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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,070 works

Etching of Ceres with a pitcher, an old torch-bearing woman pointing at a nude child in a doorway, grain and vines.

Ceres Seeking Her Daughter or Ceres and Stillio

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of a hooded central figure surrounded by pale ghostly figures, faces in shadow, and reclining forms below.

Macbeth IV

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1918

Drypoint print of a woman's head and shoulders, eyes lowered, with loose hatched lines on cream paper.

Head of a Woman (Kopf Groß)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1912

Etching of a crowned figure surrounded by ghostly faces, a prone body and severed heads in the foreground.

Macbeth III

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1918

Engraving of The Death of Saint Joseph: an old bearded man on a bed, attended by a younger man and cherubs above.

The Death of St. Joseph

Alonso Cano, 1766

Etching of a standing nude woman seen from behind, head bowed, with loose hatched lines on pale paper.

The Solitary Woman (Das einsame Weib)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

The Prodigal Son

Richard Earlom, 1766

Etching of Christ raising Lazarus from a tomb, with startled onlookers and dramatic light in an arched frame.

The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1632

Etching of an elderly seated man in a dark robe and white collar before a barred window and curtain.

Thomas Haaringh (Old Haaringh)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1655

Etching of a man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning at a window with a sketchbook, with a landscape visible outside.

Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Engraving of an 18th-century ballroom with dancing couples in formal dress, chandeliers, and musicians in a gallery.

Le Bal Paré

Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1774

Etching of kneeling Christ comforted by an angel in a beam of light, with sleeping disciples in shadow beneath a tree.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Dominique Vivant Denon, late 18th-early 19th century

Engraved grid of twelve heads showing labeled facial expressions such as fear, anger, laughter, and sadness.

The Expressions

Henri Testelin, 1696

Engraving of the Virgin Mary crowned by Christ and God the Father, with a dove above and musician angels on clouds below.

Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci, 1741

Etching of a wooded landscape with a path, tall trees, two small figures on a hillock, and a distant town under clouds.

Two Men in a Hollow

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched forest landscape with large trees, two figures by a stream, and a dog drinking from the water.

The Dog Drinking From a Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a forest path with twisted trees, two resting travelers at lower left, and dogs walking along the path.

Two Travelers Resting in the Woods

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etching of a dense forest with a large tree, two running figures near reeds and a stream, and distant hills.

Landscape With Pan and Syrinx

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Man in profile facing right, wearing a fur hat, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Young man facing three quarters right wearing a fur headdress with a plume, jewel and a headband, from "Small Heads i…

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Man wearing a turban, a tie fastened around his neck, facing left, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a young man with bowed head turned right, wearing a large oriental turban and fur-trimmed collar.

Young man looking down to right, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a nude saint bound to a tree while an executioner works with a knife, with soldiers and rocks around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Jusepe de Ribera, 1624

Engraving of women and children gathered in a crowded low lodging house interior, with a window and hanging cloth.

Low Lodging House, St. Giles's; A Study from Life, from "The Graphic," vol. 6

Hubert von Herkomer, August 10, 1872

Engraving of a seated ruler at a banquet table with a kneeling young man before him and a crowd of onlookers behind.

Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's dreams (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, n.d.

Engraving of a kneeling woman holding a garment before a turbaned man, with onlookers and a sunlit town behind.

Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, n.d.

Engraving of robed men gathered in a columned interior around a standing youth, with a small scene in a niche at right.

Joseph Interpreting His Dreams to Jacob (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, n.d.

Hunter and dog in a winter landscape with skaters on a frozen waterway and a distant town under a pale sky.

Winter Landscape with a Hunter and his Dog

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century (?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of peasants in a rustic interior with a fish hanging from the beams and figures around a table.

Interior with Peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of a young man's head in three-quarter view, gazing upward, wearing a cap.

Head of a Young Man in Three-Quarter View

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th century