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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,355 works

Engraving of river-god Peneus reclining with daughter Daphne, a palm branch, and three nymphs carrying jars near a grotto.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of bearded river gods pouring water from urns beside a grotto, consoling a grieving figure in a rocky landscape.

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne, from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with a central roundel of allegorical figures and ornate scrollwork borders.

Ceiling Design

Frederick Sang, 1868

Pencil sketch of a woman with flowing hair carrying a tray of heads overhead, with loose drapery swirling about her legs.

Girl Carrying a Tray with Four Heads

William Bell Scott, ca. 1876

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a book titled Repository for Rubbish, above a trash cart and goblin figures.

"Repository for Rubbish, vol. I, L.F.C 1828", Illustration for children's book

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 1828

Pencil and red chalk sketch of three figures from The Tempest within a decorative scrolled border.

Illustration to the Tempest: Caliban, Ferdinand and Ariel

Henry Courtney Selous, 1836

Design drawing of a neoclassical monument to Sir Walter Scott with columns, a seated figure, a lyre crest and an inscribed pe

Monument to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Charles Harriott Smith, after 1832

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly bespectacled man in a high collar writing with a quill at a desk.

Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70

John Thomas Smith, 1824

Engraving of Apollo chasing Daphne, who raises her arms, with a background scene of her transforming into a laurel tree.

Apollo chasing Daphne who throws her arms up, in the background at right shows the moment she turns in a laurel, from…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of muscular nude and draped figures and apostles in a dense Last Judgment-style group, after Michelangelo.

Group from Last Judgment, St. Bartholomew, St. Peter, and other Apostles

Domenico del Barbiere, n.d.

Engraving of nude trumpeting angels on clouds, some holding open books, after Michelangelo's Last Judgment.

Trumpeting Angels from The Last Judgment, after Michelangelo

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1530-66

Pencil drawing of three cloaked figures talking in front of a stone arch and tower within an arched frame.

Christ and the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Ferdinand Olivier, ca. 1827

Engraving of Saint Peter's crucifixion upside down on a cross, with soldiers on horseback and a crowd watching on a hillside.

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace

Michele Lucchese, 1550-60

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man in a turban and long robe standing with one hand at his waist.

Standing Oriental Figure

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure with a wreath, with looped drapery lines and handwritten notes at right.

Drawing for Spencer's Fairie Queene

Alfred George Stevens, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a brimmed top hat, long coat and buckled shoes, on paper with a blue border.

Man in broad brimmed hat (sketchbook page)

Thomas Stothard, 1775-1815

Seated man in circular medallion (design for a book illustration)

Thomas Stothard, late 18th-mid-19th century

Engraving of the Marriage of the Virgin: a priest joins a couple under a glowing dove in a columned temple, with onlookers on

Marriage of the Virgin

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1525-26

Pen and wash design of a marbled monument with three inscribed urns on top and text panels on a stepped base.

Design for a Monument to the Three Wives of the First Earl of Guilford, at Wroxton, Oxfordshire

Joseph Wilton, 1783

Watercolor design of a carved Gothic-style staircase with two children descending and a woman in a gold gown.

Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso)

Matthew Digby Wyatt, ca. 1867

Drawing of a gilded neoclassical mirror frame with two griffins on top, laurel swags, and urn motifs.

Design for a Mirror

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

The Royal Allied Oak and Self-Created Mushroom Kings

William Heath, May 29, 1815

Etched oval self-portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, plumed cap and lace collar, shaded with fine crosshatching.

Self-Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a man on a horse before a ruined arched building, with a boy, a dog, and figures on a staircase.

The Good Samaritan

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, looking toward the viewer beside a wooden chair.

Clement de Jonghe, Printseller

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etching of mourners gathered around a body beside a stone tomb under a dark, hatched sky, with a figure on a ladder at left.

The Entombment

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1654

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat seated in a high-backed chair beside a table with an inkwell.

Jan Lutma

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656

Etching of a bearded beggar in a turban and tattered clothes, leaning on a stick and facing left.

Beggar Leaning on a Stick, Facing Left

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1630

Faded brown wash drawing of two figures in a loose composition, with large areas of paper worn away.

Meleager and Atalanta

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Lithograph of skeletal figures in cloaks approaching an arched doorway labeled Conseil de Guerre, one pointing forward.

The Witnesses - The War Council

Honoré Daumier, 1872