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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,060 works

Etching of grain merchants at a town market, with a demon above a fat hoarder and a sunburst with a bird at right.

Illustration to Proverbs 11: 26

Daniel Hopfer, 1534

Six-panel etching of biblical scenes with haloed figures, a feast table, soldiers, and German text blocks.

Different Scenes from the Gospels and from Acta Aposotolorum

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1530

Etching of an elderly scholar gazing at a glowing circular magic inscription beside a Gothic window in a cluttered study.

A Scholar in His Study ('Faust')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Etching of a bearded rider on horseback led through an arched gateway past a crowd of bowing onlookers.

The Triumph of Mordecai

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1641

Etching of an elderly beggar in a high cap and ragged cloak, standing and leaning on a stick, with hatched shading.

Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1629

Etching of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak leaning on a carved stone balustrade.

Ephraim Bueno, Jewish Physician

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1647

Etching of an elderly woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and cap, seated in a chair with hands folded, looking to the right.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table Looking Right: Three-Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1631

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a divided fur cap and fur-trimmed robe, hand resting on his chest.

Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Etching of a sailing ship with a female figure at the mast, a laurel-wreathed man on shore, and classical buildings.

The Ship of Fortune

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1633

Etching of a seated woman stringing beads, a boy playing a flute with a parrot on his shoulder, and sheep and goats beneath a

The Flute Player

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Etching of a seated woman holding an infant beside a bearded man, with a tree, birds on a branch and a basket.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt; lightly etched

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Etching of a mounted hunter with a spear confronting two lions, one roaring in the foreground, with fleeing riders in the bac

The small lion hunt, with two lions

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1632

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap and fur-trimmed coat seated by an arched window, 1656.

Jan Lutma, goldsmith

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656

Etching of a robed figure gesturing toward a tomb in a rocky cave while onlookers and kneeling figures watch.

The Raising of Lazarus, small plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Engraving of morris dancers with a central woman holding a staff and jug, surrounded by musicians and dancing figures.

Morris Dancers

Daniel Hopfer, late 15th-early 16th century

Etched portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white collar beside a leaded window, by Rembrandt, 1655.

Pieter Haaringh ('Young Haaringh')

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Etched oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and ruff, with a stack of books and Latin text.

Jan Cornelisz. Sylvius, preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1646

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and ruff, seated at a desk beside stacked books.

The Remonstrant Preacher Johannes Uytenbogaert

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Etching of a man seated on a window ledge reading, with light from an arched window and a sword and books on a chair at left.

Jan Six

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1647

Etching of a man at a desk wearing a cross pendant on a chain, a lace collar and a fur-trimmed cloak.

Man at a Desk Wearing a Cross and Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Etching of Christ crucified between two thieves, with a crowd of mourners and soldiers gathered below in an oval frame.

Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves; oval plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1641

Portrait of Emperor Charles V

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1519

Black-and-white print of interlacing scrolling foliage, thistle leaves and birds in dense cross-hatched ornament.

Ornamental Fillet with Thistle Motifs

Daniel Hopfer, 1510-28

Woodcut title page with ornate foliage, putti and grotesque figures framing German black-letter text, dated 1525.

Title-Page Border

Daniel Hopfer, 1525

Etching of three German soldiers in slashed costume with swords and pole weapons, standing among flowering plants.

Three German Soldiers

Daniel Hopfer, n.d.

Engraving of two grotesque walking figures, one with a leafy wreath and one with a bird's nest and bells on his head.

Bolinka and Marcolfus

Daniel Hopfer, late 15th-early 16th century

Etching of four biblical scenes with German inscriptions, showing armed men, fighting figures, houses, trees and devils.

Scenes from Matthew 10: 34-38

Daniel Hopfer, 1490-1536

Red chalk drawing of a bearded, haloed old man seated within a triangular frame, draped in cloth.

Study of St. Jerome

Girolamo Muziano, 1578-79

Red chalk drawing of a barefoot fisherman in a wide hat leaning on an oar beside a chain and iron ring.

A Fisherman Leaning on an Oar

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Engraving of a giant fish devouring smaller fish on a shore, with fishermen in a boat and a city in the distance.

Big Fish Eat Little Fish

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557