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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,070 works

Engraving of Abraham raising a sword over kneeling Isaac as an angel descends, with a ram and fire nearby.

The sacrifice of Abraham who needs before Isaac who raises his sword to strike him

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1540-60

Pencil drawing of a flat river landscape with men and buffalo, a boat, a ruined tower, and distant hills.

Italian Landscape with the Tiber River and Men with Cattle and a Boat

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1873

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ, with men lowering the body in a shroud while mourners and bystanders gather around.

The Entombment

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Engraving of Moses striking water from a rock while figures and animals gather below in a wooded landscape.

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock, at left with water flowing, various figures and animals waiting at right

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Engraving of a seated bearded man under a statue of Bacchus while figures kneel and approach in a colonnaded hall.

Man Seated Beneath a Statue of Bacchus, Receiving an Audience

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of a classical hall with columns, a kneeling ruler before a bishop on a dais, a crowd, and a child with a dog.

Constantine Presenting the City of Rome to the Holy See, at right, many spectators throughout, a child playing with a…

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of Israelites gathering manna in a desert, with figures carrying jars, camels, tents, and a rocky outcrop.

The Israelites Gathering Manna

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1547

Engraving of a nude man bound to a column, scourged by several bearded men with rods and whips, with a crown of thorns on the

The Flagellation

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Pen and wash drawing of a robed churchman raising a host before clergy, with a kneeling crowd and a town gate behind.

Saint Bernard presenting the host to Guillaume X, duc de Guyenne

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pen drawing in an oval frame of a hilly landscape with a palm tree, ruined buildings, a hilltop castle and two figures.

Vertical Oval Vignette of a Mountainous Landscape with Two Shepherds in the Foreground

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, late 17th century

Engraved portrait of Leopold Mozart playing the violin, framed by rococo scrollwork with sheet music at his feet.

Leopold Mozart playing the violin

J. A. Friedrich, 1756

Colored print of a four-horse carriage with coachman and passengers racing along a dirt road through countryside.

"Four-in-Hand"

Louis Maurer, 1861

Grey wash drawing of a seated bearded man speaking to a woman at a stone well beneath a large tree.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Nicholas Verkolje, early 18th century

Pen drawing of a crowned seated figure mocked by soldiers in feathered hats, one holding a staff above his head.

The Mocking of Christ

Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1640

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with rocks, trees, fishermen in a boat, sailing boats and a hilltop building.

Landscape with Fishermen

Maerten de Cock, ca. 1588-1661

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen, cattle, sheep and dogs by a fountain beside a classical statue and overgrown stone architectur

Landscape with Herdsmen, Sheep and Cows Around a Fountain

Pieter Bout, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of three cloaked travelers walking in a landscape, one pointing toward distant buildings on the right.

The Road to Emmaus

Claes Moeyaert, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in a cloak gesturing beside a reclining figure under a tree, with small figures in a dis

St. John the Baptist Pointing to Christ

Willem van Oordt, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of Noah raising his arm before a burning altar while his family kneels, with a rainbow over the ark.

The Sacrifice of Noah

Gerard Hoet, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of nude women in a forest clearing, one embracing a goat-headed satyr, with children nearby.

Women Bathing in a Wood, Surprised by a Satyr

Balthasar Katzenberger, 1580-1627

Engraving of a young shepherd seated by a tree, with a mountain and towered buildings behind him and an old man at lower righ

Young shepherd seated in a landscape looking toward an old man in the lower right, buildings in the background and a…

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1509-12

Engraving of four shepherds with instruments under a tree, with a hilly landscape and buildings on the right.

At left four shepherds with musical instruments seated under a group of trees; at right a hilly landscape with buildings

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1517

Engraving of two women with a severed bearded head wrapped in cloth, beside a tree and a distant walled town.

Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes

Girolamo Mocetto, 1500-30

Drapery Study for a Standing Male Figure in Profile Facing Left

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1512-17

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a fur stole and pearls beside an architectural niche.

Standing Female Figure and Ornamental Framework

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, ca. 1547-53

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Hood in Profile Facing Left

Giuseppe Cesari, 1636-38

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing male figure in a long robe and tall crown, holding a sword, over a faint grid.

Standing Male Figure Holding a Sword (King Otto of Hungary; recto); Sketch of Standing Male Figure (verso)

Cigoli, n.d.

Engraving of draped women, a bearded man holding an infant, and an altar with plants before a classical doorway and tree.

The sacrifice to Priapus (the larger version)

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1499-1501

Pen and brown ink drawing of workers digging and building a stone wall, with an axe-wielding man and mountains behind.

Men Digging and Constructing a Wall

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Pen and ink caricature of two men in period coats facing each other, one smiling broadly, one with a stern expression.

Marco and Carlo: Caricature of Two Men Standing Face to Face

Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755