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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

Engraving of the Virgin rising in clouds with cherubs, above twelve apostles gesturing upward.

The Virgin at top center in clouds with clasped hands and right foot raised, surrounded by cherubin; below, the twelv…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of a reclining nude woman in a landscape with trees and a distant tower, signed DO CAMP 1517.

Nude woman (Venus) reclining in a landscape

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of nude men fighting on foot and horseback in a wooded landscape, with a dog at lower left.

Group of naked men engaged in battle in a wooded landscape, some on horseback; a dog at lower left

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Watercolor of a pastoral landscape with shepherds and sheep framed by an archway, with castle ruins on distant hills.

The Four Castles of Neckarsteinach

Carl Philipp Fohr, 1800-1818

Pen drawing of a wooded landscape with a Bacchic procession of satyrs, maenads and a centaur, with a distant hilltop temple.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Joseph Anton Koch, 18th-19th century

Engraving of Saint Jerome seated under a rocky arch with a lion, buildings and a distant landscape beyond.

Saint Jerome seated beneath a rocky arch

Benedetto Montagna, ca. 1505-20

Pen and ink drawing of a standing young man with curly hair in a draped robe, shown barefoot on a grey-blue sheet.

Study of a Male Figure

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1849

Engraving of a winged guardian angel touching the head of a sleeping bearded old man slumped over a book.

The Guardian Angel

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1500-3

Waist-Length Portrait of a Man Wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, in Profile Facing Left

Guercino, 1620s

Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Small etching of a bearded man with lowered eyes, head covered by a hood, rendered in loose cross-hatched lines on brown pape

Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Narrow etched panorama of a rocky coastline with cliffs, hills, a small sailboat and a hilltop building over calm water.

View of a Coast Line (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Etching of a crumbling timber farmhouse with a woman in white standing by a doorway and tools in the yard.

The Unsafe Tenement (The Old Farm)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of an elderly woman in a cap seated by a doorway in a dim cluttered interior with shelves and pots.

La Vielle aux Loques

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etched title page showing a crowd of figures around a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat, with handwritten inscriptions above a

Title Page from the "French Set" (Douze Eaux-Fortes d'Après Nature)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a boy standing beside a seated woman at a table in a dim interior, framed by a doorway and hanging cloth.

The Rag Gatherers (Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat surrounded by standing women, children and men in a street scene.

Title to the French Set

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a woman reading in bed with a slipper on the floor beside her, dark curtain behind.

Reading in Bed (The Slipper)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of a man in a top hat reclining on grass with a walking stick, with a sketched landscape behind him.

Greenwich Pensioner

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a farmstead with two grazing horses, a fence, trees and hatched clouds over a field.

Landscape with the Horse (Landscape with Horses)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a man leaning by a barrel in a timber shed, with ladders and a bright doorway opening onto distant figures.

The Lime-Burner (W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a seated man in a cap holding a cello, with loose hatched lines and an open background.

Becquet (J. Becquet, Sculptor)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Etching of a river landscape with trees and a rowboat, and a woman in a hat sketching in the foreground.

Sketching, No. 1

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Brown ink and wash drawing of a barefoot elderly friar in a hooded robe, seen from behind, with white highlights.

Standing Pilgrim Friar

Alessandro Magnasco, ca. 1705-20

Pen and red chalk drawing of Christ and a woman at a stone well, with trees and an urn in a landscape setting.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ gesturing to a kneeling centurion while soldiers with spears stand nearby.

Christ and the Centurion (recto); Figure Waving to Departing Ship (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1665-1714

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women embracing on steps, with onlookers, a donkey, and architecture in the background.

The Visitation

Bernardino Poccetti, ca. 1599-1610

Etched bust portrait of a man with tousled hair and a pale streak, set against diagonal hatched shading.

Whistler with the White Lock

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a dark stone archway framed by leafy trees, with figures in hats seated at a table and a woman with a child at lef

The Traghetto, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80