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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Engraving of a dying muscular man on a bed, a grieving woman beside him, and a ghostly spirit rising above.

Death of the Strong Wicked Man, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, May 1, 1808

Engraving of a family embracing in heaven, framed by two large winged angels above clouds.

The Meeting of a Family in Heaven, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a soul hovering above a reclining body on a draped couch, with a mountain landscape in the background.

The Soul Hovering over the Body, Reluctantly Parting with Life, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of figures descending through rocky caverns toward a light-filled opening, with mourners in the foreground.

The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned Christ, angels with books, rising nude souls and falling damned figures

The Day of Judgment, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a robed soul with a torch entering a cave of flames, while a muscular figure strides across a hilltop under a cr

The Soul Exploring the Recesses of the Grave, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of an elderly man's deathbed, with a winged angel above and kneeling mourners, a New Testament open at the foot of

The Death of the Good Old Man, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a nude figure embracing a floating draped figure above a tomb, with flames and smoke around them.

The Reunion of the Soul & the Body, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Engraving of a nude figure seated atop a stone tomb gazing upward, while an old man with a cane approaches an open door below

Death's Door, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, 19th century

Engraving of a winged angel above a kneeling woman, with pale spectral figures rising through a dark sky.

Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4)

William Blake, 1774

Engraving of The Death of Lucretia: a standing man raises a dagger while a kneeling woman slumps before onlookers behind a cu

The Death of Lucretia, from Allen's "New and Impartial Roman History"

William Blake, 1797

Engraved scene of a prison hall with a kneeling woman, standing men in tricorn hats, soldiers, and seated spectators under dr

The Beggar's Opera, Act III

William Blake, July 1, 1790

Engraved title page with two winged angels, a dove in a pediment, and a central cartouche reading Icones Prophetarum Veteris

Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, n.d.

Engraved print with Virgin and Child above Dutch scripture text, framed by ornament and nude figures.

The Commandment to Love One Another

Gillis van Breen, 1599

Engraving of the Man of Sorrows, seated Christ with crown of thorns, surrounded by angels, kneeling mourners and Passion symb

Man of Sorrows with the Three Marys and the Evangelists

Adriaen Collaert, n.d.

Engraved print of Christ preaching to a crowd, surrounded by eight vignettes illustrating the Beatitudes in an ornate border.

The Eight Beatitudes

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Engraving of a violent brawl inside a church interior, with armed men and a fallen figure, framed by emblems and Latin text.

Dissension in the Church (Dissidium in Ecclesia)

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Engraving of Christ standing in a wine press, with juice flowing from him into a chalice held by angels and figures looking o

Christ in the Wine Press

Hieronymus Wierix, before 1619

Hand-colored print of a wizard raising a devil from smoke while a startled man in pink and a woman watch.

Humbugging, or Raising the Devil

Thomas Rowlandson, March 12, 1800

Woodcut of a werewolf crouching over a child's body, with bones on the ground, a timber house and a castle in the background.

The Werewolf or the Cannibal

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Watercolor of a rainy cobbled courtyard seen through an archway, with a covered cart, horses, geese and townspeople.

View into the Courtyard of an Inn at Colmar

Eduard Gaertner, 1821-77

Sheet of pale sketches showing several studies of older men's heads in different poses, with small ear studies at the left ed

Studies of ten (?) heads and two ears (recto); Studies of three figures and a head (verso)

Gerard David, ca. 1498

Engraving contrasting Moses with tablets of the law and Christ holding a cross, with a skeleton, animals and an open Gospel b

Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind from "Allegory of the Resurrection and the Salvation," a pair

Hieronymus Wierix, ca. 1586

Hand-colored print of a man with a telescope at a window watching a comet, beside a seated woman in yellow and a man in blue.

Looking at the Comet till You Get a Crick in the Neck

Thomas Rowlandson, September 20, 1811

Ulrich Van Büler

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of an allegorical woman with a mirror and eagle, with a garden, a healing scene and a city behind her.

Sight (Visus), from "The Five Senses"

Maerten de Vos, n.d.

Engraving of an allegorical woman on a cloud with a lamb and child, above a scene of playing nude children.

Innocentia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Engraving of Constantia floating above a flaming altar as armoured soldiers watch a man holding his hand in the fire.

Constantia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Engraving of allegorical Pax on clouds with olive branch above two crowned kings beside a temple sacrifice scene.

Pax, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581

Engraving of allegorical Concordia on a cloud above two embracing youths, with doves, a temple and a landscape.

Concordia, from "Virtues"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1581