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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Etching of Pluto enthroned with a staff beside a kneeling veiled woman, before a curtain and rocky underworld setting.

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of Diana with a crescent in her hair, standing among trees with two dogs at her feet and a hill in the distance.

Diana, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Head of Minerva, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a curly-haired young cupid in an oval frame, holding a bow, with hatched shading and an SDB monogram.

A Small Cupid with His Bow, from "Various figures and doodles" (Diverses figures et griffonnemens)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Engraving of two winged infants on clouds, one playing a lyre and one a flute beside an open music book.

Apollo and Mercury as Infants

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1797

Engraving of robed figures sacrificing at a flaming altar before a circular colonnaded temple in a wooded landscape.

Sacrifice to Diana

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1776

Sepia print of Minerva in helmet holding a shield beside a seated nude youth and a helmeted figure, within a ruled border.

Minerva and Mercury

Domenico Marchetti, March 1, 1787

The Tragic Muse

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 1, 1784

Engraving of a seated nude woman by water with a standing draped companion and a head at the edge of the scene.

Three Nymphs Bathing

Francesco Bartolozzi, March 1, 1787

Oval colored engraving of three nude women bathing in a classical setting with a white cloth and a column behind them.

Psyche Going to Bathe

Francesco Bartolozzi, December 12, 1786

Engraving of a nude woman seated while two attendants prepare drapery and hair in a classical interior setting.

Psyche Going to Dress

Francesco Bartolozzi, December 12, 1786

Sepia print of Venus embracing Adonis seated beneath a large tree, with a dove and stream in the foreground.

Venus and Adonis

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 21, 1778

Hand-colored engraving of a reclining nude water nymph on a sea creature with two cherubs and spraying water.

Water Nymph (Nymph Vouguant Sur Les Eaux)

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1799

Sepia engraving of reclining Venus on a draped bed surrounded by playful cupids, one holding a lit torch.

Venus Surrounded by Cupids

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 12, 1788

Hand-colored print of nude Venus bathing by a waterfall in a forest, with two cherubs beside her.

Venus Bathing

Francesco Bartolozzi, March 1, 1800

Etching of a seated young satyr on a rock by a river, with a bathing nude figure at left and trees in a circular frame.

Young Satyr About to Bathe in a River, from "Landscapes and seaports" (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des ronds)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching in a circle of a woman nursing an infant beside a young satyr with a vine garland, set among foliage and rocks.

Satyr family, from 'Landscapes and seaports' (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des ronds)

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of two centaurs holding up a tiger skin within an oval cartouche, with dense hatched background lines.

Cartouche Formed by a Tiger Skin Flanked by Two Centaurs

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of an empty heart-shaped cartouche framed by foliage and two nude male figures climbing around its edges.

Cartouche Framed by Apollo and Pan

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of two tritons with curling fish tails embracing dolphin-like sea creatures above choppy waves and rocks.

Frieze with Tritons and Dolphins, plate 13 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a cupid wrestling two lions above, and medallions with heads below.

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frontispiece with a kneeling man holding a flowering tree, figures in clouds above, and a coat of arms on a pedestal.

Frontispiece for Il Mercurio, III: Hercules Planting His Club

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a forest clearing with a procession of figures below and classical gods gathered on a cloud above.

The Wedding of the Gods: Second Scene, Diana

Stefano Della Bella, 1637

Etching of an empty ornamental cartouche flanked by two nymphs, with scrolls, foliage and a duck at the base.

Cartouche with Duck and Nymphs

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

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

Brown wash drawing of a chained nude woman on a rock by the sea, gazing up at a flying rider on a winged horse.

Perseus and Andromeda

Gotthard Ringgli, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraving of the nude muscular Farnese Hercules statue with lion skin and club in an arched niche.

Farnese Hercules

Mario Cartaro, 1552-88

Watercolor of two winged cherubs lifting a palm frond near a seated nude woman with flowers and arrows in a landscape.

Eros and Anteros with Psyche Looking at Them

Johannes Riepenhausen, 1810-60

Etching of a draped figure bending over a bare-bodied figure bound to a tree, with a landscape and water to the right.

Apollon et Marsyas

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a bearded smith at an anvil with armor on the ground, facing a draped woman gesturing toward him.

Vulcan et Thetis

Stefano Della Bella, 1644