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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,956 works

Etching of women on a riverbank reaching toward an infant lying in a cloth among reeds.

The finding of Moses who is rescued from the Nile by the maidservants of Pharaoh's daughter

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650-57

Engraved title plate with two putti flanking a cartouche reading Opere di Polidoro da Caravaggio, within a laurel arch.

Titeplate to series of prints after Poloidoro

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1658

Etched plate of Roman military trophies with a winged Victory, shields, spears, ram heads and a Medusa mask, 1656-58.

Plate 1: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656-58

Etching of a lion head with shields, arms trophies and scrollwork above an inscribed oval panel.

Plate 2: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656-58

Etching of ornate Roman helmet, shield, axe and ram's head trophies with scrollwork, inscribed Polidoro da Caravag. 1656.

Plate 3: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656

Etching of Pan reclining with two satyrs, a large vase on a pedestal, a sheep, and trees under a distant landscape.

Pan reclining at left with two standing satyrs, a large vase on a pedestal at right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with Moses and prophets holding scrolls in a stone interior, by Jacob Matham, 158

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Surrounded by Moses and Five Prophets

Jacob Matham, 1588

Pen and ink print of women with lamps in a classical arched interior, with a bridegroom figure among them and an inscription

The Wise and the Foolish Virgins

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1728

Engraved portrait of William Hogarth in a feathered hat, beside a pug dog, with a painter's palette and books.

William Hogarth

Benjamin Smith, June 4, 1795

Engraving of a crowded London street with a Lord Mayor's carriage surrounded by apprentices, onlookers, and balconies.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London (Industry and Idleness, plate12)

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant beside a child and an older woman under a tree, with a landscape behind.

Charity

Goltzius School

Engraving of St. Cecilia reclining as attendants gather and an angel descends above with a wreath, in an arched interior.

The Death of St. Cecilia

Johann Friedrich Greuter, ca. 1640-60

Engraved allegorical print of a young man in armor in an oval medallion, with cherubs, a lion, allegorical women and a city v

Portrait of the future Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II as the Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany

Carlo Faucci, ca. 1760-67

Engraving of a crowded 18th-century London street with a carriage, banners, soldiers, and spectators at windows.

The Industrious 'Prentice Lord Mayor of London: Industry and Idleness, plate 12

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of idle apprentices gambling on a tomb in a churchyard, with skulls and a standing man holding a cane.

The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard (Industry and Idleness, plate 3)

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a night cellar: a watchman with a lantern, a pointing woman, and card players by a fireplace.

The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplice (Industry and Idleness, plat…

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a crowded courtroom with a seated alderman holding his head beside a writing clerk and standing witnesses.

The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeached by his Accomplices (Indus…

William Hogarth, September 30, 1747

Engraving of a busy city street with men drinking beer at a table, a fishwoman with a basket, and a tavern sign overhead.

Beer Street

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Hand-colored print of a hilltop castle above a lake, with women at a stone fountain and trees in the foreground.

Bracciano, plate 2 from "Views of Rome and Its Environs"

Edward Lear, 1841

Etching of Roman arms trophies with shields, an eagle, a grotesque mask, lion and boar heads, and scrollwork.

Plate 4: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656-58

Etching of ornate Roman military trophies with plumed helmets, a griffin, lion heads and feathers, with Italian inscription.

Plate 5: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1658

Engraving of nude figures, animals and a cornucopia in an idyllic wooded landscape, The Golden Age after Adriaen Matham, 1620

The Golden Age

Adriaen Matham, 1620

Engraving of Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes beside a maidservant, with a canopy bed and military tents behind.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Balthazar van den Bos

Engraving of a court scene with a judge, a kneeling man in chains, armed guards and columns in a stone hall.

Allegory of Justice (Sanctity of the Law) with a court scene depicting a man being pardoned by a judge, plate XII fro…

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1605

Engraving of a judge weeping in a columned courtroom while guards and onlookers stand around a kneeling figure.

The Judge Bias Shedding Tears, plate IX from "Thronus Justitiæ"

Joachim Wtewael, 1605

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival church with a tall spire and clock tower, flanked by trees, by Alexander Jackson Dav

Church of the Holy Apostles, New York City

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845

Engraving of a bearded man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a covered vessel, labeled Melchior Rex Nubia.

Melchior, after Three Magi series by Jacques Bellange

Matthäus Merian the Elder, ca. 1615

Engraving of a standing figure in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a covered cup, labeled Caspar Rex Tarsis.

Caspar, after Three Magi series by Jacques Bellange

Matthäus Merian the Elder, ca. 1615

Engraving of a turbaned figure seen from behind holding a covered vessel, labeled Baltasar Rex Saba, ca. 1615.

Balthasar, after figure in "The Adoration of the Magi" by Jacques Bellange

Matthäus Merian the Elder, ca. 1615

Engraved landscape of a seated woman under trees overlooking a harbor with sailing ships and ruined arches.

Seascape with Bacchus and Ariadne

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Engraving of Venus seated on clouds with Cupid holding an arrow beside her, finely hatched in black and white.

Venus and Cupid in the Clouds

Giovanni Paolo Cimerlino, 1568

Etching of Venus with cupids presenting armor and a shield to a helmeted warrior in a forest landscape.

Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas

Pietro Testa, ca. 1638-40

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a forge, with a winged child and a draped woman at right.

The Forge of Vulcan

Cornelis Bos, 1546

Etching of an allegory of painting: a child draws on a tablet among many figures in a forest, with putti above.

An allegory of painting, who as a child in the centre left draws on a tablet, surrounded by figures, many of whom are…

Pietro Testa, 1637-38

Etching of two draped allegorical women and a winged putto on a cloud within an arched architectural frame.

Study for a pendentive depicting Justice and Charity

Giovanni Cesare Testa

Etching of the dead Christ reclining on a cloth while two grieving winged angels sit beside him at right.

The dead Christ accompanied by angels at right

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of the Virgin and Child beside a cross, with angels, putti, God the Father in clouds, and a large tree.

The dream of St Joseph, who is sleeping at the right, the Virgin and Child by a cross surrounded by angels and many p…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1635-37

Engraving of Pluto, a nude bearded male figure holding a torch in an arched classical niche flanked by columns and winged put

Pluto; on verso sketches of a figure, four heads, and a column

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Etching of a kneeling saint surrounded by angels and cherubs in clouds, with a young attendant standing at right.

St. Carlo Borromeo surrounded by angels

Pietro Testa, 1650-70

Engraving of Bacchus with grapes and torch, a seated woman playing lyre, and winged Cupid with bow beside a wine press.

Bacchus, Music, Amor

Jan Sadeler, 1575-1600

Etching of Saint Jerome seated under a tree beside a crucifix, with a lion and three putti at his feet.

Saint Jerome before a crucifix accompanied by a lion and three putti

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Etching of saints and the Virgin with Child in clouds, with plague victims lying on the ground in the foreground.

Three Luchese saints Sts Nicholas Tolentino, Nicholas of Bari interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630-31

Etching of the prodigal son on a couch served wine by attendants, with a monkey on a chain in the lower left.

The prodigal son seated on a couch being served wine, revelers in the background, a monkey wearing a collar and chain…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of the Holy Family with infant Saint John holding an apple, set in a landscape with draped figures.

The Holy Family with the infant Saint John holding an apple

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630

Etching of a veiled woman seated beside a nude infant holding a staff, with a dragon below and trees behind.

An allegory of the rest on the flight into egypt

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Engraving of Saints Peter and John healing a seated cripple before a crowd in a classical colonnaded interior.

Saint John and Saint Peter Healing the Cripple

Lambert Suavius, 1553

Etching of Abraham restrained by an angel from sacrificing Isaac on an altar, with God in clouds above and a ram nearby.

The sacrifice of Isaac by his father Abraham

Pietro Testa, ca. 1640-42

Etching of a young man mounting a horse at stone steps while servants work and elders watch from the left.

The departure of the prodigal son, shown at about to mount his horse, from a series of four prints

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a seated woman holding an infant under trees, surrounded by playful children and putti in a wooded landscape.

The garden of charity, woman representing Charity at right surrounded by children

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Etching of Plato's Symposium: bearded men recline and sit at a banquet table while a nude youth with a wreath enters at left.

Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interruputed by Acibiades…

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of the Holy Family with angels offering objects beneath a tree, with a kneeling figure and hatched landscape.

The Holy Family attended by Angels

Pietro Testa, ca. 1642-44

Etching of a kneeling young man embraced by an older bearded man, with onlookers, a dog, and classical architecture behind.

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Shown Embracing His Son

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a young man preparing to mount a horse at stone steps while servants and bearded onlookers watch, with a dog in th

The Departure of the Prodigal Son, Shown About to Mount a Horse

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a seated man on a couch served wine in a colonnaded hall, with revelers behind and a chained monkey at lower left.

The Prodigal Son Seated on a Couch Being Served Wine, Revelers in the Background, a Monkey Wearing a Collar and Chain…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a nude man seated under a tree beside pigs, with a thatched hut and mountains in the distant landscape.

The Prodigal Son Among the Swine

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of the Virgin and Child in clouds above saints and plague victims lying on the ground, with angels and a distant land

Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630-31

Etching of Mary Magdalene kneeling in a desert while angels carry a cross through clouds above her.

Mary Magdalene in the desert, a cross borne by angels at the right

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630

Etched oval self-portrait of a long-haired man with a mustache, resting his hand on the edge of a large canvas.

Self-Portrait

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of an allegorical scene with reclining figures, putti, a winged griffin, and a helmeted figure beside an inscription

An allegory in honor of the arrival of Cardinal Franciotti as Bishop of Lucca

Pietro Testa, 1637

Etching of a crowd carrying a figure down temple steps past rearing horses and a chariot, with classical buildings behind.

Sinorix carried from the temple of Artemis trying to escape the effects of the poisoning

Pietro Testa, ca. 1640

Etching of a bearded centaur playing a lyre beside a young boy under trees, with centaurs and dogs in a wooded landscape.

The Education of Achilles

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of Cato's suicide: a figure lies on a bed while horrified companions gather around him in a draped Roman interior.

The suicide of the philosopher Cato, who lies on his bed pulling out his innards watched by horrified disciples

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of Venus and Adonis reclining after the hunt, surrounded by putti, hunting dogs, and a dead boar in the foreground.

Venus and Adonis, surrounded by many putti, reclining after the hunt, with a dead boar in the lower right

Pietro Testa, 1631-37

Brown ink drawing of a rhinoceros in a landscape with mountains and a tree, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Rhinoceros in a Landscape within an Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Brown wash drawing of a valley seen through a rocky arch, with a mill, river, footbridge and small figures.

View of a Valley through a Rocky Arch

Friedrich Christian Reinermann, 1806

Watercolor plan of a landscape design with a central university building, botanic garden, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.

Landscape Design for University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Etching of Saint Erasmus stretched on a table during his martyrdom, with two putti above holding a crown and palm.

The martyrdom of Saint Erasmus who is prostrate having in innards removed, two putti above holding the crown and palm…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630

Etching of women bathing an infant in a classical interior, with a centaur under a tree at left and attendants in the backgro

The birth and the infancy of Achilles

Pietro Testa, 1648-50

Etching of the Holy Family under a tree, with angels bringing food and a kneeling woman offering a small vessel to the child.

The Holy Family fed by Angels

Pietro Testa, ca. 1642-44

Engraved allegory with a horseback rider on the right, a reclining figure lower left, classical columns, and cherubs carrying

An allegory with Innocent X who is seated on horsback on the right, figures represting Rome in the lowe left

François Collignon, ca.1645-55

Etching of an allegory with a winged woman holding a trumpet, surrounded by artists sketching and cherubs among palm trees.

An allegory of painting

François Collignon, 17th century

Etching with saints and putti in clouds above, and robed ecclesiastics writing and reading in a landscape below.

Ecclesiastics in a landscape writing, other in the heavenly realm above

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 17th century

Chiaroscuro woodcut of robed apostles around a central group with kneeling and reacting figures below, grey ink on paper.

The death of Ananias surrounded by Apostles

Ugo da Carpi, 1518

Chromolithograph baseball card of Robinson, second baseman of St. Louis, throwing a ball on a field, 1887.

Robinson, 2nd Base, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a batter in white uniform and yellow cap holding a bat on a green field.

Rooks, Batter, Lacrosse, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a player with clasped hands in a white uniform, before a lake with a sailboat and mountains

Rosemann, Center Field, Mets, New York, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Ryan, right fielder for Chicago, in blue uniform on a grassy field.

Ryan, Right Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Trading card of a mustached baseball player in an Indianapolis uniform holding a ball at his shoulder on a green field.

Seery (Hands At Right Shoulder), Left Field, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tob…

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraved elevation of St. Peter's facade with a central dome, a left tower, and a papal coat of arms above.

Antonio da Sangallo's project for St. Peters, plan of the façade extended to the left with a tower

Antonio da Labacco, 1540-49

Chromolithograph baseball card of a mustached player in white uniform reaching forward on a grassy field, labeled Indianapoli

Seery (Hands Outstretched), Left Field, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Shomberg, 1st base for Indianapolis, in a white uniform with red trim and striped cap.

Shomberg, 1st Base, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with fireworks bursting from its towers over a large crowd below.

The firework display called 'Girandola' at the Castello Sant'Angelo in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici facing right within an elaborate cartouche flanked by Victory at the left and Mars at…

Enea Vico, 1550

Woodcut landscape with a milkmaid milking a cow at right, a boy with a bucket and goats at left, and a distant castle.

Landscape with a milkmaid at right and a boy at left

Niccolò Boldrini, ca. 1535-40

Engraving of Tiber Island shaped as a ship, with two temples on deck, an obelisk between them, and choppy water below.

View of the Tiber Island represented as a ship, the Temple of Aesculapius at left

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Hand-colored trading card of a crouching shortstop in white uniform fielding a ball on a grassy field with trees behind.

Smith, Shortstop, Pittsburgh, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Vintage baseball card of a mustached batter in white uniform and blue socks holding a bat at home plate.

Strauss, Batter, Milwaukee, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a St. Louis batter in red jersey and blue knickers holding a bat at home plate.

Sullivan, Batter, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Vintage baseball card of Sullivan, a Chicago left fielder in blue uniform, poised to throw a ball on a grassy field.

Sullivan, Left Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithographed card of a Chicago center fielder in blue uniform and white cap, hands clasped, gazing upward.

Sunday, Center Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Sutton, a Boston third baseman in white uniform and red stockings, crouched on a field.

Sutton, 3rd Base, Boston, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Thompson, right fielder for Detroit, in white uniform and blue socks before a sunset lands

Thompson, Right Field, Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithographed baseball card of Thompson, R. F., a Detroit player in white uniform and blue knickers on a green field.

Thompson, R. F., Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraved cutaway section and elevation of the Colosseum showing arcaded tiers, interior seating and arena floor.

Section and elevation of the Colosseum in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Colour lithograph baseball card of a player in a striped jersey and white cap, bent forward on a grassy field.

Ward, S. Stop, New York, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Baseball card of a St. Louis player in a red jersey and blue knickers, cocking his arm to throw on a grassy field.

Welch, C. Field, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887