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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,755 works

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

Costume Plate: Hispana Rustica mul. (with cloth and fan)

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Engraving of a barefoot woman in rustic Spanish dress with a tall cap, cloak and patterned apron, labeled Hispana rustica.

Costume Plate: Hispana Rustica (with label on rock)

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Engraved costume plate of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and long dress holding a basket, labeled Galla serva.

Costume Plate: Galla Serva

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Engraved costume plate of a man with laundry balanced on his head, labeled Hispana rustica, beside a sack.

Costume Plate: Hispania Rustica (with laundry on head)

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Engraved print of a standing rustic woman with a wide hat, folded arms, and floral-embroidered apron, labeled Hispania rustic

Costume Plate: Hispania Rustica mul. (with label on ground)

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Etching of a standing woman in a hood, buttoned bodice and long skirt, with a small bird and tree stump at lower right.

Costume Plate: Woman with Hooded Garment

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Costume Plate: Bearded Man from Spain

Enea Vico, ca. 1557-58

Pen and ink design for a neoclassical ceiling with central medallion, scrolls, garlands and rosettes, with light colour washe

Design for Ceiling of Ladies' Dressing Room at the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London

James Wyatt, ca. 1770

Ink and watercolor design for a neoclassical ceiling with central medallion, garlands, rosettes and pastel washes.

Design for the Ceiling of a Bedchamber at Goodwood House, Sussex

James Wyatt, ca. 1800

Pen drawing of a circular ceiling design with radiating fans, garland swags, and a central medallion, set on a grey album pag

Design for the Ceiling of the Supper Room at Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1786-87

Pen and gray wash design for a neoclassical ceiling with an oval garland, central rosette, and foliate scrollwork on aged pap

Design for the Ceiling of a Bedchamber at Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1786-87

Pen drawing of a symmetrical dining-room ceiling design with central fan medallion, garland swags, scrolled ornament and a pa

Design for a Dining-room Ceiling at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire

James Wyatt, ca. 1770

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical drawing room ceiling with central rosette, garlands, and scrolled frieze.

Design for Drawing Room Ceiling, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1790-97

Colored ceiling design with geometric lattice, octagonal panels and winged figures in orange and gray washes on a page.

Design for Lobby Ceiling after Piranesi, Chamber Story, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1790-97

Engraving of a muscular figure grasping lightning bolts above churning waves, with a serpent coiled around its body amid stor

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

William Blake, August 1, 1795

Engraving of a nude man seen from behind, arms raised toward a star, with a river and pyramids in an Egyptian landscape.

Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

William Blake, 1791

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

Etching of a robed, haloed figure holding two keys, standing on steps between columns with flames below.

Christ Descending into the Grave, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

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

Engraving of a nude man seated on a tomb gazing at light while an old man with a cane enters a stone doorway below.

Mourir C'est Renaitre (Death and Immortality)

William Blake, 19th century

Colored architectural design of an aedicular altar with a column, gilded ornament, putti, and a bearded saint with a sword at

Design for an Aedicular Altar with St. Paul at the Left

Johann Georg Dirr, ca. 1745-60

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 oval portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair and a radiating halo, inside a decorative frame.

Head of Christ

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

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

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

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

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 of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap in a rocky landscape, both with halos.

Vatican Pietà

Adamo Scultori, 1566

Two pale-washed pencil floor plans on paper showing octagonal rooms, a library, drawing room, kitchen and porch.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook III: Hut Cottages, Villas and Dwelling Houses, in Town and Country

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1825-38

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.

Woodcut of a horned, bearded satyr-like figure seated on a classical column capital, holding two chains.

The Great Column (top block)

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1517

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

Line engraving of a battle scene with armored warriors, horsemen, and a fortified city on a hill.

Gates of Paradise

Feodor Ivanovich Kalmuk, 1798

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a woman in a plumed hat and ruffled collar, face turned to the left.

Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

Thomas Lawrence, 1790