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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,359 works

Engraving of the Eritrean Sibyl seated with an open book, flanked by putti and architectural arches, after Michelangelo.

The Eritrean Sibyl, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the seated Persian Sibyl reading a book, framed by nude figures and architecture, after the Sistine Chapel ceili

The Persian Sibyl, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of a seated sibyl reading a book in an arched frame, with nude figures and a putto around her.

The Persian Sibyl; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the seated Delphic Sibyl holding a scroll, flanked by nude figures and putti in an architectural frame.

The Delphic Sibyl; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the seated Delphic Sibyl holding a scroll, with nude putti, arches, and a label reading Delphica.

The Delphic Sibyl, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine kneeling beside them, with a town and hills in the background.

The Mystic marriage of St. Catherine

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding a cloth as the infant Christ reaches for it, with Saint Joseph standing behind.

The Madonna of Loreto

Giorgio Ghisi, 1575

Engraving of the Coronation of the Virgin in the center, surrounded by nine smaller scenes from the life of Christ and Mary.

The Coronation of the Virgin; surrounded by nine vignettes with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the seated Virgin Mary surrounded by nine vignettes of Christ's Passion and scenes from her life.

The Virgin of Sorrows; an image of the Virgin Mary surrounded by nine vignettes depicting scenes of her life

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1575

Engraving of the seated Virgin of Sorrows with clasped hands and halo, with a tree and walled city in the background.

The Virgin of Sorrows; central part of a print with nine surounding compartments, now separated

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Mezzotint of a man and woman in dark period dress with a child reaching up, set before a garden with a bust and parrot.

Rubens, his wife Helena Fourment, and their Child

Charles Phillips, ca. 1770

Engraving of a kneeling winged angel with clasped hands and flowing gown on a grassy ground, by Giorgio Ghisi.

The Virgin of Sorrows: Angel; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now separated

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Presentation in the Temple: a high priest receives the infant Christ at an altar while Mary and two men stan

Virgin of Sorrows: The Presentation in the Temple; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, n…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Virgin Mary riding a donkey with the infant Christ while a man leads them past a palm tree.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Flight into Egypt; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now se…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of Christ with a halo gesturing among seated elders in a columned hall, while a veiled woman stands at right.

The Virgin of Sorrows: Christ Disputing with the Doctors; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sor…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by two haloed figures in a landscape with a distant town.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Crucifixion; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now separated

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with figures lowering Christ from a ladder while mourning women kneel below.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Descent from the Cross; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, n…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Entombment: mourners lower a body onto a stone tomb inside a rocky cave, with palms and hills behind.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Entombment; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now separated

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the seated Man of Sorrows surrounded by nine Passion scene vignettes, including the Crucifixion and Flagellation

The Man of Sorrows; an image of Christ surrounded by nine vignettes depicting scenes of the Passion

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the nude, muscular Farnese Hercules standing in a niche with a lion skin draped over a pedestal.

The Farnese Hercules

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of the Holy Family beneath a palm tree with angels and putti above and a donkey at left.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt; the Holy Family under a palm tree surrounded by angels, putti, and a male cleric or saint

Giorgio Ghisi, 1578

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with angels above a stable, the Holy Family, and kneeling shepherds.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, the grieving Virgin, a kneeling Magdalen, and St. John.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, the Magdalen, and St. John

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of a kneeling saint about to be struck by an executioner, with angels in clouds above and a crowd watching below.

The Martrydom of St. Barbara

Giorgio Ghisi, late 1570s

Engraving of the seated prophet Ezekiel with nude putti and sibyl figures in an architectural frame, after the Sistine Chapel

The Prophet Ezekiel, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the seated prophet Jeremiah with head in hand, framed by architectural arches and nude figures, labeled HIEREMIA

The Prophet Jeremiah, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of a kneeling veiled woman beneath a winged angel holding a cross in a window, mounted on an album page.

The Vision of St. Helena

Marcantonio Raimondi

Engraving of the Madonna with a halo holding a rose, the infant child leaning on a globe beside her, against draped curtains.

Madonna of the Rose

Johann Christian Teucher

Etching of a man in a cap and fur-trimmed coat leaning on a stone sill, looking toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Lithograph of a crouching gargoyle on a Gothic parapet beside a tower, with French verse and the date November 1853 above.

Regarding One of the Gargoyles of Nôtre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1853