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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraved Nativity scene with the infant Christ, attending figures, and angels in dense crosshatched lines on a dark ground.

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1530-73

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising above clouds with a halo and radiating light, an angel below her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1535-73

Engraving of the warrior Amphiaraus standing in a chariot with a spear, horses below, and soldiers fighting at upper right.

Amphiaraus

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of the crowned Virgin holding the Christ child in an arched niche, with a palm branch and French inscription below.

The Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1543

Engraving of a winged allegorical figure on clouds blowing two trumpets with banners, labeled Gloria.

Fame

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of Saint Stephen kneeling amid a stoning crowd, with God and Christ and angels in clouds above a city.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Domenico del Barbiere

Pen and wash elevation of a classical staircase wall with statues, busts, garlands and a balustrade.

End of Staircase, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Mezzotint portrait of Grinling Gibbons with long curled hair, resting his hand on a carved head beside a carving tool.

Grinling Gibbons

Godfrey Kneller, 1690

Engraving of women with water jars gathered at a well beside a wooden trellis, with trees and grasses in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Master IQV, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of the Madonna and Child with saints, an angel, and a dragon beneath a draped canopy bed and lattice window.

Madonna of Saint Margaret

Master IQV, ca. 1543

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling saint with arms raised among lions in an amphitheatre, with spectators above.

San Ponziano in an Amphitheatre Being Exposed to Lions

Christoph Unterberger, 1732-98

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of armored horsemen with a pennant and a kneeling figure holding a bridle.

Equestrian Group

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 18th century

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly bald man in a dark coat holding a quill pen at a table, with an engraved caption below.

Joseph Carreras

the Younger John Faber, 1735

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with dense curling hair and beard hatching.

Head of a Bearded Man

Monogrammist SM, 1515

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising among clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs, with a dove and light rays above.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Master IQV, 1540-50

Grey-toned print of an elderly bearded man in draped robes holding keys beside a book, identified as Saint Peter.

Saint Peter

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1547

Black and white woodcut of Saint Philip standing beside a tall cross, holding a book, with hatched background.

Saint Philip standing holding a book and a cross

Giuseppe Scolari, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of a nude statue of Diana with a crescent moon in her hair, holding a bow and arrow on a stone pedestal.

Plate 7: Diana; statue of the nude goddess standing on a socle, wearing a crescent moon in her hair and holding a bow…

Philips Galle, 1586

Engraved print of a crowned woman holding a sceptre and grapes, labeled Europa, with a Latin verse below.

Europa, from "Proposopographia"

Philips Galle, ca. 1585-90

Engraving of a baptism scene with Christ in a river, a dove above, a font in front, and framing biblical vignettes.

Baptism, from "The Seven Sacraments"

Philips Galle, 1576

Woodcut of four bearded robed figures reading and writing with open books in an interior, with a dog at the lower left.

Four Doctors of the Church

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1540-50

Etched print of a standing woman with a fruit basket on her arm and billowing drapery, signed Bellange.

Gardener with a Basket on her Arm, from Hortulanae series

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap, her haloed face turned upward beside him.

Pietà

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of a seated woman in a lace-trimmed gown beside an ornate brazier, with draped curtains and a bed behind her.

The Suicide of Portia

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Madonna holding a curly-haired Christ child on her shoulder, against a crosshatched background with a halo.

Madonna and Child

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child with an older man, a woman in curled hair, and a torch-bearing angel.

The Holy Family with Saint Catherine, Saint John the Evangelist and an Angel

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of a standing woman balancing an ornate covered urn on her head, wearing a patterned apron and puffed sleeves.

Gardener, from "Hortulanae"

Jacques Bellange

Etching of a haloed woman seated by a window with a winged angel, and a haloed infant asleep in a bed nearby.

Virgin and Child with an Angel

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Madonna seated with the Christ child, who holds a rose, both with halos, before draped curtains.

Madonna with a Rose

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Etching of a standing figure seen from behind, wearing a plumed hat and a long draped cloak with fur collar.

Melchior, from "Three Magi"

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616