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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,350 works

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a striped turban holding a falcon, with Latin and Persian inscriptions below.

Mechti Kuli Beg, Persian Ambassador to Prague

Aegidius Sadeler, 1605

Engraved print of a dense bouquet of irises, tulips and blossoms in an urn with a serpent handle, standing on a ledge.

Flowers in a Vase

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, ca.1670-80

Engraved oval print of an embracing couple in a leafy garden with cherubs and a stone pedestal.

The Pledge of Love

Jean Mathieu, 1786

Etching of a marble vase with figures on a garden terrace, a seated boy sketching it, cypress trees and an obelisk behind.

The Medici vase, a large vase to right decorated with a representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, on a garden ter…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Large Grotesque Head

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1622

Woodcut of Saint Michael and angels fighting a dragon in the sky above a river landscape with a town.

Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Hand-colored lithograph of five men and a woman intently examining a framed painting, one using a monocle and spectacles.

The Art Connoisseurs

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1823-28

Engraved scene of a curly-haired boy sketching in a book beside a large classical bust on a pedestal.

Boy Drawing a Bust of the Roman Emperor Vitellius

Wallerant Vaillant, ca. 1665-75

Engraved view of a Roman vestibule with tall Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling, small figures, and distant ruins under clo

A View of the Vestibule of Santa Maria Maggiore at Rome

Georges François Blondel, 1765-67

Mezzotint of a figure in a tricorn hat gazing at a glowing paper lantern against a dark background.

A Girl Singing Ballads By a Paper Lanthorn

James Watson, 1767-81

Head of a Man Wearing a Turban

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Engraving of a woman in an elaborate gown holding a carnation, with flower vases on pedestals and a garden behind her.

Smell

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of an old woman with a torch and a nude child at a doorway, with a draped woman lifting a vessel beside a spinning

Ceres Searching for Her Daughter

Hendrick Goudt, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman kneeling with one arm raised, beside a male figure, with loose hatched lines in the background.

Potiphar's Wife (Potiphars Weib)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Etching of a nude woman crouching with arms raised behind her head, drawn in loose black contour lines on pale paper.

Squatting Woman

Egon Schiele, 1914

The Old Knight

Odilon Redon, 1896

Engraved interior scene of a man handing a letter to a woman beside a harpsichord, with a seated woman reading.

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas de Launay, 1778

Engraving of three ornate vessels, a covered urn, a tall goblet, and a footed cup, under a banner reading Hieronimus Hopfer.

Three Vessels

Hieronymus Hopfer, 16th century

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed garment holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515/1518

Virgin and Child

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Brown ink drawing of a lively tavern scene with feasting men, women in ruffs, and musicians playing violin and cello.

The Prodigal Son Squanders his Fortune with Prostitutes

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king and crowd of onlookers.

Adoration of the Magi

Frans Francken II, n.d.

Two boys in dim candlelight, one holding up a glowing translucent bladder while the other looks at it.

Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light

Peter Perez Burdett, 1773

Etching of a gnarled tree on a rocky shore with classical figures, a nude woman, a cherub, and a satyr within an ornate frame

Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche, Opus V a+b

Max Klinger, after 1909

Etching of a reclining nude woman before a crowd of men in top hats, lit by a spotlight against a dark background.

A Life

Max Klinger, 1884-98

Etched perspective view of an ornate ancient candelabrum with bird sculptures, a figure at the top, and clawed feet on a step

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Engraving of the prophet Ezekiel seated among nude figures and architectural framing, with sibyls in the lower spandrels.

The Prophet Ezekiel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair and a large white collar, inside an arched frame with Latin inscription below.

Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse

Ludwig von Siegen, 17th century

Engraving of a ratcatcher in a plumed hat and ruff, carrying dead rats on a flag and staff across a hilly landscape.

The Ratcatcher, plate 7 from "Cries of Paris" (Les Cris de Paris)

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33