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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Engraving of a woman in lace-trimmed dress holding out her hand to a bird, with birds flying and hunters in a landscape behin

Air, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women cooking at a fireplace, a laid dining table, and children carrying a plate.

Winter, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatre Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a seated couple in a columned interior with a cupid and fruit basket, a formal garden fountain visible beyond.

Spring, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatre Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-37

Engraving of a armored man with a club beside a lion and rooster, with a battle scene and chariots in the sky behind him.

Declaration of War on Spain by Louis XIII: The King as Hercules

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a hermit reading beside a hut as water flows into a barrel, with a village and storm clouds in the background.

Ammon, from "Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1585-86

A Seated Woman in Profile

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a heavy draped robe, looking upward, with hatched shading.

A Draped Bearded Man Looking Up

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded hermit reading beneath a tree by a cliff and waterfall, with a monk and distant town in the landscape.

Epiphanius, from "Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta...Anachoretarum"

Maerten de Vos, 1593-94

Engraving of the ship Argo passing between rocky cliffs, a lyre player at the stern and a rower beside him, amid waves.

Symplegades

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Woodcut broadside showing mounted police charging a crowd with sabers, with newspaper columns of text below.

Cover of the 'Gaceta Callejera' reporting on the continuation of anti-reelection riots

José Guadalupe Posada, 1892

Etching of a gentleman in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed cape, seen from behind, on a terrace above a garden landscape.

Gentleman in a Cape and Plumed Hat Seen from the Back

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Etching of a gentleman in a plumed hat seen from behind, pointing toward a chateau with a gate and trees.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Pointing towards a Chateau

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of a gentleman seen from behind in a plumed hat, pointing toward a landscape with a castle, bridge and river.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Indicating a Landscape

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Woodcut of a kneeling bearded man with a scourge beside a curtain, candles, and an altar in an interior.

The Penitent

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Watercolor of an Arcadian landscape with a stone arch, a statue, figures on steps, and a boat on a lake.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of robed clerics, kneeling monks and a woman in an interior, one monk holding out an unrolled plan.

Scene 31: Foundation of a second Feuillant monastery in Rome, dedicated to Saint Bernard, in 1594, thanks to the gene…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Sepia drawing of a robed monk gesturing to a kneeling man as clergy stand along a columned interior wall.

Jean de La Barrière blessing a cardinal

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Brown wash drawing of a man in period dress meeting a monk at a desk in a plain room, with a second monk by the door.

Scene 25: Fatally wounded, King Henry III informs the Blessed Abbot of his condition and recommends himself to his pr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Woodcut of Adam and Eve nude in a forest beside a serpent in a tree, with animals around them.

The Fall of Man, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510

Lithograph of a smiling woman in a lace bonnet and dark gown, holding white fabric near a latticed window.

Mrs. Page (Merry Wives of Windsor)

Louis Haghe, April 5, 1826

Engraving of an elderly bespectacled man in an armchair reading a book beside an hourglass, titled Pantaloon, 1799.

Pantaloon: "The Sixth Age Shifts into the Lean and Slippered Pantaloon" (Shakespeare, As You Like It)

William Bromley, 1799

Woodcut of a bound figure at a column being whipped by two men, with turbaned onlookers under an arched colonnade.

The Flagellation, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, seated among mocking figures beneath arches, by Albrecht Dürer.

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of crowned Christ in an arched niche, with a robed official and armored soldiers gathered in the foreground.

Ecce Homo, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Pilate seated as a servant pours water over his hands, with soldiers holding halberds at right.

Pilate Washing His Hands, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and onlookers before a walled city.

Chist Carrying the Cross, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509

Woodcut of Saint Veronica holding a veil with Christ's crowned face, flanked by Saints Peter and Paul, dated 1510.

Saint Veronica between Saints Peter and Paul, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of soldiers nailing Christ to a cross, with mourning women and spear-bearing guards in the background.

Christ Nailed to the Cross, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ leading nude figures from a dark underworld past a horned demon, with a kneeling bearded man at lower right

Christ in Limbo, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509

Woodcut of Christ's body being lowered from the cross, mourners around him, crown of thorns and tools on the ground.

The Lamentation, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509