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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Sepia etching of Pembury Mill in Kent with a water wheel, a worker among grain sacks, a sleeping dog and a horse and cart.

Pembury Mill, Kent (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 12)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 10, 1808

Sepia etching of a country road with trees, cattle, horses, and a ruined abbey on a hill under a cloudy sky.

St. Catharine's Hill near Guilford (Liber Studiorum, part VII, plate 33)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 1811

Sepia print of a woman holding a torch on rocky ground at night, with trees, a crescent moon, and a figure lying nearby.

Rispah, 2nd Book of Samuel, Chapter 21 (Liber Studiorum, part IX, plate 46)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812

Sepia etching of a river with a ruined castle, resting cattle on the bank, bathers in the water and a small boat.

River Wye (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 48)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812

Sepia etching of a castle on a hill above a lakeside town, with trees, figures on a pier, and rowing boats on the water.

Ville de Thun, Switzerland (Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 59)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1816

Etching of a river scene with a stone bridge, women and a child, a figure wading in water, a rowboat, and a cart.

Water Cress Gatherers ( (Liber Studiorum, part XIII)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1819

Sepia print of a river landscape with a stone bridge, large tree, classical ruins, and dancing women on the bank.

Apuleia in Search of Apuleius, unpublished plate from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1813-23

Brown ink landscape print of robed figures and sheep beneath large trees, with an aqueduct and domed temple in the distance.

Apuleia in Search of Apuleius (unpublished plate, Liber Studiorum)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1813-23

Engraving of a crowded banquet with seated guests, a table of food and a goblet, and gesturing figures behind, under draped c

The Spanish Banquet

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, 1545

Etching of clergy and secular figures at a table above flames and demons, with Dutch verse text below.

Den Grooten Raad van Romen

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1665-1708

Engraving of a bearded shepherd carrying a lamb in a doorway, with thieves and wolves attacking sheep around the shed.

The Parable of the Good Shepherd

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Engraving of the Last Judgment with Christ enthroned above angels and trumpets, and damned figures, demons and a sea monster

The Last Judgment

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Engraving of Christ with a halo walking between two pilgrims carrying staffs, with hills and sunrise behind them.

Christ and the Disciples on the Way to Emmaus

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1571

Engraving of men struggling over a cow with a coat of arms, with ships and a town skyline in the distance.

Struggle over the Flemish Milch-Cow

Crispijn de Passe the Younger, 1646

Engraving of the parable of the wise and foolish virgins with an angel in clouds, a Gothic hall, and dancing figures.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1560-63

Engraving of a Gothic church with kneeling worshippers around an allegorical figure of Faith beside a ladder and crucifix.

Faith (Fides), from "The Virtues"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1559-60

Engraving of an allegorical figure labeled Spes amid a flood, with people fleeing on rooftops and boats in rough water.

Hope (Spes), from "The Virtues"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559-60

Engraving of Pride with a woman holding a mirror beside a peacock, surrounded by grotesque creatures and fantastical building

Pride (Superbia) from The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Engraving of Avarice showing a woman counting coins amid demons, greedy figures, and a burning town under smoky skies.

Avarice (Avaritia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Pen and brown ink drawing of a walled city by a river with obelisks, a fortress and hills, framed by trees and rocks.

The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no.…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen and brown ink landscape with wind-blown trees, small figures, a wooden structure and clouds in the sky.

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapt…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Hand-colored print of a carter whipping a horse as a cart overturns and figures fall into a river beside a cottage.

The Carter and the Gipsies

Thomas Rowlandson, May 10, 1815

Engraving of a muscular bearded man in a helmet, arms folded, with a draped cloth at his waist, on a pale sheet.

Joseph of Arimathea, after Michelangelo's Crucifixion fresco in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1540-66

Bust portrait of Michelangelo facing right, set within a cartouche

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted man carrying an elderly man on his back, with a nude figure at lower left.

Aeneas and Anchises

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Grey wash drawing of King Midas with donkey ears reaching for gold at a candlelit table, watched by onlookers.

King Midas

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Pencil drawing of a woman in a long dress seated beside an ornate iron garden bench with a scrolled canopy and cherub.

Woman seated on iron garden seat with canopy

Ferdinand Kirchgessner, 1854

The Prix de Rome Winners of 1817: Léon Cogniet, Achille Michallon and Antoine Garnaud

Léon Cogniet, 1817

Engraved group portrait of George Washington, a boy, a seated woman, an older woman, and a standing attendant beside a map an

The Washington Family: George Washington, His Lady, and her Two Grandchildren by the Name of Custis-George Washington…

Edward Savage, March 10, 1798

Pen and ink study of an ornate altar with a fluted column, rococo scrollwork, cherubs, and a standing figure on a pedestal.

Study for an Altar with a Figure on a Raised Socle at Left; verso: Study for an Altar with a Figure of an Angel or Saint

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, ca. 1720-40