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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,456 works

Engraved architectural ornament plate with an arched gated doorway, columns, a lion, winged figures and grotesque masks.

Ornament plate, from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of Roman arms trophies with shields, an eagle, a grotesque mask, lion and boar heads, and scrollwork.

Plate 4: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1656-58

Etching of ornate Roman military trophies with plumed helmets, a griffin, lion heads and feathers, with Italian inscription.

Plate 5: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1658

Engraving of a dead woman on a street at night, surrounded by arguing men, a lantern, and a crescent moon above.

Cruelty in Perfection (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Etching of Jupiter on a cloud with Juno, a white cow at left, and putti holding an eagle at lower right.

Io at the left as a cow, Jupiter on a cloud in the centre and Juno at the right with putti holding an eagle captive i…

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1650-90

Engraving of Venus reclining nude beside a sleeping Cupid, with a flying cherub holding a dove, in a garden setting.

Venus and Cupid

Jean-Baptiste Michel, May 1, 1779

Etching of a crowned god on a cloud over a landscape with fish, a stork, sun and moon.

Plate 1: The Creation of the World (Orbis fabrica), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Engraved design of a tomb monument with Corinthian columns, pediments, shields and Latin inscription below.

Cœnotaphiorum (3)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Etching of men in wigs gathered at a round table in a room with an owl on a perch and a suit of armour by the door.

Debates on Palmistry

Joseph Haynes, February 1, 1782

Birdseye engraving of the ancient port of Rome with harbors, walled buildings, ships, and the sea.

Birdseye View of the Port of Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giulio de Musi, 1554

Woodcut of haloed Saint Ita reading in a forest with a dove above and a heraldic shield at left.

Saint Ita (of Toggenburg), from "The Habsburg Saints"

Leonhard Beck, 1516-18

Engraving of Paul in chains addressing seated Roman governor Felix, with soldiers, scribes and classical columns in the backg

Paul Before Felix

Luke Sullivan, February 5, 1752

Engraving of a crowned bearded man with a scepter and lion beside a standing nude figure, with classical ruins behind.

Judah, from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Etching of a bearded man sleeping under a gnarled tree while a raven flies toward him, with ruins and an aqueduct in the dist

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1549

Engraved horizontal frieze with two eagles, a central name cartouche, and flowers and acanthus scrolls.

Plate 1, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved horizontal frieze with symmetrical scrolls, flowers, rosettes and pomegranates in black line on pale paper.

Plate 2, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved ornamental frieze with two birds facing each other amid symmetrical flowers and scrolling foliage.

Plate 3, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved frieze with two roosters flanking a central rosette, surrounded by scrolling foliage and flowers.

Plate 4, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved horizontal frieze with a central double-headed eagle, flanking birds, flowers and symmetrical scrolling foliage.

Plate 5, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved ornamental frieze with two birds, a central flower medallion, and scrolling foliage on a light ground.

Plate 6, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved ornamental frieze with two spread-winged birds, flowers, and scrolling acanthus foliage on a pale sheet.

Plate 7, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved decorative frieze with scrolling foliage, flowers, grapes, and a central parrot perched among the tendrils.

Plate 8, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Engraved horizontal frieze with symmetrical scrolls, flowers and leafy vine border in black line on cream paper.

Plate 9, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"

Theodor Bang, ca. 1600-1617

Chromolithographed card of a brown cuckoo on a branch with pink and white roses on a yellow background.

Cuckoo, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trade card of an osprey in flight carrying a fish over blue water, with a sunburst sky behind it.

Osprey, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Trade card showing a goldfinch above a nest with four pale eggs, with pink roses and a daisy below.

Goldfinch, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph of a meadowlark with yellow breast and black collar among yellow flowers and green leaves, 1888.

Meadow Lark, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trade card of a red and white pouter pigeon with a puffed chest standing before wire mesh, 1888.

Pouter Pigeon, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of a black-headed bird perched on a branch with red berries in a snowy winter scene.

Snow Bird, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph of a song sparrow perched on a branch with red berries, labeled Song Sparrow, Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virg

Song Sparrow, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter, 1888