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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,459 works

Circular engraving of an angel with a staff above a bearded man pouring water from an urn, with a nude figure among clouds.

The Second Day (Dies II): The Division of the Waters, plate 2 from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of a winged figure above clouds, a reclining nude woman, and a bearded man with a laurel crown.

The Third Day ( Dies III): The Separation of Land and Sea, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of nude and draped figures in clouds, with a bow, crescent moon, and celestial details.

The Fourth Day (Dies IV): The Creation of Day and Night, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of a reclining figure on a shore with sea creatures, crabs, birds in flight and lions on rocks.

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of God presenting nude Eve, rising from sleeping Adam, with clouds, trees and animals in a landscape.

The Sixth Day (Dies VI): The Creation of Adam and Eve, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Engraving of the musician Arion seated on a dolphin at sea, playing a harp, with a ship and clouds behind him.

Arion on a Dolphin

Jan Müller, ca. 1590

Etching of a plumed horseman with bow and quiver seen from behind on a horse facing right, with other riders in a distant lan

Polish horseman with a bow and arrow, seen from behind with his horse facing right, a circular composition, from "Fig…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a plumed rider in a fur hat on a harnessed horse, facing right, in a circular frame with a landscape behind.

Polish hussar in profile facing right with wings attached to his back, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horse…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a plumed Hungarian horseman riding right, with two riders in the background, inside a circular frame.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the right, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from "Figures o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Lithograph of a woman with glasses painting at an easel in a cluttered studio with a palette, vase and fruit.

Artist at Work

Minnetta Good, ca. 1938

Etching of a standing sailor in a cloak conversing with a seated turbaned man beside a boat on a shore.

A standing sailor talking to a seated Levantine

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of two sailors in the foreground with workers building a wooden ship on a scaffold in a circular frame.

A seated white sailor and a standing black sailor, people building a ship in the background, a circular composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of two horsemen on horseback in a circular frame, with smaller riders in the background.

Two Polish horsemen with their horses facing left, from "Figures on Horseback" (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hongrois)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a rear-facing rider on a horse in a circular frame, with companion riders and figures in a distant landscape.

A Hungarian Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a bearded horseman in a feathered hat riding a prancing horse, with two riders in the background, within a circle.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the left, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from 'Figures on…

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Etching of a turbaned horseman with a bow on a rearing horse, with figures and riders in a distant landscape.

A Moorish horseman facing the left, standing and seated Turks in the middle ground, and other horsemen in the backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Circular etching of a satyr with a grape basket, a woman riding a goat, a child, goats and a large tree.

Satyr family walking towards the left with two goats and a basket of grapes

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Etching of a child and a satyr child playing with a goat under a large tree, with other figures and a landscape behind.

A child and a satyr child playing with a goat

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1657

Etching of a Polish horseman in fur cloak and feathered hat riding right, within a circle, with attendants and horses behind.

Polish horseman facing right, a circular composition, from 'Figures on Horseback' (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hong…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, in the background a pyramid at left, many figures and an elephant, from 'Fi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Polish horseman in profile facing right, a tower and other figures on horses in background, a circular composition, f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Circular etching of two seated and standing sailors beside a ship's rigging and a wooden scaffold with hanging sailcloth.

A Seated White Sailor; A Standing Black Sailor

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, a black slave holding a fur at right, another horseman to left in the backg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Portrait of Julius Olivier, the Artist's Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1846

Etching of a young woman in flowing drapery holding a rein on a bull, with dynamic hatched lines.

Young Woman Trying to Stop a Bull

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Two Turks in Turbans

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of playful children gathered before a thatched cottage and bare tree, with swans on water beyond.

L'Hiver from the Four Seasons

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735

Etching of Phaeton's overturned chariot and plunging horses falling through clouds toward a sea and hillside landscape.

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

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a bearded figure in robes driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, one arm outstretched.

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

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of three women in classical dress walking arm in arm through a landscape with trees and a fountain.

The three graces, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644