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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,941 works

Wood engraving of two boys gesturing at a figure with a staff beside trees, with a distant hut in a pastoral landscape.

Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Woodcut of three dancing women before a classical temple, with a seated man playing a lyre beside a woman and child.

Menalcus Watching Women Dance, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Black and white engraving of two oxen walking homeward with a herdsman holding a long staff, beneath a striated sky.

Unyok'd Heifers, Loitering Homeward (Return of the Shepherd), from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of a farmer driving two oxen with a plough at sunrise, with two draped figures walking beside them.

Boy Returning Joyfully, with Plough and Oxen, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Woodcut of a shepherd with raised arm and crook chasing a wolf past a gate, with hills and a cottage behind.

Shepherd Chases Away a Wolf, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Small black-and-white engraving of a winding river, a thatched cottage, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Sabrina's Silvery Flood, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Black-and-white print of a cloaked figure with a staff beside a milestone and signpost under dark hills.

Colinet's Journey: Milestone Marked 'LXII Miles to London', from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of a robed man gesturing toward a barefoot shepherd with a staff, sheep grazing, and a sunrise over hills.

Thenot Remonstrates With Colinet, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of two shepherds with staffs facing each other beside sheep, with a leaping figure in the sky above.

Thenot Remonstrates with Colinet, Lightfoot in the Background, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of blasted trees and rolling hills under a crescent moon in a stormy, dark night sky.

Blasted Trees and Flattened Crops, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of a bearded seated figure under a fruit tree with raised arms, a full moon, sheep, and a cottage in a hilly l

Thenot Under a Fruit Tree, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Engraving of a nude man reaching toward a seated muscular figure, with winged demons and flames behind them.

The Circle of Corrupt Officials: The Devils Tormenting Ciampolo

William Blake, ca. 1825-27

Etching of two winged devils fighting above churning water, with cloaked figures on a ridge and nude souls in a hellish sky.

The Circle of Corrupt Officials: The Devils Mauling Each Other

William Blake, ca. 1825-27

Engraving of a six-footed serpent creature attacking a nude man as two nude figures recoil and robed figures watch under flam

Circle of Theives: Agnello Brunelleschi Attacked By a Six-Footed Serpent

William Blake, ca. 1825-27

Engraving of two robed figures on an icy plain above anguished souls partly submerged in ice, with a dark sky and rocky cliff

The Circle of Traitors: Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate

William Blake, ca. 1825-27

Red chalk drawing of figures playing lute and resting in a garden with domed buildings, flower pots and a fountain.

May (one of a series representing the labors of the months)

Jonas Umbach, 1690 or slightly earlier

Pen and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers arriving at a hunt through a forest, with mounted riders and dogs.

The Arrival of the Princely Carriage at the Starting Point of the Hunt

Johann Elias Ridinger, ca. 1756

Engraving of the Visitation: two women embrace on a staircase while onlookers and figures carrying bundles stand nearby.

The Visitation

Enea Vico, 1561

Engraving of four rows of labeled ancient sacrificial objects, including bull skulls, axes, a candelabrum and a jug.

Sacrificial Instruments Based on Ancient Relief Sculpture, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, ca. 1550-75

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

Engraved card by William Blake with flying figures, a reaper and wheat sheaves framing the name Mr Cumberland.

George Cumberland's Message Card

William Blake, 1827

Etched print of a counsellor, king, warrior, mother and child lying in a Gothic-arched tomb.

The Counsellor, King, Warrior, Mother & Child in the Tomb, 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 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

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

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.

Watercolor of a horse-drawn carriage on a tree-lined road overlooking a valley with grazing cattle and distant hills.

Sketchbook of a Journey to the Château d'Eu

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, 1811

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

Pencil drawing of a medieval church with a tall spire and stone walls, framed by trees and an open field.

The Aller Church in Sønderjyllands Amt (Denmark), seen from the North

Johan Christian Dahl, late 18th-19th century

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.