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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,959 works

Design drawing of a room wall with carved wood paneling, a double door, inset paintings, and green patterned wallpaper.

Design for a room with wood panels inset with paintings and a heavily-carved double door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of a kneeling haloed nun receiving a flower crown and cross from religious figures, with a dove and angels above.

The Vision of St. Theresa

II Antonius Wierix, 1570-1604

Engraving of the Virgin fainting, supported by holy women in flowing robes, with a kneeling man at lower left.

The Virgin fainting and being supported in the arms of the holy women

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Brown ink drawing of a skeleton Death leaning over a balustrade toward clergy and a crowned man, with a burning city behind.

Allegory of the Triumph of Death over Church and State

Girolamo da Treviso, ca. 1538-44

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet leaning from an open window with a small boy beside her.

A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her

Anthonie Andriessen, 1761-1813

Etching of a Chinese figure playing a long flute beside a cat and monkey on a stone pedestal bearing a French title.

Collection of Diverse Chinese Figures

François Boucher, 1738-45

Etching of a smiling bald man in robes seated in a bell-hung chair, holding a staff wrapped with snakes.

Chinese doctor

François Boucher, 1738-45

Etching of a seated woman in Chinese-style dress with a parasol, a small dog, a teapot and smoking vase beside her.

Chinese Lady

François Boucher, 1738-45

Etching of a smiling bearded man in a robe carrying plants over his shoulder beside a large urn and vase.

Chinese botanist

François Boucher, 1738-45

Etching of a young couple startled beside a tree, with sheep, a goat and a wooden gate in a pastoral landscape.

Surprised Young Couple Under a Tree

François Boucher, 1730-70

Engraving of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a vaulted stone amphitheatre with statues in niches, by Bellanger, 1749.

St. Paul Preaching in Athens

Jean Achille Bellanger, 1749

Engraving of men and youths with donkeys in a landscape, one man lifting a cup from a grain sack while others react.

Joseph's cup being discovered in Benjamin's sack of grain

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etching of two hunters with a boar, playful cupids, a reclining figure by a fountain, and a wooded landscape.

Meleager and Atalanta

François Chauveau, 1643

Engraving of a hooded monk in chains standing on a stone pedestal inscribed with the name John Mata.

The Blessed John Mata

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded bishop with mitre and crosier holding an open book, standing on a pedestal labelled S. Augustinus.

St. Augustine

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of the prophet Elias standing on a pedestal, holding an open book, with a quill and inscription plaque below.

The Prophet Elias

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraved print of a hooded monk statue on a bracket, with an inscription plaque reading S. Stephanus Grandi Mon.

St. Stephanus Girandi

Conrad Lauwers, 17th century

Engraving of St. Genevieve with a halo, holding a staff and book, with cherubs and a city skyline below.

St. Genevieve

Gilles Rousselet, n.d.

Lithograph of a woman in a nightgown seated in an armchair by a window, looking at a full moon over rooftops.

O Lune!... Inspire-moi ce soir quelque petite pensée..., from Les Bas-Bleus, published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, February 28, 1844

Lithograph of a standing man and seated woman in a room with rain falling past the window, by Honoré Daumier.

We are approaching mid-November when the weather starts getting nasty, from 'The countryside gentlemen,' published in…

Honoré Daumier, November 28, 1864

Engraving of St. Scholastica kneeling in prayer with a crucifix, a dove above, a crozier and bed in a timbered room.

St. Scholastica

Gilles Rousselet

Engraving of Mercury flying above a temple as Cupid aims below, while draped women gather flowers in a wooded landscape.

Mercury and Herse

François Jourd'heuil, n.d.

The Children's Nurse Josephine

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Study of Thirteen Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Etched study sheet with several heads of older men, a milkmaid milking a cow, and a reclining goat.

Study of Six Heads and a Milkmaid

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1816

Etching of elegantly dressed diners seated at a draped table under a tree, with servants attending in an outdoor garden setti

Elegant Repast

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1770

Etching of seven women behind a low stone wall, one standing in the foreground resting her arms on a pillar.

Seven Women Seated Behind a Low Wall

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Aquatint frieze of classical figures in procession, a pig, an altar and laurel branches on a dark ground with ornamental bord

Frieze with Antique Motifs

Louise Pithoud, ca. 1791

Pen and gray wash drawing of a market scene with figures handling large fish in the foreground and figures in the background.

Market Scene

Matthäus Gundelach, late 16th-17th century

Profile Portrait of Miss Wieling

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-19th century