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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Etching of a harbour with a large stone tower, moored ships, workers carrying cargo, and a hilltop town in the distance.

Harbour with a Large Tower

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1641

Etching of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, a colonnaded building, and figures on the quay under a hazy sky.

Embarkation of St. Ursula

Claude Lorrain, 1665

Pen and wash drawing of a man gazing at framed portraits of a uniformed man and a woman while onlookers watch.

Illustration for Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d'une position sociale (Jérôme Patruot in Search of a Social Position)…

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, ca. 1846

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man and woman embracing, her bonnet with a blue flower, faint sketch above.

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, ca. 1846

Pencil sketch of a woman raising a glowing champagne glass, seated beside a pedestal within a decorative circular frame.

Design for an advertisement for champagne

Jean-Roch Isnard, ca. 1900

Blue-toned print of a draped male figure standing in an oval frame with outstretched arms and a distant hilly landscape.

Olympus (Surprise)

Niccolò Vicentino, ca. 1540-50

Grey wash landscape of a huge tree, waterfall and hills, with a family near a small monument at lower right.

Family Gathered Before a Monument in a Landscape with a Waterfall

Johann Heinrich Meyer, 1805

Graphite study of a seated nude woman seen from behind, with a fainter sketch of a second figure at the right.

Studies of a Seated Woman from Behind

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Pencil studies on paper of a seated nude woman with raised arms, plus smaller sketches of a torso and draped figures.

Studies of a Sitting Woman; verso: Studies of Men

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Lithograph of a palace on a river bank with sailboats, a rowboat, and trees along the right edge under a cloudy sky.

Le Palais de S.A.I. Le Prince Grand duc Michel a Hamenny-Ostrof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impéria…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a gabled ivy-covered villa with a carriage and riders on a drive, flanked by a large tree and garden trellises.

Le Cottage D'Alexandrie près de Péterof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. P…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a domed café pavilion in a summer garden, with trees and well-dressed figures strolling along a gravel path.

Le Café au Jardin d'été à St. Pétersbourg, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St.…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Engraved landscape with classical ruins, an aqueduct, grazing animals, and figures by a river beneath tall trees.

Landscape with Roman Ruins

William Miller, 1820-82

Hand-colored print of a rustic interior with a man reading, a woman feeding a child, and a man leaning over a half-door.

Le Nouvéliste

Jean François Janinet, 1770-1814

Print of a woman in period dress reaching toward a dog that stands on its hind legs in a shaded outdoor landscape.

Young Woman with a Dog

Gilles Demarteau, 1775

Engraved pastoral landscape with dancing figures under tall trees, grazing cattle, a stone bridge, and a distant valley.

Dance Under the Trees (Landscape with Rural Dance)

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a neoclassical public building with arched colonnade, sculpted frieze and seated sphinxes.

Project for a Public Monument

Alexandre Théodore Brongniart, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanal with revelers, putti and baskets of grapes gathered around a wine vat.

Bacchanal: Arrival at the Wine Vat

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca.1755

Pen drawing of a scaffolded building, an equestrian statue, and pedestrians and carriages on a Paris street.

Place des Pyramides, Paris

Giuseppe De Nittis, ca. 1883

Engraved print of three gentlemen in a garden with a wine table, greyhound, arbor, and cloudy sky.

Inigo Jones Esq., The Honorable Henry Fane, and Charles Blair Esq.

James Scott, 1865

Engraving of St. George lancing a dragon while a princess watches from a hill and a walled town appears at right.

St. George and the Dragon; Designs for Goldsmiths

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470-1503

Engraved coastal landscape with tall trees, a columned temple, sailing ships, and figures boarding a rowboat at the shore.

Coast View with the Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo

Pierre Charles Canot, 1744

Etching of a square stone tower topped by a double-headed eagle and crown, flanked by two crowned female allegorical figures.

The Square Tower

Claude Lorrain, 1637

Etching of dancing figures on a path before a winged figure, with a ruined temple and trees in a classical landscape.

Time, Apollo and the Seasons

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of a pastoral scene with dancing figures beneath a large tree, goats at left and seated onlookers at right.

The Country Dance

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Etching of villagers dancing in a clearing beside a large tree, with goats and seated onlookers in the foreground.

The Country Dance (Large Plate)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Etching of a man lunging forward with a pole while figures stoop before a dark crumbling wall under a night sky.

Cruel Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of a line of figures in loose sack-like garments with ruffled collars against a dark background.

Men in Sacks, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of a figure flung upward while a large horse rears on a rocky ground under a dark sky.

The horse abductor, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of distorted dancing figures in ruffled costumes, flailing arms and swirling skirts against a dark background.

Merry Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)