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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,071 works

Etching of the Descent from the Cross with figures on ladders lowering Christ's body beside a standing mourning woman.

Descent from the Cross

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a haloed figure above a table where two seated men share bread in a tiled interior room.

Division of the Bread

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a seated woman playing guitar beside commedia dell'arte figures, with a man in dark clothing turning away from a g

Isabelle Plays Guitar for Pierrot and Scaramouche

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of commedia dell'arte figures in a studio viewing an oval portrait of Harlequin held by a standing man.

Pierrot and Scaramouche show the portrait of Harlequin

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of costumed figures in tall pointed hats on a street, two women at a doorway, with verse caption below.

The Death of Maitre Andre

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Harlequin seated in a donkey cart outside a fountain, watched by a woman with a fan and a man in a hat.

Harlequin, Emperor on the Moon

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Harlequin holding a torch toward a seated Scaramouche in a stage-like room, with spectators on balconies above.

Harlequin menaces Scaramouche with a Torch

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraved frontispiece with allegorical figure, sketching easel, performer in ruff and cherubs under the title Théatre Italien

Frontispice to Theatre Italien

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a faun festival in a forest with nymphs, satyrs, musicians and cherubs around a stepped pedestal.

The Feast of the Faun

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a witches' sabbath with flying witches, demons, a hanged figure over a fire, and a skeletal horse rider.

Est-ce un enchantment...

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of an outdoor garden refreshment with a tiered table of dishes, elegant men, servants and a fruit garland border.

La Colation preparee dans un jardin

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a crowded painting academy with students drawing from casts, a skeleton, and a dissection scene.

An Academy of Painters

Pierfrancesco Alberti, 1600-38

Engraved portrait of Sixtus V in papal dress, framed by small views of Roman obelisks, churches, columns and ships.

Portrait of Sixtus V

Nicolaus van Aelst, ca. 1589

Pencil sketch of a sleeping woman with head tilted and eyes closed, hair drawn in dark hatched strokes on cream paper.

Sleep

Odilon Redon, 1898

Perversity

Odilon Redon, 1891

Druidesse

Odilon Redon, 1891

Lithograph of a hooded robed woman holding a staff inside a large circle, by Odilon Redon, 1891.

And over there, the Astral Idol, the Apotheosis

Odilon Redon, 1891

Brunnhilde (The Twilight of the Gods)

Odilon Redon, 1894

Etching of gaunt figures straining to lift a heavy slab while others crouch beside it, against a pale sky.

Plate 59 from "Los Caprichos": And still they don't go! (Y aun no se van!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of an aged woman in a ruffled bonnet before a mirror, watched by two men and a young woman in an interior.

Plate 55 from "Los Caprichos": Until death (Hasta la muerte)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a woman in a dark gown flying with outstretched arms above grimacing figures tumbling below.

Plate 61 from "Los Caprichos": They have flown (Volaverunt)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Three women in dark bathing dresses stand waist-deep in the sea, leaning together while distant sailboats sail on the horizon

Bathing at Long Branch "Oh, Ain't It Cold" (Every Saturday, Vol. III, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 26, 1871

Engraving of a bearded older man in a cap beside marble statues, with classical nude figures in a window behind him.

Portrait of Baccio Bandinelli

Niccolò della Casa, ca. 1544-47

Wood engraving of a woman in a long dress seated in a hammock on a porch, looking toward trees with a bird in flight.

The Robin's Note (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 20, 1870

Wood engraving of two people shovelling deep snow near bare trees and a snowy house, with a woman at right.

A Winter Morning - Shovelling Out (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1871

Wood engraving of two lumbermen in snowshoes felling trees in a winter forest, one swinging an axe at a trunk.

Lumbering in Winter (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series)

Winslow Homer, January 28, 1871

Wood engraving of women watching a shopkeeper weigh goods on a scale in a cluttered country store with brooms and barrels.

A Country Store - Getting Weighed (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series)

Winslow Homer, March 25, 1871

Etching of a peasant family in a dim interior, a man feeding broth to a baby beside a hearth with a standing woman.

Father of the Family Giving Broth to His Baby

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a rustic tavern interior with figures eating and playing cards at a table, a dog lying nearby, and hanging kitchen

The Breakfast (Le Gourmet en Compagne)

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Portrait of Henri Becque, from "L'Estampe Originale"

Auguste Rodin, 1893