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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,350 works

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ holding a chalice at the center of a table surrounded by apostles under drapery.

The Last Supper (Desiderio Desideravi), from "The Passion of Christ (Passio Domni Nostri Jesu Christi)"

Hieronymus Wierix, before ca. 1586

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

Engraved Pietà with the dead Christ, grieving Virgin, two angels and a cross, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Pietà with Angels in Front of the Cross

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1547

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap, surrounded by a radiating halo.

Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, n.d.

Etching of a hooded bogeyman looming over a mother and two frightened children seated on a bed.

Plate 3 from "Los Caprichos": Here comes the bogey-man (Que viene el Coco)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man leaning toward a standing woman in a dark dress, with a seated woman fanning herself behind them.

Plate 7 from "Los Caprichos": Even thus he cannot make her out (Ni asi la distingue)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of two women seated in dark shawls, the older one leaning toward the younger, with the caption Bellos consejos.

Plate 15 from "Los Caprichos": A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a young woman stretching cloth on a board while an elderly woman in a headscarf watches beside her.

Plate 17 from "Los Caprichos": It is nicely stretched (Bien tirada está)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a seated woman having her hair brushed, while an elderly veiled woman with a rosary sits beside her foot.

Plate 31 from "Los Caprichos": She prays for her (Ruega por ella)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia print of a woman seated on a floor near a chain, head bowed beneath a small window in a dim room.

Plate 32 from "Los Caprichos": Because she was susceptible (Por que fue sensible)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a nude witch flying on a broomstick with a black cat on its back over a hilly landscape.

Plate 66 from "Los Caprichos": There it goes (Allá vá eso)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival university building above its floor plan, by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838.

Design Adopted by Governor Mason for University of Michigan (elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Pen and wash design for an oval overmantel mirror with candle sconces, floral swags, and a lion mask crest.

Two Designs for an Overmantel Glass (Verso: Partial Floor plan)

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Grey wash drawing of steep Alpine cliffs and pine trees above a shadowed rocky foreground by Francis Towne.

Near Glaris [Glarus], Switzerland

Francis Towne, September 2, 1781

Etching of an aged seated man with a skull and books, gazing up at a trumpet blown by a hand from the clouds.

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Jusepe de Ribera, 1621

Etching of a laurel-crowned man in a draped cloak leaning on a stone ledge beside a tree trunk.

The poet, standing crowned with laurel, leaning on a stone

Jusepe de Ribera, 1620-21

Pen drawing of an architectural elevation with Corinthian columns, pediments, arched and rectangular niches, and a molded cor

St. Peter's, drum, interior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, drum, pedestal, section (verso)

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Ink and wash drawing of a nude Adam amid animals including a horse, goat, and unicorn in a wooded landscape.

Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-10

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ in an arched architectural frame, with angels and cherubs in clouds above.

Design for a Baptism of Christ in an Architectural Setting

James Thornhill, early 18th century

Watercolor elevation and floor plan of an octagonal rustic shore seat with shingled roof, with mountains behind.

Shore Seat for Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1870-79

Engraved half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls, and a fur-trimmed satin gown beside a draped curtain.

Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Engraved frontispiece showing two seated men, a bust on a pedestal, a winged angel with a laurel wreath, and scientific instr

Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's "The History of the Royal Society of London"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1667

Engraved double portrait of two men, one seated in a chair with a lace collar, one standing behind him, with Latin text below

Lucas and Cornelius van Wael

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Young man wearing a hat in profile to left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of a man with a moustache wearing a large turban and an embroidered high-collared coat, shown head and shoulders.

Head and shoulders of a Turkish man, with a moustache and a large turban

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Engraved oval portrait of Henrietta Maria with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, inscribed below.

Henrietta Maria

Wenceslaus Hollar, after 1641

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat inside an ornate cartouche with painter's palettes and brushes.

Peter Paul Rubens (Petrus Paulus Rubenius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap and white collar, holding a book, with Latin inscription.

Gulielmus Oughtred Anglus (frontispiece from Oughtred's "The Key of the Mathematicks New Forged and Filed," 1647)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of Antwerp Cathedral's tall gothic tower and facade above a busy square with carriages and pedestrians.

Antwerp Cathedral (Prospectvs Tvrris Ecclesiæ Cathedralis)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Engraved portrait of a young boy with a lace collar, gloved hand on a cane, sword at hip, curtain behind.

Charles II

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649