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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,069 works

Hand-colored lithograph of street dancers and onlookers in top hats beside a barrel, with a man holding eels on a city street

Dancing for Eels

James Brown, 1848

Engraving of an old man embracing a young man under a vine pergola, with a winged angel and dog nearby, 1829.

Tobias Takes Leave of his Father

Ferdinand Anton Krüger, 1829

Engraved oval portrait of a bewigged man in ceremonial robe and chain collar, with an inscription cartouche below.

Portrait of François I

Johann Christoph von Reinsperger, 1744

Engraving of a plumed drummer in period dress holding a large drum, with a coastline and ships behind him.

The Drummer

Michel Lasne, 1620-1667

Engraving of a painter at an easel in a studio, with a standing gentleman, a boy holding drawings, and framed artworks on the

The Painter

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1642

Engraving of women dining at a long table in a furnished room with a fireplace, a servant, children and dogs.

Wives at Table During the Absence of their Husbands

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and a long curled wig, with a coat of arms below on a pedestal.

Portrait of François I

Gilles Jacques Petit, ca. 1745

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with a tiara and lace collar, with a decorative inscription panel below.

Portrait of Marie-Thérèse

Johann Christoph von Reinsperger, 1747

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and frock coat, with a printed caption naming Théodore Tronchin.

Portrait of Théodore Tronchin

René Gaillard, 1782

Oval engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace collar and ruffled bodice, captioned Anne-Henriette de France.

Portrait of Mme. Anne-Henriette de France

François-Xavier Vispré, 1750

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a long beard, shaded against a light background.

Self-Portrait with a Long Beard

Joseph Henri Deville, 1845

Portrait of Charles Chais

Jacob Houbraken, 1765

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man in a lace cap, framed by an inscription and a Latin verse below.

Portrait of Jacques Pernetti

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and white collar bands, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Portrait of René Herault

Pierre Dupin, n.d.

Portrait of Louis XV

Gilles Jacques Petit, 18th century

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a tall fur hat and robe, with printed caption Gio. Stefano Liotard, Pittore.

Self-portrait in a Turkish Outfit

Carlo Gregori, 18th century

Mezzotint portrait of Henry Fox in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, seated within a carved stone niche.

The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Esr

James MacArdell, 1756

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a turban and robe, with a printed caption naming I.E. Liotard below.

Self-portrait in a Turkish Outfit

Johann Caspar Füssli the Elder, 18th century

Engraving of a barefoot shepherdess holding a spindle beside a tree, with sheep, lambs and a seated boy nearby.

La Bergère Laborieuse

François Boucher, 18th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and clerical robe, with printed name Jean Alphonse Turrettini below.

Portrait of Jean Alphonse Turrettini

Jean Michel Liotard, 18th century

Engraved sheet with eight oval portraits of men in period dress, numbered and captioned beneath each image.

Eight Portraits

Hubert, n.d.

Engraving of a woman with a fan and a man reading by lamplight in an ornate interior.

The Wife

Asher Brown Durand, 1829-1830

Grey wash allegorical drawing with a draped woman, scientific instruments, a globe and a floating nude figure in clouds.

Design for the Title Page of "Acta Germanica"

Jan Goeree, late 17th-early 18th century

Sepia print of an old scholar reading by lamplight in a cluttered study, with a cat among scattered books.

Helluones librorum (Bookworms)

Joshua Kirby Baldrey, November 10, 1786

Engraved print of a printing workshop with two men at a press and a worker at type cases, framed by ornate scrollwork.

Vitam Mortuis Reddo (I Restore Life to the Dead)

Bernard Picart, 1721

Engraving of a schoolmaster with a switch seated beside boys at work and children playing in a timber-ceilinged classroom.

The School Master

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a family with hands folded in prayer at a long dinner table, with a servant at left and a garden view beyond.

The Benediction at Table

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a standing woman holding a dagger, with classical architecture and small figures in the background.

Arrie

Gilles Rousselet, 1647

Pen and ink perspective drawing of a receding row of classical Doric columns under a projecting entablature.

Study for a Colonnade in Perspective

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, ca. 1530

Caricature lithograph of an elderly man presenting a laurel wreath to women seated in an ornate hall with busts.

Academy of Women, from "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, August 2, 1843