 1814

Daumier lithograph of a seated woman and a man on a sofa as an older man peers through the doorway, with papers on the floor.

May I come in my dear, or are you still collaborating with Monsieur?, plate 29 from "The Bluestockings"

Honoré Daumier, May 30, 1844

Two heads of women

Pierre Parrocel

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornament with scroll brackets, a capital, a garlanded cornice, and winged putti.

Architecture

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Pen drawing of a frontispiece with an Italian text cartouche, putti, an owl and birds, dated 1653.

Frontispiece with Putti and Animals

Valerio Spada, 1653

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental cartouche with a crowned shield flanked by two winged figures and shell scrolls.

Cartouche for Le Pont Neuf

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a man in a large turban with a sharply drawn face, inside a double brown ink border.

Head, from the Kinnaird Sketchbook

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a coastal landscape with sailing boats, a rocky hillside, and small figures on the shore.

Landscape

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of ship sterns, a balustrade, and a small boat with a lantern on calm water.

Studies of Boats

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Lithograph of two figures in classical robes, one reclining and one gesturing dramatically, with printed caption beneath.

Oui c'est Agamemnon c'est ton Roi qui t'éveille!... (Iphigénie), plate 13 from "Physionomies tragico-classiques"

Honoré Daumier, April 27, 1841

Etching of a woman seen from behind with an elaborate hairstyle, black dress, and white glove, with handwritten inscription a

The Diva (La Diva)

Dr. Paul Gachet, 1888

Lithograph of a top-hatted man propped up by a ragged figure while another man lies slumped on a cobbled street.

Ne laissez donc pas vôtre ami dans cet état-là!..., plate 4 from "Vulgarités"

Honoré Daumier, June 1, 1841

Lithograph of three men in top hats in conversation, one holding a hat, with French caption below.

A New Hat, plate 45 from "The Best Days in Life"

Honoré Daumier, March 6, 1845

Daumier lithograph of a stout man in a cap smoking on a cobbled street beside a theatre, with French caption below.

The Hired Clapper, plate 19 from "Artists and Bonvivants of Paris"

Honoré Daumier, February 13, 1842

Lithograph of a dog groomer kneeling on a street trimming a dog while an elderly woman watches with clasped hands.

Le Tondeur de chiens, plate 21 from "Bohémiens de Paris"

Honoré Daumier, February 15, 1842

Etching of snow-covered village rooftops under a dark speckled night sky, with snowy ground in the foreground.

Snow in Picardie (La Neige en Picardie)

Dr. Paul Gachet, 1894

Lithograph of three men in top hats, one leaning in to whisper to a stout man with a cane, over newspaper text.

Un Candidat, plate 48 from "Caricaturana"

Honoré Daumier, May 18, 1837

Etching of a man with closed eyes, long wavy hair and a cap, bust-length within a dark oval, on cream paper.

Head of the Republic

Dr. Paul Gachet, 1877

Head of a Woman

Dr. Paul Gachet, ca. 1859-89

Circular woodcut of Judith holding a severed head before a tent, with a battle and walled city in the background.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Israhel van Meckenem

Etching of classical ruins with columns, stairs and fallen capitals, with a standing man and a seated figure in the foregroun

Classizing Landscape with Three Figures, from a series of architectural ruins with figures, in reverse after prints b…

Virgilius Solis, ca. 1550-62

Engraving of a flooded ruined colonnade with columns and arches, and a rowing boat with passengers in the foreground.

Boats Rowed Through Inundated Ruins

Virgilius Solis, ca. 1550-62

Engraving of unicorns drawing a carriage with a seated woman and sphinx, followed by robed women near a round temple.

Triumph of Chastity: unicorns draw a carriage bearing a female figure seated next to a sphinx and holding a standard,…

Georg Pencz, ca. 1539

Engraving of Cupid on a chariot drawn by four horses, with figures on foot, a temple and a hilltop town behind.

Triumph of Love: four horses draw a carriage with Cupid standing upon a smoking platform, preceded by gods and goddes…

Georg Pencz, ca. 1539

Engraving of a bearded armored knight with plumed helmet holding a standard, resting on a shield, with a landscape behind.

St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a lands…

Martinus Martini, ca. 1581-1610

Engraving of the risen Christ on a cloud with a banner, surrounded by cherubs, while soldiers fall below in a rocky landscape

Resurrection of Christ

Melchior Meier, 1577

Engraving by Christoph Murer, 1596: a poor man and a seated rich man contrasted under a winged figure holding banners.

An Allegory of a Rich Man and a Poor Man (Der Lustige Arme und der Traurige Reiche)

Christoph Murer, 1596

Engraved ornament print of a candle chandelier with horse-headed arabesques and scrollwork, numbered 39.

A fantastic chandelier with burning candles and arabesques, some ending in fantastic horse forms, from "Neue Grotessk…

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1610

Four oval etchings of putti riding and battling sea monsters, a lobster and hybrid creatures, in grotesque ornament style.

Putti with Sea Monsters, from "Neue Grotessken Buch"

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1610

Four oval engravings of winged putti riding and wrestling sea monsters over clouds and water, with distant coastlines.

Four Ovals with Genii, from "Neue Grotessken Buch"

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1610

Vertical ornament print with a central candelabra, putti riding goats, grotesque masks, and dense scrollwork and foliage.

Candelabra with putti on goats at center

Lambrecht Hopfer, ca. 1525-50

Vertical engraved ornament print with a candelabra grotesque of scrolls, foliage, putti, dolphins and dragon heads.

Candelabra Grotesque with Heads of Dolphins and Dragons in the Center

Lambrecht Hopfer, ca. 1525-50

Etching of a chaotic battle in a forest, with rearing horses, armored foot soldiers with shields and spears, and a flag.

Battle between cavalry and infantry in a wood

Hieronymus Hopfer, 16th century

Print of ten stacked decorative friezes with scrolling foliage, dragons, winged putti and grotesque masks.

Designs for Ten Decorative Friezes

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Vertical etching of a grotesque candelabra with satyr figures holding torches, winged monsters, and scrollwork ornament.

Candelabra Grotesque

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

Etched ornamental IHS monogram of scrollwork and fruit, flanked by angels in clouds on a pale sheet.

IHS Monogram surrounded by Six Angels

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

Engraved design for an ornate bed with gabled pediments, armored flag-bearers, carved panels and decorated drawers below.

Design for a bed

Daniel Hopfer, 1527

Engraving of a spotted horse with flowing mane in a landscape, with two horses and distant buildings behind it.

Horse

Johann Elias Ridinger, 17th-18th Century

Engraved elevation of an ornate indoor grotto with a tiered fountain and statues, with a floor plan below.

Cross-section and Floorplan of an Indoor Grotto

Gabriel Bodenehr, 18th century

Etching of three peasants on a stone ledge beside a mill with a water wheel, under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Peasants and a Mill

Franz de Paula Ferg, 18th century

Etching of a satyr carrying another figure on his back while a young satyr wades through water beside dense foliage.

Satyr family, on the move

Salomon Gessner, 18th century

Etching of a woman reaching for a wreath in smoke beside a ruined amphitheater, with kneeling and standing onlookers in 18th-

A Visit to Rome in 1764

Franz Edmund Weirotter, 1764

Etching of a satyr playing a pipe with dancing putti, one holding a tambourine and another a mask, beside a low wall.

Satyr playing a pipe beside a putti holding a mask, surrounded by putti climbing over a low wall and dancing with mus…

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Etching of a woman seated by a river with two satyrs, ruined arched aqueduct and trees in the background.

Corsica seated before satyrs on the bank of a river, from a pair of plates for Battista Guarini's "Il Pastor fido"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of a crumbling stone tower with an arched doorway on a rocky slope, with small figures on a path below.

Plate 2: Calidarium at the Baths of Diocletian, from "The Ruins of Rome"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of satyrs carrying a drunken Silenus, with a putto holding grapes and a woman at left.

Three satyrs carrying the drunken Silenus, preceded by a putto carrying grapes; behind them a satyr carrying a large…

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Etching of a peasant family eating at a table while a satyr with goat legs sits on a chair beside cabbages.

The Satyr and the Peasant

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1764

Etching of a waterfall cascading over rocks below a cliff with hilltop buildings, a figure in the foreground, and a distant t

Cascades near Ponte della Trave, from "The Ruins of Rome"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639

Engraving of an elderly man praying at a table with his family beside a timber house, with a woman serving bread nearby.

Enoch and his family surrounding a meal table and holding their hands in a gesture of prayer; behind them is the open…

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1623

Hand-colored woodcut of the Annunciation: an angel with a scroll kneels before the Virgin Mary under an arched frame with a b

The Annunciation

Hans Wechtlin I, late 15th-early 16th century

Engraved architectural ornament plate with an arched gated doorway, columns, a lion, winged figures and grotesque masks.

Ornament plate, from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraving of a rider on a mule with men gathering coins beneath it, crowds around a stepped platform, Latin inscription below

Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding i…

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1592-1614

Woodcut of a crowned figure among armored soldiers and courtiers in a columned hall, with a bowing figure in the foreground.

Illustration from "The White King" (Der Weiß König)

Hans Burgkmair, 15th-16th century

Engraving of bearded Saturn holding an infant, with a goat, scythe, and distant castle in the landscape.

Saturn, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1525

Engraving of Jupiter as a helmeted warrior with sword and shield, beside a tree and a distant walled town.

Jupiter, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraved print of an ornate knife handle with a marriage scene, cherubs, scrollwork, and French text panels on each side.

Design for knife handle to commemorate a marriage

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1600

Etched title page showing harbor ships, a fortified wall, and two figures beside a ship's rigging and barrels, dated 1652.

Title page from "Quelque navieres deisseigner & graver par Remy Zeeman"

Reinier Nooms, 1652

Etching of an ornate architectural facade with a central doorway, hunting dogs, animal heads, and an archer atop the pediment

Design for an Architectural Structure with a Hunting Theme, plate 74 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with a figure holding a staff on a globe above an urn with sea monsters and scrolls.

Design for a Fountain, plate 80 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved architectural design for a lavabo with a central niche, ornate urn, scrolled pediment and grotesque masks.

Design for a Lavabo, plate 85 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with nude female figures, putti, and dragons supporting a balustrade, from Dietterlin's Archite

Design for a Fountain, plate 119 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a blank central shield, flanked by dragons, birds and scrolls within an arched niche.

Design for a Cartouche, plate from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraving of an armored warrior with raised sword and shield, a goat at his feet, labeled MARS, 1528.

Mars, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraving of a crowned nude man with a scepter, seated by a tree beside a lion and shield, labeled SOL.

Sun, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraving of Venus with long curly hair holding an arrow and flaming heart beside a tree, with a bull at her feet.

Venus, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1529

Engraving of the god Mercury holding a caduceus, wearing a winged helmet, with a town and trees behind him.

Mercury, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Woodcut of Christ holding a globe, haloed and surrounded by clouds and small angels.

Christ with a Globe

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Woodcut of Saint Andrew with a halo, standing beside a diagonal cross with radiating lines behind him.

Saint Andrew

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Woodcut of a bearded horseman drawing his sword beside a kneeling beggar, with trees and a distant castle.

Saint Martin on Horseback

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Etching of three trees on a hill under stormy clouds, with a flat plain, distant town, and cattle at right.

The Three Trees, after Rembrandt

Captain William E. Baillie, 1758

Etching of a bearded old man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed robe, hands clasped, after Rembrandt.

Old Man with Beard and Flat Cap, after Rembrandt

Captain William E. Baillie, 1765

A bearded man wearing a tasseled headdress facing left, from "Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1648-50

Etching of robed figures seated beneath a dark stone archway in a shadowy interior, with a reclining figure at right.

Tangier, Seated Arabs

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 19th century

Etching of a nude man seated beside two hooded witches with shears and an open book, with a winged creature and heads below.

Plate 70: Devout Profession (Devota Profesion), from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist and a lamb beside a classical column and stone steps.

The Holy Family with the infant St John the Baptist at right

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650-57

Brown and white wash drawing of Venus at left with cupids playing around trees in an oval landscape.

Venus at left in the company of cupids playing

Ugo da Carpi, ca. 1520-27