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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,955 works

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman, a kneeling figure with feathered headdress, two attendants, and an urn with garlands.

Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents

Teodoro Viero, 1783

Etching of a kneeling bearded man pointing to a radiant sun with planets, attended by three female figures holding a telescop

Galileo and personifications of Astronomy, Perspective and Mathematics, frontispiece for 'Opere di Galileo Galilei'

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etched procession of mounted riders in feathered turbans and ornate dress, with horses in dynamic poses across a flat landsca

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (I and K)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etching of a procession of plumed horsemen, attendants and horses crossing open ground, with Italian captions below.

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (L and M)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etching of a river with a stone bridge, rowing boats, and crowds of onlookers along the quay in Pisa.

Game of the Bridge, Pisa

Stefano Della Bella, 1634

Etching of nine women with musical instruments under a tree, with a helmeted warrior holding a mask shield at right.

Les neuf Muses

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

The Breton archaeologist Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched portrait of a seated bald man in a formal coat holding a top hat and cane, with a pocket watch chain.

Casimir le Conte, after Boulanger

Charles Meryon, 1856

Evariste Boulay-Paty

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etching of a standing bearded man in a ruff collar and long cloak, holding a scroll, within an arched niche.

François Viète

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain, framed by grapevines, crossed oars, and inscriptions.

The Colonist René de Laudonnière Sablais, after van de Passe

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched oval portrait of a bishop in clerical dress and biretta, framed by palm fronds and a coat of arms below.

Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Luçon, after Lasne

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a pleated ruff and cloak, with a dated plaque and coat of arms at upper right.

The historian John Besly, after Jaspar Isaac

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee in an overcoat, labeled Benjamin Fillon.

Benjamin Fillon, after a photograph

Charles Meryon, 1862

Small etched portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a dark jacket, mounted on a larger sheet of paper.

Armand Guéraud of Nantes, printer and man of letters

Charles Meryon, 1861

Engraving of two dogs dancing upright as a man cracks a whip, with a seated woman, children, and a piper nearby under a tree.

Dancing Dogs

Thomas Gaugain, 1790

Colored print of a kneeling man and family at a cottage door watching two guinea pigs on straw under a tree.

Guinea Pigs

Thomas Gaugain, 1789

Etching of three men on rocky ground under a dark sky, one tying a bundle while another holds a knife.

Plate 11 from "Los Caprichos": Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al Avío)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of an old man gesturing at a table with a plate of food, two figures behind him in shadow.

Plate 13 from "Los Caprichos": They are hot (Estan calientes)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man pressing his hand to his face beside a limp reclining woman in a pale dress, titled Tantalo.

Plate 9 from "Los Caprichos": Tantalus (Tantalo)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of a woman pulling a man's collar on stone steps at night, with caption A caza de dientes below.

Plate 12 from "Los Caprichos": Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man carrying a struggling woman over his shoulder against a dark background, with a chair at left.

Plate 8 from "Los Caprichos": They carried her off! (Que se la llevaron!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etched frontispiece with ornate border, allegorical figures, a horned mask fountain and title text for Thomas De Leu's catalo

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu

Charles Meryon, 1866

Etching of a donkey-headed man tending a reclining woman in bed beneath a dark curtain, with caption De que mal morira.

Plate 40 from "Los Caprichos": Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated king in a fleur-de-lis hall, with attendants around them.

The printer Valère Maxime being presented to King Louis XI, after an earlier miniature

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etching of hooded, elderly figures crowding around a small doll-like figure, with a caption reading Obsequio á el maestro.

Plate 47 from "Los Caprichos": A gift for the master (Obsequio á el maestro)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of hooded elderly figures under a dark shadow, with winged demons and cats flying overhead.

Plate 46 from "Los Caprichos": Correction (Correccion)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing toward a standing figure beside a stone column, with a sword on the fl

Marius at Minturnae

Jean Germain Drouais, 1812

Hand-colored drawing of a red tilbury carriage with two men in top hats pulled by a grey horse in harness.

Tilbury #101

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Pen and watercolor drawing of armored Mars seated with Pomona holding a fruit-filled cornucopia, a dog and shield nearby.

Mars and Pomona

Jost Amman, 1539-91