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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,938 works

Etching of grotesque carnival figures in distorted poses, one in a pointed hat, another on stilts, against a pale sky.

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

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

Etching of a crowd under a draped canopy, with women holding fans in front and figures with raised arms above.

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

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

Etching of women in striped shrouds gathered on a diagonal tree branch against a grainy grey background.

Ridiculous Folly, from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

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

Colored caricature of historical rulers and revolutionaries waiting at a bus stop labeled Omnibus des Enfers, with a Peace Da

The Bus from Hell to Earth, Peace Day, 1919

Georges Tiret-Bognet, ca. 1919

Etching of a soldier with a raised sword, a kneeling woman, and a hanged figure in a tree, with caption Fuerte cosa es.

Plate 31 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'That's tough!' (Fuerte cosa es!)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a ship wrecked in stormy surf beside a rocky cliff topped with a tower, with sailors struggling in a boat in the f

The Shipwreck

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a classical landscape with seated figures, a cow and goats near Ionic columns, and a distant valley.

Mercury and Argus

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of goats and shepherds on a path beneath a large tree, with a stone bridge and distant town in the background.

Departure for the Fields

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Three Capuchins Seated

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of animals in a clearing: a rooster and dead hen at left, a fox and sheep at right, a lion seated behind.

The Rooster Accuses Renard of the Murder of One of His Chickens from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a bear with its snout and paws trapped in a split tree trunk, watched by a small fox in a dark woodland.

The Bear with His Snout and Forepaws Caught in the Trunk of a Tree from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a wooden hut with two barrels, a figure in a rowboat, and a large tree beside a river under a cloudy sky.

The Two Barrels before a Hut

Allart van Everdingen

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a classical relief tomb, two travelers on a path, and distant mountains.

Landscape with an Antique Tomb and Two Wayfarers

Salomon Gessner, 1768

Etching of slender birch trees along a riverbank with a rowboat beside them and a calm river beyond.

Trembles au bord de la Seine

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1884

Brown tonal print of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a pale mill building, two small figures, and a pond in the foregroun

The Mill at Cuincy, Near Douai

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871-72

Grey drawing of an ornamental border with a statue, flags, laurel, and a street gateway inscribed La Dépêche.

Design for a Certificate(?) sponsored by the French newspaper, La Dépêche

La Dépêche, 19th century

Engraving of the domed Hermitage pavilion in the Tsarskoye Selo garden, with clipped hedges, statues and strolling figures.

Russian Palaces and Gardens

Mikhail Makhaev, 1761

Etching of the Holy Family with the Christ Child standing on a serpent, putti climbing a tree with a cross, and a distant lan

Holy Family with Christ Child Stepping on Serpent

Laurent de La Hyre, 1639

Etched landscape of a garden pond with a reclining statue on a pedestal, tall trees, reeds, and a balustrade in the distance.

The Pond

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etched landscape with a leaning bare tree, rocky outcrops beside a river, and distant hills under a pale sky.

The Dead Tree

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a wooded rocky bank beside a river, with birds flying across the sky and distant hills on the right.

The Covered Rocks

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a sarcophagus with an oval relief beneath windblown trees, with a rolling landscape and clouds receding to the rig

The Sarcophagus

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees on the right, boats on the water, grazing animals, and a cloudy sky.

The Seine at Port-Maurin

Charles-François Daubigny, 1870

Colored print of crowded interior of the Great Exhibition hall with glass roof, fountain, statues and national display banner

General View of the Interior, from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"

John Absolon, September 1, 1851

Etching of a child seated against a tree, writing on a sheet in the grass beside small flowers.

Malerische Zueignung, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman seated on a swing bar beside a large dark bird with spread wings, with a vertical post between them.

Schaukel, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a woman in a long white dress standing on a shore as waves break under a grey sky.

Am Meer, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of soldiers in period dress gathered on a shaded forest path beneath large trees.

Simplicius unter den Soldaten, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a skeleton driving a chariot with a winged child, horses and cypress trees in a cloudy landscape.

Amor, Tod und Jenseits, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of two nude figures kneeling on a rocky shore beside a seated robed figure and a skeleton under a stormy sky.

Intermezzo (from the series A Love)

Max Klinger, 1887-1903